Seriously Funny

This book by Gerald Nachman was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Jerry Seinfeld. It comes up in conversations about depression & mood, motivation & discipline. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

The comedians of the 1950s and 1960s were a totally different breed of relevant, revolutionary performer from any that came before or after, comics whose humor did much more than pry guffaws out of audiences.

• “there's a fantastic book about stand up that i read during the virus called seriously funny and the guy he writes only about comedians of the 50s and 60s”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “there's a fantastic book about stand up that i read during the virus called seriously funny”
  Jerry Seinfeld · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202001:17:02

  Said during "Jerry Seinfeld, A Comedy Legend’s Systems, Routines, and Methods for Success | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Jerry Seinfeld: Entertainment icon, stand-up comedian, and co-creator of Seinfeld, the most successful comedy series in TV history. Author of 'Is This Anything' and creator of the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Jerry Seinfeld breaks down his writing systems, daily routines, gamification, and the brutal craft of surviving stand-up comedy.