Seinfeld Debut: Twenty-Five Years Ago (2 Viewers)

[Mario Kart]

The Puerto Rican Day is wayyyy up there for me.....highly overlooked

They dont air that one anymore right?

Is it on the DVDs?

They don't?

WHO DOESN'T WANT TO WEAR THE RIBBON? WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO WEAR THE RIBBON?

 

[MC Gas Money]

The Puerto Rican Day is wayyyy up there for me.....highly overlooked

They dont air that one anymore right?Is it on the DVDs?

They don't?

I heard they dont because puerto ricans complained. Kramer set a PR flag on fire in that one. Ive never seen it in a rerun and ive seen all of them multiple times

 

[MC Gas Money]

The Puerto Rican Day is wayyyy up there for me.....highly overlooked

They dont air that one anymore right?Is it on the DVDs?

They don't?

WHO DOESN'T WANT TO WEAR THE RIBBON? WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO WEAR THE RIBBON?

Thats the AIDS walk. The two gay thugs are also in the puerto rican day

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

The Puerto Rican Day is wayyyy up there for me.....highly overlooked

They dont air that one anymore right?Is it on the DVDs?

They don't?

I heard they dont because puerto ricans complained. Kramer set a PR flag on fire in that one. Ive never seen it in a rerun and ive seen all of them multiple times

I know I've seen that episode in reruns, but maybe it's been a while.

 

[RUSF18]

The Puerto Rican Day is wayyyy up there for me.....highly overlooked

They dont air that one anymore right?

Is it on the DVDs?

They don't?

They cut it from the original syndication deal after people had a #### fit over Kramer stomping on the burning PR flag. It's popped up at other times though.

 

[RBM]

Voted for Jimmy but my favorite is the massage one when "it moved". And Kramer saw Joe D at Dinky Donuts but couldn't get his attention.

 

[packersfan]

Voted for Jimmy but my favorite is the massage one when "it moved". And Kramer saw Joe D at Dinky Donuts but couldn't get his attention.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wECiv9_As

 

[RUSF18]

http://screencrush.com/seinfeld-the-bet/

1. Kramer's first name was originally Conrad.

2. The link tells the story of a lost second season episode called "The Bet", where the cast decided they didn't want to film an episode where Elaine buys a gun.

 

[The Noid]

I had to look it up, but "The Fire" is up there. Jerry goes to heckle a woman at work, George fights off women and children to escape a fire at the birthday party, and perhaps the greatest minute and a half in television, Kramer tells the story about him driving a bus to save the pinkey toe.

Definitely my favorite, too.

But the "best" episode is "The Slicer."

 

[Dickie Dunn]

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/seinfelds-25th-anniversary-25-actors-forgot-show/story?id=24417499

Stifler's Mom - I had to look it up. Looks nothing like her.

Michael Chiklis - no way, never would have guessed that was him.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/samir/people-you-probably-didnt-know-were-on-seinfeld

Jin from LOST - woah!

Thomas Dekker - kid with the signed Yankees birthday card was on Heroes and Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles - woah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjd6A-MY6dY

This stuff never gets old.

Did not realize that Denise Richards was the NBC president's hot daughter.

Interesting that Friends later used the same premise where Richards was Monica's and Ross' cousin and caught both Chandler and Ross staring.

Seinfeld

Friends

 

[Sarnoff]

The Puerto Rican Day is wayyyy up there for me.....highly overlooked

They dont air that one anymore right?

Is it on the DVDs?

They don't?

NBC said they'd never re-run the episode after complaints started the day after it aired, IIRC Kramer burns a Puerto Rican flag. Since it was the second-to-last episode anyway, there wasn't much chance it was going to be shown as a re-run anyway.

It may have been left out of the original 4-year syndication package but has since been rerun on TBS and other places, so it's back in the last-season package.

 

[Joe Summer]

http://screencrush.com/seinfeld-the-bet/

1. Kramer's first name was originally Conrad.

2. The link tells the story of a lost second season episode called "The Bet", where the cast decided they didn't want to film an episode where Elaine buys a gun.

He also adds that guest star Lawrence Tierney, who played Elaines father, scared him, That guy was scary. He stole a kitchen knife out of Jerrys set. Everybody knew he took it. I said, Im not going to take it away from him.

Must have been the inspiration for

.

 

[gump]

The show is such a big part of my life still...in a stupid way...2 friends and I quote it regularly.

This weekend, we were drunk and yelling 'Van Nostren!' watching the NED game at a bar.

 

[Emerson Biggens]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

 

[Mario Kart]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#

Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

 

[gump]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#

Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

Awesome. Genius to realize you needed the add, then write it and act it.

The look on Kramer's face as George pulls out the golf ball is my favorite part. Now I know he was sat there for a minute.

 

[Mario Kart]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#

Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

Awesome. Genius to realize you needed the add, then write it and act it.

The look on Kramer's face as George pulls out the golf ball is my favorite part. Now I know he was sat there for a minute.

The scene was never written. That is the interesting part about it. It was a new scene in the show thought up in a matter of minutes. Feeding off of the audience is a motivator that I don't think many, if any, sitcoms ever do.

 

[gump]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#

Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

Awesome. Genius to realize you needed the add, then write it and act it.

The look on Kramer's face as George pulls out the golf ball is my favorite part. Now I know he was sat there for a minute.

The scene was never written. That is the interesting part about it. It was a new scene in the show thought up in a matter of minutes. Feeding off of the audience is a motivator that I don't think many, if any, sitcoms ever do.

That's what I meant by 'written'...David wrote it on a piece of paper when they realized they needed something, and handed it to Alexander.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

Awesome. Genius to realize you needed the add, then write it and act it.The look on Kramer's face as George pulls out the golf ball is my favorite part. Now I know he was sat there for a minute.

Interesting, I need to watch the whole episode again. I've always thought the whole "Kramer hits golf balls into the ocean" subplot was put in specifically for that payoff. Seems crazy that it worked out so perfectly.

 

[gump]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

Awesome. Genius to realize you needed the add, then write it and act it.The look on Kramer's face as George pulls out the golf ball is my favorite part. Now I know he was sat there for a minute.

Interesting, I need to watch the whole episode again. I've always thought the whole "Kramer hits golf balls into the ocean" subplot was put in specifically for that payoff. Seems crazy that it worked out so perfectly.

Good point. Why was the beach golf scene in there in the first place?

 

[Keith R]

Other - The Switch

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I had to look it up, but "The Fire" is up there. Jerry goes to heckle a woman at work, George fights off women and children to escape a fire at the birthday party, and perhaps the greatest minute and a half in television, Kramer tells the story about him driving a bus to save the pinkey toe.

Definitely my favorite, too.

But the "best" episode is "The Slicer."

The feeding of the cat under the door was my favorite part.

 

[Sarnoff]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#

Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

Awesome. Genius to realize you needed the add, then write it and act it.

The look on Kramer's face as George pulls out the golf ball is my favorite part. Now I know he was sat there for a minute.

The scene was never written. That is the interesting part about it. It was a new scene in the show thought up in a matter of minutes. Feeding off of the audience is a motivator that I don't think many, if any, sitcoms ever do.

Lot of good info here for outsiders on how TV is done. I've touched on some of this in the past, it's a lot more fluid than people realize.

Writers definitely do try to gauge the audience, but sometimes the best you can come up with in the moment isn't good enough.

 

[Wooderson]

Marine Biologist or Merv Griiffin

To close to call.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Is that a Titleist?

For a show that had so many great scenes, one liners, and all around hilarious moments - George's story and it leading to him pulling out the golf ball from his pocket and holding it up... And Kramer asking this... One of my top favorite moments in all of TVSo awesome

http://youtu.be/0u8KUgUqprw

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

Awesome. Genius to realize you needed the add, then write it and act it.The look on Kramer's face as George pulls out the golf ball is my favorite part. Now I know he was sat there for a minute.

Interesting, I need to watch the whole episode again. I've always thought the whole "Kramer hits golf balls into the ocean" subplot was put in specifically for that payoff. Seems crazy that it worked out so perfectly.

Good point. Why was the beach golf scene in there in the first place?

And what did they think the payoff would have been with the episode just ending with George walking into the ocean?

 

[MC Gas Money]

You know I always wanted to pretend I was an architect.

 

[Fly]

Vandelay! Say Vandelay! Valenday Industries!

And you want to be my latex salesman.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

MY parents loved this show to a near religious level. I never loved it although I thought it was really good (espcially Castanza) at the time, but I've probably only seen 1/3 - 1/2. The really amazing thing is how many words/phrases this show has put into our vocabulary.

My vote is marble rye.

 

[roadkill1292]

"The Abstinence" was on last night, George stops having sex and gets smart, Elaine stops having sex and gets stupid, Kramer turns his apartment into a smoking lounge and destroys his face. "Don't look, Jerry, I'm hideous!" I think I read somewhere that that scene took multiple takes because Seinfeld couldn't stop laughing as soon as Kramer burst into the room.

My favorite all time scene though was the one mph scooter chase with George being pursued by a pack of seniors while pedestrians easily surpassed them. "Hey, man. You dented my ride."

 

[gump]

"The Abstinence" was on last night, George stops having sex and gets smart, Elaine stops having sex and gets stupid, Kramer turns his apartment into a smoking lounge and destroys his face. "Don't look, Jerry, I'm hideous!" I think I read somewhere that that scene took multiple takes because Seinfeld couldn't stop laughing as soon as Kramer burst into the room.

There's a flashback ep with some bloopers, and that scene is one. Hilarious. Some others are the scene where George gets arrested and Elaine and Frank fight...a scene with Frank trying to say 'Del Boca Vista'....and the scene where Frank gets in bed with George and offers him some of his bowl of kasha...Jerry Stiller is obviously a funny guy.

 

[TheAristocrat]

Seinfeld bloopers might be better than the show itself and that's saying something. If you haven't seen them, they are available on YouTube.

 

[Clayton Gray]

The Opposite. George is even more amazing than normal.

 

[gump]

My favorite all time scene though was the one mph scooter chase with George being pursued by a pack of seniors while pedestrians easily surpassed them. "Hey, man. You dented my ride."

"What you got there...the 4 volt?"

 

[Raider Nation]

So I'm watching All in the Family last night, and who shows up?

 

[Dickie Dunn]

So I'm watching All in the Family last night, and who shows up?

Arrrr-cheeeeee! Helllll-ooooooo!!!

 

[Rick James]

He did me a PERSONAL FAVOR!

 

[russinfortworth]

Kids got the wife and I tickets to see him this summer at the Winstar in Oklahoma.

 

[AAABatteries]

http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander#

Go to Part 2 of the four parts and skip to about 19:00. Listen for the next ~5 minutes and Jason talks about this exact scene. Until today, I never knew what he explained about it. Interesting.

This is a great interview - he's pretty forthcoming about things.  Great insight in to acting in general and specifically Seinfeld.  I spent a better part of this morning listening to it

 

[Tau837]

Marine Biologist, but it's a tough call since there are so many great episodes. 

 

[Raider Nation]

Can we agree that the worst episode is "The Dealership" with George's absurd candy lineup? What a waste of time.

 

[fantasycurse42]

"Hi, my name is George, I'm unemployed & I live with my parents."

I assume I voted for the opposite 

 

[AAABatteries]

Can we agree that the worst episode is "The Dealership" with George's absurd candy lineup? What a waste of time.

There were a couple of bad ones in S1 when they were still getting their feet under them..  Don't think that one falls to that level.

 

[Raider Nation]

There were a couple of bad ones in S1 when they were still getting their feet under them..  Don't think that one falls to that level.

High-five! Yes, season 1 was mostly brutal. There was no atmosphere. Bad furniture. Bad original Morty. Bad scripts. Bad everything.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

High-five! Yes, season 1 was mostly brutal. There was no atmosphere. Bad furniture. Bad original Morty. Bad scripts. Bad everything.

Kind of incredible it survived.  It was truly awful at the outset.

 

[jabarony]

Interesting, I need to watch the whole episode again. I've always thought the whole "Kramer hits golf balls into the ocean" subplot was put in specifically for that payoff. Seems crazy that it worked out so perfectly.

Without the diner scene, that episode isn't top 20.  With it, it's top 5.

 

[jabarony]

Voted Bizarro Jerry.  My favorite, ever.  Seems like a 60 minute episode with so much funny stuff going on.  Jerry with Man Hands, George with models in a meat-packing plant, Elaine with  the Bizarro Jerry/George/Kramer, and, of course, Kramer getting a job.

What's in the briefcase?

Crackers.

 

[Spin]

No love for The Outing? It's  still one of my favorite TV episodes, and pretty well quoted . 

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Can we agree that the worst episode is "The Dealership" with George's absurd candy lineup? What a waste of time.

The worst for me has always been the wedding in India episode. Hate it.

But yeah, the candy lineup is up there for sure 

 

[Osaurus]

The Puerto Rican Day is top 5 for me.  The Junior Mint (Mulva) too.

 

[Godsbrother]

"The Library" with Mr. Bookman is one of my all time favorites.