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7 Reasons Why Jerry Seinfeld Should Be Your Rabbi
For a stand-up comedian that had a show about nothing, he’s like a Jewish ninja with words
There is nothing more awkward and uncomfortable than watching a stand-up comedian bomb on stage. The comedian knows it’s happening. The audience is definitely aware of it. Unlike any other type of live entertainment, it’s strangely intimate. Perhaps that’s why when it’s done well, it feels so damn good! For a guy that’s had a terminal diagnosis for eight years, I can tell you that no one has provided better medicine than Jerry Seinfeld.
Like most humans, I was a huge fan of arguably the greatest sitcom of all time. Like so many children of the 80’s it wasn’t until the show was in syndication in 1999, that the show’s brilliance was so obvious to me.
Cut to 15-year old me — What the hell does “sponge worthy” even mean?
I moved to NYC in the summer of 2004 weeks after college graduation. So many of my preconceived notions of the city were directly tied to the sitcom. I grew up in Florida and went to college in Arizona. I wasn’t as lucky as Seinfeld to grow up on Long Island. I was obsessed with the energy that NYC seemed to exude.
Maybe that’s what’s bellowing out of every manhole?
It probably took at least the first two years of living in my apartment, that I didn’t secretly think of Seinfeld every time I buzzed someone in from the intercom right next to the door. There was a great dinner around the corner. There was a dry cleaners on the first floor of my building. I dated a ton of women that didn’t last more than a season.
Thankfully for mankind, but more importantly for me, Seinfeld didn’t drift off into the comforts of Del Boca Vista after the show ended. He is actually now 66-years old and has turned into a thought leader about creativity, the craft of comedy, and living a happy and healthy life. Not bad for a guy that had a show about nothing.
I have gathered his greatest life nuggets from interviews, articles, and his series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. (CCGC)
- “The mind vs the brain — The mind is infinite in wisdom. The brain is a stupid, little dog that is easily trained. Do not…
