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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. its so subjective. >> challenge accepted. >> contest? a contest? >> "seinfeld" will win. i think. >> giddy up. >> "seinfeld" was smart. >> "seinfeld" is a brilliant half hour of television. >> i loved "seinfeld" >> "seinfeld". >> "seinfeld". >> you come to expect their dickishness. >> alright! >> "seinfeld". oh, my gosh. >> "seinfel...

>> 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. >> your last name is black? >> yes. >> thats like if my last name was jew, like larry jew. >> larry david the character, hes one of my best friends. >> you had sex with a mental patient?! >> shes not a mental patient! >> shes a mental patient! >> i loved how much of an [bleep] he is. >> w...

An audience, but norman lear 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. oh, i hope there is something in this for me." >> did you buy anything? >> yeah, i got a great camisole. >> yeah? sexy? >> im going to sl...

>> 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! >> youre a rabid anti-dentite! >> 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 dur...

>> 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. >> he said, "well, i could give you the money from the budget and you could do, i dont know, four episodes more of seinfeld." the biggest change was elaine was added to the show. >> get out...

>> one of the biggest laughs the show ever got. the girls are going on a cruise. they realize that they should pick up some condoms. they are being very coy. >> enema bag? >> to the right? >> dentugrip? >> condoms, rose! condoms, 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. >> ...

Jennifer, an overdue library book. ill just hand that off to you. >> ive got to say, im offended. thats ridiculous. we have top secret documents, sci documents, special programs documents, and jim trusty, who i know and liked at doj, but he wants to taukt library books. thats outrageous. not only does it down play the seriousness of what were talking about here. but i think people will see that as the ploy that it is. they want to down play in various way. they want to say its a case about the p...

Richard Roat, who appeared in more than 135 acting roles including "Friends" and "Seinfeld," has died at the age of 89.

The actor, who played Jerry Seinfelds nemesis Newman, believes the sitcoms efforts to avoid a happy ending for its characters was ill-advised.

Wayne Knight Speaks on ‘Seinfeld’ Finale: “It Didn’t Quite Land in the Way That They Wanted”: "The Finale," which aired in 1998, was a divisive ending to the beloved series.