Posted on 05/14/2018 5:54:13 AM PDT by rktman
Jerry Seinfeld isnt interested in Donald Trump jokes. The comedian behind the legendary Seinfeld sitcom sat down with David Letterman for an upcoming episode of the Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. Perhaps hopefully, Letterman wondered, Do you do Trump stuff when you go out?
Seinfeld shut down this topic by humorously changing the subject: No, it doesnt interest me. I do a lot of raisin stuff. He joked:
I just think that its interesting that after 80 years, Sun-Maid finally went, 'Hey, why dont we put some chocolate on it?' Imagine not thinking of that for 80 years. So that really gets me excited, that people pay me to talk about those kinds of things.
Letterman is an ardent liberal. Earlier in the clip, he praised Michelle Wolfs angry White House Correspondents Dinner performance: I really had great admiration for the fact that she was able to just walk into that room and decimate the place.
Seinfeld responded that he didnt know Wolf and offered only vague, general compliments to her.
The TV star has a history of not putting up with political correctness. In 2015, Seinfeld said of colleges: I dont play colleges, but I hear a lot of people tell me dont go near colleges theyre so PC.
According to USA Today, he derided: [The younger generation] just want to use these words. Thats racist, thats sexist, thats prejudice. They dont even know what theyre talking about.
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My mistake. Ew. But at least it’s closer than the others.
Doubtful.
Oh he’s definitely had asshats on his show (although the main reason we EVER knew Griffin is BECAUSE of the Seinfeld show - only!). Including Letterman - even supposed to be someone that Susan lusted after (yuch).
Johnny Carson once said “If you are in entertainment never take sides in politics because you will lose half your audience no matter what side you pick”......That’s the philosophy Seinfeld practices and why he’s one of the worlds most successful comedians.
Letterman and his sidekicks were very funny back in the 1980s, before he got mean and bitter. The skits and banter with Paul Shaffer, Chris Elliott, Biff Henderson, Larry “Bud” Melman, Brother Theodore and Letterman’s take on the absurd aspects of life in New York City were funny. I don’t recall any (or very little) political humor back then, i.e., anti-Reagan stuff.
I recently attended a comedy show in Boston. 5 or six comedians, 3 of them tried a “Trump” joke, no laughter at all. All three “jokes” fell flat. And this was in Boston.
Yes. He was a hoot in the early days of Late Night. His supporting cast was hilarious. Remember Larry Bud Melman and Chris Elliot as Big Man and The Guy Under The Seats? Then Lettermans head began to swell.
When he was in his late 30s, Seinfeld had a four-year romantic relationship with high school student Shoshanna Lonstein who was 17 years old when they began dating.
..good on Seinfeld.
Twenty years ago today the Seinfeld finale aired.
Time flies!
She's bee his wife for 25+ years now
Actually they broke-up when she turned 21 since she could buy beer on her own.
Jerry Seinfeld married Jessica Sklar in 1999. She was previously married to Robert Nederlander. She met Seinfeld when she got back from her Italian honeymoon, dumped hubby and later married Seinfeld.
I remember those shows. She was nuts in those episodes just like in real life.
30+ years ago.
“Jerry Seinfeld married Jessica Sklar in 1999. She was previously married to Robert Nederlander. “
Well, I didn’t know either of them was quite so old, but I remember hearing that she was younger.
They’ve been married eighteen years, and have three kids, so that’s something.
#34 Now that is funny!
and probably true...
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