Funny Shit

The other night my special lady friend and I were bored and cruising the internet. We came across some guy who had compiled a list of his favorite comedians. There were some pretty good people on there but there was also - Dane Cook (among others) she and I then began compiling our own lists. You can check her's out over at http://perfectlyswell.blogspot.com/

These are not really in any sort of order and I couldn't limit myself to 10 so mine goes up to 11 (hee hee me so funny)

George Carlin RIP


Patton Oswalt


Eddie Izzard


Woody Allen


Maria Bamford


Richard Pryor RIP


Zach Galifianakis


Sarah Silverman


Mitch Hedberg RIP


Eugene Mirman


Jim Gaffigan

Action Transvestite

This past Thursday I saw Eddie Izzard live for the third time. On the drive home I found myself attempting something I have tried many times before – to catagorize Eddie Izzard. It’s rather hard to do. He’s a transvestite comedian but it’s not a gimmick like Dame Edna or something. He’s just a comedian who happens to be a transvestite. His material is smart but he does it in the broadest way possible. He is both verbal and physical. He swears but is never obscene. He doesn’t have catch phrases but there are ideas and themes that he returns to often. His act feels free form, yet he is able to invoke callbacks so effortlessly that they seem as though they were planned. Eddie Izzard is a walking contradiction and I love him for it. A category unto himself.