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* [[Hypocritical Humour]]: From 'How I Escaped My Certain Fate'. "I'm sick of reading on Daily Mail message boards that I am 'one of these foul-mouthed modern comedians' when I am absolutely not. Honestly, who are these cunts?"

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: In a routine about interviewing Ang Lee about his making of [[The Hulk]], Stewart Lee milks a joke about 'Don't make me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee' for all it is worth (finishing with another incredibly lame pun about him going to the dentist at 2.30).

** This is a a [[Played Straight]] deconstruction of the way 'Ang Lee' is a homophone of the [[Engrish]] pronunciation of 'angry'. The 'milking' aspect illustrates the nuanced difference between ''naively'' saying something which ''sounds'' offensive, in contrast to ''intentionally'' saying something that ''is'' offensive. Only Lee could write/perform such a layered joke, and it only works because Ang Lee directed the Hulk, and the Hulk's [[Catchphrase]]. His genius is to notice the connection and mine a complex joke from it.

** This is a a [[Played Straight]] deconstruction of the way 'Ang Lee' is a homophone of the [[Engrish]] pronunciation of 'angry'. The 'milking' aspect illustrates the nuanced difference between ''naively'' saying something which ''sounds'' offensive, in contrast to ''intentionally'' saying something that ''is'' offensive.

*** He noted on the [http://www.stewartlee.co.uk/plagiarists-corner/ Plagarist's Corner] of his website that Sarah Silverman plagarised this joke.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/129372230793707520 Joke theft] twitter.com</ref>

* [[Lame Pun]]: as the voice of Pliny, in the ''Histor's Eye'' segment of ''This Morning With Richard Not Judy (TMWRNJ)'', Lee provides many mainly egg and bird-based puns.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMYrlUC4JLI Histor's Eye] youtube.com</ref>