# 'Unfrosted' trailer drops. Anybody gonna watch the movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, movies\ **Created:** [March 29, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561 "2024-03-29T13:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/101 "2024-05-09T12:23:45Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Heh? Who you talking about who had fancy hair on the show? All the guys on the show, to the extent they had hair, had pretty standard issue 70s-style haircuts. Thank you for asking. I was/am not sure who was being referenced, either. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/102 "2024-05-09T12:29:53Z")
Presumably Andy Travis, played by Gary Sandy. He was top-billed and ostensibly the central character, the long-suffering program director trying to run herd on a station full of crazies. But yeah, because he was the straight man, people didn’t really tune in to watch him. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/103 "2024-05-09T12:38:44Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Presumably Andy Travis, played by Gary Sandy… because he was the straight man, people didn’t really tune in to watch him. My hair looked exactly like his throughout high school. That was just the style at the time. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/WKRP_Bailey_and_Andy.jpg/220px-WKRP_Bailey_and_Andy.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/WKRP_Bailey_and_Andy.jpg/220px-WKRP_Bailey_and_Andy.jpg) Personally I tuned in to see Jan, on the left there-- the Mary Ann to Loni Anderson’s Ginger 😏 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/104 "2024-05-09T14:01:48Z")
The nonentity in the plaid shirt. Wasn’t it him the theme song was about? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/105 "2024-05-09T14:08:29Z")
Yes, I guess he was ostensibly the main character, if not necessarily the ‘star’ of the show, inasmuch as he was who the theme song was about. But I always thought of the show as very much having an ensemble cast, and I don’t think of his hair as being particularly fancy, so I honestly wasn’t sure who you meant. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/106 "2024-05-09T14:33:39Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > I spent years unwilling to watch Seinfeld, thinking: “why would I watch such a smug dickhead?”. But I learnt to view his dickishness as a feature, rather than a bug. Same thing with Frasier, btw. It’s become in vogue to say Larry David was the real brains behind Seinfeld because of the success of Curb Your Enthusiasm… of course as someone who really doesn’t like Curb but loved Seinfeld, I’d have to say it’s overstated. Curb is like Seinfeld if George was the main character. The perfect blend of Elaine, George, and Kramer with Jerry as the straight man is what makes Seinfeld work so well. And, of course, the writing is perfectly on point. They were a great team, Seinfeld and David, but I think better together than apart (like Lennon and McCartney). ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/107 "2024-05-09T14:50:25Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Also, as it got super-popular, the writers became rather pompously aware of their role as social meme-creators – “yada yada”, “not that there’s anything wrong with that” “not that there’s anything wrong with that” was in The Outing in Season 4, where it was still on the way up. Season 5 is the one where it became super popular - the show was the 25th highest rated show in S4 and 3nd in S5 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/108 "2024-05-09T14:55:45Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > It’s become in vogue to say Larry David was the real brains behind Seinfeld because of the success of Curb Your Enthusiasm… of course as someone who really doesn’t like Curb but loved Seinfeld, I’d have to say it’s overstated. Curb is like Seinfeld if George was the main character. The perfect blend of Elaine, George, and Kramer with Jerry as the straight man is what makes Seinfeld work so well. And, of course, the writing is perfectly on point. They were a great team, Seinfeld and David, but I think better together than apart (like Lennon and McCartney). This is a good analysis, I think. As I said a couple posts upthread, I think Seinfeld and David worked well together because they shared a certain jaded, cynical comic sensibility. But David is better at building fictional scenarios, whereas Seinfeld is more of a straight stand-up comedian. Your ‘Lennon and McCartney’ comparison is spot-on: David, as the ‘Lennon’ of the pair, added depth and complexity, but on his own can be a bit too dark and over-the-top for the masses to appreciate; Seinfeld gave the comedy more mass appeal, but on his own is a bit too glib and superficial. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/109 "2024-05-09T15:02:01Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Curb is like Seinfeld if George was the main character. and if every episode had a budget of seven dollars. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/110 "2024-05-09T15:21:41Z")
Welp! > **[Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted' Has Worst Debut Of Any Netflix No. 1 This Year](https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/05/08/jerry-seinfelds-unfrosted-has-worst-debut-of-any-netflix-no-1-this-year/)** > > Jerry Seinfeld and Melissa McCarthy star in "Unfrosted," the origin story of the Pop-Tart. > [@](#): > > “Unfrosted,” starring Seinfeld and Melissa McCarthy, dropped on Netflix on Friday and racked up 7.1 million views between April 29 and May 5. > > The No. 1 spot is a coveted one for films on Netflix—particularly in their debut week—but 7.1 million views is the lowest number of plays received on a No. 1 movie so far this year, and “Unfrosted” fell below the low opening week for “Heart of the Hunter,” which had 10.9 million views. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/111 "2024-05-09T16:14:40Z")
I don’t have a Netflix account and I haven’t watched the movie. I’ve watched the trailer, read this thread, and read the Wikipedia article. The interesting thing is that when I read the movie’s synopsis on Wikipedia, it sounds like a great movie. A really absurd take a very bland subject. This story had the makings of a great comedy. I tend to agree with what others have said; Jerry Seinfeld was the problem. He’s the heart of this movie (star, director, producer, head writer) and Seinfeld surprisingly lacks a fundamental sense of humor. This movie apparently demonstrates that; Seinfeld took a strong premise but killed the joke. Seinfeld needs somebody like Larry David to make him funny. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/112 "2024-05-09T16:32:38Z")
Dave Chapelle could’ve done it up right. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/113 "2024-05-09T16:40:27Z")
Am I the only person who doesn’t find either Seinfeld OR David even remotely funny? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/114 "2024-05-09T17:34:12Z")
I don’t have much experience with David, but the little I do suggests I wouldn’t like him. I certainly don’t like Seinfeld so you’re not alone in that regard. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/115 "2024-05-09T17:44:50Z")
Humor is of course subjective. But I’ve laughed out loud much more often during any random episode of _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ than during the entirety of _Unfrosted_. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/116 "2024-05-09T17:46:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Am I the only person who doesn’t find either Seinfeld OR David even remotely funny? Seinfeld generally falls flat for me; David is hit-and-miss. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/117 "2024-05-09T20:27:14Z")
Not a Seinfeld fan at all. Not familiar enough with David’s work to have an opinion one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/118 "2024-05-10T00:14:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Am I the only person who doesn’t find either Seinfeld OR David even remotely funny? Dave can be hilarious, but it’s kind of like Monty Python…most is actually not that funny. Search up Dave’s story about meeting OJ Simpson backstage after a show. It’s quite humorous. This was post-murder OJ, too, so you can imagine what they were feeling. Jerry? He was pretty funny in the 80’s and 90’s, but I don’t think his material has been all that great since. I _did_ like Jerry’s standup routine back then, though. Here is Dave’s brief story about OJ. Skip to 1:52 if it does not do it automatically: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NVWXSXiAfZ4/hqdefault.jpg "DAVE CHAPPELLE - All 4 times meeting OJ SIMPSON!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVWXSXiAfZ4&t=112) ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/119 "2024-05-10T00:17:25Z")
He’s taking about Larry David ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561/120 "2024-05-10T00:18:52Z")
Wow, I’m dumb. Still, check out that clip of Dave C. talking about OJ. It’s funny even though apparently unrelated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561.md?page=7)