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  • Seinfeld treated comedy like math.

    A joke can be perfected, whittled down to a perfect and easily repeated core. And once you have enough of those, you can just juggle them.

    He didnt hang out and get high and drunk with the other comics, he went home and studied the Tonight Show.

    I think his greatest weakness is that he can’t read a room very well. That isn’t a skill he prioritized.

    Also rehearsing a joke to death the way Seinfeld does makes it seem like you’re listening to something memorized rather than spontaneous.

    I saw him live a few years ago. He wasn’t my favorite but I’m glad I went.


  • Seinfeld is now using the Uno reverse card on those comments explaining to Tom Papa, “If you’re Lindsey Vonn, if you’re a champion skier, you can put the gates anywhere you want on the mountain. She’s going to make the gate. That’s comedy. Whatever the culture is, we make the gate. You don’t make the gate, you’re out of the game. The game is, where is the gate? How do I make the gate and get down the hill the way I want to?”

    This doesn’t read as a cop out to me. He is acknowledging that he has trouble hitting certain audiences because things have changed, and now realized he needs to change to meet the game and appeal to the more modern audiences.

    And that makes perfect sense. Seinfeld’s comedy is already a part of our cultural DNA. He needs to evolve to remain relevant.







  • Hey, honestly, you’ve spent the last era of your life helping the elderly, and you’ll have that opportunity again in properly guiding your customers.

    Take pride in that and other aspects of your work. I was once in your shoes, cared for my mom in her dying years while also suffering from my own mental and medical issues.

    Now I’m married with a corporate career, associates degree, wife, and house, all things I would have never thought I’d accomplish when I was at my worst.

    Enjoy this change. Keep your head held high. You’ve got this!