Let's Do Something New!

Okay my favorite comedian of all time is Eddie Izzard. I have seen him many times, and each time is better than the last. I watched his career rise in the past 10 years. He is now in movies and on TV shows and becoming a bigger and bigger star. If you do not know of him you are missing out!!! He started his career dressed as a “transvestite” or as he likes to say “executive transvestite“  Which explains why my dad does not like him at all. Eddie now dresses normal and his humor is still brilliant….although I do miss the lipstick and eyeliner I had gotten used to seeing him wear.

I have seen him with 100 other Izzzard fans 10 years ago in a small club in L.A. but now he is filling stadiums and it is not so easy to get a ticket. I once even met him after the show and got the chance to hang out with him for a bit then even went to a movie with him and about 8 others….I purposely sat next to him, and watched him (as I ate my popcorn,) rather than the movie. I do love his mind, his intelligence, his humor, and any man that can look good in heels and still keep me attracted, is well, an anomalie to say the least.

Anyway, my NEW THING TODAY was to arrive at his sold out show at the NOKIA in Los Angeles, with NO ticket, and see what it would be like to scalp a ticket. I had never bought a ticket from a scalper before, and had no idea what to expect. As you can imagine, the scalpers did NOT want me to video them, and it all happened so fast I didn’t even have time to pull out my camera. I do know I was NOT very discreet. I walked around with my friend Josh Fingerhut, and suddenly a man popped out and said softly “tickets…who needs tickets…” My excitement overtook me and I screamed “ME!!  ME!! RIGHT HERE!! I DO!! I NEED TICKETS!! ARE YOU A SCALPER???”  He slowly backed away as he whispered….”I’ll be on the corner if you want some.” Then he disappeared. I ran around trying to find my scalper for about 20 minutes. I only had 50 bucks, but after we heard his offer, Josh and I agreed it was a deal we could NOT refuse.

This video is just MOMENTS after the purchase. I was proud. I have now touched the dark side of ticket land. And I liked it. Oh yeah, and Eddie Izzard was BRILLIANT again. As always.