The same with that book, The Last Laugh, it was just like, whatever made men in centuries past become explorers. I don’t think there’s anything like that around today, but that was essential. I wanted to have this cool, adventurous life. I wanted to be urban and I wanted to be smart, and smarter than I was. They were very sophisticated and it was everything I wanted to be. I never read anything outside of high school except magazines, car magazines, comic books, and Esquire because I don’t know, in those years, early ’70s, Esquire was really full of character, and about encouraging male boldness and inventiveness in lifestyle and just life in general. I mean, I was in high school and I did the absolute minimum you could do to survive in high school. I have the copy that I bought wherever I found it. Jerry Seinfeld: How did I find that? I really don’t know. I thought we would start with the beginning of Is This Anything? And in the, I suppose you could call it the introduction or the preface, another book pops up, which is The Last Laugh by Phil Berger, and I would love to just know how that book entered your life? Tim Ferriss: I really appreciate you making the time. For the sake of clarity, media outlets are permitted to use photos of Tim Ferriss from the media room on tim.blog or (obviously) license photos of Tim Ferriss from Getty Images, etc. WHAT IS NOT ALLOWED: No one is authorized to copy any portion of the podcast content or use Tim Ferriss’ name, image or likeness for any commercial purpose or use, including without limitation inclusion in any books, e-books, book summaries or synopses, or on a commercial website or social media site (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) that offers or promotes your or another’s products or services. For the sake of clarity, media outlets with advertising models are permitted to use excerpts from the transcript per the above. WHAT YOU’RE WELCOME TO DO: You are welcome to share the below transcript (up to 500 words but not more) in media articles (e.g., The New York Times, LA Times, The Guardian), on your personal website, in a non-commercial article or blog post (e.g., Medium), and/or on a personal social media account for non-commercial purposes, provided that you include attribution to “The Tim Ferriss Show” and link back to the tim.blog/podcast URL. Tim Ferriss owns the copyright in and to all content in and transcripts of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, with all rights reserved, as well as his right of publicity. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform.ĭUE TO SOME HEADACHES IN THE PAST, PLEASE NOTE LEGAL CONDITIONS: With some episodes lasting 2+ hours, it can be difficult to catch minor errors. He is also the author of Is This Anything?, which features his best work across five decades in comedy. 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. 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. 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. Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld ( Jerry’s comedy career took off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1981.
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