Even in case you’ve seen all 9 seasons of Seinfeld, plus the canonically-hazy Curb Your Enthusiasm reunion particular, and that one Comedians in Vehicles episode that includes George Costanza, there’s nonetheless one piece of Seinfeld-themed content material, starring all 4 central characters, that many completists will not be conscious of.
No, we’re not speaking in regards to the time Jerry and George debated whether or not or not sizzling canine ought to be thought-about sandwiches, solely to be interrupted by a grinning David Letterman.
Twitter/X consumer @MatineeMode just lately shared an outdated clip of the Seinfeld gang hanging out in Jerry’s condominium, chit-chatting about filmmaker Rob Reiner and… truly, they simply speak about Rob Reiner.
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The clip was filmed specifically for the American Cinematheque Transferring Image Ball, after they honored the Stand by Me director in 1994. Reiner, after all, is without doubt one of the co-founders of Citadel Rock Leisure, the corporate that produced Seinfeld (seemingly from workplaces housed within a haunted lighthouse).
Whereas the video might have killed on the occasion again in ‘94, it’s fairly weird to look at now. For one factor, with the intention to be sure that the scene may play out in a single shot, Jerry is awkwardly perched on a stool subsequent to George and Elaine, who’re sitting on the couch. Weirder nonetheless, there’s no chortle monitor. It’s greater than a bit disconcerting to listen to the Seinfeld gang’s trademark banter punctuated by lengthy stretches of uncomfortable silence. And Kramer bursting into the condominium with no accompanying laughter or applause is totally weird.
The characters talk about a number of of Reiner’s movies, with Elaine and George bemoaning the “miserable” ending of When Harry Met Sally, by which the couple in the end get collectively. Presumably, George would have relatively seen Sally prematurely expire from licking poisonous envelopes.
In addition they conspicuously suck as much as their boss, with Elaine suggesting that “you simply can’t not like him,” and George remarking that he “does set a fantastic instance for a bald man.” When the topic turns to Reiner’s firm, Kramer means that they too ought to grow to be a manufacturing workforce (“We’d be like Citadel Rock, Jerry!”) earlier than poking enjoyable at a number of of the executives. In the long run all of them supply Reiner a bottled water toast.
And Reiner actually did deserve the shout-out from the Seinfeld solid, contemplating that he was the primary government that Seinfeld pitched the thought for a present to, on the suggestion of Seinfeld’s then-manager George Shapiro. In line with Reiner, he instantly noticed the potential in what was “basically a conversational present” and “an extension of Jerry’s act.” He additionally favored the thought of getting the “curmudgeonly, misanthropic, dyspeptic (sensibilities of) Larry David, being pushed by way of this very accessible, likable, Jerry Seinfeld. It was a wedding made in heaven.”
On the very least, we have Reiner to thank for the truth that America didn’t should put up with 9 seasons of storylines regarding Kramer’s overexcited pet canine.
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