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I have never laughed so hard
Despite my initial reservations about watching Izzard's standup, after about thirty seconds I was laughing harder than I ever have before. He is a comic genius with great timing and his stand-up is not only hilarious but filled with perceptive and intelligent commentary, on any number of global and historical issues. He is a smart, funny guy and I laughed until I cried several times. I highly reccommend this DVD to anyone who enjoys good, smart humor.

I've got legs!
I somehow (luckily) stumbled onto this "Glorious" (pardon the pun) stand up several years ago when Dressed To Kill was aired on HBO. In a moment of rare clarity I decided to tape this stand up sight-unseen and WOW! Eddie Izzard proves to be one of the most clever, witty and amazingly well-informed stand-ups of our time. I have watched my tape of this performance so many times I know it word for word. I have also forced all of my friends to watch it and they too have fallen under his magnetic spell. I often run into resistance from my straight male friends when they realize this is a transvestite comedian, but within the first 5 minutes they too are hooked and seemingly forget the commentary on life, history and painful yet hilarious insights into coming-of-age are coming from a man in a dress and FABULOUS make up! I especially like the fact that this British comic is filmed doing his stand up in America (albeit in San Francisco where the audience may be a bit more "receiving* of his unique brand of humor). His insights are priceless and his constant moving about the stage and fantastic facial expressions make this a performance you will not be able to take your eyes off of. See this. And quick. My friends and I have adopted several lines from the performance as our own little private jokes, such as, "It wasn't me, I was dead at the time!" and "Oh Sue! I've got legs. Do you like bread? I've got a french loaf. I love you! Byeeeee!!!!" and "I was on the moon at the time. With Steve."
This one performance led me to seek out several of his film roles including "The Cat's Meow" (excellant as Charlie Chaplin), "Shadow of the Vampire" (uh, WOW), and the [bad] "Mystery Men" (skip it).
Sit back, pop it in and be prepared to giggle till you fall over.


Fantastico!!!
Mr. Izzard is a fantastic cultured comedian that uses his dark sense of humor and his wittiness to portray the history of the world as it should have been narrated. Eddie is a hall of fame comedian, no doubt about it.

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