From the YouTube page:
Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld on the gift Bill gave Jerry, Jerry’s attention to detail, the car Jerry picked up Bill in for Comedians in Cars, their respective career maturity, the mistakes Bill made with stand-up crowds, Lorne Michaels’ philosophy on retirement, Bill’s changing desires about performing live, the ruthless nature of Johnny Carson, picking apart compliments, whether there is such a thing as a bad crowd, the genius of Marcus Aurelius, and so much more.
At a point over an hour into the conversation they've been talking about Marcus Aurelius – Seinfeld reads a page or two a day – and they're on the general topic of sophistication (1:06:56):
That's what I think you might find that in in Unfrosted the the Pop Tart movie. It's a silly idea for a movie, but, and the jokes are silly, but as we know there are no silly jokes. They're they're either good or they're not. And you'll find there's a level of sophistication in the silliness.
That is my ultimate. When I first saw Monty Python, when I was a kid on PBS, in the early 70s. I. lost. my. mind. The sophisticated silliness, that they were doing, absolutely lit me up like this is everything that I want, everything that I love.
I think "Get Smart" had that, I think Peter Sellers had that. He's acting dumb, but there is such a sophistication to it. It's because as we know as comedians acting dumb is really not, you know Laurel and Hardy are not stupid. [Maher: no no] I wasn't a stoes guy, but Laural and Hardy is elegant and sophisticated.
Seinfeld goes on to stay that he wasn't a Three Stooges guy and that he didn't like Moe. I agree. He loved "Superman" too.
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