Talk:Jerry Seinfeld

Criticism For Lack of Non-White Comedians

Am I the only one that finds it odd that about a quarter of the blurb on his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee section is about his response to some blog criticizing him about not having enough non-white comedians? As far as I can tell the show was just supposed to be conversations with comedians he's met over the years not some representation of all comedy in America. No information about this criticism is found on the Comedians in Cars wikipedia page itself and the blog (the vulture) has no wikipedia page of its own. Hardly notable in my opinion, I mean if you had to sum up what Comedians in Cars Getting coffee is in four sentences I don't see why one of them would be about some blog criticizing him.

Typo, or an I missing something?

On September 19, 2017, Netflix released the stand-up comedy special Jerry Before Seinfeld. It follows Seinfeld as he returns for a stand-up routine at the New York City comedy club Comic Strip Live, which started his career. It is intercut with documentary clips and his stand-up special.

Wait a minute—how can a special be intercut with itself? Is it possible this writer meant simply, "It is intercut with documentary clips", implying that the rest is footage of Seinfeld's performance that evening? Or are these "documentary clips" actually footage of the events surrounding that performance (rather than clips of, say, past performances, Seinfeld's childhood, etc.—which is what "documentary" would actually mean in this context, IMHO)? I have many other questions, most of which don't relate to this article or subject, but I'll hang up now and take my answer off the air. – AndyFielding (talk) 16:47, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

"Ridiculous wording"

How is He is best known for having played a semi-fictionalized version of himself ridiculous wording? I even added two sources that state this. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 12:33, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

I wouldn't call it ridiculous wording, but it can come across as non-neutral and/or presumptuous. I usually either take out the "best" or reword it. "He played a semi-fictionalized..." It doesn't, to me, seem worth arguing over "best". I'm assuming this is in the lead, in which case it should be a reasonable assumption that if it wasn't a big deal then we wouldn't be mentioning it in the lead in the first place. DonIago (talk) 13:15, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough, and it looks like I'm in the minority on this one. The IP never bothered to give any kind of clarification. Thanks. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:38, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Let's change the photo

Hello! I don't think the title photo is very pretty. We have a more appropriate photo from 2019 (3 years newer than the one we have now). The page will look like this:

Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld in 2019
Birth name	Jerome Allen Seinfeld
Born	(1954-04-29) April 29, 1954 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up television film
Alma mater	Queens College, City University of New York (BA)
Years active	1976–present
Genres	Observational comedy clean comedy cringe comedy surreal humor deadpan satire
Subject(s)	American culture American politics everyday life gender differences human behavior social awkwardness pop culture current events
Spouse	Jessica Sklar ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	3
Signature

let's discuss, please. Mkurpnice (talk) 04:54, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm fine with the new one. I'm just wondering if there's a reason it hasn't already been used, given it's four years old. Does Wikipedia favour close-ups of subjects' faces for infobox images? Seasider53 (talk) 11:54, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

It seems a bit strange to use a black and white photo for a contemporary comedian when color ones are available. Jessintime (talk) 15:32, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I honestly prefer the current photo, in color, closer and with his classical pose (holding the microphone and all). Alexcalamaro (talk) 08:20, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I think a cropped version of this image would be much better as it is in color.

whats the deal with airplane food

LegalSmeagolian (talk) 19:48, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

the one captioned "whats the deal with airplane food" LegalSmeagolian (talk) 19:48, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

$110 million offer

The article currently states: "In 2013, Seinfeld was offered $110 million by television executive Warren Littlefield to make another season of Seinfeld. He turned it down because he felt the timing to continue was not right."

The $110 million offer was in fact made in 1997 not in 2013 - this is well documented. The Youtube video that is used to reference this text does not suggest that the offer was made in 2013. 80.43.78.155 (talk) 03:44, 18 April 2024 (UTC)