Jerry Seinfeld — A Comedy Legend’s Systems, Routines, and Methods for Success | The Tim Ferriss Show

Brought to you by Wealthfront high-yield savings account http://wealthfront.com/tim Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2020/12/08/jerry-seinfeld/#more-53914 Entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld’s (@jerryseinfeld) comedy career took off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1981. Eight years later, he teamed up with fellow comedian Larry David to create what was to become the most successful comedy series in the history of television: Seinfeld. The show ran on NBC for nine seasons, winning numerous Emmy, Golden Globe, and People’s Choice awards, and was named the greatest television show of all time in 2009 by TV Guide and in 2012 was identified as the best sitcom ever in a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll. Seinfeld made his Netflix debut with the original stand-up special Jerry Before Seinfeld along with his Emmy-nominated and critically acclaimed web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which has garnered over 100 million views and which The New York Times describes as “impressively complex and artful” and Variety calls “a game-changer.” His latest stand-up special, 23 Hours To Kill, was released by Netflix earlier this year. He is also the author of Is This Anything?, which features his best work across five decades in comedy. Please enjoy! 00:00 Start 07:35 Childhood and The Last Laugh by Phil Berger 11:41 On writing 18:42 The real wellspring of ideas 21:05 Steering Seinfeld for nine seasons 24:51 On stepping away from massive success 26:01 Irritability as inspiration 28:23 Harmony and the cast of Seinfeld 32:17 The importance of systems 36:23 If he taught a class on writing 38:43 On feedback 42:29 On self-rewards 47:49 Other routines 52:27 Pain is knowledge filling a void at great speed 53:56 On the allure of depression 56:24 Favorite failures 01:01:14 Writing three days a week vs. writing seven 01:03:00 The Tonight Show: the first appearance 01:03:13 Mitzi Shore of The Comedy Store 01:06:40 Self-sufficiency and gamification 01:14:22 Survival as the new success 01:20:21 Jerry’s billboard SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW LINK TO ALL SHOW TRANSCRIPTS: https://tim.blog/2018/09/20/all-transcripts-from-the-tim-ferriss-show/ About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/

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Dec 11, 20201h 29mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released: December 11, 2020
Duration: 1h 29m
Channel: Tim Ferriss
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Brought to you by Wealthfront high-yield savings account http://wealthfront.com/tim Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2020/12/08/jerry-seinfeld/#more-53914 Entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld’s (@jerryseinfeld) comedy career took off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1981. Eight years later, he teamed up with fellow comedian Larry David to create what was to become the most successful comedy series in the history of television: Seinfeld. The show ran on NBC for nine seasons, winning numerous Emmy, Golden Globe, and People’s Choice awards, and was named the greatest television show of all time in 2009 by TV Guide and in 2012 was identified as the best sitcom ever in a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll. Seinfeld made his Netflix debut with the original stand-up special Jerry Before Seinfeld along with his Emmy-nominated and critically acclaimed web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which has garnered over 100 million views and which The New York Times describes as “impressively complex and artful” and Variety calls “a game-changer.” His latest stand-up special, 23 Hours To Kill, was released by Netflix earlier this year. He is also the author of Is This Anything?, which features his best work across five decades in comedy. Please enjoy! 00:00 Start 07:35 Childhood and The Last Laugh by Phil Berger 11:41 On writing 18:42 The real wellspring of ideas 21:05 Steering Seinfeld for nine seasons 24:51 On stepping away from massive success 26:01 Irritability as inspiration 28:23 Harmony and the cast of Seinfeld 32:17 The importance of systems 36:23 If he taught a class on writing 38:43 On feedback 42:29 On self-rewards 47:49 Other routines 52:27 Pain is knowledge filling a void at great speed 53:56 On the allure of depression 56:24 Favorite failures 01:01:14 Writing three days a week vs. writing seven 01:03:00 The Tonight Show: the first appearance 01:03:13 Mitzi Shore of The Comedy Store 01:06:40 Self-sufficiency and gamification 01:14:22 Survival as the new success 01:20:21 Jerry’s billboard SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW LINK TO ALL SHOW TRANSCRIPTS: https://tim.blog/2018/09/20/all-transcripts-from-the-tim-ferriss-show/ About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/

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Tim Ferriss
host
Entrepreneur, author, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show.
Jerry Seinfeld
guest
Stand-up comedian and creator/star of the sitcom Seinfeld.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Tim Ferriss, featuring Tim Ferriss and Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld — A Comedy Legend’s Systems, Routines, and Methods for Success | The Tim Ferriss Show explores jerry Seinfeld on systems, rewriting, and surviving comedy’s ecosystem long-term Jerry Seinfeld explains his creative process as a disciplined loop between writing at the desk and testing material on stage, treating audience response as definitive data.

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