Count Dooku

Look at Jo Koy. He's a giant star in stand-up, who makes a fortune doing one man shows to sold out crowds all over the country. But he made a movie that bombed, and he hosted an awards show and bombed. He's better off in his lane. Plus, starring in movies means acting and playing a character, not just being funny and telling jokes. Seinfeld is one of the most successful comedians ever, but he can't act for shit. He's basically a step above a horse with peanut butter on its teeth in teh acting department.

The Questyen

I disagree with this pretty strongly. It was made to fit his persona but he is really good in his Seinfeld role and held his own with the other actors.

Count Dooku

He's playing himself and he has three great actors propping him up. Congrats to Jerry for clearing one of the lowest acting bars ever set.

The Questyen

He's still great in the role and it's not a documentary. So Larry David gets no credit for his acting in Curb because he's "playing himself and he has great actors propping him up"?

Count Dooku

I love Jerry Seinfeld, and the show is my favorite sitcom of all rime, but he is not a good actor.

You know how you can tell that he is not a good actor? Check his IMDb! He's been in show business for over 40 years, and except for an appearance on MST3K, the only credits he has for actually trying to play a character not named Jerry Seinfeld are from the early 80s. If he could act, then he would fucking act!!

Decker

He can do whatever he wants. He picks and chooses his projects. It's not like he's out there reading for parts.

And he's almost certainly not playing "Jerry Seinfeld" in Unfrosted : The Pop Tart Story, which takes place in 1963.

The Questyen

You started off your rant by saying that he can't act for shit and barely is better than a horse. I'm not trying to say he is giving award-worthy performances but he has been good in his most famous acting job so that's all I was saying.

JeffTheAlpaca

Jo Koy has been around for decades.

Stand up was huge in the 80's and a lot of those people got sitcoms and movie work and there are a lot of diverse comedians now with unique voices.

Count Dooku

When I compared him to Mr Ed, you should have recognized the hyperbole for comic effect.

Count Dooku

Good job missing the point.

He never takes acting roles that are not just playing himself. Who else has a career like that? Name another stand-up turned TV star that never tried to be an actor in the movies?

It's okay. He knows what his lane is, and he is great in it. But it's obvious that he knows he cannot act, so it's fine for us to admit it, too.

Cellar Door

Ahem... Barry B. Benson would like a word.

Goldberg74

I am now obligated to post this...

Count Dooku

If your proof of his ability as an actor is Jerry Seinfeld reading his lines for an animated movie in the exact same Jerry Seinfeld voice that he uses for everything, you're just making my point for me.

Count Dooku

On a different note, I saw they reran the Jacob Elordi episode at 11:30 last night. What did they show at 10pm?

Nesbit

Who isn’t recognizing the hyperbole now Kay?

Count Dooku

what hyperbole?

Nesbit

The claim that Bee Movie shows Jerry Seinfeld as a good actor? Could not have been serious.

windom

Quinta Brunson and Lil Yachty

Decker

Requisite joke- --I'm very excited to see these two favorites:

MrX

Josh Brolin the week after that.

Meathead

Very excited for Kacey

Count Dooku

Maybe they can do a sketch where it's like The Bachelor, but all the women are 6s and 7s, and then Sydney Sweeney's character shows up at the end, but she's a disaster, but the Bachelor insists on picking her any way.

Or a sketch where a home improvement show surprises a married lesbian couple, and it's Sweeney and Sarah Sherman in full squirm mode, and the host can't believe they are together.

Y'know, some original ideas like that.

JeffTheAlpaca

I like Josh Brolin but does he have a big movie or project coming up or one of those rare times a host is not there to plug something?

Decker

Just a little low-budget art-house film called Dune, Part 2.

JeffTheAlpaca

But he is not the main star of that movie