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Stewart Lee: Content Provider

You're probably like me, Southend, your grandparents probably used totell these old...

You're probably like me, Southend, your grandparents probably used to
tell these old stories, and you used to think, didn't you,
"I must write them down, "or tape-record them
before they're all forgotten." But we never do, do we?
I actually did

Full Transcript

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You're probably like me, Southend,
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your grandparents probably used to tell these old stories,
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and you used to think, didn't you, "I must write them down,
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"or tape-record them before they're all forgotten."
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But we never do, do we? I actually did.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:41:09
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.
In the 1970s, I tape-recorded all these old stories - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
In the 1970s, I tape-recorded all these old stories
But in the '80s, when my brother-in-law moved in, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:06
But in the '80s, when my brother-in-law moved in,
Well done. The second and final Deacon Blue joke - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:10
Well done. The second and final Deacon Blue joke
I do it, and then there's about 30 seconds more - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
I do it, and then there's about 30 seconds more
So when you hear the second Deacon Blue joke, don't go, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:08
So when you hear the second Deacon Blue joke, don't go,
So I was talking there about the S&M and the fetish scene, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:13
So I was talking there about the S&M and the fetish scen...
And our grandparents and our great-grandparents - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
And our grandparents and our great-grandparents
My grandad was still around at the sort of start of the internet age, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:07
My grandad was still around at the sort of start of the inte...
And he did say to me once, he said that in the '30s, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:08
And he did say to me once, he said that in the '30s,
Seriously, I'm not doing a joke now, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:07
Seriously, I'm not doing a joke now,
I mean, he said to me, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:18
I mean, he said to me,
And all they had then, in the '30s, in rural Worcestershire, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:08
And all they had then, in the '30s, in rural Worcesters...
And this was kept, wasn't it, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:10
And this was kept, wasn't it,
Yeah, on the marble slab. It's funny to you, because you think, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:09
Yeah, on the marble slab. It's funny to you, because yo...
And, you know, maybe it was Christmas, and Grandad was in - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:09
And, you know, maybe it was Christmas, and Grandad was in
That's what he'd call his wife, because he was in love with her. - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
That's what he'd call his wife, because he was in ...
They would get undressed there in the freezing-black darkness - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:11
They would get undressed there in the freezing-black darknes...
And the hessian would gouge horrible wounds into their faces. - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:04
And the hessian would gouge horrible wounds into their faces...
And they'd be shivering and crying in the black dark, and bleeding. - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:05
And they'd be shivering and crying in the black dark, a...
Because, unlike your cosseted generation, - Stewart Lee: Content Provider 00:06
Because, unlike your cosseted generation,