Jerry Before Seinfeld

Sep 19, 2017

1h 2m

★ 6.8

Overview

Jerry Seinfeld returns to the club that gave him his start in the 1970s, mixing iconic jokes with stories from his childhood and early days in comedy.

Genres

Comedy

Documentary

Production Companies

Embassy Row

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Cast

Self

Jerry Seinfeld

Self

Jay Leno

Self

Mark Schiff

Self

Jimmy Brogan

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Carson

Self (archive footage)

Andy Kaufman

Self (archive footage)

Ed Koch

Fifties throwback Mark Lamarr first came into the public eye on 'The Word', but had been a stand-up comedian on the comedy circuit before then. After appearing on 'Shooting Stars' and hosting 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks', he returned to his gigging roots and this set was recorded live in 1997 at the Wilde Theatre, Berkshire, England.

7.7

Jimmy Carr: Comedian

Nov 5, 2007

Recorded live at London's Bloomsbury theatre, the posh-suited gagster unleashes his rapid-fire wit upon his audience, with jokes that are just too rude for TV.

0.0

Heino & Jakobs Oneman-show

Jan 22, 2014

No overview available.

5.2

An Audience With Victoria Wood

Dec 10, 1988

British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch her crack jokes, play the piano and answer light-hearted questions.

6.5

Where I Got My Balls From

Jun 18, 2012

In the fall of 2011, Comedian Joey Coco Diaz went to his network of friends on Facebook and Twitter for donations to help produce a Documentary of where Diaz had come from and the result was this.....Where I got My Balls From! A short film showing Diaz in his hometown of North Bergen, New Jersey and the people that made it home for him after the death of his mother at a young age. Its not an Academy award winner but its got a lot of heart because its real and you feel it. Director Lee Syatt shows you what makes this unique comedian tick!

8.8

Paul Taylor : #Franglais

Mar 25, 2019

The first stand-up comedy special by Paul Taylor, an Englishman who lived for several years in France as a child and therefore performs his shows 50% in the English and 50% in the French language. Here, he talks about a squirrel conspiracy, the French greeting culture and why queuing might no have been invented by the French.

6.0

Amira & Sam

May 30, 2014

Sam, a soldier who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq, meets Amira when he visits her uncle, Bassam, who had served as Sam's Iraqi translator. Bassam and Sam have a special bond due to their time together in the war. Initially Amira does not trust him because he was an American soldier and her brother was killed by a bomb from American troops in the war. Sam's cousin, Charlie, asks Sam to help him with illegal hedge funds unbeknownst to Sam at the time. Amira is staying with her uncle Bassam since her father died. She sells bootlegged films on the street corner but is forced to stay with Sam after getting busted; immigration officials begin pursuing her. As the film progresses, Sam and Amira fall in love.

7.5

George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing

Nov 5, 2005

Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBO®. His spot-on observations on the deterioration of human behavior include Americans’ obsession with their two favorite addictions - shopping and eating; his creative idea for The All-Suicide Channel, a new reality TV network; and the glorious rebirth of the planet to its original pristine condition - once the fires and floods destroy life as we know it.

5.7

Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live

Jan 1, 2007

Alan Carr recorded this live perfomance at the Hammersmith Apollo in May 2007 to a sell-out audience. Alan talks about childhood and adolescence in his trademark frank and hilarious style.

6.9

Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife

May 13, 2018

Pregnant again, Ali Wong returns to Netflix in her second original stand-up comedy special and gets real on why having kids is not all it's cracked up to be.

7.4

American: The Bill Hicks Story

Apr 10, 2010

American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.

6.8

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Oct 13, 2007

The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's contemporaries, (Steve Lawrence, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, etc.), established comedians (Billy Crystal, Rosanna Barr, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, etc.) and young comedians (Jeff Atoll, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, etc.).

7.8

George Carlin: You Are All Diseased

Feb 6, 1999

Legendary comic Carlin comes back to the Beacon theater to angrily rant about airport security, germs, cigars, angels, children and parents, men, names, religion, god, advertising, Bill Jeff and minorities.

Jerry Before Seinfeld

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