On DVD - Sports Night. Aaron Sorkin's lost masterpiece.

Books - Stewart Lee's How I escaped my certain fate.

Anything exciting happening? I'm reduced to posting off topic, so take a guess...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:36, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Sportsnight is awesome

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:38, Reply)

Hahaha
Start an argument with someone, go on.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:39, Reply)

No, I am trying hard to be nice again
you cunt.

oops.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:48, Reply)

I disagree.
You're talking shit etc.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:50, Reply)

Alright scarpe
What are you having for lunch?
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:51, Reply)

vodka A ploughman's lunch. But he wants it back (c)Dads everwhere.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:53, Reply)

Fuck you then, it doesn't get any more serious on off topic than enquiring about peoples lunch plans
I hope you choke on it, whatever it is
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:58, Reply)

Aw, I just want to ruffle your hair and give you 50p for sweets.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 10:04, Reply)

What's the Stuart Lee book like?
I used to really like his stand up, but I've gone off his recent stuff.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:40, Reply)

I find his pudgy face and perpetual sarky teenager demeanour irritating,
but concede he has been funny at times.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:42, Reply)

I would have thought you liked his nihilistic outlook

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:43, Reply)

He's a bit of a cock.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:47, Reply)

Me?
An astute personality judgement right there.

Stuart Lee? Quite likely true also.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:48, Reply)

I meant Mr Lee*

*not the legendary Hip-House MC, for clarification
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:52, Reply)

Stuart Lee is a cock
an unfunny one at that
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:54, Reply)

this is also true
but when he is good he is very good, I love the piece he does to tear Joe Pasquale apart
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:48, Reply)

Yes, that's in the book.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:50, Reply)

God that must be really hard to do.
What a challenging target.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:53, Reply)

He's got a face that'll get on your nerves, etc....

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:57, Reply)

He's actually really nice
I met him briefly at a comic convention and he was utterly bemused as to why he'd even been asked to be there.

mind you, when you are meeting someone as sycophantic as I turned out, it's probably hard to not be nice.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:51, Reply)

I disagree.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:53, Reply)

You have every right to.
I respect your opinion 100%.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:56, Reply)

Are you saying you disagree?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 10:00, Reply)

If that's what you think
then that is fine by me.


(God, this is harder than it should be. Right, where's that bloke that disagrees with animal testing gone, I need a fight. Oh, I know...Alzheimer's is hilarious...)
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 10:02, Reply)

I generally do.
But last time I saw him live (granted he was rehearsing TV stuff, but I saw it on TV and it was no better) he spent ages talking about his granddad liking crisps. I think the theory was if he kept referencing the same vaguely surreal, but in and of its self unfunny, idea it would become funny.

I did not find it funny when Vic Reaves made a career out of it, and I did not find it funny when Stuart Lee (all be it more subtly) did it.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:47, Reply)

A lot of his comedy is based on repetition for effect; I quite liked the crsip routine

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:49, Reply)

This maybe true, but it's not something I enjoy.
/personal taste.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:51, Reply)

I'm lately finding him self-indulgent and unfunny.
Richard herring, by contrast is juvenile but consistently enjoyable.

Also have an internet point for not just calling him bent.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:44, Reply)

i hate to admit this
but I agree with MOnty

*kills self*
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:45, Reply)

I've done it a few times, you get used to the dirty, used feeling.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:49, Reply)

'vomiting into the gaping anus of Christ'

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:43, Reply)

It's really great
It's largely transcripts of two of his shows. 90's Stand Up and...um...I forget the other one. It might be 'If you'd prefer a milder comedian please ask'. But with pages and pages of commentary and analysis and thoughts on his career and the like. It's superb.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:50, Reply)

I like Sports Night
but not Stewart Lee. So 1-1 there
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 31 Aug 2011, 9:49, Reply)