Eddie Izzard - The European Dream

[punkwasher]

well... to be fair, although less ambitious, the European dream is realistic.

[incandescentsmile]

To be honest, Eddie's European dream is pretty much my life dream. I just want to move to Italy and hang around saying 'Ciao!'.  Moped optional.

[MrKingofhats]

Please could I take up a moment of your time. I've made some video's on my profile and I want to know if they make you smile. Could you please watch one and tell me what you think. It won't take you long. Thankyou very much.

[aaron9099]

Yeah, that European dream doesn't seem so appealing now...

[Mezworld]

The English dream was to conquer and own the entire planet and it's people. We got a quatre of the way there, then the dream ended.

[scetdellak]

you know why we Europeans don't have a dream? because we are awake.

[1492CrE8edBabylon]

you rhyme with lag what are you?

[kasou01]

ciaoooo LMAO xD

[EricStJohn]

@dantheman931. No. The American dream is now to be just like the rest of the world.

[DigitalMasacrer]

@EricStJohn No, the American dream is to MAKE the rest of the world America. Which is not that great, if you stay and think about it.

[xander7ful]

@DigitalMasacrer Exactly. The dream is to make little clone Americas out of other countries, then to make them want to live the American Dream. And most of them don't want that.

[TomJones2194]

Ciao! hehe

[dantheman931]

The European dream used to be to pursue the American dream. Now it's to stay as far away from the American dream as fucking possible.

[mrfwest]

@dantheman931 yeah, why is he in america? the new american dream is to ignore the rest of the world.

[ExtremeBogom]

@dantheman931

As much as that made me laugh, it's bloody true!

[dantheman931]

@ExtremeBogom And I'm American, so imagine how I feel!

[ExtremeBogom]

@dantheman931

Aw man don't feel bad.

Most people are fond of America deep down; I promise you that.

The truth is were all going through a rough patch at the moment.

It's the classic love / hate relationship my friend. Just give it some time.

[dantheman931]

@ExtremeBogom Oh I know. I'm not terribly worried about it. But thanks! :) Actually I've lived in Europe, and from what I saw, it's more a matter of Europeans loving American culture but not being too fond of Americans, if that makes any sense. But in my experience, most people are pretty cool if you give them a chance.

[Baffucci]

At the moment in Europe there's not much to dream about apparently ...but anyway...CIAO from Italy

[jebestus]

ohyeah england belongs to europe, now i get it

[Emovampqueen92]

I had a dream where eveyone lived in different countries and spoke another language and hated each other and ooo that is true isn't it lol i <3 this man

[Samael78]

No one wants to be in Greece, Italy or Spain now...they're all fucked economically

[ChipArgyle]

Didn't the American Dream just turn out to be a fleeting hallucination?

[isisdron]

@ChipArgyle yes, since it is built on the credit industry of invisible money. Dont know what happened...someone decided they wanted real money at some point.

[ChipArgyle]

@isisdron Agreed. Here's a question for you. If the money lent to you isn't real so you decide not to repay your mortgage, the bank repossesses your house and sells it to pay off the loan which wasn't real to begin with. The bank has nothing more than it began with which was nothing, so why repossess your house? (In the end, the only person with an asset is someone else who bought your house from the bank with money that also wasn't real, possibly created by yet another bank loan.)

[isisdron]

@ChipArgyle i know its wrong for one person in the chain to suddenly demand real money. I mean come on. Not playing the same game the rest of us are are they?

[ChipArgyle]

@isisdron No, they're not. Here's another question.  At what point does the money become real? After human toil has been extracted - after it's become a wage has value somehow been added? There's no question that the rich are hoarding money, having sucked so much of it out of circulation, but why do they do so if it isn't real in the first place?

I suggest that the fake money is being used as a means to steal real assets from people, failed companies, and now even failed countries.

[SapphirexGoddess99]

"CIAAAAAAAAAAAAAO" i love how he says that.

[animelover5076]

could you imagen what we Europeans could achieve if we teamed up? most of the amazin things in this world have come from Europe. Italy and Germany is full of amazingly inteligent people, France and Spain are creative and unique thinkers, Britian has great culture and historic background. Europe is amazin! come on fellow Europeans, lets stop fighting between ourselves! together we can take over the world! lol x x

[littleladytomboy]

Well if being in southern Europe is the dream I guess I have.Wanna trade?

[Ghost4024]

No, the old European Dream was war.

[isisdron]

@Ghost4024 sounds more like a nightmare to me.

[Ghost4024]

@isisdron You'd be surprised how power-hungry they were back then. :P

[DollsInTheShadow]

The European dream is to get all the money in the world, stick it in your nose and go "RRRRRRRRRRRR"

[X09WARockX09]

Ciao! XD

[Downbeat1984]

How can you gate the Belgies who craft the finest beer in the world

[gocy]

Izzard is my shizzard!

[MyDoominateR]

@SuperShayNicole

No im danish. I just know that Belgium is a country without their own language and as a people are split up. Besides its the capital of the corrupted European Soviet Union.

[Heneruuree]

@MyDoominateR Well, we can't all have our own language. That's what comes of European countries trampling all over one another and conquering little bits and pieces of land and converting them into something similar to the "motherland". As it is, Belgium is an independant nation with a diverse culture and many languages. As for the fact that the people are fractured, you'll find racial/ethnic tension in every single country to a certain extent. The Belgians are hardly on the verge of civil war.

[MyDoominateR]

@SuperShayNicole

Europe sucks? Haha... Well maybe Belgium sucks, but its because its not even a real country.

[mymovienerd]

It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. ~ George Carlin

[grndayz1fan]

Ciao

[PlasticGreen]

I'm from Italy and I have a scooter, but I don't feel very dreamy. how come? maybe my scooter is too fast :/

moving on, Eddie Izzard, you effin' genius!

[LolFishFail]

Europe doesn't have a Dream, because we are awake.

[Deanocfc]

I'm English and tbh his idea of a European dream is quite true lol. Just chilling in a nice, hot part of Europe on a scooter or lazing on the beach with nice places to eat everywhere.

[MsAppleeater]

agree about new EU dream, thats mine too

[AnimeEyes143]

Favorite. Comedian. Ever. <3

[ionthegravity]

the modern american dream is a myth... the reality died when reagon was elected

[stopularno]

#1 spell your name right, #2 Reagan was awesome ;) he did more good for this country than any president since maybe FDR's last terms and especially Lincoln, #3 Obama has presided over the greatest destruction of wealth in history!!

[ionthegravity]

#1 my name is spelled right, #2 to shoot holes through that delusional bullshit you just said to me is a waste of my time...#3 if you believe that anything Obama did was the "greatest destruction of wealth in history", you've been a clueless douchbag for far longer than Reagon's administration...You probably think Nixon's presidency was successful too.

[allerdyce]

what the hell did lincoln do?

[PrideHonorLiberty]

@ionthegravity what? died long before reagan....

[dragin23]

@PrideHonorLiberty the dream is only dead if you believe it is so... to millions of others entering this country, it is alive and well...

[GhostWritersDragon]

@dragin23 Until they get there and then the dream dims a bit :)

[gloriaus]

love itttt

[gheo123]

/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw

[josiah330]

idk about the peerage but i know that Britain used to sail around the world and stick a flag in and say "I Claim India for Britain" well at least according to Eddie they did...

[formless777]

Bullshit, the European dream was to conquer the world and get a peerage.

[Heneruuree]

@formless777 'Tis true, and he hinted at that when he mimed Heimlich sticking something in the ground and mumbling "flag" in his sleep. However, before Europe decided World Power was the name and World Domination was the game, European countries basically kicked the sh*t out of each other.

[lem891]

@Heneruuree and they had several wars while that happened

[midnightblackfire]

amen on the american dream.

[Dixonberry9]

I fuckin love Eddie Izzard

[Bikutolu]

"I dreamed the europe dream, i dreamd that every country in europe spoke a diffrent language and they hated each other....Oh that's true is'nt it?

Yep it is true.

[DayDay80631]

get all the money in the world, stick it in your ears and go "PPPPPPPPPPPP!" love it. that's one of my favorite parts xD

[saharshahin]

That was probably the funniest Eddie Izzard moment I'd ever had. Love it!