[TV Discovery] Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle was a British comedy series that featured a mix of stand up and sketches. It aired between 2009 and 2016 with four seasons, but unfortunately due to budget cuts at the BBC, it wasn't renewed for a fifth season.

Stewart Lee himself is often referred to as the comedian's comedian, as he incorporates a mix of observational comedy with metahumour, often using "callbacks" to earlier comedic statements. He's not really a joke kinda guy. He uses irony an awful lot, to the point many people will fail to see the humour in his sets. He'll often criticize the audience for not being intelligent enough to understand the joke, frequently stating that they'd prefer more simplistic material or the work of more mainstream "arena" comedians. He is also very proud of the fact that he writes all his own material, often slamming more popular British comedians for using writers who aren't credited.

If you're a fan of "dry" humour, then you will most likely enjoy this show. I don't know if many of his observations will translate to a non-British audience, but it's certainly worth exploring if you enjoy stand-up comedy. The show itself is broken up between stand-up filmed at a working man's club in London near where Lee lives, and sketches written by Lee himself but more usually performed by Kevin Eldon and Paul Putner with cameos from other TV and circuit comedians. After season 2, the show was mainly comprised of stand-up mixed in with a fake interview between Lee and a skeptical interviewer.

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