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Want me to choose? >> i cant answer that. its so subjective. >> challenge accepted. >> contest. a contest? >> "seinfeld" will win, i think. >> giddy up. >> "seinfeld" is smart. >> "seinfeld" is a brilliant half hour of television. >> i loved "seinfeld." >> "seinfeld". >> "seinfeld". >> you come to expect their dickishness. >> all right. >> "seinfeld." oh, my gosh. >> "seinfeld" is my favorite all time show. >> you want to play rough? we can play rough. >> i love "friends". ive seen every episode...

>> 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 played out on the show. >> so youre saying i go into nbc and tell them i got this idea for a show about nothing. >> we go into nbc. >> since when are you a writer? >> what writer? were talking about a sitcom. >> jerry had an observational humor. >> do you know what ...

Like a tv show for yourself, wed just love to talk about it. >> jerry said 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 non-traditional. 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. ...

Literally changing overnight. and here are these four people grounded in their adolescence. >> you mean shrinkage? >> yes. >> theyre not trying to be good people. >> and everybody recognized some part of themselves in them and went, i think i love these guys. >> george is getting upset! >> "seinfeld." that was a game changer. >> no soup for you. >> "seinfeld" just had a tone. >> you were making out during "schindlers list"? >> last three lines of the show are the first three lines of the pilot. ...

Theyre your friends. >> i dont think its going to pivot anymore. >> you think? >> they were purely selfish and purely immature. >> are you still master of your domain? >> im queen of the castle. >> you hope that youll have those kinds of relationships in your life. >> tonight is. celebrating our enduring bond as friends, nay, family. >> good to see you too, girl. where you going? carnival? >> your friends, sometimes thats more family than the people that youre related to. >> somethings bothering...

They are being very coy. >> enema bag? >> to the right. >> condoms, rose! condoms, condoms! >> the laughs were massive because it was such norm-breaking behavior. >> streaming opened up a whole new avenue to find continued viewership with people who were not even necessarily alive when the show ended in 1992. this show was built to last. >> how about some whipped cream? >> mm. >> mm. i think we still have a can. ill get it. its in my bedroom. >> never mind, blanche. >> we live in a peaceful, pro...

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. ...

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. >>...

To be out. this is out. >> a gentleman named rick ludwin at nbc who was in charge of late night. >> he approaches jerry seinfeld. >> so, if you had an idea for, like, a tv show for yourself, wed just love to talk about it. >> jerry said 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. >>...

>> trying to make your way in the world and having a safe harbor. you know, where everybody knows your name. >> afternoon, everybody. im out. >> what? >> yeah, im out. im out of the contest. >> ugly, naked guy is having thanksgiving dinner with ugly, naked gal. >> "friends" or "seinfeld"? you want me to choose? >> i cant answer that. so subjective. >> challenge accepted. >> contest? a contest? >> "seinfeld" will win, i think. >> "seinfeld" was smart. >> "seinfeld" is a brilliant half-hour of t...