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Article: SEINFELD starts over Secure in his fame, comedian returns to first love, as documented by new film
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- October 23, 2002
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There comes a time in every man's life when he must reassess
himself, set new goals. For Jerry Seinfeld, that time came a couple
of years ago.
After more than two decades of buffing to a high shine one of the
most beloved acts in all of stand-up comedy, he decided to scrap
everything and start from scratch.
Following his Broadway farewell concert, "I'm Telling You for the
Last Time," which premiered on HBO in August 1998 and featured many
of his best bits, bits that wowed Carson, that brought him fame, that
set the tempo for his namesake sitcom, the observational wunderkind
who coined more phrases than Yogi Berra chucked it all, took an
extended powder, got married, bought a house, started ...