Eddie Izzard - Scrabble and Dyslexia

[dave1977con]

This is a good film. By having dlyexia myself

[22graham44]

thats 105 it's a triple word...

dang....lol

[Bigfatbutterfly02]

I can't get over how handsome he looks here

[SmilyDemon13]

Its a difficult thing we call it askhkgfdufucukcjksdfjhwsgdjkjh­dvdjksahdjhsgfjkashd

Just Call it BONK! Excuse me miss i got BONK!

LOL Izzard is a GENIUS

[TwoPsInAPot]

How awkward for the one person who dislikes this...

[TheBeanSi]

Why are there subtitles on an English comedian?

[thegodlessadam]

@TheBeanSi The subtitles are for people with English speakers with hearing impairments.

[lotsoffun]

@thegodlessadam good guy youtuber

[sonicpet]

@TheBeanSi The subtitles were put there by the Nazis to piss off people with dyslexia

[ak475008396]

a Seiling?

[cannibalgourmet]

Hey! Those are real words in Norwegian scrabble.

[DazeyBobJim253]

I've got bonk :D

[cocui92]

love tihs skit, true waht he says about duslesia.i cant even wirte it! SMH

[Jonislol]

subtitles cant spell colour :P

[thegodlessadam]

@Jonislol I'm a US bloke. Added an EN-GB caption file just for you :)

[Jonislol]

@thegodlessadam hehe :P

[PinkPixi94]

Hahaha, this was brilliant live

[mdyewhea]

Is Eddie sexier as a tranny-or as just a hot guy? I adore him. Did you know he did an entire series of shows in Paris in French? Fearless! And all the marathons for a worthy cause (I forget which). Oh, Eddie, if you're looking for a woman, I'll take you-and we can share clothes and make up tips!

[wahinesurfergirl]

@mdyewhea He did the 45 marathons (if I'm not mistaken) for Sport Relief. He ran from London, all the way to Belfast and back. I swear, this guy can do anything and everything. He's an Iron Man at that!

[AFlyingBeagle127]

"theres 17 silent letters and the face of a rat in it" rofl! 

[MrUpsidown]

@Zephanus

All right! Thanks for explaining! :o)

[MrUpsidown]

Can someone explain? English is not my mother tongue. While I understand most of the show, what is it all about in the last part when he starts talking about "I spy", or is it "ice-pie" or what? ;-) What is "I spy"? Where's the joke with the fact that he spelled "ceiling with an S", if I got that correctly??

Cheers!

The Raptor

[Zephanus]

@MrUpsidown "I Spy" is a game played by kids or out of boredom on long trips. The rules are that one person finds a thing in sight and tells the players, "I spy something the begins with.." and then says the letter that the things starts with. Then the players have to guess which thing that person is referring to.

For example, if you saw a ceiling you'd say "I spy something that begins with a C"

The joke is that dyslexics have trouble spelling, and may think ceiling starts with an S.

[yoshigirl616]

Never, EVER, try to watch Eddie while trying to drink a pepsi. It will not end well for you. Trust me.

[sopralto817]

@yoshigirl616 nor for your computer, I think.

[wahinesurfergirl]

That should've been the tagline that the Scrabble makers use to sell their product on TV: "Scrabble - invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia" (TM)

[wahinesurfergirl]

just a question...what is it with eddie izzard and scrabble? I've noticed that in all of his videos and he always seems to insert the game in his jokes.

[Ghooostie]

@wahinesurfergirl That would be jam. He uses jam way more often if I recall correctly lol.

[wahinesurfergirl]

@Ghooostie Erm, yeah, but it's more scrabble than jam. :) He used jam for his James Bond skit in Definite Article and once about Henry the VIII. For the scrabble bits, he mentions it in Dress to Kill, this one - Stripped, and Definite Article, w/c I've seemed to notice a lot.

[Ghooostie]

@wahinesurfergirl Really ? Maybe I've just seen those too much then lol, my bad :p

[wahinesurfergirl]

@Ghooostie It's alright. Everyone's not perfect. :)

[MrJarth]

Hmm i don't get it, i have dyslexia and i'm good at scrabble?

[666pounder]

"astingboxikskrahnzicahnga that's a hundred and five. thats a triple word." hahahahaha

[ghstenor]

Awkward moment when you can understand what he says perfectly, but still read the subtitles.

[Iusedtobetheking]

BNOK!

[coasternut3091]

Dyslexics of the world untie

[Benducational]

i have dyslexia, but i just tell everyone i have Bonk.

[mammers96]

I once knew a lysdexic kid. He soul his sold to Santa.

[WisemanSam599]

What, no lines about lisps?

[RangerRia]

AMAZING

[v8wr]

he's in men's clothes 0_0

[anotherlemontree]

"It has seventeen silent letters and the face of a rat in it..."

[iswmfastr]

The 1 dislike is by a dyslexic kid who thought it read 'like'

[dicedude90]

@iswmfastr not rite but funny as hell

[x6x6x6xlegion]

Thralling=Trolling lol

[Fab4Sunrises]

"Just call it BONK!"

I nearly fell off my bed.

[StrangeHatter2014]

Is it just me, or does he just not seem as funny without the drag? Maybe it's just mind-over-matter here, but his last 2 or 3 DVDs/Skits weren't as funny as the "early" ones.

[27thlegion]

@StrangeHatter2014 yeah it is not as funny

[Keurosaur]

@StrangeHatter2014 Well, all comedians have a rough start, Eddie wasn't as enthusiastic and as confident here as he was later on.

[PeriwinkleFox]

dyslexia actually is quiet helpful with scrabble ALOT!!! dyslexia doesn't make u stupid it really just means you think differently...i got dyslexia and my high school average is 90% :P :P

[wahinesurfergirl]

@PeriwinkleFox Wow, that's impressive!

[SonyWalkman]

I wonder if he stuffs his crotch

[swertinge07]

@SonyWalkman Yeah, with his own meat! Or a sock.

[SonyWalkman]

@swertinge07 Those are a lot of socks.

[swertinge07]

@SonyWalkman I wouldn´t know, I try not to stare... :)

[Thecinemonsta]

i was there

[SophieCLRguART]

It's like the word lisp xD

[MrRitsj]

haha same as

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliop­hobia

(fear of long words) XD

[PeidoLord]

S for sealing hehehe

[L7redbatgirl]

That is some coat!

[Hojoky96]

I think K-t-fung-uh-tar-bul-splng-dng is a real word

[PiecesOfRainbow7]

Eddie is sexy when he's in boy mode :)

[frankieismylife]

@PiecesOfRainbow7 He Is Sexy In Either Modes.

[Deja1977]

The best line ever..."Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia"...

[desertphilip]

@Deja1977 Laughed my ass off at that one!!

[mattyswift]

BONK!

[Hojoky96]

@mattyswift I take offense at that remark.

[Mr1helluvabutlr]

@mattyswift I thought he said I got bok.

[drakegolgotha]

love it mate

[JackieMoMackie]

fantastic comedian! Thanks for uploading!