Jerry Seinfeld on How to Write a Joke

The comedian describes the anatomy of his Pop-Tart joke, still a work in progress, and shows his longhand writing process.

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[smokingfast]

The mug is round. The jar is round...They should call it Roundtine.

[Eitan Rosenberg]

The difference between me and Jerry is that Jerry's time wasting is his job.

I, on the other hand, can only waste time when out of job.

If i waste time within a job, i eventually end up with no job at all and too much

time to waste, whereas if Jerry wastes time in his job he ends up with no time at all

and too much job!

[comprehensiveboy]

What if chimps are evolved from us?

[bvolsky]

Noticed that too. It's not a christopher nolan movie! Maybe to look more 3D...we get the viewmaster dual screen too. They should have greenscreened a roller coaster.

[bvolsky]

That sounds like an elected catholic official. Or a bad guy from an exploitation film.

[Leo Mumford]

I guess Jerry, that If there weren't no "chimps in the dirt playing with sticks" there would be no evolutionary chain that humans could reasonably follow.

[TheMikeSwitch]

I don't get it either. I'd say 3 out of 4 youtube videos, the thread is some kind of argument. It's sad

[TheMikeSwitch]

That's gold jerry! gold!

[signevent]

Such an inspiration to the comedy world. His dedication and his ability truly makes for an all around perfect comedy experience.

[AutumnAsh81]

it sickens me to read comments all over all these youtube videos because almost always people threaten others, bring religion into things, constant insults and nothing constructive... generally. i mean, who cares if hes jewish. also why threaten him? if you dont like his comedy, then why are you watching this video?

[captainmaak]

seinfeld syndication money