bbmtwist Note: there is no running time on the IMDb page and although logged in, the correction page won't permit me to add one.Note that the DVD box incorrectly labels this as 2 hours and 55 minutes. The correct time is 1 hour and 55 minutes.This is one of Eddie's best shows - hilarious and engaging, funny and warm.Eddie is as lovable as he is outrageous. His humor is gentle and satirical in the best traditions of Monty Python. As only the British can do, he pokes gentle fun at our US ways, thoughts, beliefs and assumptions.The humor is in the realization that he is correct and we are dummies for not realizing the obvious. I own this on DVD, plus two others: GLORIOUS and DEFINITE ARTICLE. Do give him a try if you love British humor.

Jackson Booth-Millard I had never seen any stand-up comedy shows with Eddie Izzard, especially in his transvestite guise, and I was very keen to see at least one. He performs in San Francisco with his rather abstract but very amusing material, including his theories on pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, empires and the European dream. Also he ponders the naming of Engelbert Humperdinck, Hollywood adapting British films, and some very humorous translations of French phrases. All of this is done while he is wearing his glittery straight top, tight trousers, high heels, and carefully applied make-up. It won the Emmys for Outstanding Individual Performance and Outstanding Writing for Izzard, and it was nominated for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Eddie Izzard was number 3 on 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, and he was number 19 on The Comedians' Comedian, and the show was number 30 on The 100 Greatest Funny Moments. Good!

nomyiw A bit of Trivia b/c I can't figure out how to submit Trivia: In the backdrop of this performance, one of the images isGeorge Serat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" painting (seen best in chapter 18), this painting is the subject of a Sonheim musical Sunday in the Park with George.A bit of Trivia b/c I can't figure out how to submit Trivia: In the backdrop of this performance, one of the images isGeorge Serat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" painting (seen best in chapter 18), this painting is the subject of a Sonheim musical Sunday in the Park with George.

Joshua White I never meant to become an addict, but somehow the compulsive need to quote Eddie Izzard developed gradually after seeing Dress to Kill for the first time a few years ago. There is a cult following of Mr. Izzard, and it is really distressing to see GenXers quoting his every joke to death. It's not only distressing--but it's annoying, too. The problem is, I'm as guilty as anybody else. He sucks you in. You watch it once and you laugh. You watch it again and you nod and laugh hysterically. The third, fourth, fifth time you watch it, you start saying his jokes along with him--and you STILL laugh. After a while, you start playing the CD or DVD out of habit, or when friends come over. Before you know it, you're busting a gut every time you see a squirrel eating a grapefr-- I mean a nut. But as much as I hate to criticize other Eddie Izzard fans, I think there is an actual problem when we call him an intellectual. I don't mean to be elitist, but Mr. Izzard is far from the intellegencia! A critic once commented that Izzard's strength is not his depth of knowledge, but rather his breadth. Just be careful when you comment on how intellectual his comedy is. You really risk sounding kind of--sorry, but--unlearned.