If you were to ask everyone you know from all ages to name their favorite comedians, the most common name you’ll hear is Jerry Seinfeld. No one has shaped the comedy landscape like him. Out of his four specials, he’s earned four Emmy nominations total. His two big shows in the past three decades have earned him 73 Emmy nominations and 3 Golden Globe wins, an incredible ratio that’s unmatched by any stand-up comedian in history.
Seinfeld’s gifted observational abilities made his comedy relatable to everyone (such as “People’s number one fear is public speaking, number 2 is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? That means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy” - Jerry Seinfeld, “I’m Telling You for the Last Time”) which made his show Seinfeld the 3rd most critically and commercially successful comedy sitcom ever made. It’s fascinating how someone can have less than thirty Writing/Acting/Directing IMDb credits yet garner almost one hundred nominations from the most highly coveted institutions in the entertainment industry. It’s an accomplishment that no one else has done like Seinfeld has, which makes it fair to label him as the Midas of Comedy.
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