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Fist of Fun
- GenresHumorMedia Tie InTv
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1995
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Stewart Lee
36 books239 followersFrom Wikipedia (accessed Oct 2010):
Stewart Lee (born 5 April 1968, Wellington, Shropshire) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director known for being one half of the 1990s comedy duo Lee and Herring, and for co-writing and directing the critically-acclaimed and controversial stage show Jerry Springer - The Opera. In a review of the comedy of the previous decade, a 2009 article in The Times referred to Lee as "the comedian's comedian, and for good reason" and named him "face of the decade".
Lee has been described as "Unflinching in his scathing satire, unapologetic in his liberal, middle-class, highbrow appeal, and fiercely intelligent, his comedy certainly does not pander to the masses". His stand-up features frequent use of "repetition, call-backs, nonchalant delivery and deconstruction".
Stewart Lee (born 5 April 1968, Wellington, Shropshire) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director known for being one half of the 1990s comedy duo Lee and Herring, and for co-writing and directing the critically-acclaimed and controversial stage show Jerry Springer - The Opera. In a review of the comedy of the previous decade, a 2009 article in The Times referred to Lee as "the comedian's comedian, and for good reason" and named him "face of the decade".
Lee has been described as "Unflinching in his scathing satire, unapologetic in his liberal, middle-class, highbrow appeal, and fiercely intelligent, his comedy certainly does not pander to the masses". His stand-up features frequent use of "repetition, call-backs, nonchalant delivery and deconstruction".
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December 12, 2015
If you think reading a book that is a spin - off novelty cash in book from a mediocre BBC2 comedy series on Tuesday nights at 9pm in 1995 is a good thing to do, then this is the book for you! It's full of nineties comedy references and includes full pages satirising Steve Guttenburg, Level 42 and other nineties things like Homer ' s The Odyssey and Jesus.
If you really want to relive the highs of 1995, you can do what I did and watch the Fist of Fun series one DVD and then read the novelty cash in book and pretend you got it for Christmas and that it is 1995.
The book makes reference to loveable Rolf Harris - before he was outed as a paedophile - and comical Gary Glitter - before he was outed as a paedophile - and Graham Rix... The nineties were a more innocent time when outing of paedophiles had yet to become a national pastime.
Anyway, if you like nostalgia and remembering things (like Peter Kay remembers things) then this is almost definitely the book for you. If you didn't watch Fist of Fun at 9pm on Tuesday nights 20 years ago, or if you remember the nineties with disdain, then I'd recommend giving it a miss.
If you really want to relive the highs of 1995, you can do what I did and watch the Fist of Fun series one DVD and then read the novelty cash in book and pretend you got it for Christmas and that it is 1995.
The book makes reference to loveable Rolf Harris - before he was outed as a paedophile - and comical Gary Glitter - before he was outed as a paedophile - and Graham Rix... The nineties were a more innocent time when outing of paedophiles had yet to become a national pastime.
Anyway, if you like nostalgia and remembering things (like Peter Kay remembers things) then this is almost definitely the book for you. If you didn't watch Fist of Fun at 9pm on Tuesday nights 20 years ago, or if you remember the nineties with disdain, then I'd recommend giving it a miss.
December 16, 2019
Weak in comparison to Harry Hill's TV Burp Book.
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