Eddie Izzard – Circle (Stand-up Comedy DVD)
It could be said that Eddie Izzard is one of those rare comedians who has the ability to produce and deliver intelligent high impact stand-up comedy material without talking down to an audience.
Few comedians can compare with Izzard, who can spin comic gold out of papal history, monkeys with guns, Jesus preaching to the dinosaurs, and cafeteria food on the Death Star.
Circle (DVD) is taken from his stand-up tour in 2000 and doesn’t have the astonishingly seamless free-associative flow of Glorious or Dress to Kill, his previous specials–which is to say, he’s only intermittently brilliant, instead of supernaturally nonstop brilliant.
We’ll take what we can get, because Izzard can slip in surprisingly stinging commentary about international politics and religion, yet his impish smile suggests that he’s only pointing out the obvious.
Izzard quickly tosses out an idea and then plays with it like a cat plays with a mouse, flipping it around, teasing it out, pouncing, and then letting it go, only to sneak back up on it just when you’d forgetten it was there.
Cheeky, subversive, and very, very funny. Enjoy the best of live comedy with the master of sublime (more…)
Please note that Eddie Izzard is one of the comedians featured in the Killer Stand-up Comedy System as a stellar example of the more new, more converstational style of stand-up comedy as opposed to the old school “set-up/punchline” sort of approach.
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Eddie Izzard is awesome.
strangely enough this was on TV here in the UK a couple of days ago and I caught some of it.
My favourite line is how he points out how America seems to win the baseball world series every year hahaha
Tony.
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Eddie is amazing…he’s so quick, and his bits are so…weird! But deliciously so! And he’s even a helluvan actor…check him out in “Across the Universe”, or more recently, “Valkyrie”.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eddie Izzard – Circle
Hilarious. Eddie Izzard is a very clever, intelligent comedian. Not a lot of cursing.
5.0 out of 5 stars
izzard is the wizzard!
Eddie Izzard is the best comedian of this age, no doubt.
Is he smart? Yeah! Does he make you laugh for hours? Yeah!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Izzard Rocks
Eddie Izzard has to be just about the best comic around. My upper division English teacher in college showed us some of “Dress to Kill,” and the class was cracking up.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not up to Izzard standards
We are huge Eddie Izzard fans, have all his cd’s and dvd’s of concerts, have seen him live twice, love The Riches, but….. This dvd concert is not up to his usual genius.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eddie Izzard – Circle I love this dvd. I was first introduced to Eddie Izzard’s work when I saw his dvd of Dress to Kill and then I couldn’t get enough of him.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A hit misses in New York
Eddie Izzard is easily my favorite comedian.
But circle, was dissappointing, but I’m going to give Izzard a break.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely Funny
Can’t give enough props for Mr. Izzard. Loved his stuff since day one. Great album, great DVD, a great gift!! I wouldn’t get his Sexie though… not very good. Just an FYI
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eddie is genius.
I am a big big fan of Eddie and have all of his dvd’s and cd’s. This is pretty good, not as funny as D2K or Definite Article. But it would be my third favorite.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Eddie Izzard Circle
Eddie Izzard is an amazing talent. He is smart and hysterically funny. Although I enjoyed his “Dress to Kill” stand-up to “Circle” I assure you that “Circle” is full of laughs.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Eddie Izzard
Edddie Izzard is not for everyone. I happen to find his humor irresistible, but my wife hates it. So give him a try, and you might like.