Seinfeld the mime? It's not that hard to imagine (Toronto Star)
Oct 18, 2007 04:30 AM Peter Howell Entertainment Reporter
RAMA, ONT.�Jerry Seinfeld spent the first few minutes of his Casino Rama show last night wondering where he was.
"What a town this is!" he exulted to the sold-out audience of 5,200.
"Where is it?"
Understandable question. He's from New York, of course, and last time he did stand-up in these parts was in 2004 at Massey Hall. He's the consummate big-city comic.
He's also known for his cerebral style of humour. Some call it observational, others call it obsessive. There's no human foible too small or object too humble for him to fuss over. He covers everything from Life cereal to 'til-death-do-us-part.
He also pondered why it is that people use "sucks" and "great" to describe everything, sometimes both at the same time.
One thing he's not known for, but which was abundantly in evidence last night, was how much of a physical comedian he is.
The 53-year-old delivered a couple of hundred jokes during his 70-minute performance, and punctuated many of them with very amusing body movements, pretty nimble for a guy in a business suit and tie � such as the martial arts moves he employed when trying to describe all the baffling features on his cellphone, some which accept and some which deflect calls: "Caller ID! Star 69! Caller ID block!"
Or the very graceful swoops he made with his hands and arms, as he demonstrated the gymnastics people have to go through in public washrooms to activate the faucet sensors in so-called hands-free sinks.
He did all of this with no props whatsoever, apart from the microphone in his hand.
The only other thing on the stage with him was a stool and a bottle of water.
Seinfeld did so well with the physical jokes, you'd almost think he could mime the entire show. Just slap on some greasepaint, give him a striped jersey and a funny hat and he could take up from where Marcel Marceau left off.
Just an idea, Jerry.
Great show � and by that I mean it really did not suck.