Jerry Seinfeld plans to perform stand-up comedy until he can no longer perform stand-up comedy. In 2012, he told the New York Times that he plans to do stand-up “into my 80s, and beyond,” and at his current rate, with 73 headlining performances at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace under his belt—this weekend’s run will make it 75—Seinfeld will easily make it to 100. He still works on his comedy most weekdays, recording new ideas and obsessively refining material, and habitually shows up at comedy clubs for pop-up performances when he isn’t booked for gigs.
At 61, Seinfeld exudes far too much vitality to be considered as an elder statesman of stand-up. Seinfeld would easily qualify as America’s first comic laureate were there such a position, despite nearly two decades having passed since the sitcom Seinfeld drew to a close. Reruns of the show are ubiquitous in syndicated television, however, and he completed his sixth season of webcast series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee this year. Seems there’s no shortage of fellow comics—Steven Colbert, Bill Maher, Jim Carrey, Steve Harvey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus were guests this year—who will allow Seinfeld to show up on their doorstep in a vintage vehicle and find a java joint to hang out at and simply be funny with another comedian.
With or without coffee, there’s no shortage of audiences that want to see Seinfeld doing stand-up. The work he has puts into his craft pays off every single show.
Caesars Palace, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18-19, $82.50-$165 plus tax and fee. 888.929.7849
