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29.04.2024 - 16:35 / variety.com
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jerry Seinfeld said in an interview with The New Yorker while touting his feature directorial effort “Unfrosted” that “P.C. crap” and the “extreme left” is making television comedy go extinct. Seinfeld is a sitcom icon thanks to his eponymous NBC sitcom that ran between 1989 and 1998, but he says viewers no longer flock to their television sets in order to get their comedy fix like they did for decades.
“Nothing really affects comedy. People always need it. They need it so badly and they don’t get it,” Seinfeld said.
“It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, ‘Oh, “Cheers” is on. Oh, “MASH” is on. Oh, “Mary Tyler Moore” is on.
“All in the Family” is on.’ You just expected, ‘There’ll be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight.’ Well, guess what—where is it? This is the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.” Seinfeld noted that comedy fans are “now going to see stand-up comics because we are not policed by anyone. The audience polices us.
We know when we’re off track. We know instantly and we adjust to it instantly. But when you write a script and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups—’Here’s our thought about this joke.’ Well, that’s the end of your comedy.” “We did an episode of the [‘Seinfeld’] in the nineties where Kramer decides to start a business of having homeless people pull rickshaws because, as he says, ‘They’re outside anyway,'” he continued.
“Do you think I could get that episode on the air today?…We would write a different joke with Kramer and the rickshaw today. We wouldn’t do that joke. We’d come up with another joke.
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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Hulu is set to air Jim Gaffigan‘s next comedy special as the launch title of the streamer’s new standup comedy brand. Gaffigan’s new special, “The Skinny,” will debut on Nov. 22 under the new “Hulu’s Laughing Now” brand.
“Fly on the Wall” podcast. After Seinfeld’s comments went viral, he issued an apology to the famous radio host. Stern broke his silence on Seinfeld’s remarks and subsequent apology on “The Howard Stern Show” Monday.
Ellise Shafer Jerry Seinfeld received an honorary degree at Duke University’s commencement on Sunday, but before he could begin his speech, the comedian was met with student walkouts. According to the New York Times, dozens of students left the graduation ceremony and chanted “Free, free Palestine” in protest of Seinfeld, who has been vocal about his support of Israel. Others in the crowd responded to the protesters with applause and cheers of approval for Seinfeld, who began his speech with, “Thank you.
Comedian turned filmmaker Jerry Seinfeld has been courting controversy of late with some of his seemingly glib opinions and comments in the run-up to the promotion of his Netflix Pop-Tarts movie, “Unfrosted” (read our review). Seinfeld already rattled some with some seemingly flippant comments, proclaiming “the movie business being over” and how the “extreme left” was ruining the state of TV and comedy.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jerry Seinfeld revealed during a recent interview on the “Fly on the Wall” podcast (via People) that he wanted Chris Rock to parody the infamous Oscars slap in his feature directorial debut “Unfrosted,” which recently premiered on Netflix. The issue was that Seinfeld filmed the comedy movie not long after the March 2022 Oscars, and Rock was allegedly feeling too “shook” to be able to perform in the movie. “The other thing I wanted to do that I almost did was Chris Rock was going to be the emcee of the Bowl & Spoon Awards — and we shot that right after the Will Smith slap,” Seinfeld explained.
“Fly on the Wall” podcast Wednesday. “Howard is interesting. Howard is a great interviewer, but comedy chops, I mean, can we speak candidly?” he said.
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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenney has responded to Jerry Seinfeld’s recent comments about what he perceives to be the “death” of comedy.Seinfeld claimed in a recent interview with The New Yorker that comedy in television has been impacted by developing political correctness in society.As reported by The Independent, Seinfeld blamed “the extreme left [and] PC crap and people worrying so much about offending other people” for the “death” of comedy.The Seinfeld creator and star also claimed that jokes from his series wouldn’t be allowed to air today.“[One would be] Kramer decides to start a business of having homeless people pull rickshaws because, as he says, ‘They’re outside anyway’,” said Seinfeld as an example. “Do you think I could get that episode on the air today?”McElhenney has now responded to Seinfeld’s comments, making a reference to a character in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.The actor responded to Seinfeld’s comments via X, with the one-word reply: “Probably.”Probably.
Even though he was born in at the Portland Hospital in London, Prince Archie has spent very little time in the UK and is being raised in Montecito, California. Despite this, Archie remains sixth in line to the throne and is officially known as Prince Archie of Sussex. As he celebrates his fifth birthday on Monday, 6 May, just how might the young royal mark his special day? "I wish we knew more about little Archie", former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond tells OK!.
Rance Collins For director, co-writer and star Jerry Seinfeld, “Unfrosted” was an opportunity to bring something a little less serious to the entertainment zeitgeist. A humorless life without the ability to make fun of ourselves, he postured, doesn’t make for “good living.” “Don’t give up laughing and humor and comedy in your life. It’s the best way to get through life,” Seinfeld said.
AURORA has added two extra shows in Dublin and Edinburgh to her upcoming UK and European tour – see all the dates below. The Norwegian alt-pop singer is preparing to release her new album ‘What Happened To The Heart?’ in June, after which she will be playing a string of shows around the continent in September and October.
Alison Herman TV Critic Los Angeles is not the first city fans would associate with comedian John Mulaney. That would be Chicago, his hometown and the backdrop to innumerable childhood anecdotes in his stand-up act, or New York, where he broke out as a writer on “Saturday Night Live” and shot a special at Radio City Music Hall.
Todd Gilchrist editor Breakfast is often called the most important meal of the day. It’s also long been a fixture of Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy — from “The Tonight Show” routines about Cookie Crisp to the Honeycomb and Raisin Bran boxes lining the shelves of his cupboards on “Seinfeld.” His directorial debut, “Unfrosted,” brings the obsession full circle, chronicling the 1960s origins of Kellogg’s Pop-Tart.
One of the most memorable "Seinfeld" scenes almost didn't happen. In a recent interview, Jerry Seinfeld shared interesting tidbits about a fifth season episode, "The Marine Biologist." The episode concludes with a long, hilarious speech delivered by George Costanza, played by Jason Alexander. The speech he gives is his telling of the story of how he saved a dying beached whale after he was sent into the ocean by Diane, a woman he was seeing who was under the impression he was a marine biologist and qualified to help.
told Page Six on Tuesday that production for Season 12 was put on pause despite typically filming in the summer months.The network felt like the cast needed a break from the cameras in wake of Scandoval, which resulted in additional filming over the last two seasons.“Everyone needs a moment to decompress after two very rough, intense seasons,” the source said.“The cast is looking forward to a break from filming the show.”Cohen, 55, expanded on the issue on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live.” “I think that, you know, I was talking to Ariana [Madix] about this on the after-show last night,” Cohen said, referring to one of the women at the center of “Scandoval,” the name for the scandal when cast member Tom Sandoval, 40, cheated on his then-girlfriend Madix, 38, with their then-mutual cast mate Rachel Leviss, 29. The affair was unearthed in March 2023.
A man has been arrested after thousands of pounds worth of heroin and cocaine were discovered in a county lines drugs raid.
Larry David’s HBO show “Curb Your Enthusiasm” recently paid homage to in its own series finale). “Friends” aired for 10 seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2004, and although it also followed friends’ daily lives, it had more plot threads and a more upbeat rom-com style ending that gave Chandler (the late Matthew Perry) the last word.
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Jerry Seinfeld has shared his thoughts on what’s caused the current state of TV sitcoms – see what he had to say below.In an interview with The New Yorker published on April 28, Seinfeld spoke about the current state of comedy – both onscreen and offscreen. According to the actor, writer and comedian, the state of comedy is currently fairing much better onstage and that comedy written for TV suffers from “P.C. [politically correct] crap”.Seinfeld said to The New Yorker when asked how the current state of the world and politics affect comedy: “Nothing really affects comedy.