Seinfeld: Standup scene "pretty good"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 5th, 2007

In addition to all the usual huge names (Rock, Seinfeld, etc.), the organizers of The Comedy Festival (the HBO one, held in Vegas) are promising to bring in John Oliver, Bill Burr, Marc Maron, Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Kennedy & Nick Swardson, Artie Lange, The Sopranos star Steve Schirripa, Steve Byrne, Bobby Lee, Dr. Ken Jeong and Kevin Shea. So says the Reuters article detailing the lineup for this year’s Fest in the desert.

A phoner with Rock yielded the following:

Rock also said that thanks to cable TV, audiences feel similar to performers from one city to the next these days. “I played London, and it felt like Atlanta,” he said. “It’s cable. Everybody gets the same stuff.”

In his phoner, Seinfeld said he felt the standup scene overall was “pretty good.” Interesting that the question even came up.