Ha - I saw Eddie as a man back in the 90s at the old Town and Country CLub 2 at Highbury Corner (same bill as Jo Brand, and Sean Hughes (RIP), what a night. Loved her ever since (I dont she has transitioned although she has been through various gender identities, was at one time a transvestite man and now I think calls herself gender fluid. She also ran something like 43 marathons in 7 weeks with little training in an effort that was herculean).

Her comedy is off the wall and the wiki description serves it well. But Maybe the most famous piece she has done is the lego Darth Vader piece, take a look at this and tell me this isnt one of the funniest and cleverest things ever!

www.youtube.com/watch

and a wider variety of her stuff

www.youtube.com/watch

L16:  Charles Broom WR 821 defeated Jack Pinnington Jones WR 743 by 0 & 1

L16:  Harry Wendelken WR 1019 defeated (Q) Roi Ginat (ISR) WR 1724 by 3-6 6-3 6-2

L16:  (4) Arthur Féry WR 742 defeated (LL) Alessandro Procopio (ITA) W 1612 by 2 & 1

*****

QF:  (1) Kai Wehnelt (GER) WR 644 (CH = 513 in September 2019) vs Charles Broom WR 821
QF:  Harry Wendelken WR 1019 vs Sidane Pontjodikromo (NED) WR 1200 (CH = 833 in December 2018)

QF:  Stylianos Christodoulou (CYP) WR 1758 (= CH) vs (4) Arthur Féry WR 742

Go Brits !

(And tx, Jon,I'll have a look at the clip for my supposed doppelganger later today - look forward to it )

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Harry W takes down the King of Israel, winning in three sets.

Given that the Israeli beat Henry Patten yesterday, that's a very nice result.

Well done, Harry

One of our 'other' 2001-ers - he's making his way very nicely, keep going, lad ......

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 Youll have to help CD! How does Roi Ginat become the King of Israel?! 

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 Because he's Israeli? And because Roi means King in French? 

(Yeah, I know, they don't speak French in Israel, but when do little things like that stand in the way ? )

Not high-tech, I'm afraid, but it's Chanukah as the moment, so friends tell me, so I thought it topical..... that's my excuse....

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 Are you Eddie Izzard in real life 

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 Here is one just for you CD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1sQkEfAdfY

Eddie Izzard doing standup in French, sort of

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QF: (2) Charles Broom & Henry Patten CR 1451 (766+685) def. Eduardo Cohen & Roi Ginat (ISR/ISR) UNR 6-1 6-0

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QF:  (4) Sean Hodkin & Harry Wendelken CR (1498+1665) defeated Dennis Dragomirov & Nikolay Nedelchev (GER/BUL) CR 4115 (2329+1786) by 6-4 6-7(5) [10-2]

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SF:  (1) Sidane Pontjodikromo & Kai Wehnelt (NED/GER) CR 1237 (830+407) vs (4) Sean Hodkin & Harry Wendelken CR (1498+1665)

SF:  Tomas Lanik & Pijus Vaitiekunas (SVK/LTU) CR 3559 (1893+1666) vs (2) Charles Broom & Henry Patten CR 1451 (766+685)

And it looks like Arthur has won by walkover

Harry lost in three sets