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Wed just love to talk about it. >> jerry said to larry david and i, were just going to write about like our friends. >> what kind of stories? >> oh, no, no stories. >> no stories? well, why am i watching it? >> because its on tv. >> not yet. >> it was completely nontraditional. we decided to make a pilot. >> the second button literally makes or breaks the shirt. look at it. its too high. >> and then, the research came in. weak. >> but, rick ludwin really believed in it. >> he said well, i could ...

But we can make it better. >> leading up to the 80s, there had been a number of shows about people hanging out with each other. "seinfeld" really busts this wide open. its hard to believe at times but no one forced them to hang out with each other all of the time. >> you know what your problem is? your standards are too high. >> i went out with you. >> thats because my standards are too low. >> whats so unique about the "seinfeld" episode the pitch is that we see the origin story of a sitcom pla...

Al bundy. >> and now, there is larry david. larry hates me. i dont really care for him, either. >> take this[ bleep ] piece of and get it out of my face. >> dont put that pie down. >> a lot of our friend groups. they are -- theyre borderline toxic. >> because george costanza was based on larry david. >> curb your enthusiasm is actually a continuation of "seinfeld" in spirit. >> your last name was black. >> yes. >> thats like if my last name was jew. like, larry jew. >> larry david, the character...

Told us that not only is it a good thing to reflect the world you live in, but its wildly successful. and so i think what it said is dont be afraid. ♪ >> this is december of 97. i wanted to be anybody on "friends." i wanted to be anybody on "seinfeld." i wanted to be must-see tv. so when that script arrived, i thought, oh boy. i hope theres something in this for me. >> did you buy anything? >> yeah, i got a great camisole. >> yeah? sexy? >> im going to sleep. >> ask me in the morning. >> was t...

>> "cheers." >> its a dangerous slot because they are handing you the biggest audience there is. if that audience starts watching you and goes i hate this, youre dead. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you doing what? >> you know. >> the episode that is superimportant in the trajectory of "seinfeld" is the contest. >> i am never doing that again. >> it was predicated on a real contest that larry david had been part of. >> seeing who could go the longest without masturbating. >> but are you still...

And i live with my parents. would you like it go out with me. and the girl says yes. lets go. >> george steinbrenner he gets a raise. i swear on my life on our friendship, my friend, i bring that example of that seinfeld episode up all the time. he has got to try that joe, if you are listening, joe biden, whatever your instincts are follow the castanza model do the opposite and well be okay. even the obama people famous bob gaetz line this guy has been on the wrong side of every foreign policy d...

Right? just by -- throw the dice. throw the dice. get the magic 8 ball and let it make a decision and once in a blue moon, joe biden would have made the right call. they were like should we get bin laden? joe biden is i said no, no dont get bin laden. they got bin laden. joe bidens decision to abandon bagram air base go down as the single dumbest commander-in-chief decision. in the history of sentient beings not just the united states thats how catastrophically awful this guy is. yes, he should ...

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Is a blood family or a found family. you know, in the case of "friends" or "seinfeld." >> as new generations emerge from baby boomers to gen x to millennials to gen z, we see those changes reflected in the "friends" sitcom. >> you look back at the rise of the "friends" sitcom. it happens as we hit the 70s at a moment at which divorce rates in the country were also rising. >> we seem to be going downhill in lifes most important venture, marriage. >> do you compare everybody to your ex-wife? >> su...

You had in the late 90s a series of anti-heroes starting with roseanne. she was still tame compared to al bundy. >> and now theres larry david. larry hates me. i dont really care for him either. >> take this [ bleep ] piece of pie and get it out of my face. >> put the [ bleep ] pie down. >> dont put that pie down. >> a lot of our friend groups, theyre borderline toxic. >> because george costanza was based on larry david, "curb your enthusiasm" is actually a continuation of seinfeld in spirit. >>...