There's
a handful of Lee & Herring products available, and here they are, listed
below.
The double act titles are deleted, but you can sometimes pick them up on amazon
or ebay or something, so here's a run down of them.
All Rich's solo DVDs and Stew's "90s Comedian" & "Pea Green
Boat" are made & distributed by the marvellous GoFasterStripe,
along with releases by several other comics.
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This compilation of Lee & Herring's breakthrough BBC radio show contains classics such as Stewart buying a porn video as a ironic joke, Rich's dating agency adventures, Geoffrey from rainbow, Jesus, the Girl Who Smelt of Spam and the first appearence of driving instructor Peter Dibden. |
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After the success of the first televsion run of "Fist Of Fun", the BBC commisioned this book from Rich & Stew as part of the merchandising campaign they launched in late 1995 for the 2nd series. This was released alongside a "Best Of.." collection of the radio version of Fist Of Fun on CD & Casette and the "Live From The Cochrane" video. Strangely, the campaign didn't feature a video release of the actual television show they were trying to promote, and to date, "Fist Of Fun" has never seen an official video (or DVD) release. The book
itself, however, featured a wealth of material - some culled from
radio & television - and some specifically written for this release.
A number of ideas would later be revisited & fleshed out in future
Lee & Herring projects (for example, the Organ Gang from TMWRNJ1).
Certainly one of the better "cash in" books of it's type,
this is a laugh-out-loud tour of the Lee & Herring universe. Sadly
no longer available, it can still be picked up in second hand book
shops, and downloaded from this very site. |
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You can view the video on Stew's site here |
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On 19th
/ 20th June 1999, The Brixton Academy was taken over by a slew of
comedians & entertainers as they mounted a campaign on behalf
of Comic Relief to help combat the third world debt. Among those appearing
on the night were David Baddiel, Steve Coogan, Ali G, Goodness Gracious
Me, Sean Lock, Matt Lucas & David Walliams, The Happy Mondays
and Tim McInerny. |
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Not a comedy venture at all, but in 2001 both Rich & Stew guested as Cybermen in this Dr Who audio adventure starring Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor. The show was broadcast over the internet before being released generally on CD. You can find the original BBC page for it here and buy a copy of the CD here. |
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Stewart Lee's debut novel, published in June 2001 by Fourth Estate. From the back of the book: "The
Perfect Fool" charts the progress of a collection of misfits,
spread across the wide open spaces of Arizona & the narrow streets
of South London, all unwittingly caught up in a quest for the Holy
Grail. These seemingly unrelated individuals eventually collide in the deserts of the American South West, where they form an uneasy silence. Stewart Lee's first novel combines an eclectic range of characters and cultures with an instinctive comic touch." |
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It has been known by many different names to many different people. Knob, dick, schmuck, rod, tool, percy, John Thomas, the bald headed mouse, the yoghurt-spitting sausage, Kojak's Moneybox, the salty salami, the sergeant with one blue stripe who loves to stand to attention, Captain Winky, the pink lighthouse that wants to draw you onto its rocks, the sentimental teaser, the arrow of desire, the crimson butterfly, the flute of love and of course Russell the fur-faced chicken. It
has meant different things to different cultures. |
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It’s come out really well and there’s some good extras extras including a 45 minute interview conducted by Johnny Vegas and Stewart's performance at Pestival - 'the international Arts Pestival dedicated to raising awareness of the integral role insects play in the global ecosystem'.. |
ménage à un sees Herring consolidate his position as one of the UK’s most uncompromising and innovative stand-ups in a show which deals with loneliness, only-ness and Onanism, and attempts to determine whether three-in-a-bed sex romps are really better than one-in-a-bed sex romps. Along the way he reveals why Olivio is the most dangerous spread for the confirmed bachelor, claims that we can save humanity by having sex with sea creatures and discusses the existential angst of being a comedy character who exists solely to deliver a disappointing punch-line. He also provides the correct solution to the Riddle of the Sphinx, proposes that the English should rename apples ‘sky potatoes’ in order to demonstrate the ultimate folly of the French, and controversially calls for the disenfranchisement of the stupid. |
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Between 2001 and 2003, Stewart Lee worked on Pea Green Boat. It featured a deconstruction of Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat. After several attempts, it proved financially unviable as a live performance. A version was recorded for Radio 4 shortly after - and then Go Faster Stripe came into existence, and a commercial release became viable. This is not the live show, or the Radio 4 version, but a new specially recorded version, produced by Jane Watkins. Pea Green Boat is available on CD, or as a limited edition 10'' single. |
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In his excellent Someone Likes Yoghurt, Herrring shares with us his world of gonorrhoea-transmiting magpies, his attempts to become successor to Pope John Paul II, and his local supermarket's utterly humiliating new checkout service: the grocery interrogation. |
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In the Twelve Tasks of Hercules Terrace, Rich shares with us his mission to make something of his sad comedian's existence through a catalogue of seemingly impossible challenges. So
will he succeed in running the marathon, going skydiving, and dating
50 women in 50 nights? And does steeling Germaine Greer's bra strictly count as a Herculean task? Yes - I suppose it does. |
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Stewart Lee's tour de force, 90s Comedian, has been dubbed so controversial (along with his directing debut Jerry Springer – the Opera) that none of the big DVD manufacturers would touch it with a barge pole. Which is a shame, and is why the fearless Go Faster Stripe stepped in and offered to organise a special one-off evening's performance to capture this man's unmitigated comedic genius and preserve it on DVD for posterity. Although it looks suspicious, this is none of your bootleg crap – it's all proper with special features like an interviewette, extra special cut-out bits, a photo gallery – oh, and a script for a Joe Pasquale joke. |
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Stewart Lee's first commercially released DVD was a recording of his 2004 Edinburgh show; "Standup Comedian". It was recorded at The Stand in Glasgow in March 2005 & released by 2Entertain later that year. Despite
great press for the release, & respectable sales the distributor
2entertain, declined their option to produce a follow up release.
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