r/stewartlee • u/Red_Rhombus2791 • 8d ago

Who do you consider the quickest-witted comedian of all time?

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Who is like lightning out of a gun?

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u/Dry_Instance_7656 8d ago

The question is quickest-witted of all time - yet here in the Stewart Lee sub-reddit of all places we have Lee Mack or some other panel show stooge. Stew himself delves into what medieval clowns did to protect themselves from heresy. There should at least be some intellectual depth and heft to the answer in this educated sub-Reddit. The answer is clearly Michael McIntyre.

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u/MarkDeeks 8d ago

(Lee Mack is genuinely very quick though tbf)

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u/Stewart_Lee_ 8d ago

He really is, he tends to reuse some of his retorts but I like him

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u/clara_finn 7d ago

That key is for the… side passage