Stewart Lee: If You Prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask for One
Television's Frankie Boyle has actually proclaimed that no-one over 40 needs to do stand-up, as the old comics lose their edge and their anger. Stewart Lee is 42 as well as Frankie's uncaring Scottish words have made him ask yourself if it's worth carrying on. Unflinching, the intensely baffled comedian attempts to win round the legendarily rough Glasgow audience with a crowd-pleasing Mcintyre-style routine about coffee bar, but is sidetracked by ratings of imaginary pirates; he attempts to discuss every day center aged guys's problems, yet is attracted into a forty minute tirade versus Top Equipment and all it means; he tries to find some commonalities with satisfied childhood years memories that he and the target market can share, yet is instead taken in with loathing and anguish as a result of a Magners' Cider advertising campaign.