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Seinfeld slams woke student audiences: “Back when I dated high school girls, they found me hilarious!” (www.thebeaverton.com)

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HOLLYWOOD – With his Netflix comedy film Unfrosted debuting to abysmal reviews, 70-year-old comedian Jerry Seinfeld blames the failure on “extreme left, and PC college campus audiences”, unlike in his heyday, when the teenage girls he dated were fans of his comedy.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Did you know the British airing of MASH didn't have a laugh track cause the brits find it weird

Interesting, as IT Crowd is one of the very few British comedies I have ever seen, and it has a laugh track.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Different eras of tv I guess.

[–] Sizzler 1 points 6 months ago

IT Crowd had a live audience. The laughter is real.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

A laugh track on The Simpson would help me know when to laugh too.