An Eddie Moment

[tinhuviel]

But it – back in the 60s, though, back in the 60s, President Kennedy became the President of the United States of America. And uh, and he we – he went to Berlin. Went – stood on the Berlin wall and he said, “People of Berlin…” “[bad Kennedy impersonation] People of Berlin.” I can’t do an impression of President Kennedy so this is… “People of Berlin. Amy dumped – ” No, James Mason playing uh, um… “People of Berlin, I have come to you to tell you something about the American states – what is – I – I sound a bit God, don’t I? But I have come to say to you that every free citizen of the world is a citizen of Berlin. And I wish to say to you, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner.’ ” And the crowd went fucking wild.

Trouble is, “Ich bin ein Berliner” means “I am a donut,” and uhh… This is true, and this is what he said, he said “I am a donut!” And, as I say, 70% of how you look, 20% of how you sound, only 10% is what you say. He said “I am a donut” and they went *wild*! You know. Because “Ich bin Berliner” is “I am a Berliner.” But “Ich bin *ein* Berliner,” is – that’s the name of a donut they have there. And it’s like going to Frankfurt – “I am a Frankfurter!” “Yeah, we’ve heard about that one, Jackie.” Hamburg – “I am a Hamburger, too!” It – lucky he didn’t do a tour of Germany, heh. “I am a Hamburger, a Frankfurter, and a donut.”

But the – it – the people in Berlin must’ve gone, “It – what did – what did he say?” “He said he was a donut!” “I thought he said he was a donut too!” “So what does that mean?” “It’s a slang! It’s American! He’s a donut! He’s a fucking donut. Fucking donut, a fucking donut, a fucking donut. He’s a fucking donut. I think that’s what it must mean.

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[evcelt.livejournal.com]

Random and BadKitty played that tape for me last year. I nearly split a gut laughing. So did the Vortex, when she got to see it. It's on my must-have DVD list now...

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[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I've seen it so many times, I think I could recite it outright. Eddie Izzard is a genius.