41st Best Standup Ever ★★★★ - August 2007 Fest Magazine - August 14th, 2007

Throughout this hour-long set, Mr. Lee barely breaks a sweat. Not because he’s coasting or re-treading well-worn turf, but because his manner is all about cool delivery: the wry one liner, the well placed…pause. Lee is a master of the form, and while the biggest laugh of the night might come from his use of…

41st Best Standup Ever! - August 2007 The Stage - By Chris Wilson - August 13th, 2007

This show marks a return to form for Stewart Lee. In a soft, intelligent manner, Lee used the rather silly fact he had been named in a TV programme as the 41st Best Stand-up of All Time to belittle the television industry, especially Channel 4, the sponsors of his venue, the E4 Udderbelly. It was…

41st Best Standup Ever ★★★★★ - August 2007 The Metro - By Mickey Noonan - August 13th, 2007

Stewart Lee is feeling chatty. It’s notable that Lee, famous for his deadpan, languid delivery, is smiling much more these days. That may have something to do with him being a new father, or, perhaps he’s feeling more comfortable in his clown shoes, having been placed at No. 41 in Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Comedians…

41st Best Standup Ever ★★★★★ - August 2007 The Herald - By Colin Somerville - August 13th, 2007

The title comes from one of the schedule-filling Best 100 Anythings Ever knocked out by Channel 4, allegedly voted for by the public, which has surpassed the achievements of previous shows in the series by providing Stew with a substitute title for his show. Originally, and it was billed at the Glasgow Comedy Festival as…

41st Best Standup Ever ★★★★★ - August 2007 PartGerbil.co.uk - August 12th, 2007

In many ways stand-up comedy is as much a science as it is an art. Jokes can be constructed in a careful, thoughtful manner, each word and pause placed in just the right place to generate the maximum amount of humour. And in that area of comedy, Lee has no equal. He’s a true master…

41st Best Standup Ever! ★★★★ - August 2007 One4Review.com - August 11th, 2007

Stewart Lee maybe the 41st best comedian according to a recent Channel 4 programme, but his mother doesn’t rate him as high as Tom O’Connor, who didn’t make the list at all. Fortunately for him though, the Fringe audience obviously rate him much higher and hence he is selling out the huge UdderBELLY purple cow…