Jerry Seinfeld refuses to play colleges because of how Politically Correct they are

jonnypacket · 08-06-2015 05:46PM #1

Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t play colleges and has no plans to do so in the near future because of how politically correct kids are these days.

Seinfeld talked with ESPN’s Colin Cowherd on Thursday, and the radio host asked him about how PC the culture has become these days, citing comments from other comics about how colleges are way too sensitive.

Seinfeld agreed, saying that he has been warned to avoid college campuses because of how PC they are.

As an example, he brought up how his wife told their daughter, “In the next couple of years, I think maybe you’re going to want to hang around the city more on the weekends so you can see boys,” and their daughter responded by saying that’s “sexist.”

Seinfeld said, “They just want to use these words. ‘That’s racist, that’s sexist, that’s prejudice.’ They don’t even know what they’re talking about.”

Sounds a lot like After Hours.

www[dot]mediaite[dot]com/online/seinfeld-college-kids-way-too-pc-now-they-dont-even-know-what-racist-means/

OneOfThem · 08-06-2015 05:48PM

Considering just how tame Seinfeld's comedy is (not a dig, he's one of the greats) it must be pretty bad over there.

nokia69 · 08-06-2015 05:50PM

OneOfThem wrote: »

Considering just how tame Seinfeld's comedy is (not a dig, he's one of the greats) it must be pretty bad over there.

won't be long before they catch up with this place

BoJack Horseman · 08-06-2015 05:51PM

And what's the deal with airline food!?

The_Valeyard · 08-06-2015 05:51PM

nokia69 wrote: »

won't be long before they catch up with this place

Wha?

I find our Irish humour can be very dark and unPC. We seem to generally take the piss out of everything, when were serious, when were having a laugh, when were upset.

Buzz Meeks · 08-06-2015 05:53PM

If I had Jerry's $250 million I'd only bother cracking an occasional joke to my servants/harem/ drug suppliers.

nokia69 · 08-06-2015 05:53PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Wha?

I find our Irish humour can be very dark and unPC. We seem to generally take the piss out of everything, when were serious, when were having a laugh, when were upset.

I mean boards

toe the PC line or else

Mr. Incognito · 08-06-2015 05:54PM

Reminds me of the recent thread which morphed into a full blown sticky asking if AH was mysogonistic

But then again his daughter is Jewish so is used to being persecuted isn't she.....................

*RUNS

jonnypacket · 08-06-2015 05:54PM

A few years ago it was very common to see President George Bush caricatured as a monkey in political cartoons in the Sunday Times and other newspapers. If the same was done to Obama then the PC brigade would come crawling down from their tree-huts to scream "racist". Liberals have no sense of humour.

The_Valeyard · 08-06-2015 05:56PM

nokia69 wrote: »

I mean boards

toe the PC line or else

Suppose there are boundaries on here alright. But guess it's not an easy job for a mod or admin to keep the peace, so mny contrasting views and lifesytles your going to offend someone.

Eugene Norman · 08-06-2015 06:04PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Wha?

I find our Irish humour can be very dark and unPC. We seem to generally take the piss out of everything, when were serious, when were having a laugh, when were upset.

In private. Public conversations are very very PC.

Overheal · 08-06-2015 06:37PM

OneOfThem wrote: »

Considering just how tame Seinfeld's comedy is (not a dig, he's one of the greats) it must be pretty bad over there.

I don't even understand the argument, Darryl Robinson came to Clemson last spring and did a comedy show literally oozing with sex this and make sweet love to your woman that; I don't think anyone was offended, he put on a pretty good show.

08-06-2015 06:38PM

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

And what's the deal with airline food!?

Kenny Bania's screwed with his "Ovaltine" routine.

Overheal · 08-06-2015 06:39PM

jonnypacket wrote: »

A few years ago it was very common to see President George Bush caricatured as a monkey in political cartoons in the Sunday Times and other newspapers. If the same was done to Obama then the PC brigade would come crawling down from their tree-huts to scream "racist". Liberals have no sense of humour.

So, you have not seen an episode of Key and Peele?

("And I said '............biiiiiiiiiiiiitch.....'")

mikom · 08-06-2015 06:39PM

jonnypacket wrote: »

Jerry Seinfeld refuses to play colleges because of how Politically Correct they are

Kramer has been called in as a late sub.........

A Primal Nut · 08-06-2015 06:44PM

It's not just comedy either....

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid

Some liberals are using the "it's offensive" line to shut down any opposing views. It's frightening.

RayM · 08-06-2015 06:49PM

jonnypacket wrote: »

Sounds a lot like After Hours.

After Hours is a lot of things, but... politically correct?

K4t · 08-06-2015 07:17PM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

It's not just comedy either....

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid

Some liberals are using the "it's offensive" line to shut down any opposing views. It's frightening.

Liberals are the biggest threat to liberals...

e_e · 08-06-2015 07:45PM

Old Man Yells At Cloud

Nodin · 08-06-2015 07:52PM

jonnypacket wrote: »

A few years ago it was very common to see President George Bush caricatured as a monkey in political cartoons in the Sunday Times and other newspapers. If the same was done to Obama then the PC brigade would come crawling down from their tree-huts to scream "racist". Liberals have no sense of humour.

Yeah, because there's no baggage whatsoever with Afro-Americans and black people in general being compared to monkeys and apes. Not a one.

e_e · 08-06-2015 08:35PM

It's such a weird statement coming from him. Is he worried that he can't do his airline peanuts bit because someone might have an allergy or something?

Not to mention that there are most likely far more edgy and controversial comedians playing college campuses than him.

Mechanical Clocktail · 08-06-2015 08:42PM

The attitude of taking offense to everything oozes from certain societies on campuses. It's really the case of a few bad apples spoiling a whole lot more. The internet makes people homogenous and boring too. What's the consensus for anything? Go online and find out.

Mechanical Clocktail · 08-06-2015 08:45PM

e_e wrote: »

It's such a weird statement coming from him. Is he worried that he can't do his airline peanuts bit because someone might have an allergy or something?

Maybe, just maybe, his stand-up isn't a stage reenactment of Seinfeld.

Hans Bricks · 08-06-2015 09:16PM

"But how can Jerry say these things since political correctness is a mythical, non-existent word ?"

"You mean the mythical pc which doesn't exist ?"

I haven't read the thread but am I too late or has he beat me to it ?

Wibbs · 08-06-2015 09:17PM

Then again US colleges(and increasingly others elsewhere) can be bastions of complete fcuking lunacy of your permanently adolescent looking to be upset special snowflake brigade revved up by their ivory tower lecturers in the social sciences. A few years back Penn and Teller did an episode of their Bullshít! series on US campuses and some of what they found wouldn't be outa place in the Onion as far as surreal ridiculousness goes. It used to be on the 'Tube, but now only snippets. Copyright I suppose. This is one such snippet.

NSFW contains course language and scary ideas for some. May be "triggering"* for the weak of temperament.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2h6v01FlU4

"Speech codes" FFS. That was a few years ago and it's gotten worse, not better since then. Though a mate of mine attended a US college back in the mid 1980's and it had started even back then. And he was a guy who was and is about the most non offensive quiet scholarly types one could find. He reckoned back then I would have been lynched in under a week.

*seriously though, anyone who comes out with "triggering" in a debate or general comment or musing, it's generally a good indicator that they're likely to be a weak minded asshat and what follows will be complete weak minded asshattery.

e_e · 08-06-2015 09:23PM

Mechanical Clocktail wrote: »

Maybe, just maybe, his stand-up isn't a stage reenactment of Seinfeld.

I've heard a lot of it and it's not too different. Hell he even prides himself on not swearing on stage.

Mechanical Clocktail · 08-06-2015 09:36PM

e_e wrote: »

I've heard a lot of it and it's not too different. Hell he even prides himself on not swearing on stage.

Ya, fair enough. I wouldn't even go that far. I don't think he's funny. He's a far better businessman than comedian.

Boring username · 08-06-2015 10:10PM

nokia69 wrote: »

I mean boards

toe the PC line or else

Toe that line? TOE THE LINE? THAT'S OFFENSIVE™ TO DISABLED PEOPLE YOU SICK RACIST HOMOPHOBIC NAZI etc etc..... :P

ancapailldorcha · 08-06-2015 11:13PM

Colleges are businesses. Any sniff of anything that might be construed as offensive by the special snowflake (love that phrase) represents a potential loss of profits which is a big no-no. It's not just the US by any stretch. I work for the University of Sussex which is probably the last left-wing university in the UK and it's here as well. I'm holed up in a lab most of the day so it doesn't affect me personally but if I were working in politics, economics or philosophy I'd be feeling gagged. Universities are meant to be the ultimate bastions of free speech and ideas but this idea of running education solely for profit is anathema to that.