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The first book in twenty-five years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy.Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub "Catch a Rising Star" as a twenty-one-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved everything. "Whenever I came up with a funny bit, whether it happened on a stage, in a conversation, or working it out on my preferred canvas, the big yellow legal pad, I kept it in one of those old school accordion folders," Seinfeld writes. "So I have everything I thought was worth saving from forty-five years of hacking away at this for all I was worth." For this book, Jerry Seinfeld has selected his favorite material, organized decade by decade. In page after hilarious page, one brilliantly crafted observation after another, readers will witness the evolution of one of the great comedians of our time and gain new insights into the thrilling but unforgiving art of writing stand-up comedy.
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"Fans of Seinfeld will eat this up, and aspiring comics will want to study how he shapes his seemingly effortless humor."
"And that's a big deal."
"This sharply observed, life-in-gags treasure trove offers essential reading for comedy fans, from a master of the form."
"Admirers of Seinfeld's stream-of-consciousness observations about the minutiae of daily life will find much to enjoy here ..."
"Readers will delight in seeing how he mined a shifting landscape of inane commercial products, societal norms, and myriad pet peeves for laughs."
"If you're Jerry Seinfeld that book is very funny indeed ..."
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