As I mentioned yesterday (or the day before), the luminous Crispy and I had tickets to see Eddie Izzard last night, and see him we did. Spencer and Viv were there as well, although our seats were a few rows apart. And what seats - I mean, the view was fantastic, but the seats themselves were possibly the most uncomfortable thing in which I have ever sat for three consecutive hours. I am not unreasonably tall - barely 5′6″, in fact - but my knees were mashed up against the back of the row in front of me. Now, remember that Chris is a giant at something like nine feet tall (or 6′5″, whichever), and imagine the suffering of his poor knees.

It was, however, totally worth it. By the time we left, my stomach hurt from laughing too hard, and I could barely speak without coughing. You can see for yourself when the DVD eventually comes out, but a great deal of it was improvised in response to things like a woman throwing three crumpled dollars on stage. Additionally, his boots were positively to die for.

My favorite bit was probably the one concerning the Alien series - everything from the prevalence of things being blown out of airlocks to the difficulties the Alien might face when attempting to get a work visa in the US. And did you know that Eddie was born in Yemen?