Jerry Seinfeld proves, once again, he\'s master of his domain

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Jerry Seinfeld proves, once again, he's master of his domain 12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, July 20, 2008 By MATT WEITZ / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
guidelive@dallasnews.com Matt Weitz is a Dallas freelance writer.
The first of Jerry Seinfeld's two shows at Fair Park Music Hall onSaturday night revealed a comedian who was not as self-absorbed andquirky as his eponymous protagonist from the famed Seinfeld comedy that ran from 1989 to 1998.
But he was still familiar to fans of that show, making manyobservations about modern life and acting shocked or appalled infront of the full- house crowd.
He wondered about the proliferation of cellphones and about howyears ago a ringing phone was met with calls of "I got it," nowreplaced with cries of "Don't answer it!"
He didn't really set sail upon extended riffs, but strung three- orfour-line (or more) jokes on the same subject together like pearlson a string.
Thus, the phone humor led to a bit contemplating the absolutecluelessness of the implications of the "*69" function on yourphone package. "Didn't anyone that worked on this go to middleschool?" Mr. Seinfeld said, noting that he didn't even want to knowabout the implications of "three-way calling."
He has always tended to focus on the day-to-day indignities ofmodern life (in this case, coffee shops, cellphones, interpersonalcookie politics), but since his marriage and three children, he hasinjected more family humor into his act.
"How can you deal with someone who poops their pants while they'relooking right at you?" he asks, before adding, "and smiling?"
He also addressed the changes that come with matrimony. "Before Igot married, I never even knew my voice had a tone," he said,admitting that since then, it's often the "wrong" tone.
He also dug a bit into local appeal, noting that the traffic on theDallas North Tollway was "crazy, everybody one inch apart" and thatwhen trying to merge, other drivers "want to see you earn it. Theywon't hurt you, but they won't help you, either."
Matt Weitz is a Dallas freelance writer.