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Some say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Oh, like they'd know.

They're wrong of course: the lowest form of wit is punning, and if they'd watched Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle on Monday they'd have realised they're wrong, too. Because Stewart Lee has perfected sarcasm.

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Stewart Lee's got a new series starting soon – Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, which begins March 16th on BBC2 at 10pm. You can read an interview with him about it (and other things) over at The Scotsman.

In the meantime, here's a little documentary (in two parts) called Don't Get Me Started in which he discusses blasphemy and its place in comedy with various religious types – and Alan Moore, who's religious in a completely different way. It's not that funny, but it's interesting.

The Guardian is offering you the chance to download an episode of On The Hour, the radio precursor to The Day Today starring Chris Morris and Steven Coogan as Alan Partridge. But you can play it in this embedded player if you'd prefer. It's very funny.

The full edition is finally to be released on CD, as part of a collection of five 30-minute episodes, a Christmas special and the original pilot episode by Warp Records on November 24.

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In a video interview with Broadcast, Armando Iannucci discusses the spin-off from The Thick of It, his suggestion for a British version of HBO, future plans and Chris Morris.

And now another new blog feature. Get your fish out and put them by the side of your monitor: it's time to worship at the shrine of Stewart Lee.

This one's going to be looking at the highlights of his career - some of his most important work, in fact - so naturally, what else would I call it except “Lee Majors”?

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