Jerry Seinfeld on Coming Out as Funny to His Parents | The New Yorker Festival

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The comedian Jerry Seinfeld sits down with David Remnick to discuss his creative process, working with Larry David, and revealing his talents to his parents.
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  • @bellmeisterful
    @bellmeisterful4 жыл бұрын

    I love how at the end he says Please Don't. Jerry is just the epitome of intelligence and class.

  • @bellmeisterful

    @bellmeisterful

    4 жыл бұрын

    @bonzology I think he said Please Dont about the Trump question because hes smart, hes seen the division that the media has caused combatting him for three years and given how divided the country is hes smart enough to know that a lot of idiots will flip if he says "Sure I'll go knock on Trumps window." Which I believe he would in a second. He knew Trump before the Dems and media got started in on him.

  • @BB.halo_heir

    @BB.halo_heir

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bellmeisterful absolutely agree with you. It wasn't a slight on Trump at all. The interviewer was already flipping his words. I'm glad Jerry set him straight.

  • @proned2stoned

    @proned2stoned

    3 жыл бұрын

    Naw he just wouldn't deal with him. You're reading too much into it. ... Like typical trump supporters.

  • @Milestonemonger

    @Milestonemonger

    Жыл бұрын

    Trump brought us closer to peace in the middle, The Abraham Accord. Yet, Obama gets the Noble peace prize for what? Simply being black.

  • @anonymous108
    @anonymous1082 жыл бұрын

    I love Jerry he has mastered the art of speaking to the degree humans can. Dominates conversation.

  • @dbmgna3951
    @dbmgna39515 жыл бұрын

    No matter the skill level of the interviewer, Jerry floats on clouds 😄

  • @carlosurzua6780
    @carlosurzua67803 жыл бұрын

    Jerry has always had great insight on life. Funny and true.

  • @terrehautetaylor
    @terrehautetaylor5 жыл бұрын

    Smart and Funny. I grew up watching Seinfeld. Best Show Ever ❤️

  • @harrison127
    @harrison127 Жыл бұрын

    So many comedians now are saying "everyone is too sensitive, you can't make jokes anymore" but the real comedians understand that good comedy plays off of society's beliefs, and that those change over time. Comedy has to be fluid, you can't expect to tell the same jokes as you were 30 years ago. Real comedians know how to navigate that, and Seinfeld seems to get it.

  • @nietzschesmuse
    @nietzschesmuse3 жыл бұрын

    Jerry Seinfeld is the finest comedian: Great story teller, very funny, well groomed, rich vocabulary, well read confident and handsome.

  • @MichelleCoxPhotography
    @MichelleCoxPhotography5 жыл бұрын

    Jerry Seinfeld is the funniest guy ever. Love him!

  • @GR_BackingTracks
    @GR_BackingTracks5 жыл бұрын

    ^Cannot get enough of Jerry Seinfeld.

  • @komalley35
    @komalley353 жыл бұрын

    He described my parents exactly! I really loved them for that.

  • @Chasebald
    @Chasebald6 жыл бұрын

    I’m so glad Jerry never gave up the act.

  • @carlzend8091
    @carlzend8091 Жыл бұрын

    One of the best interviews of Jerry I have seen.

  • @Zaloomination
    @Zaloomination5 жыл бұрын

    "Please don't" Thank you for avoiding the easy "claghter" Jerry, a comedian for all Americans

  • @siccboy377

    @siccboy377

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mikez whats “claghter”?

  • @topramen5344

    @topramen5344

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@siccboy377 it’s like when a comedian tells a joke to get applause rather than an actual laugh that’s “claghter” not that it’s a legitimate term I don’t think, what I mean is if you say a trump joke to a liberal crowd, even if the joke itself isn’t that funny you’ll probably still get applause for whatever you’re saying in the joke

  • @perarheim1255
    @perarheim12555 жыл бұрын

    I say Jerry's top strength, is knowing exactly which line should follow after "A bubble boy??"

  • @stealthcat100
    @stealthcat1004 жыл бұрын

    The purest stand up comedian of all time .

  • @Doodlebird138
    @Doodlebird1383 жыл бұрын

    I will listen to anything Jerry says ever ever ever ever ever and forever to the end of ever

  • @allluckyseven
    @allluckyseven6 жыл бұрын

    That was great! Well, I mean, Seinfeld is great. You can't get anything less than great with him in it.

  • @moviedude22

    @moviedude22

    6 жыл бұрын

    That is quite the complement. Mind you I wholeheartedly agree with you. I still enjoy basically anything involving Seinfeld

  • @Bryan-th6rc

    @Bryan-th6rc

    5 жыл бұрын

    allluckyseven bee movie

  • @x22steve

    @x22steve

    5 жыл бұрын

    He was just kidding

  • @howardanderson3974
    @howardanderson39747 ай бұрын

    Canada loves jerry Seinfeld

  • @Sarx88
    @Sarx883 жыл бұрын

    Amazing interview

  • @luckyirvin
    @luckyirvin5 жыл бұрын

    outstanding show what fun

  • @TheCaptainKim
    @TheCaptainKim2 жыл бұрын

    Seinfeld's back on Netflix! Am enjoying it ever more than the first time around watching it on tv and the second time around watching it on the dvd's I got for my birthday. Seinfeld forever! (I must be clever ;))

  • @RawUndergroundMusic
    @RawUndergroundMusic6 жыл бұрын

    Class

  • @clumsiii
    @clumsiii5 жыл бұрын

    "what takes a great crowd?" jerry: "intelligence" So if they don't laugh, then they're stupid...good out larry

  • @ophello

    @ophello

    4 жыл бұрын

    clumsiii being a “great crowd” doesn’t mean they laugh at everything.

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa19724 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff

  • @m.c.5795
    @m.c.57956 жыл бұрын

    Others have commented asking if the full interview is available somewhere - I’ll add to that list. If anyone knows, please share. I’ve searched but found nothing 😀

  • @BryanReaper
    @BryanReaperАй бұрын

    Wow hearing that Jerry’s parents were both orphans .!!! Trying to raise my brothers son my brither passed away . That Truky hit me immensely In raising him.

  • @cleander97
    @cleander975 жыл бұрын

    Jerry is brilliant. The only issue i have with him is that he usually doesn’t like to be controversial and push the boundaries like late George Carlin. He more likes to play benign jokes. There are a few exception though. Like his speech after receiving the HBO comedians award when he went on to argue that awards are stupid! That speech was just epic and one of the best.

  • @blorft
    @blorft6 жыл бұрын

    is the full interview available anywhere?

  • @thezombcasthd254

    @thezombcasthd254

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nyspawn9332 nice

  • @KrishmanyuThakur

    @KrishmanyuThakur

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nyspawn9332 what? Your brain

  • @nyspawn9332

    @nyspawn9332

    5 жыл бұрын

    TheZombCastHD thanks

  • @L0nn13_c0
    @L0nn13_c04 жыл бұрын

    The best to ever do it.

  • @C.Hawkshaw
    @C.Hawkshaw3 жыл бұрын

    This gives me hope.

  • @onjofilms
    @onjofilms5 жыл бұрын

    I saw Seinfeld in Winston-Salem in 1986 or so. I knew it was a big deal when they said 'we have to move to a bigger room'.

  • @jimmears
    @jimmears4 ай бұрын

    Friend's ended up wayyyyy bigger than Seinfeld WORLDWIDE.

  • @GinoFraganti
    @GinoFraganti5 жыл бұрын

    i feel like im exactly like this man

  • @lynnturman8157
    @lynnturman81576 жыл бұрын

    I love you, Jerry. You're my favorite celebrity whose every word on yt I hang on and who has no idea I exist.

  • @kathrynfogg888

    @kathrynfogg888

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well said.

  • @constantinespanos488
    @constantinespanos4885 жыл бұрын

    "...knocking on the window, like a schmeggeggie...LOL"

  • @Chasls
    @Chasls5 жыл бұрын

    I think the office did a great job at capturing the whole country.

  • @DaveKarl
    @DaveKarl6 жыл бұрын

    Where can we see the full interview?

  • @FrankieParadiso4evah
    @FrankieParadiso4evah5 жыл бұрын

    Staring at Obama's apples in the Oval Office, "Are those washed?"

  • @Dan-oj4iq
    @Dan-oj4iq4 жыл бұрын

    The best part of the Obama episode was the actor who was lucky enough to get the part of telling Jerry that he wasn't going to leave the property no matter who was with him in the car.

  • @SupahFans
    @SupahFans5 жыл бұрын

    Genius

  • @jerrodwarren6668
    @jerrodwarren66685 жыл бұрын

    “Will we see you outside knocking on the window of... Trump? Jerry- “please don’t.” Classic.

  • @stevewhite791
    @stevewhite79110 ай бұрын

    I have so many parallel views as Jerry. I'm sure a lot of people do which makes him such a touchstone. I should be tired of him, but I'm definitely not. "You ain't nobody!"

  • @kyaghleah
    @kyaghleah6 жыл бұрын

    'Most of normal life does not interest me at all' - NICE!

  • @johnsmith-vy7pw
    @johnsmith-vy7pw5 жыл бұрын

    Several sources report that Seinfeld said (and the statement was in quotes), "I don't play colleges, but I hear a lot of people tell me don't go near colleges. So,what's going on Jerry?

  • @allenclinton4874
    @allenclinton48745 жыл бұрын

    Seinfeld is a legend in his own mind.

  • @DocRunaway

    @DocRunaway

    5 жыл бұрын

    And the rest of the world too. Numbers don't lie.

  • @DocRunaway

    @DocRunaway

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@foodroom3553 is your wife as unimportant and irrelevant as you are? We might have found a pattern here.

  • @punkseth1
    @punkseth16 жыл бұрын

    The Office happened to the US.. I think that kind of captured all of America

  • @howgrosserinoiskripperinos1865

    @howgrosserinoiskripperinos1865

    5 жыл бұрын

    A quick Google informs me peak The Office national viewership was #41. Seinfeld was #1. Friends and Big Bang are the only sitcoms since Seinfeld that were #1, although ratings were significantly lower for Friends than Seinfeld (which is probably just a sign of the start of general cable TV decline), and significantly lower for Big Bang than Friends. The Office isn't close to any of these shows. Thankfully. Because it went on 5 seasons too long and all. That being said, Big Bang also has warn out its welcome if this year's numbers are an indication. Seinfeld wouldn't know what it's like to shrink, because he was classy, and went out while still growing and on top.

  • @robert28111
    @robert281114 жыл бұрын

    Juuuust haaaad to bring in the politics in there at the end. Jerry is with us see, see. NO SOUP FOR YOU!

  • @nedsdark8044
    @nedsdark80444 жыл бұрын

    Hello.... Newman

  • @neokoga
    @neokoga5 жыл бұрын

    Is it possible for another 'funny' show to find mass appeal? He says its possible, but what about The Big Bang Theory? I mean you can't deny the mass appeal and success of that show whether you like it or not.

  • @Dante-uk8pr
    @Dante-uk8pr4 жыл бұрын

    *I wish i was taller*

  • @mr.barnes9342
    @mr.barnes93424 жыл бұрын

    If you looked up self absorbed you would have a picture of Jerry with 2 !!.

  • @skullduggery3377
    @skullduggery33776 жыл бұрын

    i knew he'd eventually come out.

  • @pegster6

    @pegster6

    6 жыл бұрын

    Not that there's anything wrong with that. (Which you can't say anymore, because LGBTQPXYZWTF is now REQUIRED!)

  • @skullduggery3377

    @skullduggery3377

    6 жыл бұрын

    i think i get that...lol.

  • @Burps___
    @Burps___5 жыл бұрын

    Seinfeld was not the most recent prime time comedy to capture the whole country...during its peak, 2 1/2 Men was extremely popular nationally. Different than Seinfeld, but equally popular.

  • @nickc6842

    @nickc6842

    5 жыл бұрын

    sad thing is that show sucked so bad... but I still watched it

  • @doctordutch
    @doctordutch5 жыл бұрын

    Ive never noticed this but he sounds or starting to sound like Christopher walkens.

  • @Lepidopray
    @Lepidopray4 жыл бұрын

    I've binge watched Jerry's interviews....he's not a fan of fancy men's socks. Nice of him not to say anything.

  • @owenyang8872
    @owenyang88725 жыл бұрын

    The 1st time I watched Seinfeld, I did find it eccentric and not funny. But a few years later I watched it again it was totally funny. Now I've watched maybe 10 times, still funny.

  • @llynnie888
    @llynnie8885 жыл бұрын

    Jerry Seinfeld is great but he looks like he is going to throw darts at his interviewer. Maybe he hates being interviewed too.

  • @psalm9166
    @psalm91663 жыл бұрын

    Jim Gaffigan played for the Pope. Now really, what other comedian will ever get to do that.

  • @ghostshipone

    @ghostshipone

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gaffigan is the best going around these days. Seinfeld respects him too.. both are very well prepared performers who write a lot to get the show right.

  • @harrycarrey1225
    @harrycarrey12255 жыл бұрын

    Was Seinfeld the one on the left or the right? I love Seinfeld by the way and have seen every episode 10 times.

  • @AnthonyP73
    @AnthonyP736 жыл бұрын

    Audiences are too fragmented now for a show to capture the "whole" country. Too many platforms.

  • @anodyne57

    @anodyne57

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aren’t you overlooking the comedy act in the White House? Almost everyone seems to be watching.

  • @MountainMan.
    @MountainMan.6 жыл бұрын

    Not that there's anything wrong with that

  • @checotey
    @checotey6 жыл бұрын

    intelligence :)

  • @ehnat0502
    @ehnat05026 жыл бұрын

    Love Jerry Seinfeld! ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK LOVES HIM, TOO! ENGE'S SAID THIS IN A TV INTERVIEW!!!

  • @patrickreagan6443
    @patrickreagan64435 жыл бұрын

    He’s a consummate professional, I saw him in Chicago in 2011, laughed in stitches the entire show.

  • @raulfernandezg
    @raulfernandezg4 жыл бұрын

    Love Jerry and Seinfeld, keep politics out of it...

  • @halwakka504
    @halwakka5045 жыл бұрын

    2:40 You still don't know.

  • @richardichard4237
    @richardichard42375 жыл бұрын

    Seinfeld : " How long did that performance take to write...?? That's like asking God how long it takes to make an oak tree..!!! " so no ego maniacs here then....!?

  • @hayberdasher8625
    @hayberdasher86255 жыл бұрын

    lmao @ all the people bitching about Jerry Seinfeld because they're jealous he actually did something with his life other than comment on KZread

  • @stringercorrales6627
    @stringercorrales66275 жыл бұрын

    Where would Jerry be if he never looked like ‎Roland Orzabal?

  • @christiansky8988
    @christiansky89885 жыл бұрын

    Ok

  • @DTR89
    @DTR896 жыл бұрын

    Jerry did not fall into the Trump-bashing trap laid for him at the end

  • @pegster6

    @pegster6

    6 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear it. I turned it off at that point. Every idiot interviewer alive is required to demand the guest bash Trump. This is why I watch no interviews of actors or comedians - this was a very rare exception. And actors are just mind-numbingly narcissistic and stupid.

  • @DocRunaway

    @DocRunaway

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@pegster6 he's too wealthy to worry about Trump or his tiki torcher anti-Semitic followers. He will be fine so why bother?

  • @FilmScoreandMore

    @FilmScoreandMore

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think you'll all enjoy this article: pagesix.com/2018/05/09/jerry-seinfeld-would-rather-joke-about-raisins-than-trump/

  • @SomethingLame
    @SomethingLame4 жыл бұрын

    I like how they act like no other show has managed Seinfeld's influence as if the Office doesn't exist.

  • @footage6402
    @footage64025 жыл бұрын

    Seinfeld the show was great. Seinfeld the one guy not so much. I think he confuses the difference.

  • @lowlypeasant
    @lowlypeasant5 жыл бұрын

    Nothing less funny than a comedian talking about how funny they are.

  • @joseph_b319
    @joseph_b3195 жыл бұрын

    Can Obama come out and play.

  • @mantisnomo5984
    @mantisnomo59846 жыл бұрын

    Trump has made a show which has captured the whole country. I never used to follow the news, now everyone follows it with the detailed attention they would pay to a popular hit show. It's too bad it's not funnier.

  • @JustRun41

    @JustRun41

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't.

  • @ghostshipone
    @ghostshipone3 жыл бұрын

    Jerry just confirmed to me he does have a god complex.. he compared himself to god creating an oak tree.. which is ridiculous anyway as god doesn’t exist.. but watching comedians in cars you get this feeling Jerry does think he he’s some Ethereal entity.. Larry David doesn’t give off that vibe

  • @JCSuperstar777
    @JCSuperstar7775 жыл бұрын

    Success has been less kind after the fact than during.

  • @mikeygoodboi
    @mikeygoodboi5 жыл бұрын

    I knew that Jason Alexander used God's name as a swear word constantly. I've never heard Jerry do it. Its sad.

  • @williamgullett5911

    @williamgullett5911

    5 жыл бұрын

    I cringe when people do that

  • @KruBurK1

    @KruBurK1

    4 жыл бұрын

    You think God's "name" is God?

  • @zapkvr
    @zapkvr5 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy Carr said it best. They laughed when I told them I am going to be a comedian when I grow up. Well they're not laughing now. Bee movie stank.

  • @Pannemat
    @Pannemat5 жыл бұрын

    1:57, his parents are both WHAT? I apologise for my limited knowledge of the english language.

  • @PatrickMcCaffrey_Gunners

    @PatrickMcCaffrey_Gunners

    5 жыл бұрын

    'orphans', meaning their parents are dead

  • @Pannemat

    @Pannemat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks.

  • @thePWNmaster5
    @thePWNmaster53 жыл бұрын

    Bee movie

  • @x0234dsx
    @x0234dsx6 жыл бұрын

    Seinfeld is the most no-bs person.

  • @BjornIn1979

    @BjornIn1979

    5 жыл бұрын

    x0234dsx hmmmm ... okay

  • @williamgullett5911
    @williamgullett59115 жыл бұрын

    He admitted there is a GOD

  • @billb7735

    @billb7735

    4 жыл бұрын

    for him to admit it, there would have to be one, and he would have to know it. and which god would he be referring to?

  • @dazombie2012

    @dazombie2012

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hes Jewish he believes in God he just doesn't think Jesus was Jesus

  • @williamgullett5911

    @williamgullett5911

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dazombie2012 not all Jews believe in GOD

  • @dazombie2012

    @dazombie2012

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@williamgullett5911 well, wouldn't they be considered Atheists then...

  • @williamgullett5911

    @williamgullett5911

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dazombie2012 yes. They would be atheists. But...your question made me look into it. Jewish atheism isn't uncommon. Many Jews are culturally and ethnically Jewish but are non believers. A Jew can be a non believer but still be considered a Jew. Even strictly conservative Orthodox Jews would accept an atheist born to a Jewish mother. In 2011 a study found half of American Jews have doubts of GOD'S existence. Albert Einstein used theistic language and identified strongly as a Jew while rejecting the notion of a personal GOD. Carl Sagan had similar feelings.Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx also. The difference I think...is that while a Jewish atheist can be a Jew but there can't be a Christian atheist

  • @diegomoreno5927
    @diegomoreno59273 жыл бұрын

    i tried to do a stand up, I cried i am so unfunny

  • @TJ-kk5zf
    @TJ-kk5zf4 жыл бұрын

    not that there's anything wrong with that

  • @ericheine2414
    @ericheine24146 жыл бұрын

    Your son I think he's funny. He's not my son he's your son, He's not funny he's just misunderstood. I found some good humor bars under his bed. How can he have a sense of humor when he's not old enough to have a uterus. I'm telling you the kid thinks he's funny. It's only funny when other people laugh. He's still laughing at his own jokes. Other people would laugh if he didn't tell the joke so poorly. Maybe if he had more than one joke. Two jokes doesn't make a routine. He's just in the habit of telling that one joke poorly. Are you saying my son is coming out as being funny? It just strikes me as peculiar. He's not funny yet, but he could be. Maybe he'll wake up funny one day. Stranger things have happened. The day he makes me laugh that'll be funny.

  • @jeffreyjeziorski341

    @jeffreyjeziorski341

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well written.

  • @OneManParade
    @OneManParade5 жыл бұрын

    I went to a Seinfeld comedy concert during the height of his show. There weren't any belly laughs. Mostly muffled chuckles. I was very disappointed. I've never been a fan since.

  • @TheRanhughes

    @TheRanhughes

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mr Tibbs He’s more of an arrogant prick than he is funny.

  • @ellenarchambault8526

    @ellenarchambault8526

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mr Tibbs I just despised the characters and though I know that was part of the sthick....who needs that negativity?

  • @Sirvalorsax

    @Sirvalorsax

    5 жыл бұрын

    That was the essence of his style. Great writing but...

  • @jvaish

    @jvaish

    5 жыл бұрын

    So, what do they call you?

  • @72Yonatan

    @72Yonatan

    5 жыл бұрын

    That is because he has an extremely inflated ego. When he came to perform in Tel Aviv, he had demanded as a condition of his performance that a certain brand of mineral water be provided to him, even though that brand is not sold in Israel. We make our own mineral water here, and it is sufficient to slake our thirst.

  • @keepmewierd
    @keepmewierd5 жыл бұрын

    Not even bismuth has as many edges as Jerry Seinfeld....I guess there's just a point of wealth where you literally don't encounter anyone that disagrees with you.

  • @leohurley355
    @leohurley3556 жыл бұрын

    David Remnick could have at least researched Jerry Seinfeld's work a little, I mean don't ask him about spending time with the President if your understanding is that Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is shot in a limousine.

  • @dagman85

    @dagman85

    6 жыл бұрын

    Leo Hurley - it's been a while since I saw that episode, but didn't they do both? Maybe I'm misremembering...

  • @TheRanhughes
    @TheRanhughes5 жыл бұрын

    Can’t he just go away already?!?

  • @chescarino
    @chescarino5 жыл бұрын

    and they have still sen no evidence of it...

  • @detouredbriefly9426
    @detouredbriefly94266 жыл бұрын

    origin myth

  • @pfossful
    @pfossful4 жыл бұрын

    Parents still alive ?

  • @130world1

    @130world1

    4 жыл бұрын

    They probably were

  • @astrafalustre8259
    @astrafalustre82595 жыл бұрын

    Seinfeld funny ? Don't think so.

  • @habanerojones2169
    @habanerojones21695 жыл бұрын

    Fake news. That implies he's funny.

  • @rawburtmartinez
    @rawburtmartinez3 жыл бұрын

    Coming out? Um

  • @mikebtrfld1705
    @mikebtrfld17055 жыл бұрын

    Funny? Hmmm. Don't recall ever laughing at him. Interesting yes. Over him? Yes.

  • @greimalkin
    @greimalkin6 жыл бұрын

    The self-compliments are so gross.

  • @BarfyMan_362

    @BarfyMan_362

    6 жыл бұрын

    greimalkin That’s jerry for ya, I love Gilbert Gottfried’s imitation of him. He absolutely destroys seinfeld countless times on the howard stern show from the 80s and 90s

  • @jamesthen1nja

    @jamesthen1nja

    6 жыл бұрын

    earned. you mean earned.

  • @hayberdasher8625

    @hayberdasher8625

    6 жыл бұрын

    +greimalkin learn to get jokes

  • @ignatiusDOWN

    @ignatiusDOWN

    6 жыл бұрын

    Like the audience clapping at intelligent

  • @DocRunaway

    @DocRunaway

    5 жыл бұрын

    Except when they're true, measurable and undeniable.

  • @davidlangford6056
    @davidlangford60563 жыл бұрын

    So when does he come out to the rest of the world as funny?

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