Students walk out during Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke

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Students walk out during Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke
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Exactly. I enjoyed his stand-up comedy back in the 80s and 90s. I enjoyed his sitcom (although that was mostly down to Larry David), but the world has moved on. Comedy evolves. If you can't evolve with it, you end up being Don Rickles in the world of George Carlin.

It’s sort of laughable to have him give a commencement speech. Who the hell cares about this old dude.

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Curb Your Enthusiasm is hilarious and modern while the most popular thing Seinfeld has put out since Seinfeld was the Bee Movie. I think that shows where the talent is. Even when Jerry was in Curb, he was awkward as he's not a great on-your-feet type comedian. All the other members of the Seinfeld cast fit in far better than him.

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