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Early Jerry Seinfeld's story
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Seinfeld attended the Birch Lane Elementary School and Massapequa High School, Jerry Seinfeld attended the State University of Oswego (SUNY Oswego) in upstate New York, but transfered after a few semesters. Right after graduation from Queens College, Jerry Seinfeld tried out at an open mic night at New York's Catch A Rising Star in 1976. Soon after, Seinfeld was appearing in a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special.Seinfeld had a small recurring role as "Frankie", mail delivery boy who had a slew of comedy routines that no one wanted to hear, on the Benson sitcom in 1979, but was abruptly fired from the show.
A few years later, in May of 1981, Seinfeld made a highly successful appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Seinfeld then became a regular on similar shows, including Late Night with David Letterman and The Merv Griffin Show.
Jerry Seinfeld on Seinfeld
Seinfeld created The Seinfeld Chronicles with Larry David in 1989 for NBC. The show was later renamed Seinfeld and, by its fourth season, became the most popular and successful sitcom on American television. The show left the air in 1998. As of 2006, the show is still receiving heavy airplay in syndication. The show also starred Saturday Night Live veteran Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as well as Michael Richards and Jason Alexander. On the show, Seinfeld played a caricature of himself. Jerry Seinfeld has said that Jerry Seinfeld's show was inspired by the classic 1950s sitcom The Abbott and Costello Show. About Jerry Seinfeld's influences, Seinfeld, in Jerry Seinfeld's commentary for "The Gymnast" episode on "Seinfeld, Season 6," said, "He really formed my entire comedic sensibility--I learned how to do comedy from Jean Shepherd."Jerry Seinfeld Post Seinfeld
In 1998, Seinfeld went on tour and recorded a comedy special entitled I'm Telling You for the Last Time. An album of the same name was also released that year, and it featured samples of Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up performance.Seinfeld on the cover of Time Magazine; January 12, 1998. Seinfeld's decision to end one of television's most popular programs sparked a significant public reaction.After Jerry Seinfeld's sitcom went off the air, Seinfeld returned to stand-up comedy. The process of developing and performing new material at clubs around the world was chronicled in a 2002 documentary, Comedian, directed by Christian Charles. Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up routine is highly acclaimed and Jerry was ranked #12 in Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. Jerry Seinfeld has written a few books, mostly archives of past routines.
Seinfeld also appeared in three commercial 'webisodes' promoting American Express credit cards in which Jerry Seinfeld appeared together with an animated rendering of Superman (who was referenced in numerous episodes of Seinfeld as Jerry's hero), voiced by Patrick Warburton (who had portrayed David Puddy on Seinfeld). The webisodes were aired in 2004 and directed by Barry Levinson.
Seinfeld had a special appearance on the May 13, 2006 Saturday Night Live episode as Julia Louis-Dreyfus's assassin. Louis-Dreyfus was the host of that episode and in her opening monologue she mentioned the "Seinfeld Curse". While talking about how ridiculous the "curse" was, a stage light suddenly falls next to her. The camera moves to a catwalk above the stage that Jerry Seinfeld is standing on holding a large pair of bolt cutters. Jerry Seinfeld angrily mutters something about the curse (apparently angry that Louis-Dreyfus is not cursed). Louis-Dreyfus then continues to say that she is indeed not cursed. Seinfeld's look here was different from that on Jerry Seinfeld's sitcom; Jerry Seinfeld sported short hair and a pair of glasses.
He is lending Jerry Seinfeld's voice to the DreamWorks project "Bee Movie," which is slated to be released in 2007.
Jerry Seinfeld Books
Seinfeld is also a bestselling author, most notably for Jerry Seinfeld's book Seinlanguage. Released in 1993, the book went onto become a number one New York Times bestseller. The book, written as Jerry Seinfeld's television show was first rising in popularity, is primarily an adaptation of the comedian's standup material. More recently, Jerry Seinfeld wrote a children's book titled Halloween (2002). The book was illustrated by James Bennett.He completed the forewords to Ted L. Nancy's Letters From A Nut series of books and Ed Broth's Stories From A Moron. Both authors are rumored to be pseudonyms for Seinfeld or a friend of Jerry Seinfeld's . Neither Nancy or Broth have been seen publicly, although Seinfeld is heavily involved in pitching their books for television. In promoting Broth's book, Seinfeld hosted a toast in the author's honor, although Broth did not arrive to the event.
Seinfeld also wrote the foreword to the Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook, from Jerry Seinfeld's favorite sandwich shop in New York City.
Jerry Seinfeld Family
He was born to a Jewish family of a Syrian mother and a Hungarian father.His most famous pre-marriage dalliance was with Shoshanna Lonstein, who was 17 years old, and still in high school when they first met. Jerry Seinfeld began dating Jessica Sklar after they met at the Reebok Sports Club in 1998, even though she had just married Eric Nederlander, a scion of the Broadway theater-owning family. At one point, Nederlander planned to sue Seinfeld for "alienation of affection", which contributed to the demise of Jerry Seinfeld's marriage. Seinfeld and Sklar married on December 25, 1999. They have three children: daughter Sascha (born November 7, 2000), son Julian Kal (born March 1, 2003) and son Shepherd Kellen (born August 22, 2005).
Jerry Seinfeld Compensation
Seinfeld received $267 million USD during 2004 according to Forbes magazine, making Jerry Seinfeld the highest-earning celebrity that year. Even though the sitcom ended in May 1998, Seinfeld still generates more revenue, through syndication, than most current shows.Jerry Seinfeld Car collection
Seinfeld is an avid automobile enthusiast and collector. However, unlike fellow comedian Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld is far more focused - Jerry Seinfeld is rumored to own one of the largest Porsche collections in the world. Jerry Seinfeld rented out an entire hangar at the Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, California for an extended period of time during the 1990s for storage of some of the vehicles in the collection; after Jerry Seinfeld's return to New York Jerry Seinfeld was involved in an extended dispute with several neighbors over the proposed building of a massive $1.4 million multistory garage to contain the cars.A current tally puts Seinfeld at 47 Porsches. Reporter Paul Bannister reports that Seinfield's collection includes 911s from various years, 10 Boxsters each painted a different color, and the famous (some would say infamous) 1955 550 Spyder, the same model and pearl-grey color that actor James Dean was driving when Jerry Seinfeld crashed and died in September 1955 near Cholame, California. The centre piece is a $700,000 Porsche 959, one of only two-hundred ever built. To Seinfeld's despair, Jerry Seinfeld isn't allowed to drive it. U.S. Emission and Crash tests were never performed because Porsche refused to donate four 959s for destruction tests (rendering the car not street legal). Seinfeld imported the car under exhibition purposes, which stipulates the car may never set rubber on American roads (Paul Bannister, The Comedians, p.74-75).
In several episodes of Jerry Seinfeld's sitcom, a Porsche themed painting (depicting a 904 GTS race car competing in the 1964 Targa Florio race in Italy) is visible on a wall in Jerry Seinfeld's apartment. In addition, an issue of Excellence magazine, a Porsche-centered publication, is featured prominently on an outdoor magazine rack in one episode, and on at least one occasion Seinfeld is seen reading an issue of Road and Track magazine from circa 1990 with a cover article on the Porsche 964.
