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Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, author and former recording artist. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007. In the updated 2010 poll he came 72nd.
Much of Sayle's humour is in the tradition of Spike Milligan and Monty Python, with riffs based on absurd and surreal premises. His act is noted for its cynicism and political awareness, as well as physical comedy.
Sayle was born and brought up in Anfield, Liverpool, the son of Molly (Malka) Sayle (née Mendelson), a pools clerk, and Joseph Henry Sayle, a railway guard, both of whom were members of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Sayle's mother was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, and some members of his mother's family were very devout Jews, as he mentioned when he nominated Palestinian rights advocate Edward Said on the BBC Radio 4 programme Great Lives. In the aftermath of the May 1968 French uprising, he joined the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist).
Alexei Sayle's Stuff is a comedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.
Alexei Sayle's Stuff stars stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle, with a recurring cast including Angus Deayton, Mark Williams, Arabella Weir, Tony Millan, Jan Ravens, Owen Brenman, Harriet Thorpe, Felicity Montagu and Morwenna Banks.
Sketches are interspersed with Sayle's trademarked angry stand-up monologues delivered from increasingly odd locations. Sayle is seen traversing the country on a moped in a vague attempt to catalogue and comprehend all the "stuff" about him. The style of humour is often surreal and blunt. The bulk of the content was written by Sayle himself, with Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. Additional material was contributed by longtime collaborator David Stafford and comedian and promoter Huw David Thomas. Although Sayle's humour in the programme covers many bases, politics is always a favourite target: "Recently I had to get married, 'cos I got my girlfriend into trouble - got her involved in the civil war in Angola." Various episodes also feature sketches based around BBC2 presentation, including satirical continuity announcers and faux-pas trailers; this humour is similar to Kenny Everett's jokes towards Thames Television and later, BBC1.
Always surprising & never boring, if you think you don't like Alexei Sayle, you probably haven't watched him - so give him try! His 'Stuff' series seems widely available, but not this, so here's a chance to see him, I think in very good form. Enjoy!
Alexei Sayle's Stuff. Series 1 episode 2. First aired Oct 1988. Copyright owned by BBC Worldwide Ltd
Alexei Sayle's new memoir, Thatcher Stole My Trousers, is out 10 March. Buy the book: http://bit.ly/alexei-sayle "What I brought to comedy was an authentic working-class voice plus a threat of genuine violence – nobody in Monty Python looked like a hard case who’d kick your head in." In 1971 comedians on the working men’s club circuit imagined that they would be free to go on telling their tired, racist, misogynistic gags forever but their nemesis, a 19 year old Marxist art student with a bizarre concern for the health of British manufacturing was slowly coming to meet them. Through the next decade Alexei Sayle would be a student at Chelsea Art School, a clerk in a DHSS office (where nobody did any work), one of London’s bottom ten freelance illustrators, a school dinner lady and a ...
Alexei gives as good as he gets with a persistent heckler at a comedy club
Mouse Killing Alarm Clock Richard has a pus-filled finger, which is disgusting even in audio, but that doesn't stop the people at Dirtybritcom Confessions pretending to fantasise about him. His guest recently referred to him as one of his "comedy children", but let's see how far his paternal feelings will stretch, it's the legendary Alexei Sayle. They chat about being expelled from school, why Guildford is funnier than Hatfield, getting Christmas cards from a man who has played chess with death, Keith Allen using his audience as a dartboard (and getting his cock out a lot), why Alexei's cat can never hope to play Sherlock and how his mum can't tell him from a rubber dwarf. The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and vimeo. If you'd like to make a donat...
Alexei Sayle's new memoir, Thatcher Stole My Trousers, is out 10 March. Buy the book: http://bit.ly/alexei-sayle "What I brought to comedy was an authentic working-class voice plus a threat of genuine violence – nobody in Monty Python looked like a hard case who’d kick your head in." In 1971 comedians on the working men’s club circuit imagined that they would be free to go on telling their tired, racist, misogynistic gags forever but their nemesis, a 19 year old Marxist art student with a bizarre concern for the health of British manufacturing was slowly coming to meet them. Through the next decade Alexei Sayle would be a student at Chelsea Art School, a clerk in a DHSS office (where nobody did any work), one of London’s bottom ten freelance illustrators, a school dinner lady and a ...
Interview with Richard Bacon, on Radio 5 Live
Mouse Killing Alarm Clock Richard has a pus-filled finger, which is disgusting even in audio, but that doesn't stop the people at Dirtybritcom Confessions pretending to fantasise about him. His guest recently referred to him as one of his "comedy children", but let's see how far his paternal feelings will stretch, it's the legendary Alexei Sayle. They chat about being expelled from school, why Guildford is funnier than Hatfield, getting Christmas cards from a man who has played chess with death, Keith Allen using his audience as a dartboard (and getting his cock out a lot), why Alexei's cat can never hope to play Sherlock and how his mum can't tell him from a rubber dwarf. The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and vimeo. If you'd like to make a donat...
I bumped into comedian and actor Alexei Sayle after meeting with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Alexei is probably best known for his role in the 80s sitcom classic, The Young Ones. But aside from making people laugh, Alexei is a longstanding campaigner for justice for Palestine. Enjoy.
Comedian Alexei Sayle talks about actor and comedian Robin Williams, who has died at the age of 63, including the time when Robin turned up out of the blue at the Comedy Store in London, in 1979, and wanted to go on stage and perform. (C) Channel 4 2014
Dear, dear Alexei Sayle was the reason I became an Anglogirl so many years ago. In the early days of A&E; his sketch show was on the schedule and I also loved him in The Young Ones. Alexei mainly concentrates on his writing these days so it's always fun to spot him on the telly.
Nikki Sixx Tommy Lee Alexei Sayle The Tube Motley Crue 7th Feb 1986
Alexei Sayle speaks about compering the chaotic Comedy Store, "Thatcher gags", and how nobody spotted the incredible potential of those early gigs
Always surprising & never boring, if you think you don't like Alexei Sayle, you probably haven't watched him - so give him try! His 'Stuff' series seems widely available, but not this, so here's a chance to see him, I think in very good form. Enjoy!
Alexei Sayle's Stuff. Series 1 episode 2. First aired Oct 1988. Copyright owned by BBC Worldwide Ltd
Alexei Sayle's new memoir, Thatcher Stole My Trousers, is out 10 March. Buy the book: http://bit.ly/alexei-sayle "What I brought to comedy was an authentic working-class voice plus a threat of genuine violence – nobody in Monty Python looked like a hard case who’d kick your head in." In 1971 comedians on the working men’s club circuit imagined that they would be free to go on telling their tired, racist, misogynistic gags forever but their nemesis, a 19 year old Marxist art student with a bizarre concern for the health of British manufacturing was slowly coming to meet them. Through the next decade Alexei Sayle would be a student at Chelsea Art School, a clerk in a DHSS office (where nobody did any work), one of London’s bottom ten freelance illustrators, a school dinner lady and a ...
Alexei gives as good as he gets with a persistent heckler at a comedy club
Mouse Killing Alarm Clock Richard has a pus-filled finger, which is disgusting even in audio, but that doesn't stop the people at Dirtybritcom Confessions pretending to fantasise about him. His guest recently referred to him as one of his "comedy children", but let's see how far his paternal feelings will stretch, it's the legendary Alexei Sayle. They chat about being expelled from school, why Guildford is funnier than Hatfield, getting Christmas cards from a man who has played chess with death, Keith Allen using his audience as a dartboard (and getting his cock out a lot), why Alexei's cat can never hope to play Sherlock and how his mum can't tell him from a rubber dwarf. The videos of these shows are now available for FREE on iTunes and YouTube and vimeo. If you'd like to make a donat...
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Alexei Sayle's 'Itch. Filmed on Bransholme/Kingswood, Hull. Starring a very young Jonny Lee Miller. Originally broadcast on Channel 4
Stewart Lee discusses various topics with Alexei Sayle, including how he defined his act and helped launch The Comedy Store. Alexei's new book 'Thatcher Stole My Trousers' is out now: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408864533/comedyguide-21/
31st December 1995, featuring Alexei Sayle, Maureen Lipman, Nick Hancock and Richard Wilson.
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