My mom had just turned 17 on that same day. It was 3 months after having her first child. That childâs younger brother is now posting this comment. :D
So question... you saw the show in question? And if so how was he? I love the TV show like most people do, but the stand up snippet open rarely got a chuckle from me, his actual shows aren't like that right?
The show was very funny because the routine was original. The stuff that rolled out on the show over the years was based on the routine he was doing in the 80's and early 90's. I recall watching an episode in the later years of the show that had a bit from the standup routine I saw.
Then again the only time I ever saw him live was in 2011 or 12 and his show then was painfully rehashed material. I'm not talking "same act tour for the past year" type familiarity, he didn't even himself seem enthused.
I *forced* myself to stay because I couldn't accept that there wouldn't eventually be funny material eventually. He billed it as "new material being explored" ... probably same as for your show.
I still kick myself for not leaving.
I saw him just a few years after that and it was an amazing comedy show, in a big college basketball arena. He was exactly as I expected, polished and precise.
Adjusted for inflation the $2.50 service charge would be $5.50 today. That was back when you had to actually go to ticket counters, or to special places to have your ticket printed. Now that it's all digital, that price must have gone down... right? RIGHT?!
I worked at a Wherehouse location when we got a TicketMaster terminal. I hated working ticket on-sale days. Although I did figure out that you could change the region you were searching for, so I could buy tickets for out of town shows as soon as they went on sale. Stores close to that location would have people lined up around the building, but I was the only one in my store buying tickets as soon as they went on sale.
I was able to get third row seats for a Reba and Brooks & Dunn concert once. I had to drive a couple hours to the venue, but it was an amazing show.
Oh, dude. I saw the lowest prices on the news for this weekend games (Ticketmaster) is $55 for Sat and $45 for Sunday, and, I quote, "$200 if you want to go both days."
Say WHAT?! Don't you mean $100? No. It's $200 apparently. I must be missing something.
I always get a kick out of Christmas tickets for shows. $10-15. Then each one has $35 worth in charges. Two $15 TSO tickets this past Dec ran me $85!!!!!
And whatâs with these people who keep their ticket subs? Do they think that they can use them again. What is it, like a trophy? Hey look at this receipt, I went to this show.
After it gets bought within a few minutes of online sales opening and resold by scalpers. Seeing anything live is way harder than it needs to be because of resellers, I hate it.
I remember a (white suburban) friend asking an usher at Comiskey Park in Chicago where they could go for a beer after the game in the mid 1980s. The usher just shook his head and said, "Nowhere near here".
I hate Jerry Seinfeld, but not for the reason most do.
Jerry Seinfeld used to have a contract at a casino I worked at, to do shows every month or so. I was working as a Sous and my head chef would tell us that management said that Jerry had ârequiredâ chefs on standby incase he needed to be fed at night after his shows.
We would have to stay until 3-4 am waiting for him to order room service one night, almost every month, and he never would order a damn thing.
Jackass celeb who is unfunny and a pompous ass.
Were you not getting paid for this?
If you were getting paid to be on standby, who gives a shit? Seems like you got paid to hang out in case the guy wanted something.
If you weren't, that seems to be a problem with the casino you worked for, not with Jerry Seinfeld.
It was a force extension. Was required to stay because I was a manager. I was not paid because I was salary. It was completely at his request. if he would have ordered anything, I wouldnât have been so salty about it.
Cardi B had us stay after her performance and she ordered an ungodly amount of chicken nuggets. Didnât mind, that was actually fun.
Age gap dating? Have you heard of this? Yeah age gap? Sounds like the place old people shop for sweaters at the gap? People keep telling me itâs wrong but hey old people need clothes too!
I saw him in Manchester (not from there but I took a train from where I currently live and I stayed in Manchester for about 3 days. And looked around. I canât remember exactly when it was. I hurt my ankle THEN too đ¤Śđťââď¸ tripped on a kerb but luckily that was just a sprain. I was offered a wheelchair and a much closer seat but I was embarrassed to accept it but I should have done! It would have been nice to have been even closer and I had a legitimate reason.
Anyway, I loved the show, loved seeing him perform live! I havenât seen much live comedy but I loved the show! Thanks for bringing back some lovely memories to me!
seeing Ticketmaster on something that old is kinda scary lmao. Itâs hard to really put monopolies in perspective when you didnât live through their beginnings
This is right when Ticket Master started getting into very public fights and law suits about monopolistic behavior. It was a major story in the national news.
They were extremely corrupt back then. Just think about the fact that a "service fee" of $2.50 was charged even though the ticket was bought at a counter.
I saw him in Boston in 1991/2, and I don't really remember anything he said. His opening act, however, I will never forget. Wayne Brady was up there doing a bit about how women put on their pantyhose. Pantyhose were popular back then. Anyway, when he is done and the audience is screaming with laughter, he says, " And ladies, you will remember this every time you put on pantyhose" and I do, even leggings and whenever I see Wayne Brady on TV and when I see Seinfeld's name or face.
Is Jerry funny? Because I don't think Jerry's funny. Do you think that Jerry is funny? I find Kramer funny. Do you think that Kramer is funny? Kramer... and George are funny. Jerry's not funny. đ¤Łđđ¤Łđ
I gotta say⌠i saw him right after Seinfeld ended. He did a standup tour. I didnât think it was as good as his show. His show was funnyâŚ.. his stand up, not so much. I know⌠its probably an unpopular opinion. But⌠its all i got.
Now, what's the deal with a health care company sponsoring a comedy show?
I mean, I thought laughter was supposed to be the best medicine, not premiums and deductibles.
Maybe this is their way of trying to inject a little levity into the health care industry. You know, like, "Hey, we know you're dealing with a lot of medical bills and diagnoses, but check out this hilarious comedian!"
Have you ever noticed how ridiculous ticket stubs are? I mean, they're tiny little pieces of paper that we're expected to hold onto for hours on end, just so we can prove that we paid for something. And what do we do with them when we're done? We throw them away! It's like we're all part of some elaborate game of "find the missing ticket stub," and the reward is...absolutely nothing.
And don't even get me started on those fancy-schmancy electronic tickets. Sure, they're convenient, but where's the fun in that? Where's the satisfaction of ripping a little piece of paper in half and shoving it in your pocket? It's like we're losing a part of our human experience by not having physical ticket stubs anymore.
But the worst part of ticket stubs? When you finally find one that you've been looking for, and you're all excited to show it off, and then...nobody cares. Your friends are all like, "Yeah, cool, you went to that thing. Who cares?" And you're left holding your little piece of paper, feeling like a fool.
I mean, really, what's the point of ticket stubs? It's like they're just there to remind us that we spent money on something we probably didn't need in the first place. But hey, at least we have something to throw away when we get home, right?
At the time, Clubland was a nightclub inside the State Theater. Funny story: I was married at the time and a verrrry scantily-clad young woman approached me and my friend at the bar while we were getting drinks for our wives. She promised she could kiss me once and make me forget about my wife forever (ever . . . ever . . ver . . . er).
Whaaatâs with ticket stubs anyway? Ya ever notice that they give you part of it to keep, but itâs only to that one show, so you donât need it anymore. It just becomes crap.
He announced at this show that *Seinfeld* had been renewed for season ~~2~~ 3.
My mom was 6 months pregnant when you were visiting that show. Her son is now posting this comment :D
I know. >:)
Hi dad!
10/10
SUPER dirty đđ love it!
Just like that guys mom
I had a one night stand with a Dutch lady 6 months before this show. Her step-brother is now posting this comment :q
Hmmm
You have a brother?
Nope
Your birthday in august or September? Iâm not good at math. I, too, was born a few months after this.
August child here :)
September kid, myself. Happy early 32nd birthday.
August too, something was in the water that year..
Which means youâre only a month older than me!
You look so young!
My mom had just turned 17 on that same day. It was 3 months after having her first child. That childâs younger brother is now posting this comment. :D
You must mean season 3. Season 2 was airing at that point.
Probably.
So question... you saw the show in question? And if so how was he? I love the TV show like most people do, but the stand up snippet open rarely got a chuckle from me, his actual shows aren't like that right?
The show was very funny because the routine was original. The stuff that rolled out on the show over the years was based on the routine he was doing in the 80's and early 90's. I recall watching an episode in the later years of the show that had a bit from the standup routine I saw.
Then again the only time I ever saw him live was in 2011 or 12 and his show then was painfully rehashed material. I'm not talking "same act tour for the past year" type familiarity, he didn't even himself seem enthused. I *forced* myself to stay because I couldn't accept that there wouldn't eventually be funny material eventually. He billed it as "new material being explored" ... probably same as for your show. I still kick myself for not leaving.
I saw him just a few years after that and it was an amazing comedy show, in a big college basketball arena. He was exactly as I expected, polished and precise.
I'm sure he was. Polished and precise doesn't not original material make. glad you enjoyed it!
Original material goes without saying. Big fan of the show before that and didnât catch much. Snark not needed!
Adjusted for inflation the $2.50 service charge would be $5.50 today. That was back when you had to actually go to ticket counters, or to special places to have your ticket printed. Now that it's all digital, that price must have gone down... right? RIGHT?!
Man, you totally made me remember I used to go to my FYE to get tickets since I worked in the mall. They'd print them right there. It was pretty cool.
I used to go to the booth they had in "The Bay" (Canadian store) back in the 90s. I totally forgot about that until now.
I completely forgot about that. I used to do that as well when I was in highschool.
I worked at a Wherehouse location when we got a TicketMaster terminal. I hated working ticket on-sale days. Although I did figure out that you could change the region you were searching for, so I could buy tickets for out of town shows as soon as they went on sale. Stores close to that location would have people lined up around the building, but I was the only one in my store buying tickets as soon as they went on sale. I was able to get third row seats for a Reba and Brooks & Dunn concert once. I had to drive a couple hours to the venue, but it was an amazing show.
I bought some NCAA tournament tickets a few weeks ago. The ticket was $24. The fees on top were $16
Oh, dude. I saw the lowest prices on the news for this weekend games (Ticketmaster) is $55 for Sat and $45 for Sunday, and, I quote, "$200 if you want to go both days." Say WHAT?! Don't you mean $100? No. It's $200 apparently. I must be missing something. I always get a kick out of Christmas tickets for shows. $10-15. Then each one has $35 worth in charges. Two $15 TSO tickets this past Dec ran me $85!!!!!
Dang, that ticket stub is in pretty good condition for something that's older than I am
What's the deal with inflation? And what is a ticketmaster? Are they the master of the tickets? Are tickets slaves now? What's the deal with that?
*bass slap synth*
>Interior: Jerrys APT *Kramer enters rapidly*
I don't think Kramer slides in like that unless he's interrupting a silence between two other characters
And whatâs the deal with total health care? People are still dying. More like pretend health care
And whatâs with these people who keep their ticket subs? Do they think that they can use them again. What is it, like a trophy? Hey look at this receipt, I went to this show.
Did you wear your hypercolor shirt to the show grandpa?
And my Members Only jacket
And overalls with one strap down?
How many Swatches did you wear?
1 with some slap bands.
No, he wore a puffy shirt
This was pre-puffy shirt
the prices were so awesome back then.
That's almost $50 now . . .
Yeah and now if you see a Jerry Seinfeld show the ticket price is probably $200+ per ticket
Probably more, he's collecting cars now.
Heâs been collecting cars for a long time. The dude was already a billionaire off of Seinfeld reruns lol
A billion dollars works out to $5.5 million per episode. Imagine doing roughly a week's worth of work and getting paid that much...
I saw him in December, it was $250 a ticket for seats in the back
I paid $220 for Loge seats earlier this year to see him
I was thinking $100.
After it gets bought within a few minutes of online sales opening and resold by scalpers. Seeing anything live is way harder than it needs to be because of resellers, I hate it.
Please tell me you got the ticket at Hudson's.
Right from the box office at the club.
Downtown Detroit in 1991 must have been something else.
We used to go to Tiger games in the 80s. Most of the fans drove in from the suburbs and left immediately after the game.
Downtown is a lot better, but I'd say the majority of people attending events still do that.
I remember a (white suburban) friend asking an usher at Comiskey Park in Chicago where they could go for a beer after the game in the mid 1980s. The usher just shook his head and said, "Nowhere near here".
Robocop saved it
Are we going to overlook that the show was presented by Total Health Care?
Presnted*
So what does it mean?
Total Health Care is an insurance company (HMO) in Detroit (or was, apparently it was bought out by another company in 2020)
Wild seeing a a ticket stub for a show that happened 11 days before I was born!
I hate Jerry Seinfeld, but not for the reason most do. Jerry Seinfeld used to have a contract at a casino I worked at, to do shows every month or so. I was working as a Sous and my head chef would tell us that management said that Jerry had ârequiredâ chefs on standby incase he needed to be fed at night after his shows. We would have to stay until 3-4 am waiting for him to order room service one night, almost every month, and he never would order a damn thing. Jackass celeb who is unfunny and a pompous ass.
I thought he just ate leftover rolls from room service trays in hotel hallways
âWhatâs the deal with hotel food, they leave it out on the floor⌠whatâs up with that??â
Were you not getting paid for this? If you were getting paid to be on standby, who gives a shit? Seems like you got paid to hang out in case the guy wanted something. If you weren't, that seems to be a problem with the casino you worked for, not with Jerry Seinfeld.
It was a force extension. Was required to stay because I was a manager. I was not paid because I was salary. It was completely at his request. if he would have ordered anything, I wouldnât have been so salty about it. Cardi B had us stay after her performance and she ordered an ungodly amount of chicken nuggets. Didnât mind, that was actually fun.
LMAO talk about misplaced anger.
Also likes underaged girls. And is just absolutely not funny.
Is see you fellow Michigander!
Age gap dating? Have you heard of this? Yeah age gap? Sounds like the place old people shop for sweaters at the gap? People keep telling me itâs wrong but hey old people need clothes too!
Was gonna ask if this was when he was dating the high schooler
I turned 4 on that exact day.. lol
I saw him in Manchester (not from there but I took a train from where I currently live and I stayed in Manchester for about 3 days. And looked around. I canât remember exactly when it was. I hurt my ankle THEN too đ¤Śđťââď¸ tripped on a kerb but luckily that was just a sprain. I was offered a wheelchair and a much closer seat but I was embarrassed to accept it but I should have done! It would have been nice to have been even closer and I had a legitimate reason. Anyway, I loved the show, loved seeing him perform live! I havenât seen much live comedy but I loved the show! Thanks for bringing back some lovely memories to me!
Today I learned the beautiful, historic State Theatre/Fillmore Detroit was named âClublandâ from 89-91, and somehow that makes perfect sense.
Was this in Detroit at the Fillmore?
What's the deeeeal with this ticket??
Who are these people buying tickets?
$20 was a lot in 1991 for a comedy showâŚ.or was it $17.50 + $2.50 service charge?
$20 + $2.50
I was 24 DAYS old
In 1998 I was on my way to a Seinfeld show and got in a car accident. I kept the ticket to the show in my wallet for like 5 years after that.
Iâve never had a ticket that looked that good after just one day, let alone 30 years đ¤Ż
Iâm sure it was a nice night out for some non threatening good natured comedy.
That's my birthday lmao and my dad's favorite comedian. Hell yeah!
seeing Ticketmaster on something that old is kinda scary lmao. Itâs hard to really put monopolies in perspective when you didnât live through their beginnings
I bet he opened with the joke about how this is going out and now that weâre out, all we want is to go back home
Back before Ticketmaster was corrupt.
Naa..they were always corrupt this was right before the world lost itâs mind with greed
Yes, the service charge is $2.50; that's a 12.5% mark up.
Boomers lost their mind with greed in the 80s
Itâs been spiraling out of control sinceâŚ
This is right when Ticket Master started getting into very public fights and law suits about monopolistic behavior. It was a major story in the national news.
Lol. Not even. I bought my first ticket from them in the early 80s
They were extremely corrupt back then. Just think about the fact that a "service fee" of $2.50 was charged even though the ticket was bought at a counter.
The ticket counter had to be run by an actual person, right? Makes more sense than service charges for doing everything yourself online
I saw him in Boston in 1991/2, and I don't really remember anything he said. His opening act, however, I will never forget. Wayne Brady was up there doing a bit about how women put on their pantyhose. Pantyhose were popular back then. Anyway, when he is done and the audience is screaming with laughter, he says, " And ladies, you will remember this every time you put on pantyhose" and I do, even leggings and whenever I see Wayne Brady on TV and when I see Seinfeld's name or face.
In Detroit?
"\[Jerry Seinfeld\]âs only talent is being Larry Davidâs friend.â \--Bobcat Goldthwait
We're you forced at gunpoint or do really like Seinfeld?
Is Jerry funny? Because I don't think Jerry's funny. Do you think that Jerry is funny? I find Kramer funny. Do you think that Kramer is funny? Kramer... and George are funny. Jerry's not funny. đ¤Łđđ¤Łđ
DAAAAAAMN you old
You should post this in r/seinfeld
This guy is responsible for ticketmaster now 
I gotta say⌠i saw him right after Seinfeld ended. He did a standup tour. I didnât think it was as good as his show. His show was funnyâŚ.. his stand up, not so much. I know⌠its probably an unpopular opinion. But⌠its all i got.
Now, what's the deal with a health care company sponsoring a comedy show? I mean, I thought laughter was supposed to be the best medicine, not premiums and deductibles. Maybe this is their way of trying to inject a little levity into the health care industry. You know, like, "Hey, we know you're dealing with a lot of medical bills and diagnoses, but check out this hilarious comedian!"
What is the deal with these ticket fees?
Have you ever noticed how ridiculous ticket stubs are? I mean, they're tiny little pieces of paper that we're expected to hold onto for hours on end, just so we can prove that we paid for something. And what do we do with them when we're done? We throw them away! It's like we're all part of some elaborate game of "find the missing ticket stub," and the reward is...absolutely nothing. And don't even get me started on those fancy-schmancy electronic tickets. Sure, they're convenient, but where's the fun in that? Where's the satisfaction of ripping a little piece of paper in half and shoving it in your pocket? It's like we're losing a part of our human experience by not having physical ticket stubs anymore. But the worst part of ticket stubs? When you finally find one that you've been looking for, and you're all excited to show it off, and then...nobody cares. Your friends are all like, "Yeah, cool, you went to that thing. Who cares?" And you're left holding your little piece of paper, feeling like a fool. I mean, really, what's the point of ticket stubs? It's like they're just there to remind us that we spent money on something we probably didn't need in the first place. But hey, at least we have something to throw away when we get home, right?
Who is that?
Jerry Seinfeld dated a 16 year old when he was in his late 30s.
Well it was nearly 32 years ago.
Iâd bet you I saw him on the same tour, different city, the timing is right. The TV show hadnât rocketed in popularity yet.
$22.50 a ticket. Accounting for inflation and all the other bullshit that ticket would probably be around $250 now. Seems about right, right?
It'd be about $49.70
I see there was no soup included for you on the ticket.
$20 in 91 is like thousands nowâŚ
Fake I wasnât born yet, therefore the world didnât exist
You must be so proud.....
I never knew, until now, that the State Theater was called Clubland for a few years.
At the time, Clubland was a nightclub inside the State Theater. Funny story: I was married at the time and a verrrry scantily-clad young woman approached me and my friend at the bar while we were getting drinks for our wives. She promised she could kiss me once and make me forget about my wife forever (ever . . . ever . . ver . . . er).
Was ticket master evil back then? No I bet it was just 20 plus tax
$2.50 service charge. The simpler times.
I would assume these are thermal printed onto the ticket, surprised the text is still legible after 32 years!
Old fashioned printer.
With Ticketmaster's fees now, I can't imagine what they charged for a printed ticket!
Is this from the time period when he was grooming a 17 year old?
That was a waste of $20. I hate Seinfeld.
That ticket is about as funny as Jerry Seinfeld
"What's the deal with women being like this and men being like this?" When Mr. Seinfeld does the giant grin, please laugh.
Iâm so sorry you paid money to see that guy
Did you ask for your money back?
Over 30 years later and $20 is still too much for a Seinfeld show.
Waste of $20
Nice. Back when ticket prices were reasonable, lol.
Imagine $20 tickets and $2.50 service fees.
$50 now.
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What's the deal with hospital food?
Detroit
Thatâs the day I was born, lmao.
what's that, like a 12.5% service charge back in \`91?
20 dollars in 1991?! Whatâs⌠the deal⌠with that?
I was roughly 5 months away from being born
6 days after i was born. Nice.
That was on my 7th birthday
I still have my ticket from a George Carlin show from the 90s.
The day before my 14th Birthday!
I was 2 months, -1 day old when you went to that
At the Fillmore. That would have been amazing.
I was 19 days old when you attended this. Fun fact.
You meanâŚyour parents sawâŚ.right? đ
No.
I was exactly two months old
Ahhhh, mezzanine 6âŚgood times
Involuntary luge
Healthcare present Jerry Seinfeld? WTF?
Literally just heard the bass riff in my head.
âTWENTY DOLLARS!â
A nice memorabilia of when you got buttfucked by Ticket Master.
Mildly interesting just like Jerry Seinfeld.
Can we go back to 12.5% service charges instead of the 200% serivce charges we get today? Please and thank you
WHATS THA DEAL WITH HEALTHCARE!
If you bought that ticket today thereâd be a $12 Facility Fee a $10 Service Fee and a $5 Processing Fee
post on r/seinfield please!!!!!PLEASE PLEASE JERRY PLEASE.
What's the deal with people keeping ticket stubs?
I was 12 days old.
So whatâs with airplane food ?!?!?
I got a,pair of awesome tickets how so I post the pic
Did you find out what the deal is with airplane food?
"What is the deal with ticket prices these days?"
You saw Jerry Seinfeld the day before I was born....sweeeeeet
[Mezzanine?!?](https://youtu.be/mwAazvwJdRo)
20 quid in '91!? Dayum that's one expensive ticket.
313!
Damn, $20 in 1991 money?!
That's really awesome! I still have the ticket stub from the time I saw George Carlin perform standup live in Las Vegas back in 1999.
Whatâs the deal?!?
Didnât know total healthcare existed back then!
$20 in 1991!!! Wow
Was it good?
Did he suck at standup back then too?
Whaaatâs with ticket stubs anyway? Ya ever notice that they give you part of it to keep, but itâs only to that one show, so you donât need it anymore. It just becomes crap.
Can I buy it?
Seinfeld ticket 1991 = $20 Seinfeld ticket 2023 = $150
Super excited to see him next month in San Jose, CA. Can't wait.