obviously Curb Your Enthusiasm. as far as just generally, authentically funny shows, Arrested Development is great and smart. the Eric Andre Show is almost a post-modern comedic program. as good as The Office or Parks and Rec is, which are extremely popular and everyone loves to fawn over, they leave something to be desired creatively, in my opinion
+bjnwright If you have seen the office UK you may have seen these as well, but il name them anyway because they are equally brilliant: Extras, Life's Too Short and Derek. They are all different as well so its not like it gets stale because they all were made by Gervais.
I always knew that Seinfeld was a fanastic show when I'd watch it with my mom in the 90's. However now that I'm almost 40 (around the same age as the show characters) I feel quite drawn to it, hearing about all the hard work and creativity that went into it, it really solidifies what a legendary sitcom it was. I consider myself fortunate to have watched most of it on the origional airings.
To me Seinfeld, Barney Miller, The Odd Couple, Frasier, King of The Hill, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Andy Griffith Show were series with humor that is truly timeless. That was because the creators\writers purposely made them that way instead of making dated jokes or storylines. These shows are as funny now as they were when they aired and imo funnier then a lot of so called "comedies" out there now.
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I honestly don’t think there has ever been a TV series that can equal Seinfeld and it’s unique sense of humor. As people have said it is timeless and you could almost run your life by these episodes
Seems like everyone involved in the show worked tirelessly & just flat-out busted their asses on each episode, with Larry & Jerry most definitely putting in more time than anyone else. L&J worked their butts off to make certain that every episode was strong. Seinfeld - Brilliant sit-com! - My favorite by far!
It amazes me how much of comedy and humuor Seinfeld and Larry knows. Just the little things like "wait three seconds, then saiy it", or the right angle for a joke on television...truly geniuses.
"taking care of each other" is the golden rule of improv -- it's absolutely not at all surprising that they made the rule work like magic in such a well-written show.
This is one show I certainly hope they don't try to reboot. Just leave it alone, it's done, it's over. Sure, I miss it like crazy, it's my favorite show of all time, but you can't reboot this. This is it. Once in a lifetime show that cannot be redone. Good times...
Thank god for Seinfeld and these brilliantly talented people. Thank god for the people at NBC that saw something in Jerry, offered him a show and the one guy at NBC who despite poor test feedback, knew there was something there and stuck his job on it. Honestly. I can't imagine a world without this show
maybe the best part about Seinfeld aside from it being so hilarious is that it's probably the most successful sitcom to be able to weave both in A and B and sometimes c plot together for it to meet at the end and be hilarious.
Totally agree,I love how even the tiniest indiscretion by one, comes back to haunt either they or one of the others later in the show,the episodes with Jon Voight's car for instance are classics
I love the 'UN cleaning-lady' storyline at 5:04...I think Larry was wrong about that :) And I remember there was a storyline that never made it, that Larry also rejected, about George's birth certificate having a spelling mistake on it meaning that he was actually called 'Gorge' not 'George'...again, I love it. There must be so much gold that never made it past the writers' room.
I think Larry was dead on with it being a joke that doesn't pan out. Long joke with a long buildup for little payoff and premised on miscommunication that requires too much suspension of disbelief.
@@jakelm4256 That's what makes it funny. The intentional ridiculousness of it. It's one of those jokes where the writers are basically winking at you throughout, saying 'yes we know this is ridiculous and unbelievable, that's what makes it funny'. I like those kinds of jokes.
"We were all about the writing. We didn't really want to hear from anybody, talk to anybody. It was just writing and rehearsing." If only every show was like this.
The only other shows I know that were this dedicated to the writing and rehearsing were Barney Miller and The Odd Couple. That kind of work ethic is so rare now because a lot of people don't even want to be doing sitcoms much less put that much effort into making them unlike back then
@@8LegoVogel8 the other thing that makes Seinfeld my favorite comedy show is it's commitment to "funny" Larry and Jerry have said before that the determining factor for what made the show was "is this funny?" Jerry was always willing to take a secondary role in script if it meant a funnier show which I always respected
A very very long time ago my brother told me about this new show he saw because of flirting with the TV converter. It was on very late on a Thursday nights, so I tuned in the next week. I've never turned back. GREAT show! Seeing Jerry doing stand-up a few very special evenings.
These insights into the process of the show 'Seinfeld' are gold! For all of us who love and still love this show this is surely amazing! I note that the ONLY one to talk, or even hint, about MONEY was actor Tim Kaiser .... makes me wonder, for all the incredible success of this show, did these actors not get premium pay?
Larry David and Jerry made much more money. There are accounts online of comments from the other actors. Not positive but I think they all remain cordial. They all got together again for a reunion in the 7th season of Curb so no hard feelings I guess. They all continue to collect royalties every time it’s on TV. I think it’s on TBS or something every evening. And maybe the CW or something like that. For now it has been on Hulu, but it is moving to Netflix in 2021. I am sure that they are all going to get a good amount of money from that. And Larry and Jerry DID create the show and put much more time into writing and editing. An idea is worth a lot. It’s up for debate. I don’t know what’s right. But that is what I know about it. There is stuff online. Just google it. I’ll do the same so as to get up to date on what really happened and decide how I feel about it from there
30:34 What a great name for an editor - Skip Collector! I wonder if they saved all the footage they skipped. Would be interesting to watch the full shows without them removed.
I gave Jerry the benefit of the doubt there and assumed laurel canyon was a tight hairpin steep road that you could look over and down to see the tail-lights of the person trying to catch you.
My buddies and I played pool on Friday nights in the 90's and of course Seinfeld being on Thursday nights was the topic of the night almost every week!
13:19 Chekhov once said something like: "If a gun appears in the first act, it better be used until the last". This is it you know. Except the gun is a Titleist or a Fussily Jerry. The way the stories were interconnected. That's what made Seinfeld great. And I don't care what anybody says - Larry and Jerry are legit geniuses.
I hate that Chekhov quote. Most of my favourite films or TV shows ignore it entirely. Eg. the greatest Sopranos episode of all time has a plotline that goes absolutely nowhere, and a central character whose disappearance is never explained. I think people have misinterpreted that Chekhov quote as some kind of rule. It really shouldn't be.
@@thesprawl2361Alright, it shouldn't be a rule. I agree. But that doesn't disprove that a classically told story with a coherent plotline can't be good and enjoyable. And if it strives to be coherent, then it better have no excess parts. There's a difference beetween stories that crumble for lack of coherence and stories that don't want to be coherent at all. But both methods have something in common - some intent from the author, a point to the chosen method.
@@pointblack808 I think it makes a lot of sense, in that you've only got a certain amount of time to tell your story so there should be as few loose ends as possible. And mostly it's a good rule to follow. Most writers follow it instinctively. My problem is when it gets in the way of ambiguity and mystery, when writers and directors feel the need to explain everything to the viewer and explicitly answer every question. I notice that a lot recently for some reason - writers, directors, leading the viewer by the nose, not allowing them to either figure things out for themselves or just not telling them the answer at all. Treating the audience like dummies, as though humans can't stand ambiguity and mystery, when in reality humans _like_ ambiguity and mystery, at least when it's done properly.
@@thesprawl2361 Of course! My favorite movies, and tv shows, and books were always the ones that left me ambiguous. For example, my favorite author is William Faulkner. And you can't get more ambiguous than stream-of-consciousness ambiguous. But Faulkner knew the value of anchor-points. Various objects would often reapear, and they always carried some deep significance. He would not just show them, instead he would give meaning to them. They weren't just hints to the reader, although that was part of their function. Think Mulholland Drive and the blue box. That damn box contains the meaning of the whole movie, but you'll never gonna see what's inside. My question is, can you tell a story with no structure at all? And if you can't, how can you avoid things reappearing? And by things, I don't necessarily mean shiny blue boxes or guns or golf balls. I mean references in the broadest sense.
@@pointblack808 I was going to reference Lynch. He'd be the cornerstone of everything I love about cinematic and televisual ambiguity. Depending on how I'm feeling, the third season of Twin Peaks might be the greatest TV show ever made. "My question is, can you tell a story with no structure at all?" Probably not. Story is structure, by definition. I'd say the closest I've seen anything get is Lynch's work. But even something like Twin Peaks, which has an entire episode in its third(astonishing) season that starts out by diving into an atomic explosion and then roams through the chaos inside/outside...even that show has a conventional soap opera structure for a skeleton. It's nice to think of going really crazy and creating something completely structureless, but the truth is that almost always the results are very dull. We do it automatically anyway, every time we fall asleep and dream. That's true structureless narrative, and everyone knows how bloody boring listening to someone talk about their dreams is. Lynch has been trying to recreate dreams in cinematic form his whole career, and he only gets away with it because he's such a master at tone and atmosphere, and at suggesting just enough meaning to the viewer that they can credibly believe that the story actually makes sense. I sometimes think that he has no concrete idea what his films mean, yet I don't mind, because they're so beautiful, haunting and they leave me with a sense of something...more. They always hint at something bigger than themselves.
Yes, I admit I was speeding but it was to save a man's life. A close friend. An innocent person who wanted nothing more out of life than to love, to be loved and to be a banker.
Amazing. ...I'd been saying for years that the writing & creation of these shows had to really be something special. You know, like a real group-effort of a painstaking labor of serious passion & love, etc. etc. Sure enough, it's that and much more. ...Also, take a listen to how well the group "gelled" and adopted various rituals for their different responsibilities. Can you get a more fascinating group dynamic than this?
I’m always struck by what a serious and no-nonsense guy Michael Richards is. Nothing at all like Cramer. The rest of them you can see their real personalities shining through their characters here and there.
That's what makes Michael such an incredible actor. He is so convincing as Kramer that you think he's got to be like that in real life. The same type of thing was like that with Carroll O'Conner(All in the Family) and Sherman Hemsley(George Jefferson). Such great talents we lost to either death or fading into obscurity.
I remember the first time I ever saw him. I think it was in the early 80s there was a show called Fridays and he was freaking hilarious on it! The one skit that stays on my mind Is where he is dressed like a kid on a mound of dirt playing with his soldiers and he won’t let his sister play but he burns the army men, screams, rolls around, and makes the sound effects and jumps in the air with his physical comedy! I hated to see how bad it was for him after that night club incident. I think he is a comedic genius! Love the guy!
@@kendallrivers1119 Here's a current talent: Colleen Ballinger (Miranda Sings) Netflix- Haters Back Off [Or RUclips- Miranda Sings. The latter is her just ad libbing into the camera. I think she has 10 million subscribers to Miranda's channel and 9 million to her Colleen Ballinger channel.]
@@KimbrellBrad They show a snippet of that performance on the DVD extras. The night club incident was bad - he shouldn't have said that. OTOH, why is a piece of shit like Mel Gibson still working in Hollywood while Michael Richards is untouchable? Mel Gibson said much, much, much worse things, repeatedly, and never apologised, and he won an oscar afterwards. So I don't quite understand how that works. Not that I'm a huge fan of Michael Richards or anything, it just seems inconsistent.
Looks like you are taking "literally" literally. Jerry's sense is actually correct, as seen from Merriam-webster below. "2: in effect : VIRTUALLY -used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible - "will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice" - Norman Cousins
@@niimoithompson7667 Merriam-Webster added a second usage of the word to mean "virtually," but added the disclaimer that "Since some people take sense 2 to be the opposite of sense 1, it has been frequently criticized as a misuse. Instead, the use is pure hyperbole intended to gain emphasis, but it often appears in contexts where no additional emphasis is necessary."
Brian Cranston - "He would stand there and watch something and go ... Okay Wait, thats not funny. Wait, delay yourself three seconds. All right, try it. Okay, now its funny" Crazyness.
“We laboured over the writing” and that is why it is the greatest television series; the writing.
I could honestly watch Seinfeld making-ofs forever. So many geniuses at work, especially the creators.
Infra Red same here man. Any others that you'd recommend bro?
obviously Curb Your Enthusiasm. as far as just generally, authentically funny shows, Arrested Development is great and smart. the Eric Andre Show is almost a post-modern comedic program.
as good as The Office or Parks and Rec is, which are extremely popular and everyone loves to fawn over, they leave something to be desired creatively, in my opinion
Matt Nirmaier thanks man. the office UK, I thought, was absolute genius.
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If you have seen the office UK you may have seen these as well, but il name them anyway because they are equally brilliant: Extras, Life's Too Short and Derek. They are all different as well so its not like it gets stale because they all were made by Gervais.
Fascinating to see how many storyline were direct from the writers' own lives.
To be honest most sitcoms do that. Everybody Loves Raymond, The Dick Van Dyke Show etc.
I always knew that Seinfeld was a fanastic show when I'd watch it with my mom in the 90's. However now that I'm almost 40 (around the same age as the show characters) I feel quite drawn to it, hearing about all the hard work and creativity that went into it, it really solidifies what a legendary sitcom it was. I consider myself fortunate to have watched most of it on the origional airings.
21:34 - The people in that audience no matter how happy they are REALLY have no idea how lucky they were to be there for this.
The Seinfeld extras is the most detailed and deepest in TV dvd history. Period.
What about the extras for Lord of the Rings 👀👀👀
@@googleuser25 'TV' DVD history
@@GacMan47 Whops, I didn't see the "TV" bit. Sorry!
This is a body of work that will outlive everyone who made it happen.
Facts
This is GOLD, Jerry. GOLD.
Lat igo LOL Banya, LOL. 😂
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I actually laughed when I read that. That line be one of the lines 50 years from now
Even after 26 years of the show, the jokes so relatable today. Such a phenomenal show.
Nelson Robert Willis lmao how’s being in the shadow of the U.S.? Also you’re soooo edgy
To me Seinfeld, Barney Miller, The Odd Couple, Frasier, King of The Hill, Everybody Loves Raymond and The Andy Griffith Show were series with humor that is truly timeless. That was because the creators\writers purposely made them that way instead of making dated jokes or storylines. These shows are as funny now as they were when they aired and imo funnier then a lot of so called "comedies" out there now.
It's literally timeless...it will never get old
Best sitcom ever!!
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This show stands the test of time. Best sitcom ever made
I can't get enough of these shows
I honestly don’t think there has ever been a TV series that can equal Seinfeld and it’s unique sense of humor. As people have said it is timeless and you could almost run your life by these episodes
Well... Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, Married with Children, and The King of Queens just to name a few They ain't slouchs either.
Seems like everyone involved in the show worked tirelessly & just flat-out busted their asses on each episode, with Larry & Jerry most definitely putting in more time than anyone else. L&J worked their butts off to make certain that every episode was strong. Seinfeld - Brilliant sit-com! - My favorite by far!
Amazing behind the scenes view of the production that I never knew existed. What a treasure we have in RUclips content these days!
Greatest show of all time and the network didn’t ruin it trying to tell them what to do.
It amazes me how much of comedy and humuor Seinfeld and Larry knows. Just the little things like "wait three seconds, then saiy it", or the right angle for a joke on television...truly geniuses.
"taking care of each other" is the golden rule of improv -- it's absolutely not at all surprising that they made the rule work like magic in such a well-written show.
What made the show funny was the unique concepts, the writing process... and the performances of Michael Richards and Jason Alexander
It's insane how much work and effort went into making this show, and their emphasis on keeping genuinely funny material the priority
5:06 “There’s a big mess on the floor at the UN.” Fantastic!!
This is one show I certainly hope they don't try to reboot. Just leave it alone, it's done, it's over. Sure, I miss it like crazy, it's my favorite show of all time, but you can't reboot this. This is it. Once in a lifetime show that cannot be redone. Good times...
So nice to see these talented actors enjoying themselves while entertaining us! The show is pure genius.
The best sitcom. Ever. Thanks for your effort, you've given the world a lot of laughter and joy, no words can explain how much... :-)
WOW, I'm only 4 minuets in and this is the best show ever. Didn't watch in the nineties. Now in my 50's and I'm loving it.
Thank god for Seinfeld and these brilliantly talented people. Thank god for the people at NBC that saw something in Jerry, offered him a show and the one guy at NBC who despite poor test feedback, knew there was something there and stuck his job on it. Honestly. I can't imagine a world without this show
7:37 this man's voice is hilarious , funny to hear without saying any jokes :).
Great to see the amount of commitment and effort put into the series, it surely paid off 🙏🏽❤️😁😂
maybe the best part about Seinfeld aside from it being so hilarious is that it's probably the most successful sitcom to be able to weave both in A and B and sometimes c plot together for it to meet at the end and be hilarious.
I think the same thing about it. I'm always amazed how they pull it off like that.
Totally agree,I love how even the tiniest indiscretion by one, comes back to haunt either they or one of the others later in the show,the episodes with Jon Voight's car for instance are classics
The Simpsons took that to a whole new level
I dunno, The Simpsons often has just really strong A stories. I love the Simpsons, but it's a different style of story telling.
I thought the Cubans episode was amazing for that.
I love the 'UN cleaning-lady' storyline at 5:04...I think Larry was wrong about that :) And I remember there was a storyline that never made it, that Larry also rejected, about George's birth certificate having a spelling mistake on it meaning that he was actually called 'Gorge' not 'George'...again, I love it. There must be so much gold that never made it past the writers' room.
I cant even imagine what didn't get made...
I think Larry was dead on with it being a joke that doesn't pan out. Long joke with a long buildup for little payoff and premised on miscommunication that requires too much suspension of disbelief.
They could have made it work.
@@jakelm4256 That's what makes it funny. The intentional ridiculousness of it. It's one of those jokes where the writers are basically winking at you throughout, saying 'yes we know this is ridiculous and unbelievable, that's what makes it funny'. I like those kinds of jokes.
It's a funny idea, just not a "Seinfeld" idea.
Genius. Seriously the most brilliant show EVER
"We were all about the writing. We didn't really want to hear from anybody, talk to anybody. It was just writing and rehearsing."
If only every show was like this.
The only other shows I know that were this dedicated to the writing and rehearsing were Barney Miller and The Odd Couple. That kind of work ethic is so rare now because a lot of people don't even want to be doing sitcoms much less put that much effort into making them unlike back then
Sounds just like the last seasons of GOT...
@@8LegoVogel8 the other thing that makes Seinfeld my favorite comedy show is it's commitment to "funny" Larry and Jerry have said before that the determining factor for what made the show was "is this funny?" Jerry was always willing to take a secondary role in script if it meant a funnier show which I always respected
Best comedy show of all time
That was fascinating. Thank you for posting this.
Had no idea how much work was involved. Amazing talented people. Fascinating. Unique.
I can't believe I haven't seen this til now. Freakin' AWESOME stuff.
I love Seinfeld.
i miss that show tremendously. i didnt know how much i would miss it when it ended.
Seinfeld - what an amazing show, what an amazing cast !
So many great memories 😃🥰🌝🌛
A very very long time ago my brother told me about this new show he saw because of flirting with the TV converter. It was on very late on a Thursday nights, so I tuned in the next week. I've never turned back. GREAT show! Seeing Jerry doing stand-up a few very special evenings.
These insights into the process of the show 'Seinfeld' are gold! For all of us who love and still love this show this is surely amazing! I note that the ONLY one to talk, or even hint, about MONEY was actor Tim Kaiser .... makes me wonder, for all the incredible success of this show, did these actors not get premium pay?
Larry David and Jerry made much more money. There are accounts online of comments from the other actors. Not positive but I think they all remain cordial. They all got together again for a reunion in the 7th season of Curb so no hard feelings I guess. They all continue to collect royalties every time it’s on TV. I think it’s on TBS or something every evening. And maybe the CW or something like that. For now it has been on Hulu, but it is moving to Netflix in 2021. I am sure that they are all going to get a good amount of money from that. And Larry and Jerry DID create the show and put much more time into writing and editing. An idea is worth a lot. It’s up for debate. I don’t know what’s right. But that is what I know about it. There is stuff online. Just google it. I’ll do the same so as to get up to date on what really happened and decide how I feel about it from there
Genius show
That cleaning lady working at the UN idea would have been hilarious.
That was amazing...I can't believe I watched this whole thing.
Wonderful to watch.
Many thanks.....all the way from London !
Great video. So informative about what it took and what went on producing this amazing show.
Larry talking about the censors @18:02 is fantastic
Best comedy show ever. Funny it didn't almost make it to prime time. First time I watched I was hooked.
This was a terrific watch.
30:57 LOL!!! Jerry took that metaphor is a MUCH darker direction than I would have thought.
It would be interesting to see a "Director's cut"-version of the series where they include good stuff that they had to cut out due to the time limit.
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What a truly insightful 33 minutes. It really revealed how things work for a television show.
Best.show.ever.
30:34 What a great name for an editor - Skip Collector!
I wonder if they saved all the footage they skipped. Would be interesting to watch the full shows without them removed.
28:48 so not only was he driving like a maniac, he was doing it in REVERSE?!
LOL, I just got to that scene, and lol... I remembered seeing your comment! F'ing hilarious story!
I gave Jerry the benefit of the doubt there and assumed laurel canyon was a tight hairpin steep road that you could look over and down to see the tail-lights of the person trying to catch you.
And all the while holding an egg on a spoon!
Great lessons on writing....on Life!
My buddies and I played pool on Friday nights in the 90's and of course Seinfeld being on Thursday nights was the topic of the night almost every week!
13:19 Chekhov once said something like: "If a gun appears in the first act, it better be used until the last". This is it you know. Except the gun is a Titleist or a Fussily Jerry. The way the stories were interconnected. That's what made Seinfeld great.
And I don't care what anybody says - Larry and Jerry are legit geniuses.
I hate that Chekhov quote. Most of my favourite films or TV shows ignore it entirely. Eg. the greatest Sopranos episode of all time has a plotline that goes absolutely nowhere, and a central character whose disappearance is never explained.
I think people have misinterpreted that Chekhov quote as some kind of rule. It really shouldn't be.
@@thesprawl2361Alright, it shouldn't be a rule. I agree. But that doesn't disprove that a classically told story with a coherent plotline can't be good and enjoyable. And if it strives to be coherent, then it better have no excess parts. There's a difference beetween stories that crumble for lack of coherence and stories that don't want to be coherent at all. But both methods have something in common - some intent from the author, a point to the chosen method.
@@pointblack808 I think it makes a lot of sense, in that you've only got a certain amount of time to tell your story so there should be as few loose ends as possible. And mostly it's a good rule to follow. Most writers follow it instinctively.
My problem is when it gets in the way of ambiguity and mystery, when writers and directors feel the need to explain everything to the viewer and explicitly answer every question.
I notice that a lot recently for some reason - writers, directors, leading the viewer by the nose, not allowing them to either figure things out for themselves or just not telling them the answer at all. Treating the audience like dummies, as though humans can't stand ambiguity and mystery, when in reality humans _like_ ambiguity and mystery, at least when it's done properly.
@@thesprawl2361 Of course! My favorite movies, and tv shows, and books were always the ones that left me ambiguous. For example, my favorite author is William Faulkner. And you can't get more ambiguous than stream-of-consciousness ambiguous. But Faulkner knew the value of anchor-points. Various objects would often reapear, and they always carried some deep significance. He would not just show them, instead he would give meaning to them. They weren't just hints to the reader, although that was part of their function.
Think Mulholland Drive and the blue box. That damn box contains the meaning of the whole movie, but you'll never gonna see what's inside.
My question is, can you tell a story with no structure at all? And if you can't, how can you avoid things reappearing? And by things, I don't necessarily mean shiny blue boxes or guns or golf balls. I mean references in the broadest sense.
@@pointblack808 I was going to reference Lynch. He'd be the cornerstone of everything I love about cinematic and televisual ambiguity. Depending on how I'm feeling, the third season of Twin Peaks might be the greatest TV show ever made.
"My question is, can you tell a story with no structure at all?"
Probably not. Story is structure, by definition. I'd say the closest I've seen anything get is Lynch's work. But even something like Twin Peaks, which has an entire episode in its third(astonishing) season that starts out by diving into an atomic explosion and then roams through the chaos inside/outside...even that show has a conventional soap opera structure for a skeleton.
It's nice to think of going really crazy and creating something completely structureless, but the truth is that almost always the results are very dull. We do it automatically anyway, every time we fall asleep and dream. That's true structureless narrative, and everyone knows how bloody boring listening to someone talk about their dreams is.
Lynch has been trying to recreate dreams in cinematic form his whole career, and he only gets away with it because he's such a master at tone and atmosphere, and at suggesting just enough meaning to the viewer that they can credibly believe that the story actually makes sense. I sometimes think that he has no concrete idea what his films mean, yet I don't mind, because they're so beautiful, haunting and they leave me with a sense of something...more. They always hint at something bigger than themselves.
Yes, I admit I was speeding but it was to save a man's life. A close friend. An innocent person who wanted nothing more out of life than to love, to be loved and to be a banker.
12:29 check out Michael Richards rockin the Canadian Tuxedo...
Kevin W good catch EH
*Catalina Breeze...*
Great upload - thank you.
Amazing. ...I'd been saying for years that the writing & creation of these shows had to really be something special. You know, like a real group-effort of a painstaking labor of serious passion & love, etc. etc.
Sure enough, it's that and much more. ...Also, take a listen to how well the group "gelled" and adopted various rituals for their different responsibilities. Can you get a more fascinating group dynamic than this?
i feel like there are more making ofs for seinfeld then there are episodes :O
4:51 Alec Beeeerrrg, Mr Beeerrrg.
What can I do for you, Jerry?
That's such a great John Houseman name LOLOL Did you do your homework, Mr. Beeergh?
I never in a million years pictured him looking like that...
I’m always struck by what a serious and no-nonsense guy Michael Richards is. Nothing at all like Cramer. The rest of them you can see their real personalities shining through their characters here and there.
True. Watch him in bloopers. Most of the time he isn't laughing and seems pissed a little bit at the waste of time the blooper is taking.
That's what makes Michael such an incredible actor. He is so convincing as Kramer that you think he's got to be like that in real life. The same type of thing was like that with Carroll O'Conner(All in the Family) and Sherman Hemsley(George Jefferson). Such great talents we lost to either death or fading into obscurity.
I remember the first time I ever saw him. I think it was in the early 80s there was a show called Fridays and he was freaking hilarious on it! The one skit that stays on my mind Is where he is dressed like a kid on a mound of dirt playing with his soldiers and he won’t let his sister play but he burns the army men, screams, rolls around, and makes the sound effects and jumps in the air with his physical comedy! I hated to see how bad it was for him after that night club incident. I think he is a comedic genius! Love the guy!
@@kendallrivers1119 Here's a current talent: Colleen Ballinger (Miranda Sings) Netflix- Haters Back Off [Or RUclips- Miranda Sings. The latter is her just ad libbing into the camera. I think she has 10 million subscribers to Miranda's channel and 9 million to her Colleen Ballinger channel.]
@@KimbrellBrad They show a snippet of that performance on the DVD extras.
The night club incident was bad - he shouldn't have said that.
OTOH, why is a piece of shit like Mel Gibson still working in Hollywood while Michael Richards is untouchable? Mel Gibson said much, much, much worse things, repeatedly, and never apologised, and he won an oscar afterwards. So I don't quite understand how that works.
Not that I'm a huge fan of Michael Richards or anything, it just seems inconsistent.
2:19 "It's literally running with an egg on a spoon."
Well, not literally, Jerry.
okay, okay, ... figuratively, dangit!
I have a feeling Seinfeld could convince us HOW it exactly IS running with an egg on a spoon! LOL!
He meant that they are exactly the same.
So in a sense it is literally.
Looks like you are taking "literally" literally. Jerry's sense is actually correct, as seen from Merriam-webster below. "2: in effect : VIRTUALLY -used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible - "will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice" - Norman Cousins
@@niimoithompson7667 Merriam-Webster added a second usage of the word to mean "virtually," but added the disclaimer that "Since some people take sense 2 to be the opposite of sense 1, it has been frequently criticized as a misuse. Instead, the use is pure hyperbole intended to gain emphasis, but it often appears in contexts where no additional emphasis is necessary."
5:53 Funkmeister!
Seinfeld was a perfectly tuned sports car
Skip Collector - awesome name for an editor
Seinfeld is a machine designed to produce laughs.
SubjectivePerspective The Laughomatic Jewometer 5000
Bodie & Doyle The Professionals Jesus that is funny. Fuck. 2 years later you gave me a laugh. Thanks haha
It was very weird when I was a little one in the 1990s but now in my 30s I am able to understand it and laugh
I thought Tom Gammill was doing a Larry David impression. Turns out that's just his normal voice.
I had the same thought! I thought perhaps he was trying to do a parody of him.
+screwyootube1 same, I think he might have been ill in the past, sounds like it
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That dude's name is "Skip Collector"...
haha that cleaning lady story would be so funny if they did
It's kind of a similar idea to Kramer being in the Karate class with kids.
ConsciousBreaks true, but I can imagine Jerry's face when he realised. Kind of like when he fucked up with pimple popper MD...Skin cancer 😣
They did it close enough, George nailed her on his desk.
It would have been called racist.
Why?
Love this metaphor.
the 7 minutes out of each episode that ended up on the cutting room floor, that's what we want !!
You can watch most of it on the DVD releases.
Love the show
Its soo much work
Id love to have the extra 9minuets of each episode ...release those...thatd be freekin awesome!!!!
The Circle of Power
love the image of Jerry chasing people down in his porche
Since I started to watch Duckman, I can't unsee the cartoon character floating above George Costanzas head.
Now we know where the Funkhauser voice comes from. 😂😂😂
I’d give anything to get a crystal ball to see how these guys came up with the stories for episodes.
It sounds like a hellish experience...
Brian Cranston - "He would stand there and watch something and go ... Okay Wait, thats not funny. Wait, delay yourself three seconds. All right, try it. Okay, now its funny" Crazyness.
loved this. thanks for sharing
jerry, larry, julia, michael, jason, what fun
Incredible!
This was awesome. I'm desperate to know whether anyone has footage of any of Jerry's audience warm-ups as seen at 22:15????
I have that - on this very video, as a matter of fact. somewhere just after the 22-minute mark.
That I heard!
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Peanut Turner 5.
Never heard of this show. I'll have to look for it online. Seems funny.
Great doc, thanks for posting :D)
show the lost "stuff" please :) (a fan from Belgium)
23:41 that's a hell of a name to go to bed with.
18:20 He put that in the last Curb season when he is dating Bridget.
They just "had it". Like the Beatles.
What a great job, making people laugh and happy
I've never even watched the show and found this most interesting!!
Live it. The creative process. Keeps me alive.
Crossing each episode off on the board, is important. It basically says the past is the past, now let's move forward.
Except in nine seasons all they did was go backwards.
I'm a teacher. I want to start this with my crew. I wish we could have vodka in our drawers. :)
Walter White and Saul Goodman both got their start with Seinfeld.