How Seinfeld Constructs a Joke

A few months ago a YouTube video explained how the comic Louie CK tells a joke. I was surprised by the precision and discipline. I guess it's because he makes it look so natural and easy.

Now Netflix is getting into act with its Jerry Before Seinfeld special.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Seinfeld has been writing his jokes with a pen on a yellow legal pad for decades. He saves them all, in alphabetical order.

Seinfeld said, "I don't want people to know how much work I put into it. I just think it's more fun when it seems off the cuff."

Silly me, I thought it was about nothing.