Eddie Izzard "Cake or Death" Sketch From Dress to Kill

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  • Опубликовано: 29 мар 2010
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  • @kh7688
    @kh7688 5 лет назад +3428

    "You killed a 100,000 people? You must get up very early in the morning"
    This gets me every time.

    • @lukevankleef4245
      @lukevankleef4245 5 лет назад +75

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

    • @subtlewookiee
      @subtlewookiee 5 лет назад +27

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

    • @graysonhamburger6042
      @graysonhamburger6042 5 лет назад +25

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

    • @chrislwoolery89
      @chrislwoolery89 5 лет назад +43

      Death
      Death
      Death
      Lunch
      Death
      Death
      Death
      Afternoon tea

    • @timredsell4826
      @timredsell4826 4 года назад +16

      I can't even get down the gym!

  • @silviutiplea7126
    @silviutiplea7126 Год назад +100

    "Thank you for flying Church of England, cake or death?" is one of those legendary phrases that taken out of context would have you admitted at a psychiatric hospital, but as an inside joke it's brilliant

  • @Parabueto
    @Parabueto 4 года назад +1678

    "I know a lot of people who'd love to be under House Arrest!"
    Yeah, 2020 calling here, funny you should mention that...

    • @kasperjoonatan6014
      @kasperjoonatan6014 4 года назад +17

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

    • @salinacarter1342
      @salinacarter1342 4 года назад +5

      Lmao! U got this Kasper!!!

    • @mikecimerian6913
      @mikecimerian6913 4 года назад +8

      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.

    • @chickachicken5620
      @chickachicken5620 4 года назад +5

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

    • @maninchair6648
      @maninchair6648 4 года назад +8

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

  • @amyroberts127
    @amyroberts127 2 года назад +300

    "NO FLAG NO COUNTRY" and "cake or death?" get me every time 😂😂😂

    • @Red_Dragon_03
      @Red_Dragon_03 10 месяцев назад

      And the Death Star canteen

    • @Destructionaire
      @Destructionaire 10 месяцев назад

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

    • @Ruth695
      @Ruth695 8 месяцев назад

      Me too😂

  • @chrisklecker
    @chrisklecker 4 года назад +3069

    Eddie Izzard. It's like a one man Monty Python.

    • @brainflash1
      @brainflash1 4 года назад +207

      John Cleese dubbed him the Lost Python.

    • @tiaking2002
      @tiaking2002 4 года назад +66

      brainflash1 Did he really? What an honour.

    • @ShakeItLittleTina
      @ShakeItLittleTina 4 года назад +57

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

    • @damarh
      @damarh 4 года назад +31

      @@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.

    • @marcus1960ful
      @marcus1960ful 4 года назад +22

      He's a huge Python Fan.

  • @pianonotes1010
    @pianonotes1010 4 года назад +129

    The fact he gave a legitimate Risk strategy is great.

    • @tomjacobs678
      @tomjacobs678 5 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @TassieDinkum90
    @TassieDinkum90 4 года назад +253

    "Get up in the morning, death, death, death, death, death, death... death.... lunch."
    Funniest line in the whole routine.

    • @FakeSchrodingersCat
      @FakeSchrodingersCat 3 года назад +8

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

  • @mirandabarr9905
    @mirandabarr9905 4 года назад +499

    "You cant claim this we live here. 500,000,000 of us."
    "Do you have a flag?"

    • @hardwirecars
      @hardwirecars 3 года назад +8

      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

    • @4DeMS
      @4DeMS 3 года назад +1

      🤣😂🤣

    • @AtlasBlizzard
      @AtlasBlizzard 3 года назад +1

      😛

    • @SithBunny1
      @SithBunny1 3 года назад +2

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

    • @ziraprod6090
      @ziraprod6090 3 года назад

      @@SithBunny1 Who is "they".

  • @Underground_Valentine
    @Underground_Valentine 3 года назад +467

    who else had this show up because Game Grumps recently talked about Eddie and this skit in particular?
    Also much love to Eddie, always

  • @alicewhite1135
    @alicewhite1135 3 года назад +191

    Dude, my gmail has been cakeordeath since middle school because of this person. I cherish this bit.

  • @The4thSandersonSister
    @The4thSandersonSister 2 года назад +173

    I can go months to years without watching this. And then it just shows up and I'm cracking up all over again. Eddie, you're the best.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Месяц назад

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

  • @badnewswade
    @badnewswade 4 года назад +285

    "After a couple of years we won't stand for that, will we?"

    • @davidprice9295
      @davidprice9295 4 года назад +6

      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!

    • @PoppyCorn144
      @PoppyCorn144 3 года назад +7

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

    • @tonywords6713
      @tonywords6713 3 года назад +1

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

    • @ananthakrishnanma6650
      @ananthakrishnanma6650 3 года назад

      @@tonywords6713 I didn't get it

    • @mywhychromosome
      @mywhychromosome 3 года назад +2

      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

  • @YetAnotherPianoWhore
    @YetAnotherPianoWhore 5 лет назад +1322

    Eddie Izzard is clearly very knowledgeable and I love how he turns this into great satire... the mounting Pythonesque absurdity of "cake or death" is just brilliant!
    Also his smokey eye is on point.

    • @lisawillis8227
      @lisawillis8227 5 лет назад +21

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

    • @angiethinksuramazing8132
      @angiethinksuramazing8132 5 лет назад

      👏👏👏

    • @baldieman64
      @baldieman64 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 4 года назад +4

      "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.

    • @telectronix1368
      @telectronix1368 4 года назад +15

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

  • @PDZ1028
    @PDZ1028 6 лет назад +848

    "We're going to run out of cake at this rate....."

  • @williamandholly1105
    @williamandholly1105 4 года назад +747

    “Hitler never played Risk as Kid.......” 😂

    • @lenawagenfuehr53
      @lenawagenfuehr53 4 года назад +16

      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!"

    • @InternalMind
      @InternalMind 4 года назад +2

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

    • @anna-mariagio3391
      @anna-mariagio3391 4 года назад +2

      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

    • @anna-mariagio3391
      @anna-mariagio3391 4 года назад +1

      *after, not ago 🤪

    • @katiearbuckle9017
      @katiearbuckle9017 4 года назад +1

      @@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?

  • @Atamastra
    @Atamastra 5 лет назад +183

    I came to the conclusion when I first started watching Eddie Izzard (and later found out this is TRUE) that he doesn't really have a 'set' or a 'list of jokes', he just gets on stage and you watch him play with his imagination for an hour. And it's fucking fascinating. I practically have this whole show memorized, and i still laugh at it. A comic genius, no question.

    • @kobayashiMaroo
      @kobayashiMaroo 2 года назад +8

      @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

    • @blurgle9185
      @blurgle9185 2 года назад +6

      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.

    • @Atamastra
      @Atamastra 2 года назад +2

      @@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.

    • @Atamastra
      @Atamastra 2 года назад +3

      @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.

    • @writerinprogress
      @writerinprogress Год назад +2

      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.

  • @wubranch1
    @wubranch1 4 года назад +73

    “We’re gonna run out of cake at this rate!”

  • @TonyMontana-fz4io
    @TonyMontana-fz4io 5 лет назад +716

    I’ve met Eddie twice, what a funny, cool intelligent guy. So so nice and always has time for his fans. Not to mention the work he does for charity

    • @swisstony736
      @swisstony736 5 лет назад +7

      Shame he's a socialist though.

    • @lyricbot8513
      @lyricbot8513 4 года назад +60

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

    • @lyricbot8513
      @lyricbot8513 4 года назад +1

      @David McDonald k

    • @uberalex90
      @uberalex90 4 года назад +7

      Ted Jones fuck socialism and fuck anyone who defends socialism

    • @RKrk-jj2li
      @RKrk-jj2li 4 года назад +6

      @@lyricbot8513 NAZIS were SOCIALISTS, dumb dumb

  • @jeanineharkonen-rohlke4876
    @jeanineharkonen-rohlke4876 Год назад +77

    Eddie does not disappoint: I've seen her 3 times. Really fond of "I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from." 🤭

    • @robertwilliams060
      @robertwilliams060 Год назад +1

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

    • @smallsj2006
      @smallsj2006 9 месяцев назад +4

      Him
      😅

    • @jeanineharkonen-rohlke4876
      @jeanineharkonen-rohlke4876 9 месяцев назад +7

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

    • @PaulWK1972
      @PaulWK1972 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @zacharytrosch3406
      @zacharytrosch3406 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @leopold7562
    @leopold7562 5 лет назад +736

    No flag, no country, you can't have one.

    • @julieatwood2938
      @julieatwood2938 5 лет назад +32

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

    • @zqueen1229
      @zqueen1229 5 лет назад +27

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

    • @afrog2666
      @afrog2666 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @braveheart4603
      @braveheart4603 5 лет назад +4

      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.

    • @toffeetheraccoon
      @toffeetheraccoon 5 лет назад +2

      I read this as he said it 😂

  • @liefbrunhilda926
    @liefbrunhilda926 4 года назад +19

    You can absolutely tell how much of an influence Monty Python was to him, and it’s lovely.

  • @costeris35
    @costeris35 5 лет назад +131

    “Little red cook book!”
    I adore this.

    • @billwhite515
      @billwhite515 5 лет назад +2

      What is little red cookbook?

    • @costeris35
      @costeris35 5 лет назад +20

      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.

    • @houngandave
      @houngandave 5 лет назад +5

      @@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.

    • @costeris35
      @costeris35 5 лет назад +2

      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.

  • @happyfallen6434
    @happyfallen6434 5 лет назад +122

    //After a couple of years, we don't stand for that// Brilliant 😂

  • @laura1443
    @laura1443 5 лет назад +459

    Do you have a FLAG? 😂😂😂

    • @constipatedlecher
      @constipatedlecher 5 лет назад +13

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

    • @mjrydsfast
      @mjrydsfast 5 лет назад +1

      My favorite part of this as well.

    • @silverwindspirit
      @silverwindspirit 4 года назад

      Star wars canteen was invaded with the use of a flag

  • @chitlun
    @chitlun 4 года назад +48

    Man, we watched the Dress to Kill video so much back then, I almost knew it off by heart. One of the greatest stand up shows ever for me, cheers Eddie ✌️

  • @ALLmasked
    @ALLmasked 6 лет назад +202

    i look back at this and realize that comedy opened my eyes to so many things.

    • @davidharrison6615
      @davidharrison6615 5 лет назад +14

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

    • @Ten13Grl
      @Ten13Grl 5 лет назад +12

      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!"

    • @andym28
      @andym28 5 лет назад +7

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

    • @alysononoahu8702
      @alysononoahu8702 5 лет назад +1

      His comedy

    • @alysononoahu8702
      @alysononoahu8702 5 лет назад +2

      @@andym28 agree

  • @retrobit11
    @retrobit11 3 года назад +385

    Coronavirus: Cake or Death?
    Me: Cake, please.
    Coronavirus: Well, we're out of cake!

  • @paulfarr8664
    @paulfarr8664 4 года назад +205

    Watching this in 2020, hear the line "I know plenty of people who would like to be under house arrest!" Currently stuck inside while covid-19 rages through the populace...

    • @whoknowswhocares885
      @whoknowswhocares885 4 года назад +2

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

    • @RickTransit
      @RickTransit 4 года назад

      My immediate thought too...

    • @JA9339
      @JA9339 4 года назад +6

      My years of laziness and social anxiety has trained me well

    • @Jw-un8oh
      @Jw-un8oh 4 года назад

      I love you guys. We got this!

    • @beckyfrisby374
      @beckyfrisby374 4 года назад

      Same!! It just never gets old

  • @silverserpent420
    @silverserpent420 3 года назад +59

    Eddie is yesterday, today and tomorrow. Eddie is forever. Eddie's words travel time.

  • @RealOriginalJ
    @RealOriginalJ 3 года назад +14

    “Thank you for flying Church of England, Cake or Death?” Lol

  • @allisonyoung9371
    @allisonyoung9371 3 года назад +98

    This is one of my favorite moments of comedy and I never knew Eddie was behind this genius. She's quickly becoming my favorite comedian.

    • @allisonyoung9371
      @allisonyoung9371 3 года назад

      @Normal Misha tiktok 😬

    • @rahuldahoob4513
      @rahuldahoob4513 2 года назад +8

      She?

    • @Bluesit32
      @Bluesit32 Год назад +19

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

    • @bubblegumtechno
      @bubblegumtechno Год назад +47

      @@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

    • @tricorvus2673
      @tricorvus2673 Год назад +17

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

  • @MissIsley
    @MissIsley 3 года назад +32

    I had this special playing at the hospital while I gave birth, because I needed a comforting, familiar voice there. It’s beautiful to see how you’ve used your platform for joy and change in the world as I’ve grown as a person. I come back to these silly words I’ve memorized so many years ago because they continue to brighten my day 💙 I’m quite grateful for the positive influence you’ve had in my life.

    • @Dipp182
      @Dipp182 11 месяцев назад

      Is it my baby?

  • @philoshaughnessy906
    @philoshaughnessy906 4 года назад +80

    I want a t shirt with "Cake or Death?" on it.

    • @virginiacarter5182
      @virginiacarter5182 4 года назад +8

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

    • @ladyboombox1428
      @ladyboombox1428 4 года назад +2

      Virginia Carter woah that’s sick honestly

    • @andrewhughes7092
      @andrewhughes7092 3 года назад +1

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

    • @janfairclough6982
      @janfairclough6982 3 года назад +2

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

    • @mariaflodin6180
      @mariaflodin6180 3 года назад +4

      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 =)

  • @scrunts666
    @scrunts666 Год назад +18

    His older comedy is still hilarious, I could watch it all day :D

  • @SergeantKal
    @SergeantKal 4 года назад +52

    "Eva, let's get married."
    "Alright, where's our honeymoon gonna be? Can we go international?"
    "I'm thinking we're gonna have to."

  • @movieswithsammykitty
    @movieswithsammykitty 5 лет назад +44

    Still hilarious! “Do you have a flag?” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @SweetMargonade
    @SweetMargonade 6 лет назад +183

    Eddie Izzard will always be historical to me

    • @vervoid73
      @vervoid73 5 лет назад +2

      Historical? I hope you know what you are saying

    • @darthsmythe6783
      @darthsmythe6783 5 лет назад

      Floppy so so. Well you tell me!

    • @Vercingetorix.Fantasia
      @Vercingetorix.Fantasia 5 лет назад +8

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

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom 4 года назад

      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.

    • @Kaiwala
      @Kaiwala 4 года назад

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

  • @cooldog7763
    @cooldog7763 Год назад +6

    The first time I saw this, I wasn’t even 10. I have a cool Mom honestly, even that young I cried laughing. “Can’t get the fuckin TREES” killed me.

  • @Skipper.17
    @Skipper.17 6 лет назад +974

    Monty python would be proud

    • @joshuawaring4180
      @joshuawaring4180 5 лет назад +72

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

    • @ofallmyintention9496
      @ofallmyintention9496 5 лет назад +33

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

    • @vervoid73
      @vervoid73 5 лет назад +3

      I doubt it.

    • @JamesOhGoodie
      @JamesOhGoodie 5 лет назад +31

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

    • @piedpiper1185
      @piedpiper1185 5 лет назад +10

      @@JamesOhGoodie Professional Transvestite

  • @ketsuekimiyagawa7162
    @ketsuekimiyagawa7162 3 года назад +48

    I'm curious. Who else got this in their Recommendeds after watching the Game Grumps' Mario Maker episode where they were talking about this exact Eddie Izzard skit lol

    • @AmazinglyAwkward
      @AmazinglyAwkward 3 года назад +1

      Meeeeee, just showed up

    • @LeoLivewire
      @LeoLivewire 3 года назад

      Same...

    • @albinocadillac
      @albinocadillac 3 года назад

      Yeah. Right underneath a GameGrumps video actually

    • @ketsuekimiyagawa7162
      @ketsuekimiyagawa7162 3 года назад +1

      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".

  • @angge4261
    @angge4261 3 года назад +14

    He's a fucking gorgeous genius. All the best people are crazy and clever and super sweet. I have no idea how his beautiful mind works but I adore the way that it does.

  • @Vercingetorix.Fantasia
    @Vercingetorix.Fantasia 5 лет назад +66

    2019 and this is still my favorite stand up of all time. Finally hes touring the U.S. Hoping to see him in Boston in May.

  • @cjr4908
    @cjr4908 5 лет назад +268

    It feels weird to watch this without Legos...

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 5 лет назад +16

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

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom 4 года назад +8

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

    • @Asiliea
      @Asiliea 3 года назад +4

      @@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!

  • @sks220
    @sks220 3 года назад +90

    hey grumps, 4:45 is what you're looking for

    • @303elliott
      @303elliott 3 года назад +9

      Na, the whole bit is gold

    • @ZoosheeStudio
      @ZoosheeStudio 3 года назад +4

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

    • @tobietera
      @tobietera 3 года назад +1

      Jesus fucking christ 🙄

    • @emilykins008
      @emilykins008 3 года назад

      @@tobietera what?

  • @andrewrobinson3605
    @andrewrobinson3605 4 года назад +10

    “We’re gonna run out of cake at this rate”. Love that line.

  • @Hugatree1
    @Hugatree1 5 лет назад +128

    I love Eddie Izzard and he bears a striking resemblance to Toni Curtis in drag

  • @teabearchurchill5600
    @teabearchurchill5600 4 года назад +8

    I will never get tired of Cake or Death. :)

  • @zimon85
    @zimon85 4 года назад +40

    Cut out joke at 4:44.
    "And I'm backing it up with this gun...lent from the National Rifle Association."

  • @traveller2378
    @traveller2378 3 года назад +10

    This is the single greatest standup show ever. Its perfect.

  • @thomask6798
    @thomask6798 2 года назад +12

    Eddie Izzard one of a kind.

  • @ninjabothandyman6063
    @ninjabothandyman6063 5 лет назад +28

    An absolute classic !! Love Eddie Izzard, he's such a fascinating original unique outspoken and brilliant individual !! I'd so much love a chance to have lunch with him someday !!

  • @TW-vl4wj
    @TW-vl4wj 2 года назад +11

    I've seen this several times over the years and it's absolutely f****** brilliant !!!!! never gets old!!cheers to you Eddie izzard may you always have an audience 🙏

  • @KurtAnderson812
    @KurtAnderson812 4 года назад +11

    I was lucky enough to be in the audience in San Francisco when this was filmed. I still laugh after seeing this probably 100 times

  • @mfay6933
    @mfay6933 5 лет назад +76

    "...so that's fun." 😂😂

  • @Revelian1982
    @Revelian1982 5 лет назад +255

    This is the greatest stand-up performance of all time. Each nuance adds something, so you actually feel there are four or five different people on stage.
    After he says, "You're lucky I'm Church of England," just look at his facial expression. The make-up accentuates his eyes and mouth, and the fact he doesn't have to hold a microphone gives his body freedom to perform, as though acting on stage. Magnificent lines, wonderfully performed. Genius.
    Never watch "Sexie".

    • @darthsmythe6783
      @darthsmythe6783 5 лет назад +11

      Revelian1982 un travesty executive

    • @Euroviking86
      @Euroviking86 5 лет назад +6

      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.

    • @vincentbain1392
      @vincentbain1392 5 лет назад +8

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

    • @Shar0ne
      @Shar0ne 4 года назад +6

      This is my favourite stand up of all time!

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 2 года назад +1

      @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.

  • @timjones6204
    @timjones6204 4 года назад +11

    if only eddie could have been my history teacher at school, i love his astute mind, brilliant comedian.

  • @theRealPlaidRabbit
    @theRealPlaidRabbit 4 года назад +6

    "The Austrian empire... all they ever did was slowly collapse like a flan in a cupboard". Can always come back to Eddie for one more gem I missed the last 25,314 times...

  • @xoxogossipgoat21
    @xoxogossipgoat21 4 года назад +10

    i've watched this once a month for about 7 years. he's so good

  • @richardpowell4281
    @richardpowell4281 5 лет назад +97

    I watched this special growing up and its still amazing. Now as an adult I LITERALLY use THAT strategy when playing RISK and it DOES work so well, easy to hold, you let everyone else duke it out and you just turtle up and slowly unleash!

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 5 лет назад

      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?

    • @houngandave
      @houngandave 5 лет назад

      @@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.

    • @houngandave
      @houngandave 5 лет назад +1

      @@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.

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 5 лет назад

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

    • @flyinghole
      @flyinghole 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @superwhizz114
    @superwhizz114 Год назад +89

    It was nice of her to condense the history of world wars into a concise 7 minutes

    • @feurigerStern
      @feurigerStern Год назад +1

      Her?

    • @yulebones
      @yulebones Год назад +7

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

    • @accountnamewithheld
      @accountnamewithheld Год назад

      >her
      lol, lmao even

    • @yulebones
      @yulebones Год назад +2

      @@accountnamewithheld green texting on RUclips, lmao even

    • @jayWalk8
      @jayWalk8 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @ellenburke8103
    @ellenburke8103 3 года назад +10

    I hurt myself laughing when I saw this live and just as much watching this video. Just the antidote I needed right now.

  • @fterimage
    @fterimage 5 лет назад +42

    Eddie Izzard is about as 90s as it gets.

  • @vikj1255
    @vikj1255 3 года назад +11

    Always loved Eddie, must rewatch his shows

  • @b.j.stoner9065
    @b.j.stoner9065 6 лет назад +586

    Wow...this was edited to take out “that was lent by the NRA”. Oh well...it doesn’t matter since there are SO MANY of us that have the entire *Dress To Kill* routine/show memorized !! (an oldie, but a goodie forever)🥀

    • @themaggattack
      @themaggattack 6 лет назад +44

      Poorly edited, too. Ridiculous.

    • @tdearsan
      @tdearsan 6 лет назад +21

      ya, that was weird.

    • @tinnitusthenight5545
      @tinnitusthenight5545 6 лет назад +8

      Any theories as to the reason?

    • @OOG_IMP
      @OOG_IMP 5 лет назад +36

      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.

    • @grizzlyjefferson1228
      @grizzlyjefferson1228 5 лет назад +37

      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."

  • @ingriddubbel8468
    @ingriddubbel8468 4 года назад +52

    "Litlle Red Cookbook" Is very clever. Obviously, he's not a fan of
    Chairman Mao.

    • @heatherwillis-kershner1973
      @heatherwillis-kershner1973 4 года назад +2

      Mao couldnt make a quiche to save his life! Pfffft

    • @Jute511
      @Jute511 3 года назад

      Yeah, we knew what he meant too.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 3 года назад +1

      @@Jute511 I didn’t >.>

    • @tracy9610
      @tracy9610 3 года назад

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

    • @idc5309
      @idc5309 3 года назад

      @@heatherwillis-kershner1973 Oh sick burn!

  • @lynneharper3233
    @lynneharper3233 Год назад +3

    One of the best stand ups I’ve ever seen.

  • @MeatBicycle8678
    @MeatBicycle8678 23 дня назад +1

    I’m from a small town in Texas. I remember more about world history from Eddie than being in class.

  • @TheonlyLarsNelson
    @TheonlyLarsNelson 6 лет назад +64

    I was just passing by to watch a few minutes and now I have to watch the whole show AGAIN!

    • @alysononoahu8702
      @alysononoahu8702 5 лет назад

      Death
      Death
      Death....lunch

    • @sophisticat7673
      @sophisticat7673 5 лет назад

      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!!

    • @andyphillips7435
      @andyphillips7435 4 года назад

      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.

  • @midwestmutineer7675
    @midwestmutineer7675 Год назад +3

    I quote a line from this stand up at least once a day

  • @TheShadowedOne1
    @TheShadowedOne1 5 лет назад +57

    One of my all time favorite stand-up scenes ever. I listen to this every once in a while just to cheer myself up. Izzard, you genius.

  • @al3k
    @al3k 2 месяца назад +2

    One of the best sketch masters ever. :)

  • @heathermetz6576
    @heathermetz6576 Месяц назад +2

    6:34 “Thank you for flying, ‘Church of England,’ 🇬🇧 Cake or death?”

  • @IbokRock811
    @IbokRock811 10 месяцев назад +8

    Just came home from The REMIX Tour 👏👏👏👏👏👏 she’s still got it!!! So incredible - truly laughed my ass off.
    Had to come home and watch this again - it’s my favorite Eddie bit

    • @billpickbass
      @billpickbass 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @303elliott
    @303elliott 3 года назад +9

    Enjoy the boost from GG viewers! All respect!

  • @LightLife4
    @LightLife4 4 месяца назад +1

    You can say what you like about Eddie, you can't deny his comic genius

  • @FriendlyKat
    @FriendlyKat 4 года назад +50

    I still laugh at this to this day. Eddie Izzard is a really funny man. His jokes were so good in this! LOL

    • @Crisis2552
      @Crisis2552 3 года назад +3

      @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.

  • @suzylux
    @suzylux 4 года назад +8

    I love pretty much every word from your mouth but: "I think that's funny. Because he was a mass-murdering fuckhead." is one of my faves of all time. Not just the words but how you say it and the spirit behind it. The world needs more like you x

  • @ghostsatelier7652
    @ghostsatelier7652 5 лет назад +7

    "That's the rules I've just made up. And I'm backing it up with this gun" that has to be my favorite part.

  • @meanjeanmcqueen6171
    @meanjeanmcqueen6171 3 года назад +10

    After all these years, I still have this entire stand-up memorized, lol.

    • @lovelyjanuary
      @lovelyjanuary 2 года назад +3

      Me too!!!!!!!!! 💕🤷🏻‍♀️🤣😭

    • @hatty369
      @hatty369 Год назад +1

      Sameee!!

  • @curtarmmar
    @curtarmmar 2 года назад +8

    Eddie is brilliant. One hilarious and intelligent person.

  • @louiseogden1296
    @louiseogden1296 Год назад +4

    As a committed Anglican, we NEVER run out of cake.

  • @Dani_Vintage
    @Dani_Vintage 3 года назад +3

    Eddie Izzard is GENIUS

  • @RomanJockMCO
    @RomanJockMCO 13 дней назад +2

    Do you have a flaaaaag? Gets me everytime 😭

  • @stellah1643
    @stellah1643 Год назад +2

    Dress to kill, one of the best shows I watched! This made me want to see the whole show! 🤨

  • @hansostlund4626
    @hansostlund4626 2 года назад +4

    This is one of the greatest entertainer ever walking the earth

  • @silverbrumbyfan
    @silverbrumbyfan 5 лет назад +5

    His sketches are so memorable I literally can't get them out of my head, they run round and round my head while I'm at work so I'm sat there at my desk grinning like an idiot and almost giggling and trying to hide it because my co workers will think I'm insane.

    • @truepeacenik
      @truepeacenik 4 года назад

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

  • @johncordbooks593
    @johncordbooks593 4 года назад +4

    I remember this. So good to see again. TONS of love, from Reno. Stay well, dear Eddie Izzard.

  • @delideri3518
    @delideri3518 3 года назад +11

    2020, we’re outta cake 🍰

  • @seymourbuttz6419
    @seymourbuttz6419 6 лет назад +30

    I remember when my friend showed me Eddie izzard for for the first time. good times

    • @samuelpalmquist2190
      @samuelpalmquist2190 5 лет назад +3

      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.

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 5 лет назад

      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.

    • @seymourbuttz6419
      @seymourbuttz6419 4 года назад

      @@Revelian1982 big yikes

  • @jesscroft3595
    @jesscroft3595 2 года назад +2

    his make up is amazing :D love eddie izzard! so funny and fabulous!

  • @AldrickExGladius
    @AldrickExGladius 2 года назад +16

    I remember watching this whole stand up when i was like 16 maybe 17 years old. And I was hooked. Eddie is brilliant and used it in his comedy at a time nobody else was.

  • @Hajime4Sale
    @Hajime4Sale 4 года назад +23

    “Do you have a flag?”

  • @deadinside3464
    @deadinside3464 5 лет назад +266

    " Cake or death?? .death..no no no cake.."

    • @twistedviewlabs
      @twistedviewlabs 5 лет назад +12

      You said death first...

    • @justaperson1019
      @justaperson1019 5 лет назад +6

      @@twistedviewlabs no no I meant cake!

    • @twistedviewlabs
      @twistedviewlabs 5 лет назад +5

      @@justaperson1019 oh...alright.

    • @justaperson1019
      @justaperson1019 5 лет назад +9

      @@twistedviewlabs your lucky I'm Church of England

    • @unionjack0638
      @unionjack0638 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @duncanidaho2130
    @duncanidaho2130 Год назад +2

    I find him to be so beautiful in this particular act. The way he carries his makeup is outstanding.

  • @stacy14821
    @stacy14821 Год назад +3

    Still my favorite stand-up ever! Love you, Suzy!!!!

  • @aprilmarieheard
    @aprilmarieheard 4 года назад +11

    I still love this bit no matter how many times I've seen it.🤣🤣🤣

  • @lilith5869
    @lilith5869 3 года назад +148

    Letting them kill their own people... Damn. She's got a point.

    • @trentbrisket1159
      @trentbrisket1159 3 года назад +22

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

    • @lilith5869
      @lilith5869 3 года назад +100

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

    • @metalmadsen
      @metalmadsen 3 года назад +12

      @@trentbrisket1159 she is a she now

    • @rickl4159
      @rickl4159 3 года назад +15

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

    • @thatguywiththecoolusername6787
      @thatguywiththecoolusername6787 3 года назад +22

      @@rickl4159 objective truth is that she is a she

  • @VirtualATB
    @VirtualATB 3 года назад +3

    Intelligent comedy doesn't get better than Ed. Just a awesome dude really.

  • @RANDOMPOKING987
    @RANDOMPOKING987 12 лет назад +373

    Hitler should've watched Bob Ross, learn how to paint a happy tree and save us a lot of time :)

    • @RatPackBat
      @RatPackBat 6 лет назад +3

      RANDOMPOKING987 lol! True ! Omg ur silly too!

    • @Kenny-bw2cz
      @Kenny-bw2cz 6 лет назад +4

      Bob Ross did not know how to draw. He used gimmicks to create images. Actually Hitler was not that bad of an aritist, he could be taught to draw better but the teachers were snobs and rejected him. Tha tupid thing is that wanted someone to already draw well before they accepted them... Which is silly. Teachers should.teaxh those who don't know.

    • @Kaiwala
      @Kaiwala 4 года назад +19

      @@Kenny-bw2cz I fail to see how using gimmicks to produce good art doesn't constitute good art.

    • @heatherwillis-kershner1973
      @heatherwillis-kershner1973 4 года назад +2

      A happy tree always needs a friend

    • @lenawagenfuehr53
      @lenawagenfuehr53 4 года назад +6

      @@Kenny-bw2cz actually, that's not true. The academy in Vienna did not outright reject Hitler, they saw he had skill as a draughtsman. They suggested he study architecture, but Herr Hitler didn't want to go to school to learn all the maths.

  • @deniseallisonstout1901
    @deniseallisonstout1901 4 года назад +7

    I’ve been laughing my ass off to this dude for years!