Barry - you crack me up! Robin posted this link of "Comedians in Cars" -
it's the one of Jerry Seinfeld and Alec Baldwin. I remembered because I
do *love* coffee and I got a real contact high out of this one (smile).
Here is the link for you! I enjoyed the interview - thanks for posting
that.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/318149
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/318149
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote:
>
> I don't know why people have assumed that I'm down on Jerry Seinfeld.
I
> don't remember having said anything negative about him, other than
that
> his last hit was "Seinfeld." And about the most negative thing I can
> think of to say about "Seinfeld" (the series, which I loved at the
time)
> is that when I watch episodes of it these days, they're not very
funny.
> They feel *dated*, as if the humor was present in the moment, but know
> that we're not in that moment, the humor isn't as present as it once
> was.
>
> After having read this interview, I suspect that Jerry might agree
with
> that last statement. He comes across as *remarkably* impressive,
> thoughtful, and having learned a great deal about life and what makes
it
> worth living:
>
>
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-jerry-seinfeld-why-he-609111
> > 1>
>
> I particularly liked what he said in response to the inevitable
question
> about whether he'll ever go back to TV. I found it mind-boggling in
its
> honesty, its in-your-face-ness, and in its accuracy:
>
> THR: Is there a scenario where you'd go back to TV?
>
> Seinfeld: That's what I feel like I'm doing. Except television frankly
> feels small compared to the world I'm in now. I'm in Australia, I'm in
> Norway, I'm in the U.K. And I was from day one. I'm doing the smallest
> possible show on the biggest possible network. This all feels like
fresh
> air to me, and if you don't seek fresh air as an artist, I'm not quite
> sure what [you're doing].
>
> Suffice it to say I'm downloading all of the episodes of "Comedians In
> Cars" as I write this. Having read his ideas on comedy, and that the
> best of it is created "in the moment," with no notes, I am mightily
> looking forward to what he created.
>
