Jerry Seinfeld eviscerates 'extreme left' for making comedy 'P.C.'

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Storied comic Jerry Seinfeld is calling it for illustration he sees it: governmental correctness has been a detriment to comedy.

The ever-candid "Seinfeld" star unleashed connected nan "extreme left," suggesting that while group still crave comic relief, they can't find it connected television.

"Nothing really affects comedy. People ever request it. They request it truthful severely and they don't get it," he said connected a caller section of The New Yorker's Radio Hour.

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Jerry Seinfeld successful a achromatic suit connected shape points straight retired towards nan crowd

Jerry Seinfeld believes that nan "extreme left" has wounded nan drama industry. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Good+Foundation)

"It utilized to beryllium that you'd spell location astatine nan extremity of nan day, astir group would go, ‘Oh ’Cheers' is on. Oh ‘M.A.S.H.’ is on. Oh ‘[The] Mary Tyler Moore [Show]’ is on. ‘All successful nan Family’ is on. You conscionable expected they'll beryllium immoderate funny worldly we tin watch connected TV tonight."

"Well conjecture what, wherever is it? Where is it? This is nan consequence of nan utmost near and P.C. crap and group worrying truthful overmuch astir offending different people."

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The formed of Cheers poses for a picture

Jerry Seinfeld claims that tv shows for illustration "Cheers" aren't being made immoderate much owed to governmental correctness. (Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images)

Mary Tyler Moore successful a achromatic sweater laughs connected group pinch Ted Knight successful an section of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

Jerry Seinfeld says instant comic alleviation fixed to an assemblage during a show for illustration "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" is nary longer attainable.  (20th Century Fox Television/Fotos International/Getty Images)

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"Now they're going to spot stand-up comics because they are not policed by anyone. The assemblage polices us. We cognize erstwhile we're disconnected track. We cognize instantly. And we set to it, instantly," Seinfeld said. "But erstwhile you constitute a book and it goes into 4 aliases 5 different hands, committees, groups - ‘Here’s our thought astir this joke' - well, that's nan extremity of your comedy."

Seinfeld emphasized that your occupation arsenic a comedian is limited upon being capable to activity wrong nan parameters of what nine deems acceptable. "They move nan gates, for illustration successful skiing," he explained. "Culture – nan gates are moving.' Your occupation is to beryllium agile and clever capable that wherever they put nan gates, I'm gonna make nan gate."

Jerry Seinfeld pinch his manus up successful nan aerial speaking into a microphone connected stage

Jerry Seinfeld says stand-ups are much apt to speak freely because immoderate fallback impacts their ain reputation. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Good+Foundation)

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But wherever there's risk, there's gain, and Seinfeld acknowledges stand-ups are personally leveraging nan most.

"With definite comedians now, group are having nosy pinch them stepping complete nan line. And america each laughing astir it," he said. "But again, it's nan stand-ups that really person nan state to do it because nary 1 other gets nan blasted if it doesn't spell down well. He aliases she tin return each nan blasted [themselves.]"

Caroline Thayer is an intermezo writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer connected Twitter astatine @carolinejthayer. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected].

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