The only time I can think of George being selfless was when he wanted the security guard to have a chair because he was on his feet all day, and that still backfired in the end 😂
He was only using the chair to boost his own self image because Susan and her father who owned the store didn’t think the security guard needed one. Which they don’t for obvious reasons so he created a problem that he had the solution for and he can be the “hero”. No fucks were given about the guard only proving he’s a better person was his main goal. Alas he is truly a master manipulator.
My old boss literally praised me in front of coworkers that I seemed busy and hard working because I pushed a hand cart everywhere I was headed. I mean… I was actually busy, but I learned a lot right then about what people actually saw.
@@denimchicken104 I used to work the floor in a grocery store. I learned straighten up the baby food aisle first, that way I had a cart full of empty cardboard boxes. Then I could comfortably push that cart around the store doing absolutely nothing, occasionally straighten some random thing on a shelf, look back and forth like I'm searching for something, for nearly a whole shift. It was very rare for anyone to ever question what I was doing, and when they did, I just gestured to my cart of empty boxes and said, "what does it look like I'm doing?" They wanted to promote me, but I couldn't stand anymore of that awful music.
@@ethansloan good god the music! They play the same channel every day for YEARS. If they would flip it to something else once a week, that’s all I ask.
@denimchicken104 I swear, I worked in retail, and they would just have the exact same songs on loop all year around. But it gets better: once you really get accustomed to working retail, you begin to realize almost every single store plays the EXACT same music, almost like every other store all are tuned to one channel.
As @@therealnav214 pointed out, take heart in knowing you’re actually a good step ahead of George; you can actually recognize and admit where the problem is, in fact, you. What’s more, you can then go about the process of changing those patterns of behavior.
My favorite is George going head-to-head with survivors of tragedy to get the nice apartment. All he had to do was talk about the tragedy that is his life to win over the board making the decision. At least until Elaine's date entered the competition.
I love how he is just so accepting of the “tragic” elements of his life. He just goes on and on about, mentioning how he became attracted to a beautiful woman only she was a Nazi. The board is so distraught by his life that one breaks down crying. Oh and he ends up leaving the meeting by admitting that his finance died because he was too cheap to get safe envelopes.
Here's the true genius of Seinfeld the show. Today, we have all these really brilliant, creative, edgy, cynical, insightful comedy shows like Always Sunny, Rick and Morty, Barry, Succession, Bojack Horseman, South Park, etc. These are all shows that pushed the envelope so far that watching a show like Seinfeld today, the casual viewer would probably find it more similar to stuff like Friends or HIMYM. But there was always a very real and deeply entrenched darkness to that show and those characters, it was just very well-hidden. Seinfeld never had to have episodes involving hitmen, prostitutes, drugs, abortion, etc. in order to score 'edgelord' points. It was just a show about how pathetically and fundamentally greedy, spiteful, narcissistic, and petty people are. The fact that somehow, throughout its entire run, millions of people couldn't see that because they were so distracted by the whacky situations and catchphrases and goofy nonsense is what truly makes it so unique and ahead of its time.
This happens because, like the characters, we all have insecurities and subconsciously try to protect our egos. It's a behavior so ingrained in human nature that the show can seem casual, with many situations appearing completely justified and unquestionable. However, if you pay close attention, you'll notice that the characters are constantly struggling with how others perceive them and what they can do to improve their status quo, even at the expense of others. The show's narrative can feel so natural and subtle because we're almost conditioned to maintain or improve our status quo, making us see nothing unusual in it, it simply feels natural to us.
People say IASIP is "Seinfeld on crack", which is truly spot-on. People don't _need_ hard drugs to be terrible; plenty will do worse on nothing but a coffee, and seem quaint in the public eye because their habit is more socially acceptable.
@ottomattix86 i always liked Jerry the most as he had the same personality as me, it's like Backstreet boys, always gather different types so they appeal to mass audience
Boy… this is brutal. George has always been one of my favorite characters, and I’ve always related to his “why does socializing always have to be such a production”, “everyone around me always has the upper hand no matter what because I suck so much, so no matter what happens, they still come out ahead… just because they aren’t me” attitude. It’s eerie to see it so plainly stated. I’m gonna need to do some soul-searching.
@radioactiverat8751 Could be because of a high focus on their insecurities. Speaking from experience, when you are insecure for any reason and you have to socialize, you wind up over focusing on your behavior and it becomes extremely mentally draining.
Same here. There's a lot of me in George. I'm also most likely autistic so I try and keep that in mind but at the same time I feel like at work I'm most like George
@@jessiejamesferruolo Ah okay, fair. Yeah as someone who has drifted more to less of that, it’s easier than you believe to not care about others opinions of you. For the most part people don’t care too.
I think a major part of what makes George George is he hates his life and finds an opportunity in every new girl he meets to completely reinvent it. Like maybe if this one works I can live the rest of my life as an antiques collector or a bad boy and no one will ever have to know who I really was.
George is the only narcissist who is fun to watch. This video is perfect. It really shows why George, being a narcissist, sabotages himself every single time. Narcissists often have one element in their lives that is constant. Most of them are in debt, can’t stay in any job and so on, but you’ll find once and while one who actually is quite capable professionally, but everything else in his life is a nightmare. In the case of George, his friends are the only constant in his life, and only because they enjoy making fun of him. I love Seinfeld. What an amazing show. The finale was perfect. They deserved it.
It's funny how, as narcissistic as he is, you get the sense that they really are his only true friends, and maybe the only people that he does actually see as fellow humans, rather than obstacles or means to an end. Because they're the only ones who truly know him, who fully understand the depths of his misanthropy, and... well, I dunno if I'd say they ACCEPT him 😆, but they're kinda just like "eh, it is what it is", which is the closest he'll ever get to acceptance. In a weird, fucked-up way, it's kind of heartwarming. They're the only people he's ever found who won't abandon him after staring into the abyss that is his soul.
@@jakek1735 that and they are about the same. Kramer gets into whatever selfish crazy antics, Jerry obsesses over minor details of everyone around him, Elaine craves attention from guys, and Newman is lazy. I men’s are they really all that different? ;)
Larry David is a comedic genius. Curb makes you realize how much of George was truly based on all Larry’s worst qualities, but on Curb you are (usually) rooting for Larry.
@@peterschultz8213 like Seinfeld somehow most of them are actually worse than Larry. Especially Cheryl 😄 I adore Larry and Leon’s relationship tho. Who knew an angry bald old Jew and a black guy with the last name black would be the perfect comedy duo.
one of my favorite George coztanza moments is when he gets promoted to be the ceo/president of the Susan foundation. He didn’t want to do it because that means he loses free time, he’d be reminded of Susan nonstop (he did technically kill her aha), and he loses potential dates. Actually I suspect Susan’s parent deliberately asked him, knowing he wouldn’t say no, because they hated him so much. :) When George coztanza gets a protege who shockingly gets the foundation’s scholarship, George gets so angry at this betrayal because his protege wanted to be a city planner, not an architect, that he refuses to give the money-only to be threatened by the peotoge’s van buren gang :)
Ouch. You do justice to a piece of genius character writing with your analysis. The writing of George truly gets under the skin, it's consistent genius throughout all the show's seasons - he embodies some aspect of shadow of all of us. That's why it's so toe-curling to watch him and he's so unforgettable. Your video essay gives me even more respect for the talent of the show writers as observers of human behaviour. Your whole breakdown of why he rejects partners who do go for him cut extremely close to the bone, for me. Brilliant work.
hey, George isnt as bad a guy as this review makes him out to be, Jerry and Elaine are equally as guilty as George in attempting to make things go their preferred way. A blacksmith manipulates metal into shapes and forms, a sculptor manipulates clay into busts, a police interrogator manipulates suspects into confessions, but this doesnt make them bad people. It is very human to try and sway the behaviour of others and George often retaliates to things done to him, like that bogus Christmas gift that he receives and inspires the human fund or lloyd braun. SERENITY NOW
This design of George's character is not a secret. It's the entire reason he's the center of comedy. He tries to manipulate people but he's absolutely terrible at it.
The funniest thing about George is how he is a loser at everything, but when he’s taking batting practice with the Yankees we find out he’s a great baseball player and he didn’t realize it.
Fearless actors will forever be remembered and Jason was nominated for 7 Emmy’s & 4 Golden Globes but won none sadly It was Michael Richarrds who won 3 times (nominated 5) Don Knotts was fearless and won 5 Emmys for the Andy Griffith show Larry Linville who was the “perfect jerk” wasn’t even nominated once for his role as Frank Burns on MASH Guess its timing
Playing the perpetual victim to justify spitefully attacking people and gaslighting anyone who suspects your lies. Weird, sounds like a certain someone(s).
Like the time George took a book into the store’s bathroom, was forced to buy it, and then got so angry and spiteful (after failing to sell the book), decided to steal another store book then return it. :)
This whole show is full of awful people. There are edits out there where they've taken out the laugh track (which tricks your brain into seeing their horrendous behavior as funny) and you can finally see just what types of people they really are.
I never watched Seinfeld and am absolutely shocked this kind of character is in it. I always thought it was just some show about some people living their lives. Not so simple I guess.
Bravo. Could also go into how me manipulates others in the close circle, but his only glimpse of honesty is with Jerry because he knows he's unlikely to get away with it and therefore that's his best human relationship
As someone who is closely related to a less cartoonish, much, much shadier Costanza type (with an intellectual dash of Michael Scott), this analysis feels super validating. My favorite George line is: "The thing that bothers me the most is THE LYING!" cause it perfectly summarizes the Costanza outlook.
George was just a man who was deeply aware of who he was not. This made him the perfect character for this kind of humor. He could talk himself out of anything positive and talk himself into any disaster. Because Larry Davids life was far more interesting than Jerry Seinfelds. Naturally the best episodes mostly belong to Georges character.
George as an incompetent sociopath is an interesting perpective on the character. Frankly, it made him funnier and somehow even more adorable in hindsight.
“George has no care or consideration for anyone” that’s actually not entirely true. It bothers him that a security guard doesn’t have a chair to sit in & goes out of his way to make the guy’s job more comfortable. He feels terrible about breaking up a couple by joking that the wife could do better & fights through Jerry & Elaine to save their marriage. He also is aware of his shortcomings and often criticizes himself as being less than the man he knows he should be. He doesn’t try to manipulate everyone & there’s even an episode where he makes a conscious effort to be brutally honest with others & do the opposite of his initial instincts which ends up benefiting him.
George is one of the greatest characters in TV history, extremely complex and despite playing into the same thing over and over again you just can't believe the level he will go to.
The ending of the video reminded me of a discussion about what George was doing during the pandeic/lockdown, and suggestions that he was stuck back with his parents again came around, apparently this was brought up to Jason Alexander who answered with "you're assuming George survived prison."
“A woman not liking George isn’t a turn-off. It’s a default setting.” is somehow freaking hysterical, completely true as a statement of fact and as something someone within the Seinfeld universe would say, and is somewhat sad. SERENITY NOW!
Also worth bringing up on the subject of dating: we can't forget the time George was going out with a woman who genuinely liked him and he went on a double-date with Jerry and his girlfriend only to find out afterwards that Jerry's girlfriend didn't like him. Her dislike of him causes him to become attracted to her and even obsessed with her because he's so self-loathing that a woman hating him is a turn on to him. It reaches the point where he ends up pushing his own girlfriend who genuinely likes him away and ends up with nothing in the end. Another girlfriend of his that comes to mind was when he was dating the woman who he suspected had an eating disorder and that she was going to the bathroom after meals to throw up. But his concern was not coming from a place of compassion where he was worried for her health or wellbeing. No, instead he was worried about the money he would be theoretically "wasting" if she was just regurgitating all the meals he had been buying for her.
George's instincts on women and dating are spot on. Guys who look like him without huge success to fall back on have to do what they have to do. Dudes of lesser status and means have been pretending things about themselves since time began to get action. Let's not be all high and mighty about it. He just goes too far is the main problem.
He looks a lot like my old friend, Art Vandelay
the famous architect?
@ExNihil0 I looked him up and it's spot on, but his Linkdn just said "importer/exporter."
@@ExNihil0 And founder of The Human Fund!
I thought he had a business in imports and exports dealing with latex.
@@semajhaze37he's an importer/exporter.
The only time I can think of George being selfless was when he wanted the security guard to have a chair because he was on his feet all day, and that still backfired in the end 😂
For such a self-centered person, he can sense the slightest human suffering
@@martino5742 Is he sensing anything right now?
He was only using the chair to boost his own self image because Susan and her father who owned the store didn’t think the security guard needed one. Which they don’t for obvious reasons so he created a problem that he had the solution for and he can be the “hero”. No fucks were given about the guard only proving he’s a better person was his main goal. Alas he is truly a master manipulator.
The episode he got the waiter fired
That was about "justice" or "fairness", not about empathy
George: Personal Justice Warrior
Hahaha
This was done better in Curb already: Social Assassin
😂😂very good
@@yellowriverboy5734 *LOL*
Haha that way better than and sjw
The "look annoyed so you seem busy" trick has been a godsend to my ADHD ass.
My old boss literally praised me in front of coworkers that I seemed busy and hard working because I pushed a hand cart everywhere I was headed.
I mean… I was actually busy, but I learned a lot right then about what people actually saw.
@@denimchicken104 I used to work the floor in a grocery store. I learned straighten up the baby food aisle first, that way I had a cart full of empty cardboard boxes. Then I could comfortably push that cart around the store doing absolutely nothing, occasionally straighten some random thing on a shelf, look back and forth like I'm searching for something, for nearly a whole shift. It was very rare for anyone to ever question what I was doing, and when they did, I just gestured to my cart of empty boxes and said, "what does it look like I'm doing?"
They wanted to promote me, but I couldn't stand anymore of that awful music.
@@ethansloan good god the music! They play the same channel every day for YEARS. If they would flip it to something else once a week, that’s all I ask.
@denimchicken104 I swear, I worked in retail, and they would just have the exact same songs on loop all year around. But it gets better: once you really get accustomed to working retail, you begin to realize almost every single store plays the EXACT same music, almost like every other store all are tuned to one channel.
@@CyreseParrish They literally were. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStore_Audio_Network
Gorge suffers from imposter syndrome, made worse by him actually being an imposter
Do imposters suffer from imposter syndrome?
@@jasonleetaiwan George does
George is getting upset!
Imagine my horror to listen to this entire breakdown and only now in life realize that I am George Costanza.
if you were, you wouldn’t realize it. You would be aggravated or deny it cause you couldn’t look beyond yourself.
As @@therealnav214 pointed out, take heart in knowing you’re actually a good step ahead of George; you can actually recognize and admit where the problem is, in fact, you. What’s more, you can then go about the process of changing those patterns of behavior.
@therealnav214 that just means he has the self awareness to stop. He's still been living that guy's life
We all have a part of these characters in us lol
Wow he’s literally me
GEORGE IS GETTING UPSET
These pretzels…………
are making me thirsty
Worlds are colliding!
He's Beboppin and Scattin all over me!!
You're killing independent George!
George is the most (if not the only) accurate "literally me" character in fiction
So you're Larry David?
Yeah except George pulls the ladies lmfao
@@tristen_grant I wish I was Larry David.
@@cobaingrohlnovooh yeah??? Well the jerk store called, they’re running out of you!
Fuck yeah me too. He probably has money and like. A really nice bed. For sleeping in.
My favorite is George going head-to-head with survivors of tragedy to get the nice apartment. All he had to do was talk about the tragedy that is his life to win over the board making the decision. At least until Elaine's date entered the competition.
His entire life's suffering was worth less than a well placed $50 bribe. 🤣
I love how he is just so accepting of the “tragic” elements of his life. He just goes on and on about, mentioning how he became attracted to a beautiful woman only she was a Nazi. The board is so distraught by his life that one breaks down crying. Oh and he ends up leaving the meeting by admitting that his finance died because he was too cheap to get safe envelopes.
Jason Alexander should have won an Emmy!!!
Should have won on his first nomination in 1991
For real. How the hell did Jerry?!
Should’ve shared a Nobel Prize with Larry for producing George Costanza together
He would have if Lloyd Braun hadn’t interfered
@@baptizednblood6813that Lloyd Braun is something.
Costanza values more than just money and sex. He also vslues a good pastrami sandwich.
And being draped in velvet
@@HeatherHolt yes he does, yes he does …. Ensconced in it even
This is why George is my favorite character! He’s such a terrible guy yet he’s also so entertaining. Excellent video!
Here's the true genius of Seinfeld the show. Today, we have all these really brilliant, creative, edgy, cynical, insightful comedy shows like Always Sunny, Rick and Morty, Barry, Succession, Bojack Horseman, South Park, etc. These are all shows that pushed the envelope so far that watching a show like Seinfeld today, the casual viewer would probably find it more similar to stuff like Friends or HIMYM. But there was always a very real and deeply entrenched darkness to that show and those characters, it was just very well-hidden. Seinfeld never had to have episodes involving hitmen, prostitutes, drugs, abortion, etc. in order to score 'edgelord' points. It was just a show about how pathetically and fundamentally greedy, spiteful, narcissistic, and petty people are. The fact that somehow, throughout its entire run, millions of people couldn't see that because they were so distracted by the whacky situations and catchphrases and goofy nonsense is what truly makes it so unique and ahead of its time.
This happens because, like the characters, we all have insecurities and subconsciously try to protect our egos. It's a behavior so ingrained in human nature that the show can seem casual, with many situations appearing completely justified and unquestionable. However, if you pay close attention, you'll notice that the characters are constantly struggling with how others perceive them and what they can do to improve their status quo, even at the expense of others. The show's narrative can feel so natural and subtle because we're almost conditioned to maintain or improve our status quo, making us see nothing unusual in it, it simply feels natural to us.
People say IASIP is "Seinfeld on crack", which is truly spot-on. People don't _need_ hard drugs to be terrible; plenty will do worse on nothing but a coffee, and seem quaint in the public eye because their habit is more socially acceptable.
What is IASIP?@@viscountrainbows2857
@viscountrainbows2857 dammmm that's spot on about it's always sunny in Philadelphia
Viewers were subconsciously modeling the characters. Dumbing down society morally.
Should be called “how Costanza carried the show Seinfeld for 9 seasons.”
You spelled Kramer in an odd way...
@@joshmciver4847Kramer is for the low IQ folks
Everyone besides Jerry did. Even extras. I believe Jason didn't win an Emmy for his performance so..
Can't stand ya!
@ottomattix86 i always liked Jerry the most as he had the same personality as me, it's like Backstreet boys, always gather different types so they appeal to mass audience
Boy… this is brutal. George has always been one of my favorite characters, and I’ve always related to his “why does socializing always have to be such a production”, “everyone around me always has the upper hand no matter what because I suck so much, so no matter what happens, they still come out ahead… just because they aren’t me” attitude. It’s eerie to see it so plainly stated. I’m gonna need to do some soul-searching.
When you say, “why does socializing have to be such a production” what do you specifically point to?
Yeah you’re just like George lmfao
@radioactiverat8751 Could be because of a high focus on their insecurities. Speaking from experience, when you are insecure for any reason and you have to socialize, you wind up over focusing on your behavior and it becomes extremely mentally draining.
Same here. There's a lot of me in George. I'm also most likely autistic so I try and keep that in mind but at the same time I feel like at work I'm most like George
@@jessiejamesferruolo Ah okay, fair. Yeah as someone who has drifted more to less of that, it’s easier than you believe to not care about others opinions of you.
For the most part people don’t care too.
Don't forget The Comeback episode. The jerk store called. They're running out of you 😂
To this day i still say: "Well i had sex with your wife" as acomeback to anything
Why would the store care? He's the best seller!
@@No-Ink Yeah, well, he slept with your wife!
@wvu05 ...she's in a coma.
"In order to manage risk, we must first understand risk."
-Machiavelli
Love it
"Ovaltine, what is this stuff? The mug is round, the jar is round, should've called it Roundtine"
This guy MADE the show imo
And he NEVER got an award
@@freddiesimmons1394 There’s no justice in the world
I think a major part of what makes George George is he hates his life and finds an opportunity in every new girl he meets to completely reinvent it. Like maybe if this one works I can live the rest of my life as an antiques collector or a bad boy and no one will ever have to know who I really was.
George is the only narcissist who is fun to watch. This video is perfect. It really shows why George, being a narcissist, sabotages himself every single time. Narcissists often have one element in their lives that is constant. Most of them are in debt, can’t stay in any job and so on, but you’ll find once and while one who actually is quite capable professionally, but everything else in his life is a nightmare. In the case of George, his friends are the only constant in his life, and only because they enjoy making fun of him. I love Seinfeld. What an amazing show. The finale was perfect. They deserved it.
It's funny how, as narcissistic as he is, you get the sense that they really are his only true friends, and maybe the only people that he does actually see as fellow humans, rather than obstacles or means to an end. Because they're the only ones who truly know him, who fully understand the depths of his misanthropy, and... well, I dunno if I'd say they ACCEPT him 😆, but they're kinda just like "eh, it is what it is", which is the closest he'll ever get to acceptance. In a weird, fucked-up way, it's kind of heartwarming. They're the only people he's ever found who won't abandon him after staring into the abyss that is his soul.
@@jakek1735 that and they are about the same. Kramer gets into whatever selfish crazy antics, Jerry obsesses over minor details of everyone around him, Elaine craves attention from guys, and Newman is lazy. I men’s are they really all that different? ;)
Psychology is modern day Phrenology for the desperate. Knock it off.
Larry David is a comedic genius.
Curb makes you realize how much of George was truly based on all Larry’s worst qualities, but on Curb you are (usually) rooting for Larry.
larry is so terrible to everyone all the time but i always end up rooting for him
@@peterschultz8213 like Seinfeld somehow most of them are actually worse than Larry. Especially Cheryl 😄 I adore Larry and Leon’s relationship tho. Who knew an angry bald old Jew and a black guy with the last name black would be the perfect comedy duo.
George is the aspiring villain of our time 😂
What kind of topsy-turvy world do we live in where heroes are cast as villains?! Brave mean as cowards?!
I mean of the 4 main leads, he's probably the most prone lol
The greatest character in comedy.
Arnold Rimmer is the greatest character, but Georgie Boy is second.
What an incredibly engaging intro! I already knew I wanted to watch the video from the title, but the way you spun the intro was simply glorious.
"If you live by the George you die by the George"
Brilliant 😭
A George divided against itself cannot stand.
one of my favorite George coztanza moments is when he gets promoted to be the ceo/president of the Susan foundation. He didn’t want to do it because that means he loses free time, he’d be reminded of Susan nonstop (he did technically kill her aha), and he loses potential dates. Actually I suspect Susan’s parent deliberately asked him, knowing he wouldn’t say no, because they hated him so much. :)
When George coztanza gets a protege who shockingly gets the foundation’s scholarship, George gets so angry at this betrayal because his protege wanted to be a city planner, not an architect, that he refuses to give the money-only to be threatened by the peotoge’s van buren gang :)
Yes, those were awesome moments.
Let’s not forget that woman on the subway robbed him of $8 🤣
"It's my only suit! I got it for $350 at Moe Ginsburg!"
Did he ever see her again?
I've never watched Seinfeld but finding out George is the "villain" in the show was something I didn't expect judging by his appearance.
It's Lowkey hilarious
They're all terrible, vain people but George takes the cake
@@elbis1964100%
hes not the “villain” lol
@@isaacsanchez2003 That's why I put it in quotations.
You’ve been heavy on the Seinfeld content at the moment! I’m also in the stage of appreciating Seinfeld for the first time
Seinfeld walked so Curb Your Enthusiasm could run
Ouch. You do justice to a piece of genius character writing with your analysis. The writing of George truly gets under the skin, it's consistent genius throughout all the show's seasons - he embodies some aspect of shadow of all of us. That's why it's so toe-curling to watch him and he's so unforgettable. Your video essay gives me even more respect for the talent of the show writers as observers of human behaviour. Your whole breakdown of why he rejects partners who do go for him cut extremely close to the bone, for me. Brilliant work.
This is probably the best video i've seen this year. Thank you for this.
hey, George isnt as bad a guy as this review makes him out to be, Jerry and Elaine are equally as guilty as George in attempting to make things go their preferred way. A blacksmith manipulates metal into shapes and forms, a sculptor manipulates clay into busts, a police interrogator manipulates suspects into confessions, but this doesnt make them bad people. It is very human to try and sway the behaviour of others and George often retaliates to things done to him, like that bogus Christmas gift that he receives and inspires the human fund or lloyd braun. SERENITY NOW
Do you have to shout it? :)
@@czars694that's the only way to get PEACE! 😂
Everything about his acting is perfect. The pauses , facial expressions, microexpressions. Everything he does is funny.
This design of George's character is not a secret. It's the entire reason he's the center of comedy. He tries to manipulate people but he's absolutely terrible at it.
" . . . a sick mind like this could never rise to power." I see what you did there.
a sick mind like that DID rise to power before biden and is now trying to rise again. lol
what is it
At least in buisness, he is absolutely right to play this way since he is in a corporate culture which is all about rewarding appearance only
Even when he tries to get fired he fails ;) because another guy took the fall for him quicker than the time it took for Steinbrenner to fire him. :)
So, basically, George is everyone on social media right now.
Lol
This essay made George even better
In a parallel world, George would have been a great lawyer! 👍
Funny too how much Jerry reinforces his insecurities and enables his lies and manipulative nature.
The funniest thing about George is how he is a loser at everything, but when he’s taking batting practice with the Yankees we find out he’s a great baseball player and he didn’t realize it.
Fearless actors will forever be remembered and Jason was nominated for 7 Emmy’s & 4 Golden Globes but won none sadly
It was Michael Richarrds who won 3 times (nominated 5)
Don Knotts was fearless and won 5 Emmys for the Andy Griffith show
Larry Linville who was the “perfect jerk” wasn’t even nominated once for his role as Frank Burns on MASH
Guess its timing
To never get an Emmy is conceptually perfect.😊
Costanza was the best character in the show
Mate, I wish you could peer into my life and analyze it in the same way lol.
you can
@@isaacsanchez2003But can you audit it with complete, unadulterated honesty? No rose-colored glasses. No manipulation of the facts.
Zero work ethic and tricking women into relationships. George was a true pioneer for the sigma male grindset
How do you trick a woman into a relationship?
@@TrentAdam Telling lies
😂 facts
@@MalAnders94 If I'm dumb enough to go along with it then it's my problem
I'll stay bluepilled, thanks.
"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx
It's a joke quote Costanza, not a life philosophy.
George is master in over compensating and under delivery 😂 loved your commentary. Really enjoyed it.
George is one half evil, one half relatable.
Larry David would be offended by this video because George is based on him. IMO Running away from the fire is the worst thing he did.
Yeah George is literally Larry David
@@decem_sagittaei'm pretty shure it's the other way around.
Wow what a great idea for a video, I really love your work, thank you!
Playing the perpetual victim to justify spitefully attacking people and gaslighting anyone who suspects your lies. Weird, sounds like a certain someone(s).
Like the time George took a book into the store’s bathroom, was forced to buy it, and then got so angry and spiteful (after failing to sell the book), decided to steal another store book then return it. :)
The quitting and showing back up Monday bit was something Larry David did while working for SNL.
Excellent analysis, your music and editing is always top tier too
So many good scenes, but the one where the doctor tells him Susan died was the best.😂😂😂 He absolutely didn't care.
Not true! The doc later said it was reserved relief.
@@bradhorowitz2765 😂 I think he said restrained jubilation? 😂😅😅😅
@@Barney_rubble983Murderer! He killed their daughter! He knew those envelopes were toxic!
This whole show is full of awful people. There are edits out there where they've taken out the laugh track (which tricks your brain into seeing their horrendous behavior as funny) and you can finally see just what types of people they really are.
Seinfeld is one of the few shows that's still funny with the laugh track removed though
this video makes George look like he should be a serial killer on law and order or something 😂 great video!
I bet if he was on another type of show, George would definitely be one..... but, he'd get caught in the 5th season.
I started watching Seinfeld two weeks ago and now you're doing Seinfeld content... I think we're connected in some way
You’ve got a great voice for this medium bro
George is my favorite character ever.
I never watched Seinfeld and am absolutely shocked this kind of character is in it. I always thought it was just some show about some people living their lives. Not so simple I guess.
They're terrible people 😂😂 very shallow. It's hilarious.
I mean, it *is* a show about people living their lives, but it’s who these people are that make the moments so interesting.
@@Barney_rubble983 Ah, NOW I see the appeal. Watching terrible people fall.
Seinfeld is basically the mellow version of it's always sunny.
Seinfeld on the surface is that, but the way the characters interact with each other's and all the little nuances make the show
This channel should have well over a million subs. Keep after it!
This is a 27 year old man in the 90s
I thought the guys were mid thirties and Elaine was the young one.
27 is wild.
GEORGE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 27? what the hell are they putting in the water now, no kid today looks like costanza
They exist, you just don't know everyone's age.
@@edd.5169 I just looked it up, and George is in his early to mid 30s, either 31 or 37
Good job mentioning his short comings while showing footage of him being walked in, after being in the pool
Certainly your darkest and most insidious video ever. Bravo!
Bravo. Could also go into how me manipulates others in the close circle, but his only glimpse of honesty is with Jerry because he knows he's unlikely to get away with it and therefore that's his best human relationship
Greatest sitcom character ever ❤
I detest how much I once related to George.. I'm grateful now that I've evolved into a happy, carefree, kind Kramer
Damn this video essay was beautiful brother. Much love instant sub
Damn what a badass commentary. I know every episode by heart but I never realized
As someone who is closely related to a less cartoonish, much, much shadier Costanza type (with an intellectual dash of Michael Scott), this analysis feels super validating. My favorite George line is: "The thing that bothers me the most is THE LYING!" cause it perfectly summarizes the Costanza outlook.
This is one of the most brilliant breakdowns I’ve ever seen. George is truly evil 😂
new Seinfeld content this is my lucky day
“Reality is not allowed in George’s world.”
This perfectly sums up narcissistic and/ or toxic manipulative people quite well. Reality is not allowed.
This deserves a million likes.
George was just a man who was deeply aware of who he was not. This made him the perfect character for this kind of humor. He could talk himself out of anything positive and talk himself into any disaster. Because Larry Davids life was far more interesting than Jerry Seinfelds. Naturally the best episodes mostly belong to Georges character.
Please do the rest of the cast!
You summed him up perfectly
great work!
George as an incompetent sociopath is an interesting perpective on the character. Frankly, it made him funnier and somehow even more adorable in hindsight.
I'm 3 minutes in and the similarities between George and Trump are startling.
EDIT: 24:24 took it to another level.
what a twist!
The man pushed over a clown in a fire.
And kids and a grandma
And ate an eclair out of the trash can (it was on the top tho!) hah
@@HeatherHolt hovering.... like an angel
This whole video had me giggling in nostalgia. It's why George is my favorite character on the show.
“George has no care or consideration for anyone” that’s actually not entirely true. It bothers him that a security guard doesn’t have a chair to sit in & goes out of his way to make the guy’s job more comfortable. He feels terrible about breaking up a couple by joking that the wife could do better & fights through Jerry & Elaine to save their marriage. He also is aware of his shortcomings and often criticizes himself as being less than the man he knows he should be. He doesn’t try to manipulate everyone & there’s even an episode where he makes a conscious effort to be brutally honest with others & do the opposite of his initial instincts which ends up benefiting him.
There's so much truth behind George's dating games and manipulation.
We have to admit, there’s a little George in all of our personalities haha
George is one of the greatest characters in TV history, extremely complex and despite playing into the same thing over and over again you just can't believe the level he will go to.
This entire video was brilliant
George Costanza is Larry David. Larry David is George Costanza. Let that sink in for a minute.
Are we going to discuss the fact that George is just Larry David's self insert?
Exactly. I want to hear what the uploader has to say about that.
"I lie every second of the day, my whole life is a sham." "My whole life is a lie." "Its not a lie if you believe it."🤣🤣🤣
Whew 😰 George has never been dragged so badly
The ending of the video reminded me of a discussion about what George was doing during the pandeic/lockdown, and suggestions that he was stuck back with his parents again came around, apparently this was brought up to Jason Alexander who answered with "you're assuming George survived prison."
This video was absolutely hilarious😂
“A woman not liking George isn’t a turn-off. It’s a default setting.” is somehow freaking hysterical, completely true as a statement of fact and as something someone within the Seinfeld universe would say, and is somewhat sad. SERENITY NOW!
Do Rick Sanchez (if you’d like).
I think George's feelings of imposter syndrome in the workplace could be better described as just "being an imposter"
well this was frustrating.
SERENITY NOW !!
Also worth bringing up on the subject of dating: we can't forget the time George was going out with a woman who genuinely liked him and he went on a double-date with Jerry and his girlfriend only to find out afterwards that Jerry's girlfriend didn't like him. Her dislike of him causes him to become attracted to her and even obsessed with her because he's so self-loathing that a woman hating him is a turn on to him. It reaches the point where he ends up pushing his own girlfriend who genuinely likes him away and ends up with nothing in the end.
Another girlfriend of his that comes to mind was when he was dating the woman who he suspected had an eating disorder and that she was going to the bathroom after meals to throw up. But his concern was not coming from a place of compassion where he was worried for her health or wellbeing. No, instead he was worried about the money he would be theoretically "wasting" if she was just regurgitating all the meals he had been buying for her.
George's instincts on women and dating are spot on. Guys who look like him without huge success to fall back on have to do what they have to do.
Dudes of lesser status and means have been pretending things about themselves since time began to get action. Let's not be all high and mighty about it.
He just goes too far is the main problem.
And he has to go too far, otherwise it wouldn't be funny. There is a lot of armchair psychology going on in this video.
Prune juice? Sorry I couldn’t open the liquor cabinet…I forgot the lock. How about we check out the master bedroom?
Amazing analysis of George C for sure