That was great. To be fair, though, I'm assuming Joe pasquale is not nearly as famous as Amy Schumer (I'm American, never heard of him). More difficult to go after a massive (literally and figuritively) celebrity without it damaging your reputation.
Pasquale was famous (in the 90s) but he's not on anyone's radars at all these days. Regardless of that though Stewart Lee can (and does) go after who he wants to. He's pretty much entirely self-sufficient by this point and pretty imperious when it comes to his reputation among the comedy muckety-mucks.
EDIT: Here's him taking some great shots at Top Gear (the BBC's biggest show at that point - he also had a show on the BBC then, and now, called Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle which is fantastic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7CnMQ4L9Pc
Is that the pear cider one? That is one of the greatest bits I've ever seen. There's a version posted on youtube that's annotated with Stewart Lee's explanation for each portion of the joke. He tells very sad truthful stories about his grandparents, but because he's telling them in the context of that running gag it becomes hilarious.
It's been so long I don't remember the initial joke. That and it being repeated ad nauseam kind of erased it from my memory even while watching the special. Is this the one you're talking about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd4FfNpYxF0 I may be confusing some of the specials, looks like it's 25 minutes not 45. (If this is it, can't listen to it right now).
I'll make sure I'll watch it after work. I think I'm confusing this bit with some bit from his comedy vehicle thing maybe. He kept repeating some joke about a rapper who published an autobiography and it was mostly pictures or something like that. Or I have no idea what I'm talking about because I've seen it so long ago.
Joe Pasquale used to be a household name in the UK, think Jeff Dunham (in pretty much every sense, his act was shit squeaky voices).
The Royal Variety performance where he did that joke is an annual show in front of the Queen, generally considered one of the "most mainstream" gigs a comedian can be offered, and it's televized. The other guy is relatively unknown, he had a few sets on lesser-known late night talkshows.
Stewart Lee is the English Dave Attell - every comic cites him as the greatest, but will never be mainstream because he gives zero fucks about 'the industry'.
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This is exactly why British stand up is unbearable. You have two extremes and very little middle ground. It's either pseudo-edgy hacks (Carr, Boyle all those Mock the week cunts) or privately educated betas who build their overwrought material in smug opposition to the edgy hacks. If only we could have our own Quinn/Patrice school of pure comedy. Ugh stupid country.
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15 HowsThatFeelFucker 2016-01-26
Stewart Lee really puts the hackery that goes on in the comedy world that surrounds O&A into perspective.
14 FootThingOnHisFoot 2016-01-26
that's pretty cool
5 SickleSellout 2016-01-26
This special is great.
5 ffffantomas 2016-01-26
Stewart Lee is great and the fucking antithesis of the hacks faggots here in this thread appreciate
9 HowsThatFeelFucker 2016-01-26
I take issue with your angry and inaccurate statement regarding which comics I, as a faggot in this thread, appreciate. Please reconsider.
7 ffffantomas 2016-01-26
Not specifically you, but you, specifically
5 HowsThatFeelFucker 2016-01-26
Get back in the sea, you finned cunt.
5 AmberBeard 2016-01-26
Love me some Stewart Lee. Period.
4 clarkiswhite 2016-01-26
Fucking good call on the Stewart Lee footage, he's great.
4 truthie 2016-01-26
Jesus what a hilarious deconstruction.
3 Samfordia 2016-01-26
Stewart Lee is still the only comedian that I have paid to see. My favourite all time stand-up by far.
2 helobious1 2016-01-26
That was great. To be fair, though, I'm assuming Joe pasquale is not nearly as famous as Amy Schumer (I'm American, never heard of him). More difficult to go after a massive (literally and figuritively) celebrity without it damaging your reputation.
10 HowsThatFeelFucker 2016-01-26
Pasquale was famous (in the 90s) but he's not on anyone's radars at all these days. Regardless of that though Stewart Lee can (and does) go after who he wants to. He's pretty much entirely self-sufficient by this point and pretty imperious when it comes to his reputation among the comedy muckety-mucks.
EDIT: Here's him taking some great shots at Top Gear (the BBC's biggest show at that point - he also had a show on the BBC then, and now, called Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle which is fantastic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7CnMQ4L9Pc
3 helobious1 2016-01-26
Thanks, I'll have to check out more of Stewart Lee's stuff. He seems pretty awesome.
1 AmberBeard 2016-01-26
There's some special of him doing the same exact joke for 45 minutes. I could not turn it off when I was watching it.
2 Ant_Sucks 2016-01-26
Is that the pear cider one? That is one of the greatest bits I've ever seen. There's a version posted on youtube that's annotated with Stewart Lee's explanation for each portion of the joke. He tells very sad truthful stories about his grandparents, but because he's telling them in the context of that running gag it becomes hilarious.
1 AmberBeard 2016-01-26
It's been so long I don't remember the initial joke. That and it being repeated ad nauseam kind of erased it from my memory even while watching the special. Is this the one you're talking about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd4FfNpYxF0 I may be confusing some of the specials, looks like it's 25 minutes not 45. (If this is it, can't listen to it right now).
1 Ant_Sucks 2016-01-26
Yeah, that's the one. It's amazing.
2 AmberBeard 2016-01-26
I'll make sure I'll watch it after work. I think I'm confusing this bit with some bit from his comedy vehicle thing maybe. He kept repeating some joke about a rapper who published an autobiography and it was mostly pictures or something like that. Or I have no idea what I'm talking about because I've seen it so long ago.
5 Ant_Sucks 2016-01-26
All the people he mentioned are extremely famous in Britain.
They're all family variety show hacks, except for Jimmy Carr who's very good.
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Joe Pasquale used to be a household name in the UK, think Jeff Dunham (in pretty much every sense, his act was shit squeaky voices).
The Royal Variety performance where he did that joke is an annual show in front of the Queen, generally considered one of the "most mainstream" gigs a comedian can be offered, and it's televized. The other guy is relatively unknown, he had a few sets on lesser-known late night talkshows.
1 Mikey77777 2016-01-26
The other guy is probably most famous for his appearance on "Father Ted".
1 [deleted] 2016-01-26
Yeah that's true, good call. Just checked his wikipedia page and it is a testament to relatively unknown though - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Redmond_(comedian)
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1 HugsMcbear 2016-01-26
Stewart Lee is the English Dave Attell - every comic cites him as the greatest, but will never be mainstream because he gives zero fucks about 'the industry'.
1 Iamaredditlady 2016-01-26
Who the hell is Joe Pasquale?
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0 phza784 2016-01-26
Every YouTube comment section on Stewart Lee videos is just a bunch of guys blowing each other about how smart they must be because they like Stewart Lee.
2 ronsbiggestlaugh 2016-01-26
This is exactly why British stand up is unbearable. You have two extremes and very little middle ground. It's either pseudo-edgy hacks (Carr, Boyle all those Mock the week cunts) or privately educated betas who build their overwrought material in smug opposition to the edgy hacks. If only we could have our own Quinn/Patrice school of pure comedy. Ugh stupid country.
0 ImOnlyBleeding 2016-01-26
Yeah I quite like the guy but his fans are fucking mongs.
-4 cc1945 2016-01-26
British comics make me hate british people
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3 helobious1 2016-01-26
Thanks, I'll have to check out more of Stewart Lee's stuff. He seems pretty awesome.
1 Mikey77777 2016-01-26
The other guy is probably most famous for his appearance on "Father Ted".