Pretentious Ramblings

I have recently been re-engaged with the comedy of Stewart Lee, due to the upcoming release of his latest dvd, “41st Best Stand Up Ever” on Monday (28th of July 08). I say re-engaged, I have been a big fan of his unique brand of clique free comedy for a long-time, but with our often distracted human brains we often need to be reminded that their are things we love and enjoy, which often get hidden by the things we hate and complain about (or maybe that’s me). I unfortunately missed the tour, and to this day are still bitter about it (but I won’t open up that can of beans, as they are those expensive beans that you start eating than you realise they’re just the same as the cheaper beans which causes the enjoyment for beans to drip out your mouth, but again that might be me). Thanks to the grace of DVDs and independent distributors, the time when a comedians performance faded away is itself fading, and are now immortalized (in a way). I urge everyone to purchase Stewart lee’s 90’s comedian DVD, from Go Faster Stripe, a perfect example of a remarkable routine (act? performance? I don’t really know the best term, oh bugger it) that most major DVD companies and broadcasters ran away from, due to it generally being deemed controversal. Although that doesn’t stop companies releasing several jim davidson (he doesn’t deserve capitals) which in my opinion are not only offensive but worthless tat.

Anyhoo I have always found something special in the works of Stewart Lee. His material like most great art holds a specific signature that you could only imagine from his lips.  Not even Joe Pasquelle could perform them (if you dont understand watch “90’s Comedian”, you’ll get no explanation from me). Unlike the words of Jim Davison which could easily be associated with any other bigoted comic/ignorant fool, or one of your every day racists (or societies mold-that’s mold not mould- as I like to call them). You may be wandering why I mention Jim “Satan’s stool sample” Davidson and that he’s just an echo of comedy’s pre-p.c past (more on that later). However I am still haunted by the fact that in my town of Southampton jim, jethro and chubby brown seem to perform twice a year, in the largest theatres.

As each word that Stewart Lee expertly times is spawned from every experience that has marked and inspired him (or not, to be honest everything i am writing is probably irrelevant and been written before by someone who doesn’t have annoyingly long “random” brackets). Showing Comedy as the art form it is. However Stewart Lee would probably like me to say that there are plenty of other comedians that show the art of comedy (although having not met him or know him in anyway, he might not, I don’t know…leave me alone).

On another point (or a very similar one), not only is Stewart Lee hilarious, there’s usually a meaning behind his humour.  Which often leaves you in a thoughtful yet joyous mood. After realising the upcoming release of his latest DVD I went through a searching frenzy on youtube and found all sorts of clips. One of my favourite being from David Badiel’s radio programme “Heresey”, in which Stewart lee responds to the opinion that “political correctness has gone mad”. Which I believe anyone who holds the opinion should watch (it’s an audio clip but it’s in a video format…bullies). To be honest the only reason I started this post is to spread the clip, which having been around you probably know about it anyway, which not only shows yet again the irrelevance of this post (and most likely any others) but draws it to a close. For now anyway, until I return to edit spelling misttakkes.