{"id":1408,"date":"2007-10-23T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/10\/not-that-theres-anything-wrong.html"},"modified":"2007-10-23T12:00:50","modified_gmt":"2007-10-23T12:00:50","slug":"not-that-theres-anything-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/10\/not-that-theres-anything-wrong.html","title":{"rendered":"Seinfeld Credits Scientology…’Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Seinfeld071022.jpg\"Remember the “Seinfeld” episode in which Jerry and George try to convince a reporter that they aren’t a gay couple, but try to come across as politically correct by spouting the phrase, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that?” It’s that mockingly PC catch phrase that immediately came to mind when I read that Jerry Seinfeld is crediting Scientology with helping create his stand-up style and early success.
\nThe famed funnyman told Parade Magazine<\/a> that he was introduced to Scientology by a High School auto mechanics teacher. “I last really studied, oh, it\u2019s almost 30 years ago. But what I did do, I really liked, in terms of it\u2019s very…it was interesting. Believe it or not…it\u2019s extremely intellectual and clinical in its approach to problem-solving, which really appealed to me. In my early years of stand-up, it was very helpful. I took a couple of courses. One of them was in communication, and I learned some things about communication that really got my act going.”
\n\u201cIt was just things about understanding the communications cycle… Even the volume at which I\u2019m speaking now is the right volume for where you\u2019re sitting. I\u2019m almost performing, in a way….Just a little thing like that, understanding that really helped me on stage to understand how you have to invade the space of the audience a little bit.”
\nSo it turns out that the world’s favorite neurotic, New York City Jew — other than Woody Allen — studied the controversial Scientology technology to help hone his craft. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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