Jackie: Now your very own ad, which is a binding contract with the American public, stated specifically that if your customers were not greeted with a “hello” that said customer would be entitled to a compensation totaling $100. Not “hey”, not “howdy”, not “how’s it going”. “HELLO”. By your own admission, my client was not greeted with a “hello”, and now you want to try to use a loophole to back out of said contact? It’s deceitful, detestable, deplorable! Bank Manager: Ok he was given a greeting that started with an H, how about we settle at $20? Kramer: DEAL!!! Jackie: Another public humiliation at the hands of this man.
@@KTS_85 Reading comprehension. "You will be greeted with a Hello" Is very specific. A non specific "Too literal" would be "You will be greeted" Hey, Hello are two different greetings. But they specified which of the greetings would be used. That's not too literal. It's basic English.
And that's why Jimmy James is such a great businessman.... he offered 20 cents on the dollar to pay his debt!! Although, "a greeting that starts with an H should have been a greeting starts with an HE (hey) should have been settled for $40... lol
Wooow I wasn't expecting that ending..sitcoms have ruined themselves I was expecting the usual but I guess this is the thing they're copying isn't it lol
Believe it or not, but I know personally many people in New York city who would do exactly such thing. That place is full of such characters. This is the opposite from Midwest nice. 😆
Nobody could've done this scene better than Stephen Root. The delivery's incredible, especially when you think about how banal it would all be on paper.
I love that neither side dug their heels in and acted unreasonable. They found a compromise that left them both feeling good with the situation. I wish we could all act like this in real life.
I love the acting in this scene! This is played so straight and not playing the joke at all. That's the beauty of Seinfeld's actors from the mains to the day players... everyone plays everything for real and it makes it ten times funnier!
supposedly Larry David would instruct actors exactly how to say things which is usually off putting to most actors but they couldn't argue with the results.
Uhh, yeah that is not blowing off a manager. Tellers are the busiest people in the actual bank. I was an IA for Wachovia and tellers were my most beloved co-workers. They are great at getting leads for investment accounts and other business.
Thank you!! I've been saying that for decades!! Although, maybe that was the joke, Kramer settling for 20 when he could have settled for 40. But that's how good of a businessman Jimmy James is!!
Reminds me of a business that advertised a sale of a car for “1030 bananas”. A customer came in with such quantity of bananas to pay for it, but was told it was a figure of speech where the cost is dollars. Customer sued the business for false advertising. This was 1965 when you could buy 3 bananas for a dollar. The incident got on the news, so in retrospect, it might have been a viral publicity stunt by the car dealership to get free press coverage. If it was, it’s brilliant because the traditional commercials would have cost more than a car.
it's nice to see Milton doing better for himself. No basement office for him anymore. Banks are closed on Sunday so. yeeeah, he WON'T have to come in on Sunday.
Kramer always took the deal no matter what. Free Coffee instead of $50,000? "I'll take it!" We stole your Beach cologne and made millions, but we will put you on a bill board as the Marlboro man.'I'll take it!"
Once rumored to be real life Elaine Benes, Carol Leifer is also in this scene....she also portrayed the receptionist for "the delicate genius" who set Costanza off by informing him of the "48 hour cancellation policy".
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They specifically stated the bank has to greet you "with a hello." Jackie Chiles should've gotten on that case.
Head To Soles it would have been another of his many public humiliations.
woulda backfired some how
missed opportunity shame really.
It's preposterous!
Jackie: Now your very own ad, which is a binding contract with the American public, stated specifically that if your customers were not greeted with a “hello” that said customer would be entitled to a compensation totaling $100. Not “hey”, not “howdy”, not “how’s it going”. “HELLO”. By your own admission, my client was not greeted with a “hello”, and now you want to try to use a loophole to back out of said contact? It’s deceitful, detestable, deplorable!
Bank Manager: Ok he was given a greeting that started with an H, how about we settle at $20?
Kramer: DEAL!!!
Jackie: Another public humiliation at the hands of this man.
Only Kramer could walk into a bank with nothing and get $20
Well, as George says, "He falls ass backwards into money."
Kramer probably didn't even have an account at that bank, just went in trying to get free money.
“Oh, I get by”
George Clooney could.
@@dracos24 Are you referencing Clooney as a bank robber in Out of Sight or just that he has natural charisma?
I"ll take it , who told you to take it
Did I tell you to put that balm on??
I know the maestro didn't
He is from that NewsRadio show!
Jimmy James!
0:04 hey.
1:42 how are you doin'? what's happening? what's up?
1:57 how is it going?
Not a single "hello". Kramer should walk out with at least $500.
Hey is hello. Like a friendly greeting, “hey”. You’re taking it much too literally.
@@KTS_85 Reading comprehension.
"You will be greeted with a Hello" Is very specific. A non specific "Too literal" would be "You will be greeted" Hey, Hello are two different greetings. But they specified which of the greetings would be used.
That's not too literal. It's basic English.
@@Cramblit you’ve got a greeting that starts with an H. How’s $20 sound?
And that's why Jimmy James is such a great businessman.... he offered 20 cents on the dollar to pay his debt!! Although, "a greeting that starts with an H should have been a greeting starts with an HE (hey) should have been settled for $40... lol
We’ve discussed this, you’ve got a greeting that starts with an H, how’s $20 bucks sound? I’ll take it!”
The manager's name is Jimmy James
Let me bring some other people in on this one 💀
Worth it!
Kramer always agrees... 20 bucks... ? .i will take it.
Jimmy's the best negotiator
"I'll take it." Haven't we heard that before from Kramer? 😅😅😅
You put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on?
Just all to good. Nothing beats Seinfeld. IMO
Jimmy James and Kramer 😂
I mean to be fair, he goat a greeting, but not a Greeting Hello
Never take the first offer!
Is that the bald chef from Curb?
Wooow I wasn't expecting that ending..sitcoms have ruined themselves I was expecting the usual but I guess this is the thing they're copying isn't it lol
yeah pine is okay
"yeah pines ok..."
I would like to see the manager.
Kramer is the original Karen.
I like Tv series "Seinfeld", but in this episode, Kramer is a just scoundrel, because of such people, this employee can lose his job in real life...
Yes, but this isn't real life.
Not gonna fire a good employee over something like this unless its a repeat occurrence.
I love how Kramer only goes to the bank to get the teller to not say hello. He has no transaction to do.
Yeah lol
Believe it or not, but I know personally many people in New York city who would do exactly such thing. That place is full of such characters. This is the opposite from Midwest nice. 😆
What the opposite of goy?
@@X9523-z3v what is opposite of winner? You are clearly one of those.
@@ernstgoldman3634 Aw shit, gotem!
Nobody could've done this scene better than Stephen Root. The delivery's incredible, especially when you think about how banal it would all be on paper.
My personal pick for greatest character actor.
THE character actor working today
It definitely reminds me of Jimmy James, the man so nice they named him twice. I don't know if this episode came before or after that.
He did the voice of bill in king of the hill
lol that pretty much describes the whole
show.
Root's acting when he says, "I think it's pine" is incredible. I can't explain it, but that little bit was perfect.
I agree, and Seinfeld is full of isolated gems like this. I think that is what makes the series what it is, more than any other quality.
Great casting. Jerry and Larry had an eye for casting
Stephen Root’s delivery & cadence is always on point, whatever character he’s playing - especially when he was on NewsRadio 😂
Agreed lol, absolute legend
Bruh it’s not that deep, it didn’t take any extraordinary acting skills to say “I think it’s pine” 😂
I love that neither side dug their heels in and acted unreasonable. They found a compromise that left them both feeling good with the situation. I wish we could all act like this in real life.
Neither side? Expecting to be paid $100 because he didn't get a literal hello isn't particularly reasonable.
@@SmallSpoonBrigadebut it's their policy.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Completely reasonable since that is literally their policy.. If not it should be you will be greeted period.. no hello..
Negotiating the price up to around 50 would have been more reasonable, he sold himself short at 20 down from 100.
But unfortunately Republicans and Democrats exist, so that'll never happen.
Stephen Root is a very good comic actor.
He was great on Newsradio. Would liked to have seen him play a bigger part in this show.
And a good serious actor too.
Is there a show that he hasn't been on?
Give the man his red stapler
Kramer: "What is this oak?"
Bank Manager: "I think it's pine."
Kramer: "Pine is good."
Bank Manager: "Yeah, pine's okay."
Anything is better than poplar
Thanks I forgot that part
I love the acting in this scene! This is played so straight and not playing the joke at all. That's the beauty of Seinfeld's actors from the mains to the day players... everyone plays everything for real and it makes it ten times funnier!
supposedly Larry David would instruct actors exactly how to say things which is usually off putting to most actors but they couldn't argue with the results.
This is literally the best sitcom in history. The way he says “pine is ok” is so damn humorous.
This scene is lowkey comedy genius
Another unsung stellar showstealing performance by the one-and-only Stephen Root.
someone for cs50?
Who is here from CS50’s Introduction to Programming with Python
Problem Set 1.2?
Haha
"Yeah, pine's ok." idk why but that line cracks me up LOL
answer = input(" greeting: ")
new_answer = answer.lower().strip()
if "hello" in new_answer:
print("$0")
elif 'h' == new_answer[0]:
print("$20")
else:
print("$100")
That's my stapler!
Jimmy James
yes its the exact same charictarization maybe a bit mellower. I'm sure he was filming News Radio around same time
If that were Jerry’s policy, Jerry would owe a LOT of money to Uncle Leo.
Stephen Root was great. He was also great in Newsradio.
cs50 gang gimme heads
There's actual people out there that don't like this show and I will never understand why.
I do not, i respect it though.
I HATE the characters, like personally not artistically. They actually make me angry enough i can't enjoy the humor.
@@jaysnow701 You need to learn to separate the art from the artist.
I see it as a sign of mental illness.
Who else is from CS50?
I was just watching CS50….
Amazing performance by the manager lol
4 people at least didn't say "hello".. he should have walk out with at least 400$
Didn’t notice that 😂
Has anyone else noticed how Stephen Root's character is basically the only legitimately nice person in all of Seinfeld?
There were a number of them. Christine Taylor was nice.
What about the executive who lost his job for a chicken joint
@@enjoyitbrohahaha I love this comment 😂😂😂😂
What about Kevin and his bizarro friends? Gene, Feldman, and the guy from across the hall?
The manager is Jimmy James from "NewsRadio"
He's in Office Space and Get Out, too
It’s amazing what stapler addiction can do to a man
No red Swingline on Root’s desk. Damn.
And to think just a few years later he would go to sorting and collating at Initech
The “What’s happening?” guy for SURE entitles Kramer to $100. 😂
It was the girl the guy said “what’s up”
@@XANSEM Yeah, it has to at least start with an H.
How about 80 bucks?
is that Milton from office space?
1:35 none of them day hello...kramer is like wtf lol
30 and i want that pen.
No teller would blow off the manager like that.
Uhh, yeah that is not blowing off a manager. Tellers are the busiest people in the actual bank. I was an IA for Wachovia and tellers were my most beloved co-workers. They are great at getting leads for investment accounts and other business.
Yea, pine is okay
Stephen Root on Seinfeld... I mean, come ON! It's not Philip Baker Hall good, but lordy Stephen Root makes me smile like an Oh Henry bar!
Kramer is a bum
Your bum is a bum
love Seinfeld, some how my cs50 course brought me here
same
🤑Should have been 40 bucks.
Hey contains 2 of the 5 letters in Hello
Thank you!! I've been saying that for decades!! Although, maybe that was the joke, Kramer settling for 20 when he could have settled for 40. But that's how good of a businessman Jimmy James is!!
Stephen Root is the best
Who told him to take it!?
probably the maestro
He was taking advice from a damn caddy
You got a greeting it starts with an H, how's 20 bucks sound. 😄
Bill Dautrieve as bank mgr.😅
Reminds me of a business that advertised a sale of a car for “1030 bananas”. A customer came in with such quantity of bananas to pay for it, but was told it was a figure of speech where the cost is dollars. Customer sued the business for false advertising. This was 1965 when you could buy 3 bananas for a dollar. The incident got on the news, so in retrospect, it might have been a viral publicity stunt by the car dealership to get free press coverage. If it was, it’s brilliant because the traditional commercials would have cost more than a car.
Was the salesman wearing a gorilla suit?
I can see Kramer walking in there with exactly 1030 bananas. :P
Stevie Root elevates everything.
Funny. I don't see a Swingline stapler anywhere on that 'pine' desk.
I don't consider hey "hello" but i do consider hey "a hello".
Red stapler???? is that you???? as big GM of a bank???? nohh it cant be
Nice that Milton became a bank manager
Me when watching clips from this show: 😐
it's nice to see Milton doing better for himself. No basement office for him anymore. Banks are closed on Sunday so. yeeeah, he WON'T have to come in on Sunday.
he should have held out. hey is not hello
Kramer always settles. Always wants to get something without a big fight, just a little push
who came here for CS50 🙂
And Jimmy James was born.
I wouldn’t have taken it
$20 was a lot back then
"You got a greeting that starts with an H how does 20 bucks sound?" lmao
That's Jimmy James everyday 😂
I don't see a red stapler on the desk.
It burned up in the arson of the Initech building.
Kramer always took the deal no matter what.
Free Coffee instead of $50,000? "I'll take it!"
We stole your Beach cologne and made millions, but we will put you on a bill board as the Marlboro man.'I'll take it!"
last line was unexpected. how come this isn't in the negotiation compilation?
Jimmy James
Pine is good.
This would have been a great spot to bust out "hey is for horses"
This is technically hilarious
I agree with Kramer. Give him $100
Why is the manager’s desk in the middle of the main room? Lol
His door is always open.
Kramer is 100% wrong. "Hey" is another version of hello, and at the very least he is being petty as hell and making it a problem out of greed.
Good for Kramer, stick n' it it to the man.
Where is his red stapler?
Bill Dautrive of King of The Hill as bank manager
Hey isn't hello. Hey is a greeting. But it is not hello.
He was owed 100 when he walked in 400 more while they conversed amongst themselves and walked out with 20.
Once rumored to be real life Elaine Benes, Carol Leifer is also in this scene....she also portrayed the receptionist for "the delicate genius" who set Costanza off by informing him of the "48 hour cancellation policy".
I'm 100% in agreement with Kramer. "Hey" is not the same as "hello".
It would have been funnier if there were a whole mess of people in line and he pulled all the tellers off their seats to indulge Kramer’s nonsense!
I was hoping there would be a red staapler on the desk.