His new special just dropped on Netflix, so my wife and I watched this last night. At first I was not laughing-- it felt like more of the same, just an older and crankier version of his same old shtick from the 90’s. At one point I gave my wife the “want to keep watching?” glance, but she was enjoying it more than I was at that time.
But then around the second half, I’m not sure if he actually got funnier, but he got in a comedy rhythm and his material started landing more with me. I enjoyed the second half much more than the first. He certainly wasn’t phoning it in-- he was really giving it his all, and I think overall his energy carried what felt like slightly creaky, “done” feeling material.
I saw it last night. Laughed a few times, not much.
I gotta tell you, it’s REALLY hard to get me to laugh at standup comedy these days. You need to push some edges and everybody’s too afraid to do that nowadays for fear of getting cancelled.
I only saw a commercial for the first time yesterday and it’s definitely something I’m looking forward to. I really enjoy JS; for me it doesn’t really even matter what his material is.
I would say the first half was funnier, but the main takeaway for me was that he *was *still very funny. It’s kind of a huge relief since this is his first real new special since 1998/1999.
So glad to see that he is still very funny. When he said he was 65, I actually had to look it up. He looks great.
I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I’ve seen him do shorter routines over the last 20 years and they fell kind of flat. This material was excellent. Very impressive stuff from Jerry.
I watched it but wasn’t too impressed. Probably laughed three or four times.
Seinfeld has never been a good comedian IMO. He is funnier on comedians in cars when his humor is spontaneous from what I’ve seen so I went in with low expectations and wasn’t let down.
I see, I said “it sucked, then it was great” and the reviewer said “it was great, then it sucked”. Well, such a fine line between “sucks” and “great”, after all…
I thought parts of it were hilarious and well-crafted bits. I laughed a lot. The guy looks great for 65, especially compared to when he was doing Comedians in Cars, where he looked pouchy and paunchy and the short hair thing just wasn’t working. Here, he looked fit and has let his hair grow back some. My wife thinks he looks like he may have had a bit of cosmetic enhancement.
I do agree that he’s perhaps funnier on Comedians in cars but I liked his special. I think he’s underrated as a comedian. On top of that I like his outlook on life and how he’s unapologetic about his own success. But watching him unscripted is always better. I love how you can see his mind looking for the humor of any subject.
That being said, George Carlin is in my opinion the best comedian who ever lived.
Me too! Dearly if that’s possible. I would love to know his thoughts on our current situation. Above the comedy he had a philosophical insight that’s so much needed. perspicacity is a word i never get to use.
Found it mildly amusing. Observational humor is not always my favorite but I do appreciate fresh takes on relatable things that no one has thought to touch on before. Modern situations or current events.
It kind of slips into the lazy territory when a comedienne has to revert back to the “married couples just don’t understand each other” shtick that everyone has heard a million times. It elicits cheap laughs but with a massive emphasis on cheap.
“Marriage. AmIRight? Hahahaha.”
Louis CK got ‘cancelled’ because he took his dick out and masturbated in front of unsuspecting women. Before that, he gleefully pushed boundaries, often hilariously. Was there someone else whose career ended because they were too edgy?