My thirty-eighth TV Week column for Newslite.tv enjoys a spin in Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, is largely unmoved by I've Never Seen Star Wars, and giggles at Dave Gorman's Genius.
STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE is essentially one-man stand-up, televised from a comedy club setting. There are brief interludes for home viewers (a Kevin Eldon sketch, most notably), but most of the trimmings are only there to comically illustrate something Lee mentions (a faux Amazon recommendations widget, Radio 4 comedy writers speaking in oscillating voices.) To be honest, these were distractions that didn't really add anything, beyond provide employment for the likes of Simon Munnery. The joy of stand-up is having someone fill your head with mental imagery, so cutting to an illustrative sketch inspired by one of Lee's comments worked against that alchemy. Continue reading...
