Jerry Before Seinfeld: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: September 19, 2017

Summary: The first of two specials on Netflix from the comedian features a return to the Comic Strip Live (where he had his professional debut) stage interspersed with old audio clips, photos and home movies.

Genre(s): Comedy

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Ken Tucker

Sep 19, 2017

It was such a pleasure to sink down into these jokes with Seinfeld, such a treat to be carried along by such a confident professional. It’s rare to be treated this way by any piece of current entertainment; enjoy his achievement here. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Sep 18, 2017

There's always another bon mot, and the occasional dud humor in Jerry Before Seinfeld in no way detracts from the larger pleasures of watching this peerless comedian pay tribute to his roots. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Sep 18, 2017

I laughed a lot during Jerry Before Seinfeld. ... It's an interesting and novel approach for a comedian, something like when singers in their later years--Frank Sinatra or Joni Mitchell or Elvis Costello--revisit songs recorded in younger ones to find different shadings in a different register. Read full review

Verne Gay

Sep 18, 2017

Watching Seinfeld knock out the oldies-but-goldies is indeed watching someone do what they were born to do. He’s a master technician who cuts through the material at a high rate of speed, while using pantomime to fill in the blanks or give the punchline a steroid boost. Read full review

Dennis Perkins

Sep 19, 2017

Jerry Before Seinfeld sees the comic deliver a crowd-pleasing set (to a vocally pleased crowd) of the intimately familiar observational shtick that made him into the very megastar he and Bowie goofed on almost 20 years ago. ... [But] Jerry Before Seinfeld forms an unsatisfying portrait of the artist as a young comic. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Sep 18, 2017

Its packaging notwithstanding, Jerry Before Seinfeld doesn’t feel much different than any other Seinfeld concert or talk-show appearance, except for the old photos, Seinfeld family home movies, and archival footage of young Seinfeld doing stand-up. ... Luckily, it’s a good collection of jokes and stories. Read full review

The Daily Beast Kevin Fallon

Sep 19, 2017

That might be the crux of the problem with Jerry Before Seinfeld. It’s certainly pleasant, and anyone who is a fan of his will chuckle their way through it. But it’s unclear what we’re being sold here. Read full review

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muldjord

Sep 19, 2017

I loved it! Plenty of good jokes and laughs in there. I could do that. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I could. I just never had the time.

I wanna watch 'Seinfeld' now.

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jonnybgoode

Sep 29, 2017

My expectations were modest, and they were exceeded. I thought the show would be more of a tedious documentary, but the historical portion was woven well into the stand-up, which comprises most of the show.

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Scraper

Sep 19, 2017

It was slightly disappointing to be able to pick out material that Jerry did over the past thirty years. As a fan, I still find him charming and enjoy his rather innocuous topics. I think he would've been better served to do completely new stuff. As a fan of the show and the man, there wasIt was slightly disappointing to be able to pick out material that Jerry did over the past thirty years. As a fan, I still find him charming and enjoy his rather innocuous topics. I think he would've been better served to do completely new stuff. As a fan of the show and the man, there was the feeling that this is a retread.… Expand

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ourman

Sep 20, 2017

I loved Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and I think at this stage in his career that is what Jerry does best. He is a really engaging person. I like hearing his views on everything and one on one he's a really endearing interviewer.

But the stand up routines in this show are so overused.I loved Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and I think at this stage in his career that is what Jerry does best. He is a really engaging person. I like hearing his views on everything and one on one he's a really endearing interviewer.

But the stand up routines in this show are so overused. I've heard them all before. It just felt lazy. Not to mention the fact that, he was also so familiar with them that he just zipped through them, hardly changing tone or pausing for breath. It looked like it took very little effort.

The good stuff in the show was everything that happened away from the stand up performance. I wanted more of that. Again - Jerry talking to other people is always great. So much better than Jerry talking at people.

This could have been great. More 70s Jerry, a whole new set, more chatting with old comedy buddies. But it just felt like another excuse for Jerry to roll out the same old jokes yet again.… Expand

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Season 1

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  Air Date: September 19, 2017
- No episode information is currently available for this season