I'm re watching it on Netflix. I watch it before I go t bed. If I fall asleep before it's over I'll watch the episode again the next night, and the next night if I need to, as many times as it takes to get through it without falling asleep. I'm currently on episode 1 of season 4. It's great to re-watch it. It brings back good memories, and it's also cool to view it from different perspective during a different phase in my life.
That moment, with Puddy just sitting and staring before the phone rings. You get the feeling he just sits like that all day waiting for something to react to. It's imo one of the most perfect bits in Seinfeld history.
I've always done a "Puddy" while sitting on a plane, long before there was a Puddy Character. It would have probably freaked the other passengers out a little, had they been paying any attention, but they were too busy either sleeping or talking or listening to music or reading. Just find a point on the wall( or on the back of the seat in front of you ) and "pop"... focus !!
LOL I think its fantastic that the last line on the show was talking about the button on Georges shirt... which happened to also be the first line on the show in the pilot.
You noticed that too.It's too perfect to be coincidence.The cast and Larry didn't mention it in the reminiscing round table discussion before they showed it as the last scene,of the last show.That makes me think that they wanted to keep it their little secret.And if anyone catches it like you and I, it's a bonus and a reminder of their genius.
I think this tiny repeated incident demonstrates that no one in this group has changed or grown. The show is about nothing and that nothing defines these people. And that is what makes most other sitcoms unbearable to watch...they purport to be about something more and are always trying to teach you lessons. Seinfeld is the absolute best of a bad lot.
Seinfeld was the best comedy show ever in the history of TV. Nothing has beat it since then, and I feel like it's going to be a long time before something beats it in the future.
well yeah, part of the show being so good was that it was doing something new. it's impossible to invent the wheel a second time so Seinfeld won't be matched.
Seinfeld was probably the best comedy show in television history for it's time. However since it's end there have been shows that have achieved greater heights. Curb your enthusiasm was one of those shows imo that set a higher bar.
adfggffffffddffd You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. There is no show that will stand the test of time more than Seinfeld. You can watch every episode a million times, and it never gets old. You probably like friends...
I love the Finale and the idea Larry came up with is brilliant. Yes, the fact that it ends with the first conversation of the Pilot, the fact that they never changed and ended up together was just great. But also I really loved that it was the anti sitcom or show ending. No weddings, no babies, no happy ending. They set it up that way and then they end up in jail. Jail! Just brilliant. These were characters we all love still, but they are incredibly selfish and kind of terrible people. The ending was merited. It was perfect.
cactaceous I didn’t mind them going to jail but the reason why they went to jail was silly and didn’t fit the show at all. The biggest reason why i wish i had never seen the finale is that we got 179 incredibly funny episodes just to finish with an incredibly unfunny episode. It wasn’t genious. All the cast members think it was bad, even Jerry said the whole episode didn’t fit the show.
@@epicon6 yet ironically, he then also says just a few minutes later that the series deserved to have something kind of larger at least tried to be attained
Love how Larry's response is that if he'd been on the show that year, he could've talked Julia into it. Seasons 8 and 9 have their charms, but they would've been so much better if Larry David hadn't quit.
Theres an interview with LD about the making of this show and how it came to be. He mentions time and time again how much doubt he had in his own ability to write a comedy show. He was constantly thinking it was going to fail. Yet he was able to consistently create too notch material that cemented this show in history as one of the all time best. It wasn't a fluke either he did it again with Curb your enthusiasm. A true comedy genius
Still to this day, THE greatest sitcom to ever air. The fact it still holds up is really something else. I suppose that's the benefit of making a show about nothing. People can always relate to nothing.
"Haven't we had this conversation before?" "You think?" "I think we have.." "..Yeah, maybe we have..." (slowly pans out, silence except the riff, the final curtain call of arguably the best sitcom ever) I always feel emotional watching this part.
Does anyone know what period of time Larry keeps referring to not being there? And that such-and-such character was "after me"? IMDb credits Larry with being involved with every single episode ever just like Jerry.
I always thought it was genius that they started the show with conversation about the buttons on George's shirt, and ended with the exact same conversation.
I'm surprised that many of the 'hardcore' fans weren't thrilled with the last episode. I thought it was brilliant. Seinfeld had some of the most iconic characters in TV history, you had to bring them all back one final time. And the idea of them all coming back and retelling stories related to how dysfunctional the four of them were was genius.
yeah i've never particularly understood the backlash what else could they have done? of course, in these days of post - How I Met Your Mother finale, i'm sure people can easily see something like the Seinfeld finale in a whole different, much more appreciative light, lol
Jack Morrison it was a difficult show to end because it’s not like other shows where there could be a happy ending with characters getting married and things like that. As much as people like to criticize the finale, I’ve never heard anyone say what they wanted to see happen.
My biggest issue was that I never found it very funny. All of the characters coming back always felt like some cheap gimmick. I think Jerry had it right with the scale thing. For me, a regular episode of Seinfeld would have been the perfect finale over anything grand. The finale has nice moments, but it's a lesser ep of the show.
@Jeff Blake A better ending would be a la Blackadder, with all the characters dead in a room and bizarro jerry and friends laughing. Replace Elaine with Sue Anne Mishky, and the show could have kept going.
This show is art. It evolved and blossomed. And it's so rich with details and strange moments; Putty sitting there before the phone rings ... that decision, to have him just vacant, was genius. We don't know how long he's been there, if that's what he does at home. It's hilarious.
I never watched the show when it was on and all the hype about the "finale" MADE ME WATCH THE LAST Show 1st...and I realized it was BRILLIANT. A Sitcom where the characters actually paid for the 'sins' they committed...it had never been done before...I have been a fan ever since and have seen EVERY episode at least once if not 5 times...love Seinfeld always will and try to recruit fans...THANKS David and Jerry!
i know this is a 2yr old comment but whatever. i just recently watched an episode where him and elaine are sitting on the aeroplane. there’s a point where he literally happily sits on the plane seat and stares at the seat in front of him and it made me laugh so much
Huge Seinfeld fan. I really disliked the finale when it first aired. Now, looking back, and re-watching a number of times, I really feel that the finale was pretty smart. It highlighted the complete selfishness of the characters. And we got to see many of the bit characters that helped the show through the years.
I think it was poor for the exact same reason. It highlighted the selfishness of the characters. If it was a drama, or some sort of morality piece, that would be great. For comedy? No, just no. The whole story didn't work because all the rules established in previous episodes were thrown out. You know, objectively they weren't much more selfish than the average person; they were just shameless and unapologetic about it, which was part of the humour.
The finale was too intellectual and smart for the average TV viewer. Seinfeld appealed to everyone because it dealt so cleverly with everyday issues. I love the show and the finale, but I can see the disappointment--suddenly the show infamously about nothing becomes about something.
@@jokerswildio People judge comedy shows by their funniest episodes. As a finale, people expected it to be the funniest episode, and it wasn't. It was definitely like the shows that whatsisname guy did before he left, they were funny, but they were more about the premise than the joke. Thats why actors like that stuff. The last two years had the funniest stuff, the problem with making them into caricatures is that when it works its hilarious, but when it doesn't work, it just looks stupid. And while the last two seasons had some of the funniest shows, they also had some of the stupidest ones. And when a show is just about the 'funny', as this one was in the last two years, then everybody expected funny beyond Kenny's Roasters, which was as out there funny as they could get. I thought it was brilliant, but it just wasn't as funny as some of those last two seasons got. I think if they had left the premise to some of the new writers it would have been funnier. But the idea that some people actually wanted Elaine and Jerry to get together in the end just goes to show how many really didn't 'get' this show.
@@jokerswildio i think it could be done more intelligently. For example 1 year of jail time for not helping someone? they could've come up with something better than that to punish the characters
Larry has a point about finale expectations. I haven't watched the show when it aired, but years after when it aired in my country. I watched the finale without realizing it's the finale. I watched it without expectations, and i thought it was the best episode i watched. Little did i know i was the last one.
so, no one wanted to comment on how perfect that part was when kramer said "don't you two see..that you're you love with each other?!" he seems to not be getting the attention his performance deserves.
That last line almost got me in the feels because it was a repeat of the first line in the series. The fact that they repeat it and recognize it means they've run out of things to talk about, and that made it feel really empty and cold to me.
I actually enjoyed the finale. Seeing the memorable part time characters come back as character witnesses and then Jerry doing stand up in prison. That was good.
I watched every episode of Seinfeld in its original run; and I viewed the finale as a big thank you to its longtime viewersby brining back all the the best scenes.
I never really realized how at the very end of the final episode when they're all sitting in the jail cell talking about George's button how significant it was...then it dawned on me that the jail cell became their booth from the coffee shop that and it was then perfect...
+Lauren I've watched the show start to finish maybe 4 times over the years, not once ever did I notice she was pregnant! Yer right, the fashion played a huge part, very well executed!
The finale was perfect for me. They are at the finish line and what a better way to celebrate it with bringing back all those moments for us to enjoy one last time.
I enjoyed the honesty of semantics this interview contained above anything that's been said in the last 25 yr,s about Seinfeld, witty, warm, honest to the end.
He was the most serious when it came to shooting the scenes. He would get frustrated at the other actors if they forgot their lines, or laughed, or anything that would require to do a retake.
Chaz Z that’s probably because his parts required so much more physical energy than the others. He had to really give it 110% every time he busts through the door into Jerry’s apartment. I think anyone would get annoyed if someone else messed up lines when you have to do that each take
@@irishhungrydwarf9015 Exactly. HIs mannerisms and sounds he'd create were more improve, and spur of the moment/spontaneous. So to have to keep doing it over and over, probably wasn't easy.
I have, like so many others, watched the whole thing from 'cover to cover' multiple times. I never really thought too much about Larry's absence from the show in the last two seasons, but now, despite enjoying many of the post-Larry episodes, can see that there is a certain something, a particular glue that Larry had, which grounded each episode. I like that the post-Larry episodes were messing with form and writing more absurdist material, but Larry just had a kind of magical touch. Even though the UK version of the Office came along a few years later, prompting Hollywood to do much less expensive one camera, location shoots, the three camera studio comedies remained, to a lesser extent. But nobody has been able to capture the essence of a Seinfeld. It still stands as a singular masterpiece.
Ryan Lipinski but you have no way of knowing, and personal feelings aside might want to show some gratitude to Jerry without whom there also wouldn't have been a show
I love the fact that in Jail, in the final episode, they were all just put in the same little cell. Maybe I'm looking to deep for a metaphor here but it really does symbolize their connection with the outside world during the duration of the show. They were all constantly intertwined into one another's world and all had an impact on each other. Almost as if they were siblings and living one huge life basically. Now, their physically in their each others world because of the multi-person cell. I am a huge fan of the finale and feel that it is nearly impossible to please everybody when it comes to finales of huge magnitudes. Favorite sit-com ever.
Seinfeld was so damn funny! At it's best it was, for me, sheer delight to watch. And at it's worst it was still much more entertaining than anything else on. The acting of the 4 principles was profoundly good, and the writing/general creativity of Jerry and Larry is just some of the cleverest funniest material ever filmed. I can't express enough gratitude for everyone involved with making the show. They brought joy to millions and millions for years. They should be proud. My deepest thanks!!!
No, he had the cast of Seinfeld on Curb. It wasn't a reunion show per se, but I thought it was pretty funny. It was the only way creatively that any sort of reunion would happen. It wasn't awkward at all.
The biggest thing that kills the finale for me is the clip show that precedes it. We spend an hour reliving the best bits, characters, and moments throughout the show's run and then the finale does something very similar. It just didn't have the same impact. But I love the last line and the fact that they end up in jail. Such a fitting end.
Hugh Jass When you've shared something special with others you don't feel the need to explain it all. You feel that you already shared an important understanding with each other.
Hugh Jass To answer your question seriously, Jason Alexander talks about it in an interview. He talks about how they weren't very social together beyond the show. They were professionals. They came to work on Monday, and left on Friday. None of them hung out outside the set, it was all work for them, really fun awesome work. And sure they all love each other and care about one another, but they aren't "friends" per say.
zRouth Why would you want to if you're working together all those hours. It wasn't like a regular 40 hour work week either, much longer. You need the variety and get away time, of course.
+Hugh Jass I think they've already said it. Who talks about their own work? Try to get Kubrick to talk about his films. You can't nail somebody if you discuss the hammer with them.
+Hugh Jass I think the closest ones were the ones who talked the most (Jason, Julia, and Jerry). From what I've heard, Larry was hurt when the show continued without him and Michael Richards is just not a very nice guy, hate to say it. He's brilliant as Kramer, amazing actor, but he's a very reserved, serious guy. You can see in the blooper reel, the others are having fun but Michael Richards was extremely serious.
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Watching Seinfeld is my safe space. I go to sleep with it on every night like a radio.
I do that exact same thing!
@@TheBestBroster same
I'm re watching it on Netflix. I watch it before I go t bed. If I fall asleep before it's over I'll watch the episode again the next night, and the next night if I need to, as many times as it takes to get through it without falling asleep. I'm currently on episode 1 of season 4. It's great to re-watch it. It brings back good memories, and it's also cool to view it from different perspective during a different phase in my life.
Me too! I thought I was the only person on earth who does that!
same forever. ill take brakes but always return.
That moment, with Puddy just sitting and staring before the phone rings. You get the feeling he just sits like that all day waiting for something to react to. It's imo one of the most perfect bits in Seinfeld history.
WalterLiddy I love the bit on the plane where he doesn't do need to do anything, he just thinks haha
He's Astral Projecting into his bodies in other dimensions. I believe right before the phone rang he was inhabiting The Tick.
Huge Puddy fan here. There are some excellent 'Best of Puddy' and outake compilations on TH-cam. I laugh out loud every time I watch them.
I've always done a "Puddy" while sitting on a plane, long before there was a Puddy Character. It would have probably freaked the other passengers out a little, had they been paying any attention, but they were too busy either sleeping or talking or listening to music or reading.
Just find a point on the wall( or on the back of the seat in front of you ) and "pop"... focus !!
Steve - Please tell me you do it at home sitting on the couch too.
The library detective questioning Jerry about his long overdue library book is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
The bookman, he is the greatest character ever
@@danielschmitz7463 Bookman died on June 12, 2022 at 89 years old....
…it’s a close second to The Mohel
RIP
He was phenomenal on Curb as well
Couldn't agree more. 😂😂
What a great writer Larry David is and Jason Alexander as George is one of the best characters of all times
Larry David's the one who ruined that finale.
what do you think they should have done? you have a perfect show with a good 7 seasons, what else do you need from larry and jerry@@nancymcmonarch
@@nancymcmonarch could you have written it better? Just saying
The finale would have been killer if we finally met Bob Sacamano.
And Carrot Top.
And Lomez
Steve buschemi
BoB Sacamano is the one that broke them out of prison and got them involved (unknowingly) in the heroin trade. They should have shot that.
The beauty of Bob Sacamano is that his mytical as far as we know. But then again, if Bob Sacamno was Larry David...
Frank and Estelle Costanza
are the reason i love the show and i still watch it. RIP Jerry Stiller 💜
RIP Estelle Harris
@@DonPasquale_ 💔💔💔😭
Larry "I wasn't there for that one" David
LOL I think its fantastic that the last line on the show was talking about the button on Georges shirt... which happened to also be the first line on the show in the pilot.
You noticed that too.It's too perfect to be coincidence.The cast and Larry didn't mention it in the reminiscing round table discussion before they showed it as the last scene,of the last show.That makes me think that they wanted to keep it their little secret.And if anyone catches it like you and I, it's a bonus and a reminder of their genius.
Duh.
The rattle within
I think this tiny repeated incident demonstrates that no one in this group has changed or grown. The show is about nothing and that nothing defines these people. And that is what makes most other sitcoms unbearable to watch...they purport to be about something more and are always trying to teach you lessons. Seinfeld is the absolute best of a bad lot.
Greg White but Seinfeld was actually about something. The show was pitched as a show about how a comedian gets his material.
Seinfeld was the best comedy show ever in the history of TV. Nothing has beat it since then, and I feel like it's going to be a long time before something beats it in the future.
well yeah, part of the show being so good was that it was doing something new. it's impossible to invent the wheel a second time so Seinfeld won't be matched.
'all in the family" was better. but i would rank Seinfeld first four seasons (when LD was around) a close number 2
moon starr
You must be ancient to think that shows even good.
Seinfeld was probably the best comedy show in television history for it's time. However since it's end there have been shows that have achieved greater heights. Curb your enthusiasm was one of those shows imo that set a higher bar.
adfggffffffddffd You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. There is no show that will stand the test of time more than Seinfeld. You can watch every episode a million times, and it never gets old. You probably like friends...
Julia continues to age like a fine wine.
indeed she is so fine
Just like Björk.
@@Jacksonrox13 you leave her alone, mate
@@thl205 You know what I said was a compliment, right?
Right? Contrast to Monica from friends who turned into an alien
That alternate coffee shop ending is hilarious! Out of prison with huge muscles "That was brutal" hahaha
Julia is just getting hotter and hotter.
Especially when you look at her bank account, She's a billionaire.
Mike Jones She is not a billionaire lol not even close. Even Larry David isn't a billionaire
Ok,her family is worth billions.
I didnt realize her dad was so rich lol
MoRo1333 How did I know this would be the first comment! Can't say I disagree though.
I love Jason Alexander's laugh. Right from the heart.
Can never thank the 5 of them enough for the joy they've given me in my life.
I miss Seinfeld like i miss a dearly departed relative or friend. They made me so happy for so long. Wish it never ended 💛💛💛
It's still on repeats
I would say I wished they’d revive it for a season but good shows have been ruined that way. The Curb revival was a fun revisit.
I've been rewatching on Netflix. The first season is a little slow, but really picks up by the middle of season two.
Perfect finale. The characters come full circle, after nearly 10 years of their lives, the characters haven't learned a thing.
I love the Finale and the idea Larry came up with is brilliant. Yes, the fact that it ends with the first conversation of the Pilot, the fact that they never changed and ended up together was just great. But also I really loved that it was the anti sitcom or show ending. No weddings, no babies, no happy ending. They set it up that way and then they end up in jail. Jail! Just brilliant. These were characters we all love still, but they are incredibly selfish and kind of terrible people. The ending was merited. It was perfect.
cactaceous I didn’t mind them going to jail but the reason why they went to jail was silly and didn’t fit the show at all. The biggest reason why i wish i had never seen the finale is that we got 179 incredibly funny episodes just to finish with an incredibly unfunny episode. It wasn’t genious. All the cast members think it was bad, even Jerry said the whole episode didn’t fit the show.
Snow White Watch all the episodes again and use your brains this time. The finale was a shit show.
I disagree. It was an excellent ending, bringing back all the bit characters. Just excellent!
@@epicon6 yet ironically, he then also says just a few minutes later that the series deserved to have something kind of larger at least tried to be attained
Typical Larry David:
"What if this season, Elaine just gets fat?"
"You know what? That's a really good idea! That's a great idea!"
That was done on 'Frasier.' Jane Leeves (Daphne) was pregnant and they worked it into the show, even sent her to fat camp.
And they did it on Mad Men too with January Jones.
Mac got fat in always sunny
Love how Larry's response is that if he'd been on the show that year, he could've talked Julia into it. Seasons 8 and 9 have their charms, but they would've been so much better if Larry David hadn't quit.
@@WhiskerWhippers He was CULTIVATING MASS!!
They forgot George's parents they were the best
Stiller is the MAN
Festivus for the rest of us!🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Are you sayin' you wanna piece of me!!?"
And by the best they were the very worst
Yeah, this was just way too short.
The show about nothing....best damn TV show I've seen in my lifetime and I'm 57.
Youre 62 now!
@@scotsman6712 Hopefully...
Cranky Knuckles rip?
I'm right there with you Steve!!
Sadly Steve passed away, but we will always have his cheerful comments on youtube
Theres an interview with LD about the making of this show and how it came to be. He mentions time and time again how much doubt he had in his own ability to write a comedy show. He was constantly thinking it was going to fail. Yet he was able to consistently create too notch material that cemented this show in history as one of the all time best. It wasn't a fluke either he did it again with Curb your enthusiasm. A true comedy genius
Still to this day, THE greatest sitcom to ever air. The fact it still holds up is really something else. I suppose that's the benefit of making a show about nothing. People can always relate to nothing.
I still think the finale they all should be sentenced to serve as BUTLERS.
Fábio Rangel Ah ha ha.
That wouldve been so much better. And it's so obvious lol
Gold. Lol
@@NinjaKurosai anything would have been better.
Fábio Rangel what do you have against butlers ?
Jason Alexander seems like a pretty intelligent guy
Agree, he also is a honest man.
All of them are intelligent.
It's the lack of sex
He wore glasses, of course he's smart
Yes his book Acting Without Acting is brilliant
"Haven't we had this conversation before?"
"You think?"
"I think we have.."
"..Yeah, maybe we have..."
(slowly pans out, silence except the riff, the final curtain call of arguably the best sitcom ever)
I always feel emotional watching this part.
Indeed the exact thing that happened in the video I just watched
It is depressing. That is for sure.
Larry seems the most happy to be there.
oh shit the Big salad ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Well You try to pay it Forward ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I hope they don't think I'm Crazy LOL
Oh god When she Dances , It Makes all of us ............Rock LOL ...............Sorry xo
it's so nice of these people to share their feelings on the history of this show...chokes me up a little sometimes
Does anyone know what period of time Larry keeps referring to not being there? And that such-and-such character was "after me"? IMDb credits Larry with being involved with every single episode ever just like Jerry.
My favorite jew!
I always thought it was genius that they started the show with conversation about the buttons on George's shirt, and ended with the exact same conversation.
Seriously? That qualifies as “genius” in your book?
@@MondoMiami ok whatever dude.👍
I like to think this show lives on in Curb (especially in season 7).
Harry S. Plinkett agree completely. curb later became like an extension of Seinfeld, with its intersecting plot lines. just great.
I like to fuck my cat.
Harry S. Plinkett you may not have noticed..but your brain did.
I'm surprised that many of the 'hardcore' fans weren't thrilled with the last episode. I thought it was brilliant. Seinfeld had some of the most iconic characters in TV history, you had to bring them all back one final time. And the idea of them all coming back and retelling stories related to how dysfunctional the four of them were was genius.
yeah i've never particularly understood the backlash
what else could they have done?
of course, in these days of post - How I Met Your Mother finale, i'm sure people can easily see something like the Seinfeld finale in a whole different, much more appreciative light, lol
Jack Morrison it was a difficult show to end because it’s not like other shows where there could be a happy ending with characters getting married and things like that. As much as people like to criticize the finale, I’ve never heard anyone say what they wanted to see happen.
My biggest issue was that I never found it very funny. All of the characters coming back always felt like some cheap gimmick.
I think Jerry had it right with the scale thing. For me, a regular episode of Seinfeld would have been the perfect finale over anything grand. The finale has nice moments, but it's a lesser ep of the show.
@Jeff Blake A better ending would be a la Blackadder, with all the characters dead in a room and bizarro jerry and friends laughing. Replace Elaine with Sue Anne Mishky, and the show could have kept going.
"Oh, they're real. And they're spectacular."
This show is art. It evolved and blossomed. And it's so rich with details and strange moments; Putty sitting there before the phone rings ... that decision, to have him just vacant, was genius. We don't know how long he's been there, if that's what he does at home. It's hilarious.
I never watched the show when it was on and all the hype about the "finale" MADE ME WATCH THE LAST Show 1st...and I realized it was BRILLIANT. A Sitcom where the characters actually paid for the 'sins' they committed...it had never been done before...I have been a fan ever since and have seen EVERY episode at least once if not 5 times...love Seinfeld always will and try to recruit fans...THANKS David and Jerry!
Squinting into the distance at some.. unseen object. Haha
i know this is a 2yr old comment but whatever. i just recently watched an episode where him and elaine are sitting on the aeroplane. there’s a point where he literally happily sits on the plane seat and stares at the seat in front of him and it made me laugh so much
I loved Puddy.
@@iSwearToCod don’t just come around here years later for attention
@@viper5625 u just came here 4 years later for attention
@@iSwearToCod that was the joke buddy! ... I thought u would get it 🥴
I love how everyone is kinda serious but Larry's there still crackin jokes and having a good time.
love the show and watched maybe 20 times each episode.
Huge Seinfeld fan. I really disliked the finale when it first aired. Now, looking back, and re-watching a number of times, I really feel that the finale was pretty smart. It highlighted the complete selfishness of the characters. And we got to see many of the bit characters that helped the show through the years.
I think it was poor for the exact same reason. It highlighted the selfishness of the characters. If it was a drama, or some sort of morality piece, that would be great. For comedy? No, just no. The whole story didn't work because all the rules established in previous episodes were thrown out. You know, objectively they weren't much more selfish than the average person; they were just shameless and unapologetic about it, which was part of the humour.
The finale was too intellectual and smart for the average TV viewer. Seinfeld appealed to everyone because it dealt so cleverly with everyday issues. I love the show and the finale, but I can see the disappointment--suddenly the show infamously about nothing becomes about something.
@@jokerswildio People judge comedy shows by their funniest episodes. As a finale, people expected it to be the funniest episode, and it wasn't. It was definitely like the shows that whatsisname guy did before he left, they were funny, but they were more about the premise than the joke. Thats why actors like that stuff. The last two years had the funniest stuff, the problem with making them into caricatures is that when it works its hilarious, but when it doesn't work, it just looks stupid. And while the last two seasons had some of the funniest shows, they also had some of the stupidest ones. And when a show is just about the 'funny', as this one was in the last two years, then everybody expected funny beyond Kenny's Roasters, which was as out there funny as they could get.
I thought it was brilliant, but it just wasn't as funny as some of those last two seasons got. I think if they had left the premise to some of the new writers it would have been funnier.
But the idea that some people actually wanted Elaine and Jerry to get together in the end just goes to show how many really didn't 'get' this show.
@@jokerswildio i think it could be done more intelligently. For example 1 year of jail time for not helping someone? they could've come up with something better than that to punish the characters
Horrible then and now...just like the finale of MASH....they forget why people tune in to watch.
Larry has a point about finale expectations. I haven't watched the show when it aired, but years after when it aired in my country. I watched the finale without realizing it's the finale. I watched it without expectations, and i thought it was the best episode i watched. Little did i know i was the last one.
The pat @14:44 from Michael to Jerry is the most heartfelt pat ever. You could tell Michael & Jerry didn't wanna let the go of the show
The New Adventures of Old Christine -- another great series I watch again and again.
George father and Elaine:
- You want a piece of me?
- I'll drop you like a bag of dirt.
"That was brutal!" Lmaooo I could totally picture George saying that!
If you didn't have a crush on Elaine .... you didn't have a pulse. So beautiful.
+Robert Schwartzback
Not conventionally but def in a next-door jewish girl sort of way.
Or in a worth 3 billion dollars kind of way.
I used to think she was the most beautiful thing on the planet. Then I saw Larry David...
Harry S. Plinkett haha classic Mr. Plinkett
I never dug her. I think it was the hair, curly or "wavey" as I think they put it, is a turn off for me.
2021 and its still the best show that ever hit the small screen.
This shouldn't be 18 minutes. This should be at least 180 minutes.
Exactly!
I just watch it over and over again, I'm probably up to 10x by now XD
It's close to an hour on the actual DVD set
I'd watch it for 180 minutes. If only to hear at least 30 seconds more of Michael Richards and maybe a minute more of Larry David.
I need to fart
I watch at least one episode daily. Best show ever made!
i loved the ending. people always complain about everything.
If people "always" complained "about everything," then you wouldn't love the ending. Don't use an absolute on an absolute.
the ending was perfect! i bingewatched all 9 seasons this month (oct '22)
My fave episode is when Elaine ate King Edward's wedding cake 😂🍰. My god that cake looked so good
Michael Richard is so handsome.
Was surprised he doesn't really look like Kramer!!
My favorite show. Love whole cast, including Jerry!
She got off way too easy; anyone else would have been fired and arrested.
so, no one wanted to comment on how perfect that part was when kramer said "don't you two see..that you're you love with each other?!" he seems to not be getting the attention his performance deserves.
Once in a lifetime event. Thank you all for this show.
that alt last scene was pretty funny like when they finally out and geroge goes "that was brutal" it cracked me up
"JERRY!" It always awesome to be "home" and revisit our meaningful roommates/career keepers. Stay safe everyone!
And the most important lesson learned is, no double dipping, ever....
Will always be the #1 comedy. I can't imagine anything ever coming along that would be better.
Stay tuned for Curb your Enthusiasm
The librarian was one of my favorite episodes
A funny scene with the library cop is that Jerry tells him he doesn't drink coffee, yet he has a show about drinking coffee now.
Favorite show ever , met Jason Alexander about 6 years ago love all of you
I love how Larry shows the most interest in Jerry making a pregnant Elaine cry.
I've always loved the finale. Never thought there was anything wrong with that.
That last line almost got me in the feels because it was a repeat of the first line in the series. The fact that they repeat it and recognize it means they've run out of things to talk about, and that made it feel really empty and cold to me.
I actually enjoyed the finale. Seeing the memorable part time characters come back as character witnesses and then Jerry doing stand up in prison. That was good.
Argh I love seeing them all sitting around like this. I’d pay good money to just watch them reminisce together.
I watched every episode of Seinfeld in its original run; and I viewed the finale as a big thank you to its longtime viewersby brining back all the the best scenes.
I never really realized how at the very end of the final episode when they're all sitting in the jail cell talking about George's button how significant it was...then it dawned on me that the jail cell became their booth from the coffee shop that and it was then perfect...
It was nice to see them together again.
Thanks you guys so much for the geniality and the fun stuffs!
Greatest show ever made. I understand everyone has different taste but I'm always astonished when someone doesn't like Seinfeld.
I got into an argument w someone at a party in high school bc they thought the show sucked lol
Of all the shows that i have watched i am most satisfied by the finale of sienfeld. It was perfect.
I think the 90s fashion, helped cover up Julia's pregnancy.
+Lauren I've watched the show start to finish maybe 4 times over the years, not once ever did I notice she was pregnant! Yer right, the fashion played a huge part, very well executed!
Jean jackets and puffy shirts ftw :-P
The clip they showed with her dressed in what looked like a clown outfit, you can see she's very pregnant there. @@FLYINGTHOR
Yeah, too bad it wasn't cover up Seinfeld's stupidity and is horse-face!
I, personally think, the comma, used in your comment, was completely, and totally, unnecessary.
Love these guys, especially Michel Richards.
No idea she was pregnant.
What, she didn't tell you?
She let alln of us know during the 4th of July picnic.
23chrisfm *resists urge to vomit*
Me too!
Such a bunch of "classy" guys, quite the "feel good" kinda' atmosphere that's so uplifting and fulfilling....
Proud to be a male.......!
Chris K too bad you failed at being a man.
The finale was perfect for me. They are at the finish line and what a better way to celebrate it with bringing back all those moments for us to enjoy one last time.
When Jerry said "Well it's only a year",I thought he was gonna do that joke about a long time not being long
im so shocked he didnt!!!! :/
Weekends always go by fast, then there's showers and meals. It's like 6 months really. It'll go by like that >snaps fingers
The final episode was so neat. Just perfect.
I love when George tackles Bette Midler.
I enjoyed the honesty of semantics this interview contained above anything that's been said in the last 25 yr,s about Seinfeld, witty, warm, honest to the end.
I loved the "finale" the first time I saw it
One of my favorites tv shows
So funny, Kramer inside Seinfeld the most insane but outside Seinfeld the most sane.
He was the most serious when it came to shooting the scenes. He would get frustrated at the other actors if they forgot their lines, or laughed, or anything that would require to do a retake.
Chaz Z that’s probably because his parts required so much more physical energy than the others. He had to really give it 110% every time he busts through the door into Jerry’s apartment. I think anyone would get annoyed if someone else messed up lines when you have to do that each take
@@irishhungrydwarf9015 Exactly. HIs mannerisms and sounds he'd create were more improve, and spur of the moment/spontaneous. So to have to keep doing it over and over, probably wasn't easy.
I dunno... you seen his laugh factory breakdown?
@@Electricshrock It's been 14 years. Let it go.
I like when Elaine had to write an autobiography for J Peterman and she has that sudden realization where she says: "People love INTERESTING writing!"
I must say, now in 2019 I appreciate the ending a lot more..
I miss this show so much. I wish they had continued forever. Their chemistry was impeccable!
Larry Davis the master of chaos. Jerry was a genius to work with him.
Love this behind-the-scenes talk.
I loved the finale at the time, I must've been a teen young adult, down here in Aotearoa New Zealand, we only had 3 TV channels then 😂
I have, like so many others, watched the whole thing from 'cover to cover' multiple times. I never really thought too much about Larry's absence from the show in the last two seasons, but now, despite enjoying many of the post-Larry episodes, can see that there is a certain something, a particular glue that Larry had, which grounded each episode. I like that the post-Larry episodes were messing with form and writing more absurdist material, but Larry just had a kind of magical touch.
Even though the UK version of the Office came along a few years later, prompting Hollywood to do much less expensive one camera, location shoots, the three camera studio comedies remained, to a lesser extent. But nobody has been able to capture the essence of a Seinfeld. It still stands as a singular masterpiece.
Exactly right about the finale. There is NO WAY they could have matched the expectations that the show's fans made for themselves. It was well done.
The dialogue in the show often reminded me of Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" - smart stuff.
Seinfeld and married with children... My two all time favorites
Then the classic Simpsons of cause, but... That's another story
I wish they would make a current coffee shop scene for nostalgia's sake.
Love this segment wish there was 3 hours of this to watch , larry David I feel is the mastermind behind much of the shows success
Ryan Lipinski but you have no way of knowing, and personal feelings aside might want to show some gratitude to Jerry without whom there also wouldn't have been a show
12:37 So many people are able to let that go and just enjoy what the writers and team we love created together. I think the finale is fantastic!
I love the fact that in Jail, in the final episode, they were all just put in the same little cell. Maybe I'm looking to deep for a metaphor here but it really does symbolize their connection with the outside world during the duration of the show. They were all constantly intertwined into one another's world and all had an impact on each other. Almost as if they were siblings and living one huge life basically. Now, their physically in their each others world because of the multi-person cell. I am a huge fan of the finale and feel that it is nearly impossible to please everybody when it comes to finales of huge magnitudes. Favorite sit-com ever.
Kerry Nevins they're****
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How many people would...LOVE.. to see this show come right back on today...?
Seinfeld was so damn funny! At it's best it was, for me, sheer delight to watch. And at it's worst it was still much more entertaining than anything else on. The acting of the 4 principles was profoundly good, and the writing/general creativity of Jerry and Larry is just some of the cleverest funniest material ever filmed.
I can't express enough gratitude for everyone involved with making the show. They brought joy to millions and millions for years. They should be proud.
My deepest thanks!!!
I will forever love this show ❤
Is this the awkward reunion that LD said he'd never do? Still, it's pretty good...pretaay, pretaay, pretaay, pretty good!
No, he had the cast of Seinfeld on Curb. It wasn't a reunion show per se, but I thought it was pretty funny. It was the only way creatively that any sort of reunion would happen. It wasn't awkward at all.
They are all still friends.
Lol...I see whatcha did there.😙
Are they?
The biggest thing that kills the finale for me is the clip show that precedes it. We spend an hour reliving the best bits, characters, and moments throughout the show's run and then the finale does something very similar. It just didn't have the same impact. But I love the last line and the fact that they end up in jail. Such a fitting end.
Still, the greatest sitcom of all time!
having them in the café a year later saying 'boy THAT was brutal" would have been a nice touch. But it would have raised people's hopes too much.
"That was brutal!" If they'd added this scene at the end, it would have killed. Really funny
The finale was perfect, just about everyone was there and as usual it's funny 🤣🦘🇭🇲
why is this so awkward? it seems like they really have nothing to say to each other
Hugh Jass When you've shared something special with others you don't feel the need to explain it all. You feel that you already shared an important understanding with each other.
Hugh Jass To answer your question seriously, Jason Alexander talks about it in an interview. He talks about how they weren't very social together beyond the show. They were professionals. They came to work on Monday, and left on Friday. None of them hung out outside the set, it was all work for them, really fun awesome work. And sure they all love each other and care about one another, but they aren't "friends" per say.
zRouth Why would you want to if you're working together all those hours. It wasn't like a regular 40 hour work week either, much longer. You need the variety and get away time, of course.
+Hugh Jass I think they've already said it. Who talks about their own work? Try to get Kubrick to talk about his films. You can't nail somebody if you discuss the hammer with them.
+Hugh Jass I think the closest ones were the ones who talked the most (Jason, Julia, and Jerry). From what I've heard, Larry was hurt when the show continued without him and Michael Richards is just not a very nice guy, hate to say it. He's brilliant as Kramer, amazing actor, but he's a very reserved, serious guy. You can see in the blooper reel, the others are having fun but Michael Richards was extremely serious.