41st Best Standup Ever

[ElMufro]

Genius.

[FarmerHeard]

nof-thing

[jbdean55]

really enjoy his work. a man committed to his art. i was a big fan ricky gervais during the office years, but he's now becoming bloated on his success. the word sellout springs to mind.

[PoppyBertram]

41? I'd put him in my top ten...

[vambo23]

Nah! He is a genius.

[batterseaspark]

i think he is shite! genius...? now that is funny!!

[mgrh001]

why do you say shite and not shit? how does adding an e make it less offensive?

[batterseaspark]

say both aloud and you will feel the difference. you can smile when you say shite you cant when you say shit.[its alot harder] i expect a lot of readers pick this up unconsciously and find it less offensive[takes the edge off at least]. anyways i will be more precise. i dont dislike the man, just the quality of his art...he bores me, i dont find him smart at all....to sum up in one word SHITE. god bless!!

[hereticmagpie]

Stewart Lee is genius, but I have to say this list was incredibly arbitrary and rather useless. George Carlin was behind Phil Jupitus for fucks sake! And I'm a Phil Jupitus fan!!

[neiwil100]

@hereticmagpie I agree but to be fair Carlin is practically a non-entity to the British general public, so its doubtful he'd get high in anything but a "Comedian's Comedian" poll. Hell even amongst many of my stand-up saavy friends they know him first and foremost as Rufus from Bill & Ted. Shame but much as Lee has decided to maintain his network of indie dates in Scotland and London, Carlin spent his last decade on HBO so international knowledge of either is damn low.

[chapsuk]

Stewart is by far my favourite British comedian and writer. He's absolutely fantastic.

[aliquidcow]

I think he's my favourite stand up, but I can see that he's not to everyone's taste.

The American joke is a bit out of context here, he does go on to say in the full show that he doesn't really believe the things he says about Americans.  But then it is fairly obvious since he is a comedian, and therefore likely joking.

[PurestSpirit]

I predict that most people who view this clip will miss the point of the jokes, and it will become another tedious UK Vs USA argument. Stewart Lee is a genius, I cannot believe he didn't get higher.