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I've been hearing about this guy on the radio and how he's complaining about wokeism and the challenges of comedy that has to do it.
Nobody ever found you funny, Jerry. And if you think you were the star of the show named after you? There were more characters better than you on there.
The worst thing I can say about Jerry Seinfeld is that he appeals to the widest American audience.
Like the Big Bang Theory.
Wait, do Lemmites dislike TBBT, sometimes I forget this isn't reddit. It feels more active every day for me it has surpassed reddit. Didn't take long.
I'm technically not on lemmy but I will enthusiastically throw my vote behind the TBBT-is-shit cause
To be honest though it's still just a shit TV show. There are plenty of those around. It's not woth giving them much thought
I particularly don't find TBBT to be worse than the average show of its kind.
Yeah, it's a bit of a meme I just lean into.
Psst, I actually like it, but don't let anyone know.
I'd be arrested and kicked off lemmy.
I try not to think of TBBT, but just about any show with a laugh track isn't actually funny.
Did you know the British airing of MASH didn't have a laugh track cause the brits find it weird and it was forced on the writers by the executives. A laugh track was almost forced on The Simpsons as well.
Interesting, as IT Crowd is one of the very few British comedies I have ever seen, and it has a laugh track.
Different eras of tv I guess.
IT Crowd had a live audience. The laughter is real.
A laugh track on The Simpson would help me know when to laugh too.
I'd have a lot less of an issue with TBBT if people I know didn't expect me to like it because I'm "a nerd" (I wear glasses and know how to use a computer). Also its just not very good.
The show was funny because Larry David is a cantankerous curmudgeon who's afflictions just happen to be a hilarious source of comedy material for him to write with. Also, the strength of Seinfeld's costars let them carry the shows comedic acting and timing.
The show is funny in spite of Seinfeld, not because of him. The fact that he insisted on doing those god-awful stand-up bits on every episode is all the proof you'll ever need about that.
I did enjoy his show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The cars were often gorgeous or interesting, and the guests often interesting and entertaining. Plus, I think I just enjoyed the premise, two friends going out and chat chitting over some coffee... something us regular folk find ourselves doing. More palatable then the structured sit down style interviews.
I loved Bob Mortimer's fishing show for that reason. Just two friends riffing (though Bob is fuckin hilarious)
I need to check that out.
Maybe it’s on YouTube or something?
That's where I watched it but I don't think there's full seasons. It's called Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
The thing that made that show good was the guests tho, it could've been any other guy asking the questions and it should be fine.