@Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP:

"Eddie has Techo-joy, not Techno-fear"
You are so right, and here it is!

Here is Eddie Izzard on computers. But watch were he slips in the end and says he has a Mac, but he is clearly using windows keyboard shortcuts!

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He is one hot tranny mess I tell you...you should see him in a dress (no sarcasm intended).

And did you know he is *totally straight* and a complete womanizer and I am going to see him in Miami in just a couple days? What ever will I do?

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

I started watching the Eddie in South Africa about 10 years ago. A friend of mine from the UK had a couple of his acts on VHS (what's that?) This guy is the funniest bar none.... for some reason he always reminds me of what a Garry Larson comic would be like if it came to life... his humour is so twisted and off the wall... LOVE IT! If you haven't seen it you have got to see "dressed to kill" and "definite article" ... it's some of his very early stuff
".... are you happy with your wash!"

sonburn

Wot, no frock? Feh...

Marco

what's an iPhone? Aren't phones for ears?

sonicwind

there's another 5 minutes of my life gone for no reason_

Jesus - you're stretching lately_

uberfu

@flaxseed: Yeah, I saw him in DC at the end of April, and he was doing iPhone bits too. It's part of his new material on this tour.

uncleezno

"Well we're OUTA of cake."

"So, my choice is death? I guess I will have the chicken then."

"Here ya go, tastes of babies!""CAKE OR DEATH??"

spectator101

Clip from YouTube (wtf Giz? Link much? You post 890,000 posts on the iPhone but can't link to Izzard?)?

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willentrekin

"I'm a f**king squirrel."

jerkyjones

Isn't "English Comedy" kind of an oxymoron?

Rabid Penguin

doing giz's work ... once again ;)

I used the power of "The Google" to find the clip

[video.google.com]

nystreetfilms

I prefere to be called an "Executive Techno-sexual"

"It's the Rebels.........they're here"

"Did they bring a flag?"

rtwod2

@teexcue: Wow, how did you catch that?

diesel828

I saw Eddie Izzard in Boston, which was way before the WWDC and he was already making jokes about the iPhone, Steve Jobs, Mac OS... and it was hysterical.

Eddie Izzard is really a genius. By far, one of the best comedians around.

flaxseed

I Like Eddie Izzard. "Confirm, than Deny!"

MagnoliaBoy

@zenpoet: You said death first! Just kidding. It's a good thing we're Church of England!

Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP

the noise from the image screams fuji s8000fd ... ami rite?

lilaliendog

@Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP:

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I forget if this is where he goes into his Q and James Bond routine, but that's hilarious as well. Jam pants. Bloody useless they were.

Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP

@RBecho: Um. I chose death. No wait, cake!

zenpoet

I caught him last night in Houston. twas brilliant.
his iPhone got almost as much applause as he did.

I forget what word he wiki'ed tho...

turi319

What's with putting the hidden links on "comedy genius" and "iPhone 3G" Giz?

teexcue

Where is the video?

diesel828

Eddie has Techo-joy, not Techno-fear.

Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP

You're Mr. Steve... ens!?!?

eFrisk

"This a few minutes after a sketch about cavemen and the stone age where he made several jokes about a Caveman named Steve adding GPS to rocks, making them move faster, and cutting the price in half."

Funny cause it's true.

marm0lade

Eddie is one of the funniest guys on tour right now. And he's a self-admitted geek / gadget guy. Catch his act if you can.

EBone

For anyone that was wondering (like I was):

"the term 'dyslexia' was coined in 1887 by Rudolf Berlin"

highfloydelity

It's been a long road, but Eddie is starting to see a bit of mainstream popularity in the US now.

TOWken22

Well played Mr. Izzard, well played.

Oh - Cake or Death?

RBecho

Video?

johnwilliams713

Oh Eddie, stick with what you know. Namely what purse goes with which pumps!

halfshafter

Saw him in New York City and he did a searching on wikipedia with the iphone joke too. <3

Elaine Chow

@halfshafter: Oh, please shut up. You have clearly never watched one of Eddie's shows. He is a genius (and gorgeous to boot).

MonkeySeeMonkeyDo

@Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP:

i prefer Dave Chappelle and David Cross for standup.

se.blackheart

@ANoel: You also still consider Canada a part of England?

92BuickLeSabre

@se.blackheart: Dressed to kill was great! The encore on languages is perfect.

Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP

@Rabid Penguin:
what?
I think you mean "English" and "Cooking" ... (or "sex")
They have some of the funniest people anywhere... except Canada.

ANoel

"3G or eath?"

"3G please!"

"How about you? 3G or Death?"

"Hmmm...3G please."

TonyRockyHorror

@uberfu: Any excuse to post anything Eddie Izzard is a fantastic idea, imho.

SuperCollider

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Bring me w/you? I love Eddie Izzard, and can listen to hours of acts on my iPod easily. My ex never "got" Eddie, so she wouldn't listen. I adore him in The Riche$. And yes, he explains that most transvestites fancy girls. And no, I didn't hear that from a transvestite who lives in a cave. It was an executive transvestite.

Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M:
"What ever will I do?"

probably not laugh as he's not very funny in his standup, as opposed to some of the films he's been in where he IS funny.

you only have to check his bit on San Francisco in Dressed to Kill for proof of this.

se.blackheart

LOL - I saw Eddie just last month in Detroit; awesome show but the sound was too damn quiet. We could hardly hear him. Be that as it may, my favorite comedian by far. I learned more about European history in "Dress to Kill" than my entire professional academic career!

EnochLight

@lilaliendog: Sooooo right! Actually, could have been any member of the family with the SuperCCD.

GeekyNerdGuy

I saw him in Philly about a month ago. A little rough around the edges (it was his third show of the tour I think), but hilarious as always. This tour is full of Mac and tech references. Very funny though about Steve the caveman adding GPS and cutting the price in half. Obviously, we weren't privy to that joke.

drewdrawsagain

@halfshafter: leave the the izzard alone

ichi1

cake for me please...

pharago

oh, i'm going to see him in like, 2 weeks! this'll be exciting!

jsimondsmalamud

"...there's an on switch on the PRINTER??"

Brilliant beyond compare. I regret to say that I literally lost control of my bladder functions during the first time I heard "WEASEL! WEASEL! WEASEL!"

Donk In A Box

I went to the show in Austin. He was really funny and went on about some of the same iPhone stuff.

He also mentioned it was hard moving people from the old stone age to the new stone age because of a 2 year contract.

My favorite joke was his take on the iPhone GPS. He produced the iPhone from his back pocket and remarked that it narrowed down his current position to a 20 mile radius... which he could have told the phone himself.

GarouDiams

Noooo! I missed him, damn! That's what I get for moving and being out of touch with what the heck is coming through Austin for a week or so. Sonuva...

NightElfMohawk

@Rabid Penguin: If you think that Mr. Bean and Douglas Adams have anything in common other than being English, then you are never, ever going to understand.

I would really, really like to know what you *do* find funny.

But, just because it's fun, I'll list some of my favorites:
Any books by Douglas Adams, P.G. Wodehouse, or Terry Pratchett

Television shows like:
Peep Show
The Young Ones
The Fast Show
Not The Nine O'Clock News
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Fry & Laurie
Men Behaving Badly
The IT Crowd
The Comic Strip Presents
French & Saunders
Black Books
Father Ted

Oh I give up, this could take ages, and you're not going to like *any* of it...

permissionmag

@DelSource: Except for two Monty Python movies I really haven't seen anything British that I thought was funny. It seems very dry to me, and that's just not my thing. If the British shows that I've seen here in America are not a good representation of the type of humor I would find in shows if I actually went to England then fair enough, I've been spoiled with bad shows.

Maybe you should list the greats for me and enlighten me on English humor, because Mr Bean, and Douglas Adams just aren't doing it for me.

Rabid Penguin

@Rabid Penguin: Are you taking the piss? Do I even have to list the greats of English comedy?

That just *has* to be a lame ass attempt at humour, which would make your post rather ironic. But then again, not many cultures get irony........

DelSource

WTF clip is that everyone keeps linking to?? He doesn't say anything about the iPhone or Jobs. And WTF kind of crappy device was that thing captured on? It's freaking sideways for Pete's sake. And if I know anything about Pete, you'd better watch yoself...

FritzLaurel

@scarbrtj: I really didn't find it that funny... though I did enjoy the music.

Rabid Penguin

@Rabid Penguin:

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scarbrtj

@permissionmag: "If you think that Mr. Bean and Douglas Adams have anything in common other than being English, then you are never, ever going to understand."
I was just giving them as examples of well known British comedians that I've seen or heard and didn't think was that funny. But I appreciate the list and I'll give them a watch. And Red Dwarf is not on your list, so I may actually like some of them... we'll see :c)

Rabid Penguin

@Elaine Chow: I talked to some friends who saw him last night. Apparently he searches for a different term every night.

Last night was haberdashery. :)

danielandthelions

@highfloydelity: @willentrekin: @nystreetfilms:
I included the link in the email, but it seems to have automagically disappeared in the editorial process.

Sorry, it's sideways. just a $200 point-and-shoot after all. :)

danielandthelions

<3 for the Izzard!

"I'm a plumber..."
"What on EARTH is that?"

averna13

@Rabid Penguin: That means you have Lupus. Ask Wilson.

It's a British thing I am thinking b/c he's pulling a "American" accent. So like Americans make fun of Brits, this is the opposite.

Git Em SteveDave's G3 hearts a certain MBP

Flag.

jwardell

Thanks to this post, which I read today, I was made aware of Eddie's tour, so I went to his site and found out that he's here (Miami) today and tomorrow. Thank you!

Razor1973

When I saw his warm up gig in NYC in Feb, he looked up some stuff about the 2nd Scottish war of Independence.

DaveTehWave