“It was mean.
It was true.”
Yes, that’s nearly 30 years ago.
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Seinfeld was doing a show in Boston, followingAdam Sandleras his opener.
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“I had this amazing bit about weddings,” he recalled.
“It was fantastic.
It was so long.
And I worked on it and worked on it and worked on it.
It takes me forever.”
“I start into the bit and somebody yells, ‘Heard it,'” he continued.
“And that was a tough one.
I still think about it.
It was true.”
“I think now audiences are a little more sophisticated,” he said.
Every scene you see in a movie, they did that 18 times one time it was good.
I’ve done it 100 times, now I finally got it."
“Things happen on stage that do not happen anywhere else in life,” he reflected.
“You’re in hyperspace.
It’s very adrenaline-fueled.”
