There has always been something so comforting about watching this show. The characters didn't really evolve or find that happy ending like they did in Friends. It's kind of what makes it so timeless.
There’s definitely an ebb and flow to the series. There are some episodes that are really high quality and zing from start to finish. There are plenty of episodes where the theme wasn’t nearly as strong but they parlayed their chemistry and comedic talent to churn out passable episodes. Eg. Delores DOESN’T rhyme with clitoris.
My favorite show of all time! My favorite line came when Kramer was looking for a pig man at a hospital and asks if George has room in his car for him, and George replies: The pig man can take the bus.
One more thing you may not have known...Suzanne Vega, when discussing the origins of the song Tom's Diner said it was based on a real place. The diner is at 112th Street and Broadway in New York. That diner is the same one featured in Seinfeld.
I remember when George Costanza thought that there was a fire at a birthday party he was attending and he knocked everybody else over trying to get out but it turned out to be a stove that was real smokey. And the firefighter asked how do you live with yourself?And George was like it's not easy.
Favorite George moment was him being fired for having sex with the cleaning lady and asked "was that wrong? Because I had no idea that kind of thing was frowned upon." Freaking national treasure
I still use "Serenity Now" and "Festevus for the rest of us". Besides the main cast Frank Costanza and Newman are the best. But there are just too many great moments to list them all.
Another fun fact: after the "Opposite" ep. aired (you know, where George does the complete opposite of what he normally does), Jason Alexander said that several of his friends came up to him and said that episode inspired them to live their lives differently and step outside of their comfort zone. So, it was actually an inspirational episode for many people!
One of my favorite single jokes in the show was when Elaine was dating a guy who always shaved his head, and it was only upon her insistence that he stop shaving his head that he realized he was going bald! I mean, that is CLASSIC Seinfeld humor right there.
One of my favorites aspects about _Seinfeld_ is the fact that this “Show about nothing” still inspires creations, both big and small, twenty-five years after going off the air. For example, after _Joker_ successfully hit theaters in 2019, I thought to myself how fitting it would have been if Jason Alexander’s neurotically brilliant character George Costanza followed a similar path to madness that engulfed Arthur Fleck. George would be a perfect standalone Crown Prince of Crime: _“We’re living in a SOCIETY… SERENITY NOW!!”_ Low and behold, I saw a fictional trailer on RU-vid which perfectly demonstrated how George could easily have fallen down that fascinating rabbit hole!
Always loved Seinfeld, one of the best shows and remember hearing the music while on the escalator at Universal Studios Hollywood. Been to George's Bar in Melbourne Australia...funny.
Two other fun facts, The last conversation of Jerry and George ending the last episode is the same as their first one in the first episode. Also a lot of people that auditioned for the George, Kramer, and Elaine roles that weren't picked but did well had guest appearances as other small roles through season 1 and 2. For example, the guy that played Jerry's 'Summer George' childhood friend that he tries to ditch the one episode actually did audition for George's part. The actress that plays Jerry's girlfriend in a couple season 1 episodes, that also appeared years ago on Family Ties, she also auditioned for Elaine. So they saved a lot of time not having to audition more people for various episodes.
Best American sitcom of all time, IMO. George and Kramer are two of the best characters ever. Plus, JLD is gorgeous. In fact, she gets increasingly more beautiful with every season.
I have to confess I never watched Seinfeld when it was on NBC. I tried to get into it but it never held my attention so I never saw what the big deal was. It wasn’t until years later when I started watching it in syndication and then I realized it was the greatest sitcom ever made
Same here. It didn't make any sense until I was watching re-runs trying to understand why everyone thought it was so good. Then came the episode where they pitch the idea of the show to NBC. At that point I realized the incredible brilliance of Seinfeld. They had a show within a show making fun of their own idea which became a popular show. The best line is when the executive asks why people would watch such a terrible idea and George says "because its on TV" and the executive snaps back with "not yet". LOL
This will always be in every top list of TV shows, and there's a reason, it's rewatchable. This came out when I was in high school, and we all would love to talk about the show the next day at school. It was one of a kind. Everyone I know hated how it ended, but if you carefully watch it, they are somewhat selfish characters, and hurt a lot of people. Much like the gang in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Thanks for the video Minty!
I love Seinfeld, and thanks for this episode. Although, the music was not done on guitar or bass but a keyboard. I think the video of the composer talking about it is on RU-vid.
My all time favorite sitcom! I got hooked around season 7 when it was still on TV and have watched it almost everyday since then because of syndication. Just like pizza it's the only other thing I will never get sick of. Long live the Sein! ...hate the Drake!
The best sitcom and one of the best tv shows ever. No let downs like most tv shows natural progression leads to. It's always sunny comes to mind as well, but Seinfeld is more iconic imo.
@BLUification “The Bizarro Jerry” is the name of that episode, and the title references a Superman character who is the opposite of Superman. Elaine’s new friends are the opposites of Jerry, George, and Kramer. The woman with the man hands in that episode has nothing to do with the title.
Thanks for doing this episode! Seen every Seinfeld episode multiple times and it is still funny when I watch it nowadays on occasion. It is usually shown as 2 episodes here in the States and often paired with that other great comedy Friends for 2 hours of now classic fun.
There is a reason why Seinfeld is the greatest sitcom of all time. I got around to watching it in late 2020 and fell in love, got the complete series on DVD and had a few rewatches. The Seinfeld gang is so relatable and my kind of people I wanna hang out with
The irony of course being they wouldn’t want a bar of you because they were all judgemental knit-picking narcissists who typically thought the worst of people.
George (Jason Alexander's original audition was very Woody Allen and when he got the job they told him to tone it down) and you can see that in his portrayal as George. Larry Hankin actually plays Kramer in the episode "The Pilot" where he plays Tom Pepper where he steals the raisins.
Fun fact. Seinfeld had a spin off called Mad About You that with Helen Hunt. It was in the same apartment and of course Kramer lived across the hall in that one too.
I know a lot of people hated the ending, but it fit right in with the rest of the series. If you watch carefully, especially during the Larry David years, Larry was notorious for putting in foreshadowing for jokes that would pay off in later episodes. This is especially prevalent in the early seasons. One of the running gags in the show that he put in there were a number of people foiled by Jerry and his friends "you belong in jail!" or something to that effect. IE the time Jerry stole bread from that woman. If the series ended any other way, it would have failed to fulfill all those foreshadows to the punchline at the end.
I honestly never had an issue with _Seinfeld’s_ ending. How else *could* this series end? It was perfect for Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer! Five years prior, in 1993- in another NBC Series which shared a lot of guest appearances in common with Seinfeld- NBC forced a truly shitty ending onto an otherwise amazing show: _Quantum Leap!_ I could write a tangent about why that (and the bullshit reboot, which was green-lit almost immediately after the death of Dean Stockwell) pissed me off! But instead I’ll say that I always got a kick out of seeing Quantum Leap Promo Posters in the background almost every time Jerry and George went to pitch their idea of a “Show about nothing” to NBC Studios.
One of the best parts of Seinfeld is seeing him in person doing his stand up act live on stage. Its one of the rare times in life where you are actually IN the universe created by something you've seen on TV. The only difference is Jerry does bits about his wife and kids which don't align with TV Jerry. Adding to the realism my parents live in a clone of Boca del Vista and they sometimes act exactly like Jerry's parents from the show including refusing to lower the A/C.
It's the show that brought a lot of catchphrases and slang. Like Yadda yadda yadda, master of my domain, no soup for you, and Festivas for the rest of us!
That Bob Ross clip made me experience something I've never experienced before. A double spit take. First when the brush was whacking, and second when he drops "Beat the devil out of it". 😂
Great job. There is so much about Seinfeld, so many idiosyncrasies that it would take quite a few more "10 Things you didn't know about Seinfeld" episodes. I would really like for you to devote an episode titled "10 things you didn't know about Elaine"
K: It's chocolate, it's mint... It's delicious. J: It is very good K: It's very refreshing One of my favourite line/scenes in Seifeld. So much so I have edited an audio clip of it and have it saved to my phone
I remember the finale being pretty well advertised (over in the states anyway). Probably the only time my parents and I watched an episode of tv together too.
@CinnamonnGrrlErin1 true and not to mention Ellen DeGeneres special coming out episode which also got allot of promotion, even the commercials during the broadcast were created for the event! 🤗📺👍🙏
The golf ball is the biggest laugh of the series, but I've never heard Jerry say that was his favorite moment. I saw an interview with Jerry where he says his favorite moment was when he came in his apartment to see George on his floor with his pants down and says, "And you want to be my latex salesman".
It's casts extras and cameos that's so interesting with Star Trek and DC Animation having crossover with Seinfeld, there's also that John Kramer from Saw is a Record store owner which is the cameo that floored me on getting it on DVD. My favourite episodes are the Contest as well The Outing as they both use the same hospital curtain joke which slays me every time.
Always love this series! It’s super fun to rewatch it even now in the modern day! Gotta look up that Contest episode when I have time. I don’t really remember that one but I remember so many other iconic episodes. I also really like Time of Our Lives. That even became my class’s high school graduation song. It’s stuck with me for many many years!
The theme: "But when it came time to find the iconic sound of the bass line, Wolff didn't use a bass at all. Instead, a fairly basic slap bass setting on a Korg M1 synthesiser was used to produce the opening licks. When layered on top of Wolff's mouth percussion, the results were distinctive and unmistakable."
Boy, I'm glad I didn't point that out 'cause I'd sound like an idiot just saying it was played on a keyboard. I'd always thought it was a bass until recently.
I see it as Jerry: the straight man the rock the nucleus, where all other characters channel to each other. He is the catalyst base ingredient. Most of the time the other 3 don't really have too many scenes alone. Kramer: he is cheesecake oh so good but in moderation or it would grow old. Elaine is somewhat straight but also funny and adds spice to the sausage fest, my favorite female character of all time. George: he is multifaced spark he takes the show to the level where it cruises. He can escalate it to the top so naturally so well done, it flows and you don't question it. The no hugging, learning emotional void is the soul of the show. Not a single jumping the shark episode, not even a contender. The writers are off the charts, Larry David is the compass. The Farley Bros. were writers! This show is an all-star from actors to the lighting guy
During the 90s, I wasn’t into Seinfeld but loved shows like Married with Children. When I was in College in the early 2000s, I watched reruns of Seinfeld and loved it.
I was never allowed to watch MWC… it wasn’t for kids lol 😂 Fun fact: the character of Al Bundy is based on Ed O’Neil’s uncle, did you know that? When he auditioned for the part, the producers liked his portrayal of the character over everybody else who auditioned for it
I heard that "Seinfeld" ended because Jerry was exhausted. When Larry David left, Jerry Seinfeld now had the work of two people backstage (as he and David used to co-produce the show), as well as still act in the show, and he felt that the quality was suffering as a result.
Brilliant show, I afraid to admit how many times I've seen the whole series. One more fun fact, that there is a Seinfeld Reunion episode (with the whole Seinfeld cast), but it's wrapped around in Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm show, which is a very clever way of doing a reunion, as most reunion episodes usually rather awkward.
This movie is awesome! There's a screaming part that goes on for hours, but it's surprising that nobody else has done this sort of thing before it. This would probably be a Saturday afternoon for me.
I would argue that Curb Your Enthusiasm and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia carry the torch of being “a show about nothing” with “no hugging or learning”.
HIMYM is the opposite of Seinfeld. It's super wholesome, the characters are sweet and cozy, and it lasted way longer than it should have until it became quite intolerable. Seinfeld is not wholesome, it's about 4 deeply flawed people with questionable morals who cannot ever evolve. And it ended while they were ahead.
