[Closed] Is Eddie Izzard still funny?

I never found his act very funny. Impressive bloke though.

I prefer Roy Chubby Brown 🙂

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Not that funny last night just sounded like someoen wittering on a bit in the pub - entertaining [ish - not boring but not funny either] but not funnt

He's always been like that though, some routines are ridiculously funny, some aren't.

When added to Lego, yes, yes, he's very funny..

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Really wanted to like him about 10+ years ago, but never really took to him. Don't know why, I just don't find him funny.

Saw him live 2 years ago and that did nothing to change my opinion.

I reckon he'd be a good laugh down the pub mind.

His early stuff has me in stitches. Not seen much recent stuff but I definitely like the guy.

Ditto for like him but don't find him funny.

[i]Classic: Cake or Death

Not seen his latest stuff to be honest.

I still think is act is a cut above most, if only because its a bit more than some scruffy bloke making jokes, its the energy and the miming and all the rest of it (and maybe the make-up and the dresses).

But I did think he repeated the good stuff in some form or another over several shoes, so I stopped at Glorious and haven't watched any of the others.

Has he ever been funny?

"...over several shoes..." That'll be the action transvestite in him.

If you look at some of the other comedians around, there are few to touch him. He has gone off the boil since the Definite Article, but it was a hard act to follow.

If you don't like his comedy, you need to name a better (current) comedian to justify your arguement.

I think his earlier work was his best - from Sexy onwards just doesn't seem as good.

Everything up to Dress To Kill was great. Went to see Circle which was pretty much just a re-hash of Dress To Kill. Saw Sexie live as well, which was funny, but did feel it had gone off the boil a bit. Watched Stripped on DVD earlier this year and fell asleep during it.

I reckon he's just so busy with other stuff these days, he doesn't have the time to develop and refine new stand up material. Probably is past his best, and should leave it a few years before doing another one.

No.

I was a massive, almost obsessive fan for many years.

I walked out his show last November at the interval because it was so bad.

No, never was

Not even the dressing like a hooker gimmick..............

No, never was

Not even the dressing like a hooker [b]gimmick[/b]..............

Wasn't a gimmick

It pains me to say it, but it would appear not. Unrepeatable - hilarious; Definite Article - just so very funny; Glorious - funny, well scripted; Dress to Kill - a bit thin in patches, but still consistently pretty good.
I hear Circle is really terrible, and when I saw him this time last year at the O2, I found myself not laughing a lot more than I expected.

I struggled to work out why; the best I could do is that Eddie Izzard set the bar 10-14 years ago. He was the funniest man in standup (and let's not forget, Barrymore was still going strong at that point). Since then, more than one wave of new comedians have come and gone. Ross Noble has taken the 'telling a story that doesn't ever end but is ****in funny' part and given it his own twist; Peter Kay has taken another angle; Michael Mcyntire has done the nice but dim thing to death.
And they've all, in their own way, built on what Eddie Izzard started, to the point that you see him live and think 'this isn't as good as it used to be'. Or something. Crowds don't go nuts for cats playing jazz trumpet the way they used to 🙁

Well said nicko, add to it his acting distractions/nice earners and the amazing running enterprise.
You can see a sort of Robin Williams pathway, sort of the same route but different outcomes so far.

I went to see Michael Mcyntire last year and it was dreadful. Really, really weak. Peter Kay I can't get at all unless he's doing the Phoenix Nights/Max and Paddy thing. Billy Connolly has turned from being a dangerous subversive to an establishment figure, so maybe it's the passage of time that dulls the sharpness of the comedy.

The funniest comedian I ever saw was Bill Hicks, and it's been a while since he did anythng new...

I watched part of eddie last night and realized after 10 mins that i wasnt finding it funny at all. I put it down to not seeing the start of it... then it hit home that it wasnt the case.

reminded me of some guy on the train going into Edinburgh the other day with his mate. I had to put my earphones in or move to a diffrent carriage. earphones and music did the trick.

maybe it's the passage of time that dulls the sharpness of the comedy.

+1

used to love Eddie but he should really stick to doing marathons these days..

I also wonder though.. if it's the same old cliche as 'the drugs were better in my day' chestnut..

do we just grow out of our favourite comedians over time perhaps..?

Okay then Izzard bashers, who IS funny now?

yunki - perhaps, but when you listen to/ watch his old stuff, it's still funny! Perhaps partly because you remember the lines, but still...

Okay then Izzard bashers, who IS funny now?

I have recently watched Kevin Bridges and Sean Locks Christmas DVDs and was very impressed.

Oh and I am not an Izzard basher. The man is a legend.

Not seen none of his recent stuff mind....

like I said.. he was a fave of mine until his more recent stuff...

Rhod Gilbert makes me chuckle.. the Boyle character was funny until he started trying too hard and disappeared up his own bottom..

Other then that it seems that comedy is pretty stale at the moment.. but then it's been a very stale sort of decade all round really.. people seem to have spent the whole of the naughties being generally quite conformist and predictable and dull..

Still funny, but agree not what he was (but then which of us is?). To me no one to match him since, though Ross Noble close. Other were better before...

saw him when we went to watch the filming of Qi and he was'nt that funny and seemed quite moody? Went off him after that!

I went to see Stewart Lee the other night. Just genius, very very very good. In fact best I've ever seen.