The Real Reason Larry David Portrayed George Steinbrenner on Seinfeld | The Rich Eisen Show

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator Larry David tells a story about the time Yankees owner George Steinbrenner filmed a scene for "Seinfeld" that didn't make the cut. Let's just say The Boss was a much better owner than actor.

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  • @joee1213
    @joee1213 3 года назад +460

    *”Jerry it’s Frank Costanza, Mr. Steinbrenner’s here, George is dead, call me back!”*

    • @thezdbailey
      @thezdbailey 3 года назад +46

      What in the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for?!?!?

    • @chrisg7731
      @chrisg7731 3 года назад +23

      Easily one of the best lines of all time.

    • @joemckim1183
      @joemckim1183 3 года назад +10

      @@thezdbailey My baseball people kept saying Ken Phelps, Ken Phelps.

    • @WildGuy27
      @WildGuy27 3 года назад +6

      "Big Stein wants a eggplant calzone, he must have one"

    • @Catinkontti
      @Catinkontti 2 года назад +6

      The vigorous way he said George is dead always kills me xDD

  • @carp68
    @carp68 3 года назад +341

    My favorite scene with Steinbrenner is when he goes to visit George's parents to tell them George is dead. ALWAYS hilarious.

    • @toms3080
      @toms3080 3 года назад +58

      What the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for? He had 30 home runs, over 100 RBI’s last year, a rocket for an arm. You don’t know what the hell you’re doing! 😂😂

    • @jamesy4003
      @jamesy4003 3 года назад +19

      My people told me Ken Phelps 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Molotov_Milkshake
      @Molotov_Milkshake 3 года назад +2

      LOL yes.

    • @johnadams1281
      @johnadams1281 2 года назад +1

      @@toms3080 lol so good

    • @stumarston6812
      @stumarston6812 2 года назад +23

      Jerry, it's Frank Costanza. Mr. Steinbrenner is here. George is dead. Call me back.

  • @Tigerman1138
    @Tigerman1138 7 лет назад +234

    Nothing beats “Hire this man!”

    • @TommyRibs
      @TommyRibs 3 года назад +8

      Calzones from Paisanos!

    • @edwardcortez656
      @edwardcortez656 Год назад +4

      I’m too important to this team, Big Stein can’t be floppin and twitchin

    • @markjackson6134
      @markjackson6134 Год назад

      Except Geoge's "and with all due respect,..."

    • @PrisonMike196
      @PrisonMike196 10 месяцев назад +3

      Nah, nothing beats "My mind is blown, George! BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!"

  • @JabberCT
    @JabberCT 6 лет назад +268

    Funniest line was when he was wearing Lou Gerig's pants and thought he might catch a disease.
    "I gotta get these pants off. Big Stein can't be floppin' and twitchin'!!

    • @sturgeon2888
      @sturgeon2888 3 года назад +4

      Ya ever think what a coincidence it is, that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease?

    • @Doomreb
      @Doomreb 2 года назад

      "im very nervous!"

    • @KaniToken
      @KaniToken 2 года назад

      brilliant lol

    • @slickdickmemes
      @slickdickmemes Год назад

      😂😂😂😂

  • @thezachmarsh
    @thezachmarsh 3 года назад +55

    1:15 We FINALLY have footage of Larry doing Steinbrenner 🤣

  • @frankhoward7645
    @frankhoward7645 7 лет назад +78

    I believe LD missed a once in a lifetime opportunity to say to Steinbrenner, YOU'RE FIRED!

  • @viccosta3711
    @viccosta3711 5 лет назад +161

    Some empty calories and male curiosity aye Georgi boy.

    • @evtheschon
      @evtheschon 4 года назад +1

      this is the episode that made me look up videos about the boss and I don't understand I just saw that scene and this is too comment omfg

    • @randyjohnson5426
      @randyjohnson5426 3 года назад +1

      Hahaha....i have that voice and scene in my head!!

    • @JSwift_
      @JSwift_ 3 года назад

      QUICK UNDER THE DESK

  • @steveh4564
    @steveh4564 3 года назад +10

    He asks a question and lets his guest tell the story. Its so refreshing.

  • @lewiswilliams1893
    @lewiswilliams1893 7 лет назад +64

    I am just blown away, Larry. BBBBLLLLOOOOWWWWNNN AWAY.

  • @samabbottt
    @samabbottt 7 лет назад +58

    BIG STEIN CAN'T BE FLOPPING AND TWITCHING

  • @josephrivera6242
    @josephrivera6242 3 года назад +8

    The scene at Yankee stadium was rough, but the scene of Steinbrenner and Elaine in the restaurant was gold, I wish he kept it in.

  • @kenmcnutt2
    @kenmcnutt2 3 года назад +33

    My favorite Steinbrenner bit in Seinfeld was when he was trying to sing Heartbreaker by Pat Benatar.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 3 года назад +2

      There's just too many but this really was a highlight for sure

    • @jaya1000
      @jaya1000 2 года назад +1

      Run this city like a man!

    • @davidwalker7732
      @davidwalker7732 Год назад +4

      Brubaker run this prison like a man 😂

  • @BusinessandLifeMastery
    @BusinessandLifeMastery 4 года назад +50

    Larry David is the best comedy writer ever, period!!

  • @jamiepasquariello2652
    @jamiepasquariello2652 4 года назад +16

    Larry David is a comedic GENIUS. Probably the GOAT, a tiny tiny notch above Mr. Seinfeld

  • @bohobutterfly7911
    @bohobutterfly7911 4 месяца назад

    Those scenes were the best. I was watching this and shaking my head saying under my breath "so stupid, so, so stupid". Then i said "Funny stupid"!!! out loud. 😁🤣🤣

  • @ismaelcappaert877
    @ismaelcappaert877 6 лет назад +315

    Thank God he was cut. The obvious dubbing followed by almost never showing his face makes the character so much better. Plus hearing Larry yell 'Big Stein wants an eggplant calzone must have one!!!' is the reason im still alive

  • @jameshudson169
    @jameshudson169 3 года назад +5

    now i got to see this. that clip's gotta be out there SOMEWHERE! internet don't f with me!!

  • @lloydkaplan8605
    @lloydkaplan8605 4 года назад +10

    The Billy Martin speech is definitely another classic Big Stein moment

    • @Nghilifa
      @Nghilifa 3 года назад +3

      "buck showalter, hut hut, you didn't hear that from me!! George!?!?!" Hilarious!

    • @Iloveswedes
      @Iloveswedes Год назад

      Yes, Billy Martin is always memorable. Just watched that episode a half hour ago.

  • @lincolnmaceachern2410
    @lincolnmaceachern2410 3 года назад +25

    I loved ( from the bomb threat episode, I think ): "heartbreaker, love taker, Brubaker, run this prison like a man."

    • @workingshlub8861
      @workingshlub8861 3 года назад +1

      everytime i hear that song i think about that lol...

    • @joevining2603
      @joevining2603 3 года назад +5

      "shoemaker, won't you shine my shoes for free"

  • @nrkgalt
    @nrkgalt 5 лет назад +19

    I believe George Steinbrenner said he didn’t mind his scene being cut because he didn’t like the part in the episode where they killed off Susan.

    • @maxdurk4624
      @maxdurk4624 3 года назад +3

      Those were two totally different seasons

  • @DerrickWhite-yh3ip
    @DerrickWhite-yh3ip 8 месяцев назад +1

    My fav scene was when he thought George had died 😂

  • @nolaanderson8770
    @nolaanderson8770 4 года назад +12

    The best was when Steinbrenner was negotiating with a chicken producer in Arkansas for the ownership rights to Costanza

    • @DeadPixel1105
      @DeadPixel1105 4 года назад +1

      I'm watching that episode right now.
      "Instead of hotdogs; chicken dogs! Instead of pretzels; chicken twists! Instead of beer; alcohol chicken!"

    • @MrTCHOSS
      @MrTCHOSS 3 года назад

      ​@@DeadPixel1105 Well, don't tell it to me George, tell it to the new
      Assistant to the General Manager.

  • @airwalkerog9088
    @airwalkerog9088 5 лет назад +46

    Big Stein wants a little taste

    • @ltahoe7195
      @ltahoe7195 9 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂HILARIOUS

  • @michaelclouse3174
    @michaelclouse3174 2 года назад +3

    Larry David's Steinbrenner is an almost perfect Bernie Sanders impression! 😂

  • @danieldougan8613
    @danieldougan8613 6 лет назад +10

    "The pita pocket, George. The pita pocket!"

  • @mrbill6666
    @mrbill6666 6 лет назад +18

    Steinbrenner did a fantastic job. The scene itself just didn't work, but the scene with Steinbrenner talking to Elaine in George's office was great.

    • @Scallion_D
      @Scallion_D 4 года назад

      He was pretty poor tbh.

    • @AnxiousHearts
      @AnxiousHearts 3 года назад

      Where is the scene ? I've never seen it

  • @jamesdeanbreakfastsandwich4908
    @jamesdeanbreakfastsandwich4908 6 лет назад +8

    BRUUUHHHH IM LITERALLY WATCHING THE CALZONE EPISODE RIGHT NOW WHAAAAAAAAAASA

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa1972 4 года назад +3

    Love the show wish it would come back

  • @neilm2794
    @neilm2794 4 года назад +5

    Actually Steinbrenner wasn’t bad at all, especially for not being a professional actor. The problem is the actual guy didn’t mesh with the cartoonish caricature of him that had already been portrayed

  • @EvilApple567
    @EvilApple567 4 месяца назад

    I wonder if that's where he got the line "I heard what you did in the parking lot big boy" in the episode where George tries to get himself fired. Most great Seinfeld moments came from real life experiences after all.

  • @skoots6303
    @skoots6303 6 лет назад +10

    Lol Larry David was actually a character on the show too. He was Frank’s Lawyer. And a street vender who said “Sorry, we don’t except bills with big pink lips on the president”.

    • @SiljCBcnr
      @SiljCBcnr 6 лет назад +1

      "Is anyone here a marine-biologist?"

    • @madeiraislander
      @madeiraislander 5 лет назад

      He ordered the kosher meal and forgot!
      And the guy who screams " I'd rather have a bottle of scotch!" in The Pen episode, and also the guys fighing the fishermen for greenpeace! XDD

    • @dragonkane43
      @dragonkane43 5 лет назад +3

      FLAMING GLOBES

    • @theflanman1986
      @theflanman1986 4 года назад +2

      He wore a badass cape

    • @patricksobb
      @patricksobb 3 года назад

      He's also in the scene where Kramer gets arrested for murder in LA. He's just standing innocuously in the crowd

  • @HHH-ye1ro
    @HHH-ye1ro 5 месяцев назад

    I don’t know what he’s thinking? George was great in his 2 scenes. Hilarious.

  • @movieguy1636
    @movieguy1636 10 месяцев назад

    I was today years old when I found out that Larry David was Steinbrenner on Seinfeld.

  • @exessex3522
    @exessex3522 3 года назад +8

    You really need to see somebody from a different walk of life trying to act to realize just how good most actual actors are. Having said that, I never thought Larry's version of Steinbrenner was particularly funny or interesting. Larry David is best as himself-ish.

  • @Balkancuga
    @Balkancuga 4 года назад +2

    When i hear Larry i hear Steinbrenner talking to George while he is leaving the room.

  • @souperstar7050
    @souperstar7050 10 месяцев назад

    They should have showed George Steinbrenner from behind sitting at his desk in his office waving his arms and Larry David doing his voice. When he gets out of his chair it would reveal that it's the real George Steinbrenner.

  • @masterbulgokov
    @masterbulgokov 3 года назад +5

    "Empty calories and male curiosity, eh, Georgie?"

  • @Jeffsantosarte
    @Jeffsantosarte 3 года назад +1

    I am blown! Bloooown away! Blown George! BlooOooOOOooooowowowowoooon!

  • @robbiewhite2351
    @robbiewhite2351 Год назад +1

    Larry should have called him and said “it’s not you, it’s me”

  • @MaxRockatansky853
    @MaxRockatansky853 3 года назад +4

    The best was him trying to remember that Heart song and screwing up the lyrics. Hahahahaahah

    • @ianbauer4703
      @ianbauer4703 3 года назад +2

      “He was humming this song yesterday. I can't seem to get it out of my head. I've got to know the name of that. ‘She's a heartbreaker. A love-taker Brubaker run this prison like a man Ooh Ooh’ Something like that. Very catchy tune. Very, very catchy. Well, you know what? I'm gonna sit here and wait for that guy. What is this, People? ‘The Most Beautiful People’ People. Connie Sellecca. Nothing wrong that, huh?”

    • @TommyRibs
      @TommyRibs 3 года назад +1

      Pat Benetar actually, and yes, that was awesome.

    • @MaxRockatansky853
      @MaxRockatansky853 3 года назад +1

      @@TommyRibs Damn it was! Hahahahaha

  • @DavidLongo22
    @DavidLongo22 3 года назад +2

    Cotton uniforms, Larry! How COULD you forget??? LOL!

  • @botz77
    @botz77 2 года назад +2

    You're a heartbreaker
    Dream maker, love taker
    Don't you mess around with me

    • @SL-vi4tk
      @SL-vi4tk 2 года назад +1

      ... "Brubaker run this prison like a man uh uh."

  • @j01150126
    @j01150126 Год назад

    I saw the cut on youtube it really was pretty funny. Especially when they changed seats and Elaine acted like Steinbrenner. I thought it was great.

  • @TommyRibs
    @TommyRibs 3 года назад +2

    You wanted to see me Mr. Steinbrenner?
    Two words for you George:
    HOT TUB

  • @gunner678
    @gunner678 6 лет назад +4

    I love this guy! Larry, my hero!

  • @-C.S.R
    @-C.S.R 4 года назад +2

    There was a George scene with Elaine and Steinbrenner, also A scene with her and him at the restaurant. I’ve seen it and thought he didn’t do that bad of a job! I would’ve kept it.

  • @kfredneck7982
    @kfredneck7982 4 года назад +8

    Larry David is a National treasure.

  • @aznsensation44
    @aznsensation44 Год назад

    'Big Stein wants a taste, atta boy!' - calzone scene

  • @TJ-fe7rr
    @TJ-fe7rr 3 года назад +1

    Costanza's in the building! Constanza is in the building!!!!!!

  • @johnanthonycafe2993
    @johnanthonycafe2993 Год назад

    Every 30 seconds there was gold on Seinfeld. Some nuggets were small - some were big

  • @sandal_thong
    @sandal_thong 7 месяцев назад

    Funny, I just came here from watching the Calzone scene!

  • @jumpstreet1197
    @jumpstreet1197 6 лет назад +6

    I got two words for you Georgie Boy.... Hot Tub!

  • @chrisjaybecker
    @chrisjaybecker 3 года назад +1

    Why did you trade Jay Buhner?

  • @Swamprat422
    @Swamprat422 5 месяцев назад

    Watching Calzone episode right now and searched LD doing Steinbrenner as it’s rare gold to find this

  • @richardcoco9316
    @richardcoco9316 14 дней назад

    "And bring me back some of those cigars in the cedar boxes, you know the ones with the fancy rings? I love those fancy rings. They kind of distract you while you're smoking. The red and yellow are nice. It looks good against the brown of the cigar. The Maduro, I like the Maduro wrapper. The darker the better, that's what I say. Of course, the Claro's good too. That's more of a pale brown, almost like a milky coffee. I find the ring size very confusing. They have it in centimeters which I don't really understand that well..."

  • @simonmadi1177
    @simonmadi1177 3 года назад +1

    Larry also yelled out, Is anyone here a marine biologist? The episode where George saves the whale to impress Diane Decaan.
    Not sure of the spelling of her last name.

  • @lpri
    @lpri Год назад

    I have just watched the deleted scene, Mr S was a good sport but he didn't have the punch, the spunk that Larry David bought to the character.
    "The Calzone" epi was epic! Must viewing

  • @MustafarRecRoom
    @MustafarRecRoom 2 года назад

    “Calzone? OK, hand it over….big Stein wants a taste!”

  • @Washington-Dreaming
    @Washington-Dreaming Год назад

    “Larry, why did you cut Steinbrenner?” “Well, as it turns out, I do a better Steinbrenner than Steinbrenner.”

  • @arvindhmani06
    @arvindhmani06 3 года назад

    "BIG STEIN WANTS AN EGGPLANT CALZONE AND HE MUST HAVE ONE, EVERYBODY OUT!"

  • @gabrielplattes6253
    @gabrielplattes6253 2 года назад +1

    'a little jealous...' 😂😂

    • @SL-vi4tk
      @SL-vi4tk 2 года назад

      After that scene I tried an eggplant calzone - now I know why Big Stein was a little jealous.

  • @MrKey656
    @MrKey656 3 года назад

    I looked up this because i just watched the calzone episode

  • @briangreenberg6021
    @briangreenberg6021 26 дней назад

    "We will not have chaos, not on the New York Yankees."

  • @wvu05
    @wvu05 Год назад

    Sometimes, you have to make tough decisions and fire people. Billy Martin. Bob Lemon. Billy Martin. Stump Merill. Billy Martin. Dallas Green. Buck Showalter... Hey, wait! You didn't hear that from me.

  • @CC-xi5mz
    @CC-xi5mz 3 года назад

    So I called yankee stadium and I said, is George Steinbrenner there?LoL

  • @homerfong1696
    @homerfong1696 6 лет назад +1

    Just Larry being Larry.

  • @mdaddy775
    @mdaddy775 5 лет назад +1

    Larry's not much to look at it but he has the charisma and vibe that could land him any girl!

  • @TheLeppus28
    @TheLeppus28 Год назад +1

    So Larry was better Steinbrenner than real Steinbrenner, Jason Alexander was better Larry (George) than Larry (real George) and Michael Richards was better Kramer than real Kramer.

  • @JuanCostilla-t1t
    @JuanCostilla-t1t Год назад

    That's gold 😂😂

  • @MiguelGonzalez-yl5vf
    @MiguelGonzalez-yl5vf 7 лет назад +2

    And ..... That's all he said really

  • @deputyvanhalen6386
    @deputyvanhalen6386 3 года назад +1

    "Heartbreaker...love taker..."

  • @jaybone2321
    @jaybone2321 Год назад

    “COSTANZA’S IN THE BUILDING!”

  • @king802
    @king802 Год назад

    "Eggplant, huh? That's a hell of a thing."

  • @karlhungus545
    @karlhungus545 3 года назад

    When was Steinbrenner ever in a scene with Elaine?

  • @michaelvanderwal7390
    @michaelvanderwal7390 9 месяцев назад

    You can actually see these scenes on the DVD. I didn't think Steinbrenner did that bad.

  • @StephNuggs
    @StephNuggs 10 месяцев назад

    Big Stein wants an eggplant calzone, he must have one!

  • @ktxed
    @ktxed Год назад

    Costanza is in the building!!!!

  • @MagnusAnand
    @MagnusAnand 3 года назад

    This guy is a legend

  • @magiccheeseball
    @magiccheeseball 4 года назад

    George was in that scene

  • @winmine0327
    @winmine0327 3 года назад

    Misleading title

  • @kenrobinson1188
    @kenrobinson1188 3 года назад

    True Legend.

  • @kevinburke6055
    @kevinburke6055 4 года назад

    It wasn’t that bad i just saw it it was just Steinbrenner being Steinbrenner.

  • @inutero10
    @inutero10 4 года назад +1

    Its 12:15 wheres my calzone?

  • @icopaseticMHF
    @icopaseticMHF 3 года назад

    Who are you?!
    I'm Frank Costanza's lawyer!

  • @daniellee1722
    @daniellee1722 4 года назад +1

    Anyone know what kind of shoes Larry is wearing? He always wears those and I have a feeling they're very comfortable for people with wide feet like me

    • @frank234561
      @frank234561 4 года назад

      Those shoes look like Airwalks.

    • @daniellee1722
      @daniellee1722 4 года назад

      @@frank234561 Not quite and they look close to Simple brand shoes but it's not it either

    • @the1mexicant
      @the1mexicant 3 года назад

      Probably cole Hans

  • @joeyslap426
    @joeyslap426 2 года назад

    I wish he asked him who came up with Big Stein

  • @coreyrardon3011
    @coreyrardon3011 3 года назад

    If steinbrenner was offended it by it, it would be a curb episode

  • @ebayerr
    @ebayerr 6 лет назад +6

    I saw the George Steinbrenner clips with Elaine and George.
    I thought both scenes were as good as anything else shown on "Seinfeld".
    The thing is, *just* having him on the show was cool.

    • @Tsumami__
      @Tsumami__ 6 лет назад +1

      ebayerr I agree, they should have left that one scene in as a guest appearance where you actually see Steinbrenner’s face

  • @lastgreathand-drawnproduct3843

    Nothin' but empty calories and male curiosity, eh, Georgiiiiiiieeee?

  • @Khood8145
    @Khood8145 3 года назад

    He is a fucking Genius 🙌👏👏👏👏👏

  • @chicovoylez3216
    @chicovoylez3216 3 года назад +1

    I hated those Steinbrenner performances ! They made him look like a goof.

  • @DannyCava
    @DannyCava 4 месяца назад

    I hear Mr Steinbrener is very particular about his meals.

  • @listrahtes
    @listrahtes Год назад

    I always thought Steinbrenner was too much over the top even for Seinfeld. It was just 100% caricature were Elaine,Jerry and George were more fine tuned.

  • @joevining2603
    @joevining2603 3 года назад +1

    Larry seems either uncomfortable with or tired of discussing showbusiness here.

  • @mauricobian
    @mauricobian Год назад

    Larry David is Howie Mandel with a little hair.

  • @johnbrennan4449
    @johnbrennan4449 3 года назад

    I have seen the scene that they are talking about & I don't see what is so bad about it.

  • @workingshlub8861
    @workingshlub8861 2 года назад

    larry doing it was awesome..

  • @jpsned
    @jpsned 2 года назад

    So... did we ever learn the reason why Larry played Steinbrenner?

  • @jackedkerouac4414
    @jackedkerouac4414 3 года назад

    Billy Martin, Stump Merill, Billy Martin...

  • @spjfrat
    @spjfrat 5 лет назад +2

    Empty calories and male curiosity.