Seinfeld has been the king of his style of comedy since the early 80s. Yes, styles change, but he (and Leno) was the most imitated stand-up comedy of the 1980s. You are missing point by showing the stand-up bits that were the intros and outros to his show. They were written for the show, not his touring or talk show appearances. The original pitch for the show was "how a stand-up gets his material," so those bits were there to complement the show. The material was about what you were going to see or had seen that episode. They probably should have eliminated them earlier, but he got rid of them for the last two seasons.
This is so great, because a 36 minute video about a celebrity's shortcomings is always much better if the creator of the video puts on a bucket hat and is actually showing himself 75% of the time throughout the video. This guy gets that.
Ok so.... the reason Seinfeld is considered a comedy legend is because of the show, not his stand up. And in the show it's the "supporting" cast that makes it funny. Jerry's chracter is the least funny of them all. Some of the situations he finds himself in are, but not Jerry. It's George, Elaine, Kramer, Newman or is it Neuman... anyway, the other chracters that makes the show funny. Jerry never was. Larry David, on the other hand, is what Jerry should have been. My thoughts five minutes into the video.
100% agree! Larry David is the goat and I feel like Jerry has been surrounded by so many amazing people like Larry and Julia Louise Dryfuss that the moniker of Comedy Legend just happened to fall on him. Thanks for checking out the video I appreciate the support!
I don't really agree with that, its subjective. Jerry was the 'straight man', ANYBODY in comedy will tell you being the straight man is the hardest gig in comedy. Acting 'over the top' is easy once you either find a rhythm and a desire, or else do enough coke. I really don't get how Larry David is funny. All he does is complain about shit and act exasperated and yell. Kinison was funny for about an hour, then it was "what else you got". Thats what 'gimmicks' get you. And of course when he and Jerry did ALL the writing, the show was marginal at best. That era of Simpsons comedy and these shows changed comedy because all these people hired poeple who had LIVES, they weren't 'comedy writers'. His stand up isnt my cup of tea, but there's no doubt that he packs people in. I'd argue the opposite, lots of comedians are 'naturally funny', he WORKS at it. David Gilmour being a natural musician versus Roger Waters who WORKED his way into being a songwriter. Like I said, I don't find it that funny, but only a fool would say he's not a comedian and a VERY good one, if not great. But I certainly wouldn't put him in any top ten list. Frankly I like his humour better than Larry Davids as a head writer. Problem is, you need a LOT of really funny people working for you. Kenny Rogers Roasters or Merv Griffin Set are about the funniest 22 minutes of television ever. Trouble is when you 'go for the top' its easy to miss and you get, well, MUCH of season 9. The saying goes that you 'don't know where the line is til you go over it". No way was that show "quitting on a high note". It was at peak popularity, but that doesnt equal quality. That he is a dysfunctional individual is something he ADMITS. He just never does interviews where hosts say "you know thats f*&^ed up right?"
Creepy: no. Consentual: yes. 30yr old story: yes. Happily married with 3 children: yes. Subject of conversation for those who will never achieve a fragment of Jerry's success: yes.
Ew, I dont care how long ago it was, if you've ever been 38 picking up your girlfriend from high school, YOU'RE A CREEP! I'll stand by that every day of the week, it's easy math.
Seinfeld the show is funny but Jerry Seinfeld was never funny lol. All the other characters made the show hilarious. NBC could've replaced Jerry with any other actor and still had a hit show.
Did college crowds honestly boo "Gay french king"? You're pointing out he has no edge, and his comedy is generic and inoffensive yet even that nothing-joke caused outrage?
@@gridlo I find this criticism of so conflicting. He's both an anti woke comedian but he's the least edgy comedian ever. Seinfeld believes he couldn't have made the episode of hiring the homeless to pull a rickshaw today and everyone freaks out. That's not an offensive idea, yet people are offended. Then we get people like the dude who made this video. Completely lost and confused about Seinfeld, the show and the man.
My wife remembers that we saw him on the Tonight Show and I said "He is going to be big". Then the sitcom came and we laughed and laughed, then laughed some more.
I avoided watching Seinfeld for the first few seasons because I didn't like Jerry's standup comedy. The show is great however. It remains my favorite sitcom. It was more about the ensemble cast, the show's sensibility and the excellent writing than the title star.
Funny you say that, I did like Jerry's standup comedy. My wife remembers that we saw him on the Tonight Show and I said "He is going to be big". Then the sitcom came and we laughed and laughed, then laughed some more.
3:13....Pretty Woman...Richard Gere was 40, Julia Roberts was 20...nobody ever complained and still don't to this day. Jerry didn't become Leo, he married someone closer to his age and had children. 38, young looking, established wealth...the fact she was 17, not great but, she looked 25.
@@andrewcrockett3044 20 years is a larger age gap and 20 years old is still quite young. But a grown man dating a 20-year-old is, IMO, much less scandalous than him dating a 17-year-old. At those young ages, an additional three years of maturity makes a big difference.
I don't disagree with your comment on Seinfeld being creepy, dating a 17 yo while 38 is really predator behavior then going after a newlywed and destroying a new marriage? Really really wrong. The rest of the video is just a lot of complaining and the background music you put on top of your talk track made it unlistenable. Dropped out about halfway through because of the soundtrack, very irritating
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And, other than Seinfeld dating a 17 year old and possibly the training exercises in Israel, I didn't really see anything else wrong with what he said or did. He said he didn't see anything personally that was inappropriate. And it's fine if you don't find him funny. I would say check out his regular stand up routine, you might like it better. Or some clips of the actual Seinfeld series. I personally think the show is funny, but am not a huge fan of it. I'm actually a big fan of Larry David's follow up show though, Curb Your Enthusiasm, which just ended on HBO. Same kind of premise, questioning social norms, but with improved dialogue and even poked fun at the bad Seinfeld finale.
I clipped some of his standup for this and just can't get into his comedy but I'm 100% with you on Curb! Larry David is a hilarious writer and actor and is really smart in the way he writes his comedy. He's evolved over the different eras he produced for and has stayed relevent because he's genuinely funny and talented. The show Seinfeld is funny because of Larry and the character actors. It's Always Sunny is great too! I just always felt like the people Jerry surrounded himself with are always funnier than him but not everyone has achieved the same regard as comedy legend. I respect your opinion though and appreciate your willingness to have a conversation about it! Thanks for checking out my video! ✌🖤
Jerry benefited disproportionately to his talent level based on other factors (being surrounded by talented actors perfect in their roles, a writing partner like Larry David). He's not a comedy legend based on his standup skills, but he earns the label by being co-creator of one of the most successful comedy shows in the history of television. Did some of the jokes not date well? Sure. But being a creep helped the show succeed, in the same way there is a creepy-funny tone to Curb Your Enthusiasm. And yes, creepy people get a pass in society if they are talented and/or successful. Whether you consider him talented or not, his show was successful by every measure (critical, commercial/monetary).
You can't seem to get your argument straight. A 38 year old man dating a 17 year old does not make that 38 year old man unfunny. Nor does it make his comedy not worth watching. Anymore than marrying his cousin makes Jerry Lee Lewis a bad singer/performer.
I didn't watch it all the way, but it said 'creepy', not 'unfunny'. Ironically I think Jerry is MOST entertaining in interviews, and I think he knows that its partly a 'performance' as much as stand up is. I think he intentionally messes wit people. As for 'love', I'm not judgemental, 17 is legal, end of story. And shit happens in marriages, sometimes they dont work out. But all these things certainly lead into the 'creepy' factor. When GILBERT GOTTFRIED calls you a 'weird guy', that really saying something.
@@hellion.visionwell if you're an overweight long-haired guy you probably are trying to attract a young girl but you need to lose a little weight and then maybe you'll find a nice young girl
I only watched the recent clips in the intro. That says it all. "I always wanted to be a real man....I never made it". That says it all. That of course is how that ENTIRE GENERATION feels, thats what the whole "this is your dad, he fought a war, or ran a business...you are NOT the 'man' your dad is". This is why so many men are terrified of the 'fatherless generation'. Of course those men also sat around while the most horrible political machinations went on. They watched and HELPED worker rights get destroyed. They had no clue about women, didn't care to learn. Didnt care that their country was murdering poeple on the other side of the world. In short, they were selfish and told that the 'hierarchy' was actually a representation of men. Thats how propaganda works. Thats the ONLY way you can tell a man to DIE for what is a geographic boundary. And the idea of that propaganda is to make you 'emulate' the hierarchy as much as possible. Hierarchy is of course what ALL propaganda is about because 'democracy' means ALL people are equal, and thats something NO 'hierarchy' wants to see. Which is why america has both the 'tools' of democracy and yet the LEAST amount of actual democracy. Ironically Seinfeld is likely TWICE the man his father was, just because of SOCIETY. But he'll never see it. For one thing he's had a BILLION times his fathers business success, which 'his' generation sees as a main feature of 'manliness'. His wife is pretty much a good looking appendage, by that I mean a trophy wife who basically 'did projects' much as his mother probably did. Her function was to bear him children and BE an appendage. Being a 40 year old hooking up with a teenager is beyond creepy, even at the time, but old guys with y oung women is literally part of the hierarchy-or 'patriarchy' if you prefer. He now probably knows a million times more about cars than his father ever did. Why men are so fascinated by a means of locomotion is beyond me, I'm imaginig the 'real men' of two centuries ago and remembering a line from All Creatures: "Its just a horse". Vets knew all about horses, but the idea that farmers were spending all their conversations talking about power versus speed and such shit is just funny. I think this is a way of FAKING what they think it is to be a 'real man'. "Look, I mess around with cars". If Seinfeld actually TALKED to his dad and said 'what makes a man' his dad probably would have said what all honest people do "I have no idea". Thats true of ALL social expectations except defence in the face of attack (and why that feeling is so easy to duplicate in people who are under no threat at all). This is why so many men are TERRIFIED of the future. They have only an idealized view of the past and they are TRAINED to protect the status quo by all means at their disposal. The MAIN reason I'd say he's right in acting like a child is the way he talks now. In short, he's selfish. But the chivalric notions of manhood were ALWAYS fiction. For those who don't know, the chivalric tales were written AS propaganda because the men with power were robbing and raping and murdering with impunity. Sending them on a crusade helped, but the tales were written to try to CIVILIZE men. Three in four women in college will have been sexually assaulted by the time they graduate. Women barely even BOTHER to call police after a rape. Men are NOT the saviours, never have been in anything but fiction. Thats not to say heroics never happen, but they aren't gender based are part of some larger narrative. Once you realize that and strive for 'equality', THEN i would argue "you've grown up". To put it in a slogan form "use your power to end your power".
Lots of haters in the comments. Regardless, I agree with a lot of what you said. Jerry is not a role model, or a good man. The more you know about him, the more you realize that. The video would have been much better and easier to follow without the distracting background music. Otherwise, good job.
Absolutely! I'm surprised by how many people are unphased by him dating a 17 year old at 38. Anyone who does that is forever gross. Lots of people may not agree with my assessment of him but I stand by it. He's a creep. Thanks for the note on the music too! Being a super small UA-camr, that's a note that really helped me! I think the videos I put out after this hit the balance better. Thanks so much for the support and taking the time to watch my video, I appreciate you! ✌🖤
Why should he do anything apart from try to be funny? Why should people expect him to do anything else? He's a comedian. His job is to write and tell jokes and make people laugh. Some people's job is to fix piping and make that work. Larry David and him just happened to create one of the best and most successful shows in TV history. If you don't like it, don't watch it.
You're wearing fake hair, right? That's why you wear the hat. The hat helps hide the fact that it's a wig. It doesn't look like real hair at all. Why else would you be wearing a hat while you're inside the house?
Talking about jokes from late 80's.. not going to be funny or relevant. If you see Seinfeld from his late night appearances in late 80s early 90s, he didn't change or get any real new bits. Like older comics they just stick with a routine once it was proven to work..different time
I had a period when I liked his comedy, then I started finding stuff in his material that based on audience's ignorance, which made me think he's stupid and ignorant too. But then I started listening to his interviews, and I started to admire his independence and speaking his mind no matter what. He's one of the very few among the top comedians who knows how to say "no" to an interviewer, even if that interviewer is some top notch celebrity, he takes no bullshit from anyone, and will not nod just to make you feel good. He's not afraid of being called rude, elitist, arrogant and mean, and that's just perfect. We need more intellectually honest and unafraid people in the world where mentally unwell snowflakes' only bravery is to present stupid hair, stupid clothes and stupid opinions assigned to them by the media, both traditional and social, with no independent thought and no insight whatsoever. I'm not a fanboy of Jerry's comedy, but I'm definitely a fan of a guy who knows how to say "no" to everyone that needs to hear it, and who knows his value and doesn't give a fuck what you think about him.
I watched Seinfeld in the 90s and always thought of Jerry as the straight guy character. He sometimes made some funny observations, but he wasn't the reason for me to watch the show, it was all the others, including minor and guest characters that were funny.
His relationship with Shoshanna, the 17-year-old, was weird and was regarded so at the time by many. And, yes, Jerry did get something of a pass from the media because of the popularity of his show but a lot of tongues were wagging. Assuming they were sleeping together right from the get-go, was it statutory rape in NY at the time, though? Otherwise, it’s a bit distasteful but not a crime.
Not a crime, but being 38 and dating a 17 year old for 3 years is one of the most disgusting things you can do. He picked her up from high school around other children who were her peers. The difference between a 16 and 17 if you're 38 is nothing. So no, not a crime, but if you unpack the whole thing, it's horrifyingly disgusting. I'll stand by that every day of the week. A 38 year old man has no business dating someone in high school period.
What you’re not understanding is that is only just a set up for what episodes he’s about to be playing in; besides that, it’s not just like he’s putting a Word Tour together, he’s setting up a narrative from the episode which would follow his opening sequence.1989-92: Once the show became more popular he would no longer do that introduction anymore; it just started within the episode my friend. However! He should have kept his mouth shut about the whole Israeli affair because he’s not in politics. Like the rest of these celebrities who are mainly woke or paid off to lie about the other side of the Democratic Party lying their asses off about Trump or whoever is in the race for the next presidential election anyway. And the Seinfeld series began in April Of 1989 not 1990; like that copyright date reads on the end of the actual pilot of the show, but I was doing time for a DUI so I remember that date specifically because I was in jail ffsakes! So I’m positive that’s the correct date when it premiered being a huge fan of the comedian beforehand. And it’s also over a 36+ year period too. I do get your point as I literally just watched a show on You Tube last night called Seinfeld based in reality and Curb Your Enthusiasm has taken some of those same things from the Seinfeld series which wasn’t just written by Larry David, but everyone else that is in this special. Check it out for yourself if you’re interested in seeing how much of it is a real thing which happened to one or more of these guys or whatever is just from the writer’s imagination. I repeat. Celebrities shouldn’t get involved with politics; cuz even they’ve got no idea what they’re supporting. It’s not at all what anyone with no knowledge or research about the subject would ever believe and just dismiss it as a conspiracy theory. Wrong on all levels. Google:US. GOV and see the beginning of the 1880’s til the present times now. Vote for Trump or else you’ll have no more country to worry about. Trump and Elon Musk interview. Verbatim ❤ Thanks for reading this. That is, if in fact you’ve actually read it! Curb’s better tho’
I Have A Theory Jerry Doesnt Need The Money But For Micheal Richards Hes Selling His Show All Around To Comedy Central , Then To Netflix whatever the order so far has been. Seinfeilds Trying to Money Help , Residules Pay Kramer because Kramer is ALL done Public Personawise. Jerry brought him Hilariously on the Letterman Show For Most Of An episode Via Split screen And Tried to have Us All Believe To Forgive Him ? And Instead Righteous So the Audience was laughing at Jerry and Kramer. With Jerry Getting Annoyed , Then Jerry Later On Had Him on his Coffee in cars show and then Kramer shows up a few times or more in Curbs Seinfeld Reunion type season.
Were you alive back then? The clips are OLD.... you have heard the jokes told a thousand different ways now... its not FRESH... and happening... guess what???? its going to happen to you...
I was alive at the time! I use his old clips and clips from his newer work and movies. His comedy never changed while all his comedian friends developed and got better around him. Either way, the comedy is subjective, but the fact that he was 38 when he dated a 17 year old is not. That gets you a lifetime creep pass. That’s the real issue.
Plenty of comedy specials from the 80's and 90's still hold up today. Seinfeld's standup is rough to watch imo. The show worked because of the many talented people working on it and not because Seinfeld was a great standup. If you think about it, many of the most iconic moments from the show involve the other cast members and not him
@@SirDundo I agree it was the writing... to a l;arge degree.. but I have watched other 'actors' trying to do the same scenes and it just doesnt work, at all... the writing was great and the creators Larry David and Jerry weere not that bad either. I undersdtand that Seinfeld isnt for everybody... but I nevrer got into mad about you or mad men or even that drug series bad something or other...a nd that winter one everyone still talks about 'winters coming'.... So I dont just like what the crowd likes... and I undersdtand ass good as anyone that 'there is no accounting for taste.... OR lack thereof'...
Not an issue. You are not going to change the basic nature of man. This issue is more complex and is going to take more to tease out and dissect than neverending insults and accusations of creepiness. Did anyone do anything against their will here? Was anyone harmed. Seriously - I don't know - I'm asking. Both men and women given a choice and all things being equal, will choose a younger lover, for physical attraction. I do think it is an issue, it distorts people's live and affects all of us ... just ask Helen of Troy, but what are you going to do except recognize it and try to talk about it until there is a resolution. By the way, try to give this extreme Lefty lecture to some Muslims/Palestinians, they have far more than creepiness inculcated deeply into their culture, so maybe you want to bring this issue up with the extreme Left who seem utterly clueless.
the musuic is way too loud. otherwise good take..remember when CK started wearing a suit? I do..guess who told him to do it...guess who wanted to get him in his team of dimwits...
Seinfeld may not be, "All That," but, it's difficult to take seriously a guy who wears a bucket hat, with pecs length hair and coke-bottle glasses. I'm done here.
Sounds like you're a victim of the today's school system which has a problem with literally everything. Seinfeld is great. People got together on Thursday's to watch it, along with Cheers, the Simpsons, etc. He is pretty funny if you have a sense of humor, which you obviously do not.
It's actually just that I don't like humor. It hurts me. Everytime I giggle at somethin, it reminds me of the sense of humor I'll never have. I also hate Thursdays. They remind me of my least favorite day of the week, Friday. Anyone trying to make me laugh on a thursday just triggers my woke sensibilities so I'd rather just trash Jerry and keep the world from laughing on Thursdays. Sorry you had to read all this and that none of it was funny. I learned how to complain from today's school system. Thoughts and Prayers. ❤
Jerry Is great , Kind of Dodgey Too But Still Great . It Is Micheal Richards Who Is The A Hole , And A Real Racist A Hole On Top Of It. Hashtag The Laugh Factory.
Oh my... And who are you? He has four homes in Beverly Hills and you drive a broken Pinto. He is a master and a guru and a deep deep study of the genre of comedy. You are just some dude who feels tough because you made a UA-cam video hoping that someday Jerry Seinfeld will pay attention to what you said. Believe me he gives two s**** about what you say about anything.
Well I have five homes in Beverly Hills AND my uncle works at Nintendo. And I’ll have you know I’m actually even more of a master and deep deep study of the genre of comedy who’s even tough. When Jerry gives me those two S**’s, I’ll be the one laughing. You’ll see.
No, not speaking up about what they do is what enables predators. For any company or society to succeed you need leaders and followers. That's why every successful corporation has a boss and employees. They're not all equal. And that's also why statistically the marriages that are equal and don't have the man taking the lead have a much higher rate of divorce. On that Bear Grylls survival show when the men and women were separated in the woods, the men thrived while the women struggled because the men were the ones who established a hierarchy and chain of command. So, hate to tell ya, but for any society and company to survive, you need a clear hierarchy. History and statistics prove this.
bro calls Seinfeld creepy and he looks like a bucket-hat-wearing Kevin Smith (silent Bob). haha jk. I like the topic, but the camera changes and hand movements come off a bit odd... and that music track is way too busy and doesn't fit with your talking (both in style and volume)
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People forget that his show was popular only during a big writer's strike. In fact this show was the first "unscripted reality" shows. Many at the time blamed him for breaking the strike and breaking the professional writers that used to make TV funny. And watchable. He helped "vaporize the heirarchy" he laments the loss of. He is toxic to women. Not just the ones he lusts for but dismissed all female comics that might mention personal feelings.
Ugh.... you know what's worse than Seinfeld? Cancel culture that goes after stories from decades ago. Worry about this decade and stop judging people from a time you were not alive in. Thanks.
Seinfeld has been the king of his style of comedy since the early 80s. Yes, styles change, but he (and Leno) was the most imitated stand-up comedy of the 1980s. You are missing point by showing the stand-up bits that were the intros and outros to his show. They were written for the show, not his touring or talk show appearances. The original pitch for the show was "how a stand-up gets his material," so those bits were there to complement the show. The material was about what you were going to see or had seen that episode. They probably should have eliminated them earlier, but he got rid of them for the last two seasons.
I only watched the recent clips in the intro. That says it all. "I always wanted to be a real man....I never made it". That says it all.
This is so great, because a 36 minute video about a celebrity's shortcomings is always much better if the creator of the video puts on a bucket hat and is actually showing himself 75% of the time throughout the video. This guy gets that.
Finally someone who gets it! Thanks for watching! ✌️
Ok so.... the reason Seinfeld is considered a comedy legend is because of the show, not his stand up. And in the show it's the "supporting" cast that makes it funny. Jerry's chracter is the least funny of them all. Some of the situations he finds himself in are, but not Jerry. It's George, Elaine, Kramer, Newman or is it Neuman... anyway, the other chracters that makes the show funny. Jerry never was. Larry David, on the other hand, is what Jerry should have been. My thoughts five minutes into the video.
100% agree! Larry David is the goat and I feel like Jerry has been surrounded by so many amazing people like Larry and Julia Louise Dryfuss that the moniker of Comedy Legend just happened to fall on him. Thanks for checking out the video I appreciate the support!
I don't really agree with that, its subjective. Jerry was the 'straight man', ANYBODY in comedy will tell you being the straight man is the hardest gig in comedy. Acting 'over the top' is easy once you either find a rhythm and a desire, or else do enough coke.
I really don't get how Larry David is funny. All he does is complain about shit and act exasperated and yell. Kinison was funny for about an hour, then it was "what else you got". Thats what 'gimmicks' get you. And of course when he and Jerry did ALL the writing, the show was marginal at best. That era of Simpsons comedy and these shows changed comedy because all these people hired poeple who had LIVES, they weren't 'comedy writers'.
His stand up isnt my cup of tea, but there's no doubt that he packs people in. I'd argue the opposite, lots of comedians are 'naturally funny', he WORKS at it. David Gilmour being a natural musician versus Roger Waters who WORKED his way into being a songwriter. Like I said, I don't find it that funny, but only a fool would say he's not a comedian and a VERY good one, if not great. But I certainly wouldn't put him in any top ten list.
Frankly I like his humour better than Larry Davids as a head writer. Problem is, you need a LOT of really funny people working for you. Kenny Rogers Roasters or Merv Griffin Set are about the funniest 22 minutes of television ever. Trouble is when you 'go for the top' its easy to miss and you get, well, MUCH of season 9. The saying goes that you 'don't know where the line is til you go over it". No way was that show "quitting on a high note". It was at peak popularity, but that doesnt equal quality.
That he is a dysfunctional individual is something he ADMITS. He just never does interviews where hosts say "you know thats f*&^ed up right?"
Creepy: no.
Consentual: yes.
30yr old story: yes.
Happily married with 3 children: yes.
Subject of conversation for those who will never achieve a fragment of Jerry's success: yes.
Well put.
I mean it can be with a consenting adult and still be creepy.
Ew, I dont care how long ago it was, if you've ever been 38 picking up your girlfriend from high school, YOU'RE A CREEP! I'll stand by that every day of the week, it's easy math.
@@ogolthorp thank you, some of these commenters are exposing themselves...
Until it's your daughter
Seinfeld the show is funny but Jerry Seinfeld was never funny lol. All the other characters made the show hilarious. NBC could've replaced Jerry with any other actor and still had a hit show.
Did college crowds honestly boo "Gay french king"? You're pointing out he has no edge, and his comedy is generic and inoffensive yet even that nothing-joke caused outrage?
@@gridlo I find this criticism of so conflicting. He's both an anti woke comedian but he's the least edgy comedian ever. Seinfeld believes he couldn't have made the episode of hiring the homeless to pull a rickshaw today and everyone freaks out. That's not an offensive idea, yet people are offended. Then we get people like the dude who made this video. Completely lost and confused about Seinfeld, the show and the man.
@@gummiewormproduction it's always that the person in question did x objectively bad thing, therefore, everything else they ever did was bad too.
I thought that one was funny, I had some "gay French kings" in my friend pool.
My wife remembers that we saw him on the Tonight Show and I said "He is going to be big". Then the sitcom came and we laughed and laughed, then laughed some more.
I avoided watching Seinfeld for the first few seasons because I didn't like Jerry's standup comedy. The show is great however. It remains my favorite sitcom. It was more about the ensemble cast, the show's sensibility and the excellent writing than the title star.
100% agreed. I doubt there will ever really be another show like it. It's also the fact that all the stars aligned to make it work the way it did.
It was Larry, and the great cast, then the producers/crew, then finally...........
....... Seinfeld. Alas, the show is called Seinfeld.
Funny you say that, I did like Jerry's standup comedy.
My wife remembers that we saw him on the Tonight Show and I said "He is going to be big". Then the sitcom came and we laughed and laughed, then laughed some more.
-38 year old jerry seinfeld dates 17 year old girl? (gets a pass)
-38 year old chris d'elia grooms 17 year old girls? (gets cancelled...temporarily)
Was interested but the annoying af camera changes made me tap out aftwr 3 minutes
Thanks for pointing that out! It'll help me make the next video better so I appreciate the commet!
3:13....Pretty Woman...Richard Gere was 40, Julia Roberts was 20...nobody ever complained and still don't to this day. Jerry didn't become Leo, he married someone closer to his age and had children. 38, young looking, established wealth...the fact she was 17, not great but, she looked 25.
@@andrewcrockett3044 20 years is a larger age gap and 20 years old is still quite young. But a grown man dating a 20-year-old is, IMO, much less scandalous than him dating a 17-year-old. At those young ages, an additional three years of maturity makes a big difference.
I don't disagree with your comment on Seinfeld being creepy, dating a 17 yo while 38 is really predator behavior then going after a newlywed and destroying a new marriage? Really really wrong. The rest of the video is just a lot of complaining and the background music you put on top of your talk track made it unlistenable. Dropped out about halfway through because of the soundtrack, very irritating
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And, other than Seinfeld dating a 17 year old and possibly the training exercises in Israel, I didn't really see anything else wrong with what he said or did. He said he didn't see anything personally that was inappropriate. And it's fine if you don't find him funny. I would say check out his regular stand up routine, you might like it better. Or some clips of the actual Seinfeld series. I personally think the show is funny, but am not a huge fan of it. I'm actually a big fan of Larry David's follow up show though, Curb Your Enthusiasm, which just ended on HBO. Same kind of premise, questioning social norms, but with improved dialogue and even poked fun at the bad Seinfeld finale.
I clipped some of his standup for this and just can't get into his comedy but I'm 100% with you on Curb! Larry David is a hilarious writer and actor and is really smart in the way he writes his comedy. He's evolved over the different eras he produced for and has stayed relevent because he's genuinely funny and talented. The show Seinfeld is funny because of Larry and the character actors. It's Always Sunny is great too! I just always felt like the people Jerry surrounded himself with are always funnier than him but not everyone has achieved the same regard as comedy legend. I respect your opinion though and appreciate your willingness to have a conversation about it! Thanks for checking out my video! ✌🖤
If it weren’t for Larry David, Seinfeld would be a Vegas Lounge Act at best…
Jerry benefited disproportionately to his talent level based on other factors (being surrounded by talented actors perfect in their roles, a writing partner like Larry David). He's not a comedy legend based on his standup skills, but he earns the label by being co-creator of one of the most successful comedy shows in the history of television. Did some of the jokes not date well? Sure. But being a creep helped the show succeed, in the same way there is a creepy-funny tone to Curb Your Enthusiasm. And yes, creepy people get a pass in society if they are talented and/or successful. Whether you consider him talented or not, his show was successful by every measure (critical, commercial/monetary).
Seinfeld got good taste, she's a babe.
How charming, sexualizing a child 🤮
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is funnier than Seinfeld? No way.
You can't seem to get your argument straight. A 38 year old man dating a 17 year old does not make that 38 year old man unfunny. Nor does it make his comedy not worth watching. Anymore than marrying his cousin makes Jerry Lee Lewis a bad singer/performer.
Something made Jerry Lee Lewis a bad performer.
I didn't watch it all the way, but it said 'creepy', not 'unfunny'. Ironically I think Jerry is MOST entertaining in interviews, and I think he knows that its partly a 'performance' as much as stand up is. I think he intentionally messes wit people.
As for 'love', I'm not judgemental, 17 is legal, end of story. And shit happens in marriages, sometimes they dont work out. But all these things certainly lead into the 'creepy' factor. When GILBERT GOTTFRIED calls you a 'weird guy', that really saying something.
Charlie Chaplin 54 married Oona Neil 18. Were married 34 years until his death.
Yeah that was his 4th child bride.
Yikes that's wild. so gross
@@hellion.visionwell if you're an overweight long-haired guy you probably are trying to attract a young girl but you need to lose a little weight and then maybe you'll find a nice young girl
As a 40-year-old, anybody Even 10 years less than me seems to just annoy the hell out of me. Lol 🤣
Seinfeld was okay. Severely overrated. I wouldn't necessarily point millennials to its viewers, more so Boomers and X-Gen. But you know, whatever.
8:00, that whole Jerry speech proves this comedy critic wrong. Seinfeld is overhyped, but dude, this isn't video isn't working
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I only watched the recent clips in the intro. That says it all. "I always wanted to be a real man....I never made it". That says it all. That of course is how that ENTIRE GENERATION feels, thats what the whole "this is your dad, he fought a war, or ran a business...you are NOT the 'man' your dad is". This is why so many men are terrified of the 'fatherless generation'.
Of course those men also sat around while the most horrible political machinations went on. They watched and HELPED worker rights get destroyed. They had no clue about women, didn't care to learn. Didnt care that their country was murdering poeple on the other side of the world. In short, they were selfish and told that the 'hierarchy' was actually a representation of men. Thats how propaganda works. Thats the ONLY way you can tell a man to DIE for what is a geographic boundary.
And the idea of that propaganda is to make you 'emulate' the hierarchy as much as possible. Hierarchy is of course what ALL propaganda is about because 'democracy' means ALL people are equal, and thats something NO 'hierarchy' wants to see. Which is why america has both the 'tools' of democracy and yet the LEAST amount of actual democracy.
Ironically Seinfeld is likely TWICE the man his father was, just because of SOCIETY. But he'll never see it. For one thing he's had a BILLION times his fathers business success, which 'his' generation sees as a main feature of 'manliness'. His wife is pretty much a good looking appendage, by that I mean a trophy wife who basically 'did projects' much as his mother probably did. Her function was to bear him children and BE an appendage.
Being a 40 year old hooking up with a teenager is beyond creepy, even at the time, but old guys with y oung women is literally part of the hierarchy-or 'patriarchy' if you prefer.
He now probably knows a million times more about cars than his father ever did. Why men are so fascinated by a means of locomotion is beyond me, I'm imaginig the 'real men' of two centuries ago and remembering a line from All Creatures: "Its just a horse". Vets knew all about horses, but the idea that farmers were spending all their conversations talking about power versus speed and such shit is just funny. I think this is a way of FAKING what they think it is to be a 'real man'. "Look, I mess around with cars".
If Seinfeld actually TALKED to his dad and said 'what makes a man' his dad probably would have said what all honest people do "I have no idea". Thats true of ALL social expectations except defence in the face of attack (and why that feeling is so easy to duplicate in people who are under no threat at all).
This is why so many men are TERRIFIED of the future. They have only an idealized view of the past and they are TRAINED to protect the status quo by all means at their disposal.
The MAIN reason I'd say he's right in acting like a child is the way he talks now. In short, he's selfish. But the chivalric notions of manhood were ALWAYS fiction. For those who don't know, the chivalric tales were written AS propaganda because the men with power were robbing and raping and murdering with impunity. Sending them on a crusade helped, but the tales were written to try to CIVILIZE men. Three in four women in college will have been sexually assaulted by the time they graduate. Women barely even BOTHER to call police after a rape. Men are NOT the saviours, never have been in anything but fiction. Thats not to say heroics never happen, but they aren't gender based are part of some larger narrative.
Once you realize that and strive for 'equality', THEN i would argue "you've grown up". To put it in a slogan form "use your power to end your power".
He's super arrogant and elitist, not a man of the people like Leno. Can't get any more self centered than this.
He’s the physical embodiment of an eye roll
@@dinanm7 😂🤣😂🤣😂
That Leno comment has to be sarcasm right…
Leno?? youve got to be kidding me, Conaan is a man of the people, Leno is a hack
Lots of haters in the comments. Regardless, I agree with a lot of what you said. Jerry is not a role model, or a good man. The more you know about him, the more you realize that.
The video would have been much better and easier to follow without the distracting background music. Otherwise, good job.
Absolutely! I'm surprised by how many people are unphased by him dating a 17 year old at 38. Anyone who does that is forever gross. Lots of people may not agree with my assessment of him but I stand by it. He's a creep. Thanks for the note on the music too! Being a super small UA-camr, that's a note that really helped me! I think the videos I put out after this hit the balance better. Thanks so much for the support and taking the time to watch my video, I appreciate you! ✌🖤
ugh... just ugh... I'm so ready for cancel culture to be cancelled.
Why should he do anything apart from try to be funny? Why should people expect him to do anything else?
He's a comedian. His job is to write and tell jokes and make people laugh. Some people's job is to fix piping and make that work. Larry David and him just happened to create one of the best and most successful shows in TV history. If you don't like it, don't watch it.
You're wearing fake hair, right?
That's why you wear the hat.
The hat helps hide the fact that it's a wig.
It doesn't look like real hair at all.
Why else would you be wearing a hat while you're inside the house?
You forgot the spray-painted facial hair?
waaah.
Clever!
I don't like either of you.
Thanks for your take! I’m a kid of the 90’s so i ❤ Seinfeld
Thank you for watching! I appreciate the engagement and respect your opinion! 🖤✌
2:13 - "I can't determine what's funny or not" - I agree
Talking about jokes from late 80's.. not going to be funny or relevant. If you see Seinfeld from his late night appearances in late 80s early 90s, he didn't change or get any real new bits. Like older comics they just stick with a routine once it was proven to work..different time
Na. Carlin was of the 60s/70s/80s/90s/2000s/ relevant till the day he died, probably got better.
Fair point. It's like how Dane Cook was seen as funny when he came out but now no one thinks he's funny
I had a period when I liked his comedy, then I started finding stuff in his material that based on audience's ignorance, which made me think he's stupid and ignorant too.
But then I started listening to his interviews, and I started to admire his independence and speaking his mind no matter what. He's one of the very few among the top comedians who knows how to say "no" to an interviewer, even if that interviewer is some top notch celebrity, he takes no bullshit from anyone, and will not nod just to make you feel good. He's not afraid of being called rude, elitist, arrogant and mean, and that's just perfect. We need more intellectually honest and unafraid people in the world where mentally unwell snowflakes' only bravery is to present stupid hair, stupid clothes and stupid opinions assigned to them by the media, both traditional and social, with no independent thought and no insight whatsoever.
I'm not a fanboy of Jerry's comedy, but I'm definitely a fan of a guy who knows how to say "no" to everyone that needs to hear it, and who knows his value and doesn't give a fuck what you think about him.
I watched Seinfeld in the 90s and always thought of Jerry as the straight guy character. He sometimes made some funny observations, but he wasn't the reason for me to watch the show, it was all the others, including minor and guest characters that were funny.
Definitely! Seinfeld itself is a funny show because Larry David and all the character actors made it funny
His relationship with Shoshanna, the 17-year-old, was weird and was regarded so at the time by many. And, yes, Jerry did get something of a pass from the media because of the popularity of his show but a lot of tongues were wagging. Assuming they were sleeping together right from the get-go, was it statutory rape in NY at the time, though? Otherwise, it’s a bit distasteful but not a crime.
Not a crime, but being 38 and dating a 17 year old for 3 years is one of the most disgusting things you can do. He picked her up from high school around other children who were her peers. The difference between a 16 and 17 if you're 38 is nothing. So no, not a crime, but if you unpack the whole thing, it's horrifyingly disgusting. I'll stand by that every day of the week. A 38 year old man has no business dating someone in high school period.
What you’re not understanding is that is only just a set up for what episodes he’s about to be playing in; besides that, it’s not just like he’s putting a Word Tour together, he’s setting up a narrative from the episode which would follow his opening sequence.1989-92: Once the show became more popular he would no longer do that introduction anymore; it just started within the episode my friend. However! He should have kept his mouth shut about the whole Israeli affair because he’s not in politics. Like the rest of these celebrities who are mainly woke or paid off to lie about the other side of the Democratic Party lying their asses off about Trump or whoever is in the race for the next presidential election anyway. And the Seinfeld series began in April Of 1989 not 1990; like that copyright date reads on the end of the actual pilot of the show, but I was doing time for a DUI so I remember that date specifically because I was in jail ffsakes! So I’m positive that’s the correct date when it premiered being a huge fan of the comedian beforehand. And it’s also over a 36+ year period too. I do get your point as I literally just watched a show on You Tube last night called Seinfeld based in reality and Curb Your Enthusiasm has taken some of those same things from the Seinfeld series which wasn’t just written by Larry David, but everyone else that is in this special. Check it out for yourself if you’re interested in seeing how much of it is a real thing which happened to one or more of these guys or whatever is just from the writer’s imagination. I repeat. Celebrities shouldn’t get involved with politics; cuz even they’ve got no idea what they’re supporting. It’s not at all what anyone with no knowledge or research about the subject would ever believe and just dismiss it as a conspiracy theory. Wrong on all levels. Google:US. GOV and see the beginning of the 1880’s til the present times now. Vote for Trump or else you’ll have no more country to worry about. Trump and Elon Musk interview. Verbatim ❤ Thanks for reading this. That is, if in fact you’ve actually read it! Curb’s better tho’
He's the immortal Jerry Seinfeld and the rest of us are not.
I Have A Theory Jerry Doesnt Need The Money But For Micheal Richards Hes Selling His Show All Around To Comedy Central , Then To Netflix whatever the order so far has been. Seinfeilds Trying to Money Help , Residules Pay Kramer because Kramer is ALL done Public Personawise. Jerry brought him Hilariously on the Letterman Show For Most Of An episode Via Split screen And Tried to have Us All Believe To Forgive Him ? And Instead Righteous So the Audience was laughing at Jerry and Kramer. With Jerry Getting Annoyed , Then Jerry Later On Had Him on his Coffee in cars show and then Kramer shows up a few times or more in Curbs Seinfeld Reunion type season.
Were you alive back then? The clips are OLD.... you have heard the jokes told a thousand different ways now... its not FRESH... and happening... guess what???? its going to happen to you...
I was alive at the time! I use his old clips and clips from his newer work and movies. His comedy never changed while all his comedian friends developed and got better around him. Either way, the comedy is subjective, but the fact that he was 38 when he dated a 17 year old is not. That gets you a lifetime creep pass. That’s the real issue.
Plenty of comedy specials from the 80's and 90's still hold up today. Seinfeld's standup is rough to watch imo. The show worked because of the many talented people working on it and not because Seinfeld was a great standup. If you think about it, many of the most iconic moments from the show involve the other cast members and not him
@@SirDundo I agree it was the writing... to a l;arge degree.. but I have watched other 'actors' trying to do the same scenes and it just doesnt work, at all... the writing was great and the creators Larry David and Jerry weere not that bad either. I undersdtand that Seinfeld isnt for everybody... but I nevrer got into mad about you or mad men or even that drug series bad something or other...a nd that winter one everyone still talks about 'winters coming'.... So I dont just like what the crowd likes... and I undersdtand ass good as anyone that 'there is no accounting for taste.... OR lack thereof'...
Someone's old butt got a little bit hurt 😅
Jerry sucks
Not an issue. You are not going to change the basic nature of man.
This issue is more complex and is going to take more to tease out and dissect than
neverending insults and accusations of creepiness. Did anyone do anything against
their will here? Was anyone harmed. Seriously - I don't know - I'm asking.
Both men and women given a choice and all things being equal, will choose a younger
lover, for physical attraction. I do think it is an issue, it distorts people's live and affects
all of us ... just ask Helen of Troy, but what are you going to do except recognize it and
try to talk about it until there is a resolution.
By the way, try to give this extreme Lefty lecture to some Muslims/Palestinians, they
have far more than creepiness inculcated deeply into their culture, so maybe you want
to bring this issue up with the extreme Left who seem utterly clueless.
Comedians complaining about woke culture is even more annoying than woke culture
17 IS THE AGE OF CONSENT IN NEW YORK
@@yournamehere6002 IT’S STILL HORRIFICALLY CREEPY FOR A 38 YEAR OLD MAN TO DATE A HIGH SCHOOLER
@@hellion.visionstop crying
Jerrys French king joke is an open mic joke at best. He stinks
lol An open mic joke from like 2010, smart phones had been around way too long for him to be doing cell phone humor. So hacky 🤮
Adapt with the times, for the most part. Not so much with Michael Richards though.
Like I told all my corny friends from the 90's JERRY IS OT FUNNY!
the musuic is way too loud. otherwise good take..remember when CK started wearing a suit? I do..guess who told him to do it...guess who wanted to get him in his team of dimwits...
Thank you for the feedback about the music, that’s super helpful to a UA-cam novice like me, so I really appreciate it!
And strange style of music to use
@@Jeremya74 thank you for the feedback! I really appreciate so I can make my videos better going forward! Thanks for checking it out!
Seinfeld may not be, "All That," but, it's difficult to take seriously a guy who wears a bucket hat, with pecs length hair and coke-bottle glasses. I'm done here.
Damn, I was hoping you wouldn’t notice my glasses
Without all the clips, this video could be edited down to like three minutes if you cut out all the parts of him repeating himself. Straight cringe
A hack comedian? Jesus dude.
Ditch background noise.
Sounds like you're a victim of the today's school system which has a problem with literally everything. Seinfeld is great. People got together on Thursday's to watch it, along with Cheers, the Simpsons, etc. He is pretty funny if you have a sense of humor, which you obviously do not.
It's actually just that I don't like humor. It hurts me. Everytime I giggle at somethin, it reminds me of the sense of humor I'll never have. I also hate Thursdays. They remind me of my least favorite day of the week, Friday. Anyone trying to make me laugh on a thursday just triggers my woke sensibilities so I'd rather just trash Jerry and keep the world from laughing on Thursdays. Sorry you had to read all this and that none of it was funny. I learned how to complain from today's school system. Thoughts and Prayers. ❤
What were the down votes on this? Thousands of views and 89 likes?
Jerry Is great , Kind of Dodgey Too But Still Great . It Is Micheal Richards Who Is The A Hole , And A Real Racist A Hole On Top Of It. Hashtag The Laugh Factory.
He's always been a goof
Good video! I've always agreed with this point of view
Oh my... And who are you? He has four homes in Beverly Hills and you drive a broken Pinto. He is a master and a guru and a deep deep study of the genre of comedy. You are just some dude who feels tough because you made a UA-cam video hoping that someday Jerry Seinfeld will pay attention to what you said. Believe me he gives two s**** about what you say about anything.
Well I have five homes in Beverly Hills AND my uncle works at Nintendo. And I’ll have you know I’m actually even more of a master and deep deep study of the genre of comedy who’s even tough. When Jerry gives me those two S**’s, I’ll be the one laughing. You’ll see.
And I have 17 houses all over the world. Bill Gates does my tech support. And I still drive a broken pinto. And a whole bunch of 17 year olds. 🤣😂🤬
You’re a lot creepier than Seinfeld
Your profile picture is a joke from The Office.
@@hellion.vision no way
You’re saying something that I’ve always felt about Seinfeld. You’re funnier.
Seinfeld is a comedy legend. This guy looks like he eats glue.
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Glue is a delicious treat and promotes clogged bowels and hurty tum. I’d appreciate if you kept the good name of glue out of this.
That's the funniest comment I've seen all day. By the way, The Jerk store called...they're running out of YOU!
I live in Syr ny. Great job protestors !
No, not speaking up about what they do is what enables predators. For any company or society to succeed you need leaders and followers. That's why every successful corporation has a boss and employees. They're not all equal. And that's also why statistically the marriages that are equal and don't have the man taking the lead have a much higher rate of divorce. On that Bear Grylls survival show when the men and women were separated in the woods, the men thrived while the women struggled because the men were the ones who established a hierarchy and chain of command. So, hate to tell ya, but for any society and company to survive, you need a clear hierarchy. History and statistics prove this.
No it isn't.
WTF is this woke BS? Seinfeld has literally never done anything wrong
I laughed all the way through this video.
Great act.
bro calls Seinfeld creepy and he looks like a bucket-hat-wearing Kevin Smith (silent Bob). haha jk. I like the topic, but the camera changes and hand movements come off a bit odd... and that music track is way too busy and doesn't fit with your talking (both in style and volume)
Thanks for checking my video out! I appreciate the feedback about the camera changes and music, I’m pretty new to these kinds of videos so the advice helps and I think I struck a better balance with the music and cameras on my videos that came out after this. Thanks again for checking it out!
This is unwatchable
People forget that his show was popular only during a big writer's strike. In fact this show was the first "unscripted reality" shows. Many at the time blamed him for breaking the strike and breaking the professional writers that used to make TV funny. And watchable.
He helped "vaporize the heirarchy" he laments the loss of. He is toxic to women. Not just the ones he lusts for but dismissed all female comics that might mention personal feelings.
The strike lasted all 9 seasons of the show? If I remember correctly the first season was actually not received that well.
This video did posit the caveat that comedy is subjective. Pushing so hard to press the point that Seinfeld isn’t funny weakens the argument.
Seinfeld funny, what's that about !
One of the greatest comics of our generation 🤷🏻♂️🇺🇸
I truly hopes this blows up. Your style and humor is on point.
Thank you SO MUCH! The encouragement means the world to me, thank you for watching and supporting! ✌️✌️
This is really great!
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Came here from TikTok… dude this is really quality stuff. Nice work.
Wow thank you so much for taking the journey over, that really means a ton to me! I really appreciate the support!!!
Pretty woke channel, eh?
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You’re the GOAT for be such an awesome support! 🖤✌️
Ugh.... you know what's worse than Seinfeld? Cancel culture that goes after stories from decades ago. Worry about this decade and stop judging people from a time you were not alive in. Thanks.
He’s a creep in this decade too and I was alive but thank you for the engagement, I appreciate it!
You never see a poor broke old man with a young woman. Yes it’s the money.
In what world is 38 an old man?
Or it’s pedophilia!