# Eddie Izzard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991 "2001-01-20T05:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MissMisery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@MissMisery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMisery)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/1 "2001-01-20T05:05:48Z")
Don’t you think the world needs more transvestite comediens as funny and genuinely interesting as he is? I have to admit that I had my reservations when I heard about him the first time… but upon actually watching for the first time, I saw that all my preconceptions were wrong. I now want to be an intelligent cross-dressing comedienne when I grow up… okay okay… maybe not… but I must say I do admire him! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/2 "2001-01-20T05:20:22Z")
No, no, no! We have plenty of transvestites in the world and they all think they’re comedians. What we need are more _executive_ transvestites. That requires qualifications. ---
**Author:** ![MissMisery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@MissMisery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMisery)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/3 "2001-01-20T05:23:36Z")
YES… Executive… and Action transvestites too! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/4 "2001-01-20T05:26:22Z")
…paging oldscratch… and ValerieBlaise… ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/5 "2001-01-20T05:28:17Z")
Izzard rocks… He could be the single greatest comedian practicing today. Damn he’s good. ---
**Author:** ![one\_last\_glass\_dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19b73/32.png) [@one\_last\_glass\_dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/one_last_glass_dear)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/6 "2001-01-20T05:35:55Z")
…this is Tony P, right? From Mystery Men? ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/7 "2001-01-20T05:39:00Z")
And he does a fine job in “Shadow of the Vampire” (which I loved). ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/8 "2001-01-20T05:43:12Z")
I’m in love with Eddie Izzard. I have to respect any man who can wear heels with such panache. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Molson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Molson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/9 "2001-01-20T05:43:27Z")
I’m pushing forth the **Dolphin Act** as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/10 "2001-01-20T13:54:29Z")
I’m covered in bees! Yeah, I love Eddie. That’s all I have to add. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/11 "2001-01-20T14:27:13Z")
Oh yeah. He rules. He looks great with makeup, but I happened to catch a Dennis Miller rerun on HBO not too long ago, and he appeared on that dressed in men’s clothes, with no makeup. After about two seconds, I decided that yeah, I do him either way. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/12 "2001-01-20T15:10:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MissMisery \* > \*\*Don’t you think the world needs more transvestite comediens as funny and genuinely interesting as he is? I have to admit that I had my reservations when I heard about him the first time… but upon actually watching for the first time, I saw that all my preconceptions were wrong. I now want to be an intelligent cross-dressing comedienne when I grow up… okay okay… maybe not… but I must say I do admire him! > > \*\* I saw him doing stand up on HBO and I don’t understand his popularity. I didn’t find him annoying or anything but I didn’t particularly find him very funny either. Marc ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/13 "2001-01-20T15:23:00Z")
He was on Conan last night. So wonderful. I think when he was on Leno, he said something about the lack of British comedians. “You get our actors and our annoying pop singers, but not our comedians.” Went on to cite the Pythons as one exception. Ahhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/14 "2001-01-22T03:53:21Z")
I _finally_ found a copy of Glorious this week and I watched it 3 times in a row. I’m still subject to random fits of giggles whenever one of his lines pops into head. I keep hearing the “bees” bit and snickering as I type this… I couldn’t sleep with anyone who dresses that much better than I do, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/15 "2001-01-22T04:29:36Z")
I would now like to vote for Eddie Izzard being the “Comedian as the topic of more threads (that never get past one full page) than any other comedian” Izzard rocks… punk snot dead, broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/16 "2001-01-22T11:55:35Z")
I’m not shopping here – I’m going to **Azerbaijan**! That Eddie – he’s a card. ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/17 "2001-01-23T02:20:19Z")
[big hijack] The other day I was grocery shopping and as I walked down the produce aisle, I found myself singing, “punk snot dead, broccoli” in my best death metal growl. I just thought you needed to know… 😉 [/end big hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/18 "2001-01-23T07:09:59Z")
My wife and I saw Eddie Izzard on his Circle tour last year. Let me repeat that: We saw him perform **live.** [Cartman voice] Who wants to touch me? I said who wants to %#@\*& touch me! [/Cartman voice] ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/19 "2001-01-23T07:22:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*My wife and I saw Eddie Izzard on his Circle tour last year. > > Let me repeat that: We saw him perform **live.** > > [Cartman voice] > Who wants to touch me? > I said who wants to %#@\*& touch me! > [/Cartman voice] \*\* Umm can I touch you? Hehe I’ve been trying to introduce everyone at my college to Eddie Izzard but to no avail. I guess these backwards hickish Indiana people can’t handle anyone as sophsiticated as the comic god Eddie Izzard himself. Dr. Heimlich “Wake up Hilder!” Mrs. Heimlich “What is it Dr. Heimlich?” Dr. Heimlich “Don’t call me Dr. Heimlich I’m your husband for fucks sake.” Mrs. Heimlich “Okay then what is it Gunter?” Hi I’m crazy Eddie I put babies on spikes. ---
**Author:** ![MissMisery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@MissMisery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMisery)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991/20 "2001-01-23T18:57:47Z")
Yes… For some reason, Indiana students seem obstinate when it comes to their mindsets executive transvestite comediens are bad! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-izzard/50991.md?page=2)