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Recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo in London during a four-week
sell-out run in 1997, Eddie Izzard contemplates the mysteries
of the Biblical flood, hopscotch, beekeeping, Steve Austin,
electric toasters and showers...
Izzard's
tirade against showers and toasters is closely related to
his gripes about pears during his previous Definite
Article tour. The problem with all of them, he
argues, is that there is no middle ground. Just as pears apparently
go from being hard and unripe to inedible mush in an instant,
so the settings on showers seem incapable of delivering that
happy medium between "hot as lava" and "f------ freezing".
Similarly, toasters lie to us about how well they are going
to cook our toast. We either have to return the underdone
bread to the toaster then release it manually, or else it
ends up being burnt to a crisp, prompting the memorable catch
phrase: "In the bin!"
Another
timeless line arises from the comedian's musings about the
peculiar career choice that is beekeeping. Surely at some
point, he argues, it must suddenly occur to all beekeepers
that: "I'm covered in bees!"
His
vocal sound effects are good, too. These range from the noise
of sawing wood, which, he acknowledges, sounds remarkably
like a baboon being punched, to that of a useless manual carpet
sweeper: "Hod-d-d-d-d, hod-d-d-d-d."
Another
amusing gimmick is an imaginary notebook, in which Izzard
writes notes such as, "Nobody got that," and "Never do that
joke again," whenever a particular routine goes down like
a lead balloon.
As
ever, telefantasy provides inspiration for the comic, as he
discusses how The Six Million Dollar Man's super-speed
wasn't actually that fast. Quite the opposite, it was rather
slow really. His James Mason and Sean Connery impersonations
also continue unabated, with Mason playing God to Connery's
Noah in a skit about the Ark.
With
extras including the 30-minute documentary Lust for Glorious
and a hilarious Hollywood-style fake promotional trailer,
Glorious is, well, glorious!
Richard
McGinlay
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