Definite Article

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Definite Article
Definite Article cover
Stand-up comedy by Eddie Izzard
Released 1996
Recorded 1996
Genre Stand-up comedy
Length 108 minutes
Label Universal Pictures Video
Director(s) Ed Bye
Eddie Izzard video chronology
Unrepeatable Definite Article Glorious

Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzard's 1996 performance released on video and CD. The video/DVD and CD performances were both recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, England. Both recordings cover topics such as The Italian Job, Pavlov's dogs and European languages. Izzard released Glorious the next year in 1997.

Contents

  1. Shaftesbury Theatre
  2. Thimbles & Animals
  3. Supermarkets
  4. Old Ladies
  5. Dog Food
  6. Squeezy Squeezy Things
  7. Shoplifting
  8. Best Laid Plans
  9. Suffering Fools
  10. Latin and French
  11. France Exchange Trip
  12. Being European
  13. Romans
  14. Hannibal
  15. Handshakes
  16. Being Cool
  17. Parrots
  18. Beachy Head Suicide
  19. James Bond
  20. Chemistry
  21. Einstein
  22. Pavlov's Cats
  23. Big Bang Salmon

At the beginning of the show (as seen on the DVD), Eddie arrives on stage through a huge book which opens to reveal him sitting at the top of a staircase. The backdrop then closes and from then on the background changes at various intervals with words from selected literature projected onto the pages of the huge book, with every word "the" replaced with "definite article". The chosen selections are:


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