Even someone who's seen a single Seinfeld episode in their lifetime knows the show's general structure around the character Jerry's stand-up routines. The semi-famous up-and-coming comedian tells the jokes about life before he was the famous star of his own comedy show. Well, nearly 20 years after Seinfeld ended, the real Jerry is going back to explore those days before he starred in the most popular sitcom in the world.

In his new Netflix special, Jerry Before Seinfeld, the comedian is revisiting previously unreleased material of his younger days through "a library of legal pads with every joke he's written since 1975." The special also includes a performance at the Comic Strip in New York City, with "the jokes that put him on the comedy map."

By way of some Instagram teasers, Seinfeld gives a sampling of some of that vintage material, which, yes, sounds a lot like his jokes from the stand-up routines that framed his old show. It's all, "what's the deal with socks" and "my dad always makes me move furniture." It's classic Jerry, and we couldn't be more excited.

The special premieres on September 19.

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