Are the standup parts meant to be bad?

>>212678920 (OP)
No. You just havent meet a KILLER yetz

>>212678920 (OP)
No but it’s funny bc most of the other characters don’t think he’s funny.

Jerry was never meant to be the funny guy, that was George and Kramer’s function. The stand up bits were only there to fuel Jerry’s irl ego

>>212678920 (OP)
I think he just included all his rejected standup material as bumper to pad episode runtime.
He’s egotistical enough to think, “Even my rejected standup content has value. Let me just shoehorn it into episodes of my show.”

>>212679472
Men hunt and women nest

Its so insane to think how much of Jerry's career was propped up by Larry David. The guy was a failed comic who found a genius writer to create a show based on him

That was just the comedy scene at that time

>What is up with airplane food??
I don't know. You tell me.

Yes they were added to pad out the runtime if the episode wasn't long enough.
They were also meant to be missable segments due to the nature of television in the 90s

It was funny in the 90s. You had to be there

>>212678920 (OP)
That was the peak of his comedy. There's a reason everyone likes every other character more.

>>212679583
That's why curb became a bigger show than Seinfeld

>>212679583
>The guy was a failed comic
where did you get this completely wrong idea?

>>212679472
Looking at the rest of his act I think he might've thought this was the good stuff.

>>212679713
Jerry was the straight man and he was good at it

>>212679583
>failed comic
>multiple late night appearances back when late night appearances mattered
>got a gig headlining a show despite having 0 film/tv/acting experience
>9 seasons, 6 of which are made up completely of quotable tv classics
>Larry David leaves after Season 7
>Still has 2 years of great stuff, but now 100% on his back as the main show runner
Bee Movie wasn't great, sure, but come on now.

>>212679535
holy fuck get this anon a sitcom deal

>>212679472
Wasn't it just related to the plot/theme?
Easy way to pad the runtime while priming or summarizing the plot or theme

>>212679997
I'm pretty sure the original premise was that the events of the episode are where his standup material comes from

>>212679583
Larry David is garbage and unfunny, he wrote the Seinfeld finale which sucked ass and Curb Your Enthusiasm which is unfunny trash.

>>212679799
If you're a comedian who's not funny you're a failure

>>212679932
>Gets made fun of for how bland, basic and inoffensive he is
>His lack of talent benefits him financially as he struggles his way through a terrible TV show
>Is incapable of making anything good on his own and coasts off of aforementioned shit TV show made by his asshole writer friend

>>212678920 (OP)
What's the deal with Jannies? They're fat and they do it for FREE

>>212679666
What's up with airplane food? It's up above ground badumtissh
also the devil made this post

>>212679742
Wrong.

what's the deal jokes were done ironically on the show thoughbeit

>>212679583
Jerry Seinfeld was absolutely not a failed comic. He was one of the most popular stand-up comedians in the country by the late 80s. Popular enough to get offered a TV show on network television. You morons are such revisionists. Being in a collaborative partnership with Larry David only made both of them better. There's a reason Seinfeld was so beloved.

>>212680374
Thanks for this opinion

What is the deal with the word "peanuts"? I can't say it without it sounding like the word penis. I say it over and over and over again and it always comes out as "penis". People around me call me on it, and say, "you just said penis", No, I didn't, I said, "penis". "There it is, you said it again," they'll say. And I'll say, "said what?" "Penis" No, I didn't, I said "penis". "penis, penis, penis."

>>212680760
Saying "peanut butter" is a fun one, also.

>>212680695
Syndicated =/= beloved. Just because it's easy to rerun a show doesn't make it good or watchable.

jews are pure evil

>>212679742
Not a bigger show but a funnier one imo.

>>212679742
It really didn't. It lasted for more seasons, but Seinfeld (the show) had much more pop culture presence and viewers.

Here's one objective measure. The series finale of Curb had little over half a million viewers. Seinfeld? 76 million.

>>212680945
HITLAAAR! why was he bad, again?

>>212680928
It's one of the best sitcoms of all time. Possibly the best.

>>212681154
In what way? In its lack of funny jokes or likeable characters? (Just because they're intentionally written to be bitter assholes that doesn't make them magically enjoyable) or is it in how dated, bland, inoffensive and derivative it is?

>>212681388
>derivative
of what?

>>212681388
It's a tightly written, lean, and funny show. George and Kramer are extremely enjoyable to watch.

>>212681458
>funny show
For a Redditor, maybe
>George and Kramer are extremely enjoyable to watch.
Kramer's an unfunny faggot who only serves to make the people around him miserable, and George is a bitter, fat baldie with his own unique brand of being an unlikable asshole

>>212681583
And what sitcom do you think is better? Don't pussy out and say none.

>>212680602
>he struggles his way through a terrible TV show
>one of the most successful sitcoms ever made
? You're just bait at this point.

>>212681449
Of shows like Married With Children or Fawlty Towers which also had no life lessons, asshole main characters who don't change and this inherent mean-spiritedness. The key difference being that those two aforementioned examples are actually funny

>>212681154
agreed. Dude is just looking for (you)'s at this point. Anyone that says Seinfeld is an objectively bad show either doesn't understand that it was a trailblazer at the time or is just being contrarian for attention.

It's fine to not like it, but dude's made a personality out of it.

>>212681616
Fawlty Towers, 'Allo 'Allo, Blackadder, Fresh Prince, Cheers etc.

>>212681718
>It was revolutionary for the 90s
That's supposed to be impressive to anyone?

>>212681638
Syndicated and inoffensive shows appeal to the lowest common denominator, that doesn't make them enjoyable or good

>>212681743
Alright so I know you're definitely baiting now

>>212681743
You forgot Frasier. That one always trips up Seinfeldoids.

this is pathetic

>>212681911
Because I'm posting shows that are actually funny?

>>212681806
Oh right you want offensive comedy where people say nigger and call each other faggots that only airs on HBO.

Personally I've always thought the Salsa/Seltzer thing is the worst joke in the whole series.

>>212682015
I don't care either way but when a show like Seinfeld is so bland and boring it becomes a detriment because it highlights how unfunny it is

>>212678920 (OP)
filtered.

>>212682015
You are looking for:
Wonder Showzen

>>212682065
People just like to say SALSAHHH

>>212682065
The upside down pen was the best, because it highlights the mores of regular people. Oh wait. Look who I'm saying this to. Irregular people. You wouldn't know what regular people do, much less about their everyday mores, if you could work your way out of a paper bag.

>>212682114
You have no idea how bland and boring tv was before seinfeld. It broke ground. It was a seminal moment that made television less bland. That's why it's famous.

>>212682324
what the fuck are you talking about, retard?
the whole salsa vs. seltzer thing relies on being familiar enough with a jewy accent for those words to sound similar, which 90% of americans are not, jews only really live in like three places in this country
It also conversely relies on not being super familiar with Mexican food, and salsa being a "new" thing, which it was if you were a jew in fucking new york in the early 90s, but not if you lived ANYWHERE else in the US

>>212682404
And Seinfeld was more boredom on top of that? If you're trying to make Seinfeld sound fresh and edgy you're wasting your time. Who gives a fuck how TV was in the 90s anyway?
It's "famous" because it got syndicated. It got syndicated because it appeals to the lowest common denominator.

For me, it's Kenny Bania

>>212683387
Soup's not a meal

>>212678920 (OP)

Somebody post the vocaroo

For me it's the cope phrase Seinfeld is unfunny
No, it can't possibly be this Jewish pedophile show where the jewish characters scream and yell and talk with their mouths full is unfunny, it's because it was so genius it seems quaint now

>>212684091
Kramer is the funniest character on the show and neither he nor Michael Richards is Jewish.

>>212684144
>dude loud noises

>>212684157
Not an argument.

>>212684223
Loud noises and wacky random noises isn't comedy amerilard

Jerry was the worst part of his own show. All the other characters were amazing. Dude could not fucking act for the life of him.

>>212684247
Yes it is.
Try again.

>>212679932
>got multiple shows even though no experience

no shit retard, its called nepotism. the tribe is constantly pushing their brothers, cousins, ect into the lime light and forcing the goy to eat it up. the show was garbage and it was only successful because the right jews demanded it be so on paper. growing up, nobody i knew talked or cared about this trash.

>but millions of viewers

in a country of 300 million people. absolute dogshit. the 90s were the height of jewish arrogance, they just let anyone who wanted to be tv stars (as long as they were jewish).

>>212684247
Ohhhh you're not american. That explains a lot. Also means your opinion is worthless.

What's the deal with Palestine? It's not pale. And it isn't Jewish. Help me out here people...
>audience erupts in laughter

>>212679110
Don't tell Jerry that

>>212678920 (OP)
>>212679997
It is le chorus to the dramatic comedy of Sinfilled's television life

>>212685107
Ha that's a good one

>Its a 4K HDR remaster

>>212679110
>The stand up bits were only there to fuel Jerry’s irl ego
I'm pretty sure he thought he's funny in them. It's his show. He's never really the loser in any story.

>>212684294
>Dude could not fucking act for the life of him.
At least at some point they're making fun of it.

>>212679742
lmao not even close

>>212682573
The joke is about not understanding Mexicans saying seltzer or salsa. It has nothing to do with jews. It's not supposed to be brilliant which is the all point of George saying it should be the basis of a show.

>>212679713
it's true. no one will ever say "jerry was my favorite character on seinfeld"

>>212679110
The stand up bits are there because it's a show about a stand up comedian

>>212678920 (OP)
Poor Jerry Seinfeld mistook making observations about things in every day life as standup comedy.

>>212680928
It was the only show in history to end its run at #1 in the ratings

Are zoomers really still mad that Seinfeld called them soft and easily offended? Is that why they seethe in this thread?

>>212678920 (OP)
>>212679472
>>212679997
I used to think these standup clips were meant to be a joke about the character in the show being really bad at standup comedy rather than his actual real jokes.

>>212679706
Genuinely this. Zillenials don't get it.

>>212681030
Probably because one is on HBO, a subscription based television channel and the other was on NBC, when all you needed was an antenna to watch.

>>212680928
I'm a zoom zoom and everyone from my 85 year old grandma to my 17 year old sister and her friends are familiar with Seinfield.
Now I don't think it's really worthy of it's place, the last 4 or 5 seasons really jump the shark into retarded Family Guy territory, but you can't deny that it isn't recognizable. In 10 or 15 years from now? Maybe, but who knows. With social media it seems like history and culture are divided into a between everything pre-2015ish and everything since is a big blur.

>>212678920 (OP)

>Whaaaat's the deal with asians?

>>212688149
I thought it was that his real life antics were funnier than his standup

>>212678920 (OP)
>“What’s the handicap parking situation like at the Special Olympics?”
That’s the only Seinfeld stand-up opener that I laughed at.

>>212679535
uh huh.

>>212679038
They think he's funny even when he's trying not to be.
The show started about how a comic gets his material. It all ties into the show. Sometimes hit or miss pace changers but I enjoy them as part of the whole.

>>212680168
This is the only correct answer and Larry David has said it multiple times in interviews. They “show about nothing” came from retarded fans misinterpreting the meta plot about them getting a show, within the show.

>>212688416
>I’m a zoom zoom
thank you for immediately letting me know to stop reading

>>212678920 (OP)
The show is about his life as a stand up comedian you are seeing the job he does that contextualizes the story the plots take place in. Without these scenes you would have to think he never works.

>>212688948

>>I guess it's hard to see the road when a string of toothfloss can blind you.<audience laughter>

>>212678920 (OP)
aaaaaauuUUUUHHHHHhh

>>212680623
Kek

>>212688149
The in-show Jerry isn’t meant to be bad at standup, he gains enough renown that he can make a pretty comfortable living as a comic and he’s on national TV often. I think the point is that his actual life is much crazier than his standup

Did anyone hear his standup or read his book before Seinfeld?
The shows are written based on his standup

>>212689272
kek, see I giggled.

>>212681941
frasier sucks
every episode has some saccharine bullshit about love/family.

>>212682573
wow you're dumb

>>212684144
kramer is based on a jew

>>212683763
https://vocaroo.com/1mTyEbUibOmE

That's GOTTA hurt!
https://vocaroo.com/1ktjkXUariEk

>>212678920 (OP)
His character never made it big. He just kinda survived. Always lived in the same apartment and had Kramer for a neighbor

>>212678920 (OP)
I think the idea that he thinks his inane observations are funny ends up being the real joke of his routine as the seasons wear on. This was partially addressed in the show with the whole Ovaltine routine he wrote for Bania.

>>212678920 (OP)
The entire show is bad.

>>212679472
As Jerry got more control over the show, he was the one who had them remove the stand-up segments so they'd have more time for the episodes themselves.