The return of Pantscat
Posted: April 29th, 2006 | Filed under: Review | Tags: amsterdam, april 19th, attitude, british comedian, british comedians, connoly, cunning plan, eddie izzard, eleven years, enfield, fame, guts, hd, hell, hing, incarnations, obsession, pleasure, succesful website, whirlwind affair | Comments Off
Eleven years ago, I saw British comedian Eddie Izzard perform a show in Amsterdam. Not long after, I set up a website about him, which ran in various incarnations from ’95 to ’2000. It was my most succesful website, at least until we set up Whedonesque.com.
I hooked up an old HD to my computer yesterday, and found the most recent backup of the site, made just before I took the site off line in 2000. Among the files were two original pieces I wrote. They are a review and an interview, both of which I’d like to share with you again, starting with the review.
I’ve also put part of the site back online, not originally created by me, but given to me to host. It gives me great pleasure to present: Pantscat!, an early Izzard creation.
The review follows after the break. I haven’t followed Izzard’s career the past five years. I stopped ‘believing’ and thought he was a bit too calculating, too eager in the quest for fame. Not a lot of soul. Then I just lost interest. But this was written at the height of my comparatively brief obsession with the man who said ‘Jam!’
