Jerry Seinfeld Draws Right-Wing Praise for Comments on ‘Extreme Left’
Jerry Seinfeld hit some right-wing favorite talking points over the weekend with his comments that political correctness from the “extreme left” is “policing” modern sitcoms and has led to their demise.
In a new interview with the New Yorker ahead of his 70th birthday on Monday, the comedian explained his theory about why there’s no “funny stuff” to watch on TV anymore. “Nothing really affects comedy,” he said, “People always need it. They need it so badly and they don’t get it.” Instead of getting sitcoms like M*A*S*H, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and All in the Family, audiences miss out, he said, as a “result of the extreme left and P.C. crap, and people worrying so much about offending other people.”
To get their comedy now, people are “going to see standup comics because we are not policed by anyone,” he continued, “The audience polices us. We know when we’re off track.” The comments set off a barrage of right-wing agreement, with anchors on the Fox News-competitor Newsmax reporting on his comments as “a great point.” Breitbart echoed the sentiment, tweeting, “He’s right.” And conservative commentator Benny Johnson shared the clip with the overheated caption, “This moment is powerful.”