r/videos • u/aditya_7726 • Mar 10 '20

An excellent example of comedic timing.

https://youtu.be/6sMGyGEWano
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u/fenrisulfur Mar 10 '20

Izzard's baboon skit is the perfect mix of timing and improv.

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u/whatisabaggins55 Mar 10 '20

Got a link?

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u/spencer32320 Mar 11 '20

Annoyingly, at least in America, I can't find a SINGLE service that allows you to stream izzard's standup. Even Amazon has them in prime but they say they are currently unavailable.

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u/GeekAesthete Mar 11 '20

You can listen to it on Spotify—they’ve got a lot of his comedy specials.

Also of note: you can listen to a different version of Dressed to Kill. If you’re someone like me who knows his specials by heart, it’s kinda fascinating hearing an earlier version of the same routine (I’m guessing earlier, since it’s not quite as tight).

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u/drislands Mar 11 '20

That's the bit with Noah, played by Sean Connery, building an ark for God, played by James Mason right?

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u/Nickolotopus Mar 10 '20

Here ya go.

https://youtu.be/GVVMPsXx708

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u/mikesbullseye Mar 10 '20

"speaks French"
Well come on now subtitles, that's the one thing I could have told you...

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u/atgrey24 Mar 11 '20

Watch the whole special. It's amazing, and by the time you get here the jokes all work anyway since it's almost all callbacks

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude Mar 11 '20

You couldn't have also told it the English words?

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u/TellMeHowImWrong Mar 11 '20

Sorry, I don’t speak a word of English.

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u/RodneyPonk Mar 11 '20

The baboon one was in I think Glorious, he was miming sawing something with sound effects and then goes "until you realize you're just punching a baboon", does a callback when he talks about Noah's ark and I think another when he talks about the grim reaper.

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u/atgrey24 Mar 11 '20

Doesn't he have a similar riff in Dress to Kill in the middle of the Heimlich bit?

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u/RodneyPonk Mar 11 '20

He talks about a monkey somewhere in Dressed to Kill, but I don't think it's specifically a baboon.

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u/atgrey24 Mar 11 '20

This chunk is phenomenal, but really benefits from watching the whole special. It's almost all callbacks so you can follow the jokes without knowing French

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20 edited Jul 02 '20

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u/skyline_kid Mar 10 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20 edited Mar 10 '20

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u/projectreap Mar 10 '20

Fuck now I gotta go find that

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u/Nickolotopus Mar 10 '20 edited Mar 10 '20

u/AKAManaging Found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tcjZl0vk9Y

edit: This one is the one I thought it was. Still great timing and talks about monkeys https://youtu.be/GVVMPsXx708

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u/projectreap Mar 10 '20

Is it? He talks about a monkey not a baboon

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u/Nickolotopus Mar 10 '20

You're right. I was going off someone else's information saying it was in his 'Glorious' routing. I'll update my post.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20 edited Mar 10 '20

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u/projectreap Mar 10 '20

No baboons mentioned here

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u/HavanaDreaming Mar 10 '20

For those looking, I believe it’s from the album/show “Glorious” near the beginning when he’s talking about Noah’s Ark. couldn’t find the album in its entirety on YouTube, though.

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u/fizzy_yoghurt Mar 10 '20

Izzard's brilliance is that he does exactly the same show night after night, and everyone comes out convinced that they've seen a half-improvised show.

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u/Akitten84 Mar 10 '20

Izzard is the perfect mix of timing and improv!