Stewart Lee Interview Part 3

Finally Stew discusses the future for himself and the possibility of a Lee and Herring reunion.

Recorded during the If You Prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask for One tour at York Park Inn Hotel on 07/02/2010

Questions: Jack Cooper
Camera: Chris Flynn
Lighting & Editing: Paul Richardson
Sound: Lee Morris
Producer: Jack Cooper

With thanks to Stew, Debi Allen, Charlene McManus and the Staff at the Park Inn, York.

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[Zeiros7]

Thanks for this. It was a genuinely illuminating and interesting discussion.

I do have to admit that I'm probably going to buy Stewart's book precisely because I **am** interested in how one word can change a joke...

(pant-colour info would just have been a plus)

[lokibailey]

Excellent. Lee is a fantastic comedian and that was very illuminating about the man and his craft.

[yorkie2014]

Thanks for posting, nice to see like minded(to an extent) individuals still exist.

[Sodhats]

I bought Stewart's book because I'd read it explained why "wool" is a funny word. Turns out it didn't, and just said that "wool" was a funny word and listed some others. I was genuinely disappointed by this.

I am the king of dull

[crowe]

Looks like he's just had a jog, to be honest.

[demonicfooker]

such a theruputic voice just listening to him is so calming

[moochcassidy202]

Brilliant. Thank you for doing this interview and posting.

[Tedaus5]

He's so insightful. I always find myself looking up a word that he says or learning something I didn't know or seeing things from a completely different perspective when I hear him speak about something, in stand up and real life.

[Chewyfied]

@antmartainexperience I must agree. Giving a few pounds to someone like Stewart, who entertains in the way he does, is no trouble for me, not considering the honest genuine laughs I get from it.

[antmartainexperience]

I think it's quite likely that interviews like this have recouped a significant ammount of the lost income from torrent sites. I've always downloaded quite aggressively on the basis that my individual sale wouldn't make or break an artist, but I really admire the uncomprimising content Stewart Lee is choosing to put out, and being part of a semi-minority giving him £20 or so a year is nothing compared to how genuinely enriching his work has been to me.

[jarzhinio]

Crab apples are apples but they're not crabs and you shouldn't eat them because they are often unpleasantly tart. Why not pick them anyway and use them in a chutney or just lob them at trains or cars?

[jarzhinio]

Crab apples are apples but they're not crabs and you shouldn't eat them because they are often unpleasantly tart. Why not pick them anyway and lob them at trains or cars?