Jerry Before Seinfeld (2017) on Netflix
Jerry Seinfeld returns to Comic Strip Live, the New York City club where his career began. His set mixes jokes with stories from his childhood and his early days in comedy.
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Jokes and stories from his childhood and his first days in comedy make up Jerry Seinfeld's set at Comic Strip Live, the New York City club where his career began. He shows the personal comedy album collection he had as a teenager, among them records by Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby, George Carlin, Steve Martin, Bob Newhart, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, and Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. A montage gathers comedians he admired, Bruce, Richard Pryor and Jonathan Winters among them, and he also speaks about how much Mad Magazine influenced him. The special also came out as a double-vinyl record.
