Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand Up Ever

Featuring: Stewart Lee

Format: DVD | Rating: 15 years & over

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 Genius

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This is the only stand up show to ever make me cry with laughter. Stewart Lee is a masterclass in his profession and deserves the highest praise. The man is a genius and if I could give more than 5 stars I sure as hell would.

 Higher than 41st best stand up DVD..

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Slightly less pithy than his previous DVD, this is still about as clever and funny as it gets with modern stand-up.

Public opinion is what most vexes him this time around, prompted at his own ranking in a meaningless Channel 4 poll of great stand-ups. His mother, utterly uninterested in comedy, is duly unimpressed, given she has already witnessed the pinnacle of comic genius: Tom O'Connor on a cruise ship.

Lee is dismissive of the consensus taste. Is Del Boy falling through a bar really the funniest thing ever?

Lee's stock-in-trade, though, is the slow, tedious repetition of his points - testing the audience's patience, but also getting the laughs as they realise that's exactly what he's doing. It makes for a slow start, agonising but knowingly funny, until it's revealed as a teasing build-up to more considered argument. Patience is rewarded.

Then, with consummate skill, every element of the preceding hour slots cleanly into place, giving a satisfying overview of the fundamental folly of bowing to public opinion - that the public are, en masse, idiots.

 Excellent DVD, and I've actually seen it too!

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Sorry, but I had to laugh. The Dreyfuss chap who reviewed this DVD hasn't actually seen it, as the Del Boy routine isn't on it.

Oops!

However, the DVD itself is hilarious. Better by miles than most of the other stuff out there. Take it from somebody who has actually watched the DVD and seen him live.

Bonus features are great also; a 45 minute interview and footage of the infamous Pestival gig.

The funnist thing you will see all year.

 Should be 1st Best Stand Up Ever

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I had the pleasure of seeing Stew perform the material from this DVD twice during his tour. He is a master comedian with perfect timing. I dare anybody to watch this DVD and then not go around asking people "Are you a sardine?". Stewart Lee is one of the most underated comedy talents this country has ever produced.