Review: Jerry Seinfeld

I was fortunate enough to be at Jerry Seinfeld last night at the queen Elizabeth theater. The city itself has been pretty fortunate in terms of big name stand up comics. Last few years we’ve had Bill Cosby, Robin Williams, and a few visits from Chris Rock, most recently, now, Jerry Seinfeld. So, four names that wouldn’t feel out of place on a top ten stand up comics of all time. Don’t email me and remind me that dane Cook and Russell Peters have come through, because those two, while they may be popular at the moment are nowhere close to the four names I mentioned. Back to last night, Mario Joyner, opened for the one time king of NBC, and if you saw Chris rock a couple of years ago, you recognized the name, face, and routine. He was funny, but he did the exact same routine as a few years back. So, unless it was your first time seeing the Chris Rock Show alum, he was a little disappointing. Jerry Seinfeld ran and sashayed across stage, his entrance, almost a surprise. Once the standing ovation calmed down, he spent the next hour and a half or so talking about everything from 5 hour energy drinks (who’s working 1 to 6?) to bathroom stalls (is it really that expensive to build that door to the ground?) and of course, plenty of jokes about family, marriage, and our obsession with coffee and gadgets. His humor was exactly what you’d expect, everyday and very relate able, clever observations. Seinfeld is a very clean comedian, so even when he throws in the odd ‘ass’, its almost distracting. He looked comfortable and in control the entire night, and at surprisingly spry 58 years old, he proved he could still make you laugh. The only bad thing was, while there was a Q and A the night before, there wasn’t on either show last night. The venue was great, and kudos to the QE theater for not raping people when it comes to parking. After years of recent gouging at the hands of ‘event parking’ within a 20 mile radius of Rogers arena, paying $40 for an unprotected parking stall seemed to be in line again. QE charged $10 on the night, not bad.