+deejaygrannie Sorry man... Honest mistake, just saw some newbies feel Paul McCartney has potential after collaborating with Kanye West a few week back.
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+panzerKO I'd give him a sitcom. 5 episodes or so. See how he goes...
I am amazed how Seinfeld can totally draw out so much unsaid humor of our modern lifestyles that everyone else overlooks. We really are missing something by not having him on TV anymore.
It might be something wrong with me, but I really find this funny. The way he says it all, the irony, the sober truth, his voice, these are priceless! I love his kind of stand-up comedy. By the way, he looks like he (almost) hasn't aged at all.
Entire audience fake laughing in the foreground. His act is what I imagine it would be like if Hollywood bigwigs decided to make a sitcom centred around a dull, unoriginal and unfunny performer and used "Wizard Of Oz" type smoke, mirrors and blindingly obvious PR propaganda in order to make many simple people think he was the funniest comedian ever. Oh, hang on...
@ The fact that this bit is old and they just put this out just shows how out of touch with the USPS most folks continue to be. We've been delivering packages and being robbed with these pre-paid pensions that it's ridiculous
I'm really starting to appreciate the genius and talent in Seinfeld. His observational style, his on stage confidence, and his storytelling are beyond amazing.
Nearly every word serves a purpose. If you've seen this guy write a comedy bit. Even if you haven't. He's not just a comedian, he's a performer. And I don't mean that in a smug way. I mean go watch some other stand up from this channel the come back and compare. Listen to the rhythm and the diction of the words. The choices of consonants, of vowels. The breathing. All while performing like a marionette. It's all so subtle though mostly, but it adds up to something intangible . There's a reason he's one of the kings. He's an artist. I hate him for his talent.
Grae Hall Exactly right! Making clever observations is just one part of Seinfeld. I think you might be referring to the New York Times video he did on how to write a joke. He polishes his words, his expressions, the rhyme and rhythm and his voice so much, after coming up with the joke. The finished product is like a brilliant diamond
Grae Hall Brilliantly put. Amazing how bloody good Seinfeld is. Consummate professional who makes it look so easy but this 5min stand up routine probably took hours and hours of rewrites & rehearsals. Superbly written; this should be compulsive viewing for any budding young comedian wanting to get started in stand-up comedy.
As a former carrier for the post office I can tell you why they are "struggling" so much... of course it would take months to accomplish... since the idiots running that place are so incompetent... Jerry nailed it right on the head when he said that they are using technology from 1630!!! I've always loved Jerry, he's a great comedian, but now he's an even bigger hero in my eyes!!! For those of you who work for the post office, you know exactly what I'm talking about... for those who don't work there, just wait for my book that's coming out. The entire corruption will be exposed and then EVERYONE will know how fucked up the postal service is. You ROCK, Jerry... YOU ROCK!!!
It's true that this specific bit wasn't all that funny, but still... people need to keep in mind that he is, in fact, one of the all time comedic giants. He personified intellectual comedy. His observational skills made him an icon in the stand up world. Sure, this video isn't one of his highlights. No where near it. But show some respect.
Yes! I can relate with everything he said. And that is why Jerry is hilarious. The love he puts into his work, such gifted talent, his well crafted material makes him the brilliant comedian he is.
+Creepy Random Guy That doesn't make any sense, if you're perusing to be a comedian you have to find yourself funny and find humor in the jokes you're making.
+Dylan Podborny you can find humor in your own jokes but it doesn't make sense to laugh when you know what's coming and you've practiced it 1000 times before. Comedians who laugh at their own jokes aren't really laughing they just think it helps.
+Creepy Random Guy I agree to a extent that some comedians do it but when you're performing live there may be reactions from the crowd that may cause them to laugh after the joke, kevin hart does it all the time and i don't think he does it intentionally to make others laugh more.
Everyone has different taste in humor. I love Jerry Seinfeld's work and as an added and very special bonus love that he never uses curse words. Endlessly refreshing.
ok so i was at his act a few weeks ago and he did this bit and i just want to let you all know it seems poor here, but the way he performed it ran a lot smoother and longer time-wise. he had as many hours as he wanted and performed it brilliantly
that was awesome! I can't believe that there's so much criticism in this comment section. professional comedians with Actual Insight into this performance wouldn't have so much criticism
Solar Flare and how do you reach that conclusion? I love Jim Jeffries, and you need to watch all of about 30 seconds to know what kind of comedy he does.
According to you if people don't find something funny then that means it must be because it's not a sex jokes or have cussing in it. Did you ever think that maybe the clip just wasn't that funny? Sit down little kid.
PS the whole idea of him being intelligent is that he doesn't have to do toilet humor because he has a brain and he makes us laugh by using comedy from current events literature history politics medicine etc. he is so refreshing there is no one like him!
Jerry's one of the funniest people ever. He seems like he's "clean cut" but he just believes if you have to swear in your act to make it funnier, then you're not a good enough comedian. The man!
While this may not be his best performance, Seinfeld has been killing it for decades and is a comic legend. How many of today's comic performances can claim to have no cursing, no slander, no negative racial elements, no crudeness or lewdness? These guys can't top themselves forever. Seinfeld may or may not continue to be relevant, but really there is not a lot left to prove.
I really like Seinfeld, but I found this stand up to be somewhat lacking. The gay French king bit was funny though. AND, I LOVED the nod to Johnny Carson at the end. If Carson waved you over after your set, you KNEW you made it!
He's one of the most clever and innovative comedians of all time. There's really no disputing that. And Seinfeld was the funniest, greatest and most well written tv show of all time. I can't even watch other sitcoms because all I think is "I'd rather be watching Seinfeld"
gregg mikulla i hope you are being sarcastic i think malcolm in the middle was better written and more funny, i hate shows it canned laughs, where they are like "here! laugh here! did you laugh here?" the plot of seinfeld, which im currently watching right now is SO simple, the characters are so unrealistic and if they were realistic, i would think that they are some sociopaths, kramer is hilarious sometimes, but the rest are really annoying, especially jerry, then george and then elaine i dont know if you are american or not, or it has something to do with your sense of humor, but im watching season 4 of seinfeld and the show so far only made me laugh five or six times at best i cant recall of a show that was really funny to me, not even malcolm in the middle, because my sense of humor is tickled mostly by specific absurdisms and dark humor or black comedy for me seinfeld and most of american comedy is so primitive, when i lived on cape cod for a summer and i flipped all the other bulgarians, so for five months i was only with americans, and when we hung out, i would say something thats barely funny to me and they would laugh their asses off if you find seinfeld to be funny for you, then good for you, this means that if simple things like seinfeld can make you laugh your ass off for five hours straight, you are one happy person
Addressing the quotes Jerry joked about, "it is what it is'.... but there is more to the quote that is important...., "but it becomes what you make it". That quote got me through two bouts of breast cancer 10 years ago.
Watching this, it's amazing to think he changed the face of comedy. I mean, it's quite weak. I think Larry David had a lot more to do with Seinfeld's success than Seinfeld himself.
David did have a lot to do with it, however in my opinion the funniest seasons were 8 & 9 where it was just Jerry. And his stand up used to be the best there's ever was. Now that he's a billionaire he probably just half assed's his routine. Why wouldn't he?
