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Stewart Lee: Tornado

And if you've come along heretonight, York, hoping to see two and a half hoursof the kind...

And if you've come along here
tonight, York, hoping to see two and a half hours
of the kind of JL Austin-influenced stand-up that
Erving Goffman would have loved, you can fuck off, cos it's not
going to be that, is it?

Full Transcript

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And if you've come along here tonight, York,
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hoping to see two and a half hours of the kind of
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JL Austin-influenced stand-up that Erving Goffman would have loved,
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you can fuck off, cos it's not going to be that, is it?
Duration
14 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:41
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Genres
comedy
Production
BBC

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Movie Summary

The Bafta-winning Stewart Lee performs his latest touring show, focusing on a bizarrely erroneous description of his work on Netflix and a mind-boggling review from Alan Bennett.
This is the kiss of death, this Alan Bennett review. - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:04
This is the kiss of death, this Alan Bennett review.
This is worse, isn't it, than, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:08
This is worse, isn't it, than,
You know, this Dave Chappelle bloke from America - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:10
You know, this Dave Chappelle bloke from America
This Dave Chappelle bloke, and Jimmy Carr, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:09
This Dave Chappelle bloke, and Jimmy Carr,
Doesn't say on Netflix, does it, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:06
Doesn't say on Netflix, does it,
"..and a woman in Hitchin is bewildered." - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:09
"..and a woman in Hitchin is bewildered."
Cos this Dave Chappelle bloke from America, he's a Hollywood superstar - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:08
Cos this Dave Chappelle bloke from America, he's a Holl...
In fact, last year, Dave Chappelle's Hollywood people, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:11
In fact, last year, Dave Chappelle's Hollywood people,
That's more than one show a day, which is possible, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:11
That's more than one show a day, which is possible,
It's sort of garbled, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:06
It's sort of garbled,
And when you see that, you'll go, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:05
And when you see that, you'll go,
Hollywood superstar comedian, he's got status, Dave Chappelle. - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:04
Hollywood superstar comedian, he's got status, Dave Cha...
And I saw how this status worked close at hand. I'll tell you why. - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:06
And I saw how this status worked close at hand. I'll te...
What happened was, right, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:11
What happened was, right,
And I got to the end of a six-month run there, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:16
And I got to the end of a six-month run there,
And I thought I'd better see Dave Chappelle, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:08
And I thought I'd better see Dave Chappelle,
Normally, the whole room goes, "Ooh! That's a lot," you know? - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:04
Normally, the whole room goes, "Ooh! That's a lot,...
But the actual town itself, as you walk around the streets, it's... - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:04
But the actual town itself, as you walk around the streets, ...
It is marked by conspicuous consumption - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:05
It is marked by conspicuous consumption
You'd spend that on a teapot, wouldn't you? 150 quid. - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:05
You'd spend that on a teapot, wouldn't you? 150 qu...