How can anyone not like him?
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CharmingAss_hole — 17 years ago(February 21, 2009 12:29 PM)
"That would be self-imposed torture.
And to answer your original question: Because he's a defaming ass married to a plagiarizing harlot."
Hear, hear!
The real question should be, "How can anyone actually like him?"
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bigrockhardalex — 15 years ago(March 03, 2011 10:03 PM)
I like Jerry. But let me just address this Beatles thing McCartney was the superior Beatle and he made better music after the break up. RAM was genius.
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Holy-Fire — 14 years ago(September 02, 2011 04:07 AM)
Lennon was the genius though. Despite how their careers went after they broke up. We all know Yoko messed up Lennon. You don't see anyone trying to shoot McCartney in a rush. Just because Lennon was a genius doesn't discredit the others; my favourite song came from George Harrison "Here Comes The Sun". Lennon had a different way of seeing the world. This is what made him a genius.
Seinfeld dipped when LD left (I didn't even know he left until just now, so this view was formed prior to knowing). It started to dip during season 7 and wasn't as good during 8. I've just spent the last few weeks watching every season back to back (never seen it before). Best season is 4!!! Closely followed2000 by 5.
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Dan33185 — 13 years ago(April 16, 2012 12:43 AM)
"He definitely got what he deserved"
Dude, I can't stand Lennon and think he's an overrated hippie, but seriously, he got what he deserved? Give me a break.
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yyuusr — 13 years ago(October 21, 2012 06:45 PM)
No I would say the show was even better when Larry David left as the last couple of seasons were some of the best ones. Larry David didn't make show what it is on his own. That's why Curb Your Enthusiasm is not that funny.
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timbob82 — 17 years ago(February 04, 2009 12:17 AM)
It seems this thread has gone off on a bit of a Beetles tear, but allow me to address your original question. I certainly don't intend to speak for everyone, but as for myself and some others, I don't like JS for a few reasons. For one, I don't really find him funny. His stand-up nor his show make me laugh. His entire style doesn't even give me a chuckle. "Whatis the dealwith cab drivers? Who arethese people?!" I'm sorry, I don't find that style funny. In fact, I fink it downright annoying.
OK, thats the technical problem I have with him, now onto the personal.
I get the massive feeling when I watch him, that he is secretly a horribly mean and stuck up person hiding it behind a facade of niceness. Now this isn't just me, there are scores of people who get the same feeling about him. Just look at the threads here alone. When I watch him and he seems to be being all nice, I get the feeling that I'm watching a con artist. That his entire nice guy act is just that, an act. That he is completely full of himself and conceited to the max. When he's in an interview and laughing and seemingly having a good time, I get the same feeling I get when I'm buying a new car and some sleazy slimeball car salesman slides up next to me and pretends like he is actually my friend and he wants to help me out. He just wants to make a sale and I get the feeling that JS just wants to sell himself in the same way.
So, I am not entertained by him and he comes off as a jackass pretending to be nice. So why should I like him? -
joshshosh — 17 years ago(February 11, 2009 10:12 PM)
"His entire style doesn't even give me a chuckle. "Whatis the dealwith cab drivers? Who arethese people?!" I'm sorry, I don't find that style funny. In fact, I fink it downright annoying."
He's never even told a joke like that before. Have you even watched his standup or just parodies of him? Because the parodies are nothing like his act. Jerry has never said "what's the deal" or "who are these people" and has humorously complained about this a lot of times on talk shows (David Letterman, Howard Stern).
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timbob82 — 17 years ago(February 12, 2009 03:19 AM)
yeahumI've seen him say it. Straight from the horses mouth. I mean, his most famous one liner is "What is the deal with grapenuts? No grapes, no nuts!" Note the "what is the deal" preamble?
A lot of the first couple seasons of the show which had a lot of standup comedy interstitials had him telling jokes in this style. Maybe he doesn't do it so much anymore, but he definitely use to. You don't parody someone by doing something they have never done. -
joshshosh — 17 years ago(February 13, 2009 12:06 AM)
Err then why have I seen interviews of him saying he's never even told a joke like that? YouTube it. His last appearance on Letterman and his first appearance on Howard Stern. It's happened twice now, that I know of. I've never heard any jokes like that before from him. I googled "what's the deal with grapenuts" but couldn't find anything Seinfeld-related. Source please?
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timbob82 — 17 years ago(February 13, 2009 01:26 AM)
Really? Cuz I typed it into Yahoo and got pages and pages of accounts of it being attributed to him.
It's an old bit of his. One of his most famous and retold one liners
http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2002/11/26/after_all_these_year.php
He was a New York kid, with a quirky family, who grew up to form a comedy routine around simple and direct observations of the stupidity of the world. With classics such as his old Grapenuts bit (Whats the deal with Grapenuts? You open the box, no grapes and no nuts!), he was the antithesis of cerebral comics
http://www.tvacres.com/catch_d.htm
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld also questioned his audience with the phrase "Didja ever notice? and "What's the deal with." in his comedy routines and on his sitcom SEINFELD/NBC/1990-98. While onstage Jerry often asked his audience "What's the deal with_____" and then began a mocking tirade on a variety of trivial topics. For example: "What the deal with Grape Nuts? You open the box. No Grapes. No Nuts. What's the deal? Who are the ad wizards who came up with that?"; "What's the deal with the Professor? He can make a radio out of a coconut but he can't fix a hole in the boat!"; and "What's the deal with Oprah? She's fat. She's thin. She's fat. She's thin. I mean pick a body and let's go with it!"
http://gurugilbert.com/2007/10/
Whats the deal with grape nuts? I mean, there are no grapes and there are no nuts? We all know Jerry Seinfeld as an observational comedic genius and, of course, for his show. I was fortunate enough to see him last Thursday at the Hammerstein Ballroom for the Stand Up For A Cure event.
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joshshosh — 17 years ago(February 13, 2009 05:31 AM)
Well whatever.. Anyway thanks for not being like everyone else online and actually posting sources. The point is, not all of his jokes are like that - he has some really funny stuff. At least the things from the late 90s, early 2000s. So watch/listen to that. His latest stuff is about candy and weird things. His adult jokes are better.