BEING A THING - AIN'T HIS THING

jerry, where you been...

just hangin' at caeser's like a big shot...

if you've noticed, for the most part, jerry seinfeld

seems to have disappeared from public view

ever since the end of his sitcom, most think that he

was afraid, that almost anything he'd try after that

...couldn't top that

but the fact is, he just didn't feel comfortable with all

that stuff, - that stuff is what

seinfeld calls 'being a thing'...

he was the king of TV comedy, with millions fans repeating

his shows witty one liners and weekly-coined catchphrases

but as a trained standup comedian, seinfeld was more

used to self-loathing than congratulations

- that's what comics do, so few are successful

and or stable minded

ya get good at crucifying hecklers, not saying 'gee, thanks...'

tonight seinfeld's on the new showtime series, inside comedy

'being a thing wasn't exactly his thing', he says on the show

'there's nothing better for comedian than being penned in,

closed off, shut out, not welcome, that's nutrition, food for us

that's what you want as a comedian, the eats...

- acceptance is a very dangerous thing for a comedian

- standup is a loud desperation'

after the series seinfeld, jerry went back on the road,

produced and starred in the bee movie

and the short lived reality game show the marriage ref

- not really all that much for a primetime superstar...

about seinfeld he says 'it was the thing for a period of time

and i thought... this is not good,

because it's not where I belong

this is not comedy, i always thought comedy

and being a star were mutually exclusive'

not so for you jer,

so if you don't want 'that thing' anymore...

listen lord, i'll take whatever jerry doesn't want

because i really wanna be 'the master of my domain'...

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