Taken from the Inside Look featurettes on Seasons 1-9 of Seinfeld on DVD, as well as the "How It Began" documentary. Enjoy!
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I so enjoyed watching this and smiling the whole time. I was privileged to be shadowing Andy Ackerman as a director on several episodes. I got to hang out in the stands with Alec and Jeff and Spike and David while network notes were happening. They were all so fun and funny. And Jerry was bringing a different one of his 26 porches to the lot each week (or day? I can't recall). Anyway, thanks guys, sorry to have lost touch over the years.
I watch Seinfeld every day, next to the Office.😙
46 Porsches. Lets be accurate.
Lol did you make the trips out to the parking to view the car d’ jeur?
@@nikkihevesy2230 Just a Fan I know he has owned at least 46 different Porsches over the years.
@nikkihevesy2230 ... lol 😂 it's PORSCHES NOT 🚫 "not porches" OMG geez why do I hafta explain this to you
Kramer auditioning to play Kramer and not getting the part is the most Kramer thing possible
The real Kramer, Kenny Kramer was on an episode of the people's court 🤣
Kinda like on the show - episode lol
Kramer.
Woooooow so meta!!!!!! ur amazinglyy smart!
So meta
The whole Kramer thing is so Meta. The real Kramer, works out weird business ideas and promotional activities based oh his character being used in a sitcom...which is exactly what the Kramer character would do.
Pure Kramer Fantasy🤣🤣👍
Which is also exactly what the real Kramer would do! Kramerception!
wait a minute , if all this is true then it was not a show about nothing , it was actually the opposite and it was a show based on people and events that actually existed , so it was not a show about nothing .
@@marleonetti7 yeah but the events are so "every day life",..that it still feels like a show about nothing,..in particular.
got that backwards: the kramer character did it *BECAUSE* the real kramer does it! he still does it today, look him up :P
larry david getting upset in real life at not getting thanks for actually buying the "big salad" is hilarious.
Out of this whole thing. That is the line that dragged me into the comment section. And here you are.
Lmaoooo
She's got a Dude. Happened to me. The Dude gave me a boat.
Even the behind the scenes for this show are hysterical. "Larry, this would never happen to anyone, and if it did, no one would ever react that way!" I'm dying.
What are you talking about, this happened to me, and that’s exactly how I reacted! Lmaooooo
I think about this allllll the time
@@str8kronicI accidentally sent an email to the wrong person. I thought I was telling my bf how annoying this woman was and some things she did. I hit send. I immediately called the IT man. He said there's no way possible to get it back. I quickly sent the woman an email and said "Gotcha!" I don't know if she believed me pretending it was a joke, but she seemed like she did. I really didn't think she would ever speak to me again, but she seemed to have gotten right over it. She was mean and would have told me off if she hadn't believed me.
The casting director should receive some kind of an award. Almost of all the supporting actors were equally fantastic along with the main cast.
I've always wondered how they found actors that were so good at playing quirky characters.
I think I read that Larry David picked those supporting actors.
@@nancydorn2524 hand picked fellow Jews
@@ryantwitter343 ?
@@michaelbailey8850 They are all Jews. The tribe sticks together whenever they can. Larry David to Jerry to Jason “Greenspan” Alexander, main cast is all J’s.
“By fictionalizing what was a true story, you actually got to meet Jon Voight.” Gold.
That’s gold, Jerry! Gold!
But did Voight really bite an annoying fan ?? I wouldn't blame him.
The fact that the actor who played Jackie Chiles actually knew Johnnie Cochran makes it even better. I mean what a coincidence
The actor who played Jackie Child's is the son of mission impossibles actor Greg Morris👍
@@joannpierce5865 wow! This is crazy!
I always felt that that character Jackie Chiles could have been a show in itself...spin-off .
Not a coincidence, powerful families with conections watch out for their own.
P. Jordan- Absolutely!
I don’t think people appreciate how good Seinfeld was. it was on for 9 seasons and literally every episode is a classic.
Over and over I'll think of some classic Seinfeld bit and go look up the episode it was from and find that it was the same episode that had like three other iconic bits in it. It's overflowing with brilliance.
I don't know, I thought the show was missing something the last seasons, And then later I learned it was because Larry David left the show.
It was okay, but time hasn't been terribly kind to it. Anyone who needs/appreciates a laugh track in 2023 is a simpleton. Times change and it's a classic, but it isn't the greatest ever, nor is it underappreciated. Curb is on what... 11 seasons? I forget, and same style, funnier, better characters, just more modern overall. Different strokes but i can't remember the last time i felt like intentionally rewatching any episode of Seinfeld.
@@sebastiandingleswitch3757 Conversely, anyone who can't get past a laugh track and realize how completely brilliant Seinfeld was for its time and within its medium, might be a simpleton. And it still holds up wonderfully. People quote it or reference its plots all the time because they're so timeless and still relatable. Is the Mona Lisa only meh because it's not 3D rendered in 8K? Screw Duke Ellington - his stuff is so dated and it's not even digitally recorded. Rubbish! The more recent show feels more modern, eh? What insight! Have you considered a career in TV criticism? Curb is not at all the same style as Seinfeld. In fact, it's the opposite style. Seinfeld is a "multi-camera" sitcom. Curb is a "single camera". You're basically saying a stage play and a film are the same thing.
@@sebastiandingleswitch3757 I still watch Seinfeld a few times a week. Started watching around 1994 when i was 9 years old.
i had forgotten how good Jerry Stiller was..All of his movements and mannerisms are baked into the character in the same way as his voice.. Truly amazing.
Jerry Stiller in this as Frank and in King of Queens as Arthur were both just hilariously perfect characters
It must really blow Dan O'Keefe's dad's mind how many people ended up knowing what Festivus is.
...and "celebrating" it....
It's for the rest of us!
There's a Seinfeld episode for every situation in life.
I love how unhinged all the writers lives appear.
The one sketch that Larry got on the air at SNL was about some architects designing a building and 1 of them put a chair in the elevator for the elevator operator and the owner of the building hating it and demanding it be removed and them arguing about it. Of course Larry did something similar later on Seinfeld with the chair for a worker to sit.
And apparently Larry would also like to pretend to be an architect?!
@@bzporto “you know I always wanted to pretend to be an architect”
This is why Larry is different, he can sense the slightest human suffering.
@@HolyCanoley I love that line, and Jerrys reply, Are you sensing anything right now?🤣🤣🤣 I love that episode of the Security Guard, George concerned cuz he didn't have anything to sit on 🤣 The ending was hilariously priceless 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍💜
SNL would have been a lot more consistently funny if Larry had stayed, IMO
I always figured the plots were either exaggerated versions of what happened to David at some point, or something he heard about someone else. And George Costanza is the greatest sitcom character of all time.
Wow, never thought about that until now. I'd agree, George is King.
george is very certainly right up there, truly hilarious. alexander himself admitted when he first did goerge he was half doing a woody allen shtick, and you can see thta in the first few episodes, he then found the character, which of course does include an obvious amount of woody allen in it, but george is no intrellectual and isnt even trying / or pretending to be a good person either...
When the show added in George’s dad Frank (maybe a little of his mother) it finally became clear why George was the way he is... Serenity Now
@@JelloFluoride 7jjjjjj John is hn
I love Frank and Estelle Costanza.
The Peterman Reality tour was art imitating life imitating art imitating life.
😂
Close. One too many imitatings.
I am 57 years old and my family and I still quote lines from the show. The writers obviously did as great of a job as the actors.
Im 20 years old and I watch Seinfeld every night before I've been watching since the syndication episodes that would run in basic cable as a child.
Me and my older brother also named Duane quote it all the time.
i do too. just quoted "they're real and they're spectacular" a few hours ago :)
I have maintained for years that every situation in life has a corresponding Seinfeld episode to explain it.
I agree!!!😂
this should be the top comment
Last week my husband threw up. Kept going on and on about how he’s never thrown up, not since he was a kid, blah blah blah. I looked at him and asked, “Are you kidding me? You’re doing an entire Seinfeld episode here!” He was clueless 🤣😂
@@susanmilone2 Next time, just start dong Elaine's "little kicks" dancing. He might get it.
True Seinfeld fans know this!
So basicly Sienfield is 70% real things 30% writing
Funniest thing you'll ever see will happen in real life
@@deadmeatjb Amen
*basically *Seinfeld
@Weather Brief 😂
@@deadmeatjb no it wont
Every single actor/actress in this show is pure comic genius. I've seen every episode multiple times. I never tire of watching this show.
Exactly. I can not teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
The same an I still laugh 🤣🤣 I can relate to it
It's the Greatest Sitcom of All Times!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is WAY better than those "re-cap" shows. To understand the ingenuity behind this genius is incredible. A show about "nothing" - but Life itself. Awesome! Could not turn away! Happy Festivus, everyone!
The irony that every episode it a true story just makes the show even better.
Why is that ironic?
@@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath , because there is this idea that "no one is really like (insert Seinfeld character here)...", but there must be for all of the stories to be based in reality.
"No, what does ironic mean?" - Subway lady to Elaine
Not every episode of Seinfeld is based on a true story, only a small number of them. Basically your comment is crap because there is no irony and it isn’t every episode.
@@Brinta3 , tell us you didn't watch the video without telling us you didn't watch the video....
It's so funny how they use Kramer for ideas and make money off him but they're so annoyed that he would want to use them to make money for himself. It just cracks me up.
Right?
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@@truthhurts7637American individualist cap italism.
@@truthhurts7637you wouldn't know truth if it hit you in the face at five hundred feet a second
So, it wasn't the characters that were horrible people, it was actually all the writers... LOL!
Lol. Yeah, the characters are pretty shallow, narcissistic people but the writing is fantastic.
Seinfeld was pure gold. I mean, even in my life today I find situations from the show. It was really good and even today we can enjoy it like it was the first time, it is always funny!
It’s gold, Jerry!!
@@melanieburman4794 you just made my day! 🤣😂
That’s so funny that the soup nazi was real and the way he reacted to that episode.., priceless!
you cannot imagine how good the soup was....
i love Seinfeld and i love Larry David.. i just binged all seasons of Seinfeld for first time ever 6 months ago... when it ended i was sad that i will never see a brand new seinfeld episode. and now i am currently watching Curb Your Enthusiam first time through. Fantastic Shows.
at least in curb - amongst other superb episodes - you DO get to see a brand new seinfeld episode when they make the reunion 🙂
They ended on a high which is what you want. Newer episodes would be dreadful.
Tom Gammill getting conned by a car salesman with the Jon Voight car is the funniest true story in this.
The fact that episodes were based on reality doesn’t surprise me at all given how many times a week I yell “WE’RE LIVING IN A SOCIETY!”
i think this is one of the main reasons that the show was very successful .. because most of the time people can relate to the stories .. a brilliant idea
I was actually the opposite and thought that this stuff never happens in reality, but still loved every episode lol. I'm blown away watching this and seeing this is their life stories on screen
Which makes it even funnier about the episode where they say the show is about nothing
They took it a step further and used names tweaked from real life ppl so it doesn't sound fake. Jan Jarmel = Jake Jarmel is one example
I thought George was just written for Larry David but it's ALL the writers who wrote their actual life experiences for George lol
This makes the Seinfeld series even cooler knowing that their stories for the episodes came from real life! I guess its true what they say about writing what you know!
This year, it'll be 25 years since this show ended. Seinfeld still maintains the bar.
Except curb exceeds the standard in every way imaginable
Seinfeld and Sopranos...my two favorites...Curb up there as well...all depends on my mood
@@evvy5903. No wonder Curb is so good with the genius of David behind and in it.
Eg tax
All depends on my mood. But my favorite comedies are Seinfeld, Always Sunny, Curb, and King of Queens…and of course South Park and King of the Hill if we’re talking animated as well
This was so good. Jack Klompus. He’s so over the top but also real. Pure brilliance. Writing and acting so perfectly aligned. Amazing.
"It was a floating holiday which made it all the more ominous." LMAO 🤣 🤣 🤣
I was absent-mindedly YT surfing and came across this. I'm half way through, and I'm staying until the end. Lovely stuff, most enjoyable - thank you.
You're welcome!
3:38 the art of acting without acting. Having said that....Jason Alexander brought life to George.
It’s more of a pamphlet than a book, no? Jason was kinda the best on that show, I don’t think anyone could’ve done as well. As Larry proved in curb when he tried to replace Jason in the Seinfeld reunion lol. “Nooo?! Nooo! Ho-hoooo!”
But your still acting?
Can't believe he didn't win an Emmy. It's an outrage.
And to Duckman, his best work ever
Living in New York we all knew someone in life like one or more actors in Seinfeld, thats the genius of the show. Im 68 and i remember every episode. There all clasic.
Lol! Tipping someone & them not noticing is such a hilarious bit. George was the greatest Everyman character OAT!
The WRITING is what separated Seinfeld from dreck like Friends, Frasier and even Cheers. Seinfeld allowed these wacky writers to push the envelope, see how much they could get away with, and literally write absurdist humor, as opposed to endless "relationship shows" and "who's sleeping with who" merry go rounds. The entire Season 4 story arc from The Pitch to The Pilot etc where they literally spoof the whole idea that NBC allowed them to write a sitcom "about nothing", in the process not only making fun of NBC, but the President of NBC (Warren Littlefield) for approving Seinfeld was absolutely pure genius that will never be duplicated again on major prime time network TV. Its amazing they were allowed to do that and run with it.
Keep Frasier's name out yo fkin mouth!
God I hated Friends, Frasier and Cheers. Not to mention Night Court and Mash. Yes Seinfeld truly was enjoyable to watch.
@@brandonly27 Mash's early years with Trapper, Blake and Ferret Face were good imo. After those characters left, it declined. I agree re the other shows.
@@brandonly27You didn't like Cheers? I thought the writing and cast were pretty good. Not as good as Seinfield but decent.
That first "take the pen" was so perfectly delivered
The Marble Rye story is actually a true story that happened in my family. My Aunt became engaged to someone called "Lenny the Goon" (that is what my family called him. His parents were on the wealthy side. This being the early forties my grandparents were still recovering from the depression and did not have so much money, When their daughter became engaged to Lenny, the parents of the bride-to-be were invited to dinner at the groom-to-be's parents' home. They thought it would be nice to bring marbled rye with them as a welcoming gesture. The host failed to [ut the marbled rye out on the dinner table which not only offended my grandparents but also they were looking forward to having some of this prized delicious delicacy. Well, a fight ensued during dinner over other issues and my grandparents got up to leave. Someone went into the kitchen and spied to the prize atop the refrigerator and they took it and left. It did not fly out of the window, although that is quite funny. My cousin Neil was a writer for many television shows and I am sure he told it other writers which is how the story came to the producers of the Seinfeld show. We have laughed at this story since the 1940s in my family.
Thanks for sharing! That's hilarious!
wow
If this is true, then it is a fantastic story that has had such an amazing impact!
The double dip is an underrated hood classic. Even as a small child. I knew the move was to break your chip in half if you wanted to dip twice.
I am a reformed double dipper. I never thought about it until I saw the show.
@@Nhamp2000 All good! I'm sure I've learned some silly life lessons from TV.
@@Nhamp2000 welcome to the other side, brother
My local council requested names for our lane. Neighbours and I wrote council and were successful in getting it named "Festivus Lane"
Larry calling someone else “eccentric” is probably the funniest thing about this video
There's no way this guy's like the real Kramer - Larry David: "He gave a whole list of demands he wanted for using his name" OK wow spot on
My grandfather saw the episode with the astronaut pen and he got obsessed so we bought him one for Christmas and he showed it off to everyone.
I love Seinfeld. I could watch every single one in a row still.
This was such a special show. There hasn't been a sitcom before or since that was able to consistently knock it out of the park every single episode the way Seinfeld did. The way the show went out while it was at its ratings peak makes it just that much better. There was no long slow decline or getting pushed aside by something better that came along. It became the best sitcom in its first season, stayed on top year after year and was the best it had ever been when they called it quits. If I recall correctly NBC was so desperate to hang on to the show that they were offering the cast something like $5 million an episode to keep going. Hard to imagine turning that offer down but they did and that just makes the show even cooler in my view. Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer, Newman, Mr. Peterman and all the rest- Thanks for all the laughs.
Friends after season 2 did it
comparing Seinfeld with Friends is like comparing a Lamborghini with Nissan/kia. Seinfeld is actually a sitcom with “com”. Friends is nowhere close.
Jerry decided to call it quits, Jason is quite bitter over both that and Jerry's decisions with the money.
@@simik4981 wtf does that even mean lol. A com is in comedy? Look at the ratings for Friends even now. That is a juggernaut
@@guileniam 🤨
I love how the craziest parts of the show were real and the most normal parts weren't lol
I loved Seinfeld and it was the perfect prep for the show curb your enthusiasm. It's like everything you love about Seinfeld but unfiltered and now you take it straight. No cream or sugar anymore just raw Larry David and it's perfect.
Best show ever. It’s probably the only show I ever seen over n over so many of times through the years, yet it never gets old
So your telling me one of the best tv shows of all time is just a bunch of inside jokes between friends and colleagues aired for the world to see.. and it worked!
When I'm feeling down and need a laugh I watch episodes of Seinfeld. There's not very many shows that make you laugh almost immediately. Every character can make you laugh.
This is a great compilation; thanks for putting it together. I've seen the cast and Larry David talking about the show, but it's cool to here more from the staff writers, and to get a sense of how each of them contributed to the story from their lives.
This needs to be 10 hours long.
I sometimes wonder how much time I’ve spent watching Seinfeld.
My husband and I literally watch a couple episodes everyday as we fall asleep. We never tire of it lol. In fact when the last episode comes around I have to immediately watch the pilot or I get sad lol.
@@stormyskyz4251 yeah, I know the feeling, I watch Seinfeld on Netflix with no pesky commercial interruptions 👏👏
Mind if I head over to your place, we can film a show about us arguing how much time we both wasted watching Seinfeld..
Not enough times, Seinfeld is as good of a sitcom as you’re ever going to get
@@stormyskyz4251 Seinfeld and Curb are the best shows to fall asleep to.
I noticed that Elaine was looking at the travel section of the Los Angeles Times newspaper. Since the show is set in New York City I would think she should be reading the New York Times. It was probably because the show was filmed in Los Angeles, although the New York Times could have been purchased at many newsstands in Los Angeles. They probably figured nobody would notice. I never noticed until now and I have watched reruns of Seinfeld many many times.
People in other cities read the LA times, though.
I Found - Curb your enthusiasm by pure accident and was about to switch over when I am glad to say, something made me stay with it. I am so glad I did Curb your enthusiasm is pure Comedy genius it’s just non stop laughs, and I am so glad there are multiple seasons I haven’t yet had the pleasure of watching, Happy days 😊
Just knowing all these episodes were based on real life scenarios made them even better! Like that was even possible.
This is gold. Seinfeld : why did you tell her, you idiot! Again, Seinfeld: alright go back to her and see what she says. We’ll have our next scene. Also loved all the writers, especially the festivus one. He could have acted as a character.
Shit looks like the got really lucky getting the writer Spike Feresten to write for the show. Some of my favorite parts of the show are things that happened to that guy. This is a great compilation in general, thanks OP!
so much iconic dialogue. The best writing.
These are some great interviews, thanks. Most of all, I'm happy to find out that a father really did invent Festivus and impose it on his family, and that he, Dan O'Keefe's dad, is proud that millions now celebrate his holiday worldwide.
Oh God I love that the Big Salad really happened. 😂
I think what made this show so popular os how spontaneous and relatable the stories were
What's wild, is I was never a Seinfeld fan at all. I have just binged the entire series of Curb your Enthusiasm, which I absolutely loved.
Seinfeld is great, the first and last seasons are kinda rough though
Jeff Schaffer and Alec Berg talking about the award show story with "the dude" killed me those guys bounce off eachother so naturally.
29:00 wow Newman looking great here Amazing video by the way
"Festivus is a floating holiday" truly ominous 😂
if youre a Seinfeld fan like me...this is Gold Jerry!!!! Gold!!!!
it was great to hear the backstory on some of my favorite episodes. Great vid!
Truly believe no one could play Kramer part as Michael did. He definitely fit that part so well. Still watch this show today even reruns. One of the best comedies on tv.
This is GOLD Jerry, GOLD!👌
For me I think the double dip episode was the most iconic and still rings a bell in my head when I see dip to this day
I know. Right? I can't even double-dip at home, now.
I never knew that but now makes it even more funny that some of this stuff was real and written to be even funnier.
Yooooo this was fkn GREAT!!!!!! Talk about lightning in a bottle, I never knew how much I actually loved this series until watching and hearing the writers takes in turn making it even more relatable
There were great pairings that had chemistry and were hilarious together but Kramer and Frank was the best….So damn funny together.
in king of queens they could have kept frank costanza in play, arthur spooner is basically the same character RIP jerry stiller!
Bro! Manzier! Bro! Manzier!
Kramer and Newman when they were having a good time together makes me lose my crap... So happy doing something sketchy/irritating
Such a perfect show
This video is so awesome. Thank you so much for taking the time to share it with everyone.
"No human being would react like this!" "What do you mean? This happened to me and this is exactly how I reacted." 😅
The fact the quitting scene is based on a true story is the best thing ever.
Watching this makes me want to be watch the whole series again. Knowing some of the characters originated this way makes it that much more enjoyable.
I love how 51:27 is bleeped. He said “embellish it” and someone interpreted it as “embellish sh*t” hahaha
No he did say "sh*t" The quote was "well if you're gonna embellish the sh*t out of something..." lol
So happy for this. I’m sick and this was like a new episode of Seinfeld. Thanks so much
I know your comment is four days old, but I hope you're feeling better. Coincidentally, I'm home sick now and watching THIS video. Weird, right?!
Here's hoping y'all are ok ...
@@andyburk4825 Yes, I am! Thanks for the well-wishes. Hope the other guy/gal is good too.
As a Screenwriter they say " write what you know " ; but these guys have taken it to a whole new level...
Jason's impression of Larry is spot on 😅
This is interesting. Seinfield had great writing. Id love to see how an episode took shape from start to finish. Each writer has their own ideas and vision. The way they would weave them all together and build upon them from previous episodes is impressive. Seeing how its done would be a delight.
And here we are watching a video about the real kramer, where the actors and writers explain why kramer couldnt be the real kramer in a show where kramer did the real peterman experience based on kramer doing the peterman book where the real peterman didnt write the peterman book, while the real kramer is in a bus when he was doing the real kramer experience. Its like the 7th wall we didnt know existed was broken.
Kramer is my spirit animal. the way hes able to say whatever he thinks and feels is truly the best,.
Like that time he said the n-word and his career was destroyed?
Based
😊😊
Thanks for putt'n that together. Fully enjoyed that.
When this show was on air, I didn't watch a single episode. It was until I was in college, where I came to love this show.
Yes this is how I got through the end of college - watching reruns on WPIX Channel 11 @ 11pm weeknights circa ‘96-98
love this, especially with all the writers and their stories.
Interesting how being anxiety riddled & Jewish can bless some with being amazingly gifted in giving comic observations about human conditions.
Knew it was based on Larry David's life. I knew some of Jerry's life too. This shows how you can base stories on things we can All relate to. If you couldn't have anything grounded in truth-This Show would Not have worked. It Top of the Line ~ Larry & Jerry=Geniuses !!!❤
That was incredibly enjoyable. Thank you!
3:40 This was in regards to the episode where George gets mad at his boss, tells him off and quits, only to later regret quitting. Jerry tells him just to go back and pretend it never happened, which he does. Too funny!
Amazing stories and amazing collaboration from so many people, great stuff haha
Thanks for posting! This is all priceless and am loving it. ❤☮🌎
I can't get more than a few minutes forward without wanting to stop and watch the respective episode.