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.

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Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and is a globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development and presentation strategies -- for entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

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In a superior stand-up comedy performance called Dress to Kill, Eddie Izzard spins free-flowing jokes about San Francisco (where the comedy concert was filmed), transvestitism, squirrels, American optimism, Hitler, the British royal family, mass murder, and Stonehenge–and that’s only the first 30 minutes.

The centerpiece of the performance is a retelling of British history from Stonehenge through to the Reformation. This is done with Izzard adopting a very Italian accent (and miming riding on a Vespa) to signify the Pope talking to Henry VIII (“who is Sean Connery for this film”) and explaining that he can’t marry as many wives as he wants to.

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About the Author/Founder of the SCP Blog

Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and is a globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development and presentation strategies -- for entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

Please check out the Featured Articles page for direct links to articles on this blog for pro comedians, comedy entertainers, and speaking professionals.