Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Episode 5: Identity

This week, Stewart Lee, owner of the funniest blank stare in comedy, talks bout national identity, meaning plenty of satisfying jokes about Americans, Australians and the "Scotch". He starts with two quick fire gags; first, one about Americans picking on BP even though they are the biggest consumers of oil. Lee compares the situation to a man hitting a prostitute due to his insatiable desires. The second joke was about the law against not voting in Australia, something Lee calls into question since Australians don't have a lot of choices to make. Imagine these jokes told with Lee's deadpan, repetitive style and you've got comedy gold. Always a comic to have his cake and eat it, Lee takes a shot at the critics to some of his more un-pc jokes through the "critic", Armando Ianucci, who questions Lee on his motives with these jokes.
Next, Stew moves into familiar territory with a routine about Scotland, Scottish Identity and Braveheart, recycling material from years ago, but still very funny. He peppers the audience for laughing at the word nook, and outs William Wallace and Rob the Bruce as gay lovers. He moves on to a surreal gag about Winston Churchill not being real, but in fact a cigar advertising campaign gone too far. He mentions that he did a documentary for Channel 5 concerning that Churchill was in fact a pig in disguise, and a call out to real life is made as Channel 5 apparently changed the title to "Churchill was a pig: Take that, fuckers, by Stewart Lee." This is inspired by an experience Lee suffered when he made a documentary for BBC2 about blasphemy. Unbeknownst to him, at the last minute BBC2 changed the title from "These New Puritans" (The Fall reference! Yay!) to "What's So Bad About Blasphemy?" What follows is easily my favourite sketch to come out of "Comedy Vehicle": an interview with Alan Moore about Churchill being a pig. This came out of nowhere and was a welcome change of pace to the deliberate tedium Stew gives his audience.
Rounding off the episode was a rant against emigrants from England, specifically those who emigrated to the colonies. Typical Stewart Lee, all funny, nothing meant to be taken literally or seriously. Another good week.