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Comedy Vehicle Episode 1 - March 2009 Chortle.co.uk - By Steve Bennett - March 17th, 2009
In comedy circles, Stewart Lee has long been acknowledged as an influential, intelligent and principled stand-up almost beyond reproach. But it was nonetheless a courageous move for BBC Two to order a series from him that’s equally likely to alienate viewers as widen his niche. Given the debate raging about the BBC and public service…
Comedy Vehicle Episode 1 - March 2009 Heckler Spray - By Keith Emmerson - March 17th, 2009
Stewart Lee is to the world of comedy what pans are to a chef; pretty vital unless you want cold beans, and nobody wants cold beans. This man possesses razor sharp comic timing; somehow he can make any innocuous word comical. One small inflection or miniscule tweak of his expression conveys more than any amount…
Comedy Vehicle Episode 1 - March 2009 Lancashire Telegraph - By John Anson - March 17th, 2009
COMPARISONS can be a real problem. We all do it, reviewers particularly. There’s something in our make-up that makes us compelled to relate one thing to another from the past. Take Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle on BBC2 last night. Every preview, every interview has banged on about it being the “new Dave Allen show”. Even…
Comedy Vehicle Episode 1 - March 2009 The Independent - By Brian Viner - March 17th, 2009
Like history, and the kipper, comedy tends to repeat on you. For example, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle amounts to very little more than Lee doing his stand-up comedy act in front of an audience but with a camera pointing at him, and Dave Allen at Large, of blessed memory, amounted to the same thing. But…
Comedy Vehicle Episode 1 ★★★★ - March 2009 The Times - By Andrew Billen - March 17th, 2009
On his Comedy Vehicle Stewart Lee drove a cross between a tractor and the field it was ploughing into the debate that should start now about the purpose of BBC Two. After the silliest opening titles Lee could dream up, in which his tractor-field was followed by a troupe of circus performers, Stewart Lee’s Comedy…