Guild Hall, Preston - February 2008 Lancaster Guardian - By Chris Hopper - February 20th, 2008

There may be little point to Channel 4’s endless (and endlessly repeated) The 100 Best… shows but they have at least provided Stewart Lee – the man behind Jerry Springer: The Opera – with a title for his latest stand-up tour. Lee is, he’s happy to tell you, the 41st best stand-up comedian of all…

41st Best Stand-Up Ever at the Soho Theatre - December 2007 My London Your London - By Robert Bain - December 23rd, 2007

When I last saw Stewart Lee perform in 2005, he was even more bitter than usual – worn down by the self-appointed defenders of religion who took issue with ‘blasphemous’ hit show Jerry Springer: The Opera. The unlikely target of his vitriol was Joe Pasquale – who stands at the opposite end of the comic…

41st Best Standup Ever Review: AF Harrold and Matt Dyson - October 2007 BBC Berkshire - By Af Harrold & Matt Dyson - October 12th, 2007

Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever | Concert Hall | Reading | Friday 12 October 2007 AF Harrold’s review According to a poll voted for by the public and screened on Channel Four in April 2007 Stewart Lee is indeed, without a shadow of doubt and with no word of a lie or room for…

Stewart Lee looks at the forgotten history of comedy in London - October 2007 Time Out - October 11th, 2007

I have recently been touring my new show, 41st Best Stand-Up Ever, before its current six week residency at the Soho theatre. The title reflects my position in a dubious Channel 4 rundown of stand-ups earlier this year. I was surprised to be placed at all, but the very existence of such a list does…

On Being Labelled 41st Best Standup - September 2007 Financial Times & The List - By Stewart Lee - September 9th, 2007

In March this year a cheap Channel 4 clip show, The 100 Best Stand-Up Comedians Ever, placed me at number 41, sandwiched in-between Johnny Vegas and Dara O’Brien. This was a hugely flattering position to find oneself in, if something of a tight squeeze. But unfortunately, it was a result of a public vote, and…

STEWART LEE – BIG ISSUE FRINGE DIARY #4 - August 2007 Big Issue - By Stewart Lee - August 26th, 2007

For twenty years now I have treated the fringe as a vast smorgasboard of talent, sometimes sampling as many as sixty or seventy different shows of wildly varying quality each Summer. This year, my wife and I have a baby, so when we get time off the shows we chose assume a greater significance. We…