Is Jerry Seinfeld Funny?

Jerry Seinfeld, the almost billion dollar man, just released his new special "23 Hours To Kill" on Netflix. If you haven't watched and don't want to ruin your perception of Seinfeld, I wouldn't recommend doing so. If you have watched it, how far did you get? I have about 23 hours and 28 minutes left to kill. 

Jerry likes to keep things clean. His new stand up has no profanity, no gossip, and no comedy. I'm not saying you need to be dirty to be funny. Nate Bargatze is one of my favorite comedians out there. I just believe that if you're going to do clean stand-up you should at least have punchlines. The biggest laugh that I saw from the crowd came from, "This is out. People talk about going out. We should go out, we never go out, let's go out. Well...this is it." Man, real clever Jerry. This is blogger level funny, not sold out arena funny. 

His comedy should have evolved since the 90's. Jerry's simple observations in stand-up were only given a pass because you knew he was going to get bailed out by Larry David's writing after his thirty seconds was up. I'm a Seinfeld fan, but it's time to admit that Jerry is Robin. No clutch gene. Carried by Larry David his whole career. Think about his own show. Have you ever even heard somebody say that Jerry is their favorite character on Seinfeld? Of course not, how little would you think of that person? 

Jerry has a joke where he talks about doing this special, but obviously not because he needs the money. So what was he trying to prove? I hope it's not that he's just as funny as Larry. It's a crime that Jerry is double LD's net worth, but only half as funny. After they "co-wrote" Seinfeld, Larry went on to create Curb Your Enthusiasm and receive 43 Emmy nominations for it. Jerry created this special where he says "I had bucket list but I changed the B to an F". Which is so bad that it's actually a Kenny Chesney lyric and I don't even think Jerry is aware of that. 

23 Hours To Kill would have been a funny/viral commencement speech, but it makes for a shit comedy special. It made me sad, like watching Shaq play for the Celtics. Just accept that you were only meant to dominate in your era and move on. I'll always have love for Jerry. Seinfeld is iconic. So obviously I'm not saying that I'm funnier than him, but I actually might be.