The Comedian

Last Saturday Stephanie and I went to see Eddie Izzard. This wasn't at a comedy club but more a huge production done at a large theater. We had great seats at the mezzanine level which is the middle level. We did not know this as we headed to the top and they sent us back down.

Eddie Izzard is known for cross dressing but during this show he played it straight. Needless to say he was hysterical with bits about mac and pc computers, wikipeida, history, language, tennis, and religion. He did a bit on religion and dinosaurs which reminded me a lot of Bill Hicks, a comedian who was popular during the early 1990s until he died in 1994. Though the subject was the same (why does the bible not cover dinosaurs) the jokes were different which I found interesting.

I was also amazed that he didn't recycle any of his old work. The entire show was new material and I own one of his DVDs, seen two others and have a CD.

This is the first time I have ever seen a comedian live. I think I would enjoy seeing other comedians but I'm not really familiar with them. I think the only other ones I can think would be Jerry Sienfeld and Dennis Leary.