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>> its over? >> youre out? >> oh, my god, the queen is dead. >> in the 90s, the world is 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 "s...

Better late than? blanche? >> pregnant. >> one of the biggest laughs of the show it ever got, the girls are going on a cruise. they realize they should pick up some condoms. they are being very coy. >> enema bag? >> to the right. >> dentu-grip? >> 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. ...

>> 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 being made as if it was produced in the era of "the dick van dyke show." >> i love you! >> there was hugging. there was learning. >> i love you, son. >> all right, all right. >> if you worked for me, your job was so 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, t...

Actually exist. >> a festivus for the rest of us. >> on "seinfeld," festivus is an invention of georges dad. >> george, festivus is your heritage. it is part of who you are. >> and its actually based on a real thing. one of the writers on "seinfeld," his father invented festivus, and they put it into the show. >> the tradition of festivus begins with the airing of grievances. ive got a lot of problems with you people. >> his festivus rant is everybodys rant. >> kruger, my son tells me your compa...

You and goes, i hate this, and they go, wait, youre dead. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you? doing what? >> you know. >> the episode that is super important 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 master of your domain? >> i am king of the county. >> but what also should be noted, elaine is in the con...

Several real towns and places were mentioned throughout the show's run, but a fictional New England town played a crucial role in how it all wrapped up.

When they bring it up, its the way they shine the light on it. >> what are we doing? what in gods name are we doing? >> what? >> what kind of lives are these? were like children, were not men. >> no, were not. were not men. >> were pathetic. you know that? >> like i dont know that im pathetic. >> "seinfeld," initially called it the show about nothing. obviously, it was not about nothing, but thats what they called it. the initial idea was larry david and jerry had an idea of two guys hangs out a...

Dec. 23 marks the day of Festivus. The fictional holiday became famous when it was depicted in a 1997 “Seinfeld” episode.

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 further than its ever been pushed before. >> i think the big breakthrough of "seinfeld" was that the characters were not nice people. >> someone help! >> shut up, you old bag! >> they were narcissistic. >> no! >> save it! >> they would screw each other at the drop of a hat. >> hes just a dentist. >> and youre an anti-dentite. >> a...

Im starving. >> 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. >> i feel like just walking over there and taking some food off of somebodys plate. >> we said to larry david, hey, 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,...