cake or death?
Microscopic spiritual or political allegory? Are we truly free or are these our only options? What, no tea?!
shareAre you truly free, you ask? Well it depends... do you have a flag?
I think the point of the joke was to show how ridiculous it is when church and state try to coexist, which is of course what happened during the Inquisition. It's vintage Eddie: abstract and hilarious at the same time.
"Now get your patchouli stink out of my store!"
TEA AND CAKE OR DEATH?
Um...cake please.
VERY WELL!
"Well we're outta cake...
...So my choice is ...or death?"
*Hey there Mr Blue, we're so pleased to be with you!*
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Well, so my choice is "or death?"
... I'll have the chicken then, please.
To me, you are perfect.
Ah, here you go. Would you like a little wine with that? Thank you for flying Church of England. Cake or Death?
shareMay I just say that I love each and every one of you. I just got thru watching
'Fahrenheit 9/11' and it left me in a somber mood. This thread has just brightened my night!!! Somehow I always thought that only my sister and I quoted this show.
-Hilda! Hilda! Wake up!
-What is it Dr. Heimlich?
-Don't call me Dr. Heimlich, I'm your husband for *beep* sake!
-Well what is it, GUNTER?
-IIIIIII have invented a maneuver...
-What are you, a bloody tank commander?
-Noooo, my name will be FAMOUS in restaurants!!
I kind of think of us as a big family. I use Eddieisms in casual language and once made a comment about how two things had a bit of a crowbar seperation. The guy to whom I was talking just smiled, looked at me, and said "you're an Eddie Izzard fan, aren't you?"
shareTaste of human, sir!
Did I leave the gas on? Of course not, I'm a bleeping squirrel!
Huge Eddie fan for a few years now. I still get weird looks in my college History classes, because I start giggling when we discuss things like: Hitler and the Inquisition. It's a rarity to find someone else who shares my passion of Eddie. I'm constantly throwing out Eddieisms and no one gets it...it makes me sad.
So, Thanks to all you other Eddie fans, with whom I can talk to.
"No flag, No country, that's the rule....that I've just made up. And I'm backing it up with this gun from the National Rifle Association."
(classic)
you think you're invisible. but i see you.
I am a Brit, and consider Eddie to be a national treasure, and am always saddened to discover that so few people have heard of Eddie or even seen "Dressed to Kill". When I think of Eddie, the first thing that usually pops in to my head is the running gag about the person who is dead.......not really.........yes, he's dead.....! I literally almost choke when I think of that gag, its Eddies face really, his expression.
Caio, baby
Amen to that. His facial expressions absolutely MAKE the performance.
Especially during the squirrel bits.
Thank you for flying Church of England, cake or death?
It makes me sad that not more people have heard of Eddie either. But whenever my fiance and I go off on one of our tangents telling people about DTK and quoting lines, they always laugh. I always tell them, if you think we're funny, you should see Eddie!
"No, no smoking in bars now, and soon no drinking and no talking!"
Well it looks like you have another fan Eddie! I just watched this tonight at a friend's house and it was really funny, and enjoyable. Glad there are other fans!
Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately.
I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.
the thing that drives me crazy is that now everyone is going to watch the riches and see him in various movies but have no idea he's a transvestite or that he does stand-up at all, and when they do find out they'll start quoting him like crazy...
shareHis name is Engelbert Humperdinck. ;D
"Stop it, Lizzie!"
Saw this last night, and I'm laughing again just thinking about that "sorry, yeah, he's dead" / "c'mon, no he's not" back and forth. Brilliant. To get so much from such small gestures is genius. John Belushi could convulse a room in hysterics by lifting an eyebrow, and I can't think of anyone since, until Izzard.
(Regarding the "cake or death" thing, there's a very special kind of person, who, when facing that kind of choice, ask, "what *kind* of cake?" Recently, we had a special name for that special kind of person -- we called them "undecided voters".)
I'm so pleased to have finally discovered Izzard's comedy. I'm not even going to try to convince people to rent his concert movies. I'm just going to bring the dvds over and say, "watch this!"
Eddisms, ROFL
My fencing mates will call to each other, "YOU!!!!! .... CAKE OR DEATH!"
Have I left the gas on?
No, no.. I'm a *beep* squirrel!!
We need the Falkland Islands.. for strategic sheep purposes.. :D
his delivery, when he isn't forgetting what he's saying, is flawless - that line cracks me up everytime i hear it from his mouth even after the gazillionth time
My teenage ansgt has a body count