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JERRY SEINFELD: 23 HOURS TO KILL
May 5, 2020  | By David Bianculli

Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET

 
SPECIAL PREMIERE: This standup comedy special, filmed last October at New York’s Beacon Theatre but only now premiering, is a remnant of the pre-corona age. Seinfeld is on stage in front of a sold-out, crammed-in audience. And while Jerry Seinfeld is ranting about perceived slights and minor annoyances, he’s complaining about things that now seem not only quaint, but temporarily unattainable. A buffet in Las Vegas? Seinfeld lists lots of very funny reasons why the buffet is a bad idea… but now, listening to the description, you’re a bit distracted, even wistful, about the entire idea of people lined up, shoulder to shoulder, piling up plates of unrelated foods. He even jokes about how crammed together people live in New York City, and other observations that have added resonance now. But funny? Absolutely.
 
 
 
 
 
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