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Jerry Seinfeld

Author of SeinLanguage

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About the Author

Stand-up comedian, comic television actor, advertising pitchman, and author, Jerry Seinfeld makes a seamless transition from one role to the next. He earned the 1992 and 1993 American Comedy Award for Best Actor in a comedy series and an Emmy award for outstanding comedy series for the hit show more television comedy that bears his name. The show completed its prime-time run with a media blitz in 1998, but appears regularly in syndication. Based very closely on Seinfeld's real-life circumstances and experiences, Seinfeld's show is, according to the actor himself, "about nothing." In some respects, however, it is autobiographical: what happens to a comedian living in New York City as he passes time with friends between shows. He is single, thin and neat, and loves baseball, fast cars, Superman, and cereal. Seinfeld's books, Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential (1987) and Sein Language (1993), follow the same themes. Seinfeld was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 29, 1955. He has a degree in theater communications from Queens (N.Y.) College. Seinfeld is single and still calls New York home. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Jerry Seinfeld (1954- ) Photo by Alan Light, 44th Emmy Awards, August 1992 (Flickr attribution license)

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Works by Jerry Seinfeld

SeinLanguage (1993) 1,659 copies
Is This Anything? (2020) 501 copies
Bee Movie [2007 film] (2007) 272 copies
Halloween (2002) 259 copies
Seinfeld: Seasons 1 & 2 (2011) 147 copies
Seinfeld: Season 4 (2005) 111 copies
Seinfeld: Season 3 (2004) 107 copies
Seinfeld: Season 5 (2011) 87 copies
Seinfeld: Season 6 (2011) 82 copies
Seinfeld: Season 7 (2006) 79 copies
Seinfeld: Season 9 (2007) 76 copies
Seinfeld: Season 8 (2007) 66 copies

Associated Works

Letters from a Nut (1997) — Introduction — 945 copies
More Letters from a Nut (1998) — Introduction — 259 copies
Extra Nutty! Even More Letters from a Nut! (2000) — Afterword — 185 copies
Porsche: Origin of the Species (2012) — Foreword — 9 copies

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BooksInMirror | 8 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |
I love comedians, and this book highlighted many popular comedians. Jerry Seinfeld had a tv series called Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The premise of the show was to drive around with comedians, and, ultimately, stop for coffee. This book contains excerpts of scenes from the show. He had hilarious conversations with Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and many more. I was laughing all the way through. If you decide to read this, listen to the audiobook. The audiobook takes the scenes from the show, so you get to hear the comedians in their own voices. It's a great read that will entertain you for hours.… (more)
 
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tami317 | 3 other reviews | Feb 14, 2024 |
99% of this book are his old bits, most of which I've heard. Reading them on the page renders them flat unless you actively try to channel his delivery. Maybe this would be good as an audio book with him narrating but as a physical book, it's a disappointment and ends up feeling like he's just trying to cash in.
 
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