Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard: Live from Wembley
$19.99
This DVD is so funny - definitely recommend it to others! It's a must-see!!

Eddie Izzard - Unrepeatable
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eddie izzard, transvestite or not.. is the funniest man i have ever heard. if you want a little preview, check him out at [...]you will not be dissapointed, i can promise you!

Eddie Izzard - Definite Article
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eddie izzard, transvestite or not.. is the funniest man i have ever heard. if you want a little preview, check him out at [...]. you will not be dissapointed, i can promise you!

Eddie Izzard: We Know Where You Live - Live!
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Once a very long time ago, I remember a stand up comedian doing a joke about those guys who stand at the side of the road with signs saying "Will Work for Food" and replying: "Screw you! I'm working for Visa!" and adding "This is why they don't invite me to Comic Relief 2 Part 1 with Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Etc.." I was thinking of that line when I was watching this show. Charity shows are good for you. They make you feel good about yourself and they make all the comedians and musicians seem like great humanitarians who really care about the world - even when supporting leftwing groups like Amnesty International which is 95% good intentions and 5% WTF pronouncements (equating the execution of Ted Bundy with political prisoners in Burma is NOT a good idea, fuzzy headed college students. No it's not). Unfortunately, comedy is dangerous. Comedy should make you feel a little uncomfortable. Comedy at its best exploits your fears and your ignorance and makes you see things just a little differently. In other words, comedy is going to have to work really hard to get through a charity event where everything is supposed to be safe and earnest.

Accept that and still that does not excuse this piece of crap.

I want to give it 2 stars in order to give props to Badly Drawn Boy, Tom Jones and U2 who give stellar musical performances. And Eddie Izzard's bit about Pavlov experimenting with his cat ("Day one. Rang bell. Cat went to door. Day 2. Rang bell. Cat put his paw on bell so it didn't ring.") was funny. But that's 10 minutes of goodness wrapped in 90 minutes of some of the laziest comedy outside a Paris Hilton Joke convention. One comedian jokes about people thinking his gay. Another one mocks the Queen Mum. Want some Michael Douglas is too old for Catherine Zeta Jones jokes? We got them. Want a joke about the Spice Girls? Your're in luck! Royal family incest jokes come about. Jerry Springer jokes prove that Jerry Springer is still boring and has been since 1993. Even if a comedian is nominally amusing (and that's an awfully big if) the set is over after a couple of jokes so the comedian can't even build on old material (and that's just being generous as I assume I don't want to see any of these comedians). Seriously, these bits make Jay Leno's opening monologue sound hip and urbane by comparison. And the last bit with Eddie Izzard, Alan Rickman and two other comedians sitting around making up stuff about bad childhoods - even if they weren't laughing at their old jokes, it'd be tedious. Remember that last Purim spiel or high school show that relied on skits you attended? Both were probably funnier than the last bit.

So this is an utterly tedious self-involved show which has Eddie Izzard (who is funny but didn't bring his A Game - although the "outtakes" does give some more Izzard) introducing a lot of hasbeens and neverwillbes and wannabes. If you want to support Amnesty INternational, just get some Abu Ghirab photos and put them up. They are definitely funnier than this thing.