Ha!
Not bad...on site at a client today, so got my headphones on with some Bon Ivor to keep me company.

I watched the Secret Policeman's ball last night which was in the USA for the first time but with mainly British comics, it was embarrasingly bad
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:38, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Christ it was awful, wasn't it?
So much...I dunno what it was...Fear of...Pandering to...an American audience?

Mind you, anything that starts with a double act of Ben Stiller and David Walliams should have set alarm bells ringing instantly.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:40, Reply)

Even Eddie Izzard was poor
It just didn't feel like anyone had put any effort into writing their material. And the whole "Americans are like this and Brits are like that" is such a tired concept.

Only Jack Whitehall seemed to be trying, and I have a particular dislike of him so it's takes a lot for me to say that.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:42, Reply)

I don't mind him actually. he's clearly a twat, grant you, but he's a better comedian than a lot that get their own TV shows these days, (Millican, I'm looking at you right now).

I don't think Izzard has had his heart in stand-up for about 5 years now, really. He is desperate to be a big movie star and it shows.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:45, Reply)

In his day he was brilliant

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:46, Reply)

Shame he's a crap actor really.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:47, Reply)

Absolutely.
Around the time of 'Definite Article' and 'Glorious' there was no one to touch him.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:48, Reply)

Maybe his power came from his transveticism?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:52, Reply)

'Circle' has it's moments too

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 12:06, Reply)

He's thinking of becoming a polititian.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:47, Reply)

I'd vote for him.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:47, Reply)

As would I to be honest
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/apr/29/eddie-izzard-to-be-labour-politician
(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:48, Reply)

I'd vote for you for that matter.
it's as much a mark of my lack of respect for all current politicians as anything.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:50, Reply)

I expect I would too, to be fair.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:50, Reply)

a what?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:48, Reply)

Not for about 10 years though.
Basically not until he has completely proven that he's never going to be an A-list movie star...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 13 Mar 2012, 11:49, Reply)