EDDIE IZZARD Weekend Watchdog 29.10.99

Eddie Izzard is part-way through a 41 night tour of the UK. The Circle tour is being held at 13 venues, with 13 nights already sold out. The tour has been described on the official Eddie Izzard website as ënewí, but Weekend Watchdog has received complaints from fans to say that most of his jokes are taken directly from his ëDress to Killí video.
Eddie Izzardís promoter admitted to Weekend Watchdog that 80% of the material he is performing, is on the video that was released for Christmas last year. He says Eddie was horrified to hear of the complaints made to the programme.
The promoter says because Eddie improvises a lot of his jokes, the proportion of old material will be cut down to 25% by the time the tour finishes. He also points out that this is the first time the 'Dress to Kill' material has been performed live in Britain, apart from the Princes Trust charity concert in February. Eddieís shows will now start with a warning that some of the material is old.

EDDIE IZZARD UPDATE Weekend Watchdog 17.12.99

Eddie Izzard promised Weekend Watchdog he would be adding new material to his performance, after it discovered 80% of his jokes came from his 'Dress to Kill' video.
Weekend Watchdog noticed that seven weeks later, Eddie had reduced the number of old jokes in his show to 60%.

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