Jerry Seinfeld Says the ‘Excessive Left’ Is Killing Comedy

Jerry Seinfeld says that “the intense left and P.C. crap” has had a damaging affect on the world of comedy, notably on tv.

Seinfeld made the remarks whereas selling his new Netflix comedy movie Unfrosted in an interview with The New Yorker. Asked whether or not bleak present occasions affected the world of comedy, he stated that nothing did that as a result of “individuals all the time want” humor. But then he proceeded to clarify that the aforementioned forces, as Seinfeld noticed it, had been basically bringing about the top of comedy on TV,

“It was, you’ll go residence on the finish of the day, most individuals would go, “Oh, Cheers is on. Oh, MASH is on. Oh, Mary Tyler Moore is on. All within the Family is on,” Seinfeld stated. “You simply anticipated, There’ll be some humorous stuff we will watch on TV tonight. Well, guess what — the place is it? This is the results of the intense left and P.C. crap, and other people worrying a lot about offending different individuals.”

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He continued that folks nonetheless go to see standup comedy as a result of “we’re not policed by anybody. The viewers polices us. We know once we’re off observe. We know immediately and we alter to it immediately.”

Seinfeld, who just lately appeared within the collection finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm reverse his longtime buddy and collaborator Larry David, stated that present was solely allowed to proceed on TV so long as it did as a result of it was “grandfathered in” due to David’s age. (“I don’t have to watch these guidelines, as a result of I began earlier than you made these guidelines,” Seinfeld added.)

Seinfeld underlined his level by stating that not one of the 4 most important broadcast networks ordered a brand new sitcom in the course of the fall season — though that might have simply as a lot to do with the altering economics of community tv and streaming (of which Seinfeld’s personal movie is a component) as with the character of comedy in 2024.

Seinfeld’s function directorial debut, Unfrosted, premieres on Netflix on May 3. How do you assume these new guidelines of comedy will have an effect on the movie?

Meanwhile, Seinfeld additionally appeared in a promo for his movie with documentarian Ken Burns, making an attempt to persuade him to make a movie about his movie. Maybe he ought to have pitched him a docuseries concerning the historical past of comedy on tv.