Aug
8
Eddie Izzard
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One random weekday (I think it was a Monday) I was looking for things to do and noticed that Eddie Izzard was coming to town. If you don’t know who he is, he’s a British actor that I saw on an HBO special that was absolutely hilarious.
Turns out he was playing that Friday, so I went along and tried to find some good seats. Of course it took me 10 minutes to realize they were all sold out, had been for months. He’s so popular I wouldn’t be suprised if they were sold out within a day.
Demoralized, I didn’t give up and was able to eventually score some tickets of craigslist. (THANK YOU GOD!) The seats even ended up being pretty good, about 10 rows back, though on the side, but not so far it was annoying.
This was my first comedy show so I wasn’t sure what to expect, and when he came busting out on the stage and just started right into it, I thought it was really cool. About 5 minutes in, my brain already was straining from the intense focus required. He’s quite cerebrial, if you don’t pay attention to what he’s saying all the time, your basically going to miss the joke. He’ll make fun of the Roman empire one second, then slip in jabs about Bush, and have a grammerical joke about appendixes being removed and migrating to the back of books. (Took me 15 minutes to understand that one).
Looking back, this was an event that I could have had on my list of 20 things to do before I die list (if I had one) and I’m so happy I got to go. It was really fun. Special thanks goes to Danielle who went even though it was on a Friday, she’s never heard of the guy and she was pretty tired before it even started.