Stewart Lee on Travelodge Hotels - Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - BBC

[alexbuchanmusic]

This totally misses the point - the clip is not about the travel lodge at all, it's a comedic attack on older comedians who make a living by acting miserable over mundane situations, SUCH AS staying in a travel lodge.

Thus, by only showing this one isolated clip of Lee ranting about the travel lodge, the viewer is denied it's intended meaning; the sketch is meant to be a satirical attack on the bland Jack Dee style comedians who make these kind of sketches in the first place! The irony.

[MrHennessy30]

@alexbuchanmusic I was hoping someone would have pointed this out. When he says the line "no one wants to stay at the travel lodge, it's always the last resort", what he's actually saying is 'no one wants to do jokes about the travel lodge, it's always the last resort'.

He's saying 'I hate the travel lodge' type routines are the product of artistic desperation where the comedian has absolutely nothing left to say. They don't really want to do it, but they've hit the bottom of the barrel.

[sifinnigan]

It's more of a reaction to a Frankie Boyle comment. Frankie said that comedians loose their edge after the hit 40. Lee is being edgy about the most mundane thing comedians can talk about, life in hotels.

And he's being incredibly funny also.

[Skapete]

Where are there adverts, you BBC knobs?!

[triangl]

Recently, there was a top 100 standups show, aired in america. Ellen DeGeneres made the top 20. Stewart Lee did not.

[TheSpeshulShark]

@triangl Was it voted for by critics or the public? :o

[hugphenson]

@12345l6789 cheers for patronising me dick'ead, but comedy is an art not a science.

[hugphenson]

awk that its not funny

[12345l6789]

@hugphenson go learn what subversive irony is

[FractalZero]

@hugphenson

>awk

confirmed for 14 year old lee evans fan

[Terramax]

@FractalZero

Because he doesn't like this style of comedy?

[hoarp001]

Im in a travelodge right now, its not *that* bad haha

[bollo3000]

last time I stayed in a travelodge it smelled of wee ... and that was before I pissed in the radiator vents

[anglaismoyen]

@bollo3000 Probably the customer before you who also pissed in them.

[UnidetifiedCause]

He's obviously on premier inn's payroll

cudnt have been any less discreet bout it

[xJONROBSONx]

@UnidetifiedCause If you think he's on anyone's payroll you seriously misjudge him.

[NintendoSegaSonyGuy]

I think that Stewart Lee, the 40-year-old stand up comedian, hates the travel lodge...

[astroboirap]

liked this show.... hate the terrible sketches though

[weejockpoopongmcplop]

Another brilliant performance from Mr. Lee.

[reagansmash9000]

fuck, fucking adverts on youtube

[MrShem94]

on a serious note i was a bit disappointed staying at the travellodge, when the bear that sounds like Ray Winstone from the advert assured me it would be 'lavely'

[Alceste1977]

It's a fairly hilarious routine but when he takes the dude's hand, for comfort, I crease up every time. I'm actually giggling while I type!

[REDDITCHROCKS]

should be "sole purpose OF using it". i do apologise :)

[knaan163]

wow, Darren Clarke's let himself go

[giddybridge]

@knaan163 your comment has not got the recognition it deserves. Brilliant.

[robgeorge87]

morrissey's let himself go

[rugbylover95]

is it just me, or is this not funny in the slightest?!?!? ive listened to a lot of his material now, and swear down havent laughed once. i like most comedians boyle, macintyre, bridges, mack, manford, bishop,gervais, cooper, sean lock, kay - they are funny, but i just cant understand why this guy gets so many fans, me and my friends do not find him funny in the slightest!!

[bowlosoupy]

@rugbylover95 maybe it'a because you and your freinds are the kind of awful people that like comedians like frankie boyle and michael fucking macintyre

[rugbylover95]

@bowlosoupy yeah, good comedians- macintyre isnt bad, bishop isnt, peter kay isnt, bridges isnt, manford isnt etc etc-theyre popularity and sales prove that- unlike this piece of shit stewart lee

[bowlosoupy]

@rugbylover95 So your saying popularity and sales mean there actually good comedians? crazy frog was number 1 in the UK for years... saying its anygood? Stewart Lee does is hilarious, you just gotta be smart enough to understand his comedy, and apparently you along with everyone else in the country isnt

[heheitsme23]

@rugbylover95

Suppose some things you like and some things you dont. Its like difference in music taste, people are constantly arguing which is the best music genre when in reality its all just what tickles your fancy individually. I think if people knew the mechanism behind what they found funny, they would be too aware of it and everything would become dull in an instant. Thats my two cents anyways

[ashwootton]

Geez, Leonardo Di Caprio has let himself go. Badly.

[rantantara]

18 people are ignorant dumbasses who can't cope with anything labelled as comedy that doesn't involve delboy falling through the bar on only fools and horses.

[griffik1]

I like comedians that don't realise how funny they are! ... stewart lee thinks he's funnier than he is!.... so in a way he still falls into that categroy, but I still think he's shit!

[lukey120292]

@griffik1 I take it your into those russel comedians.

[griffik1]

@lukey120292 russel comedians?

[manikin6599]

I'm not sure about this really, when I first read this joke I thought he was taking the piss out of comedians who have this routine about how they hate travelodge (Is this not the joke, did I miss the point).

[Sjaakdevries1]

Hi stewart you unfunny, stuck in the 90's, fat cunt:)

[NickOLarse999]

To be fair the £19 a night offer if you book well in advance is quite a good deal.

[Prettyfamdancy]

@NickOLarse999 Hahaa, that would have been the response if they cut to an interview with Armando Iannucci afterwards.

[lecureuilestici]

it's a shame this clip is missing the part that came before this rant -- stewart lee's travelodge experience and why he ranted about the travelodge in the first place.

[dantrizz]

And I ask you...

...do you think that that should happen...

...to the 41st best comedian of all time? xXx

[Bobby4times]

C8ckstar.......pretty sure it made sense to everyone.....you might have missed the line though as he said it quite quickly. I have watched it a couple of times now to make sure I'm right and it's defiantly about him not liking the travel lodge.

[C8CKSTAR]

Like with most clips of stewart lee, they cut out before he delivers the line which makes sense of what he has been going on about

[hantori]

lol talk about the joke going over some peoples heads, retards.

[Jaaaaam]

Steve Albini must've been trying to destroy him

[amberience]

Genius

[ianbrownshairdo]

are you a sardine?



[o0oTheBeesKneeso0o]

well... that was uncomfortable.

[stud000000079]

no hes not a gay.. hes just British.. ;)

[tblack2628]

Well I enjoyed it even if @adrianchell and @legodarknight101 didn't.

[peterinfrankfurt]

I stayed at the Travelodge near Liverpool St. Station. I undressed and showered. Then noticed - no towels. Couldn't phone reception cos they have no phone. In shorts and still a bit wet, I have to visit reception and wait my turn in a queue, to get a towel.

Next time in London, all the real hotels were fully booked. Again I stayed at the Travelodge. This time I checked the towels. Finished number twos on the loo, then noticed - no paper. Used the Travelodge brochure. I hate Travelodge.

[adrianchell]

I'm a 40 year old stand-up comedian and I'm woefully unfunny.

[legodarknight101]

Sorry guys but i just don't find this guy funny.

[CraigMetalHead]

@legodarknight101 Hey, theres no need to apologize... you tried your hardest and thats all that counts. No more tears, okay?

[hufclufc]

itsa common tactic of Stewart to take the piss out of some of the more mainstream comedians, he loves Joe Pasquale though.

[cccqte]

Yea all standups spend about half there lives in hotells I think they all hate them

[imaof4]

I had actually responded previously to all the comments made (save for the rude one, which i'll ignore), but in the magically world of yt, they didn't post.Dunno why.

1. Nope, don't work for Travelodge. My sole experience has been an overnight stay in Sheffield - was a late night of going to see Hamlet.

2. Yes, know it's a joke, follow Stewart Lee's work, think he's brilliant.Er, um, so was I ,as it happens!! Joking that is...

3.No, didn't miss "I am a forty year old stand-up COMEDIAN" bit. 

[imaof4]

And I had thought it evocative of Eric Idle, back in the day, rambling on whilst walking through the audience.

This bit, imho, is not as stellar as his usual fare, but I still do appreciate it regardless.

[royniels]

good point!



[NebulaRasa]

Well, at least it's not as expensive as the Copthorne in Newcastle.

[Sumarus]

They get bloody tedious when you're on tour or on business trips, even more so than Premier Inn. I hate both, but Premier Inn at least has purple going for it, I always find that Travel Lodge shower curtains are mouldy and smell of wee.

[imaof4]

Er, a rant about the Travelodge? Not deluxe accommodations to be sure (offers of £19 a night!)... my one and only experience in one, the staff was lovely. Just a place to sleep whilst you're exploring the outside world, eh?

Perhaps Stewart Lee has spent waaaaay to much time alone at the Trtavelodge?

[dangitcarn]

@imaof4 It's only a joke! relax.

[Jennersis]

@imaof4 do you work for travelodge?

[Malinion]

@imaof4 what a nob you are.

[GiantSandles]

@imaof4 You probably missed the "I am a forty year old stand-up COMEDIAN" bit.

[knaan163]

@imaof4 I don't think he really hates travelodge, he's taking the piss out of people who get so worked up about their hatred of it

[imaof4]

@knaan163 Do get that he's taking the piss, that's his style.I've already gone on record as an admirer of the man's talent.:)

[REDDITCHROCKS]

@imaof4 i also stayed at a travelodge with the sole purpose as using it as somewhere to dump my stuff while visiting that london, only to find the door to my room OPEN....2 NIGHTS RUNNING!!!! i hate the travelodge too stew

[imaof4]

@REDDITCHROCKS Oh dear, then you've certainly a right to hate the Travelodge - at least that one, in any case.My experience was the polar opposite - decent room,terrific service and friendly, helpful staff.

Am I to assume with 2 nights with the door open, some of your stuff went missing? Mind you, things get nicked from finer hotels as well...

[CESCSRIGHTBOOT]

@imaof4 Can you please write and film a passionate monologue about why you love the travelodge and send it to me so I can run it by Stewart for his upcoming series.