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this post was submitted on 01 May 2024
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And the issue with the joke is that it's painfully obvious that serving meals to thousands of passengers on a cramped metal tube that's sensitive to weight would result in something less than gourmet. THAT'S the deal with airline food. As an offhand comment from a sympathetic stranger sharing your experience, it's mildly amusing. As performed humor, it's lazy and not funny.
I don't know if Jerry specifically ever did airline food (but he probably did). Still, it describes pretty much the entirety of his stand-up.
I think it just goes to show how out of touch he is.
Reality is airlines stopped serving food a long time ago outside of international travel, which means most young people today haven’t even experienced this before.
It’s hard to be funny when you don’t even relate to your audience. Thing is Seinfeld was “funny” in the 90s when his comedy was more relevant.
Since then the world has changed dramatically and his comedy has stayed stagnant. He’s behind the times. It’s not that comedy in general is dead. It’s just his view that died because the world changed and he did not change with it. Happens to most comedians.
Maron is still going strong, thankfully. I like Seinfeld's Netflix show, but haven't seen any stand up of his for years... I could see it being rough.