“His name changed from Gerry Dorsey to Engelbert Humperdinck. I mean, I just wanted to be in the room when they were working that one through.” ~Eddie Izzard
-”Zingelbert Bembledack. Yingybert Dambleban. Zangelbert Bingledack. Wingelbert Humptyback. … Slut Bunwalla.”
-”What?”
-”All right, Kringelbert Fishtybuns. Steviebuns Bottrittrundle –”
-”No, Gerry Dorsey. I like Gerry Dorsey.”
-”No, we can’t, who we got? Zingelbert Bembledack, Tringelbert Wangledack, Slut Bunwalla, Klingybun Fistelvase, Dindlebert Zindledack, Gerry Dorsey, Engelbert Humptyback, Zengelbert Bingledack, Engelbert Humperdinck, Vingelbert Wingledanck –”
-”No, no, go back one. Go back one. Engelbert Humperdinck, that’s it.”
I’m late to the Eddie Izzard party. This is from 1998. I just watched it a couple days ago and am now on board with the genius of Izzard, in case you were worried I wasn’t ever going to get around to it. Whew, right? Subsequently, I agree with him that the Germans and Japanese should be the peacekeepers of the world.
existence123 said,
May 20, 2010 at 12:23 pm
I have always enjoyed Izzard’s analysis of Hitler’s fateful decision to invade Russia.
“Apparently, he never played RISK when he was a kid!”
julieluongo said,
May 20, 2010 at 12:31 pm
“Hitler ended up in a ditch covered in petrol on fire. So, that’s fun. I mean that’s funny. Because he was a mass-murdering fuckhead.”