The great thing about Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, now in its deadpan fourth season, is that there are no extreme physical challenges involved in it; just extreme intellectual ones. You’d have thought that there wasn’t much usefully innovative you could do with stand-up (and I don’t mean take it on a hike across the north of England), but Lee and his script editor Chris Morris, whose reputation goes before him, proved that, well, there is: a masterful reinvention of the witty aside.
The mordant joyfully mated with the whimsical; and post-post-post modern interviews of Lee by Morris. Every frame of the Comedy Vehicle is freeze-dried to ironic perfection, containing more layers than a mille-feuille pastry, a textural delight. This is something to watch and something for your brain to work out on, while your bum is planted firmly on the sofa, a lager in your hand, let us say.
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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John Robins, Comedian
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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World Without End, Twitter
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Bosco239, youtube
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log