{"id":128612,"date":"2024-05-01T03:19:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T03:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/01\/jerry-seinfeld-says-the-extreme-left-and-pc-crap-killed-tv-comedy-national\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T03:19:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T03:19:16","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-says-the-extreme-left-and-pc-crap-killed-tv-comedy-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/01\/jerry-seinfeld-says-the-extreme-left-and-pc-crap-killed-tv-comedy-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Seinfeld says the \u2018extreme left\u2019 and \u2018PC crap\u2019 killed TV comedy &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/jerry-seinfeld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Seinfeld<\/a> isn\u2019t completely happy in regards to the state of TV comedy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During a podcast look for <em>The New Yorker Radio Hour<\/em>, Seinfeld didn\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/podcast\/the-new-yorker-radio-hour\/jerry-seinfeld-on-making-a-life-in-comedy-and-also-pop-tarts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">share his tackle the pitfalls<\/a> of making laugh-out-loud TV right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing really affects comedy. People always need it, they need it so badly and they don\u2019t get it,\u201d Seinfeld, 70, instructed The New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick.<\/p>\n<p>The comic went on to say fashionable \u201cPC crap\u201d and the \u201cextreme left\u201d have stopped audiences from turning to comedic TV exhibits like his personal former hit sitcom <em>Seinfeld<\/em>, which ran from 1989 to 1998.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt used to be, you would get home at the end of the day and most people would say, \u2018Oh, <em>Cheers<\/em> is on. <em>M*A*S*H<\/em> is on. <em>Mary Tyler Moore<\/em> is on. <em>All in the Family<\/em> is on,&#8217;\u201d Seinfeld lamented. \u201cYou just expected, \u2018There\u2019ll be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight.\u2019 Well, guess what? Where is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-tiktok\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@newyorker\/video\/7362296649592605998\" data-video-id=\"7362296649592605998\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@newyorker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@newyorker?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@newyorker<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>On a brand new episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, Jerry Seinfeld talks with David Remnick about his new movie on the historical past of Pop-Tarts, the altering norms in comedy, and turning 70. Listen to their full dialog on the hyperlink in our bio. <a title=\"jerryseinfeld\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/jerryseinfeld?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#jerryseinfeld<\/a> <a title=\"unfrosted\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/unfrosted?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#unfrosted<\/a> <a title=\"podtok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/podtok?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#podtok<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - The New Yorker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7362296738935573291?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c unique sound \u2013 The New Yorker<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Seinfeld mentioned TV isn\u2019t humorous anymore as a \u201cresult of the extreme left, and PC crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you write a script and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups, there goes your comedy,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>The comic mentioned the unfunny state of TV has turned audiences towards standup comics like him \u201cbecause we are not policed by anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBreaking information from Canada and world wide\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10459213\/jerry-seinfeld-comedy-left-pc-comments\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t despatched to your e-mail, because it occurs.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe audience polices us. We know when we\u2019re off-track, we know instantly, and we adjust to it,\u201d Seinfeld mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>When Remnick countered Seinfeld\u2019s argument about TV comedies, citing the recognition of <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm, <\/em>Seinfeld mentioned the Larry David-led present is an exception due to David\u2019s decades-spanning profession. <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em> concluded its twelfth and closing season on HBO in early April, and Seinfeld made a visitor look within the finale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarry was grandfathered in,\u201d Seinfeld mentioned. \u201cHe\u2019s old enough to say, \u2018I don\u2019t have to observe those rules, because I started before you made those rules.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld mentioned David, 76, wouldn&#8217;t be capable to write jokes like these on <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em> \u2014 Seinfeld particularly factors to the present\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/culture\/578677\/palestinian-chicken-oral-history-curb-your-enthusiasm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Palestinian Chicken<\/em><\/a> episode \u2014 if he had been a youthful, up-and-coming comedian.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Out of worry of ruffling feathers, Seinfeld argued that TV studios have altogether rejected making new sitcoms.<\/p>\n<p>For Seinfeld, comedy right now is about flexibility. He cited a <em>Seinfeld<\/em> episode through which Kramer hires a gaggle of unhoused males to drag rickshaws via town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t do that joke with Kramer and the rickshaws today. We would come up with another joke,\u201d Seinfeld mentioned. \u201cThey move the gates, like in the slalom (skiing). The gates are moving. Your job is to be agile and clever enough that wherever they put the gate, you\u2019re going to make the gate.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text l-inlineStories--sophi\" aria-label=\"More on Entertainment\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\">\n<\/section>\n<p>Seinfeld is at present on a press tour to advertise his directorial debut for Netflix\u2019s <em>Unfrosted<\/em>, which particulars the fictionalized origin of the Pop-Tart. He may also star within the movie, alongside stars Melissa McCarthy, Christian Slater, Jim Gaffigan, Hugh Grant and Amy Schumer.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10456763\/meat-vegetable-product-recall-listeria-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TampT-Kitchen-Spicy-Beancurd-Skins-200-g-Front_TampT-Kitchen-Peaux-de-tofu-epicees-200-g-Avant_0.png?w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Listeria fears spur recall of T&amp;T meat and vegetable products\u00a0\" data-title=\"\">Listeria fears spur recall of T&amp;T meat and vegetable merchandise\u00a0<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10456481\/canada-boeing-new-data\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ACWJ.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Canada grounded Boeing MAX-8s after chance encounter led to new data: docs\" data-title=\"\">Canada grounded Boeing MAX-8s after probability encounter led to new knowledge: docs<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>This press tour isn&#8217;t the one time Seinfeld has mentioned his woes over comedy writing within the fashionable period.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Seinfeld (amongst different comedians) mentioned he avoids <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2015\/06\/08\/jerry-seinfeld-politically-correct-college-campuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performing standup on faculty campuses<\/a> as a result of college students are too politically right. He fretted faculty college students would misconstrue his jokes as racist or sexist.<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld\u2019s important stance on comedy and political correctness has earned him credit score amongst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-features\/jerry-seeinfeld-pc-culture-far-right-1235012038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far-right influencers<\/a> on-line \u2014 in addition to billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>, who shared an audio clip from Seinfeld\u2019s New Yorker podcast and wrote, \u201cMake comedy legal again!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Make comedy authorized once more!<br \/><a 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During a podcast look for The New Yorker Radio Hour, Seinfeld didn\u2019t hesitate to share his tackle the pitfalls of making laugh-out-loud TV right now. \u201cNothing really affects comedy. People always need it, they need it so badly and they don\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[101,2179,2178,1067,2180,646,192,1068],"class_list":{"0":"post-128612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip","8":"tag-comedy","9":"tag-crap","10":"tag-extreme","11":"tag-jerry","12":"tag-killed","13":"tag-left","14":"tag-national","15":"tag-seinfeld"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}