That's exactly how Larry Charles came up with the scene--just the idea of George shoving old women and children out of the way to get away from a fire made him laugh, because it's quintessentially George, stripped down to his essentials.
Nothing better encapsulates George’s character than the mother going from ‘You seem like such a nice man’ to ‘THAT’S THE COWARD WHO LEFT US TO DIE’ in the span of five minutes
I love that part. Being publicly shamed for cowardice by a sweet old lady would be one of the worst fates I can imagine. It would be time to change cities at that point.
"Seemingly, seemingly to the untrained eye I could see why you would think that. But in a fire, you're supposed to stay low to the ground! Am I right?"
@@amitkenan3878 hey, once you can get a girlfriend, you don’t want a girlfriend, you just want to keep getting girlfriends, she should’ve gotten with the program. Besides, she punched him that one time, that’s abuse.
@@amitkenan3878 Accrording to Jason Alexander, the incident that got him the most hate mail wasn't Susan's death, his reaction to it, this fire, or trying to get his girlfriend's aunt's death certificate to save on airfare...it was for eating the eclair out of the trash.
How is it possible that Jason Alexander never won an Emmy for George Costanza. He’s the most original, as well as the best developed, character - plus he’s the best actor.
@@saphiquefemme He has a Tony Award for his performance in a Broadway musical (actually won exactly a month before Seinfeld premiered) but he never won an Emmy for playing George, usually due to Michael Richards being in the same category. Michael won three times for playing Kramer and Julia won once for playing Elaine; Jerry and Jason never won Emmys for Seinfeld. All four and the overall show are so iconic though their impact has outweighed any number of Emmys.
This would've been funnier with Jerry's comments in the coffee shop. Jerry: So you feel that the whole notion of women & children first is a bit antiquated. George: They should THANK me for treating everybody equal!!!
“So…she doesn’t want to see me anymore” “Did you knock her over too or just the kids?” “No her too, and her mother” “Really? Her mother?” “Ya…may have stepped on her arm too idk” “You probably couldn’t see because of the smoke” “Ya, but it was somebodies arm”
We don't see the start of the conversation so George could have said something like "BOZO! FROM THE 60s!", but your idea is way funnier so its canon now..
"you're living in the past mannnn!! you're hung up on some clown from the 60s mannnn!!" I swear I fall down laughing whenever I hear Favraeu say that line in his voice
My favourite scene. I’m crying with laughter. The whole scene is brilliant. George’s parents yelling and fighting over George blowing the candles out at his 7th birthday 😂😂
When George pushes over Eric the Clown, you'll notice that Eric isn't even in George's way very much. George had to reach over to one side to shove Eric when he was running, even though he probably could have run past Eric without making contact with him. So this basically means that George was so desperate to get out first that he put in extra effort to make sure that no one could possibly get in front of him! 🤣🤣🤣
When George asked "What kind of a Topsy-Turvy world do we live in?" I couldn't help thinking of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." For those who don't know, Jason Alexander was part of the cast, and "Topsy-Turvy" was the song performed during the Gypsy Festival.
Yep all those children getting in the way and trying to get out, he had to clear a way for himself, the one who actually spotted the fire gets first dibs of course 😂
Eric the Clown is one of the best one-off characters on Seinfeld. He's played by Jon Favreau, his argument with George about Bozo is hilarious, and he saved everyone by putting the fire out with his big shoe.
Imagine this: from a clown in a sitcom to creator of the Mandalorian 😲 Seinfeld success recipe was knowing how to surround themselves with AMAZING talent, even the secondary roles.
This show was more than just comedy. There were lessons woven in too. When you're a young man starting a relationship, true courage, not fake like he depicted, goes a long way. Same thing for honesty.
Well, courage and honesty are highly desirable traits in a man at any age. Normally I feel some sympathy for George given his upbringing/struggles, but him shoving those people out of the way and thinking only of himself was a new low, even for George. Don't get me wrong, that new low was funny in the context of the show.
To be 10000% honest when George was explaining what he did I would have DIED of laughter every time in this scene😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. I would have wrecked this scene 10000000 times.
And how about when George screams at a guy for double parking and the guy says it's not my car puffball. And George comes back with "I wasn't talking to you."
