All week long, feathers have been ruffling, hives of bees were buzzing in bonnets, and a record numbers of bears were being poked, all while social media hosted unprecedented amounts of tizzies. “What’s the deal?” you might say in response to that, which would be apropos considering that the source of the online hubbub is the maven of that catchphrase himself, Jerry Seinfeld.
The comedian spoke to The New Yorker’s David Remnick in an article published earlier this week. In the wide-ranging interview, he decried that there’s a scarcity of good comedy on TV to comfort people after a day of ingesting the troubling news of the world.
I’m impressed with the lengths Seinfeld went to prove his point, going so far as to direct, co-write, and star in Unfrosted, a tediously bland “comedic” take on the origin of the Pop-Tart, enlisting dozens of his industry friends to propagate this new age of unfunny.
