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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs  I'm not a fan of Gervais but I do like some of Izzard's stuff. |
I really liked The Office and Extras when I saw them on TV and years ago on DVD, but it's been so long since I watched his TV stuff but I can't comment with any authority on my feelings now. I saw two of Ricky Gervais' stand-up shows and hated both of them as it wasn't clever observational humour – it was just easy and overly crude. I really didn't like the way he called his audience "c***s" at the beginning of the Science show – that completely remove the way.
Eddie izzard, by comparison, is much more adept at wordplay, storytelling and absurdity, things which always appealed to me when I'm watching stand-up comedy. He is also more interesting person, putting his own life stories into the act, something Billy Connolly does extremely well (or, at least did – I don't know what his status is now).
Going back to Doctor Strange, I'm now officially interested.
