{"id":5670,"date":"2017-10-16T14:46:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=5670"},"modified":"2020-03-23T02:21:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T08:21:40","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-after-seinfeld-but-before-jerry-before-seinfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/jerry-seinfeld-after-seinfeld-but-before-jerry-before-seinfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"jerry seinfeld after &#8216;seinfeld&#8217; but before &#8216;jerry before seinfeld&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>last month, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>netflix<\/strong><\/span> released the comedy special <strong><em>jerry before seinfeld<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 the title is a reference to the extremely popular, <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/rudolph-the-rest-of-the-reindeer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>eponymous<\/strong><\/em><\/a> series that made <strong>jerry seinfeld<\/strong> a<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/the-u-the-ima-in-fua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em> household name<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (known to everyone).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6715 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/seinfeld-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"jerry seinfeld and the supporting cast of seinfeld\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/seinfeld-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/seinfeld.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>before\u00a0<em><strong>seinfeld<\/strong><\/em>, jerry was a stand-up comedian, and the show was based on his stand-up comedy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6709 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jerry-seinfeld-the-comedian-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jerry-seinfeld-the-comedian-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jerry-seinfeld-the-comedian.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>several years after <em>seinfeld<\/em> had ended, <strong>hbo <em>aired<\/em> <\/strong>(showed)<em><strong> jerry seinfeld: the comedian award<\/strong><\/em>. part of the show was this <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/english-practice-from-an-acceptance-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acceptance speech<\/a> that is a popular video on <strong>youtube<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jerry Seinfeld Destroys Awards Shows - Comedian Award 2007\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4F3pJfmqnUM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>as the title indicates, jerry spends most of this speech criticizing the idea of giving an award to a comedian. at :12 on the video he explains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><em>first of all<\/em>, comedians don&#8217;t need awards. awards are for people that are looking for work, we&#8217;re not looking for work. if you&#8217;re any good as a comedian <em>you&#8217;ve got<\/em> tons of work. we&#8217;ve all got <em>wrinkled<\/em> suits and <em>smelly<\/em> shirts from packing and unpacking and <em>schlepping<\/em> all over the goddamn country doing 10 million different kinds of <em>gigs<\/em>. and\u00a0<em>secondly<\/em> and <em>even<\/em> more important, is um, your whole career as a comedian is about <em>making fun of<\/em> <em>pretentious<\/em>, <em>high-minded<\/em>, <em>self-congratulatory<\/em>, <em>bs<\/em> events like this one.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>first of all<\/strong><\/em> is a good way to introduce the first in a series of observations or points. <strong><em>secondly<\/em><\/strong> is used to present the second point\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/american-perspectives-on-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>you&#8217;ve got<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is the same as <em>u have<\/em>.\u00a0 a <strong><em>wrinkled<\/em><\/strong> suit has visible, temporary lines or creases in the fabric. <em><strong>smelly<\/strong><\/em> means <em>smells bad<\/em>. <strong><em>schlep<\/em><\/strong> means <em>difficult travelling<\/em>. a <em><strong>gig<\/strong><\/em> is a <em>job<\/em>, usually related to live music or comedy. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/even-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>even<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is added for emphasis.\u00a0<em><strong>make fun of<\/strong><\/em> means <em>joke about, laugh at<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>pretentious<\/strong><\/em> (acting important),\u00a0 <strong><em>self-congratulatory<\/em><\/strong> (telling\u00a0 yourself that u did a great job) and\u00a0 <em><strong>bs<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(bullshit&#8211;&gt;<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/2k18-hilarious-glitch-kd-celebrates-with-okc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake<\/a>) are all negative vocabulary. seinfeld is using <em><strong>high-minded<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(ethical) to criticize awards too, but by definition, it has a positive implication.<\/p>\n<h5><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6708\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wrinkled-suit-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"a wrinkled suit coat\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wrinkled-suit-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wrinkled-suit.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5><em>this suit jacket is seriously <u>wrinkled<\/u>. (fascinate.jp)<\/em><\/h5>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"richyrocks english on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fun english practice\u00a0<span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-smile\" title=\":)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png?w=668\" alt=\":)\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" \/><\/span>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>at 1:05, jerry characterizes the event as a <strong><em>crock\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>which is similar to <em>bs<\/em>. in fact, the idea is often expressed as <em>a<\/em>\u00a0<em>crock of shit<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6716\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/framed-certificate-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/framed-certificate-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/framed-certificate.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>a generic <u>framed<\/u> award that could be formatted for presentation to a hotel, a\u00a0<u>real estate<\/u> agent, or car salesman. (displays2go.com)<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>at 1:25, after saying that awards are stupid and getting a big laugh from the crowd,\u00a0he <em><strong>mocks<\/strong><\/em> (makes fun of) awards in other professions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>every <em>real estate<\/em> office has some<em> framed<\/em>, 5-diamond president&#8217;s award by the desk, every hotel check-in has some gold circle service thing, every car salesman&#8217;s a platinum jubilee winner and it&#8217;s all a big <em>jerkoff<\/em>. it is. the hotel <em>sucks<\/em>. the real estate person is stupid, and the only thing the car salesman is good at is <em>ripping u off<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>real estate<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is <em>buying and selling land &amp; buildings<\/em>. <strong><em>framed<\/em><\/strong> means\u00a0<em>presented in a picture frame<\/em>.\u00a0<b>\u00a0<em>jerkoff<\/em><\/b>\u00a0literally refers to <em>masturbation<\/em>,\u00a0 in this context the idea is that the awards don&#8217;t have any substance; they are <em>self-congratulatory<\/em>. <em><strong>sucks<\/strong><\/em> means it&#8217;s bad.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/rip-off-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>rip off<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>means <em>take advantage of<\/em>, <em>give a bad deal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6724\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CV5UzgHW4AAx6xC-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"to infinity and beyond\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CV5UzgHW4AAx6xC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CV5UzgHW4AAx6xC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CV5UzgHW4AAx6xC.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>to infinity and <u>beyond<\/u> is a catchphrase associated with buzz lightyear<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>at 2;10 jerry continues to <em><strong>rip into<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(attack) the concept of entertainment awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><em>it is beyond me<\/em> that we feel the need to <em>set aside<\/em> a night to <em>give out<\/em> these <em>jagoff<\/em> <em>bowling trophies<\/em> six times a year so all these people can <em>pat each other on the back<\/em> about how much money they&#8217;re making <em>boring the piss out of<\/em> half the world.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>it is beyond me<\/strong><\/em> is an expression that means<em> i don&#8217;t understand<\/em>, <em>i&#8217;m confused<\/em>. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/set-aside-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>set aside<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>applied here<em>,\u00a0<\/em>means <em>designate or <\/em>schedule. <em><strong>give out<\/strong> <\/em>means <em>present<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>jagoff<\/strong> <\/em>means <em>stupid<\/em>. jerry doesn&#8217;t literally mean <em><strong>bowling trophies<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0he uses that unglamourous metaphor to <em>make fun of<\/em> other supposedly prestigious awards.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6725\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bowling-trophy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"a jagoff bowling trophy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bowling-trophy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bowling-trophy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bowling-trophy-334x250.jpg 334w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bowling-trophy.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>a (<u>jagoff<\/u>?) <u>bowling trophy<\/u> (trophystore.co.uk)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>pat each other on the back<\/em><\/strong> means <em>tell each other they did a great job<\/em>; it doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean they actually did a great job. <strong><em>the <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/shit-piss-expressions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piss <\/a>out of<\/em><\/strong> emphasizes how boring hollywood productions are.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/XGnH2RGHoCqumsAXpo\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/Friends-friends-season-6-tv-XGnH2RGHoCqumsAXpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>ross from friends patting himself on the back (giphy.com)<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>at 3:20 jerry has some particularly <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/trump-pardons-the-toughest-sheriff-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>harsh<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0(severe) criticism for one of his professions: acting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>i don&#8217;t know why we&#8217;re so fascinated with actors in this culture. they <em>haven&#8217;t got<\/em> a thought in their stupid <em>bedhead<\/em> <em>hairdo<\/em> mini-brains. we must honor this man. why?\u00a0 he <em>pretended<\/em> to be bob johnson.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>bedhead<\/strong><\/em> is <em>what hair looks like right after waking up<\/em>, but it is also <em>an intentionally messy <strong>hairdo<\/strong> (hairsytle) worn by celebrities<\/em>. <strong><em>pretend<\/em><\/strong> is <em>make believe<\/em>, <em>imitate<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6726\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-bedhead-04_yn8xgf-209x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-bedhead-04_yn8xgf-209x300.jpeg 209w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/celebrity-bedhead-04_yn8xgf.jpeg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/michelle-obamas-carpool-karaoke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">michelle obama<\/a> with an intentional <u>bed head<\/u> <u>hairdo<\/u> at a state dinner in 2011 (<\/em>rex features \/ ap images<em>)<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>at 2:25 jerry makes a hypothetical observation (using <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-past-perfect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>past perfect<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2nd_conditional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>second conditional<\/strong><\/a>) and admits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><em>if<\/em> i <em>hadn&#8217;t already won<\/em> all these awards, i <em>would not be talking<\/em> like this<\/h4>\n<p>in reality, he has won <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/seinfeld-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quite a few awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>and at the end of the video jerry spends the final minute thanking <strong>hbo<\/strong> for the opportunity they gave him to <em><strong>break into<\/strong><\/em> (start working on) television.<\/p>\n<h5><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6729\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/seinfeld-bee-movie-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/seinfeld-bee-movie-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/seinfeld-bee-movie-768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/seinfeld-bee-movie-916x1024.jpg 916w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/seinfeld-bee-movie.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5><em>jerry seinfeld wrote, produced and starred in bee movie.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>do u recognize jerry seinfeld? do u agree with his opinion that all awards are stupid? share your opinion under <strong>leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.109\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email 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