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Stewart Lee: Tornado

"Cos he'll think it's someonehe should have heard of, "but he won't know it's a nameI just...

"Cos he'll think it's someone
he should have heard of, "but he won't know it's a name
I just made up

Full Transcript

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"Cos he'll think it's someone he should have heard of,
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"but he won't know it's a name I just made up.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:42
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.
"It sounds like a historic person, doesn't it, from York, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:06
"It sounds like a historic person, doesn't it, fro...
Right... It's not Reginald Farrell. What it is is... - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:05
Right... It's not Reginald Farrell. What it is is...
It's business rates, right? You pay a higher business rate - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:07
It's business rates, right? You pay a higher business r...
And I thought I'd better tell this young comedian that, right? - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:04
And I thought I'd better tell this young comedian that,...
In case he came here to do his act and someone went... - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:04
In case he came here to do his act and someone went...
I thought I'd better tell him, but I've got a problem - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:13
I thought I'd better tell him, but I've got a prob...
Luckily, I've been able to monetise it, professionally. - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:05
Luckily, I've been able to monetise it, professionally.
I was in Nottingham about a year ago - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:24
I was in Nottingham about a year ago
...and the baked potato woman, Nottingham woman, she said, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:22
...and the baked potato woman, Nottingham woman, she said,
"Was it your idea to call it Robin Hood's Jacket Potatoes?" - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:19
"Was it your idea to call it Robin Hood's Jacket P...
"If Robin Hood was a real historical character, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:09
"If Robin Hood was a real historical character,
"..didn't even come to Britain until the mid-1500s." - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:09
"..didn't even come to Britain until the mid-1500s...
"The point is that Robin Hood - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:18
"The point is that Robin Hood
"I'll just get one out of a dog-muck bin on the way home, you know, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:10
"I'll just get one out of a dog-muck bin on the wa...
So anyway, he's finished his act, this young comic, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:22
So anyway, he's finished his act, this young comic,
"Do you know why that is?" - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:49
"Do you know why that is?"
It was, it was Josh Widdicombe. And it's a shame, right, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:08
It was, it was Josh Widdicombe. And it's a shame, right...
Because about 15 years ago, he inspired me not to quit, right? - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:05
Because about 15 years ago, he inspired me not to quit, righ...
What happened was, I didn't know, - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:12
What happened was, I didn't know,
Actually, the gigs were going a lot better than I realised. - Stewart Lee: Tornado 00:04
Actually, the gigs were going a lot better than I realised.