Artist:Jerry Seinfeld
Song:The Olympics
Album:I'm Telling You for the Last Time
Before Jerry Seinfeld created his hit sitcom Seinfeld, he was a regular on the standup comedy circuit with occasional TV and film appearances. He never recorded an album until this 1998 HBO special. Comedy albums weren't as popular as they were in the 60s. He was born Apr. 28, 1954 in Brooklyn, NY. His father was a sign painter who collected jokes as a hobby. Seinfeld grew up and attended high school in Massapequa on Long Island. He graduated from Queens College, City University of New York in 1976 with a degree in communications and theater. Seinfeld started appearing on open mic nights at Budd Friedmann's Improv Club while in college. Then an appearance at Catch a Rising Star got him a spot in an HBO Rodney Dangerfield special. Then he had a recurring role on sitcom Benson but was fired after a few episodes. Then he started to appear on late night talk shows and he did his first HBO special in 1987. It's at this point that Seinfeld and Larry David created the sitcom Seinfeld and the rest is history. After the show ended in 1998, Seinfeld returned to New York to resume his standup career rather than pursue acting in Hollywood. Seinfeld toured and at the end of the tour, He filmed the HBO special I'm Telling You for he Last Time. The title was because these were established routines that he was performing for the final time. It aired live on Aug. 9, 1998 from the Broadhurst Theater in New York. This show was released on CD and it charted and was certified Platinum. It was also nominated for a Grammy. You can get it as a budget CD and a DVD. Believe it or not, this was Seinfeld's recording debut. Comedy albums were popular in the 60s but by the 90s, record companies weren't signing comics anymore. These days most comedy albums are offshoots of Comedy Central specials. These days Seinfeld doesn't do much. I guess his biggest project was the Netflix web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. He has an ongoing deal with Netflix and he still does specials. I suppose he could do films if he wanted but he's earned the right to do what he wants. Here's Jerry Seinfeld performing Olympics from his 1998 HBO special I'm Telling You for the Last Time.
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