Am I one of only two people on earth that doesn't find Eddie Izzard to be very funny?

[Danger Mouse]

I'm sorry. I just don't. But the only other person that I know of who feels the same way is my friend Alan.
Please tell me there's someone on DU that also feels he's overrated?

[RaVeN_MeaD]

1. Nope....it's just the 2 of you

[DS1]

2. try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. That bit goes through my head every time I see Star Wars.

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

10. the only part that made me laugh was the 'I'm your boss' line.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. Thanks.

:rofl:

[KG]

15. yawn.

[stuntcat]

33. lol

:rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. Eddie Izzard is the shit.

It's funny because just reading transcripts of his stuff isn't that funny. When you see videos of him performing it, though, his facial expressions and tones of voice make it hilarious.

"Do you have a flag?"

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

4. I've seen his performances. It's his delivery that actually turns me off.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

7. Hunh. Weird.

For me, his randomness, tangents, and expansive delivery seal the deal. :D

[Danger Mouse]

9. I think the problem with me is, if someone overhypes something to me...

I tend to be underwhelmed. And after that, I just can't get into it.
Happened to me with the movie 'Repo Man' as well. I HATE when people really inflate something for me before they show it to me, because it can't possibly live up to MY expectations from how they describe it. So I end up disappointed.
I think if the first time I had seen him, it had been without any hype and just on its own merits, I might've liked it a lot better.

[fizzgig]

36. did i leave the gas on?

no, i'm a fucking squirrel :rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

49. Oh jesus, yes.

Dress to Kill is priceless.

:rofl:

[EstimatedProphet]

6. Yup, it's just you two

[Danger Mouse]

8. Impossible.

I refuse to believe it.

[EstimatedProphet]

12. There was a poll done

People who don't find Eddie Izzard funny: 2
People who do: 6 billion minus 2

[rucky]

13. He's no Bill Hicks

but he'll do.

[MonkeyFunk]

22. It's all a matter of personal taste

I don't think Bill Hicks was funny. :shrug:

[mitchum]

29. Hicks had some great lines, but his technique was pretty wretched

He was like the reverse Jerry Seinfeld of stand up. Seinfeld has weak stand up material, but masterful technique.

[tigereye]

35. wow, I'm surprised....

I thought I was going to die laughing - plus he was so smart...


people who made me laugh til my face hurt:

Paula Poundstone

Eddie Izzard


Bill Hicks (and so sexy, too.) damn.


on edit, how about Billy Connolly? (whom many of those folks got their improv style from, I have read.)

[MonkeyFunk]

39. I adore Paula Poundstone

have seen her many times.

I'd heard so much about Bill Hicks for so long, that I finally got some of his DVDs and settled in, preparing to be wowed.

I wasn't.

Hard to say why - comedy is so personal. He just didn't make me laugh.

Similarly, I'd heard so much about what a genius Mitch Hedburg was, and finally went to see him - and he sucked. Of course, he was too wasted to put on much of a show.

I went to see Bob Saget once, expecting it to suck - we just felt like going to The Improv. And he cracked me up! go figure.

[tigereye]

40. Saget is pretty good - I think some of those comedians who become famous

for tv and games shows were SO much better as stand-ups.

Ellen Degerenes was very, very funny, as was Brett Butler. I think a lot of those folks become stereotypes when they get a tv show...

[MonkeyFunk]

41. I used to see Ellen a lot

in SF in the 80s when she played the clubs. You always knew she was a special talent.

My favorite comedian working the clubs now is Kathleen Madigan. We see her whenever she comes around, and she's just great.

[jobycom]

45. I love the other three, but don't see Hicks as similar.

He didn't strike me as smart. Not stupid, either. Just pissed off at everything. Most of his stuff was pretty obvious, and he didn't have a delivery system to make it work as humor, to me.

Then again, i don't like the insult style of humor much. Dennis Leary, Bill Hicks, Richard Belzer, Sam Kinneson. They don't seem funny or insightful, just very bitter. Carlin, Pryor, Lewis Black, Izzard, Connally... Lots of comedians manage biting political commentary without sounding like they are in a drunken self-pitying rage.

But it's subjective, no doubt. He had a fan base, and he's still talked about with reverence. So my opinion is just my opinion--says more about me than him, no doubt. :)

[tigereye]

46. some of his comments about religion are very thoughtful

and I didn't think he was always angry... more insightful in a "rock and roll" kind of way... His rants on drugs ( and I was never a big drug taker) are hilarious.


I think he was much more insightful than Sam Kinison, whom I despised.



Isn't it funny how different people's perspectives are? ;)

[jobycom]

44. Hey. I thought I was the only liberal who didn't.

Guess not.

[KG]

14. make that 3.

and watching one of his performances on video, i got the disinct impression the crowd was laughing coz thought they should, not coz he was actually humourous.

[Danger Mouse]

53. Thank you. Yes, he makes people feel clever.

but that's not what I look for in a comic.

[lunatica]

16. He's way up there on the funny meter for me

so, yes, it's just you 2.

[IndianaJones]

17. he's the english Dane Cook. nt.

[DarkTirade]

18. Now what did he ever do to deserves that?

[IndianaJones]

19. that is harsh...how about the male Sarah Silverman? nt.

[eShirl]

21. Sarah Silverman is the mean Ellen Degeneres. n/t

[IndianaJones]

26. the mean Ellen with no comedic talent. nt.

[RetroLounge]

23. You don't like him?

Well, that confirms for me that my liking him is correct...

RL

[petronius]

20. I don't find him funny, but that may change if I ever find out who he is

Until that time, count me as #3...

[JTG of the PRB]

24. You can count me as number 4.

I've tried to like him, honestly I have. I've watched a couple of specials, but I usually end up turning them off halfway through because I've laughed only a couple of times. I have a lot of friends who think he's outstandingly hilarious, but I just haven't found him that funny.

[Danger Mouse]

57. Yeah. I know the feeling.

[Forkboy]

25. Different strokes, and all that. Some people find Adam Sandler and Pauly Shore funny.

Go figure.

[mitchum]

27. No,you are not; I find his shtick to be very limited and tiresome

[Danger Mouse]

54. I'm glad to have you aboard!

:hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

28. He can be amusing...

But yeah, I'm not sure I get it, either. :hide: :P

[flvegan]

30. I think there might be 4 or 5 of you, but that's it.

IMO, very funny.

[Midlodemocrat]

31. I think he's hilarious.

Dressed to Kill is one of the funniest DVD's ever. His bit with the Queen and Diana is hysterical.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

34. I love everything he does with the royal family.

"Oh, you're a plumber...what on EARTH is that?"

:rofl:

[Fox Mulder]

32. I don't find him funny either.

[Danger Mouse]

56. Well my opinion of you just increased significantly.

:D

[fizzgig]

37. you already know my feelings on this subject

i can't even think about some of the bits in dressed to kill without cracking up

[Danger Mouse]

55. i think i gained a bad habit from you of never capitalizing anything.

either that or i've just gotten lazier.
i don't know...i guess i like my comics snarkier or angrier. dry and witty just doesn't do it for me. not for a standup comedian.

[GCP]

38. Yes

He's hilarious

[skooooo]

42. I love Eddie!

He's Tomgirl!

[jobycom]

43. I imagine you are not the only one. Dennis Miller and Dane Cook probably don't.

I doubt Bush or Cheney can understand him. He's been known to leave Britney Spears dry, too.

So you've probably got some company. :)

[Danger Mouse]

52. Hur hur hur.

[femmocrat]

47. I don't even know who he is.

:shrug:

[Orsino]

48. It sounds as though you are.

He's a master of the trivial digression, of running things through to their logical conclusion and far beyond. I can understand how he would drive someone bugfuck, particularly if the accent is hard to follow, but I think he's funny as hell.

[vixengrl]

50. My brother showed me a clip of his in French--

so now I actually find him to be amusante in deux languages. Not knee-slappingly funny, but wry. I think his act hinges on wry and clever, although I am a sort who is very satisfied with wry and clever. It beats broad and dullish, like, um, I dunno Carrot Top? (just thinking of the opposite and unfunniest. Gallagher I never liked so I might just have it against prop comics.)

[MullenBank]

51. you may well be

n/t

[Left Is Write]

58. I don't know. I'm probably the only person on earth who has never seen his act.

[csziggy]

59. I've never heard of him, but then I'm getting old

Not as old as McLame, though.

[Left Is Write]

60. Yes. McCan't has a few years on me too.

I've heard of Eddie Izzard, but have never seen any of his performances or shows.

[Common Sense Party]

61. I've only seen a few clips of him. Not funny at all.