Jerome allen jerry seinfeld born april 29, 1954 is an american standup comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, best known for playing a semifictional version of himself in the sitcom seinfeld 19891998, which he cocreated and co. Jun 11, 2015 jerry seinfeld, amy schumer, john oliver, and every other comic got into comedy because they want to make people laugh. Seinfeld stemmed from nbcs interest in jerry seinfeld s starring role in a television special of his own creation, jerry s standup confidential in 1987. Jerry seinfeld returns to his standup roots in a breezy netflix comedy special. In case you were getting ideas that jerry seinfelds standup act might be a bit rusty these days, think again the cocreator of seinfeld and new beacon theatre resident dropped a strong. Kramer turned out to be a fool, spouting racist shit in his standup. Feb 21, 20 joel hodgson and jerry seinfeld in a series of shorts appearing in the hbo comedy special stand up confidential from 1987. In february 2010, seinfeld premiered a reality tv series called the marriage ref on nbc.
I fell in love with them and im just as fascinated with stand up comedy today. He made a show about nothing and the impact of his show, seinfeld, which ended in 1998, is so huge that till this day viewers. Joel hodgson and jerry seinfeld in stand up confidential. There are 180 episodes of seinfeld, over nine seasons that finally ended in 1998. April 1954 in brooklyn, new york city, new york ist ein usamerikanischer standup comedian, schauspieler. Bobby wheat jerry seinfeld hosts standup and win, a game show where comedians dana carvey, adam sandler, rob schneider compete for cash prizes by answering topical questions with seinfeld. Jan 28, 2017 jerry seinfeld was slammed for an insensitive black lives matter tweet he sent out on thursday, january 26, in conjunction with his crackle series comedians in cars getting coffee read more. Martin performed his first comedy gig in 30 years but seinfeld was the star, with a. Seinfeld paired with larry david, a comedian and writer from new york, to create the show. Dec 23, 2012 in stand up circles, seinfeld is a towering figure, revered for the sharpness of his eye as he scrutinizes subjects large marriage, death and small answeringmachine protocol, 5hour energy drink. Seinfelds nowinfamous rebuff of a hugseeking kesha during an exceedingly awkward red. Apr 29, 2016 jerry seinfeld defined the genre of comedy like nobody before him.
Comedian barely wastes a word with slick standup by martin boulton updated august 7, 2017 9. More recently, seinfeld has been the creator and host of the web series comedians in cars getting coffee. Jerry seinfeld, amy schumer, john oliver, and every other comic got into comedy because they want to make people laugh. Jerome allen jerry seinfeld born april 29, 1954 is an american standup comedian, and creator of the 1990s television phenomenon seinfeld. I would put vintageera jerry seinfeld in that category, too which makes his new netflix special, jerry seinfeld. Comedian is the name of a standup performance produced by jerry seinfeld, directed by christian charles, a video released on th may 2003.
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Standup confidential is a 1987 standup comedy special and the first starring jerry seinfeld with some skit inserts which were cowritten by joel hodgson. Standup confidential 1987 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Joel hodgson and jerry seinfeld in a series of shorts appearing in the hbo comedy special stand up confidential from 1987. Comedian is a 2002 documentary focusing on jerry seinfeld that explores the other side of stand up comedy. Sep 17, 2017 jerry seinfeld returns to his stand up roots in a breezy netflix comedy special. With bernadette birkett, jimmy brogan, john carney, suzanne ekerling. Jerry seinfelds kesha snub has been immortalized as street art. Seinfeld is often described as an observational comedian. Seinfeld married that sheathed of a wife and seem utterly humorless now. For stand up comic and sitcom icon jerry seinfeld, that place was comic strip live, the. Jerry seinfeld personal archives when i was ten years old, i started watching stand up comedians on tv. Jerry seinfeld puts his hands up and leaves a theater during an episode of curb your enthusiasm.
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Seinfeld created the seinfeld chronicles with larry david in 1989 for nbc. Jerry seinfelds new netflix special puts his comic life into perspective after more than 40 years in the business, seinfeld revisits the clubs where he got his start. Bobby wheat jerry seinfeld hosts stand up and win, a game show where comedians dana carvey, adam sandler, rob schneider compete for cash prizes by answering topical questions with seinfeld. The film also features an upandcoming comic named orny adams as he struggles to make it in show business. Worldrenowned comedian and observational humorist jerry seinfeld has a new look. Uses little to no profanity in his act, unlike most other standup comedians. In this episode, jerry struggles to get a hospitalized friend to laugh, george persists in dating a woman he doesnt like to avoid being perceived as unable to commit, and kramer encourages his friend mickey abbott to wear lifts in order to keep his job. In the hourlong special, jerry seinfeld returns to the comic strip in new york city for an intimate standup set at the club that helped launch his career, a netflix press release said. Rick lyman joined him trawling for material in manhattan.