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>> hang on, ma. hang on. >> once you do 30 minutes on masturbation you could, pretty much, get away with anything. >> i guess you will be going back to that hospital. >> well, my mother, george. >> but are you still master of your domain? >> i am king of the county. >> the week after that aired, people were talking about that in the workplace the entire week. >> they still are talking about 52 seconds. and two of the greatest words in sitcom history. >> im out. >> one of the shorthand descriptio...

Meet vince sent franco. as my dad would say a great irish name. rachel: what is it? todd: not we the people, but 100% italian. it is little italy. need you to zoom in on vincents face. he is a "seinfeld" fan, and a cross between poppy and dan bongino. tell me im wrong, america. pete: let me get this straight, pyro. will: hold on, time out. take a t. you teased that we had a guy with a pete hegseth tattoo. pete: i rolled up my sleeve. will: you gave me a guy with a font? im looking for a face on ...

They said -- they said we are committing to four episodes. >> yes, yeah, right. four episodes. >> normally, its 13 or 8 or something. >> yes, at least. so, we really didnt think that they had too much confidence in the show. >> we didnt think it would work. but we felt that they had to go through their process, and they would learn. and um, ultimately, they knew better than we did. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you? doing what? >> you know. i was alone. >> the turning point for "seinfeld" fr...

The 20 somethings, boomerangers, baby busters, whatever these 46 million young souls are called are turning out to be kind of a hard sell. >> in the 90s, what we realized is advertisers would pay premiums for college-educated young adults, 18 to 49. and we started reinventing nbc. and trying to speak to that audience. >> where is someone? im starving. >> think this is him, right here. >> oh. is there a table ready? >> the chinese restaurant was one of the very, very early episodes of "seinfeld."...

>> the biggest change was elaine was added to the show. >> get out! >> and you know what? that feels like we have something. >> so what do you think about the new sometime slot? 9:00 on thursday, 8:00 central. >> name one famous nbc show that aired in that time slot. >> "cheers." >> its a dangerous slot because theyre handing you the biggest audience there is. if that audience starts watching you and goes i hate this and they go oh, wait, youre dead. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you? doing ...

Can do, i dont know, four episodes more of seinfeld. [ cheers ] >> biggest change was elaine was added to the show. >> get out! >> and you know what? that feels like we have something. >> what do you think about a new time slot? >> name me one famous tv show that aired in that time slot? >> the dangerous time slot because they are handing you the biggest audience there is. if the audience watches it and says i hate this, youre dead. >> my mother caught me. >> doing what? >> you know. [ laughter ...

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, prosperous time. 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 eac...

>> george is getting upset. >> "seinfeld" was a game changer. >> nothing for you. >> "seinfeld" had a tone. >> you are making out during "shinld lers list". >> those are the last three lines of the pilot. >> the second button is the key button. it makes or breaks the shirt. >> a guys shirt button is not the way you launch a successful series. it sure as hell is not the way to end a successful series unless its "seinfeld."

>> "seinfeld" just had a tone. >> you were making out during "schinders list"? >> last three lines of the show are the first three lines of the pilot. >> the second button is the key button. it literally makes or breaks the shirt. >> a guys shirt button is not the way you would launch a successful series. its sure as hell not the way to end a successful series. unless its "seinfeld." (piano playing) here we go. ♪

>> streaming opened up a whole new avenue to find continued viewer ship with people who were not even necessarily alive when the show ended in 1992. this show was built to last. >> how about whipped cream? >> yum. >> i think we still have a can. ill get it. it in my bedroom. >> never mind. >> we live in a peaceful prosperous time that we can make it better. >> leading up to to the 80s there were a number of shows about people hanging out with each other. "seinfeld "really busted this wide open. ...