First published 2020
Jerry Seinfeld presents his comedy collection spanning fifty years of material. The comedian has preserved every bit he considered worth keeping since his debut at Catch a Rising Star in 1975 as a twenty one year old college student. Seinfeld stored his material in accordion folders, capturing jokes that emerged on stage, in conversations, and on yellow legal pads. He organizes his selected favorites by decade, revealing how his comedic voice developed over time. The book tracks his journey from that first New York nightclub performance through forty five years of refining his craft. Readers follow the progression of his observational style and witness his method of building jokes. Seinfeld shares the material he saved from nearly five decades of comedy writing, showing both his creative process and the demanding nature of stand up comedy.
Genres: memoir, non-fiction, comedy
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: creative-process, personal-journey
Period: 1975, 21st-Century, 45 Years
480 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster