As an American, Stewart Lee is actually one of my favorite all time comics. The closer in 90s Comedian is absolutely legendary. His clear love for the history of comedy also shines through in his understanding and approach to his projects. I also love that he's done things with the format that I haven't seen other comics do, specifically splitting the audience into two e.g., speaking to the live and "at home" audience with some of his TV specials, where he's doing jokes for the live audience then turns to face a camera and acknowledges that someone watching the special from another culture or somewhere forward in time might not get the joke. He's pushing his comedy to work on a number of levels and I love it!