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Question What is the most that you would pay for a comedy ticket?

Beefy

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Jerry Seinfeld is doing a one-off show at the O2 in London next July. Tickets are £100 or £110 apparently (according to the mailshot that the O2 emailed round this morning).

I'd like to see Jerry again, but that is an extortionate amount of money. I saw him in Vegas a few months back and his show was only an hour long, too. He blamed that on the casino but if he tried doing a one hour show in London at that price there'd be more riots, I suspect.

So what is the most that you would pay to watch one of your favourite stand-up comedians?
 
It depends on the length of the show... An hour is pretty average for a stand-up show, but I've seen routines lasting far longer for a fraction of the price. Personally, if it's a top, world renown comedian then I'd be happy to pay £30ish per hour.
 
£100 is obscene. You could buy the entire box sets of Seinfeld and CYE for that and have change left.

Most I'd pay....£35/£40 and that'd have to be someone special. Lets face it you can buy the DVD's these days or it comes on normal telly.
 
I think the £100 is made worse by the fact its at the o2 and not exactly intimate which has put me off seeing any comedian there.

Be interested to know what its like if you've been to see a comic there
 
$10 at the most. We are talking my nephew Jerry here. He's good, but not as good as his cousin Jeffrey. Now HE'S funny.
 
that's taking the **** a bit. on a broader front, the move at the moment to a lot of big arena stand-up shows is quite interesting- apparently the o2 now make about 10-15% of their revenue out of stand-up gigs (partially because they're relatively cheap to put on - less need for security, expensive sets etc)
 
I think Seinfeld is going to be pocketing most of this cash. His Vegas tickets were noticably more expensive than pretty much any other show we saw advertised.

Good work if you can get it.
 
Actually, I'll take my aforementioned answer back. Given the relative comedy in the opening session at the WACA this morning, I think I'll open myself up to more expensive tickets. i.e. the cost of a flight, hotel and admission to that.

I mean, Seinfeld is funny and the likes of Frankie Boyle will make me laugh, but this is just down right hilarious.
 
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