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He has taken his 鈥淔orce Majeure鈥� tour to 27 countries 鈥� one more than his closest competition for the title.

鈥淚鈥檓 claiming it鈥檚 a world record for comedy ... until people tell me otherwise,鈥� the British comedian/actor said during a phone call from France last month.

He now wants to unseat the rock-and-roll world record, which he thinks is 51 countries. But there鈥檚 not much time: In five years, Izzard said he will put his entertainment career on hold to run for London mayor.

It鈥檚 not an entirely original idea, he concedes: Arnold Schwarzenegger served two terms as California鈥檚 governor and successfully returned to his acting career. And American comedian Al Franken is serving his second term in the United States Senate.

He checked the U.S. off his list decades ago, but now he鈥檚 going state by state and city by city, including Tucson.

鈥淚鈥檝e never been to Tucson but Tucson has been in my brain because of Western films,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here seems to be something wild westy happening in Tucson, which I鈥檓 sure Tucson isn鈥檛 that anymore. There are parts of America that live in me as a mention in a film, as a scene in a film.鈥�

The 53-year-old standup and star of movies including 鈥淥cean鈥檚 Twelve,鈥� 鈥淥cean鈥檚 Thirteen鈥� and 鈥淰alkyrie鈥� is going on a double date with Tucson: Two shows, two nights, 48 hours to find that wild westy thing.

So what can we expect from Izzard鈥檚 show?

鈥淚t鈥檚 called 鈥楩orce Majeure,鈥� which means major force. Literally it鈥檚 in every English-speaking contract going. They call it act of God or force of nature; I call it force of nature because I don鈥檛 believe in God,鈥� he explained. 鈥淚 think we have to be our own forces of nature to get through this world and to push back against the forces of greed and self-involvement, which exist in politics and these huge businesses.鈥�

Drawing on his early influences 鈥� Monte Python, Steve Martin and Richard Pryor 鈥� he performs material that鈥檚 intelligent, yet silly.

鈥淚t goes from human sacrifice to Darth Vader fighting God over spaghetti carbonara to squirrels with guns, moles digging for gold,鈥� Izzard said. 鈥淎lso some medieval kings. Loads of weird stuff in there.鈥�

Some of us will get it; some of us will be entirely lost.

鈥淚鈥檝e found that mainstream audiences will not swing with my stuff. They will get a little confused by my stuff,鈥� Izzard said. 鈥淏ut the switched-on people, the students, people who would have been students, that audience just gets it because I鈥檓 playing around with logic. It鈥檚 intelligent but very silly.鈥�