“And we're going, "Oh, Captain Clever! Whoa-ho-ho! Rattle it, and if it doesn't go off, it can't be a bomb!"”

— Eddie Izzard

Live at the Ambassadors (1993)

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British stand-up comedian, actor and writer 1962

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