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He was like wildly offended. >> nbc believed in the show so they said were committing to four episodes. >> yes, yeah, right. four episodes. >> normally its 13 or eight or something. >> yes, at least. >> we really didnt think they had too much confidence in the show. >> we didnt think it would work, but we thought they had to go through their process and they would learn and ultimately they knew better than we did. >> my mother caught me. caught you? doing what? >>ou know. i was alone. >> the tur...

>> george, im hungry. >> hang on, ma. hang on. >> once you do 30 minutes on masturbation, you can pretty much get away with anything. >> i guess youll be going back to that hospital. >> my mother, jerry. >> 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 it. 52 seconds and two of the greatest words in sitcom history. >> im out. >> one of the shorthand d...

Of "seinfeld" was that the characters were not nice people. >> someone help! >> shut up, you old bag! >> they were narcissistic. >> help! >> they would screw each other at the drop of a hat. >> hes just a dentist. >> and youre an anti-dentite. >> and yet be best friends the next week. >> you dont have to love them. we just have to laugh at them. >> im really sorry. >> i was in the pool. i was in the pool. >> the idea of a character with darker tendencies, that was so taboo in television comedy. ...

>> hang on, ma. hang on. >> once you do 30 minutes on masturbation, you can pretty much get away with anything. >> i guess youll be going back to that hospital. >> my mother, jerry. >> 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 it. 52 seconds and two of the greatest words in sitcom history. >> im out. >> one of the shorthand descriptions of "seinfe...

>> 6:30, time for your bath. >> george, im hungry. >> hang on, ma. hang on. >> once you do 30 minutes on masturbation, you can pretty much get away with anything. >> i guess youll be going back to that hospital. >> my mother, jerry. >> 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 it. 52 seconds and two of the greatest words in sitcom history. >> im o...

Like nothing happens. and larry was offended. he was like wildly offended. >> nbc believed in the show so they said were committing to four episodes. >> yes, yeah, right. four episode >> normally its 13 or eight or something. >> yes, at least. >> we really didnt think they had too much confidence in the show. >> we didnt think it would work, but we thought they had to go through their process and they would learn and ultimately they knew better than we did. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you?...

[ laughter ] >> but then suddenly they had this hit with an unknown comic. this was the year of "seinfeld," no hugging, no learning, and this was show made as if it was produced in the era of the "dick van dyk" show. >> i love you. >> there was hugging. there was learning. >> i love you, son. >> all right, all right. >> if you work for me, your job was to go home, get in a fight with your wife and come back in and tell me about it. >> dont sleep on the couch! [ laughter ] i just cleaned down the...

[ whistling ] >> but then suddenly they had this hit with an unknown comic, this was the year of "seinfeld," no hugging, no learning. and this was a show made as if it was produced in the era of the dick van dyke show. there was hugging and learning. >> if you worked for me, your job was to go home, get in a fight with your wife and come back in and tell me about it. >> dont sleep on the couch. i just cleaned down there. >> in fact, the pilot i put in this true thing that happened to me, written...

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. we started reinventing nbc and trying to speak to that audience. >> where is someone? im starving. >> i think this is him right here. >> is there a table ready? >> the chinese restaurant was one of the very, very early episodes of "seinfeld." and truly nothing happened in the episode. they were waiting for a table...

Masturbation, you can pretty much get away with anything. >> i guess youll be going back to that hospital. >> my mother, jerry. >> 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 it. 52 seconds and two of the greatest words in sitcom history. >> im out. >> one of the shorthand descriptions of "seinfeld" is no hugs, no lessons. lets push it a little furt...