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Seinfeld slams woke student audiences: “Back when I dated high school girls, they found me hilarious!” (www.thebeaverton.com)

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HOLLYWOOD – With his Netflix comedy film Unfrosted debuting to abysmal reviews, 70-year-old comedian Jerry Seinfeld blames the failure on “extreme left, and PC college campus audiences”, unlike in his heyday, when the teenage girls he dated were fans of his comedy.

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[–] stembolts 33 points 6 months ago (4 children)

The worst thing I can say about Jerry Seinfeld is that he appeals to the widest American audience.
Like the Big Bang Theory.

Wait, do Lemmites dislike TBBT, sometimes I forget this isn't reddit. It feels more active every day for me it has surpassed reddit. Didn't take long.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm technically not on lemmy but I will enthusiastically throw my vote behind the TBBT-is-shit cause

To be honest though it's still just a shit TV show. There are plenty of those around. It's not woth giving them much thought

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I particularly don't find TBBT to be worse than the average show of its kind.

[–] stembolts 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, it's a bit of a meme I just lean into.
Psst, I actually like it, but don't let anyone know.
I'd be arrested and kicked off lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I try not to think of TBBT, but just about any show with a laugh track isn't actually funny.

Did you know the British airing of MASH didn't have a laugh track cause the brits find it weird and it was forced on the writers by the executives. A laugh track was almost forced on The Simpsons as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Did you know the British airing of MASH didn't have a laugh track cause the brits find it weird

Interesting, as IT Crowd is one of the very few British comedies I have ever seen, and it has a laugh track.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Different eras of tv I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

IT Crowd had a live audience. The laughter is real.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

A laugh track on The Simpson would help me know when to laugh too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I'd have a lot less of an issue with TBBT if people I know didn't expect me to like it because I'm "a nerd" (I wear glasses and know how to use a computer). Also its just not very good.