Seinfeld’s 'Unfrosted' and the fate of comedy

The sitcom legend blames political correctness for today’s unfunny entertainment.

One of my favorite G. K. Chesterton observations is “He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.” That’s partly because I like to joke around a lot and partly because I think he was right.

Unfortunately, you won’t find much to laugh about in Jerry Seinfeld’s new comedy about the invention of Pop-Tarts, Unfrosted, now streaming on Netflix. The idea is fun enough: breakfast cereal giants Kellogg’s and Post battle it out in 1963 against a backdrop that oozes the pop culture of that era. X-Ray Spex. Walter Cronkite (played by Kyle Dunnigan). The Twist. John F. Kennedy (Bill Burr). Silly Putty. It’s all there.

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