Comedian Jerry Seinfeld mocked a pro-Palestinian protester over the weekend who disrupted another one of his comedy shows in Australia, saying that they just gave more money to a Jew in order to insult him.
The incident happened as Seinfeld was performing in Melbourne at the Rod Laver Arena on Saturday night when the group interrupted and claimed that he supported &#8220;genocide.&#8221;
&#8220;Oh, you&#8217;re back. They&#8217;re back! The protesters are back! I&#8217;ve missed you!&#8221; Seinfeld responded as the crowd began to boo the protesters. &#8220;Oh, you&#8217;re not doing well. It&#8217;s so hard for you. Yes, listen, dude, listen, let me explain something, you and I are in the same business.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re in the same business. Our business is to get people to see things the way we see,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The problem is you&#8217;re in the wrong place. &#8230; You hear how well I&#8217;m doing? This is what you want. You want to do well, like I am, looking at the people here to hear me, look at what happened to you.&#8221;
He said that if he went to a sporting event and tried to do his comedy routine that he would be booed just like the protesters were getting booed at the comedy event.
&#8220;I think you need to go back and tell who&#8217;s ever running your organization, &#8220;We just gave more money to a Jew,'&#8221; Seinfeld later added. &#8220;That cannot be a good plan for you. That&#8217;s not what you want! That&#8217;s the whole problem! You got to come up with a better plan.&#8221;
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Seinfeld had a similar run in with anti-Semitic protesters earlier this month when he was performing at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.
“We have a genius ladies and gentlemen. He’s solved the Middle East. He’s solved it!” Seinfeld mocked. “It’s the Jewish comedians, that’s who we have to get.”
The crowd cheered as Seinfeld mocked the heckler, who chanted the genocidal anti-Semitic slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” as they were escorted out of the venue.
“Go ahead, keep going,” he taunted the heckler. “They’re going to start punching you in about three seconds, so I would try and get all of your genius out so we can all learn from you.”
“It’s a comedy show, you moron!” Seinfeld added. “Get out of here.”
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld blasted a pro-Palestinian heckler at an event in Australia over the weekend for interrupting the show for political reasons.
Seinfeld was performing at the Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday night, according to a video taken by Australian Jewish Association CEO Robert Gregory.
&#8220;We have a genius ladies and gentlemen. He’s solved the Middle East. He’s solved it!&#8221; Seinfeld mocked. &#8220;It’s the Jewish comedians, that’s who we have to get.&#8221;
The crowd cheered as Seinfeld mocked the heckler, who chanted the genocidal anti-Semitic slogan &#8220;From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free&#8221; as they were escorted out of the venue.
&#8220;Go ahead, keep going,&#8221; he taunted the heckler. &#8220;They&#8217;re going to start punching you in about three seconds, so I would try and get all of your genius out so we can all learn from you.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s a comedy show, you moron!&#8221; Seinfeld added. &#8220;Get out of here.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;re really influencing everyone here, we&#8217;re all on your side now, because you have made your point so well, and in the right venue, you&#8217;ve come to the right place for a political conversation,&#8221; Seinfeld added as the crowd erupted in laughter. &#8220;Tomorrow we&#8217;ll read in the paper &#8216;Middle East 100% solved thanks to man at the Qudos Arena stopping Jew comedian, they stopped him and everyone in the Middle East went oh my God let&#8217;s just get along.'&#8221;
&#8220;You have to go 20,000 miles from the problem and screw up a comedian, that is how you solve world issues,&#8221; he joked.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 63, slammed Jerry Seinfeld during an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/08/magazine/julia-louis-dreyfus-interview.html">interview</a> with The New York Times over the weekend after Seinfeld noted that the political Left has killed television comedies.
Dreyfus claimed that the show the two starred in, &#8220;Seinfeld,&#8221; could &#8220;probably not&#8221; be made today because &#8220;it’s hard to get anything different recognized&#8221; and &#8220;everyone’s sort of running scared.&#8221;
When asked about the remarks Seinfeld made about political correctness killing comedy, Dreyfus claimed that a lot of comedy &#8220;bits and pieces &#8230; don’t age well.&#8221;
Dreyfus, a staunch Democrat activist, said that she thinks having &#8220;an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing.&#8221;
&#8220;When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness — and I understand why people might push back on it — but to me that’s a red flag, because it sometimes means something else,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;I believe being aware of certain sensitivities is not a bad thing.&#8221;
&#8220;My feeling about all of it is that political correctness, insofar as it equates to tolerance, is obviously fantastic,&#8221; she later added. &#8220;And of course I reserve the right to boo anyone who says anything that offends me, while also respecting their right to free speech, right?&#8221;
Seinfeld <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-sounds-off-the-extreme-left-and-p-c-crap-has-killed-television-comedy">said</a> in an interview in late April that the American people &#8220;need&#8221; to be able to come home from work and have comedy on television.
“They need it so badly and they don’t get it,” he said. “It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, “Oh, ‘Cheers’ is on. Oh, ‘M*A*S*H’ 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,” he continued. “Now they’re 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,&#8217;” he added. “Well, that’s the end of your comedy.”
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Jerry Seinfeld’s days of “yada yada yada” are over.
The comedian behind “the show about nothing” is getting serious of late, sharing sober advice with college graduates, supporting the state of Israel and explaining why comedy ain’t what it used to be.
The latter, inexplicably, caused him the most grief.
The 70-year-old told The New Yorker <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">podcast</a> that the “extreme Left” is responsible for the modern decline in comedy.
“It used to be you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, ‘Oh, &#8216;Cheers&#8217; is on,” he told the publication. “‘Oh, &#8216;M.A.S.H.&#8217; is on, oh, &#8216;Mary Tyler Moore&#8217; is on. &#8230; 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 PC crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.&#8221;
The reaction was wildly predictable. Conservatives, who by and large want comedians to say whatever they please sans filter, cheered the proclamation. 
The media and the Left — but we repeat ourselves — threw a fit.
For example, CNN published an essay capturing the author’s “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/opinions/jerry-seinfeld-unfrosted-why-are-we-laughing-seymour/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">growing unease</a>” with the squeaky-clean comic.
Seinfeld’s “observational comedy” leaves no resonances or echoes in its wake; it doesn’t startle or upend expectations. And unlike the epochal sitcom David and Seinfeld brought forth together, Seinfeld’s routines don’t leave you with any perceptions of substance about what is truly mortifying about Being Human.
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Why is “observational comedy” in scare quotes? Is that an inaccurate term? Better yet, why does every yuk have to come with a socially progressive message?
Slate weighed in, too, with a comically titled piece, <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2024/05/jerry-seinfeld-unfrosted-netflix-movie-pop-tarts-age.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“What’s the Deal with Jerry Seinfeld?”</a>
His crime? He isn’t singing from the progressive hymnal.
“…he’s even started embracing his Judaism more publicly, and in December traveled to Tel Aviv to visit the families of Hamas hostages. Who can fault a Jewish celebrity for calling attention to the dead and missing of Israel? Yet he’s notably not commented on the Netanyahu government, condemned the war, or discussed the suffering of Gazans.”
Had he done the latter, this “think” piece wouldn’t exist.
Other attacks on the comic legend proved pathetic. <a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/07/22/10_seinfeld_episodes_that_are_racist_and_sexist_in_retrospect_partner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He’s old! He’s white! He’s out of touch</a>!
The Washington Post whined that he should “<a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/07/22/10_seinfeld_episodes_that_are_racist_and_sexist_in_retrospect_partner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wake up</a>” and realize “mean-spirited humor isn’t cool anymore.” Except Seinfeld is the opposite of “mean-spirited.” He’s so clean you could eat Spam off his stand-up set.
Plus, the media doesn’t mind mean-spirited gags that target a certain former President or MAGA nation. Or Christians.
It’s a dodge. All of it. Why? Seinfeld was right, and he hit a nerve so deep it explains the extreme reactions.
“Seinfeld,” one of TV’s greatest sitcoms, routinely is labeled “problematic.” That means some of the gags are now offensive/racist/sexist/name-the-ist.
<a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/07/22/10_seinfeld_episodes_that_are_racist_and_sexist_in_retrospect_partner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Salon cited 10 classic episodes</a> for condemnation. And it’s <a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/07/22/10_seinfeld_episodes_that_are_racist_and_sexist_in_retrospect_partner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">far from alone</a> on this front.
Seinfeld himself cited one example, recalling an episode where Kramer (Michael Richards) suggests using homeless people as rickshaw-style drivers. He said they couldn’t make that episode today, and few would disagree.
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Hollywood happily glamorizes professional assassins (take a bow, John Wick) but cringes at George Costanza noticing a teen girl’s chest. 
That captures woke culture to a T. It makes no sense.
We saw extreme attacks on comedy following the March 2020 death of George Floyd. Beloved shows like “The Golden Girls” and “30 Rock” memory-holed select episodes with visuals evoking blackface.
The former episode featured a <a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/07/22/10_seinfeld_episodes_that_are_racist_and_sexist_in_retrospect_partner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beautician-style mud treatment</a>, suggesting how extreme the comedy attacks were at the time.
The eighth and final season of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” got overhauled following Floyd’s death. The sly show’s swan song genuflected to the BLM movement. Main character Jake, who adores being a cop, ditched police work for full-time parenting. 
Laugh riot, no?
Hilarious, R-rated comedies no longer flood the cineplex. Comedy titans like Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Melissa McCarthy and Seth Rogen now toil on the small screen or accept more serious roles.
Todd Phillips is not a household name, but he’s the comic director behind “The Hangover,” “Road Trip” and “Old School.”
He made the darkly serious “Joker” in 2019, explaining why he <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/10/joaquin-phoenix-cover-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shifted from comedy to comic book fare</a> to Vanity Fair.
“Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture…There were articles written about why comedies don’t work anymore — I’ll tell you why, because all the f***ing funny guys are like, ‘F*** this s***, because I don’t want to offend you.’”
Will Ferrell took grief for 2015’s “Get Hard” for allegedly peddling racist jokes alongside co-star Kevin Hart, who is black. Why wasn’t Hart offended?
Amy Schumer got pummeled by the woke Left for both “Snatched” (2015) and “I Feel Pretty” (2018) for similarly “problematic” content. She hasn’t led a movie comedy since.
And if you don’t believe Seinfeld, what about Mel Brooks? The maestro behind “The Producers,” “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing Saddles” insists over and again that the latter couldn’t be made today. Does anyone disagree? The revered western satire skewers racism at every turn by turning the “n-word” on its users. If you’d like to watch it again on Max, be ready for an <a href="https://www.salon.com/2015/07/22/10_seinfeld_episodes_that_are_racist_and_sexist_in_retrospect_partner/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explainer/trigger warning.</a>
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Comedy always works best that way.
Brooks doesn’t excoriate the Left while explaining why his classic comedy wouldn’t be possible now. He just acknowledges the new abnormal, and we all nod in agreement.
Seinfeld’s complaint rings inarguably true, but it could have a short shelf life. Rebel comedians like Tim Dillon, Shane Gillis and Ryan Long are on the rise, and the recent Tom Brady roast on Netflix spent several days as one of the platform’s most viewed TV shows or specials.
And no comedian apologized or lost work for telling those cruel, cutting jokes.
Maybe comedy is on the comeback trail. If so, its resurgence only strengthens Seinfeld’s point.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-seinfeld">Jerry Seinfeld</a> gave the commencement address at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/duke-university">Duke University</a> over the weekend and apologized during his remarks for the sexual content in his 2007 animated children’s film.
The 70-year-old comedian mentioned “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Bee Movie</a>” while addressing the crowd gathered in Durham, North Carolina, on Sunday. &#8220;I made a cartoon movie about bees you may have watched as a child,&#8221; Seinfeld said in a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@drummerofphc/video/7368144938531409195">video clip</a> that’s since gained traction on TikTok.
&#8220;If any of you felt slightly uncomfortable about the sexual undertones in the relationship between Barry B. Benson and Vanessa, the florist who saves his life, I would like to apologize for that now,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I may not have calibrated that perfectly.&#8221;
Over the years, there’s been a lot of conversation about the nature of the relationship between Seinfeld’s character, a bee, and his human co-star, Vanessa (voiced by Renée Zellweger).
This isn’t the first time Seinfeld brought up his regrets about the relationship in “Bee Movie.”
&#8220;I apologize for what seems to be a certain uncomfortable subtle sexual aspect of the &#8216;Bee Movie,'&#8221; he said during a 2021 <a href="https://youtu.be/W_pOI7kHMTI">appearance</a> on The Tonight Show. &#8220;[It] really was not intentional, but after it came out, I realized this is really not appropriate for children. Because the bee seems to have a thing for the girl, and we don’t really want to pursue that as an idea in children’s entertainment.&#8221;
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Prior to his speech, several pro-Palestinian students walked out of the commencement ceremony when Seinfeld was announced as a speaker, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-protesters-get-booed-as-they-walk-out-on-graduation-speaker-jerry-seinfeld">reported</a>. The comedian has voiced his support for Israel publicly as the war against Hamas continues. 
Seinfeld received an honorary degree from Duke. His son Julian currently attends the college, while his daughter Sascha previously graduated from there.
The stand-up star has recently been promoting his newly released comedy, “Unfrosted,” about the origin of Pop-Tarts. The movie, Seinfeld’s directorial debut, has received mixed reviews from critics. It currently has a 40% critical rating and a 55% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
“All told, ‘Unfrosted’ is the cinematic equivalent of a kid mixing every cereal from his parents’ cupboard into a giant salad bowl with the hope that a splash of milk will magically blend the various flavors into something palatable,” one reviewer <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/unfrosted-review-jerry-seinfeld-pop-tarts-netflix-1234999325/">said</a> of the film.

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Pro-Palestinian students walked out of Duke University&#8217;s commencement ceremony on Sunday as Jewish comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-seinfeld" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jerry Seinfeld</a>, who has displayed support for Israel amid its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, was being introduced as a speaker.
Boos could be heard from the audience while a small group of graduates waved Palestinian flags in Wallace Wade Stadium, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1789683755793227988" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a video</a> that has gone viral on social media.
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The dozens of students who walked out <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/us/as-jerry-seinfeld-receives-an-honorary-degree-at-duke-students-walk-out-in-protest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chanted</a>, &#8220;Free, free Palestine.&#8221; As <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/us/as-jerry-seinfeld-receives-an-honorary-degree-at-duke-students-walk-out-in-protest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by the New York Times, Seinfeld &#8220;looked on and smiled tensely&#8221; as the demonstration took place.
Seinfeld received an honorary degree at Duke while some graduates <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/seinfeld-speech-duke-commencement-prompts-walkout-protesting-his-support-israel-2024-05-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shouted</a>, &#8220;Jerry! Jerry!&#8221; and he delivered remarks in which he quipped about growing up a &#8220;Jewish boy from New York&#8221; being &#8220;a privilege if you want to be a comedian.&#8221;
The Hollywood star, best known for the hit TV comedy Seinfeld, is now on tour promoting his new movie Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story. He has two children who were accepted into Duke University.
Anti-Israel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protests</a> have been taking place on university campuses nationwide, raising concerns about the safety of Jewish students. Despite the large amount of press the demonstrations have received, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-finds-most-college-students-against-anti-israel-protest-tactics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling</a> indicates most U.S. college students do not support the tactics employed in the protests.
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Seinfeld visited Israel in December in a show of solidarity after Hamas terrorists committed a deadly attack on Israeli soil in October and <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jerry-seinfeld-meets-israeli-hostage-families-1235765834/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met with</a> the families of hostages who were taken during the onslaught at the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum Headquarters, <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/12/jerry-seinfeld-hostages-hamas-israel-1235678494/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Deadline</a>.
“Seinfeld told the families that he feels a deep commitment to raising awareness around the world about the issue of the hostages,” said a statement from the forum. &#8220;He and his family were clearly deeply affected by the stories of the experiences they heard from the family members and the released hostages.&#8221;
In February, Seinfeld could be seen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-waves-smiles-as-anti-israel-protesters-heckle-him-in-nyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">smiling and waving</a> to a group of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside an event he was attending in Manhattan. The demonstrators could be heard screaming, &#8220;Genocide supporter, you support genocide.&#8221;

Anti-Israel Protesters Get Booed As They Walk Out On Graduation Speaker Jerry Seinfeld

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Actor John O&#8217;Hurley, who is known for playing J. Peterman on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Seinfeld,&#8221; slammed woke culture in an interview this week after the show&#8217;s star, Jerry Seinfeld, recently railed against the political Left for ruining television <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comedy</a>.
Seinfeld told The New Yorker this week that people used to be able to turn on television and find a wide range of good comedy shows every night.
“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 said. “Now they’re 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,'&#8221; he added. “Well, that’s the end of your comedy.”
O&#8217;Hurley responded to Seinfeld&#8217;s remarks during a Fox News interview this week where he recounted numerous jokes they made on the show.
He said that leftists have caused the country to lose &#8220;our ability to be silly.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s a sad thing when you think about it,&#8221; he added.
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O&#8217;Hurley said that Seinfeld was the cleanest comedy there has been in a long time, and the fact that even he won&#8217;t perform for certain groups in today&#8217;s world is significant.
&#8220;There wasn&#8217;t a cleaner comic in the business in the last 50 years of our laughs, and for him to say that — and he said this about 10 years ago, when he said, &#8216;I no longer am doing college campuses.&#8217; He says they&#8217;re they&#8217;re mean-spirited,&#8221; O&#8217;Hurley said.
&#8220;Historically, ethnic groups would be searching to be included in the comic repertoire of our culture,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And now — no, no, no — we can&#8217;t. And it&#8217;s not that they don&#8217;t want it, it&#8217;s that there&#8217;s a select group of those who know better who feel as though they should be deprived of it,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Our comedy is no longer silly. It&#8217;s not about that. It&#8217;s mocking and it&#8217;s sarcasm, and that&#8217;s not comedy,&#8221; he continued.
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Jerry Seinfeld says the extreme left killed comedy. Seinfeld actor, John O&#8217;Hurley, gives Primetime his take. <a href="https://t.co/f8YTMjX14N">pic.twitter.com/f8YTMjX14N</a>
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Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles – March 14, 2024

‘Seinfeld’ Actor John O’Hurley Rips Woke Culture For Ruining Comedy

Woke Culture

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld teed off on the political Left during an interview published over the weekend, in which he blamed them for killing comedy on television.
Seinfeld told The New Yorker that in the past nothing has really impacted comedy because people have always needed it.
&#8220;They need it so badly and they don’t get it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, “Oh, ‘Cheers’ is on. Oh, ‘M*A*S*H’ 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.&#8221;
&#8220;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,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Now they’re 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.&#8221;
&#8220;But when you write a script and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups — &#8216;Here’s our thought about this joke,'&#8221; he added. &#8220;Well, that’s the end of your comedy.&#8221;
X owner Elon Musk posted a clip of the audio clip from the interview on the social media platform and wrote: &#8220;Make comedy legal again!&#8221;
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Make comedy legal again! 
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1784658475785887812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2024</a></blockquote>

Jerry Seinfeld Sounds Off: ‘The Extreme Left And P.C. Crap’ Has Killed Television Comedy

Television

Renowned comedian Jerry Seinfeld went on record saying the movie industry is “over.” This is all very curious timing considering that he’s currently promoting a movie.
The 69-year-old celebrity is still doing the standup circuit as he has been for close to five decades. He’s fresh off an appearance in the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” alongside his longtime friend and frequent collaborator, Larry David. In addition to comedy, Seinfeld has worked as an actor, writer, and producer.
Now for the first time ever, the Brooklyn native is taking a spot in the director’s chair with the debut of “Unfrosted,” a comedy about two rival cereal companies – Kellogg’s and Post – trying to outdo one another to create the perfect breakfast pastry.
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The stand-up legend spoke with <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/jerry-seinfeld-gq-hype">GQ</a> about making the leap into the movie business.
“It was totally new to me. I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work,” Seinfeld said of getting into the movie industry after so many years of being involved in other facets of the entertainment industry. “They’re so dead serious! They don’t have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.”
“Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives,” he added. “When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we’re walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see.”
When asked what has replaced films in pop culture, Seinfeld replied, “Depression? Malaise? I would say confusion. Disorientation replaced the movie business,” he answered. “Everyone I know in show business, every day, is going, ‘What’s going on? How do you do this? What are we supposed to do now?’”
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“Unfrosted” is scheduled for a May 3 release on Netflix. The logline reads, “Michigan, 1963. Kellogg’s and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever. A tale of ambition, betrayal, sugar, and menacing milkmen, ‘Unfrosted’ stars writer-director Jerry Seinfeld.”
The cast includes plenty of other celebrities, including Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Max Greenfield, Christian Slater, Bill Burr, Daniel Levy, James Marsden, Jack McBrayer, Thomas Lennon, Bobby Moynihan, Adrian Martinez, Sarah Cooper, and Fred Armisen.
Seinfeld has been contemplating doing a Pop-Tart origin story film for years. In 2018, he <a href="https://twitter.com/JerrySeinfeld/status/1031969212359757826">shared</a> on X, “At one point I was thinking about an invention of the Pop-Tart movie. Imagine the drunk on sugar-power Kellogg’s cereal culture of the mid-60s in Battle Creek, MI. That’s a vibe I could work with.”
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At one point I was thinking about an invention of the Pop Tart movie. Imagine the drunk on sugar-power Kellogg’s cereal culture of the mid-60’s in Battle Creek, MI. That’s a vibe I could work with.
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Plus, breakfast cereal is a topic he’s visited during his stand-up routines. GQ noted that one of Seinfeld’s earliest bits included the line, “Where in the world do you get your balls to call a breakfast cereal &#8216;LIFE?&#8217;”
The outlet also noted that Seinfeld and David were in a supermarket discussing breakfast cereal when they came up with the idea for the TV sitcom “Seinfeld,” arguably one of the most successful shows of all time. “[Cereal is] what we were discussing in that grocery store, when I said, ‘This is the show,’” Seinfeld said.
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“Unfrosted” is an amalgamation of fact and fiction, with facts being presented alongside exaggerations for maximum comedic effect. When asked by Eater why he thought the invention of Pop-Tarts was funny enough to make a movie about, Seinfeld replied by saying it was just a gut feeling.
“I sometimes can’t explain why something is funny. But I just know that that is a funny thing,” he <a href="https://www.eater.com/24139655/jerry-seinfeld-pop-tart-movie-unfrosted-interview">told</a> the outlet. “It had to do with the name. It had to do with giving kids the power to make something with heat. Most kids when I was little never did anything like that — only adults handle things that had to do with heat — so it was an exciting new world to use a toaster. As a kid, you felt like you were cooking when you made Pop-Tarts.”
“I don’t think there’s anything as funny in the entire [1960s] — certainly in the food world — as the Pop-Tart,” the comedian continued. “It was such a surprise when it came out. It had nothing to do with anything else. There’s different cookies. There’s different candies. There’s nothing really that surprising in the candy world. But in the breakfast world, this was a total shock when they made this.”
He said even concocting the movie felt like a joke at first, until it became something real. Seinfeld compared the race to make a marketable breakfast pastry to the space race.
“[Writer] Andy Robin said, ‘It’s like The Right Stuff,’ with these two companies competing to get to the moon first — the Pop-Tart moon,” Seinfeld added.
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The longtime sitcom star said he took a similar approach to “Unfrosted” as he did to writing “Seinfeld” scripts, opting to always select whatever was “funniest” rather than going for historical accuracy. The Pop-Tart movie isn’t meant to be a documentary, but is rather a comedy filled with nuggets of truth.
While speaking with GQ, Seinfeld also said stand-up is still popular while other expressions of entertainment suffer because it’s real. He said in an era when people crave authenticity, comedy can still thrive because it’s too hard to fake.
“I’ve done enough stuff that I have my own thing, which is more valuable than it’s ever been,” the comedian told the outlet. “Stand-up is like you’re a cabinetmaker, and everybody needs a guy who’s good with wood. … There’s trees everywhere, but to make a nice table, it’s not so easy. So, the metaphor is that if you have good craft and craftsmanship, you’re kind of impervious to the whims of the industry.”
“Audiences are now flocking to stand-up because it’s something you can’t fake,” he added. “It’s like platform diving. You could say you’re a platform diver, but in two seconds we can see if you are or you aren’t. That’s what people like about stand-up. They can trust it. Everything else is fake.”
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Jerry Seinfeld Is Banking On Pop-Tarts Being Funny

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Comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-seinfeld">Jerry Seinfeld</a> said he believes the movie industry no longer has the cultural sway it once did.
The 69-year-old shared his thoughts during a newly published interview with <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/jerry-seinfeld-gq-hype">GQ</a>. Despite his feelings about the industry, Seinfeld is currently promoting his new Netflix <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">film,</a> “Unfrosted,” about the rivalry between cereal brands Kellogg&#8217;s and Post. Seinfeld wrote and directed the comedy film and has a starring role.
“It was totally new to me. I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work,” Seinfeld said of getting into the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">movie industry</a> after so many years of focusing on other entertainment endeavors. “They’re so dead serious! They don’t have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.”
“Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives,” he continued. “When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we’re walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see.”
The interviewer followed up by asking what has replaced movies in the culture. “Depression? Malaise? I would say confusion. Disorientation replaced the movie business,” he answered. “Everyone I know in show business, every day, is going, ‘What’s going on? How do you do this? What are we supposed to do now?&#8217;”
Seinfeld next compared the film industry to comedy.
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“I’ve done enough stuff that I have my own thing, which is more valuable than it’s ever been,” the comedian went on. “Stand-up is like you’re a cabinetmaker, and everybody needs a guy who’s good with wood. … There’s trees everywhere, but to make a nice table, it’s not so easy. So, the metaphor is that if you have good craft and craftsmanship, you’re kind of impervious to the whims of the industry.”
“Audiences are now flocking to stand-up because it’s something you can’t fake,” he added. “It’s like platform diving. You could say you’re a platform diver, but in two seconds we can see if you are or you aren’t. That’s what people like about stand-up. They can trust it. Everything else is fake.”
&#8220;Unfrosted&#8221; debuts on Netflix May 3.
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Jerry Seinfeld Says ‘The Movie Business Is Over,’ Claims It’s Been Replaced By ‘Confusion’

Jerry Seinfeld Says 'The Movie Business Is Over,' Claims It's Been Replaced By 'Confusion'

Hollywood

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jerry-seinfeld">Jerry Seinfeld</a> said working with British actor Hugh Grant in his new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">movie</a>, “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story,” was not pleasant.
“We had lots of fights. He’s a pain in the a** to work with. He’s horrible,” the 69-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedian">comedian</a> said of the star during a Wednesday interview on the &#8220;Tonight Show.&#8221; “He tells you before you work with him, ‘You’re gonna hate this.’ And he’s so right.”
Seinfeld said he harbors no negative feelings for his co-star, however, after the pair shared a meal together at the conclusion of filming. 
“We shot for 10 weeks, and that night that he and I had dinner — and we got drunk having dinner — that was the greatest night,” Seinfeld said. “Because he’s so cool and he’s that English thing, you know, that witty. He looks good in a jacket &#8230; he’s one of those guys. I love those guys,” he continued, per <a href="https://ew.com/jerry-seinfeld-hugh-grant-pain-ass-unfrosted-8621553">Entertainment Weekly</a>.
In the film, Grant plays Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger. Seinfeld also said he never pictured casting Grant in the part, but did so because Grant asked for it.
“[Grant] called us and he said, ‘I want to be in the Pop-Tart movie,’” Seinfeld told Fallon. “So he did an audition on his phone — with a glass of wine in the other hand, by the way.”
The comedian went on, joking, “Like I care what the audition was. I go, ‘Yeah, sure, you’re Tony the Tiger, sure.’”
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“Unfrosted” is scheduled for a May 3 release on Netflix. The logline says, “Michigan, 1963. Kellogg’s and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever. A tale of ambition, betrayal, sugar, and menacing milkmen, ‘Unfrosted’ stars writer-director Jerry Seinfeld.”
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The cast includes plenty of other celebrities, including Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Max Greenfield, Christian Slater, Bill Burr, Daniel Levy, James Marsden, Jack McBrayer, Thomas Lennon, Bobby Moynihan, Adrian Martinez, Sarah Cooper, and Fred Armisen.
Seinfeld has been contemplating doing a Pop-Tart origin story film for years. In 2018, he <a href="https://twitter.com/JerrySeinfeld/status/1031969212359757826">shared</a> on X, “At one point I was thinking about an invention of the Pop-Tart movie. Imagine the drunk on sugar-power Kellogg’s cereal culture of the mid-60’s in Battle Creek, MI. That’s a vibe I could work with.”

Grant and Seinfeld

‘He’s Horrible’: Jerry Seinfeld Reflects On Working With Hugh Grant For Pop-Tart Movie

'He's Horrible': Jerry Seinfeld Reflects On Working With Hugh Grant For Pop-Tart Movie

Howie Mandel first grabbed our attention by inflating a rubber glove over his head. Now, he’s making headlines for defending <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comedy</a> from the woke mob.
The comedian’s physical shtick led to a breakout role in “St. Elsewhere” as the medical drama’s cutup. He’s been gainfully employed ever since.
Mandel isn’t edgy by current standards. His brand of humor is perfectly suited for broadcast TV, witness gigs like “Deal or No Deal” and “America’s Got Talent.”
He hasn’t been “canceled” in any way, shape or form.
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So why did he attack woke comedy handcuffs on the “Stand-up World” podcast, hosted by Mike Binder? Mandel knows comedy better than many, and he sees what happens when a stand-up isn’t allowed to broach certain topics for fear of serious repercussions.
He compared the woke bylaws to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6YBbLmyNw&amp;t=1306s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">being a painter with a limited palette</a>.
<blockquote>If you think of comedy as an art, they started telling us there are certain colors you can’t use. If you’re a painter you shouldn’t say, ‘you can paint anything you want, but don’t use black, don’t use any yellows and it’s really not right to use blue.’ Art suffers, and there isn’t anything we shouldn’t talk about.</blockquote>
Mandel also discussed an obvious problem with the woke agenda. Comedy can be cruel. It’s inherent to the art form.
<blockquote>All humor comes out of darkness. That’s why the Tragedy and Comedy masks are so close together &#8230; if you’re a little kid and you go to the circus you’re laughing at a clown falling down. You’re laughing at the misfortune of somebody you don’t know.</blockquote>
He’s exaggerating, but not by much. Think pies in the face, stepping on rakes and slipping on a well-placed banana peel.
Humor writer Andy Borowitz <a href="https://www.salon.com/2012/03/24/does_comedy_have_to_be_cruel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared something similar</a> in 2012, years before what Elon Musk dubbed the “woke mind virus” captured the culture.
<blockquote>There’s a strong vein of cruelty running through a lot of comedy.</blockquote>
Why would Mandel’s comments cut through the media noise? He still does stand-up comedy, but he’s better known for being a clean, TV-based entertainer.
His inoffensive style matters in this debate. It’s one thing for a professional firebrand like Ricky Gervais to attack woke critics. His brand is directly threatened by those easily offended (and willing to raise a stink on social media).
When a genial comic like Mandel takes a stand on the subject, it hits home. 
Remember how many headlines Jerry Seinfeld inspired in 2015 when he said college students of the era <a href="https://ew.com/article/2015/06/08/jerry-seinfeld-politically-correct-college-campuses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are too easily offended</a>. It’s why some of Seinfeld’s peers stopped playing university gigs. He felt their professional pain.
Seinfeld’s shtick was, and remains, squeaky clean. For a G-rated comic to grasp the larger issue of triggered college crowds means the problem is larger than anyone thought.
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The creative community has been too silent for too long on the subject of woke restrictions. That is starting to change. 
Slowly.
Tom Hanks lashed out <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/tom-hanks-rewritting-modern-sensitivities-woke-b1080697.html">at so-called “sensitivity readers”</a> last year following the release of his first book, “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A Novel.”
In the past few weeks other stars have taken a stand against woke bylaws, putting their brands on the line in the process.
Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett blasted trigger warnings tied to art. The red flags have been attached to older animated films like “Dumbo” as well as comedy classics such as 1974’s “Blazing Saddles.’
She told The Sunday Times why they’re <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cate-blanchett-interview-the-new-boy-oscars-religion-husband-2lrc0rvpm">a terrible way to digest art</a>.
<blockquote>We are terrified of tough conversations &#8230; but we need the &#8230; We talk about radical candor, but when there’s a trigger warning in front of something you are implying that there is a lack of mutual respect or that the subject hasn’t been properly interrogated &#8230; It may offend you. It may challenge you. You may laugh uproariously. You just don’t know, but you are going to surrender to what is coming.</blockquote>
Her 2022 film “Tar” embodied that sentiment. The film features a Cancel Culture-style attack on Blanchett’s character, a musical superstar facing a professional crisis. A critical scene in the film finds her character, Lydia Tar, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/scene-cate-blanchetts-film-tar-praised-being-anti-woke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">berating a woke music student.</a>
&#8220;Don&#8217;t be so eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring conformity.&#8221;
“Will &amp; Grace” alum Eric McCormack spoke to a similar woke constraint – straight actors being questioned for playing gay characters.
“There’s no part I’ve ever played where I wasn’t playing something I’m not. It’s part of the gig. And I’ve always said, if gay actors weren’t allowed to play straight actors, Broadway would be over.&#8221;
Would he land that part today given the current cultural climate? He’s hopeful.
&#8220;I would like to think in general that the best person for the role, the one that comes in and knocks it out of the park, is the one that gets the part.”
Meritocracy matters. So do prominent artists standing up for free expression and casting a withering eye on the woke movement.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
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