{"id":2768,"date":"2020-05-08T07:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T03:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2020-05-08T07:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T03:47:28","slug":"jerrys-still-got-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=2768","title":{"rendered":"Jerry\u2019s still got it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday evening I watched a new comedy special on Netflix. It\u2019s called\u00a0<em>23 Hours to Kill<\/em>. The comedian? One Jerry Seinfeld.<\/p>\n<p>Recorded at New York\u2019s Beacon Theatre (back when we used to get together for such things), our host shows us he\u2019s still got it. And still does it better than anybody. A man, a mic, and an audience. That\u2019s the real Jerry. There\u2019s nothing better.<\/p>\n<p>Saying Jerry Seinfeld\u2019s new show is good is a little like telling Michael Jordan \u201cnice game.\u201d Of course he played a good game; he\u2019s Michael Jordan. Noting it is practically an insult. Same goes here. Jerry Seinfeld is the Michael Jordan of comedy.<\/p>\n<p>A few things Jerry does not need: swearing, gratuitous sex jokes, unnecessary accolades, and resting on his laurels. Nothing recycled from the TV series, though there are bits taken here and there from 40 years in standup. He\u2019s the master observer, of the human condition\u2019s good and bad.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll tell ya about the rotten side of life, and the awful people you meet along the way. It\u2019s funny because it\u2019s true. Life does suck pretty often. Maybe even 23 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p>But for one hour&#8230; you\u2019ve got Jerry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday evening I watched a new comedy special on Netflix. It\u2019s called\u00a023 Hours to Kill. The comedian? One Jerry Seinfeld. Recorded at New York\u2019s Beacon Theatre (back when we used to get together for such things), our host shows us &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=2768\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2768"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2770,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2768\/revisions\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}