That show was truly a gift to humanity. I watch episodes sometimes even now. Comedy in general has gotten me through a lot of rough times, and I know I am not alone in that. There are other funny sitcoms, but I don't think the magic that made this show will ever come again. As Jerry said to the other 3 before their last episode, whenever anyone remembers one of them, they will remember all four. The show was truly a remarkable and unforgettable work of art. 🙏
I learned so many of the same things that Jerry did. I was a touring comedian for 10 years, but never made the big leagues. However, it amazes me how much similarity there was in our two experiences. My girlfriend made the same comment when we saw Jerry’s documentary “comedian” several years ago.
there's good stuff everywhere but we don't get the simplicity of just turning on the tv and sitting back. I like the addition of being able to watch interviews and insights like this these days
I've been calling Seinfeld the Dean of comedy for several years now. He understands comedy, he's done comedy, and he "knows where all the bodies are buried" in comedy.
There needs to be 3 minutes of Jason Alexander (George) explaining comedy for every minute Seinfeld opens his trap. He should be giving that man a birthday present, Christmas card, and random lunch once a year every year. Seinfeld wouldn't have landed such a lucrative career going solo
You have to respect someone that studies and explores and hones his craft as Jerry does. You know those honorary degrees they give commencement speakers? Jerry should be given a PhD.
I'd like to see Jerry Seinfeld and Ray Romano do The Odd Couple. I can see Ray playing Oscar, and Jerry as Felix. But then again, you already had that with "Seinfeld" with Jerry and Kramer.
Someone should do a movie about the whole "stand up and then breakfast" era... it would be a quasi community filled with a lot of unique personalities all struggling together
@@Phil-tt3xg I also had a problem with it. Not just the misuse of a wildly common term, but also that you think Seinfeld is among the greatest standup comedians of all time. Without that sitcom, nobody would know who he was. Without Larry David, whatever he ended up doing with NBC would’ve been canceled before the first season finale.
I think of a friend of mine, Larry Levinson, and the spontaneous, deadpan conversations we would have. _Me: I'm going to watch the Red Sox game. Larry: I used to play baseball. Me: No kidding? Were you good? Larry: I played in the Major Leagues. Me: You did? You seem kind of small to play Major League baseball. What are you, 5'7" and 140 lbs.? Larry: It's deceptive because I'm bigger than how I look. Me: Really? How big are you? Larry: I'm 6'6" and about 230 lbs. Me: You're right, you, are bigger than how you look._ Now, imagine you are in a workplace breakroom and you witness that conversation.
It’s so strange all these comments about how unfunny he is / always was etc. I’ve always felt that way about Jay Leno - one of the least funny people that’s ever been born on this planet. But if you listen to every major comic INCLUDING Dave Letterman to this day (2024) they all say Leno was the BEST comic. It’s why Leno hosted for Carson so many times before he actually got the job. And even Letterman admits it. There’s something about these surgical standup comics that just don’t hit the same way, it’s like it’s not “funny haha” it’s a more cerebral deeper level of humor that makes us all connect differently. Anyway, i’ve never really been impressed with Jerry’s standup, but his sitcom is one of the funniest shows that’s ever existed and prob ever will, and he’ll tell you himself it’s because of the three other actors.
Other than the sitcom Seinfeld, there's no other piece of comedic artwork that would separate him from any other one hit wonder. Larry David is more vital to the success they had than Jerry Seinfeld is, but even he didn't ride that wave of success for the rest of his career while doing nothing else. He created another series that arguably is the best comedy series in history. Seinfeld made the bee movie.
I've often described Seinfeld (the show) as a "distilled sit-com," because it's what you would get if you took the sit-com formula, and removed everything extraneous.
One Italian here. Always been an avid consumer of Seinfeld's episodes. I loved them totally. I have just to make a couple of remarks. 1.Watching them now I can say they have lost something, meaning that in 1996 there was NO way I'd prefer to watch a new episode of Friends over one of Seinfeld; now though I'm not so sure which one I'd choose if I could get a random episode of one of the two series (maybe the very 90's greyish blue "Seinfeld" photography doesn't help). 2.Never liked the Jerry Seinfeld's bits: neither standing up, nor the filmed ones in the series and I really hate him as an actor, but I really love his writing, that band of four altogether, his more serious speeches about anything and also Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. What if he had the timing and the delivery of Norm McDonalds?
He's Jewish and collecting German Porches. This guy is a world 🌍 peace 💎 guy. Get back to basics on the particular nature of the metaphor of all the simple things of life. It's a series about nothing, now a movie about nothing. But with super talented input. God blesses you Jerry. And we watch with a smile ☺
This is the best he has ever looked. I don’t like his current look it’s psychotic he has his hair shave down to his head where is strange glasses he needs to go back to this look this was his best!
Seinfeld is okay at standup , funny and all that though there are many who are way funnier. And after watching CYE it was clear who was the real genius behind "Seinfeld".
"Let's eliminate the class system," said one of the richest white men on the planet, certain in his knowledge that no one funny ever came from Bora Bora.
@@blaketurner7989 I’m only 30 so obviously I didn’t to see the show when it was airing live but to me it’s the funniest and best written show I’ve ever seen.
Jerry owes me $500,000 or his soul. I will take either. Shiva who the Government calls me the Creator and I know my life is a movie. Jerry stole material from my life and I want compensation or I will deny you Heaven.
Jerry should have written and stayed behind the camera. His acting is the worst thing about the show. His acting was bad when I watched 30+ years ago and is even more distracting now. He almost ruins the show. Seinfeld is to TV as Tarantino is to movies. Don't try to act in your work.
Well, if you've ever listened to his interviews, he's the first one to tell you he's not a good actor. But obviously whatever acting he did (or didn't do) worked considering how successful his TV show was.
@@lynnturman8157 I'm glad Seinfeld agrees he's a bad actor. But he definitely doesn't think he's as bad as he actually is/was. And yeah, the show was successful despite his horrible acting.
@@matthewhetzler4912 these people can never answer the question. They are the same as people who like somebody who is not funny, but can never find anything funny they've said. These people are real life NPCs. How can somebody not find the show Seinfeld funny and why are they even watching Seinfeld videos?
Fan of Seinfeld but Jerry really is pompous and has pretty boring insight. You'd think he's saving the world by talking about airplane bathrooms and breakfast on-stage
That show was truly a gift to humanity. I watch episodes sometimes even now. Comedy in general has gotten me through a lot of rough times, and I know I am not alone in that. There are other funny sitcoms, but I don't think the magic that made this show will ever come again. As Jerry said to the other 3 before their last episode, whenever anyone remembers one of them, they will remember all four. The show was truly a remarkable and unforgettable work of art. 🙏
I never get tired of his insights.
This man has a doctorate in comedy
You wanna do it? Get up there and do it! Great simplification of it.
I learned so many of the same things that Jerry did. I was a touring comedian for 10 years, but never made the big leagues. However, it amazes me how much similarity there was in our two experiences. My girlfriend made the same comment when we saw Jerry’s documentary “comedian” several years ago.
I'm a 70s child. I never thought movies, rock n' roll, late night TV and the sitcom would ever die, but I guess they have.
The internet killed everything.
@@Eelis0 ANYBODY who actually experienced those things before the internet will tell you they did not suck.
I 'm a 90s kid and witnessed the end of the sitcom. I miss it dearly. I wanna bring em back but idk how
there's good stuff everywhere but we don't get the simplicity of just turning on the tv and sitting back. I like the addition of being able to watch interviews and insights like this these days
weird thing is I enjoy listening to Jerry talk about comedy more than listening to his actual comedy
I've been calling Seinfeld the Dean of comedy for several years now. He understands comedy, he's done comedy, and he "knows where all the bodies are buried" in comedy.
He is a master comedian.
He understands the formula behind creating the joke. He is invested in the science of it.
His comedy is pretty damn good too
He loves what he does, Seinfeld was the best show
He’s a very sharp intelligent man of the world
I already liked Jerry as a person, but I like him even more after seeing this interesting interview
Seinfeld is a comedy mechanic. Maybe even an engineer.
Math is hilarious
There needs to be 3 minutes of Jason Alexander (George) explaining comedy for every minute Seinfeld opens his trap. He should be giving that man a birthday present, Christmas card, and random lunch once a year every year. Seinfeld wouldn't have landed such a lucrative career going solo
Jerry needs to do a life advice show
He’s got it forever ❤❤❤
that was brilliant. jerry is a comedy genius. very well said.
Great interview
Pure and Simple
The last moment before everyone went to the computer. 🤣
Thank you!
Time and place. Love Jerry.
You have to respect someone that studies and explores and hones his craft as Jerry does. You know those honorary degrees they give commencement speakers? Jerry should be given a PhD.
70 years old -- still going strong and keeping us laughing.
This was filmed ten years ago or more
This was filmed when he was in his 50s
I'd like to see Jerry Seinfeld and Ray Romano do The Odd Couple. I can see Ray playing Oscar, and Jerry as Felix.
But then again, you already had that with "Seinfeld" with Jerry and Kramer.
Someone should do a movie about the whole "stand up and then breakfast" era... it would be a quasi community filled with a lot of unique personalities all struggling together
Great insights 😅
He made arguably the greatest t.v. show of all time, and is one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all-time, rare double standard.
How is that a double standard? A double standard implies unfairness or hypocrisy.
@@hlf_coder6272 Okay mister technical, double threat, by the way, you're the only one who had a problem with it.
@@Phil-tt3xg I also had a problem with it. Not just the misuse of a wildly common term, but also that you think Seinfeld is among the greatest standup comedians of all time. Without that sitcom, nobody would know who he was. Without Larry David, whatever he ended up doing with NBC would’ve been canceled before the first season finale.
@@TheRealDebussyFarts He would still be a great stand-up, without the fame.
Watch the Marvellous Mrs. Maisel to see the genesis of a comedian 😊👍
And keep cutting till the guy feels better... that's pretty funny :)
Love Seinfeld !
That was supposed to be me in the gym he met and married 😭
1:12 - This is like James Brown saying “ain’t no funk in Iowa.” Which he actually said btw, to drumming legend and native Iowan, Bill Stewart.
I think this interview was earlier, not recent. He looks younger here.
Jerry talking about the death of the monoculture in 2008. Legend.
15:42 Marc Maron just started crying somewhere.
Yea ... comedy is the reframing of pain.
Is Seinfeld the funny, insightful, coolest cat out there? Spin this interview.
I think of a friend of mine, Larry Levinson, and the spontaneous, deadpan conversations we would have. _Me: I'm going to watch the Red Sox game. Larry: I used to play baseball. Me: No kidding? Were you good? Larry: I played in the Major Leagues. Me: You did? You seem kind of small to play Major League baseball. What are you, 5'7" and 140 lbs.? Larry: It's deceptive because I'm bigger than how I look. Me: Really? How big are you? Larry: I'm 6'6" and about 230 lbs. Me: You're right, you, are bigger than how you look._ Now, imagine you are in a workplace breakroom and you witness that conversation.
It’s so strange all these comments about how unfunny he is / always was etc. I’ve always felt that way about Jay Leno - one of the least funny people that’s ever been born on this planet. But if you listen to every major comic INCLUDING Dave Letterman to this day (2024) they all say Leno was the BEST comic. It’s why Leno hosted for Carson so many times before he actually got the job. And even Letterman admits it. There’s something about these surgical standup comics that just don’t hit the same way, it’s like it’s not “funny haha” it’s a more cerebral deeper level of humor that makes us all connect differently. Anyway, i’ve never really been impressed with Jerry’s standup, but his sitcom is one of the funniest shows that’s ever existed and prob ever will, and he’ll tell you himself it’s because of the three other actors.
He was in his 50s here.
the man’s life revolves around Superman & cereal
Other than the sitcom Seinfeld, there's no other piece of comedic artwork that would separate him from any other one hit wonder. Larry David is more vital to the success they had than Jerry Seinfeld is, but even he didn't ride that wave of success for the rest of his career while doing nothing else. He created another series that arguably is the best comedy series in history. Seinfeld made the bee movie.
I've often described Seinfeld (the show) as a "distilled sit-com," because it's what you would get if you took the sit-com formula, and removed everything extraneous.
Jerry literally looks like he's in his 40's.
This was filmed in 2008 I think, but Jerry is 70 and still looks in his 50's!
One Italian here.
Always been an avid consumer of Seinfeld's episodes.
I loved them totally.
I have just to make a couple of remarks.
1.Watching them now I can say they have lost something, meaning that in 1996 there was NO way I'd prefer to watch a new episode of Friends over one of Seinfeld; now though I'm not so sure which one I'd choose if I could get a random episode of one of the two series (maybe the very 90's greyish blue "Seinfeld" photography doesn't help).
2.Never liked the Jerry Seinfeld's bits: neither standing up, nor the filmed ones in the series and I really hate him as an actor, but I really love his writing, that band of four altogether, his more serious speeches about anything and also Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.
What if he had the timing and the delivery of Norm McDonalds?
He's Jewish and collecting German Porches. This guy is a world 🌍 peace 💎 guy. Get back to basics on the particular nature of the metaphor of all the simple things of life. It's a series about nothing, now a movie about nothing. But with super talented input. God blesses you Jerry. And we watch with a smile ☺
"Restrictions that make things funny" 😊 nice ...tell that to "out of the box" guys 😅
omg hes still with us
No kidding. Your surprised he is still alive? In 2024, he is only 69.
@@roncaruso931 not that hes alive that hes on my feed
@@greekre ok
Seinfeld is 53 here
ohhhh - I wondered bc he looks younger than the recent interview with Bensinger.
Does Seinfeld consider All In The Family a sitcom, I wonder?
Sometimes I wonder if Seinfeld considers a walnut a food. We should get together and wonder about stuff.
of course
I hope my age isn't what people find to be the first compliment that they attach to me
This is NOT a new video. He's much younger here. Fake news
Turned in Grandpa Simpson yelling at clouds.
❤🎉😊🎉❤
Seinfeld has a position it so the camera shows Central Park out the window.
Amazing he looks 40 but is 70
This interview is from 2008, now he's 70 and looks 50 years old.
BLIGHTED. ‼️🇵🇸
This is the best he has ever looked. I don’t like his current look it’s psychotic he has his hair shave down to his head where is strange glasses he needs to go back to this look this was his best!
HE WAS IN HIS FIFTIES DURING THAT INTERVIEW. HE IS NOW 70yrs old AND LOOKS GREAT!
@@lulufavs4519 I agree, he looks great at 70years old!
i like how close the camera is on his face. things are not very funny in 2024.
OMG. Everybody thinks where they came from is best and no other area is as good. No surprise there.
Seinfeld is okay at standup , funny and all that though there are many who are way funnier. And after watching CYE it was clear who was the real genius behind "Seinfeld".
there are no great comics coming out of bora bora; it's not a funny place LOL
"Let's eliminate the class system," said one of the richest white men on the planet, certain in his knowledge that no one funny ever came from Bora Bora.
Ahh, yes, Seinfeld, the most "you had to be there" show of all time😂.
What does that even mean?
@@belak1551ahhh, you had to be there..
@@blaketurner7989 I’m only 30 so obviously I didn’t to see the show when it was airing live but to me it’s the funniest and best written show I’ve ever seen.
Larry David must be a better writer than a standup comedian because he’s annoying and terrible on stage.
I love Seinfeld but find it impossible to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm.
: )
This man does not look anywhere near 70. God bless him.
Correct - he looks more like 54, which he was when this was taped.
@@davemiller4721 he also doesn't look anywhere near 130.
Jerry owes me $500,000 or his soul. I will take either. Shiva who the Government calls me the Creator and I know my life is a movie. Jerry stole material from my life and I want compensation or I will deny you Heaven.
Jerry should have written and stayed behind the camera. His acting is the worst thing about the show.
His acting was bad when I watched 30+ years ago and is even more distracting now. He almost ruins the show.
Seinfeld is to TV as Tarantino is to movies. Don't try to act in your work.
Well, if you've ever listened to his interviews, he's the first one to tell you he's not a good actor. But obviously whatever acting he did (or didn't do) worked considering how successful his TV show was.
@@lynnturman8157 I'm glad Seinfeld agrees he's a bad actor. But he definitely doesn't think he's as bad as he actually is/was.
And yeah, the show was successful despite his horrible acting.
@@caesarvolz6945 He was smart. He hired three of the best comedic actors in the business to be on his show.
Very very interesting
Enjoy his work but he is way to proud of his profession.
I think you either like Seinfeld or you don't, it's 50/50. He was never funny to me and I didn't like Seinfeld either, sorry
I have to ask this to everyone who doesn’t think Seinfeld (the show) is funny.
What DO you think is funny?
Steinfeld
@@matthewhetzler4912 these people can never answer the question.
They are the same as people who like somebody who is not funny, but can never find anything funny they've said.
These people are real life NPCs.
How can somebody not find the show Seinfeld funny and why are they even watching Seinfeld videos?
That opening observation was some stupid stuff, and I like Seinfeld.
Fan of Seinfeld but Jerry really is pompous and has pretty boring insight. You'd think he's saving the world by talking about airplane bathrooms and breakfast on-stage
He's very passionate about his profession, that's it. Not pompous, just obsessed with his job and he's done very well.
Guy looks great for 70.
This interview was from 16 years ago. But, I agree, in recent interviews he looks like he has aged well.
He’s gotten new hair recently- Otherwise he’d be bald…not that there’s anything wrong with it 😅
he is 53 in this interview (2008)
Omg sit-com stands for situational comedy. 🤯🤯🤯🫠🫥