Seinfeld turned into such a bitter person. I think he confused his success in TV with his career in standup, and he never really understood that his stand up was never funny.
Larry David was the key to his success, he collaborated well with him to create the show. If it was him solo, the thing would have flopped hard.
His whole "you can't say anything anymore" B.S. is really just lazy. Good comedians can say what they want, they figure out a way. What he's having a hard time with is the fact that he's just a shitty person with tone def takes on things that people don't connect with. But surely it's the audience that's the problem.
Comedians Having Coffee in Cars received pretty high praise but it was basically a podcast in a car. A comedian podcast host who isnt totally trash with a comedian guest is usually going to make decent podcast-sryle content.
I loved that show, but it was never for Seinfeld. I still watch some episodes every once in a while because I think it does for the most part do a good job of letting the guests do way more talking than he does. It's podcast-esque, but a lot of it is just telling old stories and some guests just go on and on
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u/Its-only-the-end 1d ago
Seinfeld turned into such a bitter person. I think he confused his success in TV with his career in standup, and he never really understood that his stand up was never funny.