Stewart Lee

A couple of weeks ago comedian Lee Hurst, the Kojak-alike who used to be on They Think It's All Over, was convicted of criminal damage after smashing the mobile phone of an audience member because he suspected his act was being filmed with the intention of material being stolen. This resulted in a Phil Jupitus article in the Gaurdian the following week questioning the frequency of joke theft, you can find the article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/feb/18/comedy-joke-theft-lee-hurst

This got Shaun and I thinking about a Stewart Lee performance we saw a few years ago, in which he lambasts Joe Pasquale in quite superb fashion for stealing fellow comedian Micheal Redman's joke. Always good to have an excuse to show some Stewart Lee, so here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YE9Kthyaco

I have recently bought Stand-Up Comedian - Stewart Lee's first live DVD - taken from his 2005 set and performed in Glasgow. It is isanely funny and intelligent in equal measure, catching Lee at his finest - I strongly recommed you get yourself a copy.

My favourite Stewart Lee purchase though came through the post just today and is my new favourite thing in the whole wide world. Fact. It is a 10" vinyl of his reworking of Edward Lear's The Owl And The Pussycat. Called Pea Green Boat, Lee's droll, monotone delivery is perfect for the dry comedy as he shapes the story around the literal detail of the original. The owl's attempts at learning and subsequently playing the guitar are side-splittingly funny. There's only 500 copies so make sure you get one and treasure it. Find it at:

http://www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi?page=videofull&id=1891