Best sitcom of all time, hands down. Watching Seinfeld actually helped me learn English as a kid. And I saw Jerry live back in 2010, it was a great show.
Maybe she was, too. I feel they felt about Elaine as they did "Susan," but she was stuck with them to avoid lawsuits or other inconveniences. Watching all these seasons, she was a very weak link to Seinfelds greatness.
Jerry also turned down additional seasons because he felt he had done everything. He was more concerned about quality of the show over the money he made from it.
That's one of things I appreciate about Seinfeld. It's nice to go out on a high note rather than pulling in money as the show deteriorates and becomes a mockery of its former self.
I actually enjoyed the lack of chemistry between George and Suzan. It suited George’s character to have a fiancé he just didn’t seem to click with. I know Jason was talking about comedic chemistry between the actors, but it resulted in the characters coming off as an “odd couple.”
George and Susan's relationship is hilarious I always thought it was one of the funnier relationships in the show. As you said it definitely suits George.
I actually kind of regret her death. I would have loved George to suffer in marriage (like his parents). At least for a little while. Although the way they set up and handled her death was perfectly Seinfeldien.
@@adamdooley8977 Yeah, you def got a point there. George’s suffering is how he gets his biggest laughs. But if I recall, I think they wanted to get Heidi off the show. So that was why they killed off Susan. She wasn’t working out, or there was tension, or whatever. I don’t remember exactly. I think it had more to do with firing Heidi than it did with killing Susan.
I think it had more to do with Jason Alexander having to share his spotlight with her. It always sounded like he wanted it to be about George, not George an Susan.
Easy solution: watch it once a year until 2026. You'll certainly get your money's worth, and you'll almost be halfway to the amount of times I've done it XD
What puts Seinfeld leaps and bounds above any other show was its great supporting characters! George’s parents, Newman, Soup Nazi, David Puddy, Mr Peterman, Uncle Leo, Jackie Chiles, etc.
They are all knockoffs of supporting characters heard in the Golden Age of Radio. Seinfeld invented nothing new; his show itself is just an updated copy of Jack zbenny’s.
I loved this show. Probably one of the funniest gags was where Elaine convinced her boyfriend to stop shaving his head bald, and when he did, he found out he was going bald. Pure genius.
when George gives him the suggestion, LIVE,,, as if it was the last day of your life... As a bald dude myself ive imposed Goerges script onto people ! too funny! classic horseshoe pattern, ive seen this alot
The “show about nothing” joke wasn’t started in episode 43. It was a jab by a critic who penned a season 1 review calling it a show about nothing. The show became wildly successful during season 3. This led to the show calling out the critic in a sly way during season 4.
That last Kramer entrance where he slides into the room was outstanding! I wonder if he applied anything to his shoes or floor to get that "on ice" appearance.
I went to a secondary langage school in Toronto to improve my english and they used Seinfeld to teach urban english instead of school english. I loved it and I loved the show ever since.
You might also have mentioned that Bryan Cranston - who had an occasional part as dentist Tim Watley and Elaine's sometime boyfriend - would go on to Breaking Bad. He was part of what is often considered the two greatest shows ever - in different genres.
There was actually several actors in Seinfeld and Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul,…… Bryan Cranston, Bob Odenkirk , Anna Gunn , Nigel Gibbs, Jessica Hecht, Larry Hankin.
@@noumenon6923ah yes, but how many were in arguably 3 of the greatest shows of all time? Breaking Bad, Seinfeld, Better Call Saul, no particular order. Bob Odenkirk takes the cake.
Great assembly of little-known facts. Just a couple of corrections: - Julia's middle name is pronounced LOUIE, not LEWIS. - Elaine's last name is pronounced BEN-ISS, not BANES
I’ll add one other correction: “The Contest” episode wasn’t just about “the guys” challenging each other on who could go the longest; Elaine was in that contest too (and she didn’t last long because of John-John!) 🤣
It was actually a good thing that Suzan didnt have good chemistry with the others. It emphasizes just how out of place a normal person is among this group of narcissists.
I am watching it on Netflix lately. I realized that I had heard of the show, knew the show, seen the show.... but never actually watched it! I love how it's like going through a timewarp of no phones, no email, no internet, having to leave messages on answering machines, calling from restaurants. I remember those times but I guess it would have been such a different world for single people in their 30's! (I was about 15-ish)
Ah, but Jerry meets a woman who has an email address and asks her "are you a scientist!?" a line I still use to this day whenever someone does something technically impressive! 😂
Yeah almost too ironic not saying anything but the type of maniacal mindset he had with all his fame just the subconscious of his fame on TV related to the murder yarn played out just so happens to act that out with all the dramatism intact. Comparable to the story on set of the actor wanted to recreate the psycho scene and it was enough to creep them out for good. I'm sure he meant well but it could be some crazy socio problem like oj apparently has after seeing him mock the killings in tapes and just be generally full of himself.
I think it’s possible that the OJ that Elaine reads about in that program is OJ Anderson, considering he was playing for the Giants at the time, and the show took place in New York
I often wonder how many guest appearing actors got a kickstart from Seinfeld. When I go back and watch episodes I see so many that I recognize that went on to do quite well.
So many pop culture references/quotes from this show. "Master of my domain" "The water was cold" "Let the expletives fly" "Some ugly baby" "Ah Elaine" "They're real and they're spectacular" "Mr. and Mrs. Seinfeld, can we please turn the air conditioner on" "Jimmy" talking in third person. I could go on and on. And these are just a few quotes that I use to this day.
Jerry always said that he decided to end the show while it was still number 1 in the ratings because he wanted it to end it on a high note instead of letting it just drag on and on and on until the fans lose interest the ratings drop the network cancels it. Which I think is a smart move because, going out on a high note means people remember the show as something great that they wanted more of, instead of remembering it as something that they got tired of and lost interest in. If he had kept the show going until it was canceled for low ratings Netflix may have paid 1 hundred million dollars to get 15 seasons of it for five years instead of 5 hundred million to get nine seasons of it for five years
Yeah he tried to tell his buddy Howard Stern to do the same but Howard declined . Now Howard is just gonna be remembered as the shock jock that desperately sold out trying to stay relevant with a ridiculous looking wig . If he had left on a high note he would be respected and have more possibilities just like Jerry . I have respect for Seinfeld it takes a certain type of person to walk away from that kind of money
indeed very smart move for the show. there's a video on youtube titled 'garry shandling and jerry seinfeld hanging out' in the last few minutes he boils it down by saying "tv always wins in the end so if he and garry didnt kill their shows the shows would kill them.."
Here's another one. My grandma was name dropped in "the pen" episode haha. My grandma Gussie was close friends with Jerry's real mother. First in Massapequa New York and they remained friends later in Florida. Jerry used a lot of real names from his past for the show. In "The Pen" his mother gets a phone call from Gussie. I met his mom once, she came to my bar mitzvah. Very nice lady.
"Seinfeld" morphed to be more of a psychiatric therapy just like it was a comedy show ! i can plain out say that Seinfeld back in the days helped make my life easier & more joyful after many bumps pissed my mood off , everyday ! thank you Jerry , Julia (eliane) , Jason (george) & Michael (kramer). love you guys ✨❤️
I love when people say its boring bc they've only seen parts here and there, and it seems really dry. I used to think the same til my homeboy got me to actually watch a couple episodes with him. Shit was geniously funny.
I mean, I like the show, I do think it’s funny but I get bored if I binge watch it for too long. It was genuinely funny to me when I first watched it in the late 90’s and early 2000’s but after yiu have seen it it can get a little tiresome. The same cannot be said for friends, for instance, which I never grow bored of. Sometimes I can be tired of it but never bored. Oh no, never bored. Haha
That was my experience as well. I used to travel a lot to small towns in the middle of nowhere for work all the time and be stuck in these crappy motels. Watching TV for a couple of hours each night was the only entertainment. I tried watching Seinfeld a couple of times and decided it was stupid and stopped paying attention. Then my roommate made we watch a later episode. It happened to be Babu the hapless restaurateur, and I was hooked. I still remember the exact line that changed my opinion, "It's like a spider in the toilet. You know he's not going to make it, but for a second you root for the little guy."
I remember everybody thought it was crass & unfunny to kill her off. The show DID get crass in later seasons. Looking at some shows now it grates. And now it looks pretty bad, all these people did was sleep around for 9 years. And it started off as quirky but normal people living in NY, and they all ended up narcissistic nuts-even Elaine, who seemed to be above it all, or tried to be.
FYI, it’s pronounced “Louie-Dreyfus” not “Lewis-Dreyfus”. Also, The Contest was about who could resist SELF-gratification the longest. Having sex would be sexual gratification… but that wasn’t part of the contest.
I think that the lack of chemistry is precisely why Larry David wanted the actress that played Susan. The awkward tension between George and Susan was palpable and led to comedy gold. I think killing her off was more the natural end to the story in David’s mind, than it was about the lack of chemistry. David even said he just wanted to kill a character before leaving the show, since he hadn’t done it before.
I remember way back my mom's friend would come over, and they'd be all excited to sit down and watch a new Seinfeld episode on TV, would even take the phone off the hook.. before the Internet was really even a thing. Damn I feel old all of a sudden 😆. Cool video 👍
@@Rikolus8383 well if I ever decide to do a "Facts" about something video you can bet your ass that I'll learn all of the proper names and how to pronounce them.
This is on the CW every night at 11:30 & 12:00 and I stay up so late just to watch over and over. This is the show I watch when I'm sad because it always makes me forget what I was sad about. Definitely me go to show for anything I'm doing and I will always love Seinfeld.
So I haven’t seen anything about it yet, but one scene in particular would make me pee my pants as a little girl watching this show… Kramer asking Jerry if “he wanted some coffee, because he could get him some coffee” and walking away from the group after having so much coffee after winning his lawsuit for his coffee being hot (which I believe also reflected reality, I want to say it happened with a customer from McDonald’s). Sooo fucking funny. Thank you for brilliant TV back when there wasn’t a whole lot else to do. You helped shape my own sense of humor, wit, and comedic relief in my own life and in my family. Now my nieces and nephew ask me to “be funny” when we spend time together. I also want to give a huge shout out to Elaine, no one really talks about how funny she was/is, especially for an attractive woman in the 90’s, a time when men were starting to obsess over Victoria Secret models, and there was still a sense that women still had roles at home and weren’t attractive if they were funny. She’s right up there with “Lucy” Ball, thank you Julia Louis-Dreyfus for showing a little girl that girls and women can be funny, smart, attractive, and can hang with the boys :) ;)
The Junior Mint was the first episode I ever watched when it first aired. I never missed an episode after. My favorite sitcom along with All in the Family. A lot of All in the Family alumni guest star on Seinfeld.
There's only been one TV show better than Seinfeld and that of course is Twilight Zone which Seinfeld had to make fun of because even they knew they could never beat The "Zone" Jerry accused Serling of making every episode pretty much the same plot which was not true at all. Bizarro World episode kinda resembled a Twilight Zone story which was like a tribute to The Rod Serling Show as Rosanne Barr called it.
Twilight Zone was a very cool show too, although I tended to watch more comedy. I remember reading at least one of the Twilight Zone books when I was growing up, featuring different short story vignettes.
@@stuarthecht8196 Did you have a favorite Twilight Zone episode? Mine was Walking Distance. Gig Young goes back in time and meets himself when he was eleven. A good story about how we shouldn't live in the past. My favorite Seinfeld is The Soup Nazi. "NEXT!"
The Soup Nazi was excellent and hysterical. I have so many favorites I can't keep track, but here are a few: Jerry steals a marble rye from an old lady who later turns out to be on the board at Del Boca Vista, the anti-Dentite, Mr. Pitt eats a candy bar with a fork and knife, shrinkage, Sponge-worthy, "not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-it," Kenny Roger's Roasters, the list goes on. I don't know the Twilight Zone nearly as well, but two cool episodes I remember are the lady who buys something on the top floor of a department store and when she goes to return it she finds out that floor doesn't exist, and the lady who gets multiple plastic surgeries in order to look ugly like everyone else in her society.
I like all those episodes you mentioned and it is very hard to pick a favorite but I really liked the one about the moile which included the story of the pigman and George trying to extort money from the hospital where the suicide landed on his car. Kramer, who protected the baby from the moile, was the godfather in that one as well. "Never go against the family, Jerry!" he said in his best Marlon Brando voice. The other Zone I really liked was the one where the librarian was deemed obsolete. The ending was ironic and explosive!! Not to mention Time Enough at Last also starring Burgess Meredith as the last man on earth.
seinfeld initially intended the 8th season to be the last. thats why there is the chequered flag as part of the opening credits. he said the 9th season was his gift to the fans of the show. for that we thank him.
they missed that when seinfeld's parents make their first appearance (second episode first season) Seinfeld's dad is a different actor to the one in the rest of the series.
It’s the little lines and parts like that that make the show for me personally, like when George is angry about bringing wine to dinner and he suggests Pepsi and ring dings 😂
@@shmittyfloors4870 honestly, this line didn't even hit me until recently. I heard it and instantly it added to the genius of Seinfeld and the character of Davis Puddy.
I think it’s possible the OJ that Elaine is referring to is OJ Anderson, especially considering he was playing for the New York Giants at the time, and the show is based in New York
You told me exactly 1 new thing: I never realised that the stand up bits were dropped. I guess that I just never missed the. Rewatching on steaming services I still did not notice.
"The Contest" wasn't about going the longest without any sexual gratification. It was about going the longest without any self-gratification. Geeze, who IS this guy?
It's just interesting that when you came in there was a box of raisins, and when you left the raisins were gone. Tom Pepper played the part of Kramer in the fake pilot. Classic episode.
the best show for these narcissistic times, along with the Office; I just watched both all over again, and they don't age, just get better with the years, as one understands more and more of human condition
I absolutely love this show. Just tonight Jan. 4, 2024 I have been watching Seinfeld since 5:00 pm & it is 7:40 pm on IPhone scrolling through looking for more episodes to watch ❤❤❤❤ Patty Smith
As a big Seinfeld fan 😍 loved your video. Detailed facts. Fun. Interesting. Well researched. Just watched several episodes last 🌃 night and they still make me laugh. Great cast great chemistry and comedy. And wonderful supporting guests.😊😊😊😊😊😊
Wait. The real Kramer runs his own reality tour? Bahahaha! I would love to take THAT tour!!! One truth I noticed is in the first season there’s a reference to George having a brother and I guess that just never transpired.
Since netflix started streaming it ive been watching it everyday ive watched all 9 seasons like 4 times since started it over again currently on season 3 again never gets old
Not until Brooklyn 9-9 has a show made me crack up and continue chuckling through nearly every episode at the zany absurdities and quick wit since Seinfeld.
There is a handful of shows that do that, hopefully that does not change with age. Cant even think about my kids saying hey dad have you sen this new show on TikTok?
Very very good list! But you forgot to add the fact that Jerry Stiller would look to the sky while on camera when he had trouble remembering his lines because he was nervous - and the gesture only added to his character’s hilarity 😄
This was an awesome video remember watching Seinfeld in the early 2000’s as a child on Fox after the simpsons not really enjoying it to growing up and realizing this is probably one of the best shows produced
Ive been rewatching the show on netflix since october for god know what time and im still finding things in it to appreciate anew. i never noticed until now the significant change in the show's dynamic after season 7 when larry leaves, he gave it the magic it has. best comedy show on earth, seinfeld forever
From the UK so I no real emphasis on how massive or good this show was. Came on Netflix, thought go on give it a go. Binged all seasons, loved it and miss it so much.
The idea that this was a show about nothing has always been ridiculous. The show is actually about everything. To this day, something will happen to me or someone I know and I can always say that there was a Seinfeld episode about that.
Btw... the theme song, as such, was the exact same at the beginning (and end) of every episode. What varied from episode to episode was Greg Wolf's "bass-plinking" intro at the beginning of every Scene 1.
This is top tier comedy along with That 70’s Show which is my favorite show ever ! I’ve watched this show multiple times and you can never get enough of it ! Shout out to Wale ! If you know, you know
It is likely I have seen every episode 10x. I can’t recall a period where I did not watch it. I still watch it, even though I know exactly what is going to happen. The soup nazi, the pen, mandelbaum, Keith Hernandez… all the cameos and actors doing piece work. It would never work again.
actually now that you meantion it, i watched it casually as it originally aired on tv as a kid, then the reruns, then the second reruns, then when the dvds were getting out, then on internet and now on netflix. maybe there was a year or two of my life without seinfeld but overall the show has had a constant presence in my entire life since birth
Best show in the world. I have so much respect for Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld. And the entire cast. History has been made. And I can watch repeats of any episode and crack up laughing like it’s the first time watching 😂😂😂😂😅
it is by far the best tv series ever at least to me! i don't know how many times I watched Seinfeld but I watched it at least once a year! A lot of amazing and unforgetable tv moment, plus it takes me back to a simpler times! I love this show!
So GLAD, Netflix picked it up, I've seen all episodes multiple times, so much I know all the lines! Lol.. I watched it before I went to work in 90s..now as I retired 😅 .
I thought the lack of chemistry was the whole gag. The whole time you are scratching your head about why she would even want to be with George, and he is so clearly miserable to be around her.
Growing up during the 90s this was my dad's favorite show and would always watch it as soon as he got home from work it didn't matter if I was watching my favorite cartoons he would change the channel to Seinfeld and I just remember thinking that it was the most boring adult show on TV and now that I'm a fully grown adult myself I finally realized just how good the show actually is or was but hated it as a young kid and another reason why my dad loved the show so much because he was also a new Yorker but joined the army when he was 18 so I guess it reminded him of being back home since he lived just outside of NYC on long Island. Every summer when we went to visit his family we always had a day trip to the city just walking around NYC all damn day it got to the point that going to NYC got boring after the 3rd time seeing it and have been there at least 17 times so it was just meh and would have gathered stayed at my aunt's house playing my video games than walk around the city for 8 hours looking at the same sights and going to the same stores year after year and the only thing that really sticks out in my mind was visiting a high end clothing store on 5th Ave and seeing a pair of jeans that were $5000 and thinking they looked no better than a pair of Levi's and who would pay such a price for pants just because of the name of the brand is why it cost so damn much. I did enjoy people watching though since there's a bunch of weird or crazy people roaming the streets of NYC never did see any celebs
I’m fairly certain the whole Castanza lawsuit was dropped when Larry David said George was based off his life and personality. At least that’s what makes Curb Your Enthusiasm so funny.
I watch a Seinfeld episode every night before bed. I have watched all 9 seasons multiple times. Genius never gets old.
Still say elain an seinfeld at the end shoulve married they where perfect fit for each other..
I do the same thing! Except for me, starting at 9pm, I run through the episodes until it reaches 11pm.
What's your favorite episode
@@petefunk so hard to choose. Love Serenity Now, The Postponement, The Wink, The Pool Guy, The Package and many others.
Same for me, I never get tired of it! 🤩
Can you imagine suing over George being based on yourself? Such a Costanza thing to do...
lol, right?
And missing out on a big payday because of being late on the statue of limitations: doubly Costanza.
"Can't Stand YA"
He thought he had hand.
that sounds like an episode of the reboot!
I love how the real Kramer has real reality tours just like the fake Kramer had the real Peterman tours
Yes, that’s where the writers got the idea. Art imitating life imitating art imitating life.
🤣
All the best ideas come from real life. But it's what you do with them that really matters.
Best sitcom of all time, hands down. Watching Seinfeld actually helped me learn English as a kid. And I saw Jerry live back in 2010, it was a great show.
What about curb??
Lol Best sitcoms hands down: Bernie Mac Show, Martin, and Living Single
@@ninas.2432 - and seinfeld and curb .
Thats very Seinfeldish....love it....picture you walking around using the term master of my domain at inappropriate moments. 🤣
You as a kid: "These pretzels are making me thirsty!"
I always thought George and Susan's lack of chemistry was an ongoing joke on the show... he really was miserable oof
He was miserable with everyone LOL
Same. It worked for the show though.
Maybe she was, too.
I feel they felt about Elaine as they did "Susan," but she was stuck with them to avoid lawsuits or other inconveniences.
Watching all these seasons, she was a very weak link to Seinfelds greatness.
Susan and Elaine had "similar" backgrounds, but Susan epitomized the boring aspects of that background.
She was the hottest woman George could ever have. 😂
Still my favorite show of all time. Never gets old.
And even tho it is very pre internet and technology etc, that, to me, is what makes it so refreshing. Back in the simpler times. lol..
Agreed.... 👍
Second fave-
Jerry also turned down additional seasons because he felt he had done everything. He was more concerned about quality of the show over the money he made from it.
That's one of things I appreciate about Seinfeld. It's nice to go out on a high note rather than pulling in money as the show deteriorates and becomes a mockery of its former self.
Jerry Seinfeld advised Hugh Jackman to quit before the creativity bucket gets empty (something like that). Otherwise, it may never fill again.
He made the right choice. The last season was sub par in my opinion.
@@cool_alienempire6884 Replace "show" with "band" and you could be talking about KISS.
I actually enjoyed the lack of chemistry between George and Suzan. It suited George’s character to have a fiancé he just didn’t seem to click with.
I know Jason was talking about comedic chemistry between the actors, but it resulted in the characters coming off as an “odd couple.”
George and Susan's relationship is hilarious I always thought it was one of the funnier relationships in the show. As you said it definitely suits George.
Yeees
I actually kind of regret her death. I would have loved George to suffer in marriage (like his parents). At least for a little while. Although the way they set up and handled her death was perfectly Seinfeldien.
@@adamdooley8977 Yeah, you def got a point there. George’s suffering is how he gets his biggest laughs.
But if I recall, I think they wanted to get Heidi off the show. So that was why they killed off Susan. She wasn’t working out, or there was tension, or whatever. I don’t remember exactly. I think it had more to do with firing Heidi than it did with killing Susan.
I think it had more to do with Jason Alexander having to share his spotlight with her. It always sounded like he wanted it to be about George, not George an Susan.
That "button" ending in "The Finale" has to be the longest "callback" in comedy history
it's a never ending loop
Newhart finale
Not gona lie, I cried the first time, it was majestic
i’ve seen the finale a few times but i hate watching it because it just depresses me that it’s over
Kramer should have said something about needing to find someone to watch his dog.
So I binged nine seasons of a show that will be there until 2026? Well played netflix, you win this time.
Easy solution: watch it once a year until 2026. You'll certainly get your money's worth, and you'll almost be halfway to the amount of times I've done it XD
I just finished it yesterday 😹
Me tooooo. Gonna get the bf to watch
Same boat as we speak lol
They always win 👿😂😀
I've watched and rewatched Seinfeld uncountable times and it's always hilarious. Never gets tired.
What puts Seinfeld leaps and bounds above any other show was its great supporting characters! George’s parents, Newman, Soup Nazi, David Puddy, Mr Peterman, Uncle Leo, Jackie Chiles, etc.
And invisible Bob Sacamano
Also they are cute!
Popi, Enzo... Italians speaking English is funny even without jokes.
Bob Sagamano, Art Vandeley.
They are all knockoffs of supporting characters heard in the Golden Age of Radio. Seinfeld invented nothing new; his show itself is just an updated copy of Jack zbenny’s.
I loved this show. Probably one of the funniest gags was where Elaine convinced her boyfriend to stop shaving his head bald, and when he did, he found out he was going bald. Pure genius.
when George gives him the suggestion, LIVE,,, as if it was the last day of your life...
As a bald dude myself ive imposed Goerges script onto people ! too funny!
classic horseshoe pattern, ive seen this alot
Love how in the 90s, a white man shaving his head was so weird, it had to be commented on. "Are you from the future?"
😂
@@craigrussell3062 ah ha yes eh. Meanwhile baldies like me are so happy that people like vin diesel and Jason stathom popularized this new trend!
My favourite was the time Gerry and George faked being gay….
The “show about nothing” joke wasn’t started in episode 43. It was a jab by a critic who penned a season 1 review calling it a show about nothing. The show became wildly successful during season 3. This led to the show calling out the critic in a sly way during season 4.
That’s dope. I like that.
True
I learned more here than in the video.
This is accurate, video is wrong.
The show really wasn't about nothing. It had a plot like any other:. following day to day life of friends, like "Friends", or any other show.
That last Kramer entrance where he slides into the room was outstanding! I wonder if he applied anything to his shoes or floor to get that "on ice" appearance.
this video feels AI generated
As told by Jerry, Julia & Jason in the dvd interviews, the reaction to The Contest was when the show hit that next level with fans and critics.
Actually, it was after the gay eoisode thwt it went to the next level. Not that theres anything wrong with that
Kramer's "I'm out!" as he slams down his money is one of the funniest moments ever.
Seinfeld was actually my way of telling when I had learned English. If I couldn’t understand the humor in Seinfeld, I had not mastered the language. 🤣
Great way to learn! This show is the empitome of American culture. Makes me proud. 😁
Same! So I decided to watch it again and I realize that I missed so much 25 years ago. Great show ❤
The first time i watched Seinfeld i didn't get a lot of the sports analogies and movies references, but now i do
I went to a secondary langage school in Toronto to improve my english and they used Seinfeld to teach urban english instead of school english. I loved it and I loved the show ever since.
You might also have mentioned that Bryan Cranston - who had an occasional part as dentist Tim Watley and Elaine's sometime boyfriend - would go on to Breaking Bad. He was part of what is often considered the two greatest shows ever - in different genres.
What about bob odenkirk
I'll always remember him best as the dad in Malcolm in the Middle.
There was actually several actors in Seinfeld and Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul,…… Bryan Cranston, Bob Odenkirk , Anna Gunn , Nigel Gibbs, Jessica Hecht, Larry Hankin.
@@noumenon6923ah yes, but how many were in arguably 3 of the greatest shows of all time? Breaking Bad, Seinfeld, Better Call Saul, no particular order. Bob Odenkirk takes the cake.
Great assembly of little-known facts. Just a couple of corrections:
- Julia's middle name is pronounced LOUIE, not LEWIS.
- Elaine's last name is pronounced BEN-ISS, not BANES
thank you. I hate that kind of mistake. I mean COME ON!!!!
not to mention, it's the PUFFY shirt, not the PIRATE shirt
@@jessicavenable5638 "BUT I DON'T WANNA BE A PIRATE" 😁😂😋
I’ll add one other correction: “The Contest” episode wasn’t just about “the guys” challenging each other on who could go the longest; Elaine was in that contest too (and she didn’t last long because of John-John!) 🤣
Thanks everyone for the corrections!
Saved me some time typing 😅 ✌️
Does anyone have any Marble Rye bread?
It was actually a good thing that Suzan didnt have good chemistry with the others. It emphasizes just how out of place a normal person is among this group of narcissists.
What's a "narcasist"? Something to do with narcotics?
@@waynemarvin5661 let me just Google that for you.
@@lostnumbr do that and tell us what is says
@@BearHawks is he? Lol
@@waynemarvin5661 You're way off dude.🤦♀️
I am watching it on Netflix lately.
I realized that I had heard of the show, knew the show, seen the show.... but never actually watched it!
I love how it's like going through a timewarp of no phones, no email, no internet, having to leave messages on answering machines, calling from restaurants.
I remember those times but I guess it would have been such a different world for single people in their 30's! (I was about 15-ish)
Ah, but Jerry meets a woman who has an email address and asks her "are you a scientist!?" a line I still use to this day whenever someone does something technically impressive! 😂
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Cell phone appears in 7th season.
You have a huge point there...i love watchining "night court" as well for the reasons you just stated!!!
As a person who watched Seinfeld for nearly 30 years I can say that I have learned a lot from this video
don't push for a hug.
The chemistry between the cast members was amazing
I love the 'No hugging. No learning'
Why I hated the show FRIENDS at that time.
The OJ thing is pretty crazy ironic. Wow
Yeah almost too ironic not saying anything but the type of maniacal mindset he had with all his fame just the subconscious of his fame on TV related to the murder yarn played out just so happens to act that out with all the dramatism intact. Comparable to the story on set of the actor wanted to recreate the psycho scene and it was enough to creep them out for good. I'm sure he meant well but it could be some crazy socio problem like oj apparently has after seeing him mock the killings in tapes and just be generally full of himself.
I just saw that episode last week and picked on it immediately - so ironic!
I think it’s possible that the OJ that Elaine reads about in that program is OJ Anderson, considering he was playing for the Giants at the time, and the show took place in New York
Jackie Chiles is an exact copy of his real lawyer
I often wonder how many guest appearing actors got a kickstart from Seinfeld. When I go back and watch episodes I see so many that I recognize that went on to do quite well.
So many pop culture references/quotes from this show. "Master of my domain" "The water was cold" "Let the expletives fly" "Some ugly baby" "Ah Elaine" "They're real and they're spectacular" "Mr. and Mrs. Seinfeld, can we please turn the air conditioner on" "Jimmy" talking in third person. I could go on and on. And these are just a few quotes that I use to this day.
p r o g n o s i s n e g a t i v e
Same!
The serial killer is believed to have killed “17 woman” 😂 4:48
How.....just how?!
Womans*** lol
Came here just for this
@@ryanhalvorsen6497 women
😂
Jerry always said that he decided to end the show while it was still number 1 in the ratings because he wanted it to end it on a high note instead of letting it just drag on and on and on until the fans lose interest the ratings drop the network cancels it.
Which I think is a smart move because, going out on a high note means people remember the show as something great that they wanted more of, instead of remembering it as something that they got tired of and lost interest in. If he had kept the show going until it was canceled for low ratings Netflix may have paid 1 hundred million dollars to get 15 seasons of it for five years instead of 5 hundred million to get nine seasons of it for five years
Yeah he tried to tell his buddy Howard Stern to do the same but Howard declined . Now Howard is just gonna be remembered as the shock jock that desperately sold out trying to stay relevant with a ridiculous looking wig . If he had left on a high note he would be respected and have more possibilities just like Jerry . I have respect for Seinfeld it takes a certain type of person to walk away from that kind of money
Quitter quitter
Expect most is us that like the show are +35 in age. It's dying out in popularity cause of the young audience now.
I wish grey's anatomy would do this
indeed very smart move for the show. there's a video on youtube titled 'garry shandling and jerry seinfeld hanging out' in the last few minutes he boils it down by saying "tv always wins in the end so if he and garry didnt kill their shows the shows would kill them.."
Here's another one. My grandma was name dropped in "the pen" episode haha. My grandma Gussie was close friends with Jerry's real mother. First in Massapequa New York and they remained friends later in Florida. Jerry used a lot of real names from his past for the show. In "The Pen" his mother gets a phone call from Gussie. I met his mom once, she came to my bar mitzvah. Very nice lady.
Jerry's dad in the show is actually my dad. My brother Ben and I are so proud of him.
@@michaelhunt6019 really? Bless him
"Seinfeld" morphed to be more of a psychiatric therapy just like it was a comedy show !
i can plain out say that Seinfeld back in the days helped make my life easier & more joyful after many bumps pissed my mood off , everyday !
thank you Jerry , Julia (eliane) , Jason (george) & Michael (kramer). love you guys ✨❤️
I love when people say its boring bc they've only seen parts here and there, and it seems really dry. I used to think the same til my homeboy got me to actually watch a couple episodes with him. Shit was geniously funny.
had the same experience!!! lol
I mean, I like the show, I do think it’s funny but I get bored if I binge watch it for too long. It was genuinely funny to me when I first watched it in the late 90’s and early 2000’s but after yiu have seen it it can get a little tiresome. The same cannot be said for friends, for instance, which I never grow bored of. Sometimes I can be tired of it but never bored. Oh no, never bored. Haha
Geniously? Not a word lol I get what you meant tho, “genuinely”
@@lexuses3942 oh no.. the spelling police everybody scram!
That was my experience as well. I used to travel a lot to small towns in the middle of nowhere for work all the time and be stuck in these crappy motels. Watching TV for a couple of hours each night was the only entertainment. I tried watching Seinfeld a couple of times and decided it was stupid and stopped paying attention. Then my roommate made we watch a later episode. It happened to be Babu the hapless restaurateur, and I was hooked. I still remember the exact line that changed my opinion, "It's like a spider in the toilet. You know he's not going to make it, but for a second you root for the little guy."
I could watch Seinfeld 24/7, no doubt
yes it is great..
And you would never miss a thing if you tined in from episode 4 to the one in season 6. Which I like.
Yeah me too 🙂
@@bravobrk meaning??
@@roadtoinfinitepeace9818 It's a show about nothing, there's no plot or story line...:)
I use a Seinfeld reference when i talk about anything in my life 😄
Glad to hear Jerry’s a family man now. Congrats to him!
Not only did they kill Susan off, George got to show how glad he was about it in the episode
I remember everybody thought it was crass & unfunny to kill her off. The show DID get crass in later seasons. Looking at some shows now it grates. And now it looks pretty bad, all these people did was sleep around for 9 years. And it started off as quirky but normal people living in NY, and they all ended up narcissistic nuts-even Elaine, who seemed to be above it all, or tried to be.
FYI, it’s pronounced “Louie-Dreyfus” not “Lewis-Dreyfus”. Also, The Contest was about who could resist SELF-gratification the longest. Having sex would be sexual gratification… but that wasn’t part of the contest.
The narator is clearly not Master of His Domain
@@mrwittyone: He's not HUMAN, either!!
@@mrwittyone very reddit-esque comment, "mrwittyone"
I think that the lack of chemistry is precisely why Larry David wanted the actress that played Susan. The awkward tension between George and Susan was palpable and led to comedy gold. I think killing her off was more the natural end to the story in David’s mind, than it was about the lack of chemistry. David even said he just wanted to kill a character before leaving the show, since he hadn’t done it before.
“He killed 17 woman” 🤦♂️
I remember way back my mom's friend would come over, and they'd be all excited to sit down and watch a new Seinfeld episode on TV, would even take the phone off the hook.. before the Internet was really even a thing. Damn I feel old all of a sudden 😆. Cool video 👍
Oh, you're not old at all. Now what is this "taking the phone off the hook" that you speak of?
@@insertclevername4123 If a kid heard a busy signal today they'd lose their freaking minds. Lol
Here's a fact you missed, you don't know how to say Elaine's last name.
Or Julia Louis-Dreyfus' name either!
Well Chad, I'll be anxious to see how well you do with YOUR 25 Memorable Moments video..... I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
@@Rikolus8383 well if I ever decide to do a "Facts" about something video you can bet your ass that I'll learn all of the proper names and how to pronounce them.
Well, the narrator only botched 'Lainey's middle name. Hey, narrator... Louis pronounced "LEW-ie", not "lew-IS".
@@zzyzxx13 he said her name in the show wrong as well.
This is on the CW every night at 11:30 & 12:00 and I stay up so late just to watch over and over. This is the show I watch when I'm sad because it always makes me forget what I was sad about. Definitely me go to show for anything I'm doing and I will always love Seinfeld.
So I haven’t seen anything about it yet, but one scene in particular would make me pee my pants as a little girl watching this show… Kramer asking Jerry if “he wanted some coffee, because he could get him some coffee” and walking away from the group after having so much coffee after winning his lawsuit for his coffee being hot (which I believe also reflected reality, I want to say it happened with a customer from McDonald’s). Sooo fucking funny.
Thank you for brilliant TV back when there wasn’t a whole lot else to do. You helped shape my own sense of humor, wit, and comedic relief in my own life and in my family. Now my nieces and nephew ask me to “be funny” when we spend time together.
I also want to give a huge shout out to Elaine, no one really talks about how funny she was/is, especially for an attractive woman in the 90’s, a time when men were starting to obsess over Victoria Secret models, and there was still a sense that women still had roles at home and weren’t attractive if they were funny. She’s right up there with “Lucy” Ball, thank you Julia Louis-Dreyfus for showing a little girl that girls and women can be funny, smart, attractive, and can hang with the boys :) ;)
And let’s not forget the dancing Elaine tried doing. It was so funny.
“You wanna get nuts?!”
“Let’s get nuts!!!”
The Junior Mint was the first episode I ever watched when it first aired. I never missed an episode after. My favorite sitcom along with All in the Family. A lot of All in the Family alumni guest star on Seinfeld.
Gee, ya think?
I took a 1970s history class and we watch the pilot for "All in the Family." It was pretty hilarious.
My husband and I love watching seinfeld together, we have watched every episode, own all the seasons. It's a classic!
Great job on this! Seinfeld was one of my all-time favorite TV shows. I still miss it, but am grateful for all the laughter it still brings me.
There's only been one TV show better than Seinfeld and that of course is Twilight Zone which Seinfeld had to make fun of because even they knew they could never beat The "Zone"
Jerry accused Serling of making every episode pretty much the same plot which was not true at all.
Bizarro World episode kinda resembled a Twilight Zone story which was like a tribute to The Rod Serling Show as Rosanne Barr called it.
Twilight Zone was a very cool show too, although I tended to watch more comedy. I remember reading at least one of the Twilight Zone books when I was growing up, featuring different short story vignettes.
@@stuarthecht8196 Did you have a favorite Twilight Zone episode? Mine was Walking Distance. Gig Young goes back in time and meets himself when he was eleven. A good story about how we shouldn't live in the past. My favorite Seinfeld is The Soup Nazi. "NEXT!"
The Soup Nazi was excellent and hysterical. I have so many favorites I can't keep track, but here are a few: Jerry steals a marble rye from an old lady who later turns out to be on the board at Del Boca Vista, the anti-Dentite, Mr. Pitt eats a candy bar with a fork and knife, shrinkage, Sponge-worthy, "not-that-there's-anything-wrong-with-it," Kenny Roger's Roasters, the list goes on. I don't know the Twilight Zone nearly as well, but two cool episodes I remember are the lady who buys something on the top floor of a department store and when she goes to return it she finds out that floor doesn't exist, and the lady who gets multiple plastic surgeries in order to look ugly like everyone else in her society.
I like all those episodes you mentioned and it is very hard to pick a favorite but I really liked the one about the moile which included the story of the pigman and George trying to extort money from the hospital where the suicide landed on his car.
Kramer, who protected the baby from the moile, was the godfather in that one as well. "Never go against the family, Jerry!" he said in his best Marlon Brando voice.
The other Zone I really liked was the one where the librarian was deemed obsolete. The ending was ironic and explosive!! Not to mention Time Enough at Last also starring Burgess Meredith as the last man on earth.
The cadence of
this is
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Serioulsy
I just finished a few seasons and fell asleep to a couple of episode, nostalgia sets over me, I'm back in 1995.
Best part is you did not miss anything.
seinfeld initially intended the 8th season to be the last. thats why there is the chequered flag as part of the opening credits. he said the 9th season was his gift to the fans of the show. for that we thank him.
This is one of the best videos like this. Usually they give uninteresting or ubiquitously known facts but this was genuine and got to the point.
they missed that when seinfeld's parents make their first appearance (second episode first season) Seinfeld's dad is a different actor to the one in the rest of the series.
George's dad too.
Good catch; maybe that fact just missed the top 25 cut....came in at 26 or 27?
it's 25 facts you didn't know - yet you clearly know this. So they missed nothing.
Yeah but these are facts you didn't know... everyone who's watched the show knows what you said
Yes, and there are brothers and sisters who get dropped and never show up.
"Oh, you mean like Scrump" -David Puddy. One of the best and most overlooked lines.
Lmao I just woke up to that scene this morning and was dying haha
It’s the little lines and parts like that that make the show for me personally, like when George is angry about bringing wine to dinner and he suggests Pepsi and ring dings 😂
@@shmittyfloors4870 honestly, this line didn't even hit me until recently.
I heard it and instantly it added to the genius of Seinfeld and the character of Davis Puddy.
@@shmittyfloors4870 I am going to put "Scrump" on a T shirt.
This is BOGUS!
no hugging no learning...what a genius larry david is
When I was in 8th grade we went to DC. Went to the Smithsonian and saw the puffy shirt. Was my favorite part of the whole trip lol
I think it’s possible the OJ that Elaine is referring to is OJ Anderson, especially considering he was playing for the New York Giants at the time, and the show is based in New York
Interesting
8:57 Alton Banes??
“It’s Benes you jackass! My last name is Benes!”
It's Benette right?
@@noveaubleu8716 Dr, Van Nostram from the clinic
@@noveaubleu8716 BENES!!!
Nicely done.
You told me exactly 1 new thing: I never realised that the stand up bits were dropped. I guess that I just never missed the. Rewatching on steaming services I still did not notice.
Jerry was 45 when he got married and had his first kid, that gives me hope, I used to be worried that at 35 I didn't have a kid or was married
Gives me hope for my son too,!,,
Al Pacino
"The Contest" wasn't about going the longest without any sexual gratification. It was about going the longest without any self-gratification. Geeze, who IS this guy?
I don't think this narrator has ever seen the show at all.
The fact that Wayne Knight was really in JFK makes it funnier 😂
He was brilliant in "Jurassic Park".
And so was the Fire Captain in the hook and ladder episode😂
Wow, that bit about OJ totally killed me! Lmao!
It was actually Michael Richards who threaten to quit if he was left out of any more episodes, after being left out of the Chinese restaurant episode
I always thought the rest were jealous because he was highly popular. Consider who you are working with here.
One of my favorite episodes Jerry goes out of town on a job Kramer comes in his apartment and does everything include start a fire
With Elaine's Dad stealing the knife IRL, is that how "actor Kramer" came to steal the raisins during his audition? It HAS to be, yes?
It's just interesting that when you came in there was a box of raisins, and when you left the raisins were gone. Tom Pepper played the part of Kramer in the fake pilot. Classic episode.
the best show for these narcissistic times, along with the Office; I just watched both all over again, and they don't age, just get better with the years, as one understands more and more of human condition
Now do MWC👍🏻
I absolutely love this show. Just tonight Jan. 4, 2024 I have been watching Seinfeld since 5:00 pm & it is 7:40 pm on IPhone scrolling through looking for more episodes to watch ❤❤❤❤
Patty Smith
Wow, those actually were facts I didn't hear a million times before! Thanks!
*were, *hear
@@OttoByOgraffey Corrected. Thanks for the heads up, not a native english speaker.
@@adl0815 Don't feel bad. A lot of Americans make the same spelling errors.
Jerry and Larry hitting a billion dollars each in their lifetime from this one show is well deserved.
not sure about the number, but if 2 guys deserve to be the wealthiest people in Comedy it's these two.
yeah.. they made many peoples lifes significantly better
@@MauriceGucci and don’t forget Julia Louis Dreyfus, her family are billionaires too, not from the show but she was rich before she even got casted
Other shows would go six episodes and get dropped, but this show was given years to get going. Wonder why? 😉
As a big Seinfeld fan 😍 loved your video. Detailed facts. Fun. Interesting. Well researched. Just watched several episodes last 🌃 night and they still make me laugh. Great cast great chemistry and comedy. And wonderful supporting guests.😊😊😊😊😊😊
Wait. The real Kramer runs his own reality tour? Bahahaha! I would love to take THAT tour!!!
One truth I noticed is in the first season there’s a reference to George having a brother and I guess that just never transpired.
Since netflix started streaming it ive been watching it everyday ive watched all 9 seasons like 4 times since started it over again currently on season 3 again never gets old
Not until Brooklyn 9-9 has a show made me crack up and continue chuckling through nearly every episode at the zany absurdities and quick wit since Seinfeld.
There is a handful of shows that do that, hopefully that does not change with age. Cant even think about my kids saying hey dad have you sen this new show on TikTok?
Arrested Development.
Very very good list! But you forgot to add the fact that Jerry Stiller would look to the sky while on camera when he had trouble remembering his lines because he was nervous - and the gesture only added to his character’s hilarity 😄
This was an awesome video remember watching Seinfeld in the early 2000’s as a child on Fox after the simpsons not really enjoying it to growing up and realizing this is probably one of the best shows produced
Just finished Seinfeld last night after binging for weeks on all 9 Seasons. I needed a good laugh & oh boy, I did too.🤣🤣🤣
Me too, good sir
Im binge watching it now lol on season 3…love Kramer
Ive been rewatching the show on netflix since october for god know what time and im still finding things in it to appreciate anew. i never noticed until now the significant change in the show's dynamic after season 7 when larry leaves, he gave it the magic it has. best comedy show on earth, seinfeld forever
I had no idea Larry left ! I knew the episodes felt different after that…
@@plantmama7442 Yeah, it was noticed right away...........
From the UK so I no real emphasis on how massive or good this show was. Came on Netflix, thought go on give it a go. Binged all seasons, loved it and miss it so much.
The idea that this was a show about nothing has always been ridiculous. The show is actually about everything. To this day, something will happen to me or someone I know and I can always say that there was a Seinfeld episode about that.
For example. I had a shirt with a button in the wrong place. It drove me crazy.
Btw... the theme song, as such, was the exact same at the beginning (and end) of every episode. What varied from episode to episode was Greg Wolf's "bass-plinking" intro at the beginning of every Scene 1.
So they weren’t the same
"My wallets gone! My wallets gone!"
Oh, you don't see!?!
How many wallets did you have?
Lol. I walked around saying that sometimes. No one gets it.
Anyone here after rewatching the entire series on Netflix? Still love my DVD collcection though. Lol
This is top tier comedy along with That 70’s Show which is my favorite show ever !
I’ve watched this show multiple times and you can never get enough of it !
Shout out to Wale ! If you know, you know
5:06 I actually just watched this episode today and I thought they were making a joke about OJ😭 I had no idea this was before the incident
It is likely I have seen every episode 10x. I can’t recall a period where I did not watch it. I still watch it, even though I know exactly what is going to happen. The soup nazi, the pen, mandelbaum, Keith Hernandez… all the cameos and actors doing piece work. It would never work again.
actually now that you meantion it, i watched it casually as it originally aired on tv as a kid, then the reruns, then the second reruns, then when the dvds were getting out, then on internet and now on netflix. maybe there was a year or two of my life without seinfeld but overall the show has had a constant presence in my entire life since birth
Best show in the world. I have so much respect for Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld. And the entire cast. History has been made. And I can watch repeats of any episode and crack up laughing like it’s the first time watching 😂😂😂😂😅
Hello, are you a real princess?
it is by far the best tv series ever at least to me! i don't know how many times I watched Seinfeld but I watched it at least once a year! A lot of amazing and unforgetable tv moment, plus it takes me back to a simpler times! I love this show!
I loved Seinfeld!! I have them all on DVD!!
The name mispronunciations kill me
17 woman!
So GLAD, Netflix picked it up, I've seen all episodes multiple times, so much I know all the lines! Lol.. I watched it before I went to work in 90s..now as I retired 😅 .
Jason Alexander being stuck to act with his fiancee with bad chemistry against his own will just makes the acting more funny.
I remember they all complained her timing just did not jive with the rest. But it works onscreen for the relationship.
Awesome fun facts. Definitely didn’t know most of these. How awkward must it have been for the actress who played “Susan” and the rest of the cast lol
Knowing the truth on why the Susan character got booted is awkward. This way of writing people out of shows won’t likely change.
I thought the lack of chemistry was the whole gag. The whole time you are scratching your head about why she would even want to be with George, and he is so clearly miserable to be around her.
In the game Forgotten Waters you can collect an item called ‘Very Puffy Shirt’ (description ‘Now that’s a puffy shirt!’)
Still Master of its Domain.
Great job!
Growing up during the 90s this was my dad's favorite show and would always watch it as soon as he got home from work it didn't matter if I was watching my favorite cartoons he would change the channel to Seinfeld and I just remember thinking that it was the most boring adult show on TV and now that I'm a fully grown adult myself I finally realized just how good the show actually is or was but hated it as a young kid and another reason why my dad loved the show so much because he was also a new Yorker but joined the army when he was 18 so I guess it reminded him of being back home since he lived just outside of NYC on long Island. Every summer when we went to visit his family we always had a day trip to the city just walking around NYC all damn day it got to the point that going to NYC got boring after the 3rd time seeing it and have been there at least 17 times so it was just meh and would have gathered stayed at my aunt's house playing my video games than walk around the city for 8 hours looking at the same sights and going to the same stores year after year and the only thing that really sticks out in my mind was visiting a high end clothing store on 5th Ave and seeing a pair of jeans that were $5000 and thinking they looked no better than a pair of Levi's and who would pay such a price for pants just because of the name of the brand is why it cost so damn much. I did enjoy people watching though since there's a bunch of weird or crazy people roaming the streets of NYC never did see any celebs
I’m fairly certain the whole Castanza lawsuit was dropped when Larry David said George was based off his life and personality. At least that’s what makes Curb Your Enthusiasm so funny.
The plural of woman is women, pronounced whim-men.
Whim-in
17 woman
I got to know Lawerence Tierney a bit in the mid-eighties. Larry had quite the sense of humor, the oddest rebel I have ever met. Plus that VOICE.
I am rewatching the series now. George and Elaine are much more funny than when I was a kid. Elaine is pretty hot too.