Jerry Seinfeld Talks Bill Cosby, Whether He Can Separate The Man From The Body Of Art

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2017
  • Netflix's 'Jerry Before Seinfeld' creator Jerry Seinfeld and Stephen consider whether they can still enjoy the legendary comic's body of art after his numerous rape allegations.
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  • @drlynmar
    @drlynmar 5 років тому +486

    Years ago I dated a lawyer who was a born comedian! In elevators we had to ourselves, he would give me a passionate kiss as the door opened to let others in, then step out and say “nice meeting you”. The reactions were priceless!

  • @rodrigomarcondes5857
    @rodrigomarcondes5857 5 років тому +732

    you can say whatever you want about Colbert, i love that he speaks his mind even if he disagrees with his guests, unlike Fallon who just nods in agreement and laughs at every single sentence

    • @airamlehte9697
      @airamlehte9697 4 роки тому +12

      I understand that he can't listen to Cosby anymore. I don't feel the same about Michael Jackson either. I just can't enjoy his music anymore.

    • @dirtysprite_
      @dirtysprite_ 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah but that laugh tho

    • @williamvincent
      @williamvincent 4 роки тому +5

      Has anybody worked out why so much excessive laughing? Serisouly? Anyone have a serious answer for that?

    • @darcskies777
      @darcskies777 4 роки тому +4

      Those two were caught lying actually and the documentary was pulled. There's never big press for the retraction.

    • @queenroo4082
      @queenroo4082 4 роки тому +7

      Rodrigo Marcondes I like both Fallon and Colbert. They both have different comedic personalities, and they both work. No need to even put them against one another. Enjoy it all. 😁

  • @agelesskarate
    @agelesskarate 4 роки тому +171

    Colbert when they talked about Cosby, he kept the conversation going. I always thought sometimes he was an annoying interviewer, but in that moment he switched the conversation smoothly. That’s true skill. Jerry even noticed it. Smooth.

    • @dbstewart4496
      @dbstewart4496 3 роки тому +18

      Jerry notices everything.

    • @michaeldumont6896
      @michaeldumont6896 Рік тому +5

      Jerry does notice everything. That’s why he’s so good😉👍

  • @johnmulhausen2322
    @johnmulhausen2322 Рік тому +8

    7:50 "I don't mind" -- Wow, man, the brain on Jerry! One could only wish to have a wit quick enough to get that out in time with such a smooth delivery.

    • @hardikrajpal2410
      @hardikrajpal2410 6 днів тому

      just wanna confirm he was making the Jewish star? Was that the joke?

  • @The_Angry_BeEconomist
    @The_Angry_BeEconomist 6 років тому +1468

    the silence when he mentioned Bill Cosby

    • @stewfu
      @stewfu 6 років тому +55

      kinetic static ...lol...rite...tha cringe...lol...Jerry gave 2 shyts about it tho...

    • @observerfx212
      @observerfx212 6 років тому +235

      Won't you please donate a verb to someone who needs it today. Just two verbs a day can nourish a millennial for a week. Be a hero to a broken fragment, by helping it to become a full sentence today. Call 1-800-Complete-Thought. Take a chance on a declaration today.

    • @ufayamada4379
      @ufayamada4379 6 років тому +31

      Going back to the awkwardness they were talking about earlier.

    • @GraeHall
      @GraeHall 6 років тому +21

      @Foton Icon: I think I might love you. No, I thought about it, I was wrong. I know I love you for that comment. I do so hope it's original, and not a quote; If it's a quote, you chose well. If it's original. I think I might love you, wait, I mean I know I love you. Yeah. I love it. :)

    • @acenturyofblackmusic1655
      @acenturyofblackmusic1655 6 років тому +12

      foton icon u made my day

  • @smcg8504
    @smcg8504 6 років тому +340

    I love how the crowd is just so quiet when Cosby is mentioned

    • @smcg8504
      @smcg8504 6 років тому

      Rah Rah Rasputin thanks......

    • @TreantmonksTemple
      @TreantmonksTemple 6 років тому +25

      Maybe there was something in their drinks

    • @jjaapp18
      @jjaapp18 6 років тому +8

      You realize the audience is regulated, right? They laugh when they are allowed to laugh, and silent when it says to be silent. All of this is sort of planned, and everyone in the crew knows what's coming in order to give the audience that freedom to laugh when it's okay to.

    • @MrsWeasly123
      @MrsWeasly123 6 років тому +40

      As a person who was actually in one of Stephen colbert's audiences, this is absolutely not true lmfao. Audience laughs when something is funny, simple as that. There are motions for audience in the intro and outro, but that's all

    • @deenine
      @deenine 6 років тому +2

      Yea, jjaapp18...sorry, wrong

  • @matthewsharp875
    @matthewsharp875 3 роки тому +50

    Who's here after watching the HBO special about Dylan?

    • @fmathsson4097
      @fmathsson4097 3 роки тому +2

      Me!

    • @starkistuna
      @starkistuna 3 роки тому +2

      paused the Doc to watch this expecting Colbert to grill him but he let him of with a pass...

    • @matthewsharp875
      @matthewsharp875 3 роки тому

      Gotta respect Colbert, he handles alot of things people easily flip about. He's definitely a man of patience ... Until it comes to LOTR or HOBBIT lol

    • @geekmomstorytime320
      @geekmomstorytime320 2 роки тому +1

      Yup! Wish Stephen had pushed harder

    • @joshuafisher4241
      @joshuafisher4241 27 днів тому +1

      Completed biased and false

  • @Sweendogization
    @Sweendogization 5 років тому +8

    Jerry got Colbert off that topic pretty quickly. Saved the mood. The flow. Pro.

    • @joshuasteward6097
      @joshuasteward6097 Місяць тому

      Colbert also let him, knowing there wasn't much else to say.

  • @scaretactictales5895
    @scaretactictales5895 6 років тому +895

    You can just feel the tension in the crowd when Jerry says he can still listen to Cosby

    • @jeffghant4760
      @jeffghant4760 6 років тому +62

      Me too. I don't think anyone should care if he still likes Cosby.

    • @guy31978
      @guy31978 6 років тому +26

      @Marc, yeah...just...why Seinfield..why.

    • @johnf.hebert1409
      @johnf.hebert1409 6 років тому +73

      I mean, this has been going on since the beginning. How to separate the man from his art. Can you? Should you? I think you can and should.

    • @sbwan
      @sbwan 6 років тому +73

      Hell I agree with Jerry. It doesn't erase Bill Cosby's greatness. Ty Cobb still in HOF, O.J. still ran for 2000 yards and in HOF, and we have a racist sexual predator in the White House so we are selective in our outrage depending on how we feel about a person

    • @OverUnity7734
      @OverUnity7734 6 років тому +35

      No one remembers when Seinfeld was dating a girl under 18 ? Some time around 1992 I think.

  • @zahirahza
    @zahirahza 6 років тому +468

    i love it when comedians talk about something serious

    • @JamesJohnson-ir1gx
      @JamesJohnson-ir1gx 6 років тому

      You're a loser.

    • @tekoppentekoppen761
      @tekoppentekoppen761 6 років тому +3

      Zahirah A. I love when comedians are just funny without fucking with ppls heads.

    • @zorelwood243
      @zorelwood243 5 років тому

      Watch Green room

    • @martinc3597
      @martinc3597 Рік тому +1

      Yes... Very interesting and necessary at times as well

  • @lolodiaries
    @lolodiaries 6 років тому +36

    7:52 sweetest moment in any talkshow ever! I just absolutely love their chemistry! Great guest and host! Was such a delight watching this

  • @Skzzlemister
    @Skzzlemister 3 роки тому +51

    I love how Jerry responded to “husbanding.” 😂 The man is a lifelong student of human behavior.

    • @d2dar459
      @d2dar459 Рік тому

      I mean, how can anybody not respond like that to that word? 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

  • @JCR12_
    @JCR12_ 6 років тому +22

    The best guests are the ones who can just have a chat with Stephen without needing to promote their product

  • @emilybkallas
    @emilybkallas 6 років тому +31

    I love the open and honest dialogue in this interview. It's genuine. That's not something you get from talk shows anymore. Everything tends to be scripted.

    • @steveoTHEGREAT
      @steveoTHEGREAT 10 місяців тому

      CANCEL CULTURE FUCKIN BLOWS TODAY Even TV shows on the big networks suck now days

    • @leavingsoonduetocensorship3453
      @leavingsoonduetocensorship3453 7 місяців тому

      This is 2023 we have podcasts now get with it fool the news reports on what the internet is saying not the other way around

    • @Unknown-jt1jo
      @Unknown-jt1jo 7 місяців тому

      These two guys seem to enjoy each other's company! Also, as fellow comedians of the same generation, they have a lot in common.

  • @MzMary801
    @MzMary801 6 років тому +14

    When you've been violated, it's repeated every time you see the accusers face. Equally the same when you know it's happened to others.
    Definitely separated.

  • @olusha
    @olusha 6 років тому +59

    This idea: "Separate The Man From The Body Of Art" is a very interesting and relevant topic to me. It doesn't only apply to Bill Cosby; artists like Picasso, Pollock were highly abusive men yet they produced great art. This applies to many, many others, not only in the arts. I think we're conditioned to assume that if a person is great at one thing, or highly intelligent in some way, that they must be a compassionate human being. It produces a kind of "cognitive dissonance" (uncomfortable feeling) in us when we realize that a highly creative or intelligent person can also be a criminal or bully.

    • @guitarman0365
      @guitarman0365 6 років тому +2

      bing cosby was a shitty ass abusive father and husband yet no one cares when you hear his songs. No one has stopped liking michael jackson's music because of who he was as a person which was even worse that what Bill has done because his issue was with kids. People always separate the man from his work pretty much all the time yet it becomes an issue with Bill Cosby common

    • @ninakore
      @ninakore 6 років тому +5

      It’s almost as if people are human. Artists are volatile people, it’s where they get inspiration to create.

    • @DanielBoonelight
      @DanielBoonelight 5 років тому +8

      MJ didn't do shit to kids, quit throwing baseless crap around like it's something you 'know' when all the evidence shows that it's in the highest likelihood that vile human nature will try to take advantage of a compassionate vulnerable human being with more money than the prince of a medium-sized country every damn time. ffs

    • @starja4477
      @starja4477 3 роки тому +2

      @@guitarman0365 When the first allegations came out about MJ in the early 90's people definitely stopped liking his music. He was seen as a huge joke and a creepy nutjob. I think it's only after his death that people started appreciating his music once again. Personally I think that's a good thing, his contributions to music and his talent are monumental. We'll never know 100% if any of those allegations are true, but we can hopefully still respect and enjoy what he gave to the world of music

    • @starkistuna
      @starkistuna 3 роки тому +1

      I watched a documentary called "Exterminate all the Brutes" which has a chapter that covers this topic Blown away and devastated that L. Frank Baum (author of "The Wizard Of Oz") did an editorial promoting genocide he wrote this: “With his fall the nobility of the Redskin is extinguished, and what few are left are a pack of whining curs who lick the hand that smites them. The Whites, by law of conquest, by justice of civilization, are masters of the American continent, and the best safety of the frontier settlements will be secured by the total annihilation of the few remaining Indians. Why not annihilation? Their glory has fled, their spirit broken, their manhood effaced; better that they die than live the miserable wretches that they are....We cannot honestly regret their extermination, but we at least do justice to the manly characteristics possessed, according to their lights and education, by the early Redskins of America.”

  • @redlightmax
    @redlightmax 6 років тому +70

    5:56 Their talk about Bill Cosby reminded me of Jerry Seinfeld's documentary "Comedian," in which he sits down with Bill Cosby - you could tell that Jerry totally admired him. I think that Jerry finds it difficult to accept what his idol did and is in a partial state of denial.

    • @toddjones7919
      @toddjones7919 5 років тому +5

      Or he just knows there's no actual proof. It's funny how the public cares about numbers of accusers - no one believed when it was 1, 2, 5...eventually you get enough and people say "Well, one or two unsupported accusations don't mean anything, but 10? 12? That's proof right there!" People are colossally stupid.

    • @clarissar1528
      @clarissar1528 5 років тому +2

      RedLightMax I can relate to Jerry’s initial reaction regarding Cosby. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the Cosby Show for so many reasons. Separating the Art from the Artist is something to figure iut

    • @GmanBadmon20
      @GmanBadmon20 4 роки тому +1

      I think he realizes hes a comedic genius and remembers him for that. Oj Simpson was an incredible top 5 all time running back. Horrible person but in his profession only jim brown emmitt and barry sanders smith are superior

    • @soulrappist177
      @soulrappist177 4 роки тому

      ​@Bnetmyke Hannibal Buress and social media did their part as well. Social media is the lynch mob of modernity.

    • @joliecide
      @joliecide 2 роки тому +1

      Remember Chappelle and the "he rapes but he saves joke?" A lot like that...

  • @KevinKoolx
    @KevinKoolx 6 років тому +410

    I feel like Jerry looked back at his old material and was like not enough people have heard these jokes.

    • @davespellbound6167
      @davespellbound6167 6 років тому

      seinfeld's special did suck though, NOONE LAUGHED. Netflix had to edit in canned laughter for his lame "jokes".
      He isnt famous coz he's funny he got famous coz of his race. Undisputed facts.
      How does that make me racist. dumblefuck?
      He's racist as is the comedy circuit/NBC who made him famous.
      And jewflix who specialise in making jews rich

    • @davespellbound6167
      @davespellbound6167 6 років тому

      BTW many jews are actually funny but for every talented jew we have to suffer 10 adam sandberg types . Who are just smug narcissists. As a natural result of reverse nazi racism

    • @davespellbound6167
      @davespellbound6167 6 років тому

      sychophantic dweeb

    • @jennhoff03
      @jennhoff03 6 років тому +1

      Oh, that's exactly what happened. And I'm glad it's seeing the light of day!

    • @davespellbound6167
      @davespellbound6167 6 років тому

      how the fk would you know?

  • @MisterItchy
    @MisterItchy 5 років тому +21

    I also have a difficult time separating the comedian from the convict. Bill Cosby was the funniest thing I had ever heard when I was a kid and for many years I quoted lines from his sketches wherever I could fit them in and usually got a puzzled look for my efforts.

    • @elizabetholiviaclark
      @elizabetholiviaclark 2 роки тому +2

      I know I'm three years late replying to your comment, but I could have said the same thing. I grew up memorizing, then repeating wherever I had the chance, all of Cosby's material from the sixties. His timing, delivery -- all of it -- was on point, and I completely idolized him. I also can separate the man from his work on behalf of his fellow actors through the years. Otherwise I'm dismissing their work as well, and I don't want to do that. I won't do that.

    • @tafkaga474
      @tafkaga474 9 місяців тому

      Sometimes I can separate the art from the person but in Cosby's case I cannot. I had fondness and respect for the man that went beyond the work, and the revelations about his personal life ruined both things for me.

  • @MichaelJeffrey
    @MichaelJeffrey 6 років тому +82

    Jerry: What do ya want?
    Kesha: Hug
    Jerry: No...... No...

    • @traceytrotter9934
      @traceytrotter9934 4 роки тому +5

      Bet he'd hug Bill Cosby. Can't stand the man.

    • @JuICyBLiinGeR
      @JuICyBLiinGeR 4 роки тому +8

      He’s stuck up. And has his whole life to thank Larry David for. Dude has an ego like Mariah Carey. He thinks he’s so important. Ugh

    • @starja4477
      @starja4477 3 роки тому +4

      No one owes anyone else a hug. Ever. Period.

  • @mclmg
    @mclmg 6 років тому +14

    What makes this exciting is the fact that in this taping, Colbert, Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld are all in the same backstage area of the Ed Sullivan Theatre

  • @lastlaugh7512
    @lastlaugh7512 6 років тому +92

    Please never restrict this content... like every other late night youtube channel..

    • @ipodtouchfreak100
      @ipodtouchfreak100 6 років тому +8

      Last Laugh THANK YOU. I hate that other late night channels only upload the un important "funny" parts of the interview with no context and I realize why they do it more videos more views but it's so nice to watch a whole interview without having to sift through parts and pieces like a puzzle

    • @bugman247
      @bugman247 6 років тому

      Bill Cosby pushin' more than Jello / Bill Cosby Such a nasty fellow
      Bill Cosby Give the ladies Quaalude / Bill Cosbt Then he help 'em get nude
      Bill Cosby Gonna make you doze off / Bill Cosby Then he take your clothes off
      REPLY

  • @SbongamandlaMaphumulo
    @SbongamandlaMaphumulo 5 років тому

    Great conversation

  • @Hollins23
    @Hollins23 5 років тому

    Great interview!

  • @-plumbus
    @-plumbus 6 років тому +1032

    "The word left is associated with negative things". Well, that's not right.

    • @cloudkitt
      @cloudkitt 6 років тому +14

      He said "often," not exclusively.

    • @sol8140
      @sol8140 6 років тому +49

      Exactly, it's not right. It's what's left.

    • @ytubeanon
      @ytubeanon 6 років тому +74

      +cloudkitt You must get left out a lot, cuz it went right over your head.

    • @mori1bund
      @mori1bund 6 років тому +8

      If you go left you're right, if you go right you're left.

    • @ytubeanon
      @ytubeanon 6 років тому +1

      +mori1bund let me guess, you weren't born in North America

  • @Sr.ChilePepper
    @Sr.ChilePepper 6 років тому +3

    Jerry responding with the Star of David when Stephen does the benediction... That's gold, Jerry! Gold! 😆

  • @StatusQuonald
    @StatusQuonald 6 років тому

    This is a nice interview. They're both real comfortable, real nice to watch.

  • @SARGENTO007A
    @SARGENTO007A 4 роки тому +15

    hahahahaha...when he made the Star of David...that was hillarious!!!! Hahahahaha!!! He's such a funny guy...they both are.

  • @CT37BN
    @CT37BN 6 років тому +7

    Being observant for anything that is so simple yet also relevant and a stickler are qualities that make Mr. Seinfeld ( the man and the show ) funny and a stand-out.

  • @v.e2035
    @v.e2035 6 років тому +38

    The thing with Jerry is that his comedy didn't require vulgarity or raunchy sex comments. From the 70s to today, hands down , Jerry is a true comedian. You don't have to laugh, but respect you gotta give

  • @domari9459
    @domari9459 6 років тому +3

    I like the way Jerry explained it that "I was struggling, but it wasn't struggle for me, 'cos he loved doing it". Pretty honest, straightforward and may be inspiring for the wanna be comedians/performers, etc.

  • @sburr7402
    @sburr7402 5 років тому +13

    I love how the entire 10:07 video is names after a 3 second blip... gotta get them clicks!

  • @jameshhough
    @jameshhough 6 років тому +65

    "Huffing the Discomfort" will be the name of my biography.

    • @ZenGeekDad
      @ZenGeekDad 4 роки тому

      That's pretty clever; I like it. The mind definitely stops to spin that one around a few different angles before moving on.

    • @digitalxsca
      @digitalxsca 4 роки тому +1

      6:35 signal to change theme

  • @mee5789
    @mee5789 6 років тому +392

    I can't tell if they hate each other or are getting along ok...

    • @kiltxan1642
      @kiltxan1642 6 років тому +78

      They are definitely doing it after the show

    • @S3v3n13tt3r5
      @S3v3n13tt3r5 6 років тому +37

      watch steve on jerry's show, pretty sure they are friendly outside work.

    • @MustafaAlNuaimi
      @MustafaAlNuaimi 6 років тому +32

      That is Definition of friendship.

    • @MichaelDG2023
      @MichaelDG2023 6 років тому +69

      That is every Jerry Seinfeld interview: it's impossible to tell whether he likes anyone!

    • @tuxiewuxie2201
      @tuxiewuxie2201 6 років тому +53

      They don't have good chemistry but they're both talented enough to make it a good interview

  • @williamcortelyou4524
    @williamcortelyou4524 5 років тому +2

    I completely understand. The greatest thing I ever found for any tragedy is sitting down, in the dark, maybe a beer or something harder, and just listening to a comedian. When I couldn't sleep, Jeffries, Oswald, CK, Rock, Chappelle, Hofstetter, all those guys helped me so much, and still do when the day is hard.

  • @adowa3k
    @adowa3k 3 роки тому +51

    I'm here watching this interview after watching the Allen v Farrow documentary. Of course Jerry can't fathom not being able to separate the art from the artist. He "dated" a 17 year old when he was 38.

    • @catwoman8861
      @catwoman8861 3 роки тому +1

      👏

    • @joshuafisher4241
      @joshuafisher4241 27 днів тому

      Oh you mean the completely one-sided documentary that makes Mia Farrow look like a saint? You know, the actress with a convicted pedophile for a brother? That adopted and discarded children like dolls, 2 of which killed themselves and another attempted suicide? That Soon-Yi and Moses said beat and berated them? The Mia Farrow who moved into the Previn household and had an affair with Andre, which then led to his wife Dorothy having a nervous breakdown, being institutionalised and later having a lobotomy? I'm guessing you sided with her over Allen because that documentary did nothing but tell her skewed side of the story. Sure, Jerry dated a 17yo but at least he never caused any kids to unalive themselves.

    • @bigverybadtom
      @bigverybadtom 13 днів тому

      @@joshuafisher4241 Woody Allen married his adopted daughter. Any assessment of Mia Farrow does not contradict this.

    • @joshuafisher4241
      @joshuafisher4241 13 днів тому

      @@bigverybadtom She was never his adopted daughter. At least have a basic grasp of the facts before you cast judgement.

  • @trapezeable
    @trapezeable 6 років тому +667

    That interview was about...nothing

    • @navaneeth95
      @navaneeth95 6 років тому +31

      Moon Gazer i see what you did there

    • @marvinthemartian857
      @marvinthemartian857 6 років тому +8

      At least it was something

    • @jamesburgess2k
      @jamesburgess2k 6 років тому +30

      Wow, that Seinfeld guy should make a show about that...I wonder what the title would be tho?

    • @The8347135
      @The8347135 6 років тому +14

      James Burgess "Jerry"

    • @jamesburgess2k
      @jamesburgess2k 6 років тому +4

      The8347135 brilliant

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 6 років тому +34

    Somewhere in that uncomfortable silence during the Cosby bit Stephen Colbert grew as a talk show host. Love him or hate him you have to respect Jerry Seinfeld for speaking his mind and not worry about offending people as so many guests on talk show just seem safe and don't really talk about anything of interest.

  • @vinceedwards3978
    @vinceedwards3978 2 роки тому

    I am super glad that I clicked this video! Jerry's fathers joke to him was hilarious!

  • @robinsinpost
    @robinsinpost 4 роки тому +3

    The part when Colbert made the cross and his comment was hilarious.
    Instant comedy.

    • @CharlieQuartz
      @CharlieQuartz 4 роки тому

      Jerry’s “I don’t care” star made it so much better

  • @kadambariprasad208
    @kadambariprasad208 6 років тому +17

    I think this was a pretty awesome conversation between two awesome people. Those who expect a very "proper" and "orchestrated" interview like many in television may find it a little cringe inducing. Stephen seems to have been thinking that couple of times here, but I loved it! It's a great question- should the person's "private" life be separated from their work? I'd love to watch these two have a conversation off camera!

  • @LJdaentertainer
    @LJdaentertainer 6 років тому +86

    shit got real

  • @poser_disposer
    @poser_disposer 6 років тому +2

    Colbert is a great host of this show, I'm happy he got this job. I will always miss the daily show and the colbert report back to back though.

  • @Angela-yn3fc
    @Angela-yn3fc 6 років тому +8

    I've been to his live act twice now and laugh so hard my stomach hurts by the end! He is the BEST!

  • @definitelyjaren7041
    @definitelyjaren7041 6 років тому +409

    Ya like Jazz?

    • @Paooul13
      @Paooul13 6 років тому

      What was that intro music? I must know...

    • @MisterFoxx
      @MisterFoxx 6 років тому +5

      Wow did none of y’all get the Bee Movie reference?

    • @xMaverickFPS
      @xMaverickFPS 6 років тому +3

      Paooul13 - they were just jamming. it wasn't anything constructed. they were trying to time his sitting down, but he faked them out on accident like once or twice lol

    • @Allagi22
      @Allagi22 6 років тому

      Dunno about Jazz but Da ya like dogs?

    • @jf1996100
      @jf1996100 6 років тому

      also a bruce almighty reference

  • @coco0789
    @coco0789 6 років тому +25

    Great interview Stephen!!

  • @stevenlennon12
    @stevenlennon12 4 роки тому +1

    great entrance music

  • @barrettolson82
    @barrettolson82 6 років тому +2

    *Draws Star of David* love it haha

  • @ocb7160
    @ocb7160 4 роки тому +7

    0:35 Colbert goes down to Jerry's level because he deeply respects him as a comedian. Jerry thanks him for the gesture.

  • @LloydBraun11
    @LloydBraun11 6 років тому +141

    Jerry is 63 years old!? He looks better than Jayson Alexander did at 33!

    • @hhll9294
      @hhll9294 5 років тому +3

      Jason

    • @Spinal5678
      @Spinal5678 5 років тому +2

      Yaysun

    • @peterbondy
      @peterbondy 5 років тому +1

      LloydBraun11 laughter is the best medicine.

    • @williamcortelyou4524
      @williamcortelyou4524 5 років тому +1

      JERRY!

    • @ZenGeekDad
      @ZenGeekDad 5 років тому

      He does now, yes. But a few years ago, he was looking mid-seventies. Much heavier, grayer, thinner hair even, and more tired/spent/crabby.

  • @cetti4405
    @cetti4405 3 роки тому +2

    I love comedy, especially stand-up - Wish I had that talent. Would never leave the stage. Nothing like seeing people laugh.

  • @DanielGorham1
    @DanielGorham1 6 років тому +1

    Does anyone know the intro music that Jerry walks in on? I love it...

  • @zyaicob
    @zyaicob 5 років тому +5

    Imho, i can love the work and hate the jerk, but the conflict comes when my enjoyment of their work supports that person financially

    • @TheAnxietyCloset
      @TheAnxietyCloset 4 роки тому

      There is a monstrous difference though between jerk and rapist/sexual predator.

  • @rjcripe
    @rjcripe 6 років тому +549

    I love it when Jerry gets neurotic.

    • @guthax30
      @guthax30 6 років тому +1

      rjcripe it takes an ultra fucked up person to be a comedian. We're lucky the cos wasn't eating Christian babies and drinking demons blood.

    • @rjcripe
      @rjcripe 6 років тому +6

      guthax30 I wouldn't say every comedian is fucked up, but enough of them are. I think Stephen Colbert, for instance, is basically a normal, sane, if a little odd, human being. Same with a few more like Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman. Others... not so much. Seinfeld, Louis CK, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Ricky Gervais, Richard Pryor, Maria Bamford, Dave Chappelle, etc... they all have some loose screws.

    • @golfinguru11
      @golfinguru11 6 років тому +6

      I think being fucked is necessary to be an exceptional stand up comedian. colbert and kimmel didnt do stand up, and letterman was shit at it

    • @mike3894
      @mike3894 6 років тому +1

      So you love him whenever he's awake.

    • @kono0891
      @kono0891 6 років тому +1

      Thats like saying I like a carrot when it's orange.

  • @Hakotora
    @Hakotora 5 років тому +1

    9:33 "everybody's gotta be somewhere" not bad haha

  • @tatathebutterfly
    @tatathebutterfly 6 років тому +2

    I hate a long distant hello. If you wait a few moments we can greet each other at a normal distance.

  • @PauloNideck
    @PauloNideck 5 років тому +74

    So awesome! I love his interviews, Seinfeld is like a bad boy to the show biz lately... bravo!

  • @Carskinify
    @Carskinify 4 роки тому +23

    In the old days they would hide the misdeeds of stars. We never knew what kind of people they really were.

  • @chantelsdrawers
    @chantelsdrawers 6 років тому

    He always gets standing ovations

  • @noras.5355
    @noras.5355 6 років тому

    great show! Love Seinfeld!

  • @MichelleCoxPhotography
    @MichelleCoxPhotography 6 років тому +5

    I love Jerry... and I loved this interview ha

  • @vanthadoun1
    @vanthadoun1 6 років тому +37

    Tragedy in comedy is a very tricky subject. Alot of people can't separate the two emotions, it wasnt until recently that I saw the humor in bad situations. At a friend's funeral, they presented a pretaped video, the person who died took about 30 minutes to joke, tell stories and present the wonderfulness of life. Everyone in the audience laughed. Amidst tragedy we found comedy to make us feel better and allow us to celebrate life. I think I understand what Sienfeld is saying about Cosby's comedic body of work. At the time, Cosby was a pioneer, his material was very funny, it made you think about the small nuances of how things worked. I am not making any excuses for his deplorable actions (there is no excuse) but at the same time, you can't take away his achievements in comedy. This was a very grey area for an interview and I can't imagine anyone with the cajones besides Stephen Colbert to touch on this topic.

    • @shaynewaugh2111
      @shaynewaugh2111 6 років тому +3

      vantha doun On Jerry's point about comedy in tragedy, I think it is one thing when the tragedy is the subject and the comedian is owning their own tragedy. The issue here, is Cosby was the perpetrator and so I find myself siding more with Colbert here.

    • @coolmountains25
      @coolmountains25 6 років тому +3

      Vantha Doun You're making a false equivalence. You say there is no excuse for Cosbys actions and then you say you can't take away his achievements in comedy, while it's true he was historically influential comedically, and no one can take that from him, the truth is his cereal raping does ruin his comedy and spoils it to the point where he is no longer relatable. It's disgusting and grating to listen to him and think, 'Wow! while he was writing this bit he had probably just got done raping another young woman.'
      Also it's not Stephen Colbert who decided to broach this subject but Jerry Seinfeld, Colbert had no option but to talk about it and tell the truth 'he was a big fan of Bill Cosby when he was younger but now Cosbys comedy is ruined for him and he won't listen to it.'
      Im sorry about the loss of your friend, and im glad you had a positive experience at such a vulnerable setting. The connection between comedy and tragedy is ancient, and mysterious. Why is tragedy and comedy so closely related? Why do we cope with comedy? Does it really make us feel better? Does making other people laugh or laughing yourself feel better. What do you prefer Comedy or Tragedy? Both? The false equivalence i talked about is the connection between tragedy and comedy you broached. While it's sometimes difficult but truly rewarding to find comedy in tragedy in certain settings, a comedy that's found tragedy is a whole other story. And they are not the same thing.

    • @cainm6375
      @cainm6375 6 років тому +1

      vantha doun the only people who can't make that critical separation are of the excessively dense and self-righteous mold

    • @SurmaSampo
      @SurmaSampo 6 років тому +2

      Some people lack an analytical mind and can't separate their own emotions and beliefs from a facts of a topic.

    • @vanthadoun1
      @vanthadoun1 6 років тому

      Agreed, I think in this day and age, any dirt about a person's personal life will be dug up and put on the media the next day or even hour. You have no private life anymore. People forget that Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner, he condoned the ownership of slaves, he had children with one of the women he kept as a personal slave, for some reason Hollywood wants to romanticize that about Jefferson. I am not saying 2 wrongs make a right. Bill Cosby is a creep, but people want to sit on their high horse and criticize others because their shit doesn't smell bad. I gave Bill Cosby the benefit of the doubt when it was 2 accusers, when the numbers hit double digits, then I backed away and said "where there is smoke, there's fire"

  • @JoseGranny
    @JoseGranny 5 років тому

    Cool! Sailor Beware is on YT!

  • @screwyootube1
    @screwyootube1 5 років тому +1

    I like how Colbert uses "husbanding" BEFORE changing it to "nurturing"! LOL, he knew what he was doing, and got the reaction out of Seinfeld he wanted! Two comedians doing their job so well!

    • @carltonreese4854
      @carltonreese4854 4 роки тому

      He said the word twice before Seinfeld acknowledged it. It was obvious fishing attempt -- a stupid word at that.

  • @In-N-Out333
    @In-N-Out333 6 років тому +31

    What does Jerry Lewis leaving his sons out of his will have anything to do with what Bill Cosby did? Can someone please explain that to me? It honestly doesn't sound like a very good analogy on Seinfeld's part.

    • @stanknight9159
      @stanknight9159 5 років тому +11

      @Trius It was more the example that came to his mind at the time. It's one thing being put on the spot then analyzing what one said afterwards.
      I also think it was more fresh in his heart since Lewis just died August 2017, a month before this interview, so I am sure that was still on his mind.
      We all say stupid shit just that thankfully it is not always being recorded and analyzed by everyone.

    • @Suzanne4415
      @Suzanne4415 3 роки тому +2

      I'm sure it was fresh on his mind, but it does show that he either doesn't get rape or (more likely) hadn't spent any time really thinking about what Cosby's actually done.

    • @accountnotfound4209
      @accountnotfound4209 3 роки тому +3

      @@Suzanne4415 he probably lacks empathy

    • @devine999
      @devine999 2 роки тому +1

      @@accountnotfound4209 I think this sums it up.

    • @goldenboatcaptain
      @goldenboatcaptain 2 роки тому +3

      It's not about the levels of wrongdoing, but moreso the point that people can be shitty, but you can still appreciate the art.

  • @itchynights
    @itchynights 5 років тому +127

    i don't mind that jerry can still listen to cosby. what i do mind is how ridiculous he thought the idea was that someone might not be able to anymore.

    • @ZenGeekDad
      @ZenGeekDad 5 років тому +14

      I see your point. And I agree. I can see reasonable minds aligning with either Seinfeld's or Colbert's take, but I can't see a reasonable mind thinking only their view is right. Part of that is just Jerry's personality and I suspect the micro-culture that he takes as the norm (i.e., what he grew up with): he's comfortable telling people uncomfortable unsupportive things.

    • @zingzangspillip1
      @zingzangspillip1 5 років тому +6

      I studied with people at university who wouldn't listen to Wagner because of his antisemitism. Some people are sensitive about these things.

    • @user-os8sq3uh4n
      @user-os8sq3uh4n 4 роки тому +1

      If I had the best blacksmith in all 7 kingdoms, he'd still be the best blacksmith.

    • @youonlyliveonce12ish
      @youonlyliveonce12ish 4 роки тому +3

      @Comicbookstoreguy177 Comic you literally just repeated the first comment.
      We know he is not telling others how to feel. We know he thinks it is ridiculous or silly to think otherwise. But it is ridiculous to think it is ridiculous or silly that some people might not be able to stand him anymore.

    • @gtb2009b
      @gtb2009b 4 роки тому +4

      I’m sorry but the jokes that made me laugh as a kid are still funny today even if the guy that told them was Bill Cosby didn’t stop making them funny jokes. So I guess you may have to separate the man from the standup but the man had a long successful career telling a lot of jokes he is funny

  • @BrownThunderBass
    @BrownThunderBass 5 років тому

    His walking out music is super nice

  • @cu7695
    @cu7695 3 роки тому +1

    7:51 Great comedic Timing. Seinfeld is a maestro of his craft

  • @amandastreeter4178
    @amandastreeter4178 6 років тому +6

    The only thing of my grandfathers that I really wanted after he died was his bill Cosby records. But they were lost. I found A set in my husband's grandparents attic and can't bring myself to listen to them after knowing what I know now.

    • @kcd1342
      @kcd1342 5 років тому

      I wouldn't worry about it. If they were in the attic they are probably melted anyway.

    • @toddjones7919
      @toddjones7919 5 років тому

      Well, you're not that bright, I guess, which makes me wonder how you ever found him funny before.

    • @TitoTimTravels
      @TitoTimTravels 5 років тому

      His old stuff will always be hysterical. 'The Best of Bill Cosby' from 1969 is one of the best comedy albums of all time!

    • @cassynicole7615
      @cassynicole7615 5 років тому

      I would throw them out, personally. Bad karma to keep fruit from the poisoned tree... A monster is a monster it doesn't matter that he knew how to tell jokes when he wasn't knocking women unconscious with drugs and raping them for decades.

    • @toddjones7919
      @toddjones7919 5 років тому

      @@cassynicole7615 Yes, but Jerry's a lot smarter than you.

  • @bkzone8
    @bkzone8 3 роки тому +3

    I am with you Stephen. My family does not even speak Bill Cosby's name anymore. We use to love and laugh at everything that he did. I think my favourite album of his was why is there air? He left a big void in our lives. Now I fill that void with people like you and John Oliver! Keep up the good work!

  • @pakko33
    @pakko33 6 років тому

    I watch a lot the work of these two guys.

  • @benjamincolonjr6600
    @benjamincolonjr6600 3 роки тому

    Love the walk out music for Jerry

  • @TheMoggFREE
    @TheMoggFREE 6 років тому +6

    When you're not close with the guest, just a handshake is fine.

  • @ssppeellll
    @ssppeellll 6 років тому +3

    I think the problem with appreciating Cosby's comedy as one used to is not just the deplorable acts most people now believe he is guilty of. I think it is also the persona we saw behind the humor. It's so hard to reconcile the 'nice guy' delivering the humor with what Cosby has been accused of.
    If, for example, Sam Kinison had been found guilty of similar acts, I don't think people would have been as put off from his humor that much.

  • @KellysHeroes777
    @KellysHeroes777 Місяць тому

    Jerry absolutely mastered the art of delivery

  • @MrTnbopp123
    @MrTnbopp123 6 років тому

    Jerry is really awesome, such a chill guy.

  • @jermed2001
    @jermed2001 5 років тому +3

    Jerry Seinfeld has an adorable laugh and he is like me in a way...I laugh at everything.

  • @DRK0114
    @DRK0114 5 років тому +8

    wow - an actual conversation on a late night show

    • @chytstorm
      @chytstorm 5 років тому

      Yeah, many interviews are more like performances made to seem like casual conversations.

  • @GabGotti3
    @GabGotti3 2 роки тому +2

    Who is here because of “we need to talk about Cosby”

  • @babycakes2077
    @babycakes2077 6 років тому

    Just finished sopranos last week, Jerry my ❤️ jerZ strong, baby💪🏻

  • @kcdy8486
    @kcdy8486 4 роки тому +5

    Comedy, music, paintings, etc, are like mathematical equations. If an evil person produces one that is true, it's still true. If the person who creates the art does evil, it's still art.

  • @KaitainCPS
    @KaitainCPS 5 років тому +20

    Errr...comparing Lewis's misdemeanors to those of Cosby is a bit of a stretch.

    • @joshuafisher4241
      @joshuafisher4241 27 днів тому

      You enjoy the work of many directors and film stars who signed a letter defending Roman Polanski (that list includes Meryl Streep btw) yet you'll continue to watch their work, as will I. How is it different to say that? They literally signed a letter supporting a guy who raped a 13yo

  • @animatorFan74
    @animatorFan74 8 місяців тому

    hahahaha.... "Everybody's gotta be somewhere"..... genius! :)

  • @avtpro
    @avtpro 4 роки тому +1

    "There's tragedy in comedy" Truth. RIP Robin Williams.

    • @Jermbot15
      @Jermbot15 4 роки тому

      I'm pretty sure that line was about comedy coming from tragedy, and less about tragedy coming from comedians.

  • @dallasboringnews7157
    @dallasboringnews7157 5 років тому +3

    I can relate. I rummaged through my father's closet once and found a book titled "fatherhood" written by Bill Cosby. I now understand why my mother wanted a divorce.

  • @filbo9367
    @filbo9367 6 років тому +208

    In recent years I feel like Seinfeld is talking more and more about what it means to be a comedian and is just sort of sitting in his ivory tower of old fame

    • @Stbuster31
      @Stbuster31 6 років тому +11

      Fil Bo yeap. Still great but he's getting out of touch which is fine. That's who he is

    • @nikesb350
      @nikesb350 6 років тому +32

      I think he's earned it. Is his taste or style a little dated? Maybe, but I don't think he's really chiming in on modern comedy so much anymore. He's sticking to who he is.

    • @tinnic
      @tinnic 6 років тому +62

      Dude, he's 63. I know he doesn't look it but that's how old he is. He's definitely reached the age when he can reflect on his life. Now if he was 43 and talking like this, you could say something. But at 63, he's transitioned into the wise elder who remembers history and passes it on to the next generation.

    • @JaBarge303
      @JaBarge303 6 років тому +11

      He is so unfunny

    • @aneesh.joseph
      @aneesh.joseph 6 років тому +12

      He was always talking about being a comedian. Seinfeld was about the comedic process

  • @cafu8012
    @cafu8012 5 років тому

    Comedians in cars getting coffee - THAT is funny!

  • @stephenkane1074
    @stephenkane1074 3 роки тому +1

    The greatest comedian who has never made laugh out loud once

  • @WalterWhiteFromTheBlock
    @WalterWhiteFromTheBlock 6 років тому +6

    Back in the nineties he was in a very famous TV show.

  • @mkc1rrc
    @mkc1rrc 5 років тому +4

    Jerry is his BIGGEST fan!

  • @neilm2794
    @neilm2794 5 років тому

    That joke at the end made me LOL

  • @soran27
    @soran27 6 років тому

    u can see some spare mugs in the cabinet behind Stephen as he walks @ 0:32

  • @metrocustomer3425
    @metrocustomer3425 5 років тому +5

    I agree with Jerry on Cosby

  • @dianahahas1747
    @dianahahas1747 5 років тому +6

    I reacted the same way, when I thought I could totally still do so -- til I tried it. Whether he is guilty or innocent in truth, it doesn't work. Too sad and weird. Can't do it. Had to turn it off.

    • @slcRN1971
      @slcRN1971 4 роки тому +1

      Coffee's Brewing : that is what happened to me. I like the other actors in his hit TV series, so I decided to try viewing some episodes that came on TV. I didn’t even get through the first half half hour.!

    • @soulrappist177
      @soulrappist177 4 роки тому

      Guilty because social media said he's guilty. What a bunch of idiots.

  • @tedtamada
    @tedtamada 4 роки тому +2

    Yes that is the Soprano move.

  • @networkfilms9746
    @networkfilms9746 Рік тому

    0:43 very smooth recovery from almost tripping Stephen 👞
    True professional

  • @andrewcummins2194
    @andrewcummins2194 4 роки тому +77

    i try but i just can't warm to jerry seinfeld

    • @edwassermann8368
      @edwassermann8368 4 роки тому +20

      most overrated comic evvvvvvvver

    • @metrorealty7631
      @metrorealty7631 4 роки тому +12

      You're supposed to feel uncomfortable with Jerry Seinfeld, that's his comedy.

    • @dwgradio9799
      @dwgradio9799 4 роки тому +7

      I have never laughed as hard as I did when I saw Seinfeld live. I hurt when I left the theater. The man is a genius.

    • @Animusapertus
      @Animusapertus 4 роки тому +7

      @@edwassermann8368 lol he is probably the most successful comedian of all time. Thats fine if you dont like him, but he's certainly not overrated haha

    • @edwassermann8368
      @edwassermann8368 4 роки тому +2

      Uechi Ryuk Because? Ah, right because his TV show in the 90s was so popular. Go watch Larry Sanders from the exact same time. Every comedian with two brain cells considers this the best comedy sitcom of all time. And it's still fresh to this day. Just because something is popular sure as hell doesn't mean it's that good. Lemme guess, you think the Backstreet Boys are the best band of all time too, huh? That would explain things. :)

  • @webherring
    @webherring 6 років тому +29

    Jerry's squinting like Gilbert Godfrey!

  • @DissociatedWomenIncorporated
    @DissociatedWomenIncorporated 5 років тому +1

    I've never heard "left handed compliment", only "back handed compliment". _"The"_ defining comedian for me during my childhood was the wonderful Chris Morris, who is still hilarious today.

    • @DissociatedWomenIncorporated
      @DissociatedWomenIncorporated 5 років тому

      @Tatsujiro Kurogane, yeah, I thought it likely to be to do with the old "sinister" nature of the left hand. I think there's still a few sayings in modern use that use that notion, even?

  • @christopherbramwell8262
    @christopherbramwell8262 2 місяці тому

    Like or dislike, Seinfeld has proven to many that he has ALL of the attributes to be highly successful and to remain highly successful.
    I remember listening to Cosby before I was a teenager talk about getting enough water out of a bathroom faucet, getting enough soap out of the dispenser, the go-cart races with himself, side car Charlie, "old weird" Harold, etc. His mother putting raisins in his cream of wheat to hide the lumps. Taking his wife to see "the wonderful lake" up in the mountains. And, the lake being 12%.! Hilarious material. Later on, Cosbys story-telling of the whole chocolate cake scenario. Hilarious. And Bill "get out of that bed and GO DOWNSTAIRS and cook breakfast FOR YOUR CHILDREN". Great material.
    I hope that Bill & Camille are doing just fine. Bill would lovingly say " I do not handle the ticket (movie) money. My wife Camille handles the ticket money". So that his son Enos could go see "the Eddie Murphy show". Awesome.