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Not sure obscure is the right word there, mighty boosh was pretty huge about a decade ago. Unless you mean the approach to the humor? Iirc Lee first got Fieldi

Not sure obscure is the right word there, mighty boosh was pretty huge about a decade ago. Unless you mean the approach to the humor? Iirc Lee first got Fielding and Barrett working together when they worked on a show he done around 1997 but beyond even he would stress that it would be a stretch to give him credit for their successes. I dunno about saying Lee is on the fringes either, he's had 4 seasons of a show on BBC that only ended a couple of years ago. He's on the fringes relative to guys who aggressively court mass audiences but he's almost surprisingly popular for how arch be can be. It's hardly Daniel Kitson (a big favorite of Stewart Lee's who is well worth checking out) levels of critically adored but unknown.

DyslexicAtheist 8y ago
yes ofc sorry, with "obscure" I didn't mean "not well known" or in any way negative. afaik TMB falls under surreal comedy and that was I was trying to say. Actually Noel Fielding himself has repeatedly called him an inspiration and "uncle of our comedy" so these aren't my words. Indeed, though Barratt and Fielding had worked together in the past, the first seeds of the Boosh were sown while working as part of Lee's Edinburgh show King Dong vs Moby Dick in which Barratt and Fielding played a giant penis and a whale, respectively. Lee returned the favour by going on to direct their 1999 Edinburgh show, Arctic Boosh, which remains the template for their live work. ->(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee#1989%E2%80%931993:_Stand-up_and_radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee#1989%E2%80%931993:...) I think TMB stands on it's own and deserves credit for something that has never existed before in this way and I'd never suggest that they "got it handed to them" in any way. Lee, even he is famous now, will never fill an O2, Royal Albert Hall or Apollo. Unlike others you won't see him on Mock the Week, The big fat quizz, or any other panel show. I don't mean to say he doesn't cut it for that, but not doing these things seems to be part of his brand. He is actively trying to stay the underdog. How much this is Stewart Lee or just Stewart Lee the character talking, I can't say.

DyslexicAtheist 8y ago

yes ofc sorry, with "obscure" I didn't mean "not well known" or in any way negative. afaik TMB falls under surreal comedy and that was I was trying to say. Actually Noel Fielding himself has repeatedly called him an inspiration and "uncle of our comedy" so these aren't my words. Indeed, though Barratt and Fielding had worked together in the past, the first seeds of the Boosh were sown while working as part of Lee's Edinburgh show King Dong vs Moby Dick in which Barratt and Fielding played a giant penis and a whale, respectively. Lee returned the favour by going on to direct their 1999 Edinburgh show, Arctic Boosh, which remains the template for their live work. ->(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee#1989%E2%80%931993:_Stand-up_and_radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Lee#1989%E2%80%931993:...) I think TMB stands on it's own and deserves credit for something that has never existed before in this way and I'd never suggest that they "got it handed to them" in any way. Lee, even he is famous now, will never fill an O2, Royal Albert Hall or Apollo. Unlike others you won't see him on Mock the Week, The big fat quizz, or any other panel show. I don't mean to say he doesn't cut it for that, but not doing these things seems to be part of his brand. He is actively trying to stay the underdog. How much this is Stewart Lee or just Stewart Lee the character talking, I can't say.