New thing#31- buy scalped tickets for EDDIE IZZARD
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.
Can you put into words, more precisely, why Izzard is your favorite comedian of all time?
I’d really like to know.
Thanks,
PM
Can you put into words, more precisely, why Izzard is your favorite comedian of all time?
I’d really like to know.
Thanks,
PM
No. I can’t. He is sheer brilliance. Like a rainbow. But a really really funny intelligent quick witted, well-read, speaking 7 languages fluently and loving everyone he comes into contact with rainbow. Unexplainable.
?
You see it or you don’t. Not to mention he just finished running 43 marathons in 7 weeks ALL FOR CHARITY.
The man never stops becoming more and more my hero. I TRULY adore him. Thousands upon thousands see it. But once again, you don’t have to. Could be just a bunch of colors in a half circle to you.
No. I can’t. He is sheer brilliance. Like a rainbow. But a really really funny intelligent quick witted, well-read, speaking 7 languages fluently and loving everyone he comes into contact with rainbow. Unexplainable.
?
You see it or you don’t. Not to mention he just finished running 43 marathons in 7 weeks ALL FOR CHARITY.
The man never stops becoming more and more my hero. I TRULY adore him. Thousands upon thousands see it. But once again, you don’t have to. Could be just a bunch of colors in a half circle to you.
I appreciate your answer, because I know if you could be more specific you would. I was
looking, though, for an example of something he’s done or said that you think of as really
funny–because although such an example might not translate for me without my seeing and hearing it from him, it might also actually translate better than both of us might think, and serve
to educate me.
Whenever I’ve seen him on a talk show, it seems like he’s uncomfortable with just chatting–
suggesting to me that it’s a whole different story on stage for him. I also notice that he seemingly never does standup on talk shows–making me wonder why, when so many other less successful comedians seem to get their three to ten minutes, he doesn’t. Maybe it’s his content and his language–maybe he doesn’t feel comfortable cleaning up for television. Only
wondering–out of ignorance.
Love, PM
I appreciate your answer, because I know if you could be more specific you would. I was
looking, though, for an example of something he’s done or said that you think of as really
funny–because although such an example might not translate for me without my seeing and hearing it from him, it might also actually translate better than both of us might think, and serve
to educate me.
Whenever I’ve seen him on a talk show, it seems like he’s uncomfortable with just chatting–
suggesting to me that it’s a whole different story on stage for him. I also notice that he seemingly never does standup on talk shows–making me wonder why, when so many other less successful comedians seem to get their three to ten minutes, he doesn’t. Maybe it’s his content and his language–maybe he doesn’t feel comfortable cleaning up for television. Only
wondering–out of ignorance.
Love, PM
All I have to say is watch his comedy on you tube. There is tons of it.
He doesn’t do stand up on talk shows because he is also an amazing serious actor and wants to be seen as that as well. He has millions of fans for his comedy, he doesn’t even need to promote that.
All I have to say is watch his comedy on you tube. There is tons of it.
He doesn’t do stand up on talk shows because he is also an amazing serious actor and wants to be seen as that as well. He has millions of fans for his comedy, he doesn’t even need to promote that.
Just watched, on You Tube, “Religion ala Eddie Izzard.” He has a great understanding of exactly
what has happened in Jesus’s name since Jesus left the earth. So, it wasn’t so much that I
laughed at anything Izzard said–but more, said to myself, “He’s right. And, he has guts to
even say any of it.” And he throws it out there so effortlessly, and confidently. That’s pretty impressive, too.
And when he does it all in drag, that lends a note of something else to it all…something I would see more as absurdist than anything sexual.
Thanks for the eye-opener. Speaking from my own experience running one marathon, you have to have
some character if you’ve run 43.
L,PM
Just watched, on You Tube, “Religion ala Eddie Izzard.” He has a great understanding of exactly
what has happened in Jesus’s name since Jesus left the earth. So, it wasn’t so much that I
laughed at anything Izzard said–but more, said to myself, “He’s right. And, he has guts to
even say any of it.” And he throws it out there so effortlessly, and confidently. That’s pretty impressive, too.
And when he does it all in drag, that lends a note of something else to it all…something I would see more as absurdist than anything sexual.
Thanks for the eye-opener. Speaking from my own experience running one marathon, you have to have
some character if you’ve run 43.
L,PM
I’ve just been watching two more Izzard videos on YouTube–one on the difference between American and British movies, and the other on computers.
It’s startling to see how observant he is, down to details that everyone else misses. It’s
a deeper level of observation than almost any other comedian has–the others I can think
of are trying to let you know that they’re “observant,” but that’s different than their
actually being observant. And he is content to let the accuracy of his observation produce
his humor–he doesn’t force anything. That really goes a long way with me. He’s being funny
just by seeing and being, not by trying to be funny.
And, yeah, I don’t like hearing (or saying) the f-bomb. But I choose to ignore him doing
that, because the strength of his performing–its fearlessness, its fluidity–over-
whelms it. When he uses the word, it’s like a fly I can swat away, not a game-breaker.
And, yeah, I see why people might be aghast at things he says about, say, the Bible. But, for
example, in the video about computers, when he talks about the book of Revelation, there is an
unmistakable respect in his voice about what that book says and what it means. You can’t
fake something like that. I would have already tuned him out if I’d been assaulted by
his sacrilege.
I wonder, as an ultimate compliment to him, if he’s really even a comedian. I think there’s
another word, or phrase. Something like, “Telling the truth as much as he knows how to do,
insisting on that standard, sharing what he’s learned, being who he is.” That doesn’t
compress easily into “comedian,” or even “performer.”
Just watching him is stimulating–like any worthwhile aesthetic experience. There’s a reason
why you like him above all the others, and I think it speaks well of you.
I’ll keep watching him and thinking. Thanks.
L, PM
I’ve just been watching two more Izzard videos on YouTube–one on the difference between American and British movies, and the other on computers.
It’s startling to see how observant he is, down to details that everyone else misses. It’s
a deeper level of observation than almost any other comedian has–the others I can think
of are trying to let you know that they’re “observant,” but that’s different than their
actually being observant. And he is content to let the accuracy of his observation produce
his humor–he doesn’t force anything. That really goes a long way with me. He’s being funny
just by seeing and being, not by trying to be funny.
And, yeah, I don’t like hearing (or saying) the f-bomb. But I choose to ignore him doing
that, because the strength of his performing–its fearlessness, its fluidity–over-
whelms it. When he uses the word, it’s like a fly I can swat away, not a game-breaker.
And, yeah, I see why people might be aghast at things he says about, say, the Bible. But, for
example, in the video about computers, when he talks about the book of Revelation, there is an
unmistakable respect in his voice about what that book says and what it means. You can’t
fake something like that. I would have already tuned him out if I’d been assaulted by
his sacrilege.
I wonder, as an ultimate compliment to him, if he’s really even a comedian. I think there’s
another word, or phrase. Something like, “Telling the truth as much as he knows how to do,
insisting on that standard, sharing what he’s learned, being who he is.” That doesn’t
compress easily into “comedian,” or even “performer.”
Just watching him is stimulating–like any worthwhile aesthetic experience. There’s a reason
why you like him above all the others, and I think it speaks well of you.
I’ll keep watching him and thinking. Thanks.
L, PM