stewart lee

In the pantheon of UK comedy, Stewart Lee has been and remains one of our all time favorites. His expertly wry sense of humor and knack for weaving metatextually in and out of bits is something we’ll simultaneously marvel and bust up laughing at.

Lee will be having a chat with the UK’s The Idler about comedy and, well, of course, the world at large and how one is going to figure in the other in the future. Hearing Lee’s take on everything that’s going on right now is something we definitely want to hear and that you might want to catch as well.

We’ll all get a chance to do so later this month on Thurs. Oct. 29th at 11AM PT/2PM ET/7PM BST. Tickets are free for this live-stream and you can (and very much should) go get them here.

Watch Some of the Biggest Comedians Purely Talk the Craft of Comedy in Teaser for “Dying Laughing”

June 5, 2016

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Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Billy Connolly, Garry Shandling, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Kevin Hart, Dave Attell, Frankie Boyle, Omid Djalili, Kirk Fox, Eddie Izzard, Stewart Lee, Paul Provenza, Emo Philips, Bonnie McFarland, Tiffany Haddish, and more offer their take on the artistry and craftsmanship that actually goes into going on stage and doing stand-up comedy in the documentary Dying Laughing.

Directors Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood extensively interviewed all of the above and made what might be another documentary that showcases stand-up as being more than just a bunch of clowns rattling off jokes every night.

Watch the teaser here.

The Lovely CIty of Galway, Ireland Is Going to Have a Great Comedy Festival

September 23, 2013

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The Lovely CIty of Galway, Ireland Is Going to Have a Great Comedy Festival

Not only is Galway, Ireland one of the more scenic places in the country, especially as it’s situated right on the western coastline making for gorgeous sunsets, it’s going to be the site of what has the ingredients for a great comedy festival this October.

Namely, Eddie Pepitone, Glenn Wool, Set List: Improvised Stand-Up as well as hilarious UK talents of Stewart Lee, Russell Howard, Omid Djalili are performing and if you just happen to be in Ireland, you should make it out to this.

Required Online Comedy Reading List 3/18/13

March 18, 2013

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It’s that time again for our round-up of great online articles, interviews, etc. about, for, or dealing with comedy because, honestly, we just had too many of these great reads saved to look “at some point”. So, we read them and made this list.

Included in this edition are great road stories with Jimmy Pardo by John Roy, wonderful absurdity from the hilarious mind of Andrés du Bouchet, Pete Holmes interviewing Anthony Jeselnik, and much much more.

–Mutants of the Post Apocalypse: A Handy Dandy Guide by Andrés du Bouchet
–Eddie Pepitone-Global Phenomenon-Brings the House Down in Oslo by St. Paul’s Lifestyle
–Exclusive Interview with Dinosaur Company by Moveorama Blog
–Stewart Lee Is Not Amused at Monopoly Control of TV Comedy by Oliver Duggan for The Independent
–Talking to Dan Harmon About Harmontown, Community Season 4, and His New Shows by Bradford Evans for Splitsider
–Watching Ernie Kovacs Host One of TV’s Strangest Morning Shows by Ramsey Ess for Splitsider
–Three Tales of Jimmy Pardo by John Roy
–Pete Holmes and Anthony Jeselnik Talk Dark Jokes for Vulture
–Dying Alone-The Life You’ve Chosen by Jeremy Paul for The Higgs Weldon
–For Our Consideration: Why Understanding and Embracing Easy Pop Culture Targets Beats Deriding Them by Nathan Rabin at The AV Club
–Funny or Die’s Billy Eichner on How To Be Fearless, and Maybe a Little Rude by Joe Berkowitz for Fast Co. Create
–I Shall Be Heard by Alex J. Mann for The Morning News
–Couples Therapy for Comedy and Feminism by Amy Hawthorne
–6 Reasons to Quit Your Podcast by Caleb Bacon for Huffington Post
–What Is A Writer Today by David Dean for Thought Catalog
–Can a Video Game Ever Be a True Comedy? by Noah Davis for Splitsider
–My Dearest Stand Up Comedians by Briana Hansen

Pick of the Day: A Drink with the Idler | Stewart Lee and Tom Hodgkinson

Watch Some of the Biggest Comedians Purely Talk the Craft of Comedy in Teaser for “Dying Laughing”

The Lovely CIty of Galway, Ireland Is Going to Have a Great Comedy Festival

Required Online Comedy Reading List 3/18/13