Jerry Seinfeld Explains Joke Writing

Jokes aren't funny if you have to explain them. Explaining how the joke got written can be marginally funny.

Jokes aren’t funny if you have to explain them. Explaining how the joke got written can be marginally funny, as Jerry Seinfeld demonstrates:

Via Steve Rubel, who is fascinated by how much “masters like comedian Jerry Seinfeld continuously sweat the details in a meticulous effort to refine their craft.”

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Comments

  1. Ernieyeball says:

    How many flies does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

  2. Ernieyeball says:

    Just two…but nobody knows how they get in there!

  3. Murray says:

    Am I really the only person who never found Seinfeld himself nor his work for others anywhere near funny?

  4. aFloridian says:

    @Murray: Seinfeld’s stand-up comedy is not my style, but the show “Seinfeld” is one of my all-time favorites. I’ve probably seen most episodes 10-15 times over the past 15 years. It was the entire ensemble and wonderfully awkward situations that made the show so good.

  5. @Murray – I would agree, but then again, I grew up on George Carlin, Sam Kineson, and Bill Hicks. Different styles of comedy.