John Cleese told an insane story where Monty Python were performing in Germany and their hosts wanted to take them for a tour of Dachau (because German welcoming party is touring their old atrocities?). So they said (in German accents) "quick shower and we go to Dachau."
Eric Idle follows that up with something better: They arrive at Dachau, but just before closing so the Germans won't let them in. Graham says "Tell them we're Jewish." And the Germans let them in!
Either way, he's brilliant and a comedic genius, not to mention remarkably well read in all types of history of the world, etc. Go Eddie! Still have Dress to Kill recorded on a VHS tape, wayy before I knew anyone else that had heard of you. Was a pleasure to introduce anyone to his comedy.
This was the first concert I ever saw of Eddie Izzard. It was a VHS tape I found somewhere..funniest god dam thing I ever saw. The bit about how Engelbert Humperdinck chose his name had me in stitches, and how he uses a history lesson to make comedy
This is the Eddie I remember from my youth, then he went back to his masculine side and now he's back, as the amazing Eddie I remember! To be fair, he was probably always amazing, IS amazing but, I love this Eddie. His natural, creative, transvestite self.
+Patient Grasshopper Not anymore. The colour has bleached off because of the radiation, which basically means that the moon is "giving up" (waving the white flag).
+Patient Grasshopper +ShadowFalcon Congratulations, the two of you win the "Best Comment(s) I've Seen All Night" Award. The BCISAN Award is a very prestigious honor that I've just now invented. Well done :)
The only reason to go to the moon, is to plant a new flag, in order to steal it from the last people who claimed it. Because there is no point in planting a flag, if you're not taking the land you're planting it on from someone else.
Stalin died lying on his bedroom floor and his guards were too damn scared to go in and check what the thump was when he fell over , and the doctors were shit scared when they finally came in to treat him and they ended up passing the buck between themselves until it was too late to do anything. Ruling through fear has some major downsides...
"very organised, always build an empire, ein zwei, ein zwei, build that empire, very Prussian, and then they'd celebrate with a WORLD WAR!, and loose the whole empire by the end of it"
I'm curious as to how much of his material is planned beforehand and how much he makes up as he goes along. He just seems to be pulling a lot of it out of thin air and it's awesome.
Eddie's always better when he has a mic planted on him. Holding the microphone in his later shows seems to impede with his free-flowing physical comedy. Do planted mics cost a lot of money these days or what?
+SethBlizzard Those mics are called Lavalier mics, and they cost about the same as a handheld (at least the good ones such made by Røde). Sometimes people like a handheld mic because it makes it easier to play with the volume and do sound effects - Eddie's Darth Vader is a good example of that. I guess he chooses his mic depending on what show he does.
*Cake or Death?!* "Before I answer that, I have but one question: What _kind_ of cake is it?" *Chocolate.* "Oh... Well that sounds nice." *With strawberries in it.* "..." *What?* "Oh it's nothing; nothing at all. Now, which way to the gallows?"
Wow...I was just watching this and realized something very disturbing: it's been censored. Not for profanity, but the comment about the guns being a gift from the NRA. Cut right out. You've GOT to be shitting me...
Huh, wow. Thanks for sharing; that's truly infuriating. Love it how those guys advocate for complete free speech... when it fits into their political agenda. If not, rampant censorship. Hope the hypocrisy isn't lost on them.
Q. "Cake or death?" A. "Death - no, wait! I meant cake!" is much like the Python's, Q. "What's your favourite colour?" A. "Blue - no wait!" - KER - B-O-I-N-G! (Man is flung to his death for getting his question wrong.)
Makes you wonder doesn't it? Like as of now 2,606,947 ppl have watched this vid - I wonder how many of them are no longer with us? ......Statistically speaking there must be some. :S
Charlie McTruth There's a difference between mentioning Hitler completely out of context to elicit a cheap reaction... And mentioning Hitler in a stand-up routine ABOUT EUROPEAN HISTORY. Just because morons on the internet with no point to make name-drop Hitler in a pathetic attempt to get attention doesn't mean there is NEVER a reason to mention him. I'm afraid many people had reason to talk about Hitler LONG before internet trolls made his name shorthand for: "Ignore Me--I Have Nothing Of Value To Say".
I really wish I had had time to stick around for the Q&A when Eddie was in Rapid City. This particular stand-up may very well have become my very favorite. I've been quoting it for years ❤
I remember, before I had a TH-cam account, I used to love watching these kind of videos! It definitely brings back memories. This was and still is my favorite!
Why cutout the part of 4:36 "... Thats the rules I have just made up, and i'm backing it up (cut) with this gun that was lend to me by the national rifle association."
Could you imagine if the flag thing was actually true? The American Revolution would have been so different! America: We're leaving the British Empire! Great Britain: Nonsense- we'll not allow it! America: But we have a flag! Great Britain: Oh, alright!... 😂😂😂😂
My all-time favorite quote from this stand-up was his "Menachem Begin disguise kit badge". Everyone in the room looked at me like I was crazy, but you have to know who Menachem Begin was to get it. Brilliant!
I want to take a history course from Eddie Izzard.
theRealPlaidRabbit best. class. ever.
theRealPlaidRabbit yes
Ha!
How many credits, and will they transfer to a 4-year university?
BET YOU TAKE MORE THAN HISTORY FROM DIRTY EDDIE. YOU PERVERT.
"Hilter killed people next door"
"Aww, what a stupid man"
After a couple of years, we won't stand for that...
"You can't claim us, we live here!"
"Do you have a flag?"
;-)
I never fail to lose my shit every time he says "gonna run outta cake at this rate!"
'Death, death, death, quick shower...' There was a slight murmur as somebody made a connection between showers and death.
John Cleese told an insane story where Monty Python were performing in Germany and their hosts wanted to take them for a tour of Dachau (because German welcoming party is touring their old atrocities?). So they said (in German accents) "quick shower and we go to Dachau."
Eric Idle follows that up with something better: They arrive at Dachau, but just before closing so the Germans won't let them in. Graham says "Tell them we're Jewish." And the Germans let them in!
Emsland1993 it took me a second to realize
this stand up will never get old!
Dress to kill is by far one of my top 3 stand ups of all time
Eddie, the Lost Python.
Even John Cleese said so!
+DancinFool I was just thinking how he reminded me of the Pythons
"cake or death" is very Pythonesque.
DancinFool He's often said the Pythons are his comedic inspirations
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
I adore that the first words are "Yes. So, ah... this is all true."
And the face he does with it lol.
Either way, he's brilliant and a comedic genius, not to mention remarkably well read in all types of history of the world, etc. Go Eddie! Still have Dress to Kill recorded on a VHS tape, wayy before I knew anyone else that had heard of you. Was a pleasure to introduce anyone to his comedy.
Yes, a really classic special back in the 90's, wonderful comedian(enne) who the feck knows these days.
"The Ottoman Empire... full of furniture, for some reason." LMAO that's priceless.
Although oddly we don't commonly refer to "ottomans" in the UK, more an American term.
Eddie is a rarity... Comedy, and you learn some shit, which hopefully makes other want to learn too. Genius!
You can still get those end of bed storage things, I don't remember them ever being called an ottoman. I grew up in the 80s tho ;)
god slash goddess ;)
psammiad or somewhere in between.
"Cake or death, thank you for flying Church of England," I'M DEAD!!!
I guess I didn't get cake.
+Nerdicaful Should've gotten the cake, then.
+Powerpuff God they were out of cake.
+Powerpuff God they were out of cake.
+Lieutenant Thalia they didn't expect such a rush!
I never grow tired of listening Eddie Izzard. He makes me laugh at the same jokes I've heard over and over!
I love Eddie. He makes me very happy. What a inspiring person
Seven extra men at the beginning of every go but you could never fucking hold it. I just can't believe he said that.
Phrasing!
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Wha?
4:20
"Do you have a flaaaag?" Tounge out....
This was the first concert I ever saw of Eddie Izzard. It was a VHS tape I found somewhere..funniest god dam thing I ever saw. The bit about how Engelbert Humperdinck chose his name had me in stitches, and how he uses a history lesson to make comedy
Well we're OUTTA CAKE! We only had 3 bits and we didn't expect such a RUSH
"Do you have a flaaaaaaag? :P"
No flag no country, can't have one!
This is the Eddie I remember from my youth, then he went back to his masculine side and now he's back, as the amazing Eddie I remember! To be fair, he was probably always amazing, IS amazing but, I love this Eddie. His natural, creative, transvestite self.
LOVE Eddie Izzard. He's freaking hilarious and amazing. This still has me in stitches, however many years later.
Brilliant.
This show is probably the funniest standup I've EVER seen.
By the logic of flags, the US owns the moon.
+Patient Grasshopper
Not anymore.
The colour has bleached off because of the radiation, which basically means that the moon is "giving up" (waving the white flag).
+Patient Grasshopper +ShadowFalcon Congratulations, the two of you win the "Best Comment(s) I've Seen All Night" Award. The BCISAN Award is a very prestigious honor that I've
just now invented. Well done :)
By my Camel.......I think you are write!!!
they seem to think that.
The only reason to go to the moon, is to plant a new flag, in order to steal it from the last people who claimed it. Because there is no point in planting a flag, if you're not taking the land you're planting it on from someone else.
Never gets old. Great timing.
Watching a master at work.
The look, the voice, the brains. Really hot.
Cake or death? I choose Death By Chocolate Cake.
Stalin died lying on his bedroom floor and his guards were too damn scared to go in and check what the thump was when he fell over , and the doctors were shit scared when they finally came in to treat him and they ended up passing the buck between themselves until it was too late to do anything.
Ruling through fear has some major downsides...
One of my favourite comic bits ever!!
This bit is old... but it will never be old to me.
@04:42 "I'm backing it up with this gun...that I've borrowed from the National Rifle Association"
Every time I come across this video again, I have to watch it. Its too good
I love u eddie
Such a talent! I adore this man. :)
a master storyteller indeed...
1.7m people have watched this. Pol pot killed the equivalent of everyone who has ever watched this video
Double that now
Just adore Eddie wonderful logical comedy
Eddie Izzard should have narrated History of Japan.
Eddy Izzard is fantastic!
"very organised, always build an empire, ein zwei, ein zwei, build that empire, very Prussian, and then they'd celebrate with a WORLD WAR!, and loose the whole empire by the end of it"
I'm curious as to how much of his material is planned beforehand and how much he makes up as he goes along. He just seems to be pulling a lot of it out of thin air and it's awesome.
He does bullet points and meanders about a bit
Hes always been a huge history buff that went past more than just what was taught at school! Hes an executive at his art!!! 🕊
"Awww... stupid man" Kills me every time.
Eddie is so hot & super intelligent & funny & such a fantastic actor too.
Cake or death?
Well... I'm on a diet right now. I might just have a small slice of cake
So fkn funny. And smart. Luv you Eddie.
Still funny after all these years. I'll take cake, thank you.
Eddie's always better when he has a mic planted on him. Holding the microphone in his later shows seems to impede with his free-flowing physical comedy. Do planted mics cost a lot of money these days or what?
+SethBlizzard Those mics are called Lavalier mics, and they cost about the same as a handheld (at least the good ones such made by Røde). Sometimes people like a handheld mic because it makes it easier to play with the volume and do sound effects - Eddie's Darth Vader is a good example of that. I guess he chooses his mic depending on what show he does.
Freddo Flintstono Thank you!
actually i really like his eyeline,his make up is great
ZHEN ZENG I love his outfit in this one!! He looks great.
The editor cut out the line about the National Rifle Association.
"Well we're out of cake, it's salmon mousse or death?"
'can I just say this about that'....
Unbelievable how a comedy sketch can get such serious responses!
*Cake or Death?!*
"Before I answer that, I have but one question: What _kind_ of cake is it?"
*Chocolate.*
"Oh... Well that sounds nice."
*With strawberries in it.*
"..."
*What?*
"Oh it's nothing; nothing at all. Now, which way to the gallows?"
***** We haven't got a gallows. Just this gun we keep in the same box as the flag.
TechUnadept A flintlock? Classy.
To classy for a kind of joke Brutas,,,
"Cake or Death" bit starts from 4:47.
Hannah Lynne arigato
Wow...I was just watching this and realized something very disturbing: it's been censored. Not for profanity, but the comment about the guns being a gift from the NRA. Cut right out. You've GOT to be shitting me...
Huh, wow. Thanks for sharing; that's truly infuriating. Love it how those guys advocate for complete free speech... when it fits into their political agenda. If not, rampant censorship. Hope the hypocrisy isn't lost on them.
I noticed that too. Seen this comedy so many times I knew the line was coming.
Q. "Cake or death?" A. "Death - no, wait! I meant cake!" is much like the Python's, Q. "What's your favourite colour?" A. "Blue - no wait!" - KER - B-O-I-N-G! (Man is flung to his death for getting his question wrong.)
Either that or, "Crucifixion or freedom?"
This cracks me up every single time I watch it.
We're going to run out of cake at this rate!
His facial expressions keep killing me alone with his voices
Do you have a flaaag??
Cake or death!?
"Uuh Cake please"
"Very well. Give him cake"
"Thank you. Very nice🍰🍰!"
This is exactly what I thought about when I saw "The Dark Knight Rises" and Cillian Murphy was going, "Death? Or exile?"
[snorts] I'm not the only one I guess. I saw a post about that on Tumblr and came here to rewatch this clip XD
Little red cookbook, little red cookbook.
Still love this special
love this guy!!
My like pushed it up to 8,888 likes. I must be speeeshul. I deserve cake.
ExperienceCounts2 well we're OUTTA CAKE!
ExperienceCounts2 cake or death???
Stacie M I asked for the vegetarian...
DovahkiinDead Ah yes [passes tray] there you go Mr. Hitler, you nazi shithead.
Stacie M thank you for flying church of england cake or death?
Death by cake it shall be!
On a tray :-)
+John Sullivan I do not need a tray
+Ella Jando-Saul Do my eyes deceive me, or do I spy a reference to Poontah?
+Haner Rikuto (asinineSkeptic) sorry, no, but I must discover Poontah now.
BRUUUUCE BOOOOOOOGTROTTER
The two best lines are, "we're gonna run out of cake at this rate" and "we didn't expect such a rush". Genius.
238 people chose death.
He is so unoriginal it only took 1 minute to mention Hitler to get a laugh.
I am number 239.
He might be one of the most original comics ever. He's legendary.
now 264
Makes you wonder doesn't it? Like as of now 2,606,947 ppl have watched this vid - I wonder how many of them are no longer with us? ......Statistically speaking there must be some. :S
Charlie McTruth There's a difference between mentioning Hitler completely out of context to elicit a cheap reaction...
And mentioning Hitler in a stand-up routine ABOUT EUROPEAN HISTORY.
Just because morons on the internet with no point to make name-drop Hitler in a pathetic attempt to get attention doesn't mean there is NEVER a reason to mention him.
I'm afraid many people had reason to talk about Hitler LONG before internet trolls made his name shorthand for: "Ignore Me--I Have Nothing Of Value To Say".
I really wish I had had time to stick around for the Q&A when Eddie was in Rapid City. This particular stand-up may very well have become my very favorite. I've been quoting it for years ❤
Emos: I'll take death please, just let me write a poem beforehand
Leon Reaper sayori
My favorite type of comidian.The ones that joke with a straight face.
Thank you for flying church of England . Cake or death?
this never gets old
I love this guy
"We're gonna run out of cake at this rate!" will always be the best
Love this man !!!
I remember, before I had a TH-cam account, I used to love watching these kind of videos!
It definitely brings back memories.
This was and still is my favorite!
My god! That's hilarious from both claiming India by Britain and Cake or Death! XD
This never gets old :)
Why cutout the part of 4:36 "... Thats the rules I have just made up, and i'm backing it up (cut) with this gun that was lend to me by the national rifle association."
Thanks for letting us know what was cut out.
Presumably we're avoiding offending the national gun idiots. Poor sensitive souls.
Paul Kennedy this was posted in 2008.
@@RachelG1979 So? The NRA and uppity gun nuts have been around for decades.
Brilliant comedian
Why did you delete the reference to the National Rifle Association at 4:44?
is that what the weird cut was?, now I am curious too
Exquisite!
276 people can't get ze fauckin' trees!!
My middle school English teacher missed my 8th grade graduation for an Eddie Izzard show. We were all perfectly fine with it.
tea and cake with the vicar or you die!!!
Whenever someone mentions cake, this always pops into my head (:
Oh, alright. You're lucky I'm Church of England!
Amazing talent
Man I've always wanted someone to hit me with a sandwich one day just to know the feeling
Jon A Sub to me and I won't hit you with a sandwich.
I don't submit to bribery
unkchristian?
Great video! One of my all time fave commedians.
Wonder how celiacs would get along?
"Is the cake gluten free?"
"No."
"Do you have a gluten free cake option?"
"Gahhhh DEATH!"
amazing to think I saw this tour live.. tea and cake or death.... thanks for the clip
So my choice is or death...??
gonna see him again June 4 2015 san diego. can't wait! thanks for the vid!
Go ahead hit me with a sandwich, I double dare you..
Well at least I won't have to cue in the canteen
:-)))))))) I definitely adore this man
so my choice is or death?
Why does the publisher of this video not even know the name of the Eddie Izzard performance? It's not "Dressed to Kill". It's "Dress to Kill"
Could you imagine if the flag thing was actually true? The American Revolution would have been so different!
America: We're leaving the British Empire!
Great Britain: Nonsense- we'll not allow it!
America: But we have a flag!
Great Britain: Oh, alright!...
😂😂😂😂
My all-time favorite quote from this stand-up was his "Menachem Begin disguise kit badge". Everyone in the room looked at me like I was crazy, but you have to know who Menachem Begin was to get it. Brilliant!
Did you mean Menachem, or mannequin? I think a Mannequin Beginner's Disguise Kit would be a Kim Cattrall mask.
I meant Menachem... Not sure how that auto-correct happened. :)
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