Jerry Seinfeld set to bank £1million for a 90-minute show in London

Jerry Seinfeld is being paid £1 million for a one-off 90-minute stand up performance at The O2 Arena in London  his first stage appearance in the UK capital city in 12 years.

Best known for playing himself in TV sitcom 'Seinfeld',he struck the lucrative deal to perform his first London show in 12 years on June 3 next year and will receive the huge sum for the 90-minute set at The O2 Arena.

More than 20,000 tickets have gone on sale at up to £110 each.He last told jokes in London at the Palladium in 1998, with tickets for the date selling out in less than 30 minutes.

Jerry Seinfeld,the world’s richest comedian,claims he is preparing for his routine by drinking "lots and lots of rocket fuel Stumptown coffee"  and he is looking forward to perform at the venue where so many of his comedy peers have performed.

“The O2 is a pretty big place. I’ve heard great things about it from my good friends Chris Rock and Ricky Gervais and, who’s that other fella? The tall skinny one… Russell Brand. I prefer old theaters because the ­audience is more… trapped.” said Seinfeld and he also joked, being asked about the price :“Really, am I worth that much? Let’s hope there’s an audience for me in Britain."

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Ricky Gervais LIVE IV - Science comedy video

The most hilarious fourth live smash hit stand up comedy video from Ricky Gervais, released on DVD on 22nd November, was filmed live at London's Hammer-smith HMV Apollo,witch buy the way follows a complete sell out tour.

Ricky Gervais LIVE IV comedy video features an exclusive package that contains a tour diary with behind the scenes footage, a candid chat between Karl Pilkington and his self, Ricky. Plus, also an interview with Karl Pilkington and Warwick Davis.

Comedians, such as Billy Connolly, talks about Ricky Gervais Live IV comedy video as a total original and considers Gervais as ''some kind of genius in human observation'', ''Ricky Gervais is one of the funniest comedians I've ever seen'' says Chris Rock, ''He absolutely kills me every time i see him'' declares Jerry Seinfeld and Jhon Cleese refers at Ricky Gervais as ''the height of modern entertainment''.

It looks like that wasn't enough to stop mean comments from The Daily Mail about Ricky Gervais Live IV comedy as being ''tasteless and unfunny'' witch we totally don't agree with.Check out Ricky Gervais Live IV comedy video and get your own opinion.

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Robin Williams - Funnier on Drugs?

You all know Robin Williams, American actor and comedian who became famous with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand up comedy work, performing in many feature films since 1980.

Robin Williams has done a number of stand up comedy tours since the early 1970s.

Some of his most notable tours include An Evening With Robin Williams in 1982, Robin Williams: At The Met in 1986 and Robin Williams LIVE on Broadway in 2002, breaking many long-held records for a comedy show, tickets being sold out within thirty minutes of going on sale.

After a six-year break, in August 2008 Williams stars with "Weapons of Self Destruction" a tour that started at the end of September 2009, finishing in New York on December 3.

Williams won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Grammy Awards.

In 2006, Williams admitted that he has battled substance abuse before and he started seeking treatment. During his swift rise to fame on the 1978-1982 sitcom Mork and Mindy, Williams became addicted to alcohol and cocaine.

"Cocaine for me, was a place to hide. Most people get hyper on coke. It slowed me down. Sometimes it made me paranoid and impotent, but mostly it just made me withdrawn. And I was so crazy back then working all day, partying most of the night, I needed an excuse not to talk. I needed quiet times and I used coke to get them."

Two events made him quit and seek treatment.First his pal John Belushi died from a drug overdose just a few hours after Williams snorted a line of coke with him at a hotel and the second event, his first wife, Valerie, became pregnant.

"The Belushi tragedy was frightening, his death scared a whole group of show business people and for me there was the baby coming. I knew I couldn't be a father and live that sort of life" said  Williams.

Many fans and critics, judged Robin Williams abuse for alcohol and drugs.Some of them even said that his humor and jokes came out thanks to the drugs effects and that he was funnier when he was cooked out!

What do you say about that? Do you think that Robin Williams can't tell jokes without taking coke?

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Kevin Hart Great comedian, Great actor and guess what more? A great DAD

Before becoming a great comedian and before taking his friends suggestions to channel his sense of humor into a stage act, Kevin Hart worked as a shoe salesman.With little experience and lots of hope he quit his job and made stand up comedy his new career.

When Kevin hit the stage for the first time, he didn't have too much to talk about, explaining that much of his jokes were very simple "white people do this and black people do it like this".

Now, being a dad, it is easier for him because a lot of his routine comes directly from the real life challenges of being a husband and a dad to his little hearts, his daughter Heaven Lee 4 years old and his son Hendrix 2 years old.

Being a dad, had a very powerful impact on Kevin's life. "They're little now and they say the funniest things'' says Kevin, who seems inspired a lot in his stand up comedies shows by that.

Busy trying to teach his children what not to do he realizes that it's all the stuff that he was doing when he was young.Even as a young boy, Kevin says he was a funny guy. "It cracks me up that they are exact replicas of me, when i was young i was always the silly one and now i make my daughter laugh all the time,she thinks her dad is crazy" Kevin declared.

So, i guess you all imagine how is having Kevin Hart always around.Dieing laughing! What i think it is obvious is the fact that Kevin Hart is a great dad such as he is the great comedian that we all love.

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Tom Rhodes's Career

In a raucous stand up career spanning 25 years and 7 continents, Tom Rhodes has been on HBO, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and filmed two half hour specials for Comedy Central “Comedy Central presents…Tom Rhodes”.

Tom was also the host of his own late night talk show in Amsterdam for Dutch television. Tom is one of those rare exotic creatures who has dedicated his life to stand-up comedy. Starting out at the tender age of 17, in Orlando, Florida he was soon touring the Southern United States and up the eastern seaboard to New York City.

But it wasn’t until Tom moved to San Francisco, that he discovered his comedic “voice”. There in the city he describes as “The Jerusalem of Stand-Up Comedy” he was discovered by Comedy Central. Tom was given the channel’s first ever development deal contract which led to his critically acclaimed hour special “Viva Vietnam! : A White Trash Adventure Tour”.

The following year at the Montreal Comedy Festival he was “discovered” again, this time by NBC who gave him his own sitcom on the network called “Mr. Rhodes” where Tom played a rebel teacher in a stuffy prep school trying to inspire revolution in his students. The sitcom was short lived but Tom took his “NBC artist’s grant money” and moved to New York City to rededicate his life to the art of Stand-up comedy.

As Tom’s horizons broadened he found himself regularly performing in London, which led to many other engagements in the Comedy clubs scattered across Europe. While performing in Amsterdam he was seen by the Dutch television network, Yorin , who gave him his own late night talk show entitled “The Kevin Masters Show : starring Tom Rhodes”.

The much loved show ran for 2 years with Tom interviewing Holland’s biggest celebrities and experiencing every aspect of the unique Dutch culture.

At the end of the show’s run the same network gave Tom a travel show named “Yorin Travel” where he got to film highlights on Peru, Russia, France and the Dutch Caribbean. Tom’s lovable personality and warm charm have won him fans all across the globe.

He continues to perform regularly in Asia, Australia, Europe, and all across the United States. Pretty much anywhere there is a comedy microphone plugged in.

Having come a long way from his small hometown of Oviedo, Florida, to a seasoned world class performer and traveler, Tom Rhodes is truly an International Man of Comedy.

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