George's Confusing Job Interview | The Barber | Seinfeld

[@ChrisM-zm4li]

I love how even in George's memory of the toast, people are annoyed by him.

[@dopedrums]

And he doesn't notice any of it 😅

[@Tritiuminducedfusion]

😂😆🤣

[@Durwood71]

The one dude said, "Who's that?"

[@thomasraines1396]

@@Durwood71he did?

[@Durwood71]

@@thomasraines1396 The two guys at 2:39. The guy on the left looks like he's saying, "Who's that?"

[@steverogers7601]

The amount of confidence and bullsht capabilities to make a toast during a birthday party of a coworker you barely know, on your first day on the job, is something many of us do not have. George is a different breed

[@BillGraper]

He also didn't know if he really had the job, so he was setting himself up for more embarrassment. LOL

[@Number1Camper]

Um, it’s a fictional character

[@steverogers7601]

@@Number1Camper You do realize that many Universities around the world study literature, stories, and films, and engage in conversations around character analysis, right? Same concept can also be applied to comments sections which was legit made for engagement, discussions, discourse etc. even if it is to discuss a character in comedy.

[@ejgianforti2878]

Would you ever cosider coming to work directly for me? Of course, you do realize...

[@enosrhodd3069]

I would just like to state that I'm not too shabby in the bs department myself

[@omarjimenez8895]

That audible "oh no!" from the audience at 2:53 was hilarious!

[@maxinef6654]

I laughed when I heard that 😂

[@joshuaholman1795]

beat me to it i heard it too and started laughing

[@JanetStarChild]

And yet, some people in the comments under these Seinfeld videos have the gall to presume that this show used 'laugh tracks'.

[@jd0879]

@@JanetStarChildIt’s well known they used laugh tracks

[@Markus_Andrew]

@@jd0879 Sometimes laugh tracks were used, but for the most part there was a live audience. It depended on the scenes being filmed.

[@megsie1424]

Gotta admire George for his sheer level of undeserved confidence 👏👏

[@mobus1603]

It's more of a fake-it-till-ya-make-it approach. He's not actually confident.

[@MegaVijay1]

​@@mobus1603 Why on earth would George go work when he wasn't officially onboarded for the job and the boss was still interviewing?

[@mobus1603]

@@MegaVijay1My comment had nothing to do with that. I was referring to his supposed high level of confidence.

[@mobus1603]

@xRUFUSxDo you say that to everyone commenting here, or was there something about this comment in particular that triggered you?

[@manhattannewyork-fr5pd]

It’s not confidence. It’s a complete lack of shame

[@josemaria8177]

George aces every interview because he worked for Vandelay Industries. Clearly Penske material

[@RayTheProducer]

He was also an architect and a marine biologist.

[@fastjoecorrigan7426]

@@RayTheProducer is there any marine biologist here?

[@jrporter50]

@@fastjoecorrigan7426 easy, big fella! 😂

[@_Professor_Oak]

@@jrporter50 the sea was angry that day, my friends 😑

[@lucone2937]

@@RayTheProducer But he wasn't very good at a latex salesman.

[@steverogers7601]

Anytime I see a Penske truck rental on the road I immediately think they’re Penske material.

[@Saladontherocks]

Yeah every time I see a penske crash on 11 foot8 I think of George Costanza

[@steverogers7601]

@@Saladontherocks 11foot8 is a damn good channel to waste time while working on the Penske file.

[@nthgth]

Haha I knew I wasn't the only one! "I guess he wasn't Penske material"

[@ev6558]

Too bad his name is Pensky.

[@doct0rnic]

​@@ev6558eh close enough

[@insertclevername4123]

I always enjoy the fact that Jason Alexander played George with just enough anxiety that whatever he's doing, you kind of hope he pulls it off, and with just enough smugness that you absolutely hope he fails (for instance, his face at 3:23 when he thinks Penske will catch him and at 4:20 when he's certain Tuttle won't). ETA: Also, it's worth taking a moment to enjoy the absurdity of him thinking that Penske would visit the office and figure out that he didn't do the work in the file, while thinking that the guy who owns the place would be fooled by him taking someone else's old work and moving it into a new folder (that's a Kruger level of incompetence).

[@Jaasau]

Oh my gosh. Yes. This describes him brilliantly.

[@12Blueace]

One of the reasons Jason Alexander was perfect for George was because Jason himself was insecure which was why he threatened to leave the show after he didn’t appear in “the pen,” He worried his character would become less important.

[@mattm7798]

Yes!!!!!

[@jennifergersch9126]

@@12Blueace Well, after all, "he is in the smaller office."

[@thomasraines1396]

That’s very interesting.

[@shadow776]

"Well bear in mind I am in the smaller office."

[@carlosh9476]

Very very relevant is that, during the interview, the boss tells George that he likes George because “he understands things and doesn’t need to have things explained to him”

[@trequor]

"I enjoy understanding"

[@southsidesaiyan8641]

What do you mean?

[@ridgerunner106]

@@southsidesaiyan8641 You do not understand?

[@southsidesaiyan8641]

@@ridgerunner106 no, how is it very very relevant? And relevant to what?

[@bink]

@@southsidesaiyan8641 You seem like the kind of person who needs things explained to him... in other words, not Penske material.

[@javanesemystic]

I would have died of anxiety. George is a proper sociopath 😂😂

[@polderdebanjan]

he really lives in a society

[@tommykankare6775]

He is Penske -material 👍

[@MagicNash89]

Lol, anyone acting slightly confident is a sociopath apparently these days🤣(for people with severe anxiety I guess they do seem that way)

[@kristinpepper2348]

I'm pretty sure you don't know what a sociopath is. But then again your first sentence isn't any better

[@NotDuncan]

This is such a bizarre pair of statements.

[@danielgreenleaf]

1:16 “ohhh leave Jack alone. Jack’s got enough problems.” 😂 😂

[@jennifergersch9126]

The hand gestures are hilarious.

[@commanderkeen3787]

Funny how George worries he didn't get the job from Tuttle, when in the end he learns he did get the job but is fired for being lazy and incompetent lol. Typical George, putting more effort into a scheme than an actual profession

[@JR-kx3jr]

I'm not sure if he did get it or if Tuttle was being sarcastic.

[@navyguyinva]

George has the understated energy of an architectural marine biologist.

[@lm_b5080]

reminds me of a fella..vandalay i think it was..

[@jennifergersch9126]

Does he import? Or just export?

[@terrystyles5271]

Definitely not Cordelay@@lm_b5080

[@fullmetalheel]

​@@jennifergersch9126 he's an importer/exporter

[@CemoreNetwork]

@@jennifergersch9126he’s both. But I hear he’s thinking of giving up importing

[@jonnyquatromusic]

George’s ability to BS people is so underrated

[@nickyeayea7257]

It's very rated

[@WellFedProductions]

No it isn’t

[@mikeg1378]

Just keep in mind, Sinatra… It’s not a lie if YOU believe it.

[@Brayn126]

Who underrated it?

[@rock3tcatU233]

No, it is properly rated.

[@nicholasfurnari8691]

This is among my favorite episodes. One often overlooked thing about this scene, to me, all these years later...THAT'S the "smaller" office?? I'd kill to have an office that big, with that much privacy. Times have changed.

[@Aldrius]

More like TV sets need to be big enough that people can see things. :P

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

@@Aldrius What about when all four of them were in that janitor's closet?

[@johnb1150]

More like studio rooms are always ten times bigger than actual real life rooms cos they need the space to allow props, cameras and actors to do blocking.

[@danthemankhan]

It's bigger than my apartment... which sometimes contains myself and my three children.

[@Seryma86]

I love that if he even bothered to look at the documents while transferring them into the accordion style folder, George most likely would’ve realized Penske was under indictment

[@chunksloth]

I literally lived a situation like this for 2 or 3 months - zero onboarding. It was both relaxing and incredibly stressful. In the end I accomplished nothing the entire time (but still got paid!)

[@mileshall9235]

🤣🤣

[@scottmatheson3346]

well that's the important part

[@tsyka1]

You are Penske material!

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

I dream of getting away with something like this

[@billmalec]

'onboarding'. I worked for myself for about 25 years. I decided to take a job in a corporation for one day a week just to see what it was like. They 'onboarded' me and many other terms I never heard of. Lol. Got a message the area boss was going to be on PTO. I had to Google that to figure out what it was. 😂

[@sreeharivenat8002]

I remember George getting fired/quitting 6 times. This was the coolest among them all 😂 He just casually walked out 🔥

[@steverogers7601]

A ta-ta, a Tuh-tell

[@guccideltaco]

I liked when he worked at Play Now, and they didn't want to fire him & give him a severance package, so they just boarded up his office, but he crawled in through the vents, because he was NOT going to quit!

[@jennifergersch9126]

One of them at least was based on Larry David's real life experiences.

[@afonsodeportugal]

@@jennifergersch9126 It was the first one, in which he poisoned his boss! 😅

[@johncole8480]

@@guccideltaco " You can tell Mr. Tomasulo if he wants to get a hold of me he can call me IN MY OFFICE."

[@dharmallars]

2:51 the person saying “oh no!” in the audience actually had me crying

[@planetX15]

3:41 too

[@irisscott9488]

When I lived in Houston I overheard a conversation on a city bus! One young man asked another how did he ever get hired at a company called Grocery Supply?!? He answered that he was down on his luck and really really needed a job and went to apply there one day! It was a very large company! Say while walking around, he saw a female leading a group of people thru and just fell in behind with them! They were NEW HIRES! HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PAPERS BUT SAYS HE JUST BLUFFED HIS WAY INTO A JOB! SAYS FIRST FEW DAYS EVERY TIME SOMEONE ASKED FOR THIS OR THAT HE JUST KEPT CLAIMING HE TURNED IT IN TO PERSONNEL ALREADY! FINALLY someone brought him a folder full of papers to fill out and sign, APOLOGIZING FOR LOSING THE ORIGINALS! SAID THAT WAS 3 YEARS PRIOR AND HE'D BEEN WORKING THERE EVER SINCE... YEAH! 😁😀😂

[@jennifergersch9126]

No way!!!! He's like a hero to the Seinfeld world.

[@dogtrainingmexico]

Reminds of the Office episode where Pam bluffs and bullies her way into becoming the office administrator... my favorite episode 😂

[@KingdomMan_Ray]

That’s crazy! How that worked out 😂

[@RobertHurleyJr]

Its actually crazier how anyone uses honesty to land a job.

[@Cartman4wesome]

@@RobertHurleyJrI only worked for someone once before quitting after a week, but during the interview it was just me saying a bunch of bull.

[@xcarnage3936]

Epitome of, "bullshitting your way to the top," until reality kicks in 😂

[@farouk7336]

Gotta love the 80's and 90's, back when you could walk into any office, ask to speak with the office manager with your resume in hand and probably land a job that same day.

[@user-gk9lg5sp4y]

George definitely is Penske material

[@KentuckyWaterfall13]

Whenever I see a Penske truck to this day I laugh cause I think of George.

[@Eralen00]

ooh that penske

[@IamNobody777]

Me too! Lol

[@mileshall9235]

Same 🤣

[@samuelkaranja.5788]

Lol. Only that he is not penske material.

[@Ibelikemj]

Penske racing too lol

[@ahjus7604]

2:53 , an audible "oh no!" from someone in the crowd

[@RocketeerAndRoll]

I like that George had all that time to do pretty much anything and he still didn't bother to actually read the Penske file.

[@mariawerner8447]

I never get tired of Seinfeld 😂

[@danielgreenleaf]

Great acting by Mr Penske & Mr Tuttle.

[@stellarwind1946]

Ta ta, Tuttle!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@stellarwind1946Another bridge burned. 🌉🔥

[@ARKHAMxMaverick]

I still wonder what he was supposed to do with that Penske file after he spent all that time transferring it into the flexible accordion style folder.

[@mayhemjr.803]

It took him a whole week to do it too.😂

[@okplld]

Looks like he put a lot work into it.

[@johnnyfanurp7084]

Probably something illegal since he was under investigation

[@chrisstewart8272]

@@okplld what have you been doing all week

[@AnxietyMentor]

@@mayhemjr.803 Bare in mind, he was in the smaller office.

[@evansutton6760]

"I enjoy understanding"

[@steverogers7601]

Understanding is such an underrated hobby

[@Smudgie]

George doesn't know that time passes quicker when you are actually working. He's never tried it.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Passes even quicker when you're asleep.

[@sunnyseacat6857]

@@ianfinrir8724 : Not if you wake up.

[@edmerc92]

It passes pretty fast when you're playing desk drums too!

[@RATTLESNAKE31690]

@2:53... that 'oh noo' came from nowhere😂😂😂

[@joshuahoover6841]

I'm glad someone else noticed it

[@johnny2KX]

Ditto; that was wild

[@Dan-zq5wt]

This could only happen in Manhattan pre 9/11 when you could walk straight up into an office without checking in with security

[@nocomment2468]

2:50 right after the receptionist says “mr. pensky’s here to see you” someone in the studio audience shouts “OH NO!”

[@Guitarman7133]

I WAS ABOUT TO TYPE THAT IN the moment i read your comment!

[@jasonmacaro4052]

Honestly his plan to just show up is pretty smart

[@ParodyKnaveBob]

Not if he's not on the payroll...

[@renaissance18]

someone said "oh no" at 2:54 lol

[@danielgreenleaf]

Nice catch 👍

[@silviodante93]

It’s the same lady from the puffy shirt episode

[@johnb1150]

I love how george gets nicely dressed in a suit and tie and brings a brief case then proceeds to actively do zero work and apart from desk drumming, sleeping and attending an office birthday party seriously what exactly did he do in that office from 9 til 5pm for a whole week?

[@danthemankhan]

What does anyone do in those type of office jobs? TV and movies leads me to believe it is at least 90 percent goofing off.

[@johnb1150]

@@danthemankhan my point is they dont really specify exactly what his job is so you dont really know what hes sposed to be doing, but in an age before social media devices, with not even a computer in his office to goof around on i doubt he sat there for hours on end drumming on his desk, ive had to kill time before and you haveto find other things to do lol

[@danthemankhan]

@@johnb1150 People in the olden days had imaginations to occupy them. Just remember a hundred years ago it could easily take all day to ride into town to buy supplies, no podcasts either.

[@johnb1150]

@@JohnDoe-du3vq wouldve taken all week if he was busy drumming on the desk in between.

[@AlJebra]

My girlfriend's father once got me an office job where there was absolutely no need for me to be there. So I spent all day, every day, for an entire summer, using my fingernails to manually remove staples from used index cards... bend one side of the staple... bend the other side of the staple... press the 2 pointy ends against the table... grasp the flat end and pry it out... then place it on the stack. I think he just didn't want me spending the whole day with his daughter. Smart man. But it's amazing what people get paid to do.

[@davidjohn6323]

"ah ta ta ah tattle" loooooooooool , George nailing it again

[@kurt6410]

George just isn't cut out for a white collar job. He needs to start doing onlyfans under a pseudonym of Buck Naked

[@evansutton6760]

We leave and you turn our home into Bourbon Street?

[@steverogers7601]

He should do muckbang videos and eat calzones, pastrami on rye, and pudding skin singles.

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

2:47

[@enthiegavoir5955]

He's stout

[@thedestroyer9971]

He should be an architect…….the most prestigious field of work there is

[@drunkweebmarine9492]

I wish I had the confidence of George.

[@tonyvincent9753]

The look on George’s face when the receptionist announces that “Mr. Penske is here to see you” is classic Jackie Gleason.

[@resetsetmefree478]

You can tell Gleason is someone who influenced Seinfeld. And much of the humor is very honeymooners 👍 idk what happened but they just don't write em like this...

[@jennifergersch9126]

Great comparison.

[@packisbetter90]

That small office was huge

[@shareofmoney]

This all boils down to one thing... George is not Penske material 😂 😂 😂

[@xAugustx11]

Well bear in mind he did choose the smaller office

[@stumarston6812]

Considering the size of the office he was in, I thought he did some pretty good work.

[@samuelkaranja.5788]

😅😅😅 True to that because there was no way they would expect him to do alot of work within a small office.

[@me_12-vw1vi]

2:54 that laugh track lady’s “oh no! 😮” really got me

[@Eralen00]

2:52 listen to the audience, after the secretary says "Mr. Penske is here to see you" someone shouts "Oh no!"

[@danielgreenleaf]

Nice catch. 👍

[@tmanepic]

2:04 the "oh no" 😂

[@jondrake1977]

2:54 oh no. LOL. Oh no exactly.

[@maryjohnson4189nnkb]

George can handle any job with his enthusiastic demeanor!!

[@jennifergersch9126]

Even a party for Grace.

[@jeremytung1632]

That woman in the audience faintly crying “oh no!” When Penske shows up 😂

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

George is my hero!

[@andyst4750]

George can definitely run for the presidency today. Competent in everyway. President material.

[@Theothesleeper]

the most genius comedy tv show ive ever seen and ive seen em all. this show is what you might call a 'grandmaster sitcom'

[@dizzy1369]

the brilliance of the George castanza character fits Jason Alexander so well 🤣😂🤣🤣

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

George "Little Bulldog" Costanza

[@Linzerita]

Somehow, I have never seen this episode, until I watched it a few minutes ago..... Ha! It is now my favorite one (:

[@stumarston6812]

Do you think you're Penske material?

[@whitedevil2]

2:53 "oh no!" you said it, lady in the audience

[@williambilinski]

George should’ve slipped Tuttle a mickey.

[@beaubiden3244]

I can’t believe I’m saying Mickey!

[@TheOman1997]

2:54 The “oh no” from the audience, perfect 😂😂😂

[@jrporter50]

Ta ta, Tuttle 😂

[@joemccauley1601]

I bet he brought a glamor magazine to work

[@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756]

I had a job like that at JP Morgan, back in the late 80s. Lasted nearly a year.

[@keithrickson8522]

I once got a job I was massively over qualified for, but only in the mind of the owner. He hired me for the job even though I had no idea what I was doing. Then, after three months of messing things up, he fired me for not knowing what I was doing. I mean, I did tell him that when I was hired lol!

[@edmerc92]

You must have been in the smaller office?

[@joycampi7233]

Ta ta Tuttle!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@alexmapp5444]

I love this scene!

[@zackstark24601]

2:54 OH NO!!

[@brucelawson642]

Larry David said that this happened to him. Most of Seinfeld are true stories. Nothing is funnier than the truth.😅

[@RocKnight11]

George is definitely Pensky material.

[@theoldswitcharoo]

The live audience reaction at 2:48 is priceless!

[@Frank-pc2rs]

At 2:54 somebody in the audience says oh no.

[@rjathar]

The golden age of paperwork

[@MrPackers2012]

"Damn, this city!!" 😂

[@Rjm00]

Whenever I see a Penske rental truck I think of this episode

[@letsgobrandon987]

Absolute legend.

[@Rusty.Shackhouse]

Hey, atleast George is willing to “work”. 🤷‍♂️😂

[@anthonyd4771]

This is what I imagine all office jobs to be

[@Gen_X]

George is the man...😂

[@f1catmancl]

2:39 "who is that?" 😅

[@naeemmurgam507]

Hahahah

[@Nathanatos22]

2:53 That little “oh no” always gets me

[@sh3llz2]

Personally, I walk into every job one foot in / one foot out... Classic George

[@lessthanthreemetal]

Someone needs to edit in a death metal drumming track to George jamming in his office

[@pumagutten]

Wow, that Penske!😄

[@ThatVeryArtGal]

To this day, whenever I see a Penske truck, I think of the Penske file.

[@whatutalkinboutwillis6122]

Jerry’s haircut 😂

[@monkeyb1820]

George really handled the ambiguous interview like a pro.

[@wheelzwheela]

2:54 “Oh no”

[@ethanallen3487]

George giving the toast and the 2 employees looking confused is PEAK Costanza.

[@artsmith103]

Boss did confirm he hired George. And George made one of his best moves walking out. One of George's best episodes.

[@ratman202]

2:53 I like how you can hear one of the audience members say "oh no!"

[@Nonduality]

With the car being towed and running out of the office shows Penske is Costanza material.

[@JK-wz7uj]

Life was tough before you could sit behind a PC/monitor where it is much easier to look like you are working.

[@donwilcox728]

Heck it's only George's first week on the job, and already he's transferred the Penske File contents into a flexible, accordion style folder. And all that accomplished in the smaller office.

[@BlueToronto]

Aww, you left out the conclusion.

[@anbay3213]

Why can't I have George's confidence? I have more going for me but I could never get to that level of self assurance.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Remember: it's not a lie if you believe it.

[@Tanekoshima]

90% of the problems in Seinfeld would be solved if they would just talk to people instead of assuming things

[@TrevorKeenAnimation]

Here in Toronto theres a truck rental company called Penske. I always think of this episode when I see one of their trucks.

[@monkeyb1820]

yes, named for Arthur Penske.

[@IAmAlmightyGod]

George should play poker. He's good at the semi bluff.

[@lonelyheroine]

But George can't keep a secret, evidently. When he gets a royal flush, the whole table knows.

[@nomaamguyplusseinfeldandco2870]

No cell phones, no computers, what did George do to keep himself busy for 8 hours?

[@ForeverSculpting]

He drums with pencils

[@LowLevelNC]

Just empty calories and male curiosity, eh Georgie?

[@jezpeep538]

He slept under the desk, obviously.

[@christopherharris3229]

We know what he didn't do...... The Penske File

[@sean_gmc5280]

@@christopherharris3229 He's not Penske material

[@michaelevans2978]

Wasn’t that the suit that made the swooshing sound? 🤣

[@henrylivingstone2800]

I love how someone from the studio audience cried out “oh no!” when Mr. Penske arrived 😂