Jerry Before Seinfeld

TV Special
2017
TV-14
1h 2m

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Jerry Seinfeld in Jerry Before Seinfeld (2017)

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage at the comedy club where he began his career to recount his early life.Comedian Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage at the comedy club where he began his career to recount his early life.Comedian Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage at the comedy club where he began his career to recount his early life.

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7.0/10

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 nomination total

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Jerry Seinfeld

Self

Jimmy Brogan

Self - Special Guest

Mark Schiff

Self - Special Guest

Carolyn Liebling

Self - Jerry's Sister
(archive footage)

Johnny Carson

Self - Tonight Show Host
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Andy Kaufman

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Ed Koch

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Jay Leno

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Richard Pryor

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- Michael Bonfiglio
Writer
- Jerry Seinfeld
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Trivia
Jerry used many of his jokes from past performances for this film.

Goofs
While joking about landing at LaGuardia Airport, he mentioned having to go through customs. As a native New Yorker, he should know LaGuardia is not an international airport in the sense there is no U.S. Customs office there. (They DO land international flights there, mostly from Canada, but those passengers are pre-cleared before boarding the planes.)

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Jerry Seinfeld: I was SO nervous that night, because I was showing them this whole side of myself. It was like my little gay closet moment, ya know, where I had to say, "Mom, dad, I don't know how to tell you this, but I'm a funny person. And, uh, I don't wanna be ashamed of it any more, and I wanna lead a funny life style, now. I wanna be with other funny people, I wanna have breakfast at two in the afternoon."
Jerry Seinfeld: And the other thing was meeting girls - in the bar, out there. That was a new thing, to, because comedians sometimes have a little difficulty in normal social situations. I can do THIS, for some reason. And I always felt comfortable doing what I'm doing right now. I can talk to all of YOU, but I can't talk to ANY of you.

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7/10

Thank God no weed & jokes.

I've been on a standup binge lately, both in English and Spanish. It is a breath of fresh air to hear an OG great comic do a whole set without talking about weed and jobs. I'm a Millennial and I'm burnt out going to garbage shows and watching trash specials that rely on weed and sex as their whole set. Love Jerry's light observational humor here. Nothing that will have you crying laughing, but a nice way to spend an hour.