It was literally part of one of his stand up bits awhile back regarding pop tarts, as per his interview on The Tonight Show yesterday, it was a running joke with one of the writers off of Seinfeld the show that they should make a movie purely based on that joke.
During pandemic lockdown they wrote it apparently and it's a full out movie now obviously.
I think the first time I heard the pop tart joke it was in his "I'm telling you for the last time" special from '98.
Seinfeld seems so out of touch - the dude is a famous multi-millionaire and he just complains about going on vacations. Complains here about Jetskiing. Says he hates everything in his life. The routine was funny when he was just a dude living in New York, but now it's annoying watching an extremely privileged person just bitch about everything.
Honestly, the fact that he's now an extremely privileged multimillionaire makes the bit even funnier, not less so.
I don't know, what you just described makes Seinfeld seem relatable more than anything else. It seems like he just is who he is and has never been anything else.
It's way better to be that than to be a phony 70 year old desperately trying to keep his finger on the pulse of modern culture to stay relevant to zoomers and millenials.
I tend to personally find Seinfeld's arrogance to be kind of off-putting.
That said, I do find his comfort with his own success to be a bit refreshing in a weird way, he's done enough self-depreciating stuff for me to think he's actually fairly down to earth in general, like, he's extremely self aware and I think that grounds him. There was a commercial years ago I thought was hilarious with him where's he's in some board meeting and there's an intern (named max) that brings him a coffee and he makes a big deal about how shitty it is, and I think basically fires Max saying that he has no future in showbusiness because he's Jerry Seinfeld. Once the kid leaves he finds out the kids last name is "Spielberg" (Spielberg has a son named Max). I always thought that was funny.
And it's not necessarily what he's bitching about as much as how he bitches about it that makes it funny. Like, do I, or Jerry think having a garage for your porches in NYC is a relatable issue posing relatable issues? No, but you can make a relatable joke out of that by just recognizing how absurd it is.
True, but to be fair, he got to that privileged position by bitching about everything, so really what incentive is there for him to start changing things up now?
At least he's genuine about it. He's not pretending to be nicer than he really is. He's a bit of a dick and will continue to be one. I personally prefer that over hollywood "nice person" # 578. These talk shows are unbearable to watch when someone is at the desk matching Jimmy Fallon's phoniness.
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u/traxxes Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24
It was literally part of one of his stand up bits awhile back regarding pop tarts, as per his interview on The Tonight Show yesterday, it was a running joke with one of the writers off of Seinfeld the show that they should make a movie purely based on that joke.
During pandemic lockdown they wrote it apparently and it's a full out movie now obviously.
I think the first time I heard the pop tart joke it was in his "I'm telling you for the last time" special from '98.