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The weird thing, I think
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Stewart Lee: Content Provider

The weird thing, I think, about trying to remake Are YouBeing Served? at the moment is...

The weird thing, I think, about trying to remake Are You
Being Served? at the moment is that the British retail industry
doesn't really exist any more, does it?
The new Are You Being Served?

Full Transcript

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The weird thing, I think,
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about trying to remake Are You Being Served? at the moment
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is that the British retail industry doesn't really exist any more,
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does it? The new Are You Being Served?
Duration
11 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:03
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
comedy
Production
BBC Comedy,Awkward Films

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Movie Summary

Stewart Lee's 2017/18 touring stand-up show, recorded live at the Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, in April 2018.
Mrs Slocombe stands in a massive shed off the M6... - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
Mrs Slocombe stands in a massive shed off the M6...
..making incomprehensible cat-based double entendres... - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
..making incomprehensible cat-based double entendres...
..to loads of poorly-paid and soon-to-be-deported - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
..to loads of poorly-paid and soon-to-be-deported
It's a big... A big news story, that, the, uh... - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:04
It's a big... A big news story, that, the, uh...
That used to be... All last year, that was a big laugh, that joke, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:06
That used to be... All last year, that was a big laugh, that...
Basically, you either overstate a perceived truth for comic effect - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:15
Basically, you either overstate a perceived truth for comic ...
But... So, why that was working last year was because the perception was, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:15
But... So, why that was working last year was because the pe...
"..soon-to-be-deported Eastern European workers" and the audience - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:07
"..soon-to-be-deported Eastern European workers" a...
The last gig I did before Christmas was December 9th, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:10
The last gig I did before Christmas was December 9th,
And what had happened that day, or the day before - and I didn't know, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:12
And what had happened that day, or the day before - and I di...
So, I went, "Soon-to-be-deported Eastern European workers," - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:14
So, I went, "Soon-to-be-deported Eastern European worke...
The next one was January 2nd and I thought, "Maybe I should cut - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:12
The next one was January 2nd and I thought, "Maybe I sh...
And it's a well-constructed joke, as well. - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:04
And it's a well-constructed joke, as well.
It goes, "Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na... - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:04
It goes, "Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na...
"soon-to-be-deported Eastern European workers." - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
"soon-to-be-deported Eastern European workers."
It ends on, or near, a hard consonant, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
It ends on, or near, a hard consonant,
"Work...workers." - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:04
"Work...workers."
That's how you... If you look at Frankie Boyle or Jimmy Carr, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:06
That's how you... If you look at Frankie Boyle or Jimmy...
And that's why a lot of you are sitting there going, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:08
And that's why a lot of you are sitting there going,
The comics you go and see normally, they're sort of in 4/4 time, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:07
The comics you go and see normally, they're sort of in ...