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What They Don't Teach You at Comedy School

The toughest crowd Jerry Seinfeld ever faced taught him the true meaning of stage fright.

By Jerry Seinfeld, from compiled by Ritch Shydner and Mark Schiff

From Reader's Digest

Images from this article

Illustration by John Cuneo

When someone talked during my act, my solution was to stop talking ... it didn't work that night.

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Illustration by John Cuneo

When someone talked during my act, my solution was to stop talking ... it didn't work that night.

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• Nora Ephron: Out of Sight
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