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tention to anyone because of
the 'gimmicks'," he adds. "The
person performing has got to
have something underneath
that. I think the 'gimmicks'
almost get in the way. To me,
when I watch some come-
dians I often wish they would
stop screaming and just do
the jokes. They're funny."
Besides, he admits, what he
does in comedy reflects what
he is as a person. "I made a
conscious decision to be
myself. Four-letter words
don't have anything to do
with me. I wouldn't be any
funnier that way. I think
what's funny about me is the
way I think, not the words I
use. I had some swearing in
my act when I first started
out, but the jokes didn't work
without them, so that really
bothered me. See, I'm in it for
the jokes. Some people are in
this business for the money or
attention, but I just like the
jokes. Being recognized on the
street and all that stuff real-
ly is not the turn on for me."
Born in Brooklyn, Seinfeld,
who now maintains
residences in both New York
and Los Angeles, claims he
was never particularly funny
around the house but spent
much of his time watching
comedians on television.
"Robert Klein and Bill
Cosby were two of my
favorites," he says. "I used to
listen to comedy albums
endlessly. To me, the ability to
sustain a comedic tone is an
awesome accomplishment.
When I was growing up, when
someone could make me
laugh, I was overwhelmed. I
thought that was an incredi-
ble talent to have."
Growing up, Seinfeld
shared the family home with
a sister. "But I spent a lot of
time by myself," he recalls,
"and you kind of entertain
yourself a lot by observing
things an then making jokes
about them. At least that's
what I did."
He says he was never the
class clown but "when you're
in school all day long and
everybody else if fooling
around, you fool around too.
After all, that was the fun
part of the day. After we
graduated and everybody else
went out and god a job, I still
thought it would be more fun
just to keep fooling around."
Seinfeld attended Queens
College in New York, "major-
ing in fooling around," he
laughs. "Actually, I majored
in theater and took some com-
munications courses, but I
was just kind of going
through the motions. I didn't
know what I was going to do,
and then I decided I might
just as well be a comedian.
It's what I always wanted to

Seinfeld looks at the absurdities of everyday living in his routine.

do. I just never had the guts
to admit it."
According to Seinfeld, his
parents never thought he was
really serious about his ambi-
tion. "They thought this was
some kind of phase I was go-
ing through. But I knew from
the first time I did it that this
was going to be the way I
spent the rest of my life, no
matter what happened. I
didn't care if I starved."
So immediately after
graduation from Queens Col-
lege, Seinfeld began perform-
ing as a stand-up comic in
small clubs in New York.
"They weren't even clubs," he
corrects. "They were more
like restaurants with one
table missing. I'd usually go
on after midnight to two peo-
ple putting on their coats."
While trying to make a
name for himself in the
business, Seinfeld also held
down various sales jobs. He
sold pizza signs door to door,
dollar jewelry on the streets,
umbrellas in the rain and
flourescent light bulbs over
the phone.
"But I was a terrible
salesman," he says. "If so-
meone didn't want to buy
someting I was selling, I'd say,
`That's fine. I understand how
you feel'."
Lucky for him, it took only
a few months for his comedic
ability to catch on. Soon he
had his way and was able to
earn his living entirely from
stand-up.
After gaining a favorable
reputation in New York,
Seinfeld traveled to Los
Angeles in 1980, where he
soon caught on with Johnny
Carson and the Tonight Show.

Not long after his first ap-
pearance, he returned to New
York tomake the first of what
would become one of many
appearances on Late Night
with David Letterman. He's
also played almost every ma-
jor nightclub and casino in
the country, and done comedy
specials for HBO and
Showtime.
Seinfeld currently likes to
concentrate on the preposter-
ousness of TV commercials. "I
love when they show you how
medications work. Have you
seen the ones with the throb-
bing red pain with the lightn-
ing attacking it? I remember
once I had a doctor say to me,
`Are you having any lightning
with the pain?'
"And they always boast
about having extra-strength
pain relief or maximum
strength relief. So what's
next? A lethal does of pain
relieving ingredients?
"And the word `retsina Now
they tell you that some pro-
duct's got an extra drop of
`retsin' in it and we all get ex-
ited about that. What is it
anyway? Does anybody
know?"
The 33-year-old comedian
also likes to poke fun at
familiar family situations.
For example, he says now that
his parents have reached
their 60s, they have retired to
Florida. "It's the law, you
know!"
Whether it is or is not,
Seinfeld knows one thing for
sure: "Much of the way I look
at life stems from my Jewish
heritage. I was reading an ar-
ticle the other day quoting so-
meone as saying that comedy
was a Jewish art form. It's

