Stewart Lee meets Owen Jones: Brexit, his new film, "woke" and being arrested just for being English

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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
  • The comedy genius that is Stewart Lee discusses his must-see new film King Rocker (kingrockerfilm...) - which premiers on Sky Arts on 6th February at 9pm; the state of comedy; the anti-"woke" backlash; culture wars; Brexit; how the pandemic is hitting the arts; and how these days, if you say you're English, you get arrested and thrown in jail.
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  • @OwenJonesTalks
    @OwenJonesTalks  3 роки тому +67

    Please like, subscribe - and help us build an alternative to the corporate media: patreon.com/owenjones84

    • @colinbrigham8253
      @colinbrigham8253 3 роки тому

      Local authorities gave grants ,housing and more 🤗thanks

    • @Shaggy-839two
      @Shaggy-839two 3 роки тому +1

      @@colinbrigham8253 - whats that supposed to mean?

    • @Shaggy-839two
      @Shaggy-839two 3 роки тому +3

      @j sauce - an alternative 'to' the corporate media is different to an alternative corporate media.

    • @awentimes8221
      @awentimes8221 3 роки тому +7

      You know, the people on the right also want alternatives to the corporate media.
      Maybe it's time to stop going against the right and the right stop going against the left. Meet in the middle and destroy this corporate world and then create a media which is balanced. Media without an agenda would be brilliant.

    • @drumgold23
      @drumgold23 3 роки тому +2

      This conversation was a balm for the soul. What a refreshing change to hear gentle, rational, compassionate and funny discourse from two curious minds. Thank you.

  • @nickharris244
    @nickharris244 3 роки тому +295

    Captain Haddock and Tintin have let themselves go...

  • @ThisIsWater7
    @ThisIsWater7 3 роки тому +655

    Disgusting interview. I can overlook a lot of differences I have with Owen, but to attempt to rehabilitate the image of Bosnian war criminal Ratko Mladic is simply a step too far.

    • @tarscase7653
      @tarscase7653 3 роки тому +9

      Lmao

    • @davidrobinson2776
      @davidrobinson2776 3 роки тому +37

      That’s a bit harsh mate. I was just a bit disappointed Owen didn’t ask him about The Word.

    • @TheAjdam
      @TheAjdam 3 роки тому +1

      You win!

    • @jgtemperton
      @jgtemperton 3 роки тому

      wooossshhh!

    • @jonbrooke8308
      @jonbrooke8308 3 роки тому +14

      Oh, mate....... come on mate?

  • @NeilTaylor1
    @NeilTaylor1 3 роки тому +196

    These days, if you let yourself go, you'll be arrested and thrown in jail.

  • @domzbu
    @domzbu 3 роки тому +112

    Stewart Lee’s Hitler moustache has let itself go

    • @davidrobinson2776
      @davidrobinson2776 3 роки тому +15

      When your Just for Men beard dye runs out at precisely the worst moment.

    • @cariad561
      @cariad561 3 роки тому +21

      Yet again copying Richard Herring

    • @tonysmyth4116
      @tonysmyth4116 3 роки тому +4

      Once you see it...

  • @colinwhite5355
    @colinwhite5355 3 роки тому +59

    Like Stewart, my son was also born with one ear significantly higher than the other. NHS didn’t want to know. Just six months of enduring a building brick sellotaped to the high one and symmetry was restored. Honestly.

  • @JayeshPatel-ek5ou
    @JayeshPatel-ek5ou 3 роки тому +153

    When Stewart Lee mentioned Jeremy Corbyn he was actually talking about his cat.

  • @benedictnorth5531
    @benedictnorth5531 3 роки тому +231

    Lee really gave it to him straight, like a pear cider made from 100% pears.

    • @mansnotbot4160
      @mansnotbot4160 3 роки тому +21

      Pear.

    • @thuzzwhistle1028
      @thuzzwhistle1028 3 роки тому +12

      Man's not Bot One massive pear??

    • @adzy166
      @adzy166 3 роки тому +9

      Shut up, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

    • @Maddybreenofficial
      @Maddybreenofficial 2 роки тому

      Dont put any emotions in there. Make sure theres no disappointment in the cider.

    • @julielevinge266
      @julielevinge266 Рік тому

      You apparently like pear cider?😉

  • @MightyJonE
    @MightyJonE 3 роки тому +139

    It’s Stewart Lee! You’ve seen him...on the telly. You’ve seen him. Stewart Lee...on the telly. And on the DVDs in the shopping centres. You’ve seen him...on the telly, on the DVDs in the shopping centres...You’ve seen him... on the UA-cams and the telly and the DVDs in the shopping centres...

    • @sprobablycancr4457
      @sprobablycancr4457 3 роки тому +16

      By the ramp, the thing with the trolleys... the wheelchair ramp...

    • @lextalonis839
      @lextalonis839 3 роки тому +7

      Is h3
      Is he one of those comedians they have these days...

    • @robertjsmith
      @robertjsmith 3 роки тому +5

      yeah i have seen him by the multi story,with those rapper's

    • @MightyJonE
      @MightyJonE 3 роки тому +6

      I also once saw Stewart Lee with the rappers on the Top Of The Pops...you’ve seen him...Stewart Lee, on the telly, with the rappers, on The Top Of The Pops and the UA-cams and DVDs in the shopping centres...you’ve seen him...on the telly, with the rappers...

    • @adzy166
      @adzy166 3 роки тому +5

      Now. I don’t think this interview was aimed at me.

  • @gyorkshire257
    @gyorkshire257 3 роки тому +69

    Eugene Terreblanche has let himself go.

    • @herbg4866
      @herbg4866 3 роки тому +5

      This one is funny

    • @gyorkshire257
      @gyorkshire257 3 роки тому +4

      ​@@herbg4866 (x) has let himself go jokes get funnier the more obscure (x) is. Philosophically speaking, the funniest one will be understood by exactly one person.

    • @paulmumford7595
      @paulmumford7595 3 роки тому +2

      @@gyorkshire257 G Yorkshire has let himself go

  • @tcritt
    @tcritt 3 роки тому +126

    A large, moist tomato that was dropped on the barber floor has let itself go.

  • @bigalexpp34567
    @bigalexpp34567 3 роки тому +213

    Anne Widdecombe has smartened herself up

    • @kossfan
      @kossfan 3 роки тому +1

      I can't stop laughing!

    • @samswales1873
      @samswales1873 3 роки тому +2

      Best one when scrolling through, well played sir

    • @316lawable
      @316lawable 3 роки тому +1

      Pmsl. You really got me there 😂

    • @danielforde2182
      @danielforde2182 3 роки тому +1

      Bravo sir 👏 this is the peak version

    • @scipioafricanus5871
      @scipioafricanus5871 3 роки тому

      I see what you are doing... but goddamn that is rough!

  • @gypsynoir
    @gypsynoir 3 роки тому +9

    Could listen to you two talking all day, speak so much sense.
    Thank you for being the voice of reason in such unreasonable times.

  • @ianandrewhay
    @ianandrewhay 3 роки тому +71

    David Bellamy's let himself go.

  • @Patrick-jj5nh
    @Patrick-jj5nh 3 роки тому +26

    Stewart!!! Brilliant :) I m grateful in retrospect for all the gigs and live music i saw over last few years, especially though being able to see Stewart live a number of times has been such a privilege, who knows when that's possible again.

  • @aleta5024
    @aleta5024 3 роки тому +65

    To celebrate the end of my chemo on Valentine's day last year I went to see Stewart Lee. He was amazing as usual. Soon after the apocalypse started.

    • @drkb9272
      @drkb9272 3 роки тому +1

      In Brighton? 😬

  • @kriksix
    @kriksix 3 роки тому +45

    Stewart Lee has been looking after himself.

  • @tonybrooks476
    @tonybrooks476 3 роки тому +13

    That was absolutely wonderful. Thank you both so much. On a day when I have felt so angry about all that’s going on that was like a soothing balm of humanity in the form of a video.

  • @therealkevy
    @therealkevy 3 роки тому +138

    Dead Scottish novelist Alasdair Gray has let himself go.

    • @neilthompson5740
      @neilthompson5740 3 роки тому +1

      Haha that was better than mine

    • @Zenhumanist
      @Zenhumanist 3 роки тому +1

      Dead Scottish novelist Iain Banks has let himself go.

  • @michaeltoth6521
    @michaeltoth6521 3 роки тому +142

    Jeremy Corbyn has let himself go.

  • @MrFubber
    @MrFubber 3 роки тому +19

    Stewart Lee ....one of my favourite people. Thanks so much Owen for getting him on.

  • @m.j.nicholls
    @m.j.nicholls 3 роки тому +9

    Very thoughtful, compassionate, brilliant man. Great interview, Owen.

  • @JGB2510
    @JGB2510 3 роки тому +33

    Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock has let himself go

  • @sunnysjwinter
    @sunnysjwinter 3 роки тому +7

    Really thoughtful conversation. Thank you Owen & Stewart. It’s like community counselling for this mad place Britain is in now

  • @jackbaker_9
    @jackbaker_9 3 роки тому +56

    John Virgo has let himself go

  • @jgtemperton
    @jgtemperton 3 роки тому +19

    a homeless man living under Waterloo Bridge, appearing blinking in the sunlight has let himself go.

  • @odmoore8908
    @odmoore8908 3 роки тому +58

    Owen Jones isn't actually interviewing Stewart Lee: he's actually talking to a version of Owen Jones who's let himself go

  • @derekspitz9225
    @derekspitz9225 3 роки тому +146

    Harold Shipman has let himself go.

    • @sprobablycancr4457
      @sprobablycancr4457 3 роки тому +19

      Leave him alone, Key workers are saints.

    • @helipeek2736
      @helipeek2736 3 роки тому +7

      @@sprobablycancr4457 as are the manufacturers of sandwich spread.

  • @NeilTaylor1
    @NeilTaylor1 3 роки тому +17

    "The government should make it possible for all musicians to tour Europe, except Roger Daltrey, who has to live in a rabbit hutch now, singing "I hope I die before I get old", over and over again on a loop, in a little rabbit hutch, in a forest, with a mod target drawn on it."

  • @robertmaitland09
    @robertmaitland09 3 роки тому +38

    Geoff Capes has let himself go.

  • @clairemckee296
    @clairemckee296 3 роки тому +7

    Great conversation, I love Stewart Lee, his comedy and political views - it is hard to see a way through this dark time......

  • @richardedwards810
    @richardedwards810 3 роки тому +8

    Thank you for this Owen. You both look great, and no one has let themselves go.

  • @andrewatkins6689
    @andrewatkins6689 3 роки тому +34

    That blind guy from Logan’s run has let himself go

  • @JGB2510
    @JGB2510 3 роки тому +50

    What’s he doing on youtube zoom interviews? He should be in the Hague.

    • @sprobablycancr4457
      @sprobablycancr4457 3 роки тому +1

      Your mixing him up with Tanita Tikaram.

    • @davidrobinson2776
      @davidrobinson2776 3 роки тому +10

      I never knew Captain Birdseye was so political.

    • @robertjsmith
      @robertjsmith 3 роки тому +4

      that women in the Hague let him go,she said he was fat and depressed.

    • @sprobablycancr4457
      @sprobablycancr4457 3 роки тому +6

      @@robertjsmith ...and fat.

  • @oliverwhite712
    @oliverwhite712 3 роки тому +49

    Professor Noel Sharkey has let himself go.

    • @keelancarew60
      @keelancarew60 3 роки тому +2

      Niche one. 10/10

    • @oliverwhite712
      @oliverwhite712 3 роки тому +1

      @@keelancarew60 Never forget a man who can judge a robot.

  • @anicebitofbreadtomopupthel7144
    @anicebitofbreadtomopupthel7144 3 роки тому +29

    Phil Jupitus has let himself go.

  • @PhilM60
    @PhilM60 3 роки тому +43

    Stewart Lee is an International Treasure.

  • @danleavers1583
    @danleavers1583 3 роки тому +7

    One of the first things I wanna see after all this is a Stewart Lee show

  • @Sam-zb5fv
    @Sam-zb5fv 3 роки тому +79

    Jack black has let himself go

  • @jneiner
    @jneiner 3 роки тому +28

    Captain Birdseye has let himself go.

  • @impossiblewhopper539
    @impossiblewhopper539 3 роки тому +6

    Stewart Lee hasn’t ever let himself go.
    One of the very best ever ✊✌️

  • @nbarrett100
    @nbarrett100 3 роки тому +33

    George RR Martin has let himself go

  • @M_Bamboozled
    @M_Bamboozled 3 роки тому +106

    Terry Waite has let himself go, since they let him go.

    • @disobey81
      @disobey81 3 роки тому +5

      You just won today's YT comment section, please pick a prize under £5!

    • @helipeek2736
      @helipeek2736 3 роки тому

      I think “Terry Waite let himself go” would be funnier(?)

    • @M_Bamboozled
      @M_Bamboozled 3 роки тому

      @@helipeek2736 I dunno, ask Stuart Lee, he's the professional comedian here.

    • @mark9892
      @mark9892 3 роки тому

      Mmmm it’s a tight one

    • @mark9892
      @mark9892 3 роки тому +1

      What about Terry Waite has let himself go after letting himself go? (not historically accurate I admit but interesting in that it’s ambiguous as to which letting go happened first).

  • @Steve-ty1gl
    @Steve-ty1gl 3 роки тому +24

    Socrates has let himself go

  • @xdgamesCoUk
    @xdgamesCoUk 3 роки тому +12

    Stewart Lee, well done!!! What a great guest!!!!

  • @FightingCoward
    @FightingCoward 3 роки тому +34

    I really enjoyed that interview with General Ratko Mladic.

    • @Cretinsahoppin
      @Cretinsahoppin 3 роки тому +4

      Much nicer bloke in person

    • @FightingCoward
      @FightingCoward 3 роки тому +1

      @@Cretinsahoppin there was a sad bit at the end

  • @subversiveproductions
    @subversiveproductions 3 роки тому +55

    Paul Nuttalls of UKIPs has let himself go.

    • @VoidyNumbness
      @VoidyNumbness 3 роки тому +10

      The UKIPS

    • @brianallen3969
      @brianallen3969 3 роки тому +3

      Neanderthals....get back to your Middle Ages

    • @tinmachine693
      @tinmachine693 3 роки тому

      The ukips, coming over here with their devisive politics and their ever changing abhorrent leadership. Are they still with us?

  • @samlongman1831
    @samlongman1831 3 роки тому +24

    Great interview. Such an interesting man.

  • @teaboyuk
    @teaboyuk 3 роки тому +22

    Brian Blessed has let himself go.

  • @bikingbirder2010
    @bikingbirder2010 3 роки тому +6

    Which cat is Jeremy Corbyn? That was one of the best interviews Owen. The humility of you both, the sense of humour through adversity and obvious respect for each other all shone through. As for Stewart's last tour, I must complain that at half time i was in agony! My cheek muscles were on fire from the laughing. Fun fact for that half and most likely a spoiler alert notice for this... Duck-billed Platypus' are flourescent under UV light. Thanks to you both.

  • @dullarddom
    @dullarddom 3 роки тому +2

    So glad to actually watch the video and see that I misread the title and Stewart Lee hasn't gone completely off-piste and made a documentary called 'Woke'.

  • @MrHEC381991
    @MrHEC381991 3 роки тому +36

    Let go Yoda himself has.

  • @neilthompson5740
    @neilthompson5740 3 роки тому +23

    Terry Christian has let himself go

  • @beefcakepantyho9400
    @beefcakepantyho9400 3 роки тому +26

    Roland from Grange Hill has let himself go.

    • @bioux101
      @bioux101 3 роки тому +1

      It's funny but I just had to think about what colour Roland was to compare him to Stewart Lee. In my mind the characters name is always pronounced with an exaggerated Jamaican accent. I may have passed on some racism from my younger self..

    • @monomakes
      @monomakes 3 роки тому

      @@bioux101 at least he was only trying to be helped.

    • @bioux101
      @bioux101 3 роки тому +3

      @@monomakes ROELAND?

  • @3oeproductions698
    @3oeproductions698 3 роки тому +7

    Roger Daltry imprisoned in a rabbit hutch deep within the forest singing "I hope I die before I get old" over and over, forever.

  • @bradleyhillier-smith3706
    @bradleyhillier-smith3706 3 роки тому +6

    That was so much fun! Love stewart lee. Thanks Owen x

  • @M2Mil7er
    @M2Mil7er 3 роки тому +59

    my patience with the word woke has really let itself go.

  • @nickhumphrey4833
    @nickhumphrey4833 3 роки тому +2

    Stewart lee is a brilliant comedian. I used to be one of those people who didn't understand his comedy and was one of those people who could have wrote those internet comments. But now I think he's great

    • @thedativecase9733
      @thedativecase9733 2 роки тому +1

      I do understand Stewart Lee. And I still don't find him funny. I'm tired of people telling me I don't understand him.

  • @Geophaser
    @Geophaser 3 роки тому +6

    i love Stewart Lee, this was a nice surprise in my youtube feed.

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge266 Рік тому +1

    The brilliant Stewart Lee bringing sanity to the world!😂👍

  • @mattygroves21478
    @mattygroves21478 3 роки тому +14

    Well done Owen. I've been really hoping that you, or Ash, or Aaron would manage to get a Stewart Lee interview. Thanks ever so much.

  • @oldtrowt
    @oldtrowt 3 роки тому +4

    Sky Arts - I know the feeling. Feel terrible guilt while regularly watching excellent content.

  • @takora23
    @takora23 3 роки тому +9

    INTELLIGENT HUMOUR. No one is better at it than Stewart Lee. Thank you for this interview!

  • @craigbates4312
    @craigbates4312 3 роки тому +4

    This should have way more views. Great interview Owen 👍

  • @ronandamery589
    @ronandamery589 3 роки тому +8

    I like how Lee gives it to him straight, like a pear cider that's made from 100 percent pears

  • @davidhales7573
    @davidhales7573 3 роки тому +11

    George Galloway has let himself go.
    And he’s let go of his Scottish accent and his hat.

  • @Tudorlady5
    @Tudorlady5 3 роки тому +3

    THANK YOU BOTH SO VERY MUCH - A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO FUNCTIONING HUMAN BEINGS !!!

  • @MrShegzok
    @MrShegzok 3 роки тому +50

    Rolf Harris has let himself go.

  • @beanbunn4029
    @beanbunn4029 3 роки тому +26

    The curious orange has let himself go.

  • @omaribrahim7121
    @omaribrahim7121 3 роки тому +6

    Stewart Lee's bookshelves in dwarfing Owen Jones' bookshelves shock

    • @Giordifer
      @Giordifer 3 роки тому +1

      That's his music collection, of which I am very jealous

    • @mattcast44
      @mattcast44 3 роки тому

      Not only are they CDs as pointed out above but a) people don't necessarily have ALL of their books on display when they make videos and b) possessing a book doesn't mean that one has actually read it.

  • @mooseandspade6251
    @mooseandspade6251 3 роки тому +21

    Noam Chomsky has let himself go

  • @Tanzi24
    @Tanzi24 3 роки тому +2

    I've never seen an interview with Stewart Lee in which he doesn't mention The Fall! He's such a joy to listen to, thanks for a great chat Owen, masterfully conducted as always. I'd love to spend an evening in the pub chatting to Stew about music and comedy. Maybe one day.

    • @joelfildes5544
      @joelfildes5544 3 роки тому +1

      It was ‘Folk night’ in our local pub (Prestwich) and the ‘club’ room was full to the brim,with some of the folkies having to get out their guitar straps,and stand up to play.All seats were taken,apart from one banquet seat,there lay,fully stretched out,a very drunk and asleep Mark E Smith.

  • @joewaits1145
    @joewaits1145 3 роки тому +53

    George Lucas has let himself go.

  • @danstone6871
    @danstone6871 3 роки тому +26

    All of The Dubliners have let themselves go.

  • @fastcakes
    @fastcakes 3 роки тому +13

    Is that a Hitler moustache? Maybe they're still pals after all.

  • @MattNomme
    @MattNomme 3 роки тому +13

    Saw Stewart in Cardiff just before lockdown, was fantastic!

    • @davidrobinson2776
      @davidrobinson2776 3 роки тому +1

      I saw him staring in the window of a closed Cake Shop the other day. He looked sad and depressed.

  • @Kenny1dayatime
    @Kenny1dayatime 3 роки тому +14

    Hodor has let himself go.

  • @therealkevy
    @therealkevy 3 роки тому +8

    Also, loved the interview. You brought out the best in Lee.

    • @thejoin4687
      @thejoin4687 3 роки тому +2

      Ang Lee?

    • @ashleemeow
      @ashleemeow 3 роки тому +1

      @@thejoin4687 You wouldn't like him when he's Ang Lee.

  • @angloirishcad
    @angloirishcad 3 роки тому +5

    He admires Owen for not getting wound up? LMAO! Owen Jones is legendary for his tantrums and running off shows when he gets shown up

  • @oneeyewide1
    @oneeyewide1 3 роки тому +16

    Kenny Rogers has let himself go.

  • @plumduff3303
    @plumduff3303 3 роки тому +3

    Absolutely brilliant thanks Owen

  • @radiumcluedo7156
    @radiumcluedo7156 3 роки тому +2

    Thank goodness for Stewart Lee! Lovely interview. Thank you. 🍀🌍💖🎶

  • @akibobrob
    @akibobrob 3 роки тому +18

    Fidel Castro has let himself go

  • @kensvideos1
    @kensvideos1 10 місяців тому +1

    Stewart Lee can never say "Paul Knuttlle from UKIP" without me bursting into laughter.

  • @drumgold23
    @drumgold23 3 роки тому +10

    I've just noticed, Owen Jones looks like mohawk kid from Cobra Kai.

  • @hazmania
    @hazmania 3 роки тому +1

    Great conversation, Owen. Thank you (both). 🙂🌸

  • @jefflewis6626
    @jefflewis6626 3 роки тому +60

    Giant Haystacks has let himself go

  • @rd2471
    @rd2471 3 роки тому +20

    Oh look, Andy Hamilton has let himself go

  • @killamist666
    @killamist666 3 роки тому +29

    Orson Welles has pulled himself together.

  • @holopolo539
    @holopolo539 3 роки тому +2

    That was great, could have watched that conversation roll on for the rest of the evening. Also, would never have known about the King Rocker film airing without tuning in. Thanks both.

  • @lesleyhollinshead3714
    @lesleyhollinshead3714 3 роки тому +12

    Stewie was fantastic in February 2020 in Nottingham. My favourite stand up ever.

    • @vicredshaw1155
      @vicredshaw1155 3 роки тому +3

      I was there too Lesley , allow me to confirm your analysis !

    • @lesleyhollinshead3714
      @lesleyhollinshead3714 3 роки тому +1

      @@vicredshaw1155 Thank you. We got to see him just before it all went crazy.

    • @vicredshaw1155
      @vicredshaw1155 3 роки тому +1

      @@lesleyhollinshead3714 I have a ticket for the show at the same venue , it's been rescheduled , for Feb , I'm slowly giving up hope !

    • @captainsensible4843
      @captainsensible4843 3 роки тому +2

      Thirded, and as an architecture student it was very nice seeing the inside of the Playhouse

  • @AlFrash84
    @AlFrash84 3 роки тому +9

    Gandalf has let himself go...
    Saw him in mid March last year and he managed to excellently weave the impending Covid-fuelled collapse of civilisation into his set.

  • @davidnunn1306
    @davidnunn1306 3 роки тому +4

    Stewart is after Michael Sheen's facial hair growth award! Great interview once again Owen. Cheers.

  • @neilwarmington7246
    @neilwarmington7246 3 роки тому +2

    Great discussion. Lots of sense spoken thank you Owen and Stewart . ❤️

  • @samcad-ho3ze
    @samcad-ho3ze 3 роки тому +3

    Aw man. I bloody love Stewart Lee.

  • @scottb32a
    @scottb32a 3 роки тому +2

    This has really cheered me up today while I work from home trying to deal with unfathomable new custom clearance procedures - thankyou Owen and Stewart ! National treasures

  • @BrendanBlake42
    @BrendanBlake42 3 роки тому +12

    Ratko Mladic's prison cell is surprisingly well-stocked with books.

  • @bioux101
    @bioux101 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this, mate. Great interview. Stewart Lee is fantastic too. Off to find one of HIS scarfs online
    now!

  • @thesargs
    @thesargs 3 роки тому +7

    Really lovely to catch up with the Canadian singer KD Lang after such a long time. Thanks Owen x

  • @pip3124
    @pip3124 3 роки тому +2

    very enjoyable thanks for that both of you