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Jerry
Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld
He has become
one of the most popular comedians in America and
throughout the world. He was born on April 29,
1954 in Brooklyn, but was raised in Massapequa.
After he graduated from Queens College he began
performing his stand-up.
At first, he
used to sell light bulbs over the telephone and
fake jewelry on the street. He became known when
he was regulary invited to the "Late Night
With David Letterman" and "The Tonight
Show". In 1990, he decided to create his own
sitcom with his partner, Larry David. He said it
was "a show about nothing", since it
dealt mainly with everyday life of the
characters. During nine seasons, the series beat
all the records and won a lot of fans around the
entire world.
He has also
appeared in his own HBO special, "Jerry
Seinfeld's Stand-up Confidential" and in
1994 he hosted "Abbott and Costello Meet
Jerry Seinfeld", an NBC special about the
team that Seinfeld liked when he was a youth. He
was also guest on "The Barbara Walters
Special" and "Larry King Live",
among others.
In 1998, Jerry
Seinfeld decided to end the series with a grand
finale. After that, all the fans who wanted more
made a success out of his book called SeinLanguage and
his CD I'm
Telling You For The Last Time.
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Some of
his stand-up comedy
- I once
had a leather jacket that got ruined in
the rain. Why does moisture ruin leather?
Aren't cows outside a lot of the time?
When it's raining, do cows go up to the
farmhouse, "Let us in! We're all
wearing leather! Open the door! We're
going to ruin the whole outfit
here!"
- Are
there keys to a plane? Maybe that's what
those delays are sometimes, when you're
just sitting there at the gate. Maybe the
pilot sits up there in the cockpit going,
"Oh, I don't believe this. Dammit..
I did it again." They tell you it's
something mechanical because they don't
want to come on the P.A. system,
"Ladies and gentlemen, we're going
to be delayed here on the ground for a
while. I uh..Oh, God this is so
embarrassing... I, I left the keys to the
plane in my apartment. They're in this
big ashtray by the front door. I'm sorry,
I'll run back and get them."
- Buying
clothes is always tricky. But when
there's loud music playing, it really
throws your judgement. You look at stuff
like, "Hey, if there was a cool
party and I was a cool guy, this might be
a cool shirt." You get it home,
there's no music, there's no party, and
you're not a cool guy. You're the same
chump, 75 bucks lighter.
- Did you
ever notice, when you are sitting at a
red light, that when the person in front
of you pulls up a couple of inches, you
are compelled to move up too? Do we
really think we are making progress
toward our destination? "Wow! I
thought we would be late, but now that I
am nine inches closer, I can stop for
coffee and a danish!"
You can find a
lot more in his book SeinLanguage, which
I strongly recommend!
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