The Mark Steel Lectures

[Maggot]

Why isn't there a thread about this programme? It's fucking great

 

[Tank Girl]

brilliant isn't it

 

[i_hate_beckham]

I went to see him live on thursday night.

 

[arfy]

If you like the lecture series,try and catch his live show, I saw him last night at the Brindley arts centre in Runcorn,his stand up show is very similar, it's based on the french revolution but links it to current events and people like Bush, Jack Straw and Condoleza Rice.

 

[wiskey]

by the looks of it we've missed the london dates.

he's great, i really liked his last lot of R4 shows. sadly i've missed lots of his BBC4 programmes

OU website

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

i have quite a few of his radio programs on mp3 but i crave MORE!!

 

[wiskey]

yeah he's cool for train journeys as is mark thomas.

 

[Grego Morales]

I don't like Mark Steel. But I like the Mark Steel Lectures, oddly enough.

 

[Mr T]

yeah he's cool for train journeys as is mark thomas.

where did you find mp3s of them? (if indeed you meant on mp3) i've got a couple of MS talks off the resistancemp3 sie but can't find them elsewhere?

 

[rhod]

The Johnny Cash "hurt" video parody with Oliver Cromwell was genius.

 

[Maggot]

These programmes achieve the rare feat of being informative and very funny at the same time.

Had never heard of Harriet Tubman before, but she was an amazing woman.

 

[Bob]

These programmes achieve the rare feat of being informative and very funny at the same time.

Had never heard of Harriet Tubman before, but she was an amazing woman.

They're all fantastic in their own ways. And some beautiful visual gags thrown in the whole time without comment - for instance Beethoven getting pissed off with Napoleon and throwing all sorts of things Napoleon related in the bin including a framed picture of Napoleon Solo.

 

[treefrog]

I've seen a few of the TV programmes and TBH I don't think they're that great. He just seems to be trying too hard and it's not my kind of humour...

 

[Maggot]

I've seen a few of the TV programmes and TBH I don't think they're that great. He just seems to be trying too hard and it's not my kind of humour...

The visual gags are better than his stand-up type stuff, do you not even like them?

 

[jms]

I love that show. I listened to a lot of them on radio 7 - just genuinely funny stuff.

 

[Gramsci]

Saw some of them a while back on BBC2.I should have taped them.Only person I now who can make old Greek philosophers aound interesting and relevant.His column in the Independent is also funny(its on Fridays i think).

http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_m_z/mark_steel/article352814.ece

Above was article from last Fridays Indy-but unlike Guardian u have to buy it .Wondered why the Grauniad site is so popular.

 

[revol68]

he's as funny as the holocaust!

seriously he manages to ruin otherwise interesting stories.

 

[i_hate_beckham]

he's as funny as the holocaust!

seriously he manages to ruin otherwise interesting stories.

You sir are quite mad.

 

[revol68]

You sir are quite mad.

no he isn't fuckin funny, his jokes are obvious, his delivery strained and his mannerisms that of a jumped up wacky student/SWP member.

 

[Grego Morales]

no he isn't fuckin funny, his jokes are obvious, his delivery strained and his mannerisms that of a jumped up wacky student/SWP member.

He is a SWP member!

 

[i_hate_beckham]

Is he? Bollocks there goes my respect for him.

 

[Maggot]

There's one just starting on BBC2 now!

 

[In Bloom]

I fucking hate Mark Steel politically, but some of his documentary stuff is alright.

His thing on the Russian Revolution did my fucking nut in though.

 

[fogbat]

If I could, I might consider bearing his socially super-conscious children. Damn my testicles! Damn them!

I caught him last Glastonbury on the Leftfield stage. He was incredibly witty and charismatic.
Then just watched The Mark Steel Lectures for the first time on TV (I listened to a couple of episodes on his R4 series). Still just as good, which I wouldn't have expected to have communicated so well.

PREPARE FOR THE UBERSTEELLECTURESPERM!

In case I'm reading this from a belatedly sober viewpoint, Oh, you daft fool!

 

[Gavin Bl]

His programmes blow hot and cold for me, but I enjoyed his autobiog 'Reasons to be Cheerful'. I saw him at Marxism a couple of times, but just in meetings, and see seemed a bit of cranky old git to me - maybe its that 'Tears of Clown' thing with comedians....

 

[bluestreak]

i saw this last night for the first time. it was about leonardo da vinci and was both entertaining and educational. so yay!

 

[DrRingDing]

He is a SWP member!

I think that is revol68's point.

I dont think he's that funny or offensive.

His humour is obvious but ok for some light entertainment.

 

[Cpatain Rbubish]

I really enjoyed them

 

[Roadkill]

Swappie or not I think Mark Steel's excellent.

Reasons to be Cheerful is a superb read, and what I've heard of the Mark Steel Lectures I've enjoyed. He's a superb speaker too.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

yeah he's cool for train journeys as is mark thomas.

I'm going to see Mark thomas in a week on saturday!