Article: Two Joliet gigs leave Rialto audiences roaring as comic swings through|I, THE JERRY:SEINFELD HOLDS COURT

JOLIET - Jerry Seinfeld may have hit it big on a show about "nothing," but to hundreds of fans streaming out of the Rialto Square Theatre on Thursday, Seinfeld was really something. The stand-up comedian and former sitcom star performed two shows at the theater, one at 7 p.m. and another at 9:30 p.m. Audience members from the first show were delighted with Seinfeld's act and felt lucky to have had tickets to the sold-out performance.

Young and old alike said they were hooked on Seinfeld's ability to turn everything from baby poop to the height of bathroom stalls into a joke.

"It was fabulous, it was absolutely fabulous," said Todd Southard of Lockport. "It was so funny. He talked a lot ...

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