The first time Jerry Seinfeld made me laugh (new)

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But now, finally, Jerry got me to laugh today--though I've yet to decide whether I'm laughing with him, or at him.

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Neither. He looked like a gigantic tool.

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It's a fine balancing act. On one hand, the interviewer should know something about the interviewee. The fact that Seinfeld was the #1 show on TV is fairly well known and it is shocking that an interviewer didn't know this. It'd be like asking Tom Brady if he's ever played in the Super Bowl.

OTOH, getting too defensive can make you look like a tool.

(Totally OT: a friend of mine was at a mixer for people from technology companies. A guy from Apple introduced himself to her. She responded, "Interesting name. What do they make?")