Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: And before I say goodbye to 2017, I want to talk one more time about jazz chickens. Comedian Eddie Izzard was here with me in the studio earlier this year to talk about his book "Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, And Jazz Chickens." And we talked about a lot of stuff. We couldn't get everything in, so I wanted to share it again and include the part about the tigers and some other things that didn't make it the first time around. So yes, there will be tigers. And first - jazz chickens. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) EDDIE IZZARD: Cows go roo (ph). Sheep go meh (ph). Ducks go quack. Pigs go oink, all of them. Chickens go cockle-doodle-do (ph) unless you wedge a trumpet on their face. MCEVERS: If you are a fan of Izzard's surreal standup comedy, you probably can tell where this is going. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) IZZARD: (Imitating trumpet). Farmer's wife going, what's that? That's jazz chicken. (LAUGHTER) IZZARD:
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