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Is This Anything?

Written by: Jerry Seinfeld
Narrated by: Jerry Seinfeld
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Publisher's Summary

The first book in 25 years from “one of our great comic minds” (The Washington Post) features Seinfeld’s best work across five decades in comedy.

Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub “Catch a Rising Star” as a 21-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved everything. “Whenever I came up with a funny bit, whether it happened on a stage, in a conversation, or working it out on my preferred canvas, the big yellow legal pad, I kept it in one of those old school accordion folders,” Seinfeld writes. “So I have everything I thought was worth saving from 45 years of hacking away at this for all I was worth.”

For this book, Jerry Seinfeld has selected his favorite material, organized decade by decade. In this “trove of laugh-out-loud one-liners” (Associated Press), you will witness the evolution of one of the great comedians of our time and gain new insights into the thrilling but unforgiving art of writing stand-up comedy.

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What the critics say

"Gold, Jerry! This audiobook is pure gold! In that one-of-a-kind unforgettable voice, Seinfeld explores 45 years of comedy bits, sorted by decade. Each section begins with a jazzy interlude and a brief introduction narrated by Fiona Hardingham. In what is hours of pure entertainment, Seinfeld's timing is, of course, perfect, and the familiar way that he narrates creates a unique level of intimacy. Listeners will feel like they're in the front row of a show as they imagine Seinfeld's quirky facial expressions and wild hand gestures. Whether they consume this treasure a little at a time or binge-listen, the entire audiobook is one Seinfeld fans won't want to miss." (Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award, AudioFile Magazine)

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GENIUS...!!! TRUST ME...IT'S FOR YOU!!!!

I think people must have thought I was crazy...I go for outdoor walks as I listen to my books...I WAS LAUGHING majority of the time...
("majority" Seinfeld voice)

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Great material, not great presentation.

I would give this book 5 stars if it were not for the British woman introducing each joke. All this does is interrupt the flow of the comedy and the natural joke progression. PLEASE re-release this book without it and it will be AWESOME!!!

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Buy the audiobook

If you plan to buy the printed/Kindle book, forget about it.

This book must be appreciated as an audiobook. Seinfeld telling the stories is way funnier.

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No, it isn't anything

This book reminds me of bands that dump out an album of crappy songs they had rejected so they can fulfill a recording contract. It also.makes me wonder if Larry David should get most of the credit for the success of the brilliant Seinfeld TV series. On the show, Uncle Leo dismisses Jerry's comedy style as "He does that observational comedy, you know, like 'have you ever noticed?'" I couldn't stop thinking of Uncle Leo's comment while listening to the audio book, which sounds like an unfiltered collection of everything that ever popped into Seinfeld's mind. Try it yourself (when Covid allows). Go anywhere -- a supermarket, tavern, restaurant, playground, airport. Observe people's actions and try hard to imagine them as funny, and write them down. Start each one with "Have you ever noticed that when...." Almost all of them will be sweeping generalizations that are boring, like this book. I watched every Seinfeld episode with a fixed grin and laughed out loud several times at most of the shows, but not with this audio book. I think I chuckled twice in five hours.

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horrible.

horrible. do not buy. it doesn't deserve 15 words. horrible. do not buy. it doesn't deserve 15 words

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Great Deliveries

Jerry re-enacts his old and recent material. Although this is an audio book, Jerry Seinfeld's deliveries were genuine and funny!

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Love love love Jerry Seinfeld.

Loved the book. Gave me lots of laughs and smiles.
Thank you Jerry for making my day sunnier.

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  • 2023-10-31

Leftover jokes for a reason

The tone and jokes were not interesting, there’s a reason we never heard them before.

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Very disappointing

This was boring just listening to him do his stand up jokes for 6 hours.
I wanted to hear about how he got his start in comedy.
This book was very disappointing.

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  • 2023-02-22

Great material

Although it is mostly a review of Seinfeld material,
It deserves 5 stars! Nobody outmatches Jerry, He is the KING of stand-up comedy. If you feel depressed, listen for a few minutes, it will lift you up!

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