Eddie Izzard "Death Star Canteen" Sketch From Circle

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  • Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 357

  • @him050
    @him050 3 роки тому +258

    As someone who’s worked in the food service industry I quite often get to say “did you dry these in a rainforest?!” And it always makes me smile!

  • @Xanegoh
    @Xanegoh 4 роки тому +423

    The idea of a cafeteria worker not knowing who Darth Vader is despite working on the death star is perhaps the funniest thing.

    • @Blaine10024
      @Blaine10024 2 роки тому +30

      That's Jeff Vader that is...

    • @connor48880
      @connor48880 Рік тому +15

      I think it’s funnier he didn’t even _know_ he was on the Death Star

    • @rBennich
      @rBennich 10 місяців тому +4

      Darth Vader ordering Penne a la Arrabiata is pretty funny, too, seeing as he can only eat Toblerone.

    • @coolmikefromcanada
      @coolmikefromcanada 9 місяців тому +4

      not knowing what a death star is despite working on it

    • @SpinningSidekick
      @SpinningSidekick 5 місяців тому +1

      He could have just been a contractor

  • @s3kShUnEiGhT
    @s3kShUnEiGhT 11 років тому +584

    "This is not a game of who the fuck are you" is one of my favorite comedic lines of all time.

  • @davidcoxon4710
    @davidcoxon4710 3 роки тому +215

    The only British comedian I know who can out Python Python. I always come back to this. It is one of the most brilliantly written comedy sketches of all time.

    • @semp224
      @semp224 2 роки тому +1

      I swear his humour sounds familiar hahahahah so this is why.

    • @ChrDauer
      @ChrDauer 2 роки тому +8

      John Cleese ones call him "the lost Python"

    • @helenamcginty4920
      @helenamcginty4920 2 роки тому +3

      Hes far funnier than Clease. And comes over as a much nicer person. He is more like the goons.

    • @miraclewalkerproductions
      @miraclewalkerproductions Рік тому +2

      Yes!! Izzard is in a league unto herself

  • @malsmith9385
    @malsmith9385 2 роки тому +63

    Watched this so many times and still laugh out loud.
    'youre mister Stevens?' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  •  5 років тому +149

    “You still need a tray...!” It gets me everytime!

  • @alexandrereber8924
    @alexandrereber8924 5 років тому +388

    “You’re Mr. Stevens?”.... i lost it

    • @josephstevens5489
      @josephstevens5489 5 років тому +12

      Yes.

    • @willg4802
      @willg4802 4 роки тому

      Alexandre Reber did you ever have it to begin with?

    • @olrikparlez3152
      @olrikparlez3152 4 роки тому

      @@willg4802 Will seems jealous....and perhaps somehow empty .

    • @Waffles935
      @Waffles935 3 місяці тому +2

      You’re the head of catering?!

  • @Wavemaninawe
    @Wavemaninawe 5 років тому +423

    If Eddie was writing Star Wars, then Vader would have transferred to a desk job and developed a closeted drinking problem.

  • @sugarnads
    @sugarnads 5 років тому +86

    I met a Mr Stevens once.
    I said 'so youre the head of catering then? Nice work on vader'
    His confused look.
    Priceless.

  • @1220b
    @1220b 3 роки тому +53

    "Eddie lzzard is a lost python".
    John Cleese.

  • @WilliamMc91
    @WilliamMc91 11 років тому +236

    This is a fucking star! I run it! I'm your boss!
    You're Mr. Stevens?

  • @rowanaboat4523
    @rowanaboat4523 5 років тому +257

    What is that star?
    It’s the Death Star.
    What does it do?
    It does DEATH!!

  • @unlsoccer1
    @unlsoccer1 6 років тому +118

    I play this scene in my head every time I go to the work's canteen.

  • @Musical_Nero
    @Musical_Nero 3 роки тому +29

    Eddie's stand up skits are like Monty Python scenes, I love it

    • @obiwankenobi9141
      @obiwankenobi9141 3 роки тому +8

      She has made it clear that she’s a massive Python fan.

  • @vardellsfolly5200
    @vardellsfolly5200 5 років тому +106

    Jeff Vader is one of the most recognizable villains in the history of cinema.

  • @pcaviator687
    @pcaviator687 5 років тому +59

    Best bit ever! I've seen this 50 times or more and it never gets old.

  • @MyLatestEscape
    @MyLatestEscape 10 років тому +188

    Never gets old.

  • @Miicheto
    @Miicheto 2 роки тому +11

    2022 still the most brilliant comedy bit ever, gets me every time.....period

  • @RANDOMPOKING987
    @RANDOMPOKING987 12 років тому +180

    "What star is that?
    The death star.
    What does it do?
    IT DOES DEATH!"
    I fell off my chair xD

  • @stevenspenneberg7407
    @stevenspenneberg7407 6 років тому +468

    Every time I see a stack of trays. I think “this one is wet. This one is wet”

    • @melanieannpearson4640
      @melanieannpearson4640 5 років тому +1

      Love them, theyare Fabulous

    • @MRoth93
      @MRoth93 5 років тому +3

      same!

    • @Kasino80
      @Kasino80 5 років тому +1

      Me too

    • @susanshelit
      @susanshelit 5 років тому +4

      And a lot of times they are!

    • @tedhead1986
      @tedhead1986 5 років тому +15

      STEVEN SPENNEBERG I work in a restaurant and one of my best friends also knows and loves this joke. Once in a while we grab the trays and go this one is wet this one is wet and one of us will go I’m sorry we dried it in a rainforest! And all the uncultured swine look at us like we are insane

  • @sarahcelik3393
    @sarahcelik3393 6 років тому +163

    this man is a genius

  • @cloudshifter
    @cloudshifter 2 роки тому +8

    This is my absolute favorite comical sketch, period.

  • @terencekreft482
    @terencekreft482 3 роки тому +41

    This is hilarious and I do not watch enough Eddie Izzard, New Years resolution.
    More Izzard!

  • @houndsofroses3727
    @houndsofroses3727 Рік тому +15

    This never fails to make me laugh 😂 in my early 20s i met a mr stevens in work... he actually worked in engineering but I used to call him head of catering. He always seemed so offended! But what made it funnier was that he would respond with "im not head of catering!" Lmao! I'm just hoping he saw this eventually or else im pretty sure he thinks i was just picking on him lol 😂

    • @oisyn-
      @oisyn- 2 місяці тому

      🤣 Did you ask if he could get you Jeff Vader's autograph?

    • @houndsofroses3727
      @houndsofroses3727 2 місяці тому

      @@oisyn- Missed opportunity! 🤣 Our big boss was actually called Geoff so I wish I had! Xxx

  • @ginamilligan9385
    @ginamilligan9385 4 роки тому +8

    I adore how he goes on brilliant little birdwalks, which result in more brilliant little birdwalks, (rinse & repeat)...and STILL manages to come back round to the point! When I digress too profoundly, the original train of thought derails & burns a firey death, never to be heard from again!

    • @nickgreen4731
      @nickgreen4731 3 роки тому +1

      I imagine that, like Frankie Howard before him, he rehearses those apparent ad libs exhaustively, so that what appears utterly spontaneous is actually a masterfully crafted concerto of crazy.

  • @domantlen6231
    @domantlen6231 6 років тому +226

    Monthy Pythons force is strong in him...

    • @o0xst
      @o0xst 5 років тому +2

      No Monty Python is not funny, this is funny.

    • @o0xst
      @o0xst 5 років тому +1

      @James Cook that is not even as funny as Portlandia which is not funny

    • @o0xst
      @o0xst 5 років тому

      We all have different ones. Glad you enjoy it.

    • @mr.sinister2029
      @mr.sinister2029 5 років тому +3

      @@o0xst you sir are lacking in sense of humor. Monty python is hilarious British humor.

    • @ellenmarch3095
      @ellenmarch3095 5 років тому

      doman tlen That was all I could think hearing him, too.

  • @MegaBiscuit888
    @MegaBiscuit888 5 років тому +33

    This is one of my favourite sketches of all time. I think of it regularly in the work canteen.

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 5 років тому +102

    This man ran 43 marathons in 51 days. Sometimes he runs double marathons.

    • @craigk621
      @craigk621 5 років тому +6

      But not in heels.

    • @chickenfriedbobcat6090
      @chickenfriedbobcat6090 5 років тому +1

      Sounds like he's running away from something.

    • @Cludnugget
      @Cludnugget 5 років тому +7

      Also I've heard he can kill you with a thought. Or a tray, if he so wished...

    • @sarahburton3110
      @sarahburton3110 4 роки тому +1

      Nautilus1972 amazing man ✨✨💕💕

    • @olrikparlez3152
      @olrikparlez3152 4 роки тому +10

      @@chickenfriedbobcat6090 Depends on perspective. The other half of the time he appears to be running towards something...like fund-raising.

  • @soulextracter
    @soulextracter 5 років тому +61

    This is the first time I see this sketch without LEGO x'D

    • @sarahc3295
      @sarahc3295 3 роки тому +1

      I first saw the Lego one in the military and the person I was dating at the time, either one of us would start by saying "... a Death Star Canteen yeah?" and we'd speak the whole sketch. Some people actually thought we were having a coded conversation which neither of us confirmed or denied

  • @AtlasBlizzard
    @AtlasBlizzard 9 місяців тому +3

    "I am Darth Vader. Lord Vader. I can kill you with a single thought."
    "Well, you'll still need a tray."
    Dead 😂

  • @daroth7127
    @daroth7127 4 місяці тому +3

    Legendary bit

  • @hungmanxxxx2462
    @hungmanxxxx2462 2 роки тому +5

    Eddie is a COMIC genius !!!!!!!!

  • @monkey7233
    @monkey7233 3 роки тому +4

    This made him a legend. Yet again.

  • @Battlescarred_Shogun
    @Battlescarred_Shogun 5 років тому +63

    "That's Jeff Vader that is!"

  • @claredodd1258
    @claredodd1258 4 роки тому +9

    I forgot how good Eddie is. Thanks for uploading. Xx

  • @arennotaaron8674
    @arennotaaron8674 5 років тому +40

    "..I could kill *me* with a thought!" XD

  • @unownnnn
    @unownnnn Рік тому +4

    I still think about this bit and many others years later. Fuck it, I'll get a tray 🤣

  • @katelemon2750
    @katelemon2750 Рік тому +1

    Eddie ThankYou forever for this 🙏🏽🤪🤗❤️

  • @mackiceicukice
    @mackiceicukice Рік тому +1

    I love you Eddie Izzard !

  • @deadnicedave
    @deadnicedave 2 місяці тому +1

    Hands down one of the funniest sketches ever done. 'Are you Mr Stevens' 😂😂😂😂 Jeff Vadar ha ha

  • @alastairthomsonmills-actor9702
    @alastairthomsonmills-actor9702 2 роки тому +2

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @chichienu
    @chichienu 5 років тому +10

    One of my favorite skits EVER!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @martm216
    @martm216 3 роки тому +9

    Just brilliant - I can't imagine anyone else doing this. Where does it come from? Well, from his mind I guess. The glorious interface of the fantastic world of Darth Vader and the ordinary down to earth prosaic world of the studio production canteen. The whole business about the tray is a flight of genius. I could never think of all that in a 1000 years.

  • @jerradmarsan2220
    @jerradmarsan2220 Рік тому +1

    Thank you mama Eddie from the States!

  • @RoyBattyLives
    @RoyBattyLives 3 роки тому +3

    Probably the best standup ever

  • @angietucker3536
    @angietucker3536 6 років тому +67

    He handles those heels wow

    • @NJ-wb1cz
      @NJ-wb1cz 5 років тому +11

      He is a marathon runner, he can kill you with those heels.

  • @johnboydojo
    @johnboydojo 5 років тому +12

    That's still So Good! Death by Tray always gets me 😂😂

  • @MaxPSVR
    @MaxPSVR 5 років тому +8

    Still a legend even today

  • @aileenpmartin
    @aileenpmartin 5 років тому +7

    Best stand-up comedian ever.

  • @edwardtupper6374
    @edwardtupper6374 5 років тому +68

    Well we wouldn't want Anakin to burn his hands would we

    • @SuperVstech
      @SuperVstech 5 років тому +4

      Edward Tupper the depth of the darkness to this comment is awe inspiring...

    • @Cludnugget
      @Cludnugget 5 років тому +2

      Ooh! Bur.... wait...

    • @tyrrany_reigns1
      @tyrrany_reigns1 3 роки тому +1

      Evsr since that incident on mustafar he doesnt like being burned 😂

    • @daytonagk2968
      @daytonagk2968 3 роки тому

      The better question is why didn’t he just say I can use the four veto hold the hot food

  • @Parafaragaramus1
    @Parafaragaramus1 3 роки тому +6

    Just bought some Arrabbiata sauce the other day and thought of this skit. Had no idea what it was before hand but right under Arrabbiata on the jar it just says spicy marinara. Can't wait to try it.

    • @oisyn-
      @oisyn- 2 місяці тому

      They served a Penne all'Arrabiata at a food court near my work. I ordered it once in Darth Vader's voice. Unfortunately the joke was lost on them, and I didn't even need a tray. And they had no peas either. I was really excited to try to push them up the tubes.

  • @ThatManOverThere
    @ThatManOverThere 5 років тому +24

    I like how this is technically canon under the old lore...and robot chicken.

  • @kyotocoversjimanderson782
    @kyotocoversjimanderson782 3 роки тому +6

    I've seen this dozens of times..... always has me laughing.

  • @nizzle1931
    @nizzle1931 11 років тому +24

    This is the funniest stand up about Star Wars I have ever heard!!!

  • @sarahburton3110
    @sarahburton3110 4 роки тому +4

    OMG. !!!! Iconic moment in comedy being witnessed right now!!!💥✨💥✨💥✨🥂🥂💛🧡❤️💜💙🌈🌸

  • @suecastillo4056
    @suecastillo4056 3 роки тому +3

    My favorite routine!!! Arrabiata!!! SO Fing funny!!!

  • @philipmonihan8222
    @philipmonihan8222 5 років тому +15

    Never seen anyone address Star Wars's numbering in this way.

  • @GameArchiver
    @GameArchiver 6 років тому +48

    I would love to see someone in a full Vader costume ordering food at a fast food place with a voice filter.

    • @kevingamache1512
      @kevingamache1512 5 років тому

      lemonny3663
      I seem to recall a commercial with fast food tie in and vader ordering. Probably 30 years ago.
      Could be wrong though

    • @tuckedup
      @tuckedup 5 років тому +1

      just drive up the M62 any random day

    • @audiegrider155
      @audiegrider155 3 роки тому +2

      What do you mean the Shamrock shake is seasonal? Do you know who I am?
      Jeff Vader?

  • @DrPhil-kx3ci
    @DrPhil-kx3ci 5 років тому +8

    I use to watch a lego version of this bit +10 years ago! Never had a clue it was from a standup!

  • @laura1443
    @laura1443 5 років тому +61

    Oh; I see....the food is hot. 😂😂😂

  • @KathrynwithaY
    @KathrynwithaY 3 місяці тому +3

    "I'll get a tray, fuck it" 😂

  • @oliviahancock2274
    @oliviahancock2274 5 років тому +9

    His makeup is so good! And that necklace 💕

    • @JaneDoe-ci3gj
      @JaneDoe-ci3gj 3 роки тому

      I know I'm got makeup envy. Love Eddie!💖

  • @finselbuch
    @finselbuch 3 роки тому +8

    This may be the funniest thing ever written.

  • @sarahkelly7328
    @sarahkelly7328 3 роки тому +4

    This never fails to have me crying with laughter 😂😂😂

  • @Tahkaullus01
    @Tahkaullus01 5 років тому +10

    Children! Count up to ten!
    Children: 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 7, Rogue One, 8, Solo, 9, Kenobi!

  • @shantibaku7394
    @shantibaku7394 4 роки тому +3

    “It does death” Mr. Izzard is so very cool XD

  • @AnnHattieAnn
    @AnnHattieAnn 11 років тому +8

    I adore this man!

  • @thestcroixkid
    @thestcroixkid 3 роки тому +7

    "...with your centaliters and milliliters and your fackin' combine harvesters..." lmfao

  • @1ness
    @1ness Рік тому

    Brilliant!

  • @Steve-jc3ww
    @Steve-jc3ww Рік тому +2

    I came back for "IT DOES DEATH, BUDDY!" 😂

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 2 роки тому +3

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

  • @jimoftehgray
    @jimoftehgray Рік тому

    😂😂😂 still so funny to watch years later!

  • @spacegay6030
    @spacegay6030 3 роки тому +10

    I can only see Eddie as a woman when watching these old videos now that she's come out. Like when I was first watching her shows, I just saw her as what she self-described herself as at the time; a man in women's clothing. But as I'm watching these shows all these years later, I can't see her as a man at all anymore. So proud of her for coming out ❤

    • @tmseh
      @tmseh 3 роки тому

      And then we have Kaitlyn Jenner.

    • @jasonfoster3111
      @jasonfoster3111 3 роки тому +1

      Yep. My transphobic dad is a fan of her. Welp, time to crush his soul :)

  • @fishpop
    @fishpop Рік тому +1

    This and the Cake Or Death routine were referenced in LEGO Skywalker Saga.

  • @bramburn
    @bramburn 2 роки тому

    brilliant!

  • @Gothilian
    @Gothilian 5 років тому +4

    I still love this part ;D

  • @MarshalTennerWinter
    @MarshalTennerWinter 5 років тому +19

    Izzard's scene in the Death Star cafe is still better than any scenes in The Last Jedi.

  • @thunderbearcourage
    @thunderbearcourage 5 років тому +9

    Jeff Vader is mentioned in the XXX version of Star Wars.

  • @napo3393
    @napo3393 Рік тому +1

    Antony hopkins in his legendary role in remains of the day plays a guy who is the head of catering called stevens

  • @malahammer
    @malahammer 3 роки тому +5

    Hilarious piece of surrealism :)

    • @malahammer
      @malahammer Рік тому

      still watching and laughing 2 years later.

    • @malahammer
      @malahammer Місяць тому

      And 3 years now.....

  • @RoyBattyLives
    @RoyBattyLives 3 роки тому

    The very best of the best ever

  • @Zerbey
    @Zerbey 4 місяці тому

    Eddie's definitely channeling some Monty Python with this sketch, pure genius.

  • @moderatrix
    @moderatrix 5 років тому +4

    Need that shirt and dinner & conversation with the human wearing it!

  • @markshaz8691
    @markshaz8691 5 років тому

    Brilliant.

  • @alanhutchins5221
    @alanhutchins5221 4 роки тому +8

    Of all the Easter Eggs they put in SW you'd think someone would kill someone with a tray wouldn't you......honestly??

  • @YeeSoest
    @YeeSoest 5 років тому +5

    " I'll have the Penne All'Arrabiatta "
    Oh my god, I was an easy kill here ^^

  • @Firehorsemoons
    @Firehorsemoons 5 років тому +8

    Does Eddie still doing stand up? I wish he’d tour the US

    • @CaliSwede
      @CaliSwede 5 років тому +1

      He does. I saw him not too long ago in San Francisco.

    • @jdh5069
      @jdh5069 4 роки тому +1

      OMG yes, he does tour!! I've seen him 5 times. NEVER gets old!!! He meets fans afterwards too.

  • @Raphoufoune
    @Raphoufoune 3 роки тому +1

    Did we dry these in a rainforest? Brillant

  • @MJ4coheed
    @MJ4coheed 5 років тому +6

    omg I havnt laughed like that in a long time.

  • @rachell4417
    @rachell4417 3 роки тому +1

    So funny. Don't mess with the kitchen ladles!!

  • @harrr53
    @harrr53 2 роки тому

    One of the best routines every.

  • @russtaylor2122
    @russtaylor2122 5 місяців тому

    Genius is a perhaps overused adjective in general praise of artistry, but applies here to Eddie. Running with the idea depending on audience reaction and participation. Love it. Same instinct as Stewart Lee...

  • @LtStone1
    @LtStone1 5 років тому +30

    Darth Vader: John Cleese
    1st Employee: Eric Idle
    2de Employee: Michael Palin
    Eddie: Graham Chapman

  • @matthewclifford2797
    @matthewclifford2797 5 років тому +7

    Love him he’s hilarious

  • @SwimminWitDaFishies
    @SwimminWitDaFishies 5 років тому +2

    His best look!

  • @tgwcl6194
    @tgwcl6194 6 років тому +4

    Great! :))

  • @romeo9017
    @romeo9017 3 роки тому

    I was the food and beverage manager at LWT - we had these characters every day ...

  • @ajones7271
    @ajones7271 5 років тому

    Dude is brilliant.

  • @vvvvvv2086
    @vvvvvv2086 6 років тому +3

    Genius.

  • @mworsley
    @mworsley 5 років тому +1

    Love him too funny