Jerry Seinfeld on How to Write a Joke

January 14, 2013 1 Comment

One area this blog examines is how successful people do their work, asking “What do they do differently than the rest of us?“.

Watch someone skilled do their thing, and it probably looks pretty easy. But don’t be fooled: greatness takes a buttload of work.

In this short video, Jerry describes his work process, and how it took him two years to create “The Pop Tart Joke”.  

On stage, Jerry takes one minute and 34 seconds to tell the joke — so that’s 16 months of work per minute of performance.  Imagine how much time it takes to prepare for a full routine!

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One Response to Jerry Seinfeld on How to Write a Joke

  1. David Rosendahl's avatar David Rosendahl says:
    January 14, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    By the way, if you’ve never seen the joke performed live, you can see it here: http://youtu.be/YmCTUBEluSE

    Well worth the minute and a half!

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