Jason Alexander Reveals When He Realized George Costanza Is Larry David 

He was SO good as George

I think everyone now realises he was the character in Seinfeld. He was way ahead of his time

That's dissapointing to hear. I thought he played his role extremely well, so much so that I cannot imagine the show without him. I never even thought he was actually playing Larry David as on Curb, that's genius LOL!

It’s the greatest sitcom character ever

Can’t touch Kramer

Youre spot on. That's acting, without acting

Well said.

No doubt.

@@phillipklees7551 but still acting..?

@@phillipklees7551I’ll read it with dinner!

I think you really needed all 4. Take any of the major 4 out and the show never lasts.

It took me many years to realize it, but yes, he would be the hardest character to replace.

*subjectively Don't be dumb now

@@ericsmusic5927I’m not being dumb. Without George there is no Larry David element of the show. Hence there is no show. THINK

NO one ever believes he is underrated.... He was just not celebrated by the system

100%

That's great, but I'll take: It's like discovering plutonium....by accident!!!!

Him trying to photoshop himself out of his boss' family photo. Classic.

Living the dream. Who doesn't fancy a nap at work.

The one where the company he was working for fired him and he wouldn’t quit. He climbed through the AC ducts into his office that they had barricaded w lumber. Then he called his secretary from inside.

@@litedawg Yeah, that was great as well.

Stooges could mess with Elaine,Jerry and that dog from season 1 so sorry buddy..

Stooges and Seinfeld left this mark on that 1900 century.. I say no other jews can top them its already 24 years in😂

It's the summer of George!

Especially when you consider it's a sitcom, Sitcom's tend to cast actors closer to the character than movies, I to assumed Jason was a lot like George but that couldn't be any further from the truth

Or maybe, Jason is George, and he's doing the opposite of every instinct he's ever had.

No way. That would be Michael Richards and Kramer.

I was thinking it was that episode. It seemed like the story took place in the second season which eliminates the first five episodes. The Revenge is the 12th episode and episodes 11 and 10 weren’t written by Larry David. So looking at episodes 6-9, the Phone Message is the one which seems the most unrealistic for someone to do and Larry David really did steal a tape out of a girls machine.

It is. Larry David mentioned this in an interview

I always thought it was “The Revenge.” Thanks for clarifying.

​@@krishna8976 interesting... Do you remember what interview?

Frank is my favorite character, him and Estelle were magical, you can see where George got his George from, Seinfeld is the greatest television show ever 😂

Surprisingly it turns out he's actually an architect

You’re all wrong. In this moment HE IS A MARINE BIOLOGIST!!!

Wasn't he chairman of "The Human Fund"?

I thought he was in imports and exports

@@jamey2326 He got out of imports and just focused on exports. It actually causes quite a rift between he and his girlfriend, at the time.

Imagine being a stand up comedian and telling the same jokes every day at different clubs. Or bands playing the same songs for decades....I guess it's just part of being in the entertainment business.

It’s just like that episode of curb

Yea , idk why they asked this question

Howie doesn't do any back ground work for his interviews. He doesn't watch their clips for a few hours before. He just asks the same media questions they all ask. He's so talented but this is what we get.

I used to teach English to adults in a conversation school where I would teach different people every day and I had to introduce myself several times a week. People would expect a bit of detail. I ended up with a one minute summary that I said over and over. It gets tiresome but I also became good at appreciating that for each person it was their first time hearing it and I should respect their desire to hear it.

He could easily pass for a guy in his late 40s- early 50s

It might have something to do with his baldness

Kinda interesting that in the 90's he looked older than he was, and now he looks almost the same as then which makes him look younger than he is

He's like Steven Martin; he always looked 45-50.

That's the most frustrating thing about most of the top level Podcasts. They get a great, amazing, legendary guest. I am super over the moon to finally hear an hour long talk about this person's real life. But instead the entire time the guest is interrupted by the hosts of the podcast. Especially annoying when the hosts of the podcast literally cut a story short the guest was telling because one of the hosts decided to make it all about their life-- then they just completely forget to circle back around to the original story the guest was giving and never finish it. So yes-- LOVE that this podcast by Howie Mandel actually allows the guest to give their full story from start to finish!

That's Donald Trump's method too

@@apprentessjgooden2263and what, you’re NOT deeply, completely 100% wrong about something and refuse to admit it or change it because it’s just too uncomfortable, so you choose to believe the lie instead? That’s like every human being on planet earth

Not to mention he has "revealed" this information several times. It's one of the most viewed videos about him on youtube

except he actually does say when he realized it when he questioned the script saying this can never happen and larry telling him it exactly happened to himself.

Then you gotta come to the comments for the answer

He's said in the past that it was eating the eclair out of the trash.

Michael Richards was the best actor.

Always thought jerry had some richard lewis in him

Elaine for sure

​@@ellegaunt Chomping

Jerry was literally playing himself

'Fly on the Wall' with David Spade and Dana and 'Conan' with Sona and Matt are the worst criminals of this behavior. Most guests never get a chance to actually finish any story they are telling because the hosts inevitably derail the conversation into something about their own lives. Then because of their ADHD behavior as hosts they completely forget about the original story being told by the guest and just move onto some other topic and the listener is left never knowing the end of the story the guest of the episode was telling.

Worlds are colliding Youre killing independent george George is gettin upset 😂😂😂😂e

My favorite shit ever in tv

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He's said in the past it was eating the eclair out of the trash.

He looked older than he was during Seinfeld's run. Hard to believe, but he was still in his 30s when it ended.

I was thinking the same thing until the woman said it was the quitting his job episode, and he said no. Then I learned something because for years, I thought it was that episode!

This was one question in a one-hour interview. The whole thing is worth a watch.

@@carlgemlich1657 that’s not the point though lol but yes it was a good interview 💫

@@mlamanno Pretty sure it was him eating the eclair out of the trash.

That was an excellent pamphlet.

I'll read it with dinner.

Having said that...

Howie is a FOOL and an ASSHOLE. Don't expect him to prepare

Love the way he lets Jason tell the story, then says "I've heard that story". Then the co-host CORRECTS the story. Real good hosting lmao

He seemed happy to explain it again. Most of Jason's older interviews were in magazines and web articles and such. You could tell he was more than happy to re-tell it all on a new medium that everyone is actually really listening to nowadays.

Was he's name Leo,uncle leo

True but Larry would not have gotten the show without Jerry backing him up.

It was a perfect storm of actors and yes Larry was/is a genius writer

He owes his entire career, he would have been forgotten about as a terrible and very quickly dated stand up if it wasn't for the show

@@rickskellig4652 Ok but he was still a big part of the show. Literally great as the 'front' man and they did two seasons without Larry. You just sound salty

yeah, salty to say the least…Jerry and Larry were a team, and they collaborated. Larry (as mentioned in this part of the interview) sucked big time at stand up, and was barely recognized for his efforts @SNL…so, Jerry shows up, they start working together on this idea, and the immediate success it’s just a fluke for Jerry? as in that’s gold Jerry, gold! Don’t think so.

His sketch as the temp lawyer was great

The eclair wasn't in the trash, it was merely sitting on top of the trash. :-)

Like an Angel

I swear in an older interview he said it was "The Revenge". The one where George walks into his boss' office and rants, insults him, and quits. Then on Monday he shows up again like nothing happened. He said he went to Larry and argued "Larry, this is ridiculous. No one would ever behave that way, or have the nerve to show up again on Monday." And it turned out Larry did that exact thing at SNL.

@@Whimzico Yes, Season 2 episode 7.

Pretty sure it was him eating the eclair out of the trash.

@@bossfan49 I've heard him say in the past that it was eating the eclair out of the trash. I think I've heard Larry tell the same story.

Pretty sure it was eating the eclair out of the trash.

Many of his plots were pretty out there

Pretty sure it was him eating the eclair out of the trash.

@@warrendietzel1953 Are you thinking of the episode of Curb? where Larry and Jason are arguing, and they mention the masturbation contest, the eclair and the answering machine tape as all things that Larry actually did. Btw, the chocolate eclair episode wasn't until Season 6.

@@bossfan49 Not sure. I definitely remember Larry David saying how he actually ate an eclair out of the trash and that he told Jason Alexander that he did it. I haven't seen every episode of Curb, so I'm not sure it would have been on there. Thought it was an interview somewhere.

@@warrendietzel1953 Same here..I heard Jason say it in an interview many years ago. I thought it was in the dvd extras Inside Notes. I've watched every one on RU-vid and I can't find it. Every interview that I find now , it's him saying "I wish I could remember...." Friggin Mandela effect.

its a podcast they had to be talking for an hour or two its ok that she had a one sentence regular person flub

@@ufailowell It was Howie, not the other host

Thanks.

Was that wrong?