It's been incredibly heart-warming to witness ?Crumpled Morrissey? Stewart Lee?s commercial ascension over the last few years. Seeing his routine in a half-full tent at Glastonbury 2005 was like a ?Beatles in the Cavern Club? moment for hecklerspray.

This comparison falls apart utterly since Lee already had a long and distinguished career in radio and TV, but at that point he had a relatively low profile for his stand-up. Seeing him use such beautifully eloquent and heavily worded analysis one minute and then to make equally successful points by saying virtually nothing at all showed a comedian with such a brilliant understanding of language both in making astute comment, but also getting a laugh for it.

We were so moved by the experience that upon our return home we promptly sent him an email. We simply had to let the man know. We imagine all stalking starts with similar self-justifications.