In 2011, Louis CK, Ricky Gervais, and Chris Rock all sat together in a room and tossed around the N-word while a visibly uncomfortable Jerry Seinfeld watched.
It was a moment from HBO’s unscripted comedy special, Talking Funny, in which the four comi…
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Jerry Seinfeld steps in for Jimmy Fallon with a Thanksgiving monologue
Jimmy Fallon apparently stuffed himself with too much turkey this Thanksgiving.
But that’s OK, because his replacement for The Tonight Show’s opening monologue just so happened to be Jerry Seinfeld, who stepped in at the last minute for a *totall…
Could a revived ‘Seinfeld’ even make sense in modern-day America?
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Seinfeld was, famously, a show about “nothing.” But if Jerry Seinfeld were ever to bring it back — as he suggested was “possible” during a recent appearance on Ellen — would nothing still fly?
Seinfeld‘s cast of 30-something singles feels today like a snapshot of 1990s America. Thumbing through reruns on Hulu, it quickly becomes evident that plenty of the humor didn’t age well.
There’s the running gay joke, “not that there’s anything wrong with that.” The various shades of misogyny in the way Jerry, George, and Kramer conduct their dating lives. The jarring lack of diversity in the cast. Even innocuous gags, like the half-hour build-up to a punchline in “The Parking Garage” that today’s cellphones would render obsolete, would never fly today. Read more…
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This fan’s encounter with Matthew Broderick will make you feel sorry for Jerry Seinfeld
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On Monday morning, Twitter user @HonoredSpirit took the time to share a hysterical story about a friend’s encounter with Matthew Broderick— and one of his very famous friends—in a convenience store.
“A few years ago a friend of mine took his family out to Montauk on vacation and had stopped at a little store to get snacks, etc, and who do they see but that Star of Stage and Screen, Matthew Broderick…,” @HonoredSpirit wrote. Broderick kindly agreed to take a photograph with the fan’s daughter, even though he was shopping with his friend.
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