You know who loves YouTube? Hundreds of millions of people who go there regularly to get their fill of awesome, often times user-generated content that has made the service so popular. You know who hates YouTube? Jerry Seinfeld. In fact, he called the service a “giant garbage can,” and said that the less user-generated content he sees the better. He also claimed that TV is dead as well, so what does that leave us?
Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t want to see your cat videos. Or those shaky-camera skits you made in the backyard. The comedy legend kicked off Crackle’s Upfront in NYC on Tuesday by articulating his decision to bolt traditional TV for the web, and took a pointed jab at user-generated content producers and the “garbage can” that hosts them. “The less the better,” Seinfeld said when asked about less-professional content. “I don’t want to see this crap. We have a giant garbage can called YouTube for user-generated content. We’re trying to generate a little higher level. I think showbusiness is for talent, that’s who should be in it. But let’s keep it in its hierarchy. And I like being at the top of the pyramid.” Seinfeld’s popular series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee runs on the Sony-owned streaming site Crackle. The 55-year-old comedian also explained why — why the man behind NBC’s iconic Seinfeld would choose the internet over the small screen. “TV is over,” is his answer.
