{"id":2233035,"date":"2024-04-29T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seinfeld-blames-extreme-left-and-pc-crap-for-nothing-funny-on-tv-at-night\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T18:57:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:57:36","slug":"seinfeld-blames-extreme-left-and-pc-crap-for-nothing-funny-on-tv-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seinfeld-blames-extreme-left-and-pc-crap-for-nothing-funny-on-tv-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Seinfeld attributes lack of humor on TV to &#8216;extreme Left and PC influence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseinfeld-blames-extreme-left-and-pc-crap-for-nothing-funny-on-tv-at-night%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233035&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Comedian Jerry Seinfeld criticizes the &#8220;extreme Left&#8221; for impacting television comedy,\u2062 missing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/making-tiger-woods-apologize-for-teasing-justin-thomas-is-ridiculous\/\" title=\"Making Tiger Woods Apologize For Teasing Justin Thomas Is Ridiculous\">lighthearted humor<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kanye-west-goes-nuclear-on-woke-dave-chappelle-critics-this-our-culture-now-you-cant-cancel-none-of-us\/\" title=\"Kanye West Goes Nuclear on Woke Dave Chappelle Critics: 'This Our Culture Now... You Can't Cancel None of Us'\">past shows<\/a> like &#8216;Cheers&#8217; and &#8216;M.A.S.H.&#8217; Seinfeld emphasizes the need for comedy in today&#8217;s climate, attributing the \u200dlack of humor on TV to political correctness and fear of offense. Audiences\u200c turn to stand-up \u2064comedians for unfiltered, independent humor. \u200bYour summary perfectly \u2064captures Jerry Seinfeld&#8217;s criticism of the impact of\u2062 the &#8220;extreme Left&#8221; on television comedy, highlighting the nostalgia for light-hearted humor from shows like &#8216;Cheers&#8217; \u2064and &#8216;M.A.S.H.&#8217; Seinfeld underscores the importance of comedy in the current environment, pointing to political correctness as a barrier to \u2063humor. Audiences seek unfiltered humor from stand-up comedians as a refreshing alternative.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seinfeld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jerry Seinfeld\">Jerry Seinfeld<\/a> had a blunt assessment of how the \u201cextreme Left\u201d is wrecking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"comedy\">comedy<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"television\">television<\/a> programming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt used to be that you\u2019d go home at the end of the day, most people would go, \u2018Oh, <em>Cheers<\/em> is on. Oh, <em>M.A.S.H<\/em>. is on. Oh,[[<em>The<\/em>]<em> Mary Tyler Moore<\/em> [[<em>Show<\/em>]is on, <em>All in the Family<\/em> is on.\u2019 You just expected [there would] be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight,\u201d Seinfeld said on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@newyorker\/video\/7362296649592605998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"recent episode\">recent episode<\/a> of the <em>New Yorker\u2019s Radio Hour<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>He added, \u201cWell, guess what? Where is it? Where is it? This is the result of the extreme Left and [politically correct] crap and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-dreams-the-pandemics-effect-on-sleep-and-mental-health\/\" title=\"COVID Dreams: The Pandemic\u2019s Effect On Sleep and Mental Health\">people worrying<\/a> so much about offending other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old stand-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-ratings-soar-following-elon-musk-appearance\/\" title=\"SNL Ratings Soar Following Elon Musk Appearance\">comedian told<\/a> the podcast that people need comedy right now \u201cso badly\u201d but they \u201cdon\u2019t get it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld explained how audiences are flocking to stand-up comedians because they can be independent in their comedy without a committee of television executives dissecting every joke. He said the audience gives them instant feedback.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>\u201cNow they\u2019re going to see stand-up comics because they are not policed by anyone. The audience polices us. We know when we\u2019re off track. We know instantly. And we adjust to it instantly,\u201d Seinfeld <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/jerry-seinfeld-on-making-a-life-in-comedy-and-also-pop-tarts\/id1050430296?i=1000653717914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. \u201cBut when you write a script, and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups, \u2018Here\u2019s our thought about this joke,\u2019 well, that\u2019s the end of your comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-ways-to-save-the-modern-awards-show\/\" title=\"10 Ways To Save The Modern Awards Show\">stand-ups<\/a> that really have the freedom to do it because no one else gets the blame if it doesn\u2019t go down well. He or she can take all the blame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Seinfeld made comments that were <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2015\/06\/08\/jerry-seinfeld-politically-correct-college-campuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a> to be dismissive of performing on college campuses because of political correctness. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YTadkn45Y0I?si=KOPHS7ZlnJKgaV9Y&#038;t=182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"podcast interview with fellow Ricky Gervais\">podcast interview with fellow comedian Ricky Gervais<\/a> in 2018, he clarified the widely reported story, noting that those were not his words. Seinfeld stated that he had merely been repeating a story about what a comedian had told him regarding losing interest in playing at colleges but that he was open to doing stand-up anywhere.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Jerry Seinfeld criticized the &#8220;extreme Left&#8221; for impacting TV comedy. He reminisced about the past when popular shows like &#8216;Cheers,&#8217; &#8216;M.A.S.H.,&#8217; and &#8216;Mary Tyler Moore Show&#8217; entertained viewers. The shift in content has left many missing the light-hearted and relatable humor once prevalent on television<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2233036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24108472260190.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24108472260190.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}