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Is This Anything?

By: Jerry Seinfeld
Narrated by: Jerry Seinfeld
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The first book in 25 years from Jerry Seinfeld features his 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 student in autumn 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 favourite material, organised decade by decade. One brilliantly crafted observation after another, listeners 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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If you know you’re not buying an autobiography but a collection of what Seinfeld thinks are his best all time jokes then you won’t be disappointed. Seinfeld surely must be one of the greatest comic minds of the twentieth century. While you do lose a little without his body language and gestures, his reading of exquisitely logical silliness is perfect. This is audible at its best. If you love the show you will have heard much of this material, but it is interesting to see the timeline and how a good chunk was actually written 15 years before Seinfeld aired, and is still funny today. Seinfeld has a way of finding the absurd in the everyday. This never gets old. It is universal comedy.

Universal comedy

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I was hoping for more of his life story, not just a list of joke telling.

I like Jerry Seinfeld… but not this

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Was a big like "Pleasantville" and no real laugh out loud moments... Hoped for more from this work by a master comedian

Didn't hit any high marks - a little dated

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Without an ensemble he is not that funny most of the time, rather, just a critic of human nature. Enjoyed parts, but he needs props, like the cast of his show to make his ideas funnier.

Is he really that funny?

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Loved listening to this collection of comedy gold from Jerry Seinfeld. The book is structured well and if definitely worth a listen!

Great funny read

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A nice option for Jerry Seinfeld fans. This is mainly a compilation of his jokes/bits he's compiled over the decades (not a biography). Good to listen to distract yourself and put you in a pleasant frame of mind.

Great light-hearted comedy by Jerry.

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This is not an autobiography but rather a collection of all of the best jokes that Jerry Seinfeld has ever written, in the chronological order that they were written in. Highly entertaining when you don't want to envelop yourself in a deep narrative.

All of Seinfeld's jokes ever

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"Business is business, rules are rules, a deal's a deal, what's done is done, but when we go in there, as long as we know what's what and who's who, then whatever happens, happens and it is what it is."
Non-stop comedy genius and nonsense. Seinfeld's well polished brilliance shines brighter than ever.

It is what it is

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Some hilarious moments. Not everything was worth to be included in the book. Overall an easy and pleasant listening.

Typical Seinfeld humour

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Snippets of standup bits is what this is. Don’t get me wrong, it is great for Seinfeld fans but there is no real structure or story to it. I’m not crazy about the female announcer as her voice is very out of place.

I love it because I love Seinfeld

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