There was also an earlier moment where Larry had no money, so gave some written comedy material to his comedian friend Carol Leifer as a birthday present. At the birthday party, Jerry was asked to read the material, and got big laughs from it. This is where Jerry and Larry came to the realization that Larry's writing coming out of Jerry's mouth was a great combination.

@KurtI2525

Жыл бұрын

Curb Your Enthusiasm is proof that the Seinfeld show is almost 100% down to Larry. He’s a genius.

@waitingforacentury

Жыл бұрын

@@KurtI2525 After Larry left the show the jokes became much more pratical and less refined

@rossegan7034

Жыл бұрын

This comment is the definition of a fun fact.

@DrHDoofenshmirtzphd

Жыл бұрын

@@KurtI2525 No. Quite a few of the classic episodes happened after Larry left stuff like Elaine's dance, the yada yada, etc. They had a great writing staff for Seinfeld with people like Larry Charles, Peter Mehlman, etc. Plus one of the greatest jobs of casting ever even for things like one off characters that went on to be massively successful. No one person made that show. People went from giving Jerry all the credit to trying to give Larry all the credit. It's like or there were just a bunch of talented people working to make that show great.

@shawnhughes4192

Жыл бұрын

@@DrHDoofenshmirtzphd well, Jerry and Larry are worth a billion dollars each and "George and Elaine" are just barely millionaires so equal doesn't seem like the appropriate Word to use.

Larry is the kind of guy to sign on to co-create the greatest sitcom of all time with annual royalties of $150 million to the cast(25 years after it went off the air) because he “didn’t have anything going on at the time”.

@-______-______-

Жыл бұрын

This comment makes no sense.

@29th.

Жыл бұрын

​@________ I think the top comment is saying that Larry is very talented. The top comment is saying "the greatest comedy of all time" was created by someone who had nothing better to do.

@dearmadeline

Жыл бұрын

@@29th. you mean original comment/post aka OP. the "top comment" is the one that shows up at the top to everyone viewing the video 🤓

@29th.

Жыл бұрын

@Madeline I appreciate you wanting to tell me how "top comment" is used by everyone but I like calling the first comment in a thread, "top comment." OP makes me think of "over-powered."

@efisgpr

Жыл бұрын

​@@29th. Ocean Pacific (clothing brand) too 😂

So basically Larry also invented Comedians in Cars getting Coffee

@GrindstoneMusic

Жыл бұрын

That one goes to Garry Shandling. Seinfeld interviewed him for the Larry Sanders DVD just walking around Central Park talking and realized he could make a show just talking to comedians.

@sup9542

Жыл бұрын

Eh, Jerry can have that. That show is completely Jerry’s ego.

@fungoose2195

9 ай бұрын

curb your enthusiasm more so

@Luke-cz9tm

9 ай бұрын

The driving interview concept was actually inspired by Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn's Carpool. I'm pretty sure Seinfeld has admitted this

@crystalshaw8744

2 ай бұрын

Same thought...smile

I wonder how many people auditioned for George, Kramer and Elaine because those three actors were PERFECT. The writing is off the charts but those three are legends for their parts as well.

@croweziec

11 ай бұрын

I agree they was meant to act in their roles. Larry was a fantastic writer.

@Shapes_Quality_Control

8 ай бұрын

Apparently Jerry always wanted Michael Richards for the role of Kramer.

@dannylopez5052

7 ай бұрын

Michael Richards worked with Larry David on Fridays so there's that, and Kenny Kramer, Larry David was the inspiration

@doubllechief6926

5 ай бұрын

They auditioned a TON of people before finding Jason Alexander. Jerry knew he wanted Michael Richards right off the bat and I can remember for Elaine…

@dannylopez5052

5 ай бұрын

@@doubllechief6926 Larry knew both Richards from Friday’s and Dreyfus from SNL I would credit Larry David for the choices

I bet even to this day, Jerry and Larry can not believe what they got away with pulling off.

@Shiggystardust

2 ай бұрын

100%

As a big fan of the show I absolutely love hearing this story!

This is the unique gift of Larry David. He has no pretense of being a rare talent that should interest anyone. He’s not selling anything. He has just milled around comedic venues doing what he always does whether on screen, or off and someone who was on screen invited him to be a part of that. And Larry had nothing to offer, other than what he does all day every day, and he has made two of the most enjoyable, enduring shows with the exact same format based on that. CYE just doesn’t pretend that the George character isn’t Larry.

I can't imagine Seinfeld without George Costanza!!

@arnoldfreeman2885

Ай бұрын

There is no Seinfeld without George Costanza

Growing up watching new episodes of Seinfeld was such great time. I was born in 81 and such amazing fun memories from the 80s and 90s

Lol Larry David is a legend. "Sure. I don't have work or money atm" 😅

“Where do you get your ideas from?” Jerry: The bodega

@davidporter671

Жыл бұрын

I get em from Ralph’s

@EddieVH77

Жыл бұрын

Finally, where he gets his ideas from.

@baenbaen7398

Жыл бұрын

“Aahhh little Yerry Seinfeld… does he bounce checks?” 😂😂

@berman5963

Жыл бұрын

Any particular bodega?

@RLomoterenge

Жыл бұрын

He has none. No wonder Seinfeld is so “meh”…

The entire cast is fantastic!

Both needed each other

And one billion dollars later, here we are 🎉

It’s a great idea. Someone should try to do it.

Gold Jerry, gold!

@greenrobot5

Жыл бұрын

Banya is my favorite hated character

@pattyb8904

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm huge!

@greenrobot5

Жыл бұрын

@@pattyb8904 Jerry hates him for no reason, he's tons of fun and enthusiastic

@pattyb8904

Жыл бұрын

@greenrobot5 lol oh there's reasons. He is a favorite though.

@MrMavuso

Жыл бұрын

"I'm going to pick up chicks Jerry."

Meanwhile, Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 should be out this year!

@simoneblax

4 ай бұрын

almost ended 🥲

Genius ❤❤❤

I still laugh at the reruns 😊

no wonder, the HBO comedy series, "Curb your Enthusiasm" somewhat similar to Seinfeld because Larry David was the co-producer of that show. kudos to him and I like it. 😉

And it was absolutely brilliant

it was so unique, they came up with it twice!

They are both genius level creators. They not only see the humor in everyday interactions, they also found the comedic value of making a show based around those interactions.

I wonder if Larry David did in fact told NBC executives that the show was about nothing!😂 Seinfeld show just recreated that interview with George.

Ofcourse it was larrys idea what else did u expect? Hes amazing😂

One of the greatest shows in the history of television

@Charlesbaker3017

5 ай бұрын

For 5, 6 years then..no.

I’m glad he said the premise should be “two comedians”. I always had it in my head that George was a failed comedian before season 1 and he gave up and got a real job. Which makes it even funnier that he can’t hold down a real job either. This would explain why he’s on the comedy cellar’s softball team in season 1.

@AshChambers21

Жыл бұрын

loving this fan theory

@slimshead8100

Жыл бұрын

@@AshChambers21 it’s not exactly a theory, Jerry Seinfeld said before that the original plan was for George to be a comedian, but they decided against that idea.

@sterlingarcher74

Жыл бұрын

@@slimshead8100 Never knew that, but it makes sense.

It’s not a show about nothing - that’s a joke. It’s a show about people, about all of us, and how ridiculous we can all be. And that’s what the characters do, they turn ordinary life into plausible but ridiculous situations, maybe just a little over the top. Like the episode where they spend all their time looking for their car in the parking garage, and this very ordinary experience spirals out of control.

@crypastesomemore8348

Жыл бұрын

Obviously it’s a joke- the idea behind it is that Seinfeld hones in on the minutia of life better than any other sitcom, hence the “it’s about nothing”, since “minutia” is trivial.

@KinoInfa

Жыл бұрын

It's called SitCom.

@chriscampbell6613

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the spoiler alert about how it isn't about 'nothing'. Instead it's like a regular day full of the ins and outs of having a meaningless life that doesn't mean anything to anyone but you. Where every minor issue to someone else is a huge issue to the person most affected. Next you will tell us Festivus is for the rest of us.

@stolensentience

Жыл бұрын

@@chriscampbell6613 and as I rained blows upon him

@MrElephantBeach

Жыл бұрын

I think when they say it’s about nothing it’s more in the sense of a pitch.

I wish that something closer to the early concept of the show could exist in addition to what NBC aired. In real life, Jerry spent his time with fellow comedians like Larry Miller and Carol Leifer.

Jerry and Larry; My 2 favorite human beings. Full stop.

@hyperreal

Жыл бұрын

You’re lucky you know them so well..

@vahidmirkhani

Жыл бұрын

@@hyperreal And has neither of them for the profile pic.

@3shguitars819

Жыл бұрын

What about yourself. Or your mother

@3shguitars819

Жыл бұрын

And if thats with human beings what about other creatures. What about dogs. What about cats and what about animals that are not pets. Like turtles; or eagles. What about ameba. Does someone around here speak bacterial language ahhh ahhhhh aueoueoauahh. And does Jerry classifies as animal too? Because we are. And who is your favourite between donkeys, field chickens, Larry and Ameba? Please answer my questions. Thanks.

@Gameboy-Unboxings

Жыл бұрын

So cringe.

They even made an episode of it where Jerry and George walk into a korean market after pitching a tv show idea to a network The show was exactly what they did irl

@Pantsinabucket

10 ай бұрын

In the episode where they cast for the pilot, they also include Kramer auditioning for the role of Kramer, something the real life Kenny Kramer did. In a later episode, they also parody Kenny Kramer’s bus tours as “the real kramer”, by having Kramer do a “the real J peterman” tour.

I wonder how many times he's been asked, how did you create Seinfeld?

@Gameboy-Unboxings

Жыл бұрын

​@mikedavis8008what do you mean by this? Never heard of anything like that with him.

@SallySkeleton

9 ай бұрын

@@Gameboy-Unboxingsit was 17 not 16

Best of all time. No other show comes close

This short is making me thirsty

@efisgpr

Жыл бұрын

😂

that moment went jerry dated a 17 year old when he was about to turn 40

@weirdwoodent

Жыл бұрын

Whats the deal with homework

@user-ue4rd1mf1v

4 ай бұрын

​@@weirdwoodentyou're not working on your home.

@user-ue4rd1mf1v

4 ай бұрын

​@@weirdwoodentthat's very funny.

And they went on to create one of the most memorable & impactful pieces of media in the 21st century. Seinfeld is 🔥

The Larry King Show. Brilliant!

He's so comfortable in his own skin

@SunnyDiegoProduction

Жыл бұрын

Not really, the guy has no point of view, just a generic joke teller. Obviously he’s not comfortable being himself or expressing real opinions.

@ghostshipone

Жыл бұрын

@@SunnyDiegoProduction if you were playing Hot or cold.. I’d say you just stepped into an ice bath

@srldwg

Жыл бұрын

​@@ghostshiponeSo true!!!

Greatest sitcom of all time

@greenrobot5

Жыл бұрын

1 Seinfeld ( except for the last season) 2 Married with children 3 That 70's show (except the last season)

@chrismoody9855

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. I still binge watch the entire show.

@Ziqver

Жыл бұрын

I also like the 3rd rock from the sun. But that might just be me 😅

@dushyantsingh2067

Жыл бұрын

​@@greenrobot5 dude Barring the finale, the last season was hilarious

@greenrobot5

Жыл бұрын

@@dushyantsingh2067 the writers were tired at that point, particularly The PR day parade was atrocious, and the finale was the worst

I still watch this show on cable TV. One of the best shows about nothing. LOL LOL 😊

Thx for adding the other actors! Lol. A show about nothing?! No... A show about life! Thx y'all

This is the show! There's a show that's a show

So the guy who owns the Korean grocery store is like hey where's my royalties?

@triskits_mmm

Жыл бұрын

It's out of business now

Comedy is and always has been in "every single fiber of Jerrys being".

Loved the show

Definitely the greatest show ever caught on film, and very comforting to watch daily.

Larry King: Final question....was the Larry we've been talking about me or some other guy?

I think that Korean store owner should get royalties for being the inspiration for Seinfeld.

@MrBoss-re6lp

2 ай бұрын

Only if their name was mentioned.

“Comedians in delis laughing at products”

-Why am i watching it? -Because its on tv. -...not yet.

The Show about Nothing But it was always Hilarious!!

"Wander around during the day... and make fun of everything they see." I finally found my calling! I'm a comedian!

The creation of Seinfeld....uh you might wanna check with Jerry's parents

Greatest show ever in history

Seinfeld didn't quit at the top, he quit after he lost Larry David and the show was clearly losing momentum.

Curb > Unfrosted. Larry and other writers, I suspect, were the smart ones.

@thepeter3116

2 ай бұрын

"i never have any ideas"

Was Larry ever on Seinfeld ?

@robertd4797

Жыл бұрын

Yes, guy in the street with black cape was Larry

@TheDoorman55

Жыл бұрын

He sold George some gum from a small street window when George was dressed as a king. When George worked for the Yankees, he did Steinbrenner's voice.

@digitaldiablo1653

Жыл бұрын

He made a few hidden appearances. He was the car thief that called Jerry. He also played the same character during Jerry's jail stand up, yelling "I'm gonna cut you!".

@efisgpr

Жыл бұрын

Those 3 responses: THANKS 😮

@curtnasipak5341

Жыл бұрын

As others mentioned, he was on a few times, but George is literally Larry David.

Its a show about NOTHING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 😅

"I don't have any ideas" I believe this coming from Jerry seinfeld

you watch this after the years and you are like...."hey, i remember this episode"

@Cosmo-Kramer

Жыл бұрын

Okay, but you can say that about any good episode form any series.

I never tire of watching Seinfeld! Do many great episodes❤❤❤ The one where they all go to India for a wedding is one of my top ten favorite❤❤❤

Bring back Charlie Rose after therapy! He was great.

It worked- it fuckin worked 👍👍👍

It’s like that scene where George and Jerry are talking about salsa and seltzer

Larry David is the funniest man to ever live. He is my spirit animal. Jerry has nothing on Larry. Even tho I love Seinfeld, curb is so superior especially since adding Leon Black!

Larry David is a genius. Seinfeld, if you look between the lines educated people on many social topics and English words we didn't know. It's maybe impossible to see an equally good show in the future.

@Swindel67

5 ай бұрын

Curb is better imo albeit they broke new ground with Seinfeld

@samj1012

5 ай бұрын

@@Swindel67 still, curb ur enth is recycling of many seinfeld jokes, don't you agree.

Here's the true genius of Seinfeld the show. Today, we have all these really brilliant, creative, edgy, cynical, insightful comedy shows like Always Sunny, Barry, Rick and Morty, Bojack Horseman, South Park, etc. These are all shows that pushed the envelope so far that watching a show like Seinfeld today, the casual viewer would probably find it more similar to stuff like Friends or HIMYM. But there was always a very real and deeply entrenched darkness to that show and those characters, it was just very well-hidden. Seinfeld never had to have episodes involving hitmen, prostitutes, drugs, abortion, etc. in order to score 'edgelord' points. It was just a show about how pathetically and fundamentally greedy, spiteful, narcissistic, and petty people are. The fact that somehow, throughout its entire run, millions of people couldn't see that because they were so distracted by the whacky situations and catchphrases and goofy nonsense is what truly makes it unique and ahead of its time.

@the_local_bigamist

Жыл бұрын

That's a good take. We didn't see Seinfeld here in Britain but many of us who are into comedy, including as part of that the history of comedy, watched it as adults and the things you mentioned are definitely a big part of what led the show to stand the test of time in a way that something like Friends couldn't, because it was too "safe". One that you missed was The Simpsons - that was shown here and we grew up on seasons 1 to probably around 15 when we still watched it on TV, and within those years were the golden years and seasons 3-10 or there about still stands up today as some of the best, most subversive comedy ever written.

@chriscampbell6613

Жыл бұрын

How old are you? The cynicism was and has been known. All those shows you mentioned (SouthPark is one that may have existed if Seinfeld never did) were all blatantly inspired by Seinfeld. All that deep insightful humour from (always sunny is an interesting choice) is only available because of Seinfeld. Comparing it to to standard sitcoms like friends or himym is an undersell of the ages.

@chriscampbell6613

Жыл бұрын

Also rick and Morty is not exactly smart and insightful. Cynical? Sure. Edgy? Is it really edgy if you have to try to be edgy? Like south park is edgy, but they have a point to make. R+M just use 'edgy' as a gag, it's entertaining. Not smart, insightful, or edgy.

@Horror-Man

Жыл бұрын

@@chriscampbell6613 I'm 33. Used to watch Seinfeld a lot when I was 17 and 18. Among kids today, and even a surprising amount of people my age, Seinfeld the guy as well as the show is seen as 'soft, old-fashioned' humor. A lot of people think his rule of not cursing is really lame and just see him as the guy who jokes about completely mundane things like going to the supermarket or getting a haircut, material that's a thousand times weaker than what Dave Chapelle, Bill Burr, or Louis CK would talk about.

@chriscampbell6613

Жыл бұрын

@@Horror-Man tis true. Not arguing that it isnt cutting edge today. But I will say that Seinfeld predates Chapelle, burr, and pretty sure CK got his start as a writer, and an actor...something about muffin tops? But seinfeld broke alot of barriers without people noticing I think. I'd say that thats cutting edge (Dreyfus character anyone?). I'm not a Seinfeld fanboy...know i sound like it atm, but respect is due where it is. Man had one of the longest running shows of all time and told the Network he was done as the highest paid guy on tv. Also pretty sure Seinfeld was still in top 5 shows watched at the time.

A legend of a show 😊

I find this series so unbelievably funny. All the situations are so funny and well written and to me every episode feels like an ADHD adventure with so much going on at the same time.

So Larry is George. Love both.

It’s the show about everything.

And they created one of the funniest, best sit coms ever.

I watched Seinfeld for Elaine. She's very alluring.

I guess my brother and I've been comedians our whole life😂

Well thank God for that!

I have no ideas…hey I have a great idea for the show…

Great IDEA

Wow! I was hanging at Catch back then, dating the sandwich girl. I felt that Jerry wasn't really funny. I was one of the only guys who even talked to Randy Credeco, whose political humor was anathema at the time.

@mxplk

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of Randy. Who he?

Korean royal ginseng jelly.. it comes in a jelly now. So you can spread it

@efisgpr

Жыл бұрын

😂

"What did you do today?" "Oh wandered around a korean grocery store, made some jokes." "Thats an episode"

Jerry puzzles me. He says he's not the guy with the ideas that's true, he's not a good actor either as you can tell from Seinfeld, and he's famously not a great standup comedian, and it's Larry that did the writing obviously. So like... what's his talent?

Which turned into weaving 3 or 4 storylines brilliantly together show after show lol not easy work by anyones standards

Love Seinfeld

such a humble guy

Jerry is giving someone else credit? This must be CGI

@Gr8Layks

Жыл бұрын

😂 yep! Deep fake!

@Bootrosgali

Жыл бұрын

If you knew your stuff you would know that in 1992 Jerry Seinfeld said that "Larry David is the real brains behind this operation" in a Bob Costas interview. It's there on record.

@ismarwinkelman5648

Жыл бұрын

@@Bootrosgali I’m glad they did, because it will take at least 31 more years for the next one 😂

@hyperreal

Жыл бұрын

@@Bootrosgali so he’s given credit twice? Incredible.

Seinfeld tip, 213...when ever something pops into your head, write it down!!! Joan Rivers did this too...

Best comedy show ever for me 😅 Just mental

it's a show about how a comedian gets his material.

Greatest sitcom.

Never seen Jerry being more of a silly Jerry than in this interview.

Larry to go from having no money to billionaire !

He dated a 12 year old in his 30s

Its crazy catching a rising star at catch a rising star

Haha not only did they create a show about nothing, they continued that trend and created episodes within their show about them making a show about nothing… absolutely genius 😂

It’d bento meet Larry…no body knot unless you only ❤️

It’d be so dope to be in the right place at the right time like that. Honestly, as much as I appreciate Seinfeld, his costars carried that show and made it great

@anish3183

Жыл бұрын

Without a straight man, the show doesn't work. Without Jerry's stand up, his uncaring anti hero character seinfeld wouldn't be nearly as successful. Not to mention his writing.

According to what Jerry said, it was actually a phone call from NBC that started things. Without that call, they would not have started blabbing about nonsensical trivia in a Korean store. It was a serendipitous moment that turned to gold--two Jewish leprechauns bumping brains at the end of the rainbow. Add Curb Your Enthusiasm and Jerry's subsequent exploits you have one hell of a pot of gold.

the show deserves its fame and is a classic make no mistake why it succeeded though😮

So Larry was basically George 😂

It's called 'Falling Ass First into Money'