The explosion of comedy into our lives in recent years with endless panel shows, stand-up shows and high-priced national stadium tours by the new generation of acts featured therein leads Stewart Lee to ask the question - what kind of material fulfills the needs of these huge audiences? With annotated transcripts of his award-winning TV series of "Comedy Vehicle", "TV Comedian" is the major new book from the author of "How I Escaped My Certain Fate" and "The 'If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One' E.P".