Eddie Izzard on europe and world war 2

[YouWithTheFace11]

...he mentioned Prussia :D AWESOME!

[WatashiHimono]

yeah hetalia changed my WHOLE oppinion on this lol xD i laughed.so.hard :D

[tomfishalot]

What happened to 9:40?

[winddragon04]

*8 men who are telling the world to FUCK ALL

[newdreamsstudio]

Is not sad that when he talks about all of these countries, I immediatly think about Hetalia?

[SupernovaPaul]

"ahhhhh i love the smell of europe in the mornings. so how you doing?" - "fucking hell, where've you been?" hahaha

[packardian]

9:10 … what?

[phlarrdboi]

oh its india and a number of other countries :)

[Crabbi5]

:)

[MrChaosmage]

8 plp didnt like that in history, there stupid man lost the war lol

[semiserioussam]

8 people don't like men dressed as women.

[hermanhedning93]

I want him as my history teacher!

[coongurl1990]

"They're all frumpy aren't they.... Because it's a bad idea when cousins marry!"

[hislittleangel18]

death death death death..lunch..deathdeath afternoon tea death death death quick shower xD

[shauri89]

i'm watching this show for the nth time and every single time i laugh until i cry, he's absolutely the best stand-up comedian in the whole wide world!

[bellator11]

Well, he did get one fact wrong... 5-6 million Germans died during WW2, not 20 :P



[dissonantperceptions]

Unless he's counting the deaths from the Concentration camps as well.

[bellator11]

@dissonantperceptions 6 million jews died during WW2, and most were Polish, so that wouldn't explain it either :-P

WW2 military deaths from the major countries involved:

Italian casualties: ~300,000

Western Allied casualties (US, UK, NZ, CA etc.): ~1.25 million

Japanese casualties: ~2.1 million

German casualties: ~4.4 million

USSR casualties: ~14 million

[27thlegion]

@bellator11 He is including civilians... a lot of the German civilian casualties were a result of air raids. which were caused by a mistake which saved the world. If one group of German planes hadn't accidentally bombed london then England would have collapsed meaning no US in europe and Russia against the entire German army... the world would not be as nice as it is now.

[bellator11]

@27thlegion Hehe, I'm including civilians too. The German military lost 3.2 million men, whilst civilian casualties were approx. 1.8 to 2 million :)

[MrY0ufail]

@bellator11 Idk where you are getting your casualties stats from, but they are WAYY off. Eddie might not be 100% accurate on the Germans, but the Russian military and civilian casualties was between 22-26 million deaths. That isn't counting wounded either. The Siege of Leningrad, totaled casualties of 1-2 milion on it's own. And it wasn't even the bloodiest battle in Operation Barbarosa. The germans he is wrong on though, they were close to 8.5 million military and civilian.

[bellator11]

@MrY0ufail Nope, German military casualties are listed as 3.25 million on the eastern front, and around 700,000 on the Western front. German civilian casualties are listed as 1.25 to 3 million. Western Allied military casualties are listed as 1.2 million. Russian military deaths are listed as totalling 14+ million, but the figures keep rising, whilst civilian dead is listed as around the same number, which together would tally around 28 million Soviet deaths.

[ryk84]

world: Britain.

Britain: Huwhaa?

CLASSIC! LOL

[woeffa]

Arthur: Alfred where the hell have you been!?

Alfred: Having breakfast -noms hamburger-

[4everJalice]

Oh, Hetalians. XD I loves this guy.

[xxEmoStarMCRxx]

Before Hetalia - Hahahahahaha.

After Hetalia - FFFFFF OH MY GOD AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA~

[BoBoBananaMan]

hahaha, "the Austro-Hungarian Empire, famous for FUCK ALL!!!" hahaha so true!!!

[jrocque0217]

took britan till the 60's to give up canada

[mimitwamp]

totally imagining arthur kirkland saying these things about flags and WWII ... XD

[MsAppleeater]

all this is so funny and smart,

but as polish I must correct one thing 7:15 don't say "no wonder" ?

it was next example of "cunning use of flag" to make next empire

[TehSexualDeviant]

This after Hetalia will fuck you over. xD

[Naminedeservesacloak]

@TehSexualDeviant Nah, it just makes it funnier XDD I wonder if Eddie has ever heard of Hetalia? O_o

[shadow6543]

@TehSexualDeviant

its like Hetalia only not incredibly homosexual

[TehSexualDeviant]

@shadow6543 He's not even homosexual, though. He's a "male lesbian".

[shadow6543]

@TehSexualDeviant

Hetalia is the homosexual one

[IHasTheRabies4Yaoi]

@TehSexualDeviant Ft, we've got to admit it, with APH it's ten times funnier than it's supposed to be... Eddie we love you!

[LaniwonderZ]

@IHasTheRabies4Yaoi I discovered him just through Hetalia... shame on me, but it's just so fucking hilarious!!! I'm german, therefore don't understand everything but what I understood made me howl with laughter! I couldn't stop imagining Arthur, Kiku, Ludi and the others speakingXD

[owlsrfun47]

The part where he talks about throwing ice cream at the Nazis -- hysterical

[jimmyboy51]

im going to see eddie in 2 weeks

#

[Katlynn888]

"Where have you been, America?"

"Aaah! Having breakfast!"

= totally a conversation I can envision those two nations having. Ah, Hetalia! You have rotted my brain!

[dailyRuse]

@Katlynn888 oh I know! watching this after Hetalia will ruin you.

[Dansback21]

Hilarious he is at 5:20 !!!!!"That's why there's no crazy royals, they're all kind of 'Hello, hello. What do you do? You're a plumber. What on EARTH is that?'"

[Airsoft1287]

'Britan!' oh..um..oh. 'Whats that behind your back!?' India...and a bunch of other countries' ROFL

[AxAgent666]

"Fuck off you bastards!" I laughed so hard at the voice he used! 

[happyjellyfish]

"Hello, hello, what do you do? You're a plumber? What on eeaaarth is that?" *Prince Philip dumbass face*

Perfect summing up of the royals XD

[beatlesgirl95]

but how hard I tried to hold Asia in Risk....never prevailed.

[JagdmeisterD]

"Hitler killed people next door... Muah... stupid man!" XD XD i love it!!!

[expertstrategy]

Finally, a comedian who talks about history. I love history, especially wars. He is pretty funny.

[fcbayernrocks]

no flag no country u cant have one :D

awesome

[suprstar713]

"and hitler ended up in a ditch covered in petrol on fire. so....... thats fun." i love that bit!

[bostrone1777]

"you must get up very early in the morning"...

[88Sabrine88]

hitler never played risk when he was a kid....!

LOL, i've watched this 30 times i still laugh everytime!

[xxxrandomjamezxxx]

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[GREYxox]

ahaha "we need the faulkland islands, for... strategic sheep purposes"

[Kemper1985]

extremely brilliant!

[djmisplacedmarblesTV]

wtf has the guys sex preference got to do with anything ?!

prat

[needyhobo]

@djmisplacedmarblesTV He's actually straight really, he has said so multiple times, he's only interested in women. But he does cross-dress which is not part of his act. Even if he weren't straight, he's still freaking hilarious. Thumbs up!

[djmisplacedmarblesTV]

@needyhobo: hehe cool name, didn't know that but there ya go, nowt as queer as folk ..and he is, ..funny.

regards

[djmisplacedmarblesTV]

@needyhobo; just read that back, doesn't read right.

he does make me larf but not as much as say, err..idk, he is pretty good eh

[BisexualsRBeautiful]

Eyehawk777...

HE is brilliant. and bisexuals are as good as anyone.

[cortesuprema]

he's not a bisexual. he's a transvestite!

[elizabethgibob]

@BisexualsRBeautiful he isnt bi he just likes womens clothes, in his words he is a straight transvestite or male lesbian

[elizabethgibob]

@BisexualsRBeautiful sorry wasnt really reading all of the comments

[athlney]

"you're a plummer. what on earth is that"

HA

[EyeHawk777]

*plumber :)

[athlney]

w0rd

[isa5bla]

they killed their own people!

but still LMAO

[fndngnvrlnd]

Eddie for President/Prime Minister/ Head of UN.

[djmisplacedmarblesTV]

nope, that would be Billy Connoly, Eddie could be in the cabinet though ...oh , actually he is soo not in the cabinet, maybe home sec or something lol

[SchizofreniWannabe]

Good god how i love this man! <33

[BisexualsRBeautiful]

He is fantastic!!! I didn't even know about him until a week ago, he's just brilliant.

[The3Nubs]

omg love this guy!!!!!

[GeeZedKay]

i love his expression at 1:09 he looks nuts!!! :D

[lostwingman07]

lol

"Well do you have a flag?"

[FoxCornell]

"GET THE ICE CREAM VAN OUT THERE! KILL! oh alright... *vrrrrrrrrr* fuck off..." lol great. eddie izzard is incredible

[fobit65]

Were facist. uhh alright CHOW!

[irokthemic46]

lol!

[BillKaulitzLvr89]

"you can marry me 'cause ur the same gene pool and our IQs will go down the toilet. FANTASTIC!"

[AndieHeartsYou143]

"W-Well done! Well done. You killed a hundred thousand people? You must get up very early in the morning! I can't even get down the gym!"

xDD One of my favorite lines.

[omgxiixluvxhc]

Britain?

Wot?

What's that behind your back?

India.

XP

[youkaianna]

Napoleon: "I'm gunna kill them, I'm gunna kill them! Oh, its a bit cold, bit cold!.....ok bad idea."

Hitler: "I got a better idea, I got a better idea! Oh its the same idea, same idea!"

That part made me lol so much! XD

[Babynton2008]

"You're a plummer? What the hell is that!?!..." LOL!!!

[xPurplexPinstripesx]

" i cant get ze fuckin trees...DAMNIT I WILL KILL EVERYONE IN ZE WORLD!"

amazing xD

eddie izzard rocks =)

[omgxiixluvxhc]

my favorite quote!

[xPurplexPinstripesx]

Ditto.

[mewmewsnow301]

"Do you have a flag?" XD I LOVE that part!!!

[ErichoTTA]

Absolutely fantastic.

[Kudaraane]

We need the Falkland Islands for strategic sheep purposes

[d3m0n1cd4n4]

Hitler killed people next door. Oh... Stupid man.

BEST COMIC EVER!!!! XD

[etopiryna]

Do you have a flaaaaaaaaag? I can't help laughing for the 10000th time xD

He's fucking best!

[nirvanamaybe]

"Britain..." "what?" "What's that behind your back?" "It's India...and a number of other countries..." :'D

I do agree that my education would be far better if I traded in my lecturer for Izzard haha.

[Morganiellaine]

My old english, social science and religion teacher speaks and gestures in the same way. Very similar. And I miss him, really.

[AislinnFaye]

with some editing on language, when I get my degree in teaching I'm going to have my students listen to this

[hellraiserxero]

i can't get zi fuckin trees, great vid

[Robynowitz]

The best part is that it's all true, with embelishments. Best way to teach history.

The bit about Napoleon and Hitler invading Russia was all I could think of when we were discussing that in History this afternoon

[DJSamos]

HAHA great :)

Such an interesting view on history :P