I like how Jason starts off being upset that he's always being labeled as George Costanza in auditions and with the general public, then he gradually morphs into ranting, raving George Costanza mode.
The 5 or 6 second shot of Jason processing the news that Larry David, the man who created Seinfeld is now a car salesman is in my opinion the greatest piece of acting in the history of television.
No the genius work is that he'd prove to the world that he can be someone else while playing that he can't be someone else. It'd be a launchpad for his later career.
So here we have Larry David playing a fictionalised version of himself arguing with Jason Alexander - who's also playing a fictionalised version of himself - about the character of George Costanza, who's another fictionalised version of Larry David (the real-life Larry David, not Curb Your Enthusiasm's Costanza-esque Larry David) played by Jason Alexander (the real-life Jason Alexander, not Curb Your Enthusiasm's Costanza-esque Jason Alexander). This scene alone must have inspired both Bojack Horseman and Episodes, and it came out in the year 2001, two years before Arrested Development brought cinema vérité into the mainstream and eight years before Community made being meta cool. Geez. No wonder Curb has 36 Emmys. Larry David is a fucking genius.
Garry Shandling made The Larry Sanders Show in the same vein in the 90s, where he plays a fictionalized version of himself had he became a late-night show host (he was actually given the opportunity to do that in real life). There's also celebrities playing caricaturized versions of themselves as gusts on the show. It inspired both Curb and Extras (Ricky Gervais spoke about his admiration for the show when he met Garry Shandling for a documentary). It's a must watch.
And in season 7, there's a Seinfeld reunion show, where Jason Alexander quits and Larry tries to play George. So we have Julia Louis-Dreyfus playing a fictionalized version of herself playing Elaine Benes, Jerry Seinfeld playing a fictionalized version of himself playing a fictionalized version of himself and Larry David playing a fictionalized version of himself playing an even more fictionalized version of himself.
This scene is so funny because Jason & Larry both talk about how he can play roles other than George, but it's literally like he's playing George here all over again.
@@mattgreek1066 the plot of the one of the season 8 episodes is LITERALLY Larry being a great ideas person he fucking says it himself. Don't gatekeep you elitist fuck.
Jason Alexander is a genius and one of the best actors in history. His performance in Criminal Minds was mind blowing. He also wrote and directed that episode.. true brilliance; should have been a blockbuster movie
The funniest part was this is the first time ever probably in his career after Seinfeld that Jason gets pitched an amazing idea for a show, and Larry plays it down because he's selling cars.
I could listen to Jason yelling at Larry about all the ridiculous things George did in the show, and Larry yelling back that he did actually those things, for hours. HOURS.
Jason is an undeniably talented guy. Played maybe my favorite character in TV history. And he literally owes his entire wealth to Larry. If Larry wasn’t a balding guy, he probably never would’ve even gotten around to writing Seinfeld. Fascinating
God I absolutely love the way Jason morphs into George right as he starts talking about how he's nothing like George. Even the "Uh-Huh" to clear the throat as he's saying bullshit
Larry asked Jonathan to say hi for him to which he blatantly ignored. I love all the subtle passive aggressive jabs they throw at each other in the show LOL
@@taaaaaaaaaaaarheeeee "Breaking the fourth wall" means acknowledging the camera, and the fact this is being filmed, sometimes by literally looking into the camera (a la "The Office"). "Meta" just means referring, within the story, to the show itself. Like on "Seinfeld" by Jerry and George created a show called "Seinfeld".
@@bernlin2000 honestly it sounds and now is confirmed that y’all just saying fancy sounding words to describe normal ass shit. I see The above comment in a new light. Yall Sound like a bunch of douchebags talking like that just an FYI
The beautiful thing is Jason knows that everything he’s referencing is something Larry did in fact do in real life. I don’t know if that was in the outline or how specific it was but it’s just really funny to me lol
just think about, how intelligent that whole scene is. larry david, playing a fictional version of himself, defending the fictional character george costanza, based on the actual larry david. my mind is simply blown away by that.
Completely agree- good way of stating it. Such a creative and bold move by Jason Alexander to do this scene straight. So meta it hurts. I should really watch this show linearly instead of just watching clips.
Jason has said in an interview that he objected to some of George’s scenes during Seinfeld b/c he was sure no one would ever act like that. Then LD told him they were LD’s own real-life stories. Like everything on Curb, nothing is really made up and no one is really acting. Which means LD has made a half billion $$ or so by just putting his own real insufferable self on screen for 30 years.
This is quite a meta scene because Lewis is already playing the exact character Larry is describing for his idea. Lewis is already playing that character right now on curb… Thought that was obvious but after reading the comments most people seem to think it’s about Lewis being George whilst complaining about being George
This is a perfect scene. Not exaggerating. The way Jason snores just like Costanza after both establishing that he is very unlike George, is brilliant. Also, Larry's writing of this scene is so genius that on the surface it makes it seem like Jason Alexander can't get many jobs because people expect a "dumb" George character while in reality Jason isn't getting many jobs precisely because he could never again rise to the level that Larry David set him on by creating the "brilliant" George character. Sorry, hard to explain.
As much as I love Seinfeld as a whole and as much as I understand Fans being fascinated with Kramer George Costenza enbodys that special something for me! It s like good good, Pizza for example ... . You can have craziest kind of stuff in it. But the simple and pure ingrediences like cheese and tomatosauce decide if a creation is able to stand alone. You can choose craziest creations, just as you love to in that Situation, but without great quality of essential little sparks here and there everything falls apart!
So basically jason would be playing a fictionalized version of himself just like larry is doing in real life repeating the pattorn of jason being larry and... i got confused
I like how Jason starts off being upset that he's always being labeled as George Costanza in auditions and with the general public, then he gradually morphs into ranting, raving George Costanza mode.
GEORGE IS GETTING UPSET
WHY AM I RELEGATED TO THIS?!
It was supposed to be the summer of Jason!
The genius is Larry David, that’s what it’s about!
Yeah that's brilliant
Larry getting offended by Jason insulting George always has me dying 💀
Especially since George was based off of Larry himself 💀💀
“how come you didn’t say hello?” larry never misses a thing 😂😂😂😂😂
As soon as Jason hung up, I just knew Larry wouldn't let it slide, it's classic Costanza
Throwing an Uncle Leo line in there.
Funny cos in a much later episode someone asks Larry to say hello and Larry tells them it’s a trite thing to say
Larry: “Say hello for me!”
Jason: “I’ll talk to you later”
"There wasn't an opening." 🤣
this scene was too meta for 2001
ahead of its time
So wierd. The end of an era passed and beginning of a new era
What does meta mean
@@hellaacapella self-referential
Meta?
"I'm...selling cars...I start on Monday"...I fucking lost it on that one lol.
🤣🤣🤣 and that look
The 5 or 6 second shot of Jason processing the news that Larry David, the man who created Seinfeld is now a car salesman is in my opinion the greatest piece of acting in the history of television.
I never get tired of Jason saying the word "coffee".
cuahffy
"cawfee"
cuppa cawhfee
It keeps me up
That's his favorite word from what I heard
I love how jason finds it funny when its posed as a sitcom, but when its EXACTLY what his life is hes furious haha
Lucas Booth Something George would do! 😂
He's pretty oblivious.
I guess sad situations seem funnier when you can detach from them in your own life.
No the genius work is that he'd prove to the world that he can be someone else while playing that he can't be someone else. It'd be a launchpad for his later career.
You just described Larry David’s coping mechanism.
"it wasn't an incredibly noble experiment was it?!" hilarious line!
Well I’m sorry that you hate the character so much!
"Yeah, so what, I ate an éclair out of a garbage can! So what?"
So here we have Larry David playing a fictionalised version of himself arguing with Jason Alexander - who's also playing a fictionalised version of himself - about the character of George Costanza, who's another fictionalised version of Larry David (the real-life Larry David, not Curb Your Enthusiasm's Costanza-esque Larry David) played by Jason Alexander (the real-life Jason Alexander, not Curb Your Enthusiasm's Costanza-esque Jason Alexander). This scene alone must have inspired both Bojack Horseman and Episodes, and it came out in the year 2001, two years before Arrested Development brought cinema vérité into the mainstream and eight years before Community made being meta cool. Geez. No wonder Curb has 36 Emmys. Larry David is a fucking genius.
Garry Shandling made The Larry Sanders Show in the same vein in the 90s, where he plays a fictionalized version of himself had he became a late-night show host (he was actually given the opportunity to do that in real life). There's also celebrities playing caricaturized versions of themselves as gusts on the show. It inspired both Curb and Extras (Ricky Gervais spoke about his admiration for the show when he met Garry Shandling for a documentary). It's a must watch.
this is the best youtube comment i've ever read. and it's so spot on
Curb only has 2 Emmys, but 36 nominations
And in season 7, there's a Seinfeld reunion show, where Jason Alexander quits and Larry tries to play George. So we have Julia Louis-Dreyfus playing a fictionalized version of herself playing Elaine Benes, Jerry Seinfeld playing a fictionalized version of himself playing a fictionalized version of himself and Larry David playing a fictionalized version of himself playing an even more fictionalized version of himself.
These guys are the tops.
This scene is so funny because Jason & Larry both talk about how he can play roles other than George, but it's literally like he's playing George here all over again.
I would love to see Jason Alexander play Hamlet, in the style of George Costanza.
Rememebr when Rosencranzt and Guildenstern were killed instead of Hamlet? The old switcharoo!
Jason was in Pretty Woman I remember and he's been on broadway. This was well done as usual
Ophelia, you're killing independent Hamlet!
@@youdbettertube lol that was one the best RUclips comments of all time
Actually Hamlet is very George.
Jason Alexander raving like George Costanza about how he's not George Costanza.
Meanwhile Larry vehemently defending George Costanza because he actually is George Costanza 🤣
Larry basically pitches Bojack Horseman here.
+Andy White or Birdman
omg so true 😂
LD is the best "ideas guy" you'll ever find, he must be a genius
Ryan Sansaricq I think you’ll find he’s an ‘ideas improver’. As he says himself.
Poor Larry David knowledge there, pull your socks up.
@@mattgreek1066 the plot of the one of the season 8 episodes is LITERALLY Larry being a great ideas person he fucking says it himself. Don't gatekeep you elitist fuck.
Jason Alexander is a genius and one of the best actors in history. His performance in Criminal Minds was mind blowing. He also wrote and directed that episode.. true brilliance; should have been a blockbuster movie
You mean, Costanza.
@@jaypee389 *Can't Stand Ya.😁
Duck man was one of the greatest cartoons of a generation as well
The shock on Jason's face as Larry says "I'm selling cars" always gets me
These guys are basically trolling the audience... and we love it!
Oh my God I completely forgot that Larry David based George Costanza on himself. Now this makes sense in context.
the look on jasons face after larry said, ''I'm selling cars''😂😂😂
The funniest part was this is the first time ever probably in his career after Seinfeld that Jason gets pitched an amazing idea for a show, and Larry plays it down because he's selling cars.
George is getting upset!
nyraider91 😂
"oh..hoh!!!"
j
both one
Ha!!
Outside of Leon, Susie and Richard Lewis, this is the funniest guest on this show. Much respect to Jason for going so far out!
I love these LD interactions that escalate into a shouting match.
I see Larry Arguing with himself. LOL
"Hey Costanza!, Hey Jackass!" lmao
Hilarious 😂
I could listen to Jason yelling at Larry about all the ridiculous things George did in the show, and Larry yelling back that he did actually those things, for hours. HOURS.
Jason is an undeniably talented guy. Played maybe my favorite character in TV history. And he literally owes his entire wealth to Larry. If Larry wasn’t a balding guy, he probably never would’ve even gotten around to writing Seinfeld. Fascinating
And of course Jason knows this
Jason Alexander looks like he belongs a star wars set
Obi-Whine Kenobi.
I mean, 2001 people still wore clothes that were baggy as shit. It was the style formerly.
nice complete sentence
He really does and its funny since he's more of a Star Trek fan too.
He was on _Voyager,_ I think.
"Why am I relegated to this?!" Oh the irony, Jason becomes George....
His pitch was basically the plot of birdman
Exactly.
Or Bojack Horseman in a way
Party Down
Thats been the plot of about a hundred movies so it's not just birdman
@@skankhunt-wy9wy Which ones? I love Birdman and Bojack so I'd love to see more films that explore the same ideas?
Jason Alexander truly is a gifted thespian. i’ve admired his work in movies and television since the 90s.
I'll say right off the bat that I wouldn't buy a used car from Larry David.
He was selling new cars
A new one ?
I would buy a used car from John Voight
@@brandonives8041 The actor, or the periodontist?
@@brandonives8041 🤣🤣🤣
When LD says “I’d like to, but I can’t since I’m selling cars.” I lose my shit every time.
God I absolutely love the way Jason morphs into George right as he starts talking about how he's nothing like George. Even the "Uh-Huh" to clear the throat as he's saying bullshit
Larry asked Jonathan to say hi for him to which he blatantly ignored. I love all the subtle passive aggressive jabs they throw at each other in the show LOL
These pretzels are making me thirsty!!
why is larry so good at being meta without breaking the fourth wall? this is peak self-recursivity, again.
What does any of that mean. Seriously I keep seeing people mention it.
@@taaaaaaaaaaaarheeeee "Breaking the fourth wall" means acknowledging the camera, and the fact this is being filmed, sometimes by literally looking into the camera (a la "The Office"). "Meta" just means referring, within the story, to the show itself. Like on "Seinfeld" by Jerry and George created a show called "Seinfeld".
@@bernlin2000 honestly it sounds and now is confirmed that y’all just saying fancy sounding words to describe normal ass shit. I see The above comment in a new light. Yall Sound like a bunch of douchebags talking like that just an FYI
@@taaaaaaaaaaaarheeeee words cannot express how profoundly stupid your comment is.
@@taaaaaaaaaaaarheeeee lmao this comment is something else.
The beautiful thing is Jason knows that everything he’s referencing is something Larry did in fact do in real life. I don’t know if that was in the outline or how specific it was but it’s just really funny to me lol
"JASON IS GETTING UPSET!"
HEY COSTANZA !
HEY JACKASS
KIlls me every time
larry david just casually throwing out an original tv premise
"I have a range of characters that I can play."--DEFINITELY can't argue with that, Mr. Alexander!
just think about, how intelligent that whole scene is. larry david, playing a fictional version of himself, defending the fictional character george costanza, based on the actual larry david. my mind is simply blown away by that.
He's selling cars.
While pitching an idea used both in Birdman and Bojack
He has a range of characters that he can play and all he gives off is costanza rant vibes. Genius writing
Jason Alexander also put his own spin on the george character
Completely agree- good way of stating it. Such a creative and bold move by Jason Alexander to do this scene straight. So meta it hurts. I should really watch this show linearly instead of just watching clips.
Bald has never looked so glorious.
George Costanza was the greatest TV character of all time...until Larry David appeared on screen.
Jason has said in an interview that he objected to some of George’s scenes during Seinfeld b/c he was sure no one would ever act like that. Then LD told him they were LD’s own real-life stories.
Like everything on Curb, nothing is really made up and no one is really acting.
Which means LD has made a half billion $$ or so by just putting his own real insufferable self on screen for 30 years.
That's the moment when Jason got away from portraying George like Woody Allen and more like LD himself.
One of the very best scenes of Curb.
Jason: I like it, I really do.
Larry: yeah and we'll call it Bojack Horseman!
Jason: eh, I'm out.
I love his he starts acting more like George as the conversation goes along 🤣
0:23 “How come you didn’t say hello”: Larry of course just can’t let such things go without discussion.
This is quite a meta scene because Lewis is already playing the exact character Larry is describing for his idea. Lewis is already playing that character right now on curb…
Thought that was obvious but after reading the comments most people seem to think it’s about Lewis being George whilst complaining about being George
Lisa Kudrow and Matt Leblanc both did shows with a similar premise to what Larry pitched.
“Say hello for me”
Doesn’t say hello for Larry and hangs up
"There wasn't an opening," even as Jason literally told Alan that Larry walked in.
One of my favourite arguments of all time. Both make sense. Both are the same person.
Larrys face when Jason first calls George an idiot
Those blinks Jason does at the end...Gold!
Back in the 90's, I was in a very famous TV show.
George made Jason wealthy beyond believe and now he has to deal with the fact nobody wants to see him do anything else.
He actually is a good actor.
I love how the video title in 2021 is still something you would see as a filename on Napster or Limewire
I love how Larry David genuinely felt offended
He's defending his personality 😂
This is a perfect scene. Not exaggerating. The way Jason snores just like Costanza after both establishing that he is very unlike George, is brilliant. Also, Larry's writing of this scene is so genius that on the surface it makes it seem like Jason Alexander can't get many jobs because people expect a "dumb" George character while in reality Jason isn't getting many jobs precisely because he could never again rise to the level that Larry David set him on by creating the "brilliant" George character. Sorry, hard to explain.
Larry didn’t write this scene out it was improv. Both actors knew what they were supposed to do and talk about, but there was no script.
Yes😊
Pure greatness. Honour it by enjoying it.
He should get an honorary Emmy for George.
*THIS IS SO META*
Larry basically described the premise of birdman 😂😂
I just recently binged Seinfeld and it makes this scene even funnier😂
As much as I love Seinfeld as a whole and as much as I understand Fans being fascinated with Kramer George Costenza enbodys that special something for me! It s like good good, Pizza for example ... . You can have craziest kind of stuff in it. But the simple and pure ingrediences like cheese and tomatosauce decide if a creation is able to stand alone. You can choose craziest creations, just as you love to in that Situation, but without great quality of essential little sparks here and there everything falls apart!
Best episode of Seinfeld
I love the idea of people yelling jackass to Jason Alexander since that's not tied to Seinfeld on any level. 🤣
Did this conversation happen in real life and they just dramatized it
It happened in fake life
Jason Alexander definitely got type cast.
"I'm selling cars. I start on Monday" lmfao
A most confusing and hilarious scene…sheer twisted brilliance.
So basically jason would be playing a fictionalized version of himself just like larry is doing in real life repeating the pattorn of jason being larry and... i got confused
Oh no I've gone crosseyed
He gave you the idea what more do u want costanza
Hahahhaha this couldn't have been too hard for Jason Alexander to improvise (the complaining about Costanza that is).
Am i the only one who thinks the idea for "Birdman" may have come from here... Hahaha
+Patrice Libris Larry got ripped off
Michael Keaton thanks you Larry David.
Two people one mind just fantastic
Larry David basically said the premise of Bojack Horseman
This is god tier content
I’m glad Jason was eventually able to shake off his George character by playing Cosmo in A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
I love Jason Alexander so much, I only hope someday I get to meet him.
I never saw George as an idiot he was clearly intelligent
So this is when Bojack Horseman was pitched
Back in the 90s I was on a very famous tv show 🎵
He just pitched the plot for Birdman.
this is so fxing meta lmfaooo
My two favorite comedians
Ngl that sounds like a great idea for a show
This is so meta on so many levels it breaks my brain
Larry is the best comedian alive.
Funny thing is, when Jason Alexander gets angry his inner george comes out.
I saw a clip of only the argument in this video years ago, and thought that this was a serious fight for YEARS, until I saw it in context just now.
The way he says 'HEYYY JACKASS' kills me
I mean he was George this whole skit lol
like the show "Jerry" in Seinfeld, a show in a show, this is the exact same thing again, he actually just did the idea.. brilliant, so brilliant
This was the first meta scene I ever saw.
The Tuba is such a hilarious instrument.
I like how he clears his throat before he says "they see the idiot" but the favorite part of this video for me is "you know, you know, you know!"