A few years ago I met Bruce Mahler, the Rabbi, in a coffee shop in Virginia. He was great to talk to and showed me photos on his phone of Larry David and himself when they were in the Fridays show. When I was a kid I watched Fridays as much as I did SNL. I loved his skit of the piano dude boiling chicken on top of his piano. He was in some Police Academy movies. Really nice guy.
He and Larry David played a pair of martial arts rabbis on the show Fridays. They did a routine called "Matzoy" in which they karate chopped pieces of matzah.
His still delivery shows how completely he is detached from being a human being and only can relate to them from his position as a religious person, as he has been trained to be, with no actual feeling of being a human. This is why he has no tact and no understanding that what he says will make George uncomfortable and in trouble, and even why Elain would not want this information made public and would hurt her friendship with George. "Why? Is that a problem for you?' One of the most hilarious and su scenes and characters in Seinfeld, with a subtlety that one would find in very few other shows. Maybe in Frasier.
Such a tremendous show; excellent writing along with casting and acting...Jerry and Larry really caught lightning in a bottle with the show about nothing.
@@billolsen4360 Maybe it's a rabbi that Jerry Seinfeld or Larry David(or even the actor )knows that speaks that way. That performance had to come from somewhere, it's kind of distinct.
The Catholic bishop in a sermon: This fellow talked to me recently about his ED... I don't know... lets call him... Matthew. I told him that God is all the love he needs. But the poor fellow's travails with ED... that's for another sermon. :)
This skit of all the shows was one of my favorites...a non-stop laugh riot. Rabbi clouding the waters of all others who might interfere with his desire of requite for his love from Elaine. Skillful acting and oh my my just how did "Elaine" look...? What a knockout she was.
I can watch that episode over and over again always puts me in a happy mood. That Rabbi he's one of a kind a friend of mine let's say his name is George he thought if he went to a prostitute is it considered cheating what a line
Now I have to go back and have a look at The Final Chapter again. Somebody else mentioned that he was in Police Academy and I think I remember him from there also.
Because he's not a Rabbi. He's the character of a Rabbi written for laughs. Of course, a Rabbi would not reveal private thoughts divulged in a private conference session.
Doesn't give you any joy to see your friend enter into this holiest of unions?? Elaine.. Always a pleasure to see you. Elaine you seem if I may say, troubled??! 🤣🤭🤪😝
Reminds me of my Aunt Barb...just blabs on & on to Anyone About Anything At AnyTime. Complete with real names & dismissive Judgement as she holds Whoever hostage to her gossipy ramblings. I hear wedding bells for Auntie Barb & the Rabbi...😂
@bobinsuffolk I know! Why don't you call me names! You know, like lazy bastard and imbecile! That way we'll be sure to take you seriously and you wont sound at all like you're in junior high! But you know you can do better. bring it on. Don't disappoint us. We're waiting!! aloha!! As Metallica says nothing else matters!
@@allensmith4131 Well personally I've heard psalm. Which would make sense since he's Jewish he's certainly reading the Torah (amongst others of course) I just wanted to point out the obvious fact that he's not practicing what his religion teaches and he' supose to teach it to others since he's a rabbi..
I love this Rabbi I remember seeing him on the police academy movies. This route I can't keep his mouth shut going on TV talking about Elaine's friend if it's okay to date a hooker they'll never know they'll never see each other and of course George is watching the episode with Susan!!
The Rabbi is not very discrete He used the actual names of the people he talked about, and discussed their personal problems to others. Elaine and George may want to consult attorney Jackie Chiles for defamation of character.
I once knew a Catholic priest who had his own weekly one hour show on a Christian television station. He often used examples to make his points in the discussion. I later found out just like this rabbi, the priest was lifting his material from real world events experienced by his parishioners.
This is my wife's favorite episode. She laughed until she cried.
I recall the word loser, peppered throughout the conversation
I don't know where the rabbi got that. I said "I'd never seen you looser"!
Ha. That’s the best part
For sure
Outstanding irreverence albeit staffy
that rabbi was in one of the Police Academy movies, I just saw it
The rabbi was one of the funniest single episode characters in the show.
He was in at least 3 episodes.
Perfect acting
I agree
A few years ago I met Bruce Mahler, the Rabbi, in a coffee shop in Virginia. He was great to talk to and showed me photos on his phone of Larry David and himself when they were in the Fridays show. When I was a kid I watched Fridays as much as I did SNL. I loved his skit of the piano dude boiling chicken on top of his piano. He was in some Police Academy movies. Really nice guy.
Last scene with George and Susan was one of the funniest ever on Seinfeld, I remember loosing it when it originally aired.
💯😹
Did you find it?
@@QuadMochaMatti Wow how clever, you might be the next Seinfeld
Larry david wrote the scene
“Elaine, very often we cannot see the forest for the trees…”
Yeah, I don’t know what that means 🤣
His response is hilarious: "Well, for example, say there's a forest..."
The Rabbi's acting is so good lol
George's face at the end of the video...Priceless......gotta lov this show man
"But that is a subject for another sermon (going to a prostitute)." That part had me rolling on the floor.
LMAO!
Mike Reed there is an instance of surrogate motherhood in the Torah
best line lol
Where do they come up with this stuff, brilliant
Larry david. He wrote it
4:59 "Let's call her Elaine" lol usually people do that to hide a person's real name, this guy straight up revealed her.
You dont say...
@@marcteenhc9793 yes I know it's fairly obvious but people don't realize subtlety of these jokes sometimes.
@@TheSaeghe That was subtle?
@@annereilley4892 it’s a subtle way of revealing her without actually saying her name is elaine
@@TheSaeghe I thought the humor was that the rabbi was so obvious in not disguising who he was talking about.
The rabbi should have had his own show.
He does, right there at the end.
His own sitcom could have been called 'Shtetl Talk'
No
He had his own movie, in fact.
ruclips.net/video/CfNdovRsZYw/видео.html
He and Larry David played a pair of martial arts rabbis on the show Fridays. They did a routine called "Matzoy" in which they karate chopped pieces of matzah.
I love how the rabbi enunciates every word.
I know, hahaha
Brilliant acting
He has a touch of cerebral palsy.
Robo rabbi
His still delivery shows how completely he is detached from being a human being and only can relate to them from his position as a religious person, as he has been trained to be, with no actual feeling of being a human. This is why he has no tact and no understanding that what he says will make George uncomfortable and in trouble, and even why Elain would not want this information made public and would hurt her friendship with George. "Why? Is that a problem for you?' One of the most hilarious and su scenes and characters in Seinfeld, with a subtlety that one would find in very few other shows. Maybe in Frasier.
They had so many funny characters on this show, the Rabbi, The Librarian, the Mohel. Hilariously portrayed.
Pure genius comedy. Love this rabbi character
Love the part at 3:14 when Jerry smells the flowers, you can see how happy he is. They really enjoy each other's misery.
Yup they used to date kind of realistic thing that happens between exes 😂😂😂😂😂
happens to find herself with feeling of hostility and resentment, Let's call him George! :XD
The Rabbi did more snitching in one episode than Kramer did throughout the whole show
So True YOOO 🤣
I'm crying yo 🤣 😆
A Gossiping Rabbi....Oy Ve
He is not a Rabbi, and you know that.
He is just another secret agent of the Mossad. I loved that guy in the Police Academy movies.
@@Filiomena yes he is.
Ok antisemetist
“Apparently she doesn’t think much of this George fellow either.” 🤣
Well, rabbi. Well.
Jerry knows not to say anything to him.
Such a tremendous show; excellent writing along with casting and acting...Jerry and Larry really caught lightning in a bottle with the show about nothing.
The Rabbi was one of my most fav Seinfeld characters, I guess because I've never met a Rabbi before... He always cracked me up!
They don't talk like that, glad to say!
You haven’t missed anything...
@@billolsen4360 Maybe it's a rabbi that Jerry Seinfeld or Larry David(or even the actor )knows that speaks that way. That performance had to come from somewhere, it's kind of distinct.
Not many Jews in West Virginia, Maryanne?
"Let's call him..? George."
Can't beat Seinfield for laughs! What a crack up that was 😂
His voice sounds like all the automated RUclips videos
I love this guy.
The looks on their faces, priceless!
"Well, Rabbi. Well."
3:09 Eleine looked so adorable in this pop out.
The "LQQK" on George's face at the end is Priceless.....Cheers Everyone
@Jim McCracken but they were Friends
@Jim McCracken you're a wise man my friend
This guy is the only rabbi I've ever known.
He is not a Rabbi. So you can relax.
Rabbis are usually more intelligent than this guy, lol...
real rabbies have those long curls coming from the sides of there hats
@@Filiomena But he did act as one. My Rabbi acts the same, he talks to everyone about everyone.
@@greenrobot5 not always, lol but yea I guess that's the stereotype.
1:40 "Well for example, say there's a forest..."
I think this is the best of Seinfeld. Brilliant.
Are the flowers Jerry smells at 3:17 from Nephew Alex’s flower store? Perhaps Elaine took a trip over there just to take a look...
Good eye.... we all know how much Elaine loves money
That is such a good observation. I bet it is!!!
Maybe there’s a deleted scene that explains it.
@@arnabiarnab3037 Elaine came from money.
OMG
"That's what's so fascinating!" lol
My favorite part!
Can I offer you some Kasha Varnishkes? Gold Jerry - pure gold!
What’s with the religious people on Seinfeld…first it was the Mohel, now the rabbi 🤣
I wish we had seen much more of the good Rabbi.
This is why we Catholics have that seal of confession ;)
The Catholic bishop in a sermon: This fellow talked to me recently about his ED... I don't know... lets call him... Matthew. I told him that God is all the love he needs. But the poor fellow's travails with ED... that's for another sermon. :)
This skit of all the shows was one of my favorites...a non-stop laugh riot. Rabbi clouding the waters of all others who might interfere with his desire of requite for his love from Elaine. Skillful acting and oh my my just how did "Elaine" look...? What a knockout she was.
He is in love with Elaine?
Could have been one of "Hannah's Sisters"
How did LD come up with this? No comedian in a million years would think of a whole loose lips rabbi skit
Genius.
He might have met someone like that in real life. He takes a lot of ideas from things that actually happened to him.
What a great piece of video. Entertaining and witty. Because of character work you know George is clutching for the appropriate reaction.
"You can't see the forest for the trees." Truer words have never been spoken.
That Rabbi is a yachne! He looks like Elvis Costello. 😅
This is hilarious, I laugh everytime I see it 😂
This is the most outrageous episode of all time
"Can I offer you some Kasha Varnishkas".
I can watch that episode over and over again always puts me in a happy mood. That Rabbi he's one of a kind a friend of mine let's say his name is George he thought if he went to a prostitute is it considered cheating what a line
I love the Rabbi ......he was the mortician in Friday the 13th The Final Chapter (1984)
Now I have to go back and have a look at The Final Chapter again. Somebody else mentioned that he was in Police Academy and I think I remember him from there also.
One of my favorites. I just saw this episode and nice to find all the Rabbi parts so I can send this to my mom. She's never seen it.
🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣 poor George. That was brutal.
So many great characters on Seinfeld. Some, like the Rabbi, might have been in 1 or 2 episodes.
Kermit...The Frog...here
I didnt see this one , funny as hell LOL
0:58 I love this scene. It is brutally honest about we really feel but don't dare say.
The rabbi and the mohel: two of the top five funniest supporting characters in this series.
Frank Costanza, Jack Klompus
I liked the crotchety old man with the record collection.
This Rebbe was the prototype of Alexa
When you get lit just right and you have the Rabbi's level of chill
How can a Rabbi have such a big mouth? That's what's so fascinating. Lol
Because he's not a Rabbi. He's the character of a Rabbi written for laughs. Of course, a Rabbi would not reveal private thoughts divulged in a private conference session.
Ron desantis sounds exactly like the rabbi
But with no personality.
@@jaengen No he's got a dumb personality, what he doesn't have is charisma
you gotta love this show man...LMFAO !!!!!....well Covid-19.....because of you I am laughing like crazy today.....so Thank you!!!
Larry David is a genius for coming up with this
and sienfeld too
@@nobelcreature6201 Many other writers and producers too
60% of episodes were written by Larry David, including this one. Both Larry and Jerry are geniuses and glue of the show
Dr. Todd Grande also sounds like Rabbi Glickman
Elaine Benes is extremely attractive!!!
Rabbi was on TV and was just like let's just call them by they're actual names instead of changing them 😅
The Golden Girls did a variation of this but with a psychiatrist talking trash about his patients Dan and Morothy (aka Stan and Dorothy).
He was in the first Police Academy movie. He was Sergeant Feckler, that clumsy guy who inadvertently started a riot by throwing away an apple.
I cant believe he was in Friday the 13th part 4 too! Axle.
Doesn't give you any joy to see your friend enter into this holiest of unions??
Elaine.. Always a pleasure to see you.
Elaine you seem if I may say, troubled??!
🤣🤭🤪😝
The ending 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is the only rabbi I've ever known, so as far as I know all rabbis are like this guy
Well, time to get out and mix more.
Sherbet shalom. I wouldn’t tell my rabbi shit lol 😂
Reminds me of my Aunt Barb...just blabs on & on to Anyone About Anything At AnyTime. Complete with real names & dismissive Judgement as she holds Whoever hostage to her gossipy ramblings. I hear wedding bells for Auntie Barb & the Rabbi...😂
don't know who played the rabbi but he is hilarious! he's always offering her food and drink!
He also played a cop in police academy. The bumbling one.
@@dont_follow5777 mahalo! mele kalikimaka!
@bobinsuffolk I know! Why don't you call me names! You know, like lazy bastard and imbecile! That way we'll be sure to take you seriously and you wont sound at all like you're in junior high! But you know you can do better. bring it on. Don't disappoint us. We're waiting!! aloha!! As Metallica says nothing else matters!
@Johan Hansén a Frank Zappa fan!!
So. so funny. I'm rolling every time I see this.
¨Now I'd like to close with a Psalm¨ He should go into the book of Proverbs instead....
I think he said with a "song"
@@allensmith4131 Well personally I've heard psalm. Which would make sense since he's Jewish he's certainly reading the Torah (amongst others of course) I just wanted to point out the obvious fact that he's not practicing what his religion teaches and he' supose to teach it to others since he's a rabbi..
@@allensmith4131 he said psalm. Listen closely
@@qaz3000 the word rabbi does literally mean teacher
He's like a robot
Neurotic Sos aren't they all
Robo-rabbi
I loved him in : Robo-Jew
“Well you see, me and my friends are doing this digging under New York right…”
I love this Rabbi I remember seeing him on the police academy movies. This route I can't keep his mouth shut going on TV talking about Elaine's friend if it's okay to date a hooker they'll never know they'll never see each other and of course George is watching the episode with Susan!!
Oh that's Fackler? I never realized. From physical clumsiness to verbal clumsiness, it seems.
As a Muslim I love THIS rabbi 🤪
Are mullahs like this
he's my icon💅
My nephew alex who's looking
Very successful....
he owns a flower shop!
@@suzycreamcheesez4371 They hike the prices up for certain events. Very lucrative...
This one is up there with Sister Roberta - the Conversion episode!
KAVORKA
I still think the English Patient was the best episode- "We are the Cubans!" "It's go time"
@@lawlaw1 You're funkifying the whole building!
Sounds like Ron Desantis 🤣🤣 You’re welcome!!
The Rabbi is not very discrete He used the actual names of the people he talked about, and discussed their personal problems to others. Elaine and George may want to consult attorney Jackie Chiles for defamation of character.
The rabbi looks like a creepy version of Elvis Costello lol
Nolan Randall He reminds me of Ramz Paul...
I thought I was the only one
Julia was the best actor in the show.
Timing and knew how to deliver a funny line.
To bad the new adventures of the old Christine, she totally sucked as an actress.
Julia was amazing in Seinfeld. I always felt she was one of the most amazing comediennes to come around since Lucy.
True, but Veep was great
Julia and Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander was by far the best actor of the main four
No joy no joy the whole thing just making sick....haha
Well Rabbi. Well.
I still don't know if George actually asked him about cheating, or if Elaine set him up because she knew the Rabbi would tell people about it.
I assumed that George told Elaine this in a random conversation and she told the Rabbi just to prove that he was a loser.
It seemed like something that would have come from the George character.
Ah...that's good! I never thought of that angle. It certainly would take the heat off Elaine!
The fact that Elaine had zero respect for George the entire show is awesome!
🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣🤣😭🤣
This is DEVASTATING
imagine if Jewish people have confession booths too
😆ruclips.net/video/qvSOgB-JPy0/видео.html
Rabbi Mnuchin?
The rabbi's loose lips sank relationships!
It's amazing Susan didn't dump George after watching the rabbi's show.
The Rabbi seems to talk strange which I kind of find it to be unique in his character but still hes better than the mohel
I once knew a Catholic priest who had his own weekly one hour show on a Christian television station. He often used examples to make his points in the discussion. I later found out just like this rabbi, the priest was lifting his material from real world events experienced by his parishioners.
she did interrupt him when he was trying to talk to her.
Yeah, she was pretty rude to the rabbi!
Never gets old.
The only way this clip along with the whole series could get old is if something funnier came along. Still waiting.
Feelings of resentment, hostility
Well...Lets SEE...
NOT what you wanna hear at ALL!
🤣 😆
Rabbi is alternate universe Superman
“let’s call her Elaine” 😂😂