The real main character. Funny he lost best supporting actor to Michael Richards. He was the lead! The entire 7th season was about him trying to get out of marrying Susan
No, he couldn't say "I don't know"! Susan would have retorted, "How could you not know?!" He and Elaine had just made a whole show out of George's needing to talk to Elaine about this specific problem. George should clearly have had intimate knowledge of Art's business. Answering "I don't know" would have been the worst, most inconsistent thing he could have said!
@dankubus1633 no because it would've been his only option out of this. anything other than "i don't know" or "chips" wouldve blown it. He very simply could've just said he didn't know because it wasn't relevant and they were talking about the way she FELT and not the specifics of her bfs job
Don't you know about the worlds? If Art and Bob comes in to contact with the coffee shop, then worlds collide. Anybody knows you gotta keep your worlds apart.
I loved all of George's fascination to be an Architect on so many episodes. It always made me chuckle the high esteem he placed on them. In Engineering College there was a running joke with so many of the guys who flunked out suddenly becoming Architect majors; What do you call an Engineering dropout? An Architect.
@@sakabula2357 They are my heroes, welders and machinists...I'm an AE/SE with Lockheed Martin and I relish every chance I get to spend time with the machinists and welders and fabricators.
That I am an architect thing was so awesome. He used to do it alot. I think he was the single most gifted actor of them all. So natural and consistent.
10:25 Jason Alexander is genius, it's like he's annoyed that he has to lie again, or he thinks that the lie is weak, and he judges it while doing it, its amazing!
Venetian Blinds is the greatest beat novel of all time. Kerouac totally ripped off Vandelay. It's a shame most people don't know the real genius of the beat generation
Funny thing, when I switched my last job I jokingly told my colleagues that I was going to an import export company called Art Vandeley, shockingly most of them took it seriously
@RyanCampbell-ve1xv You're incoherent. Please speak in decipherable languages (English would be best), stop drinking or some combination of the above. Thank you.
A customer went on and on about $2.00 bills today so I mentioned how ppl don't see $3.00 dollar bills that often. He said he hasn't seen any of those in a long time now. 😮😮😮😊😊😊
This is really the inside joke of the series, anybody who hasnt watched the show has no idea, but if you mention it to someone who has watched it they smile 😁.
That natural reaction should have answered Susan's question. Then again since she was sleeping with George she probably was just offended that Elaine would laugh at the thought.
This is one of those jokes that becomes so ingrained in the show that you might even forget it's a reference. Similar to "What's the deal with ___" or, to use one of its contemporaries, "Regina Phalange."
This premiered over 30 years ago. There must be someone out there who named their child Art Vandelay. If we're lucky, he may even be an architect.....or an importer-exporter.
Have you ever seen Art Vandeley and Tony Soprano in the same room? George has been telling the truth about his lies the whole time, what an absolute mastermind of all domains.
10:50 “I’m having an affair with Elaine? If I would be having an affair with Elaine, I’d make up some other person I’d go see and then go see El…….. Elaine”. The acting here is 10/10. The way he stumbles at the end when he realizes he is giving away his plan. So good. Just so good.
George always wanted to have people believe that he was either an Architect or a Marine Biologist. I took all the tours offered by the local Architecture society and can do a credible fake architect, and I volunteer at the local Aquarium so I can also do a good pretend Marine Biologist!! I realized recently that I am living Costanza's dream!!!
Marine biologist has nothing to do with George's ideas It was made up by Jerry. George at first was angry and even told Jerry why he didnt make him an architect.
The many aliases of George Louis Costanza; Art Vandalay, Buck Naked, Colin O'Brian, Body Suit Man, Cartwright, GLC, Cantstandya, Aqua Boy, The Chunker.....
Jerry can't remember the girl's name but can remember that damn tongue twister of a lawyer firms name. If that's not genius than I don't know what genius is.
Art Vandelay sure has an impressive resume. An author, an importer-exporter, and owner of a latex manufacturing company.
I know right? He’s a real renaissance man, haha!
Then becoming a judge in a small town
Novelist of Venetian Blinds, an playwright of the Off(off, off) Broadway play La Cocina.
We are looking for more latex salesmen.
Can’t forget architect as well. Multifaceted in his architectural talents… everything from railroads to the Guggenheim
It really was the longest running gag in the show, from the second episode. Having the judge be named that in the finale was just perfect.
"It's not a lie if you believe it"
- George Costanza
He was preWoke.
Donald J Trump
George was a true craftsman when it came to telling lies. He taught the master class.
Remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it.
Wouldn't it be an architect? lol
@@cchavezjr7 it's city planner!
It's not a lie... if you believe it.
@@daved2140 This really shows itself when Jerry gives a scoff at George, "You're an architect?" "I'm Not?" 0:43
"I'm an architect".
"Really? What do you design?"
"Uhh railroads".
"I thought engineers do that"
"They can".
Priceless XD
Priceless Jibberish that hopefully will live on for .many future generations
he could have said railway bridges and that would be legitimate
@@jf752 Art Vandalay doesn't deal with the legitimate. He is a most illegitimate man.
The line "I'm an architect" really cracked up some guy in the audience
@@dessertstorm7476 it was an engineer in the crowd lol
Jason Alexander was AMAZING in this role.
George was the core of this series. Main man There is almost no part inwhich he isnt't involved.
The real main character. Funny he lost best supporting actor to Michael Richards. He was the lead! The entire 7th season was about him trying to get out of marrying Susan
He carried this show.
You watch your mouth.. his name is George Costanza
I loved his parents soo much also . Lol
Art Vandelay and Dr. VAN NOSTRAND need their own spin off.
Don't forget Pennypacker.
@@gikigill788 So Kramer would play a double role?
See ya later mr POOPstrand! 🏀
Bob sacamano.
And FDR…
I loved how throughout the whole series they maintained their alter identities - Vandelay, Varnsen, Pennypacker.
don't forget professor/doctor martin van nostrand
Jason Alexander's confident delivery of "They can" never ceases to get a giant howl of laughter from me
He says “matches” with such assurance. It’s hilarious. And he could have just said “ I don’t know”.
Insanely funny.
He is a liar and liars must lie.
No, he couldn't say "I don't know"! Susan would have retorted, "How could you not know?!" He and Elaine had just made a whole show out of George's needing to talk to Elaine about this specific problem. George should clearly have had intimate knowledge of Art's business. Answering "I don't know" would have been the worst, most inconsistent thing he could have said!
@dankubus1633 no because it would've been his only option out of this. anything other than "i don't know" or "chips" wouldve blown it. He very simply could've just said he didn't know because it wasn't relevant and they were talking about the way she FELT and not the specifics of her bfs job
It's impressive that Arthur 'Art' Vandelay achieved so much and then chose to become a judge...
The diaper export industry never fully recovered - tragic, really 😄
Those who can't do, judge.
Judge is a bad job?
This show will be on reruns 100 years from now and people will still laugh.
I imagine it will be like how the 3 stooges is seen and still beloved today
One of the most prolific and multifaceted gentleman of contemporary times.
Art Vandelay is and always will be the most interesting man in the world!
J Peterman really gave him a run for his money in the later seasons 😄
Nah Bob Sacamento rules the roost
Art Vandelay and Bob Sacamano should go to the coffee shop
Bob was never the same after that hernia operation.
@@fromthehaven94 Now all he does is look out the window and say my name is bob!
Don't you know about the worlds?
If Art and Bob comes in to contact with the coffee shop, then worlds collide.
Anybody knows you gotta keep your worlds apart.
Art Vandalay has been in that coffee shop many times
With Cousin Jeffrey.
The Man, The Myth, The Legend, he lived a good life while no one knew who he was
hahahaha
Just like Suzie from Seinfeld
Vander who?
He might be the cousin of Bob Sacameno
Susie, Suz, knew him. But she didn't have sex with him. Only Jerry.
I loved all of George's fascination to be an Architect on so many episodes. It always made me chuckle the high esteem he placed on them. In Engineering College there was a running joke with so many of the guys who flunked out suddenly becoming Architect majors; What do you call an Engineering dropout? An Architect.
Lol..Welders..because Engineers also need heroes
Marine biologist
🐳
@@sakabula2357 They are my heroes, welders and machinists...I'm an AE/SE with Lockheed Martin and I relish every chance I get to spend time with the machinists and welders and fabricators.
7:12 "Imma hire you as my latex salesman?
I...don't think so"
HILARIOUS
I used to know the real Art Vandelay. He always talked about some guy named George Costanza.
I heard he was a great marine biologist
@@RaReVapory Yeah but he treated his body like an amusement park.
Rusty Shackleford went to school with him.
Art Vandelay has to be one of the greatest names of all time.
That I am an architect thing was so awesome. He used to do it alot. I think he was the single most gifted actor of them all. So natural and consistent.
indeed,its a real shame that the disnt get some type of award/oscar !!!
10:25 Jason Alexander is genius, it's like he's annoyed that he has to lie again, or he thinks that the lie is weak, and he judges it while doing it, its amazing!
Art Vandelay is the opposite of everything he's ever wanted to accomplish.
haha!!!!
The utter defeat in George thanks to Kramer was so hilarious, being in his underwear
"SAY VANDELAY!"
And you want to be my latex salesman.
I liked the time where Jerry said to George “so simple yet so devious.”
George replied “this is what I do.”
Venetian Blinds is the greatest beat novel of all time. Kerouac totally ripped off Vandelay. It's a shame most people don't know the real genius of the beat generation
And why would that be a shame for?
I never understood why such a great novelist gave it all up for latex.
@@woofowl2408 Fewer pedophiles probably.
@@woofowl2408 yeah it was the same with J.D. Salinger. Just be thankful we got Venetian blinds and catcher in the rye
@@woofowl2408 haha!!! good one!
Elaine laughing at the accusation is the funniest part
I always liked how George would get offended at the idea of Art Vandelay being an importer AND an exporter.
Funny thing, when I switched my last job I jokingly told my colleagues that I was going to an import export company called Art Vandeley, shockingly most of them took it seriously
This show was 30 years ago. Why would you expect normal people to get a reference to an obscure non-character in a mediocre sitcom from decades ago?
@RyanCampbell-ve1xv You're incoherent. Please speak in decipherable languages (English would be best), stop drinking or some combination of the above. Thank you.
@@andrewbailey7045Why are you watching clips if you don’t like Seinfeld?
@Potato_1108 Autoplay. I don't hate the show, to be clear, but it's mediocre at best.
A customer went on and on about $2.00 bills today so I mentioned how ppl don't see $3.00 dollar bills that often. He said he hasn't seen any of those in a long time now. 😮😮😮😊😊😊
Mr. Vandalay, Mr. Vonson, Mr. Pennypecker😂😂😂😂
O’ Brien
Pennypecker ?😃🤣😂
Packer
Art Vandeley an obscure writer...
Very very very very obscure
And very busy importer/exporter of potato matches or something.
Venetian blinds.
- I thought engineers do that.
-They can
I always worried that Art would actually give up exports. Would have changed the entire mood of the show…
Dont worry. Hes only hedging his bets.
6:36 George's hair when he runs into Jerry's apartment.
That whole scene was impeccable. The hair crowned it off. Superb acting.
This is really the inside joke of the series, anybody who hasnt watched the show has no idea, but if you mention it to someone who has watched it they smile 😁.
Is that cause the finale?
Is this why they end up in jail?
Same thing when someone mentions the pensky file
@@delilasloan8914 is this why they end up in jail?
The list of inside jokes are endless: Junior mint, Drake’s coffee cake, karvoka, and for me, the one the top them all : Festivus for the rest of us
Comical genius at its best. *Jason* *Alexander* is a bloody great actor. Extremely underrated.
Art Vandelay, one of the greatest men of our time, just alongside Captain Johnathan Tuttle.
Captain Tuttle was one of the best MASH episodes ever.
Elaine's laugh is perfect.....they could not have cast better characters....every single role
Elaine was the main reason I watched the show in the beginning!!
So funny ❤❤❤❤😂😂😂
Elaine's reaction to having an affair with George is golden totally hilarious.
George is my favorite character in this show 😂😂.
Art Vandalay,the most famous name in the whole tv show 😂😂😂
And you wanna be my latex salesman? Rounds the scene off perfectly!
Laying face down in the floor with his pants around his ankles lmfao 🤣
Alexander deserved an Emmy for this
He was robbed
He deserved more than one Emmy...🤔
George sure knows how to make anyone proud of themselves 🤣🤣
Every since I knew Art Vandelay, he changed my life FOREVER 😂
11:10 - Elaine's laugh at the absurdity of having an affair with George is everything.
😂😂😂😂authentic laughter ❤❤❤❤
Oh my god, an affair... that's so adult!
LMAO "Kel Varnson speaking"
So Art Vandelay wrote "Venitian Blinds"! What a prolific guy!
And what a book that was
Really didn't take that long either... Just like his redesign of the Guggenheim 😂
There is no way I would hire George to be my latex salesman.
I wouldn't hire George for anything.
@@davidsheets8932 not even a hand model??Lol
@@sakabula2357Is he a master of his domain? 🤚🏾
Elaine laughter (11:15) is one reason I would watch Seinfeld. The best character/actor in the show. Thanks for sharing!!!
"Are you having an affair with George?" Just that line, cracks me up xD
Don’t be ridiculous
Art Vandelay is the alter ego of George like Keyser Soze
@Prince Ali no it was spacey's character
Yes, Kobayashi was the attorney for Keysor Soze. Verbal played by Spacey was actually Soze. Did you watch the movie ?
@Prince Ali No .
Spacey was Soze.
@@bak-mariterry5180
It’s a mystery who Sose is. Either the lawyer or Spacey’s character. It’s still debated to this day.
Jerry didn't buy that George could be his latex salesman after he saw him sprawled on the floor with his pants around his ankles.😂
Art Vandelay is a legend right up there with lier George!
Vandalay is not a word; it's an emotion!
7:46 my favorite scene from the entire series.
it's superb.
I remember thinking what the hell is Kramer doing answering someone else’s phone.
all that just to get some extension of unemployment.... these people are nuts
You're way off!
🤣🤣🤣🤣. I love this scene as well. Cracks me up everytime.😂😂
When Susan asked Elaine was she sleeping with George and she laughed out loud, I was too tickled
That natural reaction should have answered Susan's question. Then again since she was sleeping with George she probably was just offended that Elaine would laugh at the thought.
LoL 3:03 the way George speaks about his fake job with that nudge is so frickin hilarious. I always lose it when he do that 🤣
“I don’t see architecture coming from you….” Lmao.
Elaine exploding with laughter at 11:25 never fails to also make me laugh!!
It’s crazy to see how many stories friends copy from this. Seinfeld is another level
07:28 Jerry does the classic Don Knotts move as Barney Fife in the Andy Griffith Show.
This is one of those jokes that becomes so ingrained in the show that you might even forget it's a reference. Similar to "What's the deal with ___" or, to use one of its contemporaries, "Regina Phalange."
"Yes, I was hoping I could get a thirteen week extension..." genius
I don't think you know what that means.
This premiered over 30 years ago. There must be someone out there who named their child Art Vandelay. If we're lucky, he may even be an architect.....or an importer-exporter.
Sevennnnnnnn! I sleep with the cousin 😂
If George put this much effort into actually working he’d be as rich bill gates.
George not just looking for work but listening for work 😂😂😂
“I’m an architect” is quite possibly the greatest humble brag of all time 😅😅😅
Vandelay Industries: Importer/Exporter of Fine Latex Goods
This is the 2nd episode of the series. It’s crazy to think that they weren’t a smashing success immediately. They created a new category of funny
They didnt create of anything Most of those gags were taken from different shows and old movies and dressed in new clothes again .
can you name most gags and reference the movies
/shows taken from. I would love to broaden my horizons
The show was nearly cancelled after the first couple seasons or so.
This was awesome, I’ll never forget about Art Vandalay
One of the few shows that actually make me laugh.
I love the expression on her face at 4:29 like "Sure let's hear this bullshit"
Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun? 😄
"And you wannabe my latex salesman!"
Have you ever seen Art Vandeley and Tony Soprano in the same room? George has been telling the truth about his lies the whole time, what an absolute mastermind of all domains.
It’s not a lie if you believe in it
@@pathinasch7561 dang, you beat me to it!
Art Vanderlay is one of the best names ever!! 😂
Like O’ Brien
10:50 “I’m having an affair with Elaine? If I would be having an affair with Elaine, I’d make up some other person I’d go see and then go see El…….. Elaine”. The acting here is 10/10. The way he stumbles at the end when he realizes he is giving away his plan. So good. Just so good.
I think he ran out of breath and had to take a beat to get “Elaine” out 😂
I’m still laughing. One of the funniest ever.
Whoever just liked my comment…there will be eyes on you
“ You’re in the import export industry, you’re into latex.”
You look as a hobbit Peter Jackson decided to delete from the trilogy because you look 'too real'
9:21 Elaine’s reaction 😂😂😂
People don't generally realize his birth name is actually Art Core...velay
8:21 has always bothered me because you know the wiping is incomplete.
I see so much of myself in George & by extent, Larry David. Such classic comedy!
George always wanted to have people believe that he was either an Architect or a Marine Biologist.
I took all the tours offered by the local Architecture society and can do a credible fake architect, and I volunteer at the local Aquarium so I can also do a good pretend Marine Biologist!! I realized recently that I am living Costanza's dream!!!
I bet you're a hit with the ladies......Chump
George always wanted to be interested in architecture.
when are you writing Venetian Blinds
In that moment HE WAS a marine biologist!
Marine biologist has nothing to do with George's ideas It was made up by Jerry. George at first was angry and even told Jerry why he didnt make him an architect.
You've missed the George casting for the pilot, when this actor imitate the "did anybody called here asking for vandelay industries?"
One of the great chip-and-diaper men.
george getting punch in the face was perfect at 13:38 lol
he always has these schemes going on
5:40, its just amazing how he does it
Art Vandelai, prolific entrepreneur 😂😂😂😂😂
If they had cell phones Elaine could’ve warned him instantly 😆
George hadn't invented them yet 😄
that dudes laugh at 3:04 hilarious!
Yes, it actually helps the scene to me.
Love that original aspect ratio
I want to hear Kel Varnson's story
They should’ve had a go-to alter ego for Elaine. I know she called herself Paloma once, haha!
You look as if the personification of the expression 'Alabama creep'
@@jimmyneutron4329 I have no idea what you’re talking about, but I’m not from Alabama, so maybe that’s why.
Susie
@@johnnybravo8129 I guess that one sort of qualifies, haha! She needs a last name, thiugh
Ahh Art Vandelay... He is up there with Bob Sacamano!!
i assume art vandelay is also a master of his domain.
Periodically!
11:16 genius and hilarious nervous laughter
Is that Nancy Marchand playing Lenore Sokol?!? Its amazing how many actors and actresses had bits on Seinfeld over the years, such a great show
That’s not her.
That's Mrs Snuffalufegas
The many aliases of George Louis Costanza; Art Vandalay, Buck Naked, Colin O'Brian, Body Suit Man, Cartwright, GLC, Cantstandya, Aqua Boy, The Chunker.....
Koko
Jerry can't remember the girl's name but can remember that damn tongue twister of a lawyer firms name.
If that's not genius than I don't know what genius is.
It's honestly amazing what you're able to remember.