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Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke | The New York Times
youtube.comThe Chris Rock I see on TV is hilarious, flawless. The Chris Rock that performs in dozens of small clubs each year is just OK. That is by design. No comedic genius is smart enough to preemptively know what jokes will land well. Every big comedian tests their material in small clubs before using it in big venues. Rock was once asked if he missed sma
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Jerry: It’s an interesting question. I’ve been thinking about that actually, and I think that there will always be only a very few great comedians because comedy itself is so difficult. No matter how many people do it, it’s just a rare combination of skills and talents that go into making a great comedian. If everyone in the country decided to beco
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And then I looked at his résumé. The first thing I noticed was that he went to a school that I’d never heard of, Southern Utah University. I asked him what kind of school it was. He replied, “It was the MIT of southern Utah.” That was the last joke he told. Mark’s seriousness was so intense that it seemed to make him uncomfortable in his own skin.
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