Iain Lee is a fucking cunt

[Jonathan Capps]

Just listening to The Lost Initiative which is Sky One’s official podcast about Lost, presented by Iain Lee*. One of the co-hosts mentions Red Dwarf and Iain went on the following (only slightly paraphrased) rant:

“Oh, don’t talk to me about Red Dwarf, I’m not going to listen, it’s rubbish. It’s just ‘smeg smeg smeg smeg smeg, oh look a cat, smeg smeg smeg. It’s not sci-fi, it’s not comedy, it’s RUBBISH”.

Well done Iain Lee, you fucking prick. He hasn’t got a fucking clue about Lost, either, the massive cunt, I fucking hate him. He can’t even spell Ian correctly, the WANKER.

* These are the things I do when I’m approaching the morning after a night unable to sleep.

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[Andrew]

My comment was credited to Performing Monkey. I demand a retraction.

[Pete Part Three]

If only there was worse phrase than “fucking cunt”, so we could crank it up a notch.

Oh no, wait; there is. “Iain Lee’s IMDb Page”.

[pfm]

He probably thought he’d rather say ‘performingmonkey’ than ‘Andrew’ because it sounds worse.

Iain Lee is just like loads of idiotic twats out there, only unlike most of them he’s sometimes on the radio or TV. I feel the same way about Chris Moyles (I bet there’s at least 4 of you on here who fucking love him though)

[Andrew]

> I feel the same way about Chris Moyles (I bet there?s at least 4 of you on here who fucking love him though)

Aye.

[ScarranHalfBreed]

Has he never heard of editing? That was hard to listen to. Most of it was tuneless banging on a piano. With his penis. (In my mind.)

[ChrisM]

“I have watched Red Dwarf the first time round.”

Um… so did he base his assessment on just the first series? Or even just the first episode?

I’ll admit, when I watched The End the first time (I’m that old… although I was quite young at the time.) I didn’t like it much either. In fact I didn’t watch it again until Series 3: Marooned… and made complete U turn.

Ironically if I’d stuck with the first series instead of making a premature judgment call, I’d have gotten to see the excellent Future Echoes….

(Actually I don’t mind The End now either… )

Point is, I wonder if he ever even gave the show a chance.

[Andrew]

I think we’re undervaluing the service being done here. After all, there are some seriously ancient jokes being used here, and their preservation is essentially a gift for any antique enthusiast. “Nerds are virgins” hasn’t been a viable gag for years, and without this podcast would no doubt vanish into obscurity.

If we ask nicely do you think he’ll do some “Backs against the wall” jokes about Teh Gays?

[Pete Part Three]

I thought Iain Lee’s whole shtick was that HE’s a nerd? All his work seems to come from spin-offs from cult shows (Lost podcasts, BBLB) and TV programmes about videogames.

I’m forgetting The 11 O’ Clock Show, of course. But that’s thanks to years of therapy.

[Ben Kirkham]

Iain Lee is a boring, talentless hack who has never made me laugh. He just hangs on for a bit of fame. Chris Moyles is also blessed with cuntishness. Iain, do us a favour, spell your forename (THAT’S YOUR FIRST NAME) correctly and pick a surname that is actually a surname, then type that into Google because it’d be a FUCK of a lot more interesting.

Cunt (Iain Lee).

[Smeg4Brains]

Iain Lee….not only do I think you’re a cunt but after listening to that your also a fucking cry baby.
I mean come on…a few people who you’ll probably never met call you a cunt and you throw a hissie fit….grow up man

[ChrisM]

I just saw him on BBLB in the camera-run no less.

(Oh dear, I just admitted I watch BBLB.)

I don’t hate Iain Lee like many seem to, but he does remind me a lot of one of those humorous schoolkids. You know, one of those popular boys who gets by in ridiculing those less fortunate… in a geniuinely amusing way admittedly. He even looks like a big teenager.

EDIT- By my comment on ‘those less fortunate’ I wasn’t suggesting that we of this site are in that category. I was just comparing him to those boys who act in such a way.

[Seb Patrick]

One of the best bits is his assertion that he knows far more about Lost than Cappsy. The classic cry of the nerd, in other words.

[Nakrophile]

Time for another ringing endorsement, I think…

Shindiggery, eh? I have been meaning to listen to one ever since he started it. And I can’t be bothered to listen to this one. I will make an extra-special effort to listen to his Virgin show this Sunday, though.

[Arlene Rimmer BSc SSc]

Y’know, I haven’t listened to this podcast of his–partly out of laziness, partly because I only have a shitty 56k connection. However, based on the fact that he’s either so desperate for some kind of attention or he has such a spectacularly thin skin that he’s trying to stir up trouble over an insult on the Internet–one of over forty thousand, no less–I must say that he’s doing absolutely nothing for this particular segment of the international market (i.e., me).

…Well, okay, that’s a lie. It sorta tickles the part of me that loves watching flame wars and other internet trainwrecks. Excuse me while I get some popcorn…

[Dax101]

wow i used to think this guy was funny and half respect him, but once he started reading the comments you u could hear the spiteful bitterness in his voice

i noticed he used the words cunts and virgins alot, thats a pathetic reaction for a school boy let alone a grown man mr lee :)

its like… woah! time out mr lee, the word cunt might be a big deal to you, but try getting some and u might see that its not such a big deal XD

what a twat!

[Tanya Jones]

>> I feel the same way about Chris Moyles (I bet there?s at least 4 of you on here who fucking love him though)

>Aye.

You betcha. It’s a real shame that people who don’t like his style can’t credit him with having so much love for radio that he’s managed to bring back sung jingles to Radio 1. He puts more energy into his show than any other DJ I’ve heard.

[Andrew]

> He puts more energy into his show than any other DJ I?ve heard

Plus you’d think the sheer number of Partridge references he makes would count for something round these parts…

[ChrisM]

Plus you?d think the sheer number of Partridge references he makes would count for something round these parts?

Yeah… mmm patridge… good eating..

Sorry. Just kidding.

[John Hoare]

So, in summary: I am great at SEO.

[pfm]

I just think he’s a dick is all. It’s OK having an arrogant, smug DJ persona actually ON the radio, it was when I realised that’s genuinely who he is that I went off him. It’s like a bad joke. His show’s good, though let’s face, the Breakfast Show IMO has had shit presenters for over a decade, so he was naturally going to be an improvement. Surely no-one’s had the job for this long in years. I remember Mark and Lard doing it for about two minutes, that was before Zoe Ball started.

[Andrew]

> I just think he?s a dick is all. It?s OK having an arrogant, smug DJ persona actually ON the radio, it was when I realised that?s genuinely who he is that I went off him.

Based upon…?

[Jonathan Capps]

Oh good, another Chris Moyles argument.

[pfm]

His speech in this clip is a (regrettably only) small example of why I don’t like him. Unlike Ricky Gervais (who I would say has a similar marmite factor) who just takes the piss when he receives an award like this, you know that Moyles genuinely means every fucking word. Also, the singing at the end. I remember how bitter he was when he didn’t win that celebrity singing thing, it was either Fame Academy or that duets series (Just The Two Of Us?).

It’s irrelevant though. He’s good at his job, that’s the important thing. I think I just have a thing against DJs in general (usually Radio 1). Jo Whiley I’m not a fan of at all. I hate how she’s supposedly seen as some kind of important voice in the world of music, it’s complete bullshit. DJs like her are just arse-kissers (or kiss-arse’s, if you like). It would be interesting to see what the shows would be like presented by people with real knowledge of music. Oh but wait, it’s Radio 1. And can someone tell me why the Live Lounge always seems to be someone doing a Coldplay or Amy Winehouse cover? I did like R.E.M. doing a cover of Editors’ Munich though. What I really want to see is Metallica on there covering Gabriella Whatsherfuck’s (Cilmi) Sweet About Me. Incidentally, does anyone actually believe she’s as young as they’re saying she is? She looks young in the videos but onstage she looked about 40 to me!

[Seb Patrick]

>I hate how she?s supposedly seen as some kind of important voice in the world of music, it?s complete bullshit.

It’s because she used to co-host the Evening Session. She rode on the coat-tails of Lamacq’s knowledge, authority and brilliance, so everyone thought she was this similarly knowledgeable music lover. Plus, she wore Doc Martens and had a husky voice, so the indie kids loved her.

Then she got her own show and started playing all the most absolutely middle-of-the-road, dinner-party-background shite imaginable. Joss Stone’s cover version of “Fell In Love With A Girl” basically sums up Jo Whiley’s show in its entirety.

[Tanya Jones]

PM, that clip of Moyles certainly doesn’t show him at his most modest, but that’s not a problem in my eyes, because he’s right; he’s been good for a long time, and that hasn’t been recognised until now. I have the opposite reaction to you regarding Gervais, but then I haven’t listened to him as much as I’ve listened to Moyles; and perhaps that’s the key to understanding both of them.

Even though I’m not much of a muso, I’ve never rated Jo Whiley either; as far as I can see, her show consists of her telling the nation that everyone she plays are ‘great’. At least Moyles will say so if he doesn’t like a song on the playlist!

[Joey TORDFC]

>>Even though I?m not much of a muso, I?ve never rated Jo Whiley either; as far as I can see, her show consists of her telling the nation that everyone she plays are ?great?. At least Moyles will say so if he doesn?t like a song on the playlist!

This.

I flippin’ love Chris Moyles and no I will not justify it.

[Andrew]

> it was when I realised that?s genuinely who he is that I went off him

Best part of this? It’s based on footage of a pissed-up awards event with cameras and an audience. Definitely the ideal way to gauge a person’s real-life personality, there.

[Jonsmad]

A little while back I mentioned on here that G&T’s Dwarfcasts had shown me how
fan’s chatting together could sucessfully make entertaining amature entertainment,
and that this inspired me in other web projects to get into podcasting.

By linking to this shithingery podcast, I listened, I now also have a greater appreciation of how one semi-professional broadcaster can almost completely fail to achieve any entertainment value at all in the same media, and so I have gained a useful set of pointers on what to completely avoid when making podcasts.

What I find funny about this is not so much the fact that he has… “googled cunt, taken supposed offence to being called one by a post here, and then only retaliated by just calling you all cunts”… as it is the fact that my knowledge of G&T’s prefered use of language and humour, especially in headlines, means that
he probably couldnt have found anyone less likely to be offended by being called that word, and so Iain Lee calling you all cunts, is pretty much like him singing this websites theme tune.

[Smeg4Brains]

write the theme tune…sing the theme tune.

[Seb Patrick]

The Iain Lee Song

[Dave]

One more:
http://mrcarrutherspresents.blogspot.com/2008/09/iain-lee-is-cunt.html

[Austin Ross]

Here’s my ringing endorsement: I’ve never heard of Iain Lee. I think we’re both better off that way.

[TheLeen]

Hust read the article. Ha Ha Ha!

[Phil]

Okay. Iain Lee sucks. He just, he… he just sucks. He sucks so hard. Iain Lee uses women. The end.

[Danny Stephenson]

I find it quite funny, because as I explain to people the story of this Iain Lee podcast, it always starts off with the same questions:

“have you heard of Iain Lee?”
“no.”
“He used to do ‘The 11 O’clock show’, do you remember that?”
“no.”

Iain Lee, A truly well-known ‘celebrity’.

[Anonymous]

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[Zombie Jim Undead]

Ha…finally got around to listening to this.

Fuck me…what a rambling, empty podcast. Anyways…the Ganymede and Titan criticisms – most amusing. Like the way he cherry-picks part of posts that aren’t too cutting / close to the truth.

What a shit of a fellow. At least he has a method of cathartic self-healing when faced with the reality of how many people think he’s a talentless cunt with a shell of a career.

[Dave]

Iain Lee (of cunt fame) twittered about my blog. Not thoroughly, wittily or eloquently:
https://twitter.com/iainlee/status/1098358111

Weird

[Seb Patrick]

Oh, YOU’RE Mr Carruthers!

Right, I can finally accept your Facebook request, then ;-)

Incidentally, on the Iain Lee front : he definitely won’t ever be mentioned in a future Dwarfcast. Noooo.

[Phil]

Maybe he sat on his twitter.

[Ian Symes]

Oh, YOU?RE Mr Carruthers!

Right, I can finally accept your Facebook request, then ;-)

Now I feel guilty about rejecting Mr Carruthers’s Facebook request…

[Phil]

He’s posted the link here a bunch of times, you nipple heads.

[Ian Symes]

You expect me to *read* G&T?

[Phil]

Touche.

[FujiVice]

Still a cunt.

[loadoftottnumb]

I used to have such a crush on Daisy Donovan

[Jenuall]

Sadly the links from back in the day seem to be broken now so it’s hard to go back and get the full story on this – although of course the gist is pretty easy to pick up!

Iain Lee was on an Adam Buxton podcast a few years back and learning about some of his personal problems did soften my view of him somewhat.

[Jonathan Capps]

No one should have to read what they were like in their 20s.

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