Jerry Seinfeld - Jerry Seinfeld on Comedy
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Artist: Jerry SeinfeldEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-07-24
Music Label: Laugh.Com
Soundtracks:
- First Time Funny
- Robert Klein's Influence
- Education
- Comedy Club Training
- Why Comedy?
- First Tonight Show Shot
- Technique
- Observations
- More Technique
- Joke Formats
- Writing
- Persona
- Taboo Topics
- The Art Of Comedy
- Dirty Material
- Confidence
- Motivation & Zen
- Timing
- Health
- Advice
Music reviews of Jerry Seinfeld on Comedy
Music Review: What now, Jerry?
Rating: 2 Stars
I hope no one actually *paid* for this CD. I got it at the public library, and while it's lightly entertaining, and probably even lighter in terms of its worth to aspiring comics, the overall effect is one of superficiality and amateurism.
For one thing, the interviewer, Larry Wilde, is NOT a good interviewer. As one reviewer pointed out, he talks too much, he answers his own questions, he asks dopey questions, questions that lack depth.
I realize that I may be run out of the universe on a rail, but Jerry Seinfeld's show, as far as I'm concerned, wasn't that great. *Very* overrated. In many markets, "Seinfeld" reruns are followed by reruns of "Everyone Loves Raymond," and "Everyone Loves Raymond," seems so much better: the acting, the writing, the conception of the characters. "Seinfeld," pales in comparison.
And so Jerry Seinfeld, it seems to me, is trapped. What has he done since "Seinfeld"?
-- A bee movie. Fine. If bees are your thing, go on with your bad self.
-- A documentary he produced about how he reconstructed his comedy act, joke-by-joke, from ground zero. ... Ok, mildly entertaining; but, in many ways, very sad. What next for "The Wandering Comedian"?
What can he do, the poor guy? I think he realizes that "Seinfeld" was what it was, to a large extent, because of the particular time it came into being. It was, if you will, "first on the field." Now, in retrospect, it seems, comedically, quite shallow.
As an astute student of comedy, I think that, in his heart of hearts, Jerry himself would have to admit that. The show is several notches below the quality of his stand-up routines, especially his pre-"Seinfled" HBO specials.
In fact, this CD, as much as it didn't strike me as particularly great, was more entertaining that any given "Seinfeld" episode.
And so what's poor Jerry doing? Answer: analyzing his career -- again and again and again. Who knows, being a Zen student, it may be a Zen/Nietzsche ("theory of eternal reccurence") thing with him.
I imagine he himself can't figure out just why his tv program was so successful.
Jerry Seinfeld is a very likeable person. I mean, how can you dislike the guy, he's relaxed, intelligent, ingratiating, tasteful. But how sad that he was so successful -- with a mediocre show -- that he now, I believe, is afraid to try anything new involving a mass audience.
Afraid because he knows that the success of "Seinfeld" is way out of proportion to not only the show's comedic value but also his limited talent. He's a damn good stand up comedian, but he's not in the league of "comedy greats," the title of this CD's series notwithstanding.
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