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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!) 🤣
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
@@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.
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 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."
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.
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.
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.."
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.
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 :) ;)
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.
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! 😂
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.
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.
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.
"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?
Seinfeld best comedy? Yes no doubt! But the Honeymooners are not even in my top thirty comedies. Frasier, Friends, Newhart and Mary Tyler Moore are my top five. That's from the movie "Who Cares?" Chicken Soup was better than the Honeymooners. My opinion of course. Your milage may vary. "Mister? Are you listening to me?"
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 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 👍
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
"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 ✨❤️
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 😂😂😂😂😅
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.
The INIGMA (not mentioned) is that Seinfeld was filmed in Hollywood and that Seinfeld turned down 5 million per show because he missed NEW YORK so much arguably both he and Larry David are worth about $1.5 billion each
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
Here a fact you didn’t know: The show’s concept and characters were all stolen from, “The Jack Benny Show” on early-‘50s TV. Seinfeld was a big Benny fan, and closely adapted (ahem) his show from his comic idol’s. Jerry is the entertainer who ironically acts as straight man in his own show; Elaine is his snide g/f Benny: wife Mary), Kramer is the goofy drop-in character full of get-rich-quick schemes, like Benny’s own Dennis Day.
Benny’s was also a “show about nothing”; Jack once spent an entire half-hour searching for a missing collar button. He also spent a couple of episodes complaining about the branch of a tree which had grown over into his property from his neighbor Ronald Coleman’s house. Both Jack and Jerry were vain, neurotic, self-conscious Jews. The nearest analog to George Castanza was the Benny show’s Rochester.
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.
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.
Couldn't they just make Susan leave George instead of killing her? I mean he gave her so so many reasons to leave him, he was total a*hole to her. Why kill her with glue, she could have just left.
Because Susan dying was more surprising and funnier via licking envelopes. After trying for so long to get Susan to leave George, he thought he was doomed to marriage. Then, wamp. She dead. Oh well, coffee?
If you love _Seinfeld_ and Larry David's humour you should watch _Curb your Enthusiasm_ , his autofictive show. It is closely related to _Seinfeld_ by the writing, the life experiences that David used in both shows and how _Seinfeld_ affected David's life. There is even a fictitious _Seinfeld_ reunion in season 7. Beware though : in his show Larry David takes way more shit than any character in _Seinfeld_ and its hilarious.
I think Curb kept getting better and better with it hitting the pinnacle in season 7. I personally think it went downhill after that. Season 8 and forward seemed to have their moments but overall just not nearly as good as the earlier seasons. This made me appreciate Seinfeld ending before it got bad or started to go down hill.
