In this episode, Dan and Joe battle adverse weather and terrible internet connections to bring you this mammoth episode, looking at Stew's 2008 effort '41st Best Stand-Up...Ever'.

This special finds 'The Comedian Stewart Lee' in an odd state of limbo, as he is lauded as the 41st best stand-up ever by one of those rubbish late night countdown shows on Channel 4, whilst simultaneously struggling to get anyone from television to give him a commission (as well as being ridiculed by his own Mum for not being as funny as "Scouse Groundhog" Tom O'Connor off of Crosswits)

Also in the episode, Dan and Joe discuss their own stand-up related struggles and what misogyny was like in the early 2000s, amongst a bunch of other things.

COME AND SEE STEWNIVERSE LIVE IN LEICESTER WITH SPECIAL GUEST AND STAR OF THE ALTERNATIVE COMEDY EXPERIENCE MICHAEL LEGGE!

COME AND SEE DAN LIVE IN LEICESTER

COME AND SEE JOE LIVE IN LEICESTER

In this special 'Stewin' The Fat' episode, Dan talks to Leeds based comedian, actor, musician and host of the 'Punk Rock Elite' podcast, Eddie French.

They discuss Eddie's comedy origin story, experiences running comedy nights in Leeds and crossing paths with current TV comedy stars early in their career, at which point Eddie drops the single best impression of 'Live at the Apollo' star Scott Bennett that there will ever be.

In terms of Stew related chat, they talk about their early memories of Lee & Herring's 'Fist of Fun', Being on the front row of a '90's comedian' performance in Edinburgh (in the company of Mum and Dad) and an awkward encounter with the man himself outside the Stand, when he was handing out flyers for Bridget Christie.

Punk Rock Elite: A Podcast About NOFX is available wherever you get your podcasts, and you can catch Eddie French Live at Leicester Comedy Festival and Glasgow International Comedy Festival

COME AND SEE STEWNIVERSE LIVE:

Leicester

Brighton

SEE DAN'S SHOW:

Leicester

Brighton

SEE JOE'S SHOW:

Leicester

In this episode, Dan and Joe revisit Stew's seminal, revolutionary 2006 work '90s Comedian', which largely deals with the backlash faced by Stew and the composer Richard Thomas in response to their critically acclaimed (and Olivier Award winning) theatre show 'Jerry Springer: The Opera'.

Joe and Dan pick apart the finer points of this set and discuss the themes of censorship and boundaries of taste within it, whilst Dan both has a cold AND manages to find time to admit that Jim Davidson is a better comedian than him (for now).

To get tickets to our live show at Leicester Comedy Festival on February 24th 2024 please visit Across the Stew-niverse: A podcast about Stewart Lee - Leicester Comedy FestivalLeicester Comedy Festival (comedy-festival.co.uk)

Dan and Joe take a deep dive into Stewart Lee's first ever live stand-up DVD "Stand-Up Comedian", filmed at The Stand in Glasgow.

There were some issues with the audio on this recording, despite flawless test runs, although, other than the audio suddenly switching from mono to stereo after the intro (and a bit too much of Dan and Joe's awfully labored breathing being picked up on the mic) We're fairly confident that you won't see the joins (irony there, one of the many comic tools we'll be using throughout).

If you like what we do, please consider liking and subscribing wherever you get your pods, and if you want to  see what we look like doing this in front of an audience (with a smashing special guest), why not pop along and see us at the Leicester Comedy Festival?

Tickets here: 

www.comedy-festival.co.uk/events/across-the-stew-niverse-a-podcast-about-stewart-lee