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  ANTI- Artist - Eddie Izzard
EDDIE IZZARD was born on 7th February 1962 to English parents in Aden, Yemen.
IZZARD knew he was different from a very young age, but he didn't have a word for it at the time.
IZZARD knew he didn't want to perform in a dress (at this stage) and at the end of 1985 he started street performing in London's Covent Garden (in trousers with no make-up) with a fellow mate from Sheffield.
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  Eddie Izzard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Izzard was born in Aden, Yemen, and is the youngest son of Harold John and Dorothy Ella Izzard.
Izzard and British actress Minnie Driver star as a married couple, Wayne and Dahlia Malone, who have been part of a caravan of con-artist Irish travellers swindling their way across the States with their children.
Izzard's style is heavily influenced by Monty Python, from the characters used to the stream of consciousness structure of the material.
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 eddie izzard
izzard's comedy would be described as surreal - bees, jam and james mason figure prominently, whilst a recent tour saw him delivering the history of the world in french.
heavily influenced by the likes of billy connolly and monty python, izzard was once described by john cleese as the funniest man in england.
"sice and i really liked eddie izzard, who we had got to know quite well," says martin.
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 The Observer | Review | 'Mentally, I'm all boy - plus extra girl'
Talking to Eddie Izzard, I keep thinking of those mind-maps that dyslexics are urged to make in order to get their thoughts down on paper: a random idea here, a dissociated one over there...
This is the Eddie Izzard who thought seriously about joining the army or becoming a civil engineer, who likes mobile phones and gadgets and who, according to a female friend, flicks irritatingly through the channels when you're trying to watch television.
Eddie Izzard was born in 1962 in Yemen, where his father, Harold John Izzard, worked for BP (eventually, he rose to become chief auditor) and his mother, Dorothy Ella, was a midwife.
observer.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,6903,1318267,00.html   (2394 words)

  
 Eddie Izzard : Comedian Profile
Eddie Izzard (born Edward John Izzard) is a British stand-up comedian and actor.
Izzard describes himself as an 'executive' or 'action' transvestite and as 'a male tomboy'.
Eddie Izzard briefly attended the University of Sheffield.
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 Eddie Izzard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eddie was born in the Year of the Tiger, February 7th in Yemen, the youngest son of John and Ella Izzard.
Eddie's early years are a bit of a haze comprising mostly of 10 years of trying and failing to get into school plays.
Eddie also recorded a series for Radio 4 entitled 'Missed Demeanors' which he devised and in which is a panellist.
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 BBC - Comedy - Eddie Izzard Profile
Eddie Izzard began his career as a street performer in Covent Garden, riding the unicycle and performing handcuff escapes.
Eddie Izzard built on the cult following for his live act, generating an infectious buzz around the country.
Izzard continues to mix acting roles (on stage and screen) with his live performances on either side of the pond.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/profiles/eddie_izzard.shtml   (166 words)

  
 Eddie Izzard
In my opinion Eddie Izzard is the best comedian currently alive and working.
And this combination of intelligence and playfulness is probably the key to his brilliance, the ability to discuss important issues with such imagination and fun.
I think you need a whole performance, which demonstrates how much the success of his work on stage is based on the development of themes and connections, rather than a series of stand-alone jokes or comedy moments.
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 Eddie Izzard: 'We need Europe to be a melting-pot. We need to melt' - Independent Online Edition > Profiles
EDDIE: There are certain people who, if they say, "I want to do this", and everyone says, "No, you can't do it", they go "OK, I won't".
EDDIE: Well, his mum died when he was young and he was beaten as a child - him and Stalin and Saddam.
EDDIE: At school, there was one girl for every 20 boys, so it was ridiculous odds, and if you weren't head of a sports team...
news.independent.co.uk /people/profiles/article484984.ece   (1879 words)

  
 Eddie Izzard Comedy Quotes
Eddie: If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, "Heimlich maneuver," and all will be well.
Eddie: The Pope is guarded by the Swiss guard who stand proudly in pajamas and silly hats.
Eddie: Because we all know one of the main factors of war is the element of surprise.
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 cake or death: an eddie izzard site :: groovy news
Eddie lent his voice (technically he lent his "ciao") to the end of the CD from world music band (and Eddie fans) TEA.
Eddie had absolutely no star attitude about waiting in line to board and then sitting in coach for the flight; this is why I love the British.
Eddie Izzard presented the next act, Razorlight, telling the audience: "A lot of us are going to come out and are going to tell you to do things.
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 Eddie Izzard Information: Eddie Izzard Information @ BuySellTix.com.
Eddie Izzard made his first stage appearance in London's West End in 1993 with his one-man comedy show Live at the Ambassadors.
Izzard remained on stage in '95 portraying the title character in Christopher Marlowe's groundbreaking 'Edward II'.
Izzard made his dramatic Broadway debut in the spring of 2003, reprising his West End role in 'A Day in the Death of Joe Egg'.
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 Amazon.com: Eddie Izzard - Circle: DVD: Anastasia Pappas,Eddie Izzard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An evening with Eddie Izzard in which he moves back and forth in time, with religion as the loose but constant theme.
For me, one of the highlights of an Izzard performance is when he talks about his personal experiences - especially his adventures as a transvestite - surely a topic that no other stand-up comedian covers, has covered, and probably will ever cover.
Ok, if you've seen Eddie Izzard onstage or in D2K and are addicted to his style of stand-up, you will definitely enjoy this.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Eddie Izzard - Dress To Kill [1998]: DVD: Lawrence Jordan (II),Eddie Izzard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It does make a some what slow start by Izzards standards but sketches such as Cake or Death make the show the outstanding piece of conmedy that it is. Other sketches such as the american way of filming and the way that Vader speals also help make this video and excellent choice for purchase.
Eddie is simply hysterical, reducing both the audience at the performance and myself sat watching the DVD at home to tears.
If you haven't bought an Eddie Izzard DVD before or have never witnessed him live then this would be an ideal starting point.
www.amazon.co.uk /Eddie-Izzard-Lawrence-Jordan-II/dp/B00009MGJT   (1145 words)

  
 Eddie Izzard brings rapid-fire routine to town - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The late George Harrison once said that when the Beatles began to disintegrate in 1969, their cheeky spirit traveled down the cosmic motorway and translocated itself to Monty Python's Flying Circus, which had formed that same year.
Izzard also played a glam rock manager in "Velvet Goldmine" in 1998 and a silent film star in "Shadow of the Vampire" in 2000.
He's re-imagined the Spanish Inquisition as a proper English persecution, cruel but polite, with the inquisitors asking the heretics, "Tea and cake or death?" Eddie Izzard doesn't talk in a stream of consciousness; it's more like riding a water slide at some demented theme park.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/search/s_158609.html   (1129 words)

  
 Eddie Izzard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eddie Izzard, the self-proclaimed 'executive transvestite' and comedian, takes his magnificent stand-up act to America for this performance recorded in New York, 26 June 2000.
Izzard is a thinking man's comedian--his subjects can range from the nature of
This award-winning performance, recorded in San Francisco in 1998, continues Eddie Izzard's comedic observations on everything from the history of Western culture to sex, filtered through his razor-sharp wit and lightning-quick chain of associations.
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 cake or death: an eddie izzard site :: frequently asked questions
Eddie has no current plans to do a full-blown tour after wrapping up a 6 month World Tour in 2003 entitled "Sexie".
Eddie has said he doesn't care which way it's pronounced although he himself says "Iz-ard" so I guess that's the way to say it.
Eddie Izzard, the cross-dressing comic who scored big on Broadway last season in director Laurence Boswell's revival of Peter Nichols' "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg," has a follow-up venture planned for the New York theater in 2006: none other than "Macbeth."...
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 Amazon.com: Dress to Kill: DVD: Lawrence Jordan (II),Eddie Izzard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Plot Synopsis: Executive transvestite Eddie Izzard takes his show to San Francisco to give a brief history of pagan and Christian religions, the building of Stonehenge, the birth of the Church of England and of Western empires, and the need for a European dream.
In 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.
Eddie has an amazing skill of blending history, religion and his own personal experiences into a hillarious two-hour stream-of-consciousness.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Eddie Izzard - Sexie [2003]: DVD: Eddie Izzard   (Site not responding. Last check: )
What an odd thing, Eddie Izzard does great observation comedy here in the UK, takes it to the US just as successfully, comes back and is suddenly he's trying too hard to be funny and it doesn't work.
I admit it takes me a couple of watches to really get into an Izzard DVD but this is a labour to watch.
Eddie can be one of the funniest men on the planet.
www.amazon.co.uk /Eddie-Izzard-Sexie/dp/B0000DG5MS   (718 words)

  
 Eddie Izzard Tickets : Eddie Izzard Concert Tickets @ BuySellTix
By '98 Izzard took on another film, Velvet Goldmine, with Ewan McGregor, as well as staging his US breakthrough one-man show, 'Dress to Kill', which aired on HBO and went on to earn Izzard two Emmy Awards in 2000.
Izzard started 2000 touring the world with his most recent one-man show 'Circle', and continued to develop his acting resume with roles in Criminal, The (2000), Shadow of the Vampire (2000) with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, co-starring opposite Kirsten Dunst in the Peter Bogdanovich-directed Cat's Meow.
Buy Eddie Izzard concert tickets to turn your event into a moment to remember.
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Comic Izzard tipped as new Dr Who
Cross-dressing comedian Eddie Izzard is to be the new Dr Who, according to a former star of the sci-fi series.
Tom Baker, the fourth man to play the Time Lord, told BBC Radio Five Live that the "mysterious and strange" Izzard had landed the part.
In the interview on Thursday morning, Baker told presenter Julian Worricker that Izzard would bring an "alien quality" to the part.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/3158624.stm   (250 words)

  
 Eddie Izzard's European podcast
Well Eddie Izzard did, so he set off for Brussels to find out.
And Eddie shares his observations in a fascinating podcast recorded exclusively for the Downing Street website.
Eavesdropping on meetings and press conferences, Eddie gets a feel for how much goes in to hosting a meeting involving 25 different nations.
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 MilkandCookies - Eddie Izzard
Three and a half minute film starring Oscar winning actor Jim Broadbent, cult Brit comic Eddie Izzard and acclaimed Scottish star Joe McFadden.
Eddie Izzard classics, Part 2: Star Wars and the Death Star Canteen.
A scene from Eddie Izzard's "Dressed to Kill".
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 Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill Movie: Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill DVD is available from Bestprices.com
Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill Movie: Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill DVD is available from Bestprices.com
This award-winning performance continues to delight Eddie Izzard fans worldwide.
In DRESS TO KILL, Izzard satirizes the history of Western culture through comedic fun and wit.
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 Eddie Izzard
Few actors truly have a talent for one-man stage performances, and even less have a talent for improvisational theater, but Eddie Izzard has both.
Since then, numerous comedic spoken word performances by Izzard have been filmed and released in the US (including Dress to Kill, which won two Emmy awards).
THAT GUY is officially declaring a Dream Casting Request by suggesting that Eddie Izzard be cast in some movie, any movie as the older brother of Ewan McGregor.
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 Eddie Izzard Links
This is the place to go for the official low-down on what Eddie is up to.
This is apparantly a conglomerate of people that communicate online regularly (via the newsgroup alt.fan.eddie-izzard) to talk about Eddie and his craft.
This sample will seem very random and odd, but then again his shows are very random and odd...in a delicious way.
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 Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard made his first stage appearance in London's West End in 1993...
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 cake or death: an eddie izzard site :: dvd, cd, books, videos, & more
"It has been brought to our attention by fans that some websites are selling pirated low quality copies of Eddie’s live shows and representing them as being commercially released.
Please avoid these as they are very poor quality and do not support Eddie at all.
Any DVDs that you see for sale that are region 0, on DVD-Rs, or only being sold for a few dollars are obviously fake and we would strongly advise you against buying them.
www.auntiemomo.com /cakeordeath/collection.html   (172 words)

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