You wouldn’t like me when I’m Stuart Lee
Rich Johnston reports in this week’s Lying in the Gutters that Stewart Lee will be writing a pilot episode for a BBC2 sitcom about Thor.
While it will be about Thor the Norse god and not Thor the comic character, Johnston points out that Lee’s not the least bit ignorant about comics. He didn’t exactly do a routine about Peter David’s Hulk (just mentioned it early in his routine about Ang Lee), but Stewart Lee has quite a resume when it comes to dealing with religion and mythology, whether comical or not. I scoured YouTube for some highlights from the man’s career, including a few clips from the intellectually stupid comedy he created with Richard Herring in the brilliant “Fist of Fun” and “This Morning With Richard Not Judy” BBC programs.
Everything this guy does is genius, and I only hope this gets picked up and eventually imported to BBC America. If you like the Fist of Fun and TMWRNJ clips below, there are plenty more on YouTube, including the “Curious Orange” series.
Stewart Lee’s interview with Alan Moore
Stewart Lee on The Incredible Hulk (actually on Ang Lee)
Jesus is Behind You! (from Fist of Fun)
Stewart Lee’s True Fables (from Fist of Fun)
Sunday Heroes: The Last Supper (from This Morning with Richard Not Judy)
Sunday Heroes: Lazarus (from TMWRNJ)
Thanks for posting all this amazing BBC TV. I forget sometimes how much better the british have over us when it come to quality tv, and that Alan Moore clip was brilliant.