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Fitzdog Radio

Eddie Izzard - Episode 1020

Fitzdog Radio

Greg Fitzsimmons

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

25 years ago I was on my 2nd date with my now wife when we saw the phenomenal Eddie Izzard perform in NYC. So excited to have Eddie on to talk about Star Wars, the demise of the royal family and running 29 marathons back to back (3 times).
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0:00.0

Welcome to Fitzdog Radio. I'm on vacation with my lovely wife, Aaron. And we're having

0:16.5

a very nice time. We're in Escondido, California, which is about 30 miles north of San Diego.

0:24.4

There's hills in the background. We caught a nice stretch of 80 degree weather. We're in this

0:30.2

resort. It's got like, uh, it's got like eight pools and a bunch of workout centers and

0:35.5

a golf course, a frisbee golf, pickleball, sand beach volleyball, sauna, steam rooms,

0:44.9

uh, everything. It's this resort. It's a hired resort. And I got an email and this is what

0:50.8

a cheap fuck I am. I get an email because of my high at frequent flyer card and they say,

0:58.0

do you want to come spend four nights in this beautiful resort for $200 and we'll give you

1:07.6

$100 in hotel credit. All you got to do as always a catch is you got to take a 90 minute

1:15.0

time share time share tour. And I'm like, how bad could it be? It's 90 minutes at a four days

1:25.3

and I get to go away for $100. So we sign up and we come out and the room is fucking nice. It's

1:35.6

like a big ass suite with a deck and two fireplaces, a couple bathrooms, a big kitchen. Little

1:44.1

1970s. It could use it. It could use an update, but it's nice. And the resort is beautiful. But

1:52.4

then we get to the tour and I get this guy who is just fucking hates, hates everything we stand

1:59.0

for and doesn't realize it. One of these guys has been in Orange County for so long. They think

2:02.7

everybody thinks the same way. And he goes, oh, you live in LA. Yeah. Hollywood, huh? It's

2:09.3

really dragging everybody down. It's really what about all the homeless. So how do you, how do you

2:13.5

guys live? God bless you guys for living with it. Let's say, all right, good opener. And then he

2:20.1

asks Aaron what she does. And she says she's a doula. And she goes, oh, yeah, what is that for fancy

2:25.3

people? Got for rich people that then put their kids in private schools and coddle them. And she's

2:30.8

like, no, actually, I work with middle class people. I do not take on clients like that.

2:37.4

What do you do? I'm a comedian. Oh, what about the world culture? How do you do it with the

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