{"product_id":"is-this-anything-9781982112721","title":"Is This Anything?","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book in twenty-five years from \"one of our great comic minds\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) features Seinfeld's best work across five decades in comedy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub \"Catch a Rising Star\" as a twenty-one-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved everything. \"Whenever I came up with a funny bit, whether it happened on a stage, in a conversation, or working it out on my preferred canvas, the big yellow legal pad, I kept it in one of those old school accordion folders,\" Seinfeld writes. \"So I have everything I thought was worth saving from forty-five years of hacking away at this for all I was worth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor this book, Jerry Seinfeld has selected his favorite material, organized decade by decade. In this \"trove of laugh-out-loud one-liners\" (Associated Press), you will witness the evolution of one of the great comedians of our time and gain new insights into the thrilling but unforgiving art of writing stand-up comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJerry Seinfeld is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eSeinlanguage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIs This Anything?.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597970018578,"sku":"9781982112721","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5bf57450-8b35-4b1c-a405-c8a0b917ee4b.jpg?v=1732180973","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/is-this-anything-9781982112721","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}