Eddie Izzard is running a circumnavigation of Britain — 40 marathons in 47 days — to raise awareness and funds for Comic Relief. Interviewed on the hoof during marathon number 19, he quipped:
“In the beginning? Well … in the beginning was the word and the word was fish … Every religion looks bonkers compared with another religion.”
With a sweep of the hand he effects a dramatic voice: “What do you believe? Well, we believe that all soup is special and that every third Sunday after the fourth Sunday after the 12th, we get together and sing ‘Hallo, halla’ and we bang on the ground, put soup in a bowl and all these endless things. Then we throw sandwiches at the walls and pray for more sandwiches . . .”
Eddie Izzard is fecking brilliant.
Hay!!! You updated your blog! It’s been so long I thought you might have died or something :)
I saw Eddie Izzard do standup once and he was hi-lar-i-ous. Great actor and great comic. The article says he wants to run for office some day, and I’d vote for him. They’d tell me my vote doesn’t count because I’m not British, but then I’d say fuck you I’m voting anyway. That’d show them.