Jerry Seinfeld Develops His Pop-Tart Joke
The New York Times · Interview · 5 min · 2012 · YouTube title: Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke | The New York Times
Why it's here
HN cites it as a look at how a master comedian develops material through slow, iterative writing, and compares it to programming and other craft.
What it covers
In a New York Times interview, Jerry Seinfeld describes the anatomy of his Pop-Tart joke, still a work in progress, and shows his longhand writing process.