Stewart Lee Talks to Armando Iannucci - Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

Stewart Lee Talks to Armando Iannucci - Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - BBC Two

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Stewart Lee talks to Armando Iannucci about books. Originally featured as part of the BBC's red button interactive service.
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@Drummer1000George 12 жыл бұрын

the funny man is not a nice man, he is a bad man. He said badness about the famous writer, he made the famous writer sad - Dan Brown

@Thunderwolf666 15 жыл бұрын

Iannucci and Lee together. Speechless. This entire clip reeks of genius.

@winstonsmith09 10 жыл бұрын

"post-chilesian" is really the best turn of phrase produced in the last decade.

@Rob6990 4 жыл бұрын

5 years later, at the end of the decade; it still is.

@TurtleMC1993 2 жыл бұрын

Please explain

@commentingpausedtoprotectus 10 жыл бұрын

Love Armando Ianucci, always think of him as a more gentle, childlike version of Chris Morris :)

@herbert9241 8 жыл бұрын

+Amiga For Life I reckon he's a more sinister, byzantine version if anything but that just makes him all the more loveable, aye.

@YOyo-jj1ks 7 жыл бұрын

Amiga For Life 👍

@Kukashkin 15 жыл бұрын

This is the best TV-interview I have ever seen. And I have seen almost 6 TV-interviews, so I know what I'm talking about.

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

Have you seen any since or is it still the "6"...??

@mrneutral8423 Күн бұрын

I've seen seven and I agree.

@gonufc 13 жыл бұрын

I have never seen Stewart Lee almost cracking up, but during the So Solid Crew's message he is blatantly trying to look down to stop laughing...With Armando Ianucci trying his best to catch his eye. Fucking hilarious.

@AlphonseWeebay 6 ай бұрын

Trains don’t have legs

@merdufer 12 жыл бұрын

"The funny man is not a nice man he is a bad man he said badness about a famous writer he made the famous writer sad" Genius.

@Chezzers. 11 жыл бұрын

Stewart trying so hard not to laugh when the voicemail is played is just wonderful.

@gloverelaxis 7 жыл бұрын

That zoom + eyebrow furrow + gulp and 8:54 is combined genius

@WhiteSleevedStu 7 жыл бұрын

6:09 A Stewart Lee joke has turned into an actual thing that Michael Gove believes.

@T800System 10 жыл бұрын

i love how armando undermines stewart "oh here we go"

@shelterit 13 жыл бұрын

I don't care anymore, this segment is just the most awesome, funniest thing I've ever seen in my entire life! Man, I love this!

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

12 long years have passed since your statement. Has it changed in any way?

@RabiLavi 12 жыл бұрын

Stewart Lee like Gil Scott Heron? Wow, he gives me more reasons to love him every day. So excited to see him in march!

@darz_k. 2 жыл бұрын

How was it?

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

It will be 13 long years later since you made that comment, in 2 years time, so How was it?

@dfreed007 15 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff, I'm so happy that Stew is back on TV and back in the public eye, he really deserves it!

@hypernation2007 15 жыл бұрын

These boys are almost 90% of the greatness in "Great Britain"

@BigGreenTimeMachine 5 жыл бұрын

How do they not explode with laughter at that So Solid Crew recording?

@number94 7 жыл бұрын

'People are suspicious of experts now...' Ahead of his time there

@agdgdgwngo 4 жыл бұрын

Was just about to make that very comment.... Guess you were ahead of your time too!

@bigfan1041 4 жыл бұрын

People have always been

@matthewmooney8063 3 жыл бұрын

Pfft. Said like some kind of expert.

@Dogtles 3 жыл бұрын

People were suspicious of experts even back in ancient Greece.

@Dogtles 3 жыл бұрын

@Tobias Wayne no one cares

@martygoose 13 жыл бұрын

One of the funniest 12 minutes on KZfaq. The look on their faces when they're talking.

@domrowland 14 жыл бұрын

7:28 Armando's face as he tries not to laugh is genius.

@b00i00d 4 жыл бұрын

watching and listening to these two, dead-panning against each other: magical!

@shelterit 13 жыл бұрын

"... or dance." (unison) Amazing, simply amazing. This is just so refreshing and giggely funny.

@kurisensei 2 жыл бұрын

Iannucci was the best at this role

@jasonfeingold2314 9 жыл бұрын

How do these guys keep straight faces?

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

9 years on and I still don't know. Have you given it further consideration?

@politure 9 жыл бұрын

I remember the chaotic days of 28 BC [Before Chiles]

@MissMaddyMads 6 жыл бұрын

This made me google ‘world’s tallest dwarf’ and I was not disappointed

@Doca 12 жыл бұрын

This is great and the guy at 9:50 on the voicemail has to be Adam Buxton from Adam & Joe. He's a big Iannucci fan.

@calluma8472 3 жыл бұрын

These two are so brilliant, and just making this look so easy.

@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын

Gud Mawnin Yu mek wurlappa sense, mi bredda..

@stuna91 9 жыл бұрын

I love how he can just troll people so smoothly.

@Hoobtastic 15 жыл бұрын

I love Armando Iannucci, he has the most deadpan delivery and it's always such utter absurdity that comes out of his mouth best line: He's a know-a-bit-of-it.

@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын

Why u say dat ?

@ZValenT 4 жыл бұрын

"There runs a train. Trains don't have legs"

@no1funkydude 12 жыл бұрын

Kings of dead-pan, I could watch these two talking for hours

@vvintermute 15 жыл бұрын

"When should we expect to hear if we have a second series?" "well...you should have heard by now..." I cracked up there. BBC needs to bring back the Friday Night Armistice.

@tbonewilson 12 жыл бұрын

The bit with Asha-d had me in stitches.

@MrsPopeJohnPaul 13 жыл бұрын

two of the world's best satirists in a battle of wits, what a treat!

@joshyfowler1997 3 жыл бұрын

"Well, there were three intentions to this programme: reach out to Russell Brand in a covert way to communicate an incoherent message; secondly, to somehow invoke some essence of Adrian Chiles - I don't know what or how; and thirdly, to annihilate the Amazon chart position of Dan Brown." beautiful

@FrancisCWolfe 4 жыл бұрын

I like the way he initially can't decide if he wants to have read many books or a great width of book.

@skullsaintdead 7 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, Lee: "Well, what I've learned from you doing this to me, is that it's easy to take any section of text and read it in a slightly sarcastic voice" in response to the opening lines of his book being read, slightly sarcastically, by Iannucci (that is, "London. Long after midnight, the street people agree there runs a train..." Iannucci quips "London? It's hardly original is it."). Brilliantly deadpan sarcasm from the both of them.

@petercordwell2258 5 жыл бұрын

Love it.

@TheDiamond2009 4 жыл бұрын

"Oh, here we go....yeah." Ha ha ha!! These two plus Chris Morris. Who needs anything more?

@jonnyrmsy 10 жыл бұрын

"So we're in a post-Chilesean world..."

@tmcthree 8 жыл бұрын

These sections are so much funnier when you know the history between Iannucci/Morris and Lee/Herring over the rights to On the Hour.

@Gordon.Pinkerton 8 жыл бұрын

What is the history?

@tmcthree 8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Taylor When On The Hour was being made into an audio cassette. There was an argument between Lee and Herring on one side and Iannucci, Morris and Marber on the other, over the rights to the characters, particularly Alan Partridge. So what Iannucci, Morris and Marber did was cut out all of the lines that had been written by Lee and Herring. (In the process ruining a lot of the jokes). So Lee and Herrings material didn't feature in the audio cassette or any further works and IMM retained ownership. It all got very bitter, particularly so with Marber. Fast forward 20 years and Partridge is one of the UKs most successful comedy characters, making millions for the owners. For me that makes these scenes, where Lee is portraying himself as a failed/failing comedian being lorded over by Morris and Iannucci, incredibly brave and funny. If Marber, is in the chair for the next series, that would be great.

@Gordon.Pinkerton 8 жыл бұрын

+tmcthree thanks for the explanation mate. That was really interesting. Great that hey can work together all these years later despite previous acrimony

@mistaben2k 15 жыл бұрын

Armando Iannucci did write some of Alan Partidge so he's a very talented guy.

@PurushaDesa 13 жыл бұрын

Armando's assured nodding to the tape recording cracks me up.

@nightfly33 12 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@HahaMunich58WasFunny 12 жыл бұрын

I wish So Solid Crew would come back and "drive around a bit"

@unearnedreservations 7 жыл бұрын

6:08 Prophetic.

@Jeremyramone 13 жыл бұрын

love how stewart references chuck d, brilliant.

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

Who is chuck d ?

@RealityCheck6T9 12 жыл бұрын

I loved the stuff about Adrian Chiles

@hypernation2007 15 жыл бұрын

What a combo. Well spotted!

@starkRECORDINGS 11 жыл бұрын

Genius!!!

@TheXitone 5 жыл бұрын

2:20 always gets me .

@professormoog 15 жыл бұрын

Five stars! this was even funnier than the broadcast on BBC2

@beefstroganoff1108 7 жыл бұрын

The book on his shelf has really let itself go

@collectivesartori 2 жыл бұрын

Dry as a chip. Brilliant

@fatherted79 9 жыл бұрын

Trains don't have legs!

@kezadrone 9 жыл бұрын

Yeah and foot note, I thought he was going to say " Why would a note on a foot be any good?"

@MrJ2theC 5 ай бұрын

This is genius.

@planetyes 15 жыл бұрын

More Charm Offensive, please, Armando! And put Dr. Buckles and Mr. Lee as regulars on said show. Ooh, ta!

@pietzsche 12 жыл бұрын

I lol'd, Yossarian lives!

@sonofliberty1 12 жыл бұрын

This!!!!

@graveey 11 жыл бұрын

im pressing the red button more in the future if you get stuff like this

@musician4776 9 жыл бұрын

Sounds like it was Richard Herring, not Adam Buxton as the So Solid Crew person. Could be wrong

@maxdembo2029 10 жыл бұрын

Applicable to Stewart Lee talking badness to Armando back in the 90's. Very clever.

@Matt7895 10 жыл бұрын

"Trains don't have legs!"

@TheIkaraCult 14 жыл бұрын

So Solid Crew actually have a new single out. Stewart Lee should demand some kind of promotional royalties or alternatively appear onstage as their hypeman

@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын

What's it called?

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

What's it called?

@tenkhut 15 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!! "Post-Chilesian Britain" - I thought they were both going to crack then...

@COL321 15 жыл бұрын

You're just giving the So Solid Crew the oxygen of publicity with this kind of programme.

@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын

Yu mek wurlappa sense, mi bredrin..

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

Tru Say,Mi Bredda. Preach those words,Bredrin. Zeeennnn

@tonyclifton265 Жыл бұрын

stewart lee is a genius

@AlCasu1888 13 жыл бұрын

@biopsychosocio agreed, i must be honest i hadn't seen much of his stuff before i saw his show recorded in glasgow. the single funniest thing i've ever seen. HIcks Pryor Carlin and Bruce are legends but that show stood out for me it was absolute genius on lots of levels. Armando is also amazing probably the best comedy writer around with jesse armstrong and lennihan and mathews in his slipstream

@DCSIGNR 15 жыл бұрын

Clever chaps, and the cutting edge is the mind.

@mrbenoit5018 Ай бұрын

You’re not a wordsmith, you’re a word Lee. “Tallest dwarf”… a reference to the Kiwi indie rock band Tall Dwarfs? If so, hilarious.

@ryanmcavoy 8 жыл бұрын

Gilbert & George have let themselves go.

@dazpatreg 13 жыл бұрын

I'd love if after he said 'you've pressed the red button, now here is something of no value' it just went to a scene of david dickonson reading aloud russell brand's 'my bookie wook'.

@TheDarksterZane 15 жыл бұрын

I got the message just when i first saw it I kinda fell for the seriousness at the start. Shows how sarcastic stewart is almost decived to the end

@benjula2008 15 жыл бұрын

definately, what a great forgotton show

@hakanozelguitarist 13 жыл бұрын

love how at 09:10 he has to pull back a smile..

@davidfgranger 10 жыл бұрын

Was that Adam Buxton?

@WhiteSleevedStu 8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Devine Good shout!

@meu02136 15 жыл бұрын

It's up to Chiles to bring it up, he was probably afraid to bring it up because it's obviously true. WHy would would Armando say "Did you see Stew Lee's comedy vehicle, he slagged you off. It was funny, wasn't it?".

@Simple_Slmon 9 жыл бұрын

It would be Adrian Chiles.....Hahahahaha

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

I saw him in The Bull Ring the other day, looking particularly Post Chilesian..

@rallfrey1 6 жыл бұрын

This is how we manage to keep our British celebrities from getting above themselves.

@57WillysCJ 10 жыл бұрын

I can't tell if Adrian Chiles is Ray Mears or Ray Mears is Adrian Chiles.

@1interesting2 13 жыл бұрын

@biopsychosocio Stewart has a consistent viewpoint through all of his routines. None of the material he's produced over the last twenty plus years contradicts its self. He is a loud voice in my internal dialogue but a quiet one in mainstream media, of necessity since the corporate machine in practice runs in the opposite direction to Stewart Lee and he knows it all too well.

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

12 years ago, you wrote: " contradicts its self. "where, indeed, when,"itself" is one word. Have you had the chance to reflect on this?

@dave623 3 жыл бұрын

“Reach out to Russell Brand in a covert way to communicate an incoherent message.”

@phillipbailey70 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's the bit where I lost it and couldn't stop laughing - when he listed his '3 main reasons' 😁😂

@biopsychosocio 15 жыл бұрын

Newsflash. What you're watching here is a genuine comedy genius. He's up there with Bill Hicks and George Carlin. It's a bit of a gamble for him to do TV again, I suppose, as he isn't really 'mainstream'. He is a stand-up master. But I'm glad he's done it. Not everyone will like it. Good. They can run off back to Alan Carr.

@pootpoot13 Жыл бұрын

Asher D is voiced by Adam Buxton. And that is actually true

@Wolfie99 8 жыл бұрын

The lack of consideration in terms of the thickness of paper which would dictate the length of Stewart's shelf was actually quite perplexing. In fact, for me, the whole interview was marred by this erroneous omission. Nonetheless I felt the need to indulge myself in participating in this revealing insight into comedic valour. I leave this content satisfied yet devoid of wisdom courtesy of the comments regarding the Adrian Childs paradox, well for 21 seconds at least. PS Has not sufficient time past that the famous London rap artists should now question their authenticity and make a come back as the 'So Sorry Crew'?

@WillTheHoff 5 жыл бұрын

You aren't funny or clever.

@henridobbs2423 5 жыл бұрын

March 2009 "I don't think people like experts." hmph.

@anotherciaranmcgarry 11 жыл бұрын

simon munnely's book line was actually better delivered by stewart than simon in my opinion. i always loved that line and it's nice to see it get a big laugh.

@PrincepsAve 13 жыл бұрын

"So Solid Crew... They were taking British hip-hop in an interesting direction, what happened to them? Let's have a whip-round, see if we can't get them to come out again and drive around."

@Isleofskye 2 жыл бұрын

10 tears later and STILL no sign of those little rascals. It's been 22 years now and I am beginning to fear the worst...

@5carydinosaur123 11 жыл бұрын

pete and dud have let themselves go

@TNJX 15 жыл бұрын

i think this'd be pretty much inpenetrable to anyone not already intune with armando and stewart's style of humour

@furbs9999 5 жыл бұрын

Beaker from the muppets has let himself go.

@JBurd3n 14 жыл бұрын

@ScotlandMaleGlasgow hes like part italian i think

@enriquepelenato4956 3 жыл бұрын

British comedy is next level layer of irony

@Burguois 11 жыл бұрын

Were these improved? Because if so they're genius.

@Isleofskye 7 ай бұрын

They were improved. You should have seen their first attempt...

@doublepick 2 жыл бұрын

“Or dance…”

@colonialstraits1069 Жыл бұрын

Stewart was right about Russell.

@thenigotoffthebus 15 жыл бұрын

Many would disagree. I actually think he is funnier than he himself realises.

@StobzillaYT 14 жыл бұрын

Where it all comes unstuck for this argument is that Armando was probably told by BBC people (who pay his wages) to appear on the OneShow. The bringing up of the subject of Chiles being compared to a toby jug full of hot piss isn't exactly a suitable topic of conversation at 7pm on a weeknight in the BBC's eyes I would imagine. Hopefully, Armando would of taken every op to be "rude" to Chiles off camera, thus making all of this much much funnier than it already is.