What will happen to comedy podcasting?
Jerry Seinfeld pulled no punches when sharing his opinions on comedy radio and podcasts in a new interview with Dana Carvey and David Spade. fly over the wall Podcast. “Howard Stern invented this, right?” Seinfeld said of the format. “But now we're better than him. Howard's funny. Howard's a great interviewer, but with his comedic talent, can he speak up?”
Spade said, “Of course,” and Carvey said, “No!” They both laughed nervously. “Well, he got Robin, and Robin is a big part of what makes him interesting,” Carvey said of Stern's co-host Robin Quivers.
Seinfeld said he liked him better. fly over the wall to howard stern show. “Yeah, they're all great, but honestly, he's outdone some of the very, and you guys, I mean absolutely, this show, the comedy podcast? This is the best on the air. “It belongs to me,” he said. “You guys play well together, so it's smooth, you don't jump on each other, and it's not frustrating to listen to.”
of No matte Starr is baffled by the boom in comedian podcasts. “Who knew there was a market?” he asked. “Who would have thought that people would want to know about us? Who gets the credit for figuring that out?”
Seinfeld then criticized podcasts hosted by comedians for focusing on delving into personal issues rather than prioritizing humor. “Jesus, make us laugh. How funny do you think you are?” he said. “You're not that funny, right? Not you. It's worth it when it's funny. This is my line, you know me, you know me, no, but you You know I'm towing that line: If you're not that interesting, we're not that interested in you.”
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Seinfeld said last week. entertainment weekly About the difficulty of directing your first film with a seemingly unlimited budget from Netflix. “What's more difficult is if you're making a movie for Netflix and Netflix gives you a healthy budget and you do it. There's nothing you can't do. Thanks to this technology, you can come up with Anything is possible, but it can cause your brain to stall, because if you can do anything, there is no way to choose what to do.”
Seinfeld also spoke to EW about why he decided to direct the film himself. “It's easier to be in the writers' room like a TV series and then go to set with a script,” he says. “Having a director interpret what the screenwriter was trying to do is a waste of time and doesn't work. The writer knows what he wants. The reason writers don't direct is because they usually Because they can't communicate with other humans. Now you can say, “No, this is the idea of this joke,'' and it's all staged. ”
Seinfeld's representatives contacted him late Wednesday night. entertainment weekly The comedian issued a statement apologizing for the comments and providing further explanation.
“I truly regret the comments I made about my friend Howard Stern in conversations with David Spade and Dana Carvey about how there are too many comedy podcasts,” the statement read. I was going to say that he must have felt that way, but I ended up saying, “I was outwitted.'' That sounded horribly insulting, and of course these little shows are no threat to his huge show, Sorry, I Still Love You. ”
listen in full fly over the wall Jerry Seinfeld interview above.
This article has been updated to include Jerry Seinfeld's statement