''Just don't go into that fucking house!''

I first saw this on HBO in the 90s and this whole bit still gets me.

My favorite part is ' ' WELL were out of cake! ' ' ' ' so my choices are or death? ' '

Death Death Death Lunch Death Death Death Afternoon tea

I can't even get down the gym!

John Cleese dubbed him the Lost Python.

brainflash1 Did he really? What an honour.

I saw a show recapping his life and apparently Eddie always wanted to be like Monty Python

@@tiaking2002 there is an interview where eddie walks up with the python on stage :D Monty Python : Live At Aspen - part 1 and they call him out and kick him off the stage lol, as a joke.

He's a huge Python Fan.

\o I have been under house arrest since Christmas and it suits me :)

Lmao! U got this Kasper!!!

True that, 2020 is the year of perfect hindsight. History books have to be rewritten while we enjoy such blissful enlightenment. Next year will be too late, we may need to correct our vision.

yes yes. Was looking for such a comment efter he mentions it xD

90s "have you got any videos? " 2020 : "Yeah I've got Netflix , Prime and KZfaq"

And the Death Star canteen

All great but the "You Nazi shithead" wins it for me.

Me too😂

one of two - either Australia or South America - only viable starting points...

Brilliant

I have mr stephens you'll need a tray!!!

Yo 😎

I was wondering that

Very monty python esk 🤣🤣

Yup yup :)

Saaaaame 😂

What no breakfast how can you have the energy for a full day of death?

He was excellent in "Valkyrie". It came as no surprise to see him in such an interesting role, either.

I watched this when it came out...some 18-19 years ago or so, and once or twice since then. Hearing that line again just now made me burst out laughing. Eddie is a brilliant comedian!

@David Price try 22 years ago... let that sink in - it was over two decades ago. 😆we’re so old!

love that little side joke a lot of the crowd seemed to miss it

@@tonywords6713 I didn't get it

It's in regards to the Allies (America in particular) essentially ignoring what Germany was up to until their hand was all but forced by Pearl Harbor and etc

Didn't expect such a rush

Yup

I choose death.

@@medexamtoolsdotcom I MEAN CAKE CAKE

why do you think america had a flag first thing none of the indians did that was there problem not ours we had like 30 revisions

🤣😂🤣

😛

@@hardwirecars american flag was created in 1777. They screwed over the indians way before that.

@@SithBunny1 Who is "they".

Shame he's a socialist though.

@@swisstony736 the charity kind of implies that, you Nazi shithead

@David McDonald k

Ted Jones fuck socialism and fuck anyone who defends socialism

@@lyricbot8513 NAZIS were SOCIALISTS, dumb dumb

Alley Cat was thinking how he rocked that look before it was a thing.

👏👏👏

Alas not knowledgeable enough to know that Hitler never personally killed anyone.

"Pythonesque"? I really don't get the connection. I know he's said he was a big fan but, in my opinion, he's way too funny to be associated with them.

@@baldieman64 And the timestamp for where he said "Hitler personally killed those people" would be?

Rich, coming from a British person . The Brits also tried their hand at running multiple wars on two fronts : "hey, fighting Napoleon isn't enough, let's stir up that old colony we lost just 30 years ago!"

@@nettils5555 Porbably time to get a dictionary or google the word history so you understand that's what Lena was talking about

Lena should probably get inside a cave and come out 200 years ago, when all who lived during Second World War have been gone. It’s unacceptable that she tries to shift attention from what Germany did during this century, to other matters, that are well in the past. How dare she

*after, not ago 🤪

@@InternalMind History: Definition 1. the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. 2. the whole series of past events connected with someone or something. And both of them described History and the "PAST" being "Long Time Ago" makes perfect sense: Because of the Napoleonic Wars & 1812 being 208 years ago (aka A LONG TIME AGO) and WW2 - ending in 1945 being 75 years ago. (Also a Long time ago, that's like a grandparents entire lifetime.) So what Nettlis was saying was true ... It was Long Time Ago. And it's either get over it and learn from it, or do what you and Lena are doing and taking it personally. And Yes I did google word History for it's Definition, even though I am a bit of a History Buff and know what it freaking means. And I even did the Math showing you that It was infact "A Long Time Ago." Thus "The Study of past Events" aka "History." Yes History is Important, and yes I do know what your saying, but the idea behind it is "Learning from it" And not "Romantizing it and Repeating it." Infact we are making it right now in 2020, WITH THE CORONAVIRUS... What you guys do right now during this will effect the Future outcome of it and what will be the story you will have to tell "Kids" Younger than you who never experienced it "ABOUT IT!! " Because it is going to be "Their History Homework." So do you want to say "I wasted all my time Hoarding TP" or do you guys want to leave a legacy like your historical rolemodels? How do you want to be remembered?

@Georgina Orwell there are obvious bits that are improv, like the ringing of the bell . . to which he makes a note "never link those two together again". Much of the riff on San Francisco is improv

I don't buy that he makes up these jokes as he goes. I mean, many of us are able to make these jokes on the fly, but on command, infront an audience, it's too hard and our psyche too unreliable. I think its more likely that most of his jokes have been rehearsed repeatedly infront of a mirror and he's skilled enough to pull them out of his hat when the occasion calls for it. He cares little for a structured set, I might concede on that.

@@blurgle9185 I actually think it's somewhere between the two. I'm sure he has jokes rehearsed, but those are just monuments and rest stops on his comedic mental road trip; I think that's more likely than him having not rehearsed and memorized the set, but also rehearsed the very delivery to make it sound like he is just making it up as he goes.

@H Didn't say "totally" different. Didn't even imply it. Read the comment again, because I think you're ignored a big chunk of what I said to make a disingenuous point.

And even more mind-blowing; he can also do it in fluent French when he's touring in France. In fact, I believe he speaks quite a few languages - he has a brain the size of a galaxy.

What is little red cookbook?

Bill White The little red book was the symbol of the communist/cultural revolution under Mao in China. The idea of it being a cookbook is just fantastic.

@@costeris35 It wasn't just a symbol, it was a requirement for all Maoists to own and memorize. As much as it could be, it was the Maoist bible.

houngandave I don’t know very much about it but I did know it was a real book you were supposed to have. By saying it was the symbol I meant that by having it, and waving it in the air like Eddie mimes here you showed you were part of the movement. Like you said, very much like the bible or wearing a cross.

We stole countries with the cunning use of FLAGS. I crack up every single time 🤣

Those are the rules I just made up and I'm backing it up with this gun!

So.. I just got some brand new crayons.. Think I`ll scetch up a flag or two on the way to the gunstore..

Those were the rules back in the day for real though. America as a country wouldn't exist today if it were not for the fact the native American people had no flag to protect them from the competing European countries who wanted to plant their own flags and take over the region haha.

I read this as he said it 😂

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

Him 😅

Eddie's pronouns are she & her. She's all female now.

@@jeanineharkonen-rohlke4876 Still got his cock and balls so, no.

@@jeanineharkonen-rohlke4876 Is she? I thought they were fluid.

ALLmasked in this crazy world you had better learn to laugh or your finished.

As comedy is intended to do. Both comedy and sci-fi have historically been a way to point out things that need to be pointed out (or educate the uneducated) while still being able to say, "Hey, it's just a story and/or joke!"

@@davidharrison6615 yeah I left school when this came out and this got me into all the stuff at school I disliked.

His comedy

@@andym28 agree

@Normal Misha tiktok 😬

She?

Eddie is a "he". He's a transvestite, not transgender. To quote the man, "Women wear whatever they want and so do I."

@@Bluesit32 incorrect. In 2020 she came out and said she is strictly girl mode from now on and would appreciate everyone using the proper she her pronouns

For late comers like me; Suzy Eddie Izzard is she/her now. STILL DAMN FUNNY and that’s all that matters

Is it my baby?

The way he sticks out his tongue stupidly is perfection.,

My favorite part of this as well.

Star wars canteen was invaded with the use of a flag

www.snorgtees.com/cake-or-death. Got this for my hubs a few years ago!

Virginia Carter woah that’s sick honestly

Don't bother, you'll be stopped and interrogated by some power crazed PCSO demanding to know why you're wearing it!! :-)

You can get one made especially for you 🙂. What a grand idea 💡

I've got a mug with "Cake or death" that i bought at a tour he did in Sweden couple of years ago =) Still got it and uses it for my coffee =)

Historical? I hope you know what you are saying

Floppy so so. Well you tell me!

And that's the genius of it all. Its historical based comedy and its fucking fantastic.

He's historical when he's talking about history. Actually hysterical wouldn't make any sense since what the word actual means is an adjective for a woman that's being irrational in a female way, hence the root word "hyster", meaning womb.

Is that a trans ghost? Or a ghost passing through the trans space continuum?

That's funny

Could I have the chicken then?

Pie

So my choice is "or death?!"

Then I'll have the chicken please

Just saying there are days when I wish I could stay home legally with a good excuse. Now everyone’s doin it

My immediate thought too...

My years of laziness and social anxiety has trained me well

I love you guys. We got this!

Same!! It just never gets old

Dale More he was known by John Cleese as the lost python

+Dale More I'm sure that if he had been older when Monty Python started making shows, Eddie would have fit right in.

I doubt it.

@@joshuawaring4180 "He's daft and cross-dresses. He's perfect!"

@@JamesOhGoodie Professional Transvestite

Or even, Eddie Izzard in Drag!

Spot on!!!

Some like it hot

1:15 or cheshire cat.

Your pic bears a striking resemblance to Veruschka von Lehndorff

m fay actually I think that's funny!

Revelian1982 un travesty executive

This is another reason why I hate that in every show after "Circle", he always holds a microphone, and it really seems to impede with his physical comedy.

Revelian1982 my favorite was when he was talking about the “Star Spangled Banner” with “deny and confirm” gestures.

This is my favourite stand up of all time!

@H Because it's mostly very unfunny. The writing is awful, and the segues are pointless and repetitive. He also holds a microphone in his hand which impedes what can usually be a physical, mime-like performance without. It's definitely his worst one.

Just saw Susie at the Orpheum. OMG you have to be the funniest,sexiest thing on the planet. We Love You🎉🎉

Legos was a fine warrior, laddy, and he fought with bravery. The city walls were never breached, and that will forever be his legacy.

@@Revelian1982 The city walls were never breached? WTF you talking about, the city walls were easy to disassemble, since they were made of legos.

@@medexamtoolsdotcom They were never breached 'cos the moment they damaged the walls, there were suddenly instant-death caltrop-bricks lying all over the ground. No sane army will march over those!

Na, the whole bit is gold

@@303elliott The problem is...you both got a point!

Jesus fucking christ 🙄

@@tobietera what?

If you were Hitler, and you could have continued to advance on England, or attacked Russia for their oil supplies, what would you have done?

@@Revelian1982 Here's the thing, ... How do you advance on an island? Either build a really long bridge while fending off attacks on same, or use boats, which need oil supplies. But a huge Mf'ing bridge also uses a S'load of steel, even more than an entire fleet of warships. O.K., let's see, hmmm, either way you still need huge amounts of oil and steel, which you also don't have anywhere near the amount you need to pursue your plans of conquest. But a successful campaign against Russia would solve one issue, somewhat. Never mind that so many campaigns against Russia have failed, and for the same reason every time. Gotta love that Nazi optimism, flying in the face of common sense and logic and any glimmer of intelligence or, oh, I don't know, reading a history book.

@@Revelian1982 A good little Austrian boy like our little Adolph? Playing a game by Milton Bradley (sounds English, that name, or even - gasp - American! The horror! )? You do realize all Nazi megalomaniacs find nothing of value in American culture that they didn't bring themselves and plant there, like Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.

@@houngandave I realize and don't give a fuck, in equal measure..

I can tell you are lying... No adults play risk.

Meeeeee, just showed up

Same...

Yeah. Right underneath a GameGrumps video actually

I think the algorithm is sending all of us videos that people look for after watching a video. Like "After watching this, most people search for and watch this Eddie Izzard video".

Me too!!!!!!!!! 💕🤷🏻‍♀️🤣😭

Sameee!!

Bet you are gay w⚓️

Poorly edited, too. Ridiculous.

ya, that was weird.

Any theories as to the reason?

There's at least a few minutes missing between the bits (including the actual set up for the cake or death bit) so I don't think it was done specifically for the NRA joke. Doesn't seem like there's any deeper meaning to it. It's just some shoddy editing.

I think the uploader only really intended to post the second half of this video, but the one-liner at the end about Hitler would be weird without the first half. So they put in enough video for context so that people wouldn't fill the comments with "why is he talking about Hitler," but instead made a situation where everyone's filling the comments with "why the weird editing."

Death Death Death....lunch

i have lost count of the number of times i have watched this! Also Glorious and Definite Article. After these three, his stuff gets lazy, though, in my view, and some of the early stuff is quite raw. But for these three vids, Eddie is the master - a comic genius, no doubt. Eddie for Mayor of London!!

Mmm, unfortunately you haven’t watched the whole show, multiple references to the NRA have been edited out. View from the UK, IN LOCK DOWN. Awaiting the storm.

Get a room knobhead

her comedy.

Literally my best memories are from 2007 me and my best friend would put on dressed to kill at 3am and fall asleep when I'd stay over.

I remember my friend showed me his penis, and said that he had found a way to make it big. He showed me, and I was jealous, so I tried rubbing mine too, and nothing happened. Good times.

@@Revelian1982 big yikes

Completely out of cake!

@@davestockton3619 what about the chicken?

@Normal Misha imagine being so sensitive that you let a stand up comedian's political views (that have always been pretty left-leaning, whichever way you look at it) ruin your opinion of them.

kajardine90 always making me laugh

Her?

​@@feurigerSternYep. This routine was years before she transitioned. So, she. :)

>her lol, lmao even

@@accountnamewithheld green texting on KZfaq, lmao even

Trans identifying man so very much a 'He'... mammals cannot 'transition' to the opposite sex.

He

@H cope

@H god forbid we give a shit

@@IndecentLouie its a he, no matter his preference, you can’t change your age nor your gender with proper pronouns attached to it.

@@joseluiscaceres0502 by your logic it would be He's a he, not it. Learn to write correctly before you pointlessly attempt to create a, what shall we call it? an informal logical fallacy aimed to dismiss a point made a year ago at, so one muct be reminded, an absolute stranger

silverbrumbyfan Yeah. When he is on the radio comedy channel, it’s dangerous.

You said death first...

@@twistedviewlabs no no I meant cake!

@@justaperson1019 oh...alright.

@@twistedviewlabs your lucky I'm Church of England

This person doesn't know what to name this channel cake or death?

nxsport same here tooz

I used to think so too, but now I think his best moment was when he ran 43 marathons in 51 days to commemorate Mandela. That was just unbelievable.

She? Nope. Words still mean stuff. Go talk to a grown up.

@@trentbrisket1159 Eddie Izzard recently declared *she* is transgender and identifies as female, and as a respectful grownup, I will refer to *her* as such.

@@trentbrisket1159 she is a she now

Nope.. There is such a thing as objective truth still. Sorry

@@rickl4159 objective truth is that she is a she

Bit of a simpleton are you?

Mao couldnt make a quiche to save his life! Pfffft

Yeah, we knew what he meant too.

@@Jute511 I didn’t >.>

Ah! I didn’t put that together. Obvious now in hindsight 😜

@@heatherwillis-kershner1973 Oh sick burn!