Jerry Seinfeld Blasted The Audience In What He Calls His Worst Stand-Up Act Ever

Highlights

• Joan Rivers embraced the response she received when she made a tasteless joke about Adele and wasn't apologetic about it.
• Jerry Seinfeld had a disastrous gig where fans didn't even know he was performing, highlighting the importance of audience engagement.
• Jerry Seinfeld knew he had found his calling as a comedian and was driven by his love for comedy, not the fame or fortune that could come with it.

Getting booed for a certain joke or stand-up act can be a tough reality. However, some comedians know how to react when things get bad. Take the late Joan Rivers. She made a tasteless joke about Adele and got booed for it. Wisely, she embraced the response before moving on to the next topic, but wasn't apologetic about it.

Jerry Seinfeld didn't get booed in this particular case. However, the gig was a total disaster. In fact, fans didn't even react to his act, given that they didn't even know he was performing.

We'll take a look back at the forgettable gig. We'll also reveal how Jerry succeeded in comedy, and the first joke he ever told.

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Jerry Seinfeld Roasted A Gig He Had In Queens At A Disco Early On In His Career

Credit to Jimmy Fallon for this segment, as comedians and other stars discussed the worst they ever bombed throughout their careers.

Jerry Seinfeld bombing just doesn't sound right, but the actor revealed this was the case early on in his career after he agreed to a gig in Queens on New Year's Eve. Still in his early 20s at the time, Seinfeld was intrigued by the pay of the gig, which would land the comedian $100.

However, Jerry would quickly learn that the gig wasn't exactly what he was expecting. The comedian reveals, "Everyone in the room was dancing, and they didn't turn down the music. You feel like you're inside a human heart. The microphone didn't even go all the way around. Nobody even knew I was on."

Seinfeld then left the stage and asked the manager for his pay. The manager didn't even know Jerry performed, while the comedian told him that "nobody did."

Jerry would go on to reveal that it was the first and last time he would ever accept a gig in Queens and at a disco.

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Fans were split with regard to the story. Some felt as though Jerry bombing was his fault at all. While others believe that Jerry was protecting his ego by sharing the story.

One fan wrote, "That's not bombing, that's just technical difficulties. Bombing is when people actually hear your jokes and sit silently or boo you, or shout "get the hell off the stage!" lol."

Another fan wrote, "He bombed because nobody heard him. It's as if to say, "If anybody who heard what I was saying, I would not have bombed." This is the kind of "humility" that narcissists exhibit. He's supposed to tell us his lowest moment, but it's not actually a low moment in terms of his performance."

Although the fans were skeptical about his answer - it was Jerry's worst experience. At least, according to him.

Jerry Seinfeld Didn't Care If He'd Be Successful With Comedy Early On

Speaking alongside CNBC, Jerry revealed he just knew he'd found his calling as a comedian. This was especially apparent given that Jerry wasn't spending too much time thinking about the fame and fortune that could come out of it.

He revealed, “I just inhaled this stuff. I just couldn’t get enough of it. “The truth is I really didn’t think that I could and I didn’t really care whether I could or I couldn’t. I just got to this point where I was so in love with it that I just decided, ‘What’s the difference? What’s the difference?’ It seemed much more important to do the thing you want to do than success or failure,” says Seinfeld.

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“This is my thing,” he says. “I know how to do this. I am good at this," Jerry added.

His success truly speaks for itself, but at the same time, fans can see Jerry's true passion for comedy. In fact, the comedian still recalls the first ever joke he told.

Jerry Seinfeld Still Recalls The First Joke He Ever Told

What was Jerry's first joke he ever told? It was about being left-handed. The comedian took to Instagram, recalling his first joke ever, one that was written on a scrap piece of paper.

“So, I am left handed. Left-handed people do not like that the word left is so often associated with negative things. Left feet. Left-handed compliment. ‘What are we having for dinner? Leftovers.’ You go to a party there is nobody there. ‘Where did everybody go?’ ‘They left!’” “That was it, that was my first joke,” Seinfeld says.

He continues, “It just occurred to me that all these left words are negative. Left-handed compliment. You know, you hear that and then I thought, ‘Well that is weird. Why are they putting that on us?’ And, ‘they left’ — and so that was the joke.”

That was just the start to a fantastic career and one Jerry himself could not have predicted.

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