#485: Jerry Seinfeld — A Comedy Legend’s Systems, Routines, and Methods for Success

Well hello, boys and girls, leemers and squirrels. This is Tim Ferris and welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferris Show. This episode was just a blast, and part of me still doesn't believe that it happened. Of course my job is to interview and deconstruct world class performers of all different types, of all different stripes, from all different fields, and my guest For this episode is none other than the icon Jerry Seinfeld. So who is Jerry Seinfeld? Entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld's 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. A lot of you have heard of it. 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 And in 2012 was identified as the best sitcom ever in a sixty minutes Vanity Fair poll.

Seinfeld made his Netflix debut with the original standup special, Jerry Before Seinfeld, along with his Emmy nominated and critically acclaimed web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which has garnered more than 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? Mm. Is this anything? It's a question with a question mark at the end, which is A brand new book and features his best work across five decades in comedy. It is a collection of his notes, his journal, and uh certainly his process. You can find him on Twitter at Jerry Seinfeld, Instagram at Jerry Seinfeld.

Facebook at Jerry Seinfeld. And if you have interest in creative process, gamifying life, mastering the mind, Comedy. habits and systems of someone who can operate at the top of their field for decades This Conversation touches all of those things. Please enjoy a wide ranging conversation with

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