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I totally disagree.

npxmnpxm i forgot betty white was such an outspoken philosopher. Def my fav quote from her

ben cornish cool

@@bencornish6910 sorry to disappoint you mate. But a frog will die if you dissect it.

@@ziksy6460 i think he was saying that it isnt analogous

MegaDrummerboy2009 ..they don't pop, and they don't tart

if you think about it they are much more frustrating than toast! and what about the butter? I'd like to be able to spread something on the thing before I eat it. I don't think I'll be popping anything!

WHO ARE these people whoeatpoptarts?

No Pop Tart for you.

Nothing but violence

Really?

No dude..it isn't

Brilliant ? That whole "joke" was some nursery school nonsense... it wasn't funny AT ALL.... oh, I get it, the ironic pop-tart

Geez some people here seem to be lacking I a sense of humor. I thought that line was hilarious

@Jose Solis You're a little too invested in this youtube comment thread buddy, lol. Maybe pick up a new hobby or something.

Beans

I understand his logic for the joke format. It makes sense and it works, but its not my favorite, but i appreciate it nevertheless

@@Slimenator I know

@@handofstranger i am more in the vain Louis C.K. and George Carlin, pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable but making sense while they do it in an absurd, convincingly way

@@Slimenator I know

...whuh...

sorry, just stole a joke from Larry David. ~.~

Bro, he didn’t say a thing

Detailed... mmmmm I dunno

Especially because historically he's kind of an elitist jerk about it

Yeah he killed! Killed!

You know what had potential? "Fax me some halibut".

"Wood Jerry. Wood."

"Can I use that ?" -Kenny Bania

Jerry's theme -- working on nothing -- a show about nothing -- jokes about nothing -- designed to waste time... etc.

all comedians are artists, we take time to prepare what we want to present. It always seems better in our heads(at least mine) and are usually our biggest critics.

Don't be, I waited a long time and regret it now, just try it, what's the worst that could happen they don't laugh? Just keep grinding and writing and you'll get there. I will say prepare to bomb, but bombing will make you so much better.

David Wayne haha you wanted people to know you’re a comedian

My favorites are self depricating but a comedian doesnt always have to be. Like i love anthony jeselnick

I write all my own music and this is pretty much me when I’m writing a new song.

+FBGM a lot of bits were only funny if that comedian was saying it. Like the legendary Norm Macdonald, Zach Galifinakis, or Mitch Hedberg, just to name a few

I eard a interview with Woody Allen, in the very beginning, when he was exploding in the stand up, and they ask him for a advice to someone that want to make comedy. He say, "don't waste time with the jokes, if you are funny, the jokes could be bad, that it will be funny. If you aren't funny, it could be the best joke ever, no one will laugh. So go to a stage, if you are funny, after that try to write good jokes."

Allen just seemed to be funny all the time. That's just his natural state I guess. I wish I could have seen him do standup...

Rory Scott nope lol

Wrong! It must be funny on paper, AND in the delivery.

jahlovin alluding

+Thom Eiser thanks

+jahlovin Not to be confused with "a luding", which is something entirely different all together.

Or more different still, 'a luring'. When you are talking about luring somebody, you're talking about something else entirely. You really are.

could you give me a joke you did that night...

…… how’d it go

No update huh liar?

You are brave - well done !

Well done and good luck!

Louie CK all day

I'd say George carlin is a little bit better

+Bigtroll101 no doubt about that

+YGTSTV also highest earning actor in the world.

+co122189 You have zero subscribers and you aren't funny...happy for that to continue?...

+Barclay Benjamin (Barcrrt) And a big thank-you to the Kellogg's people for bringing the Pop Tart(s) into our lives, it was a really exciting time!! I once had to go into pop tart rehab, and with my just being introduced to McDonald's etc., well, it was just a really wild and crazy decade to be alive!!!!!

elvicare35 Giddy up!!

I forget where I parked my horse!

I don't think you'd enjoy it as much as you think. Jerry is a known a-hole.

+Sir Deans Typical comment from someone with no wit.

+Sir Deans Very well put.

+Sir Deans it only took you 5 tries to be funny

+xybersurfer uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh BAMmmmmmm

But he did. He said to use a lot of silly sounding words, have the subject of the joke be something silly, and to have the biggest joke at the end of the stand up routine.

+onjoFilms I was like 'Ya that is a solid pen' lol so underrated

I was so disappointed that he doesn't write his bits with the astronaut pen!

Better is a Pilot G-2 Ultra Fine black, but Jerry's choice is thrifty... .

onjoFilms totally. We're obviously both writers. :)

Why? He was serious!

The 3 M's of comedy are monkeys, midgets, and men who are bald.

I know what you mean. But Jerry meant getting angry and compulsive towards something as small as a poptart.

and the richest

Yep, I remember years ago watching a short documentary on comedy, and one of the comics was saying that if you've got something so dark, taboo and offensive that it can't ever be shown in public, he wants to touch and hold it. And, I do think that is right. The mechanisms that trigger laughing tend to be an attempt by the brain to reset after being given something that makes absolutely no sense.

You really should write your own set and not just play this video for you performance.

John C. Salinas right back at ya 😆

Congrats!

Yeah

stop yelling

Portuguese and who knows!

@@DIANNEELEE ??

"Genius" is possibly a bit strong. Talking about the opposite of somethings qualities isn't really that clever.

@@joedent3323 3 different comments hating on this video lol I hope u make it

For real

I favourited this years ago. I found it after I first started writing jokes, and then read them. I knew I needed help. There is a lot more going on in this video that you only realise is there after a bit of time spent writing jokes. Seinfeld is a real steward for having submitted to this and revealing practical comedy writing process.

***** what negative comments?

Joe Villa wut

@Joe Villa Ugh every comedian has to write material

but we're here because he is a genius :D man for some time I was in line with the gossip that Jerry Seinfeld's standup skills would be overrated but this special was by far the best I saw on Netflix for a long time. But I'm living in Germany and there so many shows which Netflix provides to US customers are not available due to licenses especially regarding the subtitles

7 years later, crazy

me too

Yeah, his delivery in the special is so much different here, it loses the punch.

I'm not sure if it is modesty, he probably does genuinely question whether he is a literal tens of millions of dollars worth of funny and whatever his fee for a show is these days worth of funny. Which is even harder to define than if the laughs you're getting for no pay are genuine, let alone it being so expensive that you can literally never work again and would have to put major effort into disposing the money that you've got.

also a lot of social media Jewhaters can't stand him.

always entertaining.....the man is a GOD

+kewltony Shut up, Bania! Stick to your Ovaltine jokes.

+Dennis Why? Because the mug and the jar are round?

+kewltony Stop it! Shopping carts with one bad wheel? Awful!

Jason Downs I laughed. It's pure gold Jason, pure gold.

Josh Costanza So is it pure gold just because Jerry Seinfeld said it too? I mean, if a regular 40 year-old said that randomly, would you really find it funny?

@joshcontanza, I totally agree with you. My joke is inferior to Seinfelds...I just felt good that i had similar thought process to a comedy icon who has 30 years more comedy experience than myself. But yes Jerry's joke is tighter and more crisp.

Jason Downs like a burnt pop tart

That's great. I should really get a comedienne as a girlfriend.

***** thanks.

Hard consonants are funny cus they sound like exasperation. k is the funniest consonant, any word starting with k is funny, like coconuts. There is nothing funnier than a coconut. Maybe a pair of coconuts.

comprehensiveboy The "ee" vowel sound is also funny because you have to smile to say it, where as "oo" is a scared sound, like the little "Small Mouth Frog'...

you mean kokonuts !!

The subliminal meaning is a popular breakfast food, who dresses teasingly and provocatively.

+OhMyBooda No, I think he's getting dumber..

+Dan Goodwin agreed

The Night was Sultry.

+Jeffrey Alexander ..he's easily in the top 600.

TBH, this is one of the rare cases where the bit of bait and switch was warranted. He's not writing a joke here, he's writing a bit. Writing a bit is much more involved than just writing a joke. He's got a set of smaller jokes that are being woven into a larger one. Writing simple jokes isn't really that hard and people often times make them off the cuff. I personally struggle with figurative language at various points in my day and I can do that. I just have to be careful because I can be more cutting than I intend to be due to a lack of appropriate body language.

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Nice! Nowadays there's social media to start instead of a TV show.

He never actually said that except one time when he was making fun of himself on Seinfeld after people started to misquote him. Welcome to The Mandela Effect!