{"id":299275,"date":"2024-04-29T09:51:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jerry-seinfeld-goes-after-extreme-left-over-comedy-ahead-of-70th-birthday"},"modified":"2024-04-29T09:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:52:00","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-goes-after-extreme-left-over-comedy-ahead-of-70th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jerry-seinfeld-goes-after-extreme-left-over-comedy-ahead-of-70th-birthday","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Seinfeld Goes After &#039;Excessive Left&#039; Over Comedy Forward of seventieth Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.9266391564\">\n<section id=\"cb-7e04a956b563d1ba42a738ad771b47b3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-68a0cc8e-5958-4ba0-a8af-25c247ab0037-1160164415-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-68a0cc8e-5958-4ba0-a8af-25c247ab0037-1160164415-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b9\/16by9\/2024\/04\/29\/b95c2e27a20740f19864139146531f32_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">The New Yorker Radio Hour<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7e04a956b563d1ba42a738ad771b47b3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b5bbf4bd11b5215ea5c17a33198ad841\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"25.8810810811\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jerry-seinfeld\/\"><strong>Jerry Seinfeld<\/strong><\/a> reflected on the state of comedy ahead of his 70th birthday &#8212; and he thinks modern-day showbiz has lost its sense of humor &#8230; all &#8217;cause of politically correct culture.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b5bbf4bd11b5215ea5c17a33198ad841--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-80fe773a757931003d9bbf6152f8f81a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>The legendary comedian was talking on the New Yorker&#8217;s Radio Hour this past week, and he talked about where comedy in general stands today &#8230; in his opinion, it&#8217;s not great &#8212; and it all has to do with the &#8220;extreme left,&#8221; which he believes has ruined TV shows and sitcoms.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-80fe773a757931003d9bbf6152f8f81a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e7905956492f276f588dcdba8a8b96b1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e7905956492f276f588dcdba8a8b96b1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c5ce882cb6ee918a2a4169cdad74e6f8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>JS says people need comedy, and yet &#8230; they&#8217;re not getting their daily dose in the 21st century &#8212; especially in 2024 &#8212; when they turn on their televisions to wind down at night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c5ce882cb6ee918a2a4169cdad74e6f8--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fee65df130166dae5766c386c4ae5130\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>While reminiscing on the days of old, Jerry says people used to be able to come home and depend on something funny being on TV &#8212; whether it was &#8216;Cheers,&#8217; &#8216;M.A.S.H.,&#8217; or whatever else &#8230; and they could bank on a laugh. Nowadays, however, Jerry says that&#8217;s totally absent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fee65df130166dae5766c386c4ae5130--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ebb4df168a7fac954627e6bc94732603\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ebb4df168a7fac954627e6bc94732603--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7feb3cfc109da85fe4b14b809736f3ff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>He blames woke-ism, as it were, and &#8220;PC crap&#8221; for this &#8230; which he says has torpedoed creativity, and made everyone worried about jokes offending certain groups. He also says scripts are getting reviewed by so many different parties now, it waters everything down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7feb3cfc109da85fe4b14b809736f3ff--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-58289a5056dc358a2cd6f2272882b0f8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-58289a5056dc358a2cd6f2272882b0f8-367156378-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"24.8888888889\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.78787878788\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Be cranky. Be loud and be funny. And complain and suffer,\u201d Jerry Seinfeld said in 2020. He says he fits right in with the New York City culture. Today, Seinfeld celebrates his 70th birthday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l1pp58tHVW\">https:\/\/t.co\/l1pp58tHVW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLWlyypJxM\">pic.twitter.com\/zLWlyypJxM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/60Minutes\/status\/1784916391323164685?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/60Minutes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@60Minutes<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-58289a5056dc358a2cd6f2272882b0f8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bc9568a03556843dd723577dd2104360\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Goes without saying &#8230; Jerry had one of the biggest comedy shows in history in &#8220;Seinfeld,&#8221; so his take certainly carries weight. Some, however, are a little shocked to hear Jerry say this.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bc9568a03556843dd723577dd2104360--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e8c07d211ee7c40f453335509d9aa857\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>While he might be dismayed with where comedy is going, he&#8217;s still got love for NYC.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e8c07d211ee7c40f453335509d9aa857--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-003186db447f47baca01356f50b31087\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-003186db447f47baca01356f50b31087--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4f05ba6dc7f913c064be0d11880e24ec\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Despite all the changes going on in the world, Jerry says the city remains the same as he remembers it &#8212; full of cranky people who are real, and who like to complain and suffer. As the world changes into something he doesn&#8217;t seem to recognize, New York stays the same.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4f05ba6dc7f913c064be0d11880e24ec--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-95eb88d23ea9d38f0ba0ff699cd59c77\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Good old Jerry &#8230; cantankerous as ever. 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