Good Song is Good

How can someone so closely associated with the mediocrity-machine that is Tim Burton have written such a fantastically good song?....

Acknowledging the Triumphant Return of Stewart Lee

He's been called a genius, a heretic, and the world's 41st best stand-up comedian, but most importantly, he's back on our TVs! Stewart Lee' Comedy Vehicle is gracing the screens of the UK via BBC Two on Monday nights, and Lee's certainly perfected the deadpan onstage persona he's been working on for the last 10 years. The first show - Toilet Books - found Lee attacking celebrity literature (namely the autobiographies of Chris Moyles and So-Solid Crew's Asher D). The Guardian Guide already described the show as "a refreshing change from the perky, ambitious tones of the Mock the Week brigade".

The Comedy Vehicle is the first truly intelligent, laugh-out-loud piece of comedy to come on the beeb in quite some time, and this may be due in part to the input of Armando Ianucci and Chris Morris as executive producer and script editor. Although the material would be nothing without the insatiably professional delivery by Lee - a man you can't help but love.

The only people who won't laugh at this are Chris Moyles, Asher D and possibly Richard Herring - but only out of jealousy. If you watch one thing this week, make it Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle.

Watch it on BBC's iPlayer here

.....and here's the series' trailer...