Jerry Seinfeld Shares The Powerful Impact ‘Seinfeld’ Had On His Career | Sunday TODAY
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2018
- In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Willie Geist joins Jerry Seinfeld at the Beacon Theater in New York City to talk about his career in comedy, from his early days of his career doing stand-up to finding lasting success after his series “Seinfeld.”
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Jerry Seinfeld Shares The Powerful Impact ‘Seinfeld’ Had On His Career | Sunday TODAY
Jerry, you got into people's places, including mine, in Brazil. I was just a teenager from a poor background eager just to learn the English language and had a blast watching you guys for years. Thank you for making me laugh and for making life a little less harsh.
I'm from Brazil, as well. Now i'm learn english and Sainfel is the main resource that i use to get better each day more.
He's right. I'm homebound- mostly bedbound- at age 33, and I have been for 10 years. And it BLOWS. And the best medicine for all this pain is distraction. And laughter. Honest-to-goodness. And I could never leave my house to go to a comedy show. Ever. But I've watched Seinfeld (and basically every other show ever on TV) and been distracted from the pain by hime so many times.
very sorry to hear this. I wish you the best in finding whatever distractions you can (youtube is good for that!)
Aww. I teared up at the end. Love this man and his legacy. Only because of another great man, my dad, I started watching Seinfeld. It still cracks us up to this day.
The series Seinfeld was the first series I fell in love with as a kid. I was born in 92, so it had gone off the air pretty much by the time I started watching it, apart from some episodes here and there on TV here in Sweden, but every christmas and birthday I wished for a season of Seinfeld on DVD until I had all of them and I watched it on repeat in my room. Even learned a great deal of English because of that show, I used to watch with Swedish subtitles, then English subtitles so I learned how to spell the words, then went to no subtitles. Perhaps not the most efficient way to learn a language, but boy was it fun.
By now I have watched all seasons of Seinfeld at least 10 times, probably 15+. Amazing show.
I've watched those DVDs over and over too. The show was a masterclass in situational humor. Still holds up today.
@@Illumirage Yea, my favourite show for sure, friends a close 2nd, but Seinfeld has to be n1.
Oh, great! As an American, I'm very proud of the show. I'm glad foreigners like it! (I heard it did terrible in Germany, btw)
A lot people outside English-speaking countries used Friends to learn English...when they tell me this I always cringe and lament that Friends is trash, Seinfeld is so much better.
That's so cool :)
I'm fascinated by how Jerry has been discussing the "science" of comedy and comedians in the last couple of years. His "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" contains some of the most insightful interviews ever done.
In any field, when you get to develop a concise and quasi-exhaustive knowledge, you want to give back at some point. This is what Jerry does. And he's quite certainly one of the most qualified human beings to do so.
Jerry made a sitcom and has a highly likeable delivery of observational humour but the way he repeatedly loves to talk about how great that is its as if he cured cancer
I agree, I love listening to the insights.
@@mnb9162 I think that's just his passion and love for what he does. And honestly, bringing laughter and joy to people for a living is pretty great.
@@hutch1197 Dont get me wrong. I like Jerry. I like his comedy. But he does live in his own echo chamber a little bit...
Had a deep respect for Jerry since I fell in love with the show in the 90’s. Makes me happy just hearing his voice 👍🏻
As Jerry would say, You need him, he doesn't need you. Still have deep respect for him?
@@vince7735 indeed I do
I really can't believe Jerry is 65 years old...for some reason that blows my mind
He looks the same virtually, just a little gray hair
Saw him there 2 years ago on our trip to NY. It was worth every penny. Love this guy.
“...... pop tarts-
Never stale because they were never fresh.... “
JS
"Have you ever put butter on a Poptart,their so friggen good"😜
the music starts playing when he talks about meals on wheels. LOL
Thank you, Jerry. Your show about nothing on the television has given me so many laughs, that are shared with practically everyone universally. Laughing at Seinfeld is just one of those perks that make the ups and downs of life all that much more tolerable.
Where is part 2? You can't say "stay tuned for part 2" and then not post the second part!! I know this was on television and part 2 was after the commercial break but how hard is it to put them together in one video or put them up separately and link to the second part. Sheesh.
I'd demand a refund!
I love him. Thanks for everything Jerry :)
(Thanks for keeping it real and everything)
Thank you Jerry for all the laughs and thank you NBC for not cancelling Seinfeld after a lackluster first season!
I love listening to him talk about stuff.
I love you Jerry. From a young teenager in the 90s in Dubai, you showed me Real comedy until today and for future generations
I'm not a sitcom kind of guy but there are two that I find are completely hilarious...Seinfeld and The Office.
Through the TV he got to me, lit up my day when I was a kid and now when I have kids of my own and I'm going through all seasons still making me laugh. Like a drug, a good drug, something to make you feel good, to laugh. And he's done that for tens if not hundreds of millions of people around the world. He's made the world a better place.
I like Jerry's take from a few years ago that "all awards shows are stupid"...he hit the nail on the head there...one of my fave comics (along with Norm McDonald) and my fave TV show of all time.
...a bit he did while receiving an award on HBO lol...one of my all-time favorite bits
Jerry Seinfeld: The King of Comedy!
It's almost unbelievable that a comedy TV show that ended 25 years ago, now, with episodes I've watched again-and-again, can still (because of both the amazing writers and actors) make me laugh out loud. Sometimes, they're the only laughs I experience in an entire day. I'm kind of glad Jerry Seinfeld realizes *that* value of what he produced.
I have the complete collection the coffee table box with the book on dvd original
One of the nicer interviews where Jerry doesn't feel defensive and a bit mean. He opened up and the last bit was touching. And he was right, people turning on the TV, esp for the sick elderly and alone people, he's touched their lives, come into their lounge or bedroom and giving people a laugh or a smile, how many of us can say that. I find he's amusing just to look at, so used to his expressions from thee show...he doesn't even have to do anything and I feel lighter. Plus I think he was kinda cute or good looking, such a great smile and sparkly eyes, it lights up his face 😊😘
Love seinfeld the show and the comic
4:35 I used to frequent the Golden Lion, the one in Dean Street, Soho, London. They had an upstairs bar which they didn't open in the evening but you could go and sit up there. I sat up there with my then girlfriend now wife so we could smooch unobserved. Ahhhh...nostalgia.
I watched Seinfeld every night when I was a child/teenager I always enjoyed the characters and storys.
He is so funny truly a timeless talented comedian
great interview Jerry!
One of the best.
"Around the apartment" lol.
Rare interview? He's got interviews all over UA-cam and always funny and interesting.
BEST SHOW EVER MADE
where is part 2?
probably behind a paywall
Worked :)
Always loved Seinfeld show and wanted it to come back to regular Caple TV
Got to looooooove the Sein
"No glove - no Love"
This man is amazing
Oh, this is a Meals on Wheels spot, cool.
7:10 That's what to envy about Seinfeld, and Larry David, a hit show that just keeps on giving. You can do what you want and never have to worry about money. Bliss.
Excellent that Jerry brings his kids to Meals on Wheels.
Love Jerry Seinfeld ❤️.
And no link to part 2... Who manages this account for you guys, because they clearly need some help?
Interns my friend. Lol
Probably the host himself. Because he’s about as useless as they come.
I LOVE THE BEACON THEATER.
How much I miss you Jerry specialy in this moment when our country is going crazy. We would stay in our home waiting to watch your show instead of going out and get that Virus...Thank God we have UA-cam that we can watch all the reruns ..👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
👏👏The endless supply of material makes the comedy machine flourish .That investment beats any stock🇺🇸♥️👍👏👏
Well the jerk store called they're running out of you
The zoo called. You’re due back by 6!
What's the difference you're their best customer!
@@edwickham3633 classic
it doesn't matter cause you are their bigger sale
@@fv6876 that's the one
Cool
Guy looks sooooooo mazing!!!!
5:16 Didn't Seinfeld say to Paul McCartney at that gig: "You wrote 'Well she was just seventeen, you know what I mean'. And then asked him: "So, Paul, what exactly did you mean?" I never heard how McCartney responded.
Jerry made a sitcom and has a highly likeable delivery of observational humour but the way he repeatedly loves to talk about how great that is its as if he cured cancer.
"...and I know your wife is funny" Willie Geist's sick burn
Can't wait for the Netflix series release... June 2021?
Seinfeld one of the greatest television shows of all time. Jerry Seinfeds standup
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🤔
I'm sure it must be very comfortable to sit so close together as to touch each other's foot.
Interview starts at 1:00
I love Jerry and up till a couple of days ago I also had a lot of respect for him. I understand now that he and Larry David cut out the other 3 major character actors from sharing in any residual income from the show's reruns. He could have made some concessions to them for the years of work and value they added to the show. The Friends characters all stood together and made a deal to make sure they all benefitted long term from their efforts and time put into the show.
I remember there being some discord about that with the cast but I don't believe it was Jerry or Larry "cutting them out". Those decisions lay with the network and production company. It's not really fair to compare "Friends" and "Seinfeld" in terms of compensation. Jerry/Larry created the show and were the head writers/producers for every episode, including Larry directing many of them. They were known to have stayed up nights every week writing and finishing the show for the first 7 seasons they were together, with Jerry taking double-duty after Larry left. The cast didn't put in that same level of contribution. And clearly, they all remained very good friends to this day, so harm no foul. The least wealthy of them (Michael Richards) is worth $50 million. They're all fine.
They were actors on the show. Jerry and Larry created the show from nothing. That’s like hiring a contractor to build a hotel then giving them part of income from then on. If they give them money then they gotta give all the actors money. They were paid to act. Larry and Jerry were paid to create. Much different.
I'm a big fan of using a motorized slider for an interview but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing.
Of course it had a huge impact....we supposed to be surprised at that fact lol
@ NBC... I love how much money they spend on upgrading these sound stages/ news studios, giant right angled 4k jumbo screens, light up floors, more monitors than they have headlines. Just get a desk, 1 screen and a chair and donate the savings to the hungry, brag you did that and gain viewers who support that decision.
Cardi B, Zacky G, Jerry J
Jerry Seinfeld best comedian ever. 🙂
There's no license plate on the Ferrari. At the very end.
you can do the Ukraine gig, a comedian became president there :D
ukraine is weak! its feeble!
and part two ?...............
6:02 That letter shows once again how decisions about what is good and what is bad, what will fail and what will succeed, what will be made and what will be scrapped are often in the hands of unimaginative, incompetent, vision-free oafs.
My opinion is he's the 99 of comedy.. the DRAGON has spoken 🐴
Turned him into a zillionairre ‼️‼️‼️‼️
im amazed that in 2019 The camera operator can't get the focus right 1:50 ..
every time it comes on i will stop to watch. today they had the "magic lugey" episode. funny AF. and watching the blooper outtakes is almost as good. Julia Dreyfus trying not to laugh is great tv
He's the epitome of a regular guy, who's not fond of his fame.
Larry David is the true genius behind Seinfeld.
People keep saying this, but it’s nonsense. Jerry wrote every episode; Larry left before the end. They’re both geniuses.
I guess he's not a Ric Flair fan then..
I've always thought Seinfeld talking about stand up comedy is like Ted Williams talking about hitting. He's not the best standup ever, but he loves to talk about it and understands it
Agree. I'm not super 'into' standup comedians in general. And he works clean, which is harder. But as an interviewee, or just talking about random things, I find him very interesting.
Without Richards, it would have been has been show. Kramer was the star actor.
So disrespectful to New York street cleaners. My father has been a New York street cleaner for forty five years. He pushes around the trash with passion.
lol
Surprised the street sweeper union didn't insist Jerry make a public apology. I am not saying I think they should do that, I am saying I am SURPRISED that did NOT happen. See what I am saying?
Wasn’t that show cancelled?
Holy enough edits? I want to hear what Jerry has to say not the Productions ideal version of what Jerry has to say
So get a job at a TV station and interview Jerry yourself then, this is television they don't have all day, that interview probably went for an hour, an hour that TV doesn't have time to screen.
@@optimisticwhovian1726 I do have a job at a TV station and I have interviewed Jerry Seinfeld. And it has more than twice as many views as this
Then why are you whinging about how this was done? You don't need to rely on this interview do you since you've met the man himself...or so you claim anyway.......@@Vanbrusa
His wife, pretty good lookin' broad.
And you know that if he was a poorly paid store clerk in Pittsburgh, she might not have fell so madly in love him.
@@MrExEssex She probably wouldn't have fallen so madly in love with him. He brought a lot to the relationship.
How does a rich, famous, good-looking guy get a woman like that?
@@JuanRivera-gc7fq, I don't think so. I feel quite good actually, thanks for the concern. If i have a fever or a tummy ache you'll be the first to know.
i tried liking something that i thought would be better than Seinfeld...but so far there is none and in my life time atleast there will be none...
I'm really surprised that Jerry did Meals on Wheels. Seems like he'd view that as beneath him, but I'd be wrong. Good for him. I think he's lived in a crazy bubble for the last 30 years so it's probably hard to related to normal people in general.
This was a good interview and I havent seen Jerry this serious before .The interviewer was great
Totally looks like a catholic priest.
Doesn't look bad for 64
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of The Seinfeld Show!!!
The Good:Everything!!!
The Bad: The Ending!!!
The Ugly:When the police shot Jerry!!!
Those aren't jeans he has on are they
Kind of weird to tell us "don't go anywhere" and let it be followed by nothing. What if we really didn't go anywhere?
It’s really bothering me how close they are sitting . Knee to knee wtf
Profound impact ? I’ll tell you what has a profound impact, $1 billion dollars.
But the show "Seinfeld' wasn't funny because of Jerry Seinfeld, it was Larry David, all Larry David scenes and jokes that made the show Seinfeld so funny.
Not only Jerry was funny, but George, Elaine, Kramer and Newman as well, not to mention George's parents and other characters very well picked by the producers. Well written too, very good show.
Larry David was one of the Producers...I can't vouch that he personally picked each actor...But I heard he did give the final ok to Jason Alexander to play George (which is Larry David's character), and of course Jerry to play Jerry!
Hes a bit shy about his parents
call me crazy but i never found him funny, i do find his interviews interesting.
Me neither lol
www.middleeasteye.net/news/not-funny-jerry-seinfeld-slammed-visit-israeli-run-anti-terror-camp no he is really not funny
Has any comedian in television or maybe in the history of entertainment had a more successful career than Seinfeld? He must have been Mother Teresa in his past life to have been this fortunate.
Anyone else sick and tired of Jerry Seinfeld lecturing about the "science of comedy" or the "construction of jokes" or the "lives of comedians," as if he's some Shakespeare of comedy? His stand-up is hardly groundbreaking. In fact, I find it quite trite and tame. And while his TV show was great, I think he was extremely fortunate to have Larry David by his side and an amazing cast and team of writers.
Funny nnnnop
what's a seinfield?
A jew
Seinfeld the show was funny. Seinfeld the guy is just not funny, but he's stigmatized as being funny because of the show.
The impact of the show on his career was that he became an ego maniac...
Jerry with all the money you made please try and help save the world and environment
this is awful and terribly unfunny. i just laughed at the interviewer's face.
Wilson a 2000