Jason Alexander regales Larry with Seinfeld stories

[@Woadyn]

I think Jason Alexander is a wonderful story teller. He really has a way to draw you in and articulate his thoughts

[@dylanf3108]

Jake Yea he is so detailed in his stories it feels like you are immersed in his world.

[@Drchainsaw77]

@Jake OF the four, even including David, Alexander is easily the best story teller.

[@pranavp468]

When you can hold people's attention like he does, it's basically a superpower. He seems extremely knowledgeable and articulates so well

[@RobMacKendrick]

He's so the opposite of George - confident, friendly, relaxed, self-mocking. You realise what a good actor he is, that he was so convincing as someone entirely different from himself.

[@Party22Putte]

Look at those hands, he could be a model

[@lynnturman8157]

he won a contest

[@LuisPerez-vr4ks]

Lol

[@crashfrog3051]

“What if it’s a two hander? The hand on the bottom, the hand on the top, the warm look in the eyes. Hand sandwich”

[@OriginalPlopsta]

They're quite exquisite!

[@migthefig]

They are so milky white!

[@nebulousy]

George was my favorite character. They were all great in their own way but Jason Alexander had such nuanced humor, he was brilliant. Especially in the last few seasons.

[@HughMorristheJoker]

Watching it again I really like Kramer, George, and Elaine. Jerry plays the Andy Griffith straight man.

[@JM-dv1zq]

You are Nebulous is your observations !! And also spot on !! We love the way you are so nondescript !!

[@jamesh2650]

Larry King was a very good interviewer. His questions followed the conversation to wherever it may evolve and he rarely interrupted or forced his views. A very interesting gentleman in his own right. R.I.P Larry, thanks for the memories.

[@gustafsone]

He very briefly mentioned it here, but Larry actually enjoyed doing comedy himself and was actually pretty damn funny! One of my favorite late night talk shows to watch was the one Craig Ferguson hosted, and he had a robot sidekick that was voiced off-camera by Josh Robert Thompson. Every now and then Josh would be taking time off from doing the show, and Craig got the idea to bring on different celebrities to voice Geoff during these times to have a bit of fun. Well, one time he had Larry King come on the show just to do the voice of the robot, and he absolutely killed it. I had no idea Larry could do comedy, or was even a funny person, until I saw that episode and I still go back to revisit it every once and a while via KZbin.

[@nancilane5069]

I met him once years ago at an Emmy awards show (in Pasadena). He's the funniest, nicest, and most awesome actor I've ever met!

[@WOODBINEMAN99]

George was the single greatest character in TV comedy history

[@donrayjay]

There’s Basil Fawlty

[@dr.kennethspeers8014]

I agree

[@HughMorristheJoker]

The crazy thing is... so were Elaine and Kramer.

[@dr.kennethspeers8014]

@@PixelRatedGames I prefer when Larry David is played by Jason Alexander

[@bradleyboyer9979]

Cosmo Kramer is up there.

[@Animusapertus]

Seinfeld caught my soul and i've never been able to get sick of that show even for a second. I still quote and watch that show if i catch it on. Amazing after seeing every episode probably hundreds of times, i can still watch it.

[@Herodollus]

Me too! I can still find certain lines and such extremely funny for the first time. I like binge through it and have new ideas on what's going on between the characters and their friendship. Seinfeld does have sentimentality in it and sometimes when they show actual friendship it feels stronger than in other sitcoms where friendships are the focus point. Seinfeld was art I too use lines from the show when i talk to friends without noticing it

[@HughMorristheJoker]

I'm rewatching it all on Netflix. It's like cultural study.

[@greenearth4611]

Yup! I know exactly what you mean 👌🏻

[@salmaveli]

Me too, I watch it all the time. I still laugh and I foresee that I will continue watching it.

[@sabeelra]

Such a humble guy! Very Articulate and engaging!

[@ams554]

I don't find him humble at all...

[@MatsThyWit]

@@ams554 I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that. Jason Amexander strikes me as incredibly full of himself. He strikes me as the kind of pompous performer that Martin Mull used to parody.

[@karlkelton]

Terrific Interview. Jason's is very articulate & comes across as a quick thinker.

[@heartartist]

RIP Larry King...George indeed was a legendary character since everyone can relate to some aspect of this character...Jason Alexander should have gotten multiple Emmys for his potroyal.

[@NEpatriots88]

What a class act. Eating some pretzels and drinking some beers as I stream this. But these pretzels...are making me thirsty!

[@progmetalkd]

Genius! kzbin.info/www/bejne/maPIdnWpl6qMkMU

[@RonnieGreher]

A class act indeed, at least in this interview. Michael Richards doesn’t seem to present well in any interview that I’ve seen, including on Seinfeld behind the scenes.

[@jordanabeaulieu2530]

I liked him in *Shallow Hal* with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black

[@janeelliott1548]

@@jordanabeaulieu2530 Me too. Great film, great cast all around. He had that cute little puppy tail!

[@MandleRoss]

A muffin can be quite filling.

[@elishmuel1976]

I can't believe Jerry and Larry didn't give a tiny cut of their percentages to the rest of the cast. There would be no Seinfeld without Jason Alexander and the rest.

[@NoUploadJustComment]

Great interview. Despite playing one of the greatest and most popular television characters of all time he seems extremely well adjusted and chill.

[@breadfan262]

Really? That’s your takeaway? You don’t see his arrogance?

[@WhiskerWhippers]

Well he’s rich af. Helps being chill knowing everything’s paid for forever

[@Brinta3]

He doesn’t shy away from acknowledging that Seinfeld and George were a huge succes, perhaps that is perceived as arrogance by some.

[@jjmarcos]

@@breadfan262 watch an interview with Jerry, THATS arrogance. Jason is nowhere near that

[@mthivier]

Wow, what a charming, lovely guy. Hard amazing is it that he was able to transform himself into George every week for nine years!

[@sharkiegurl]

“I’ve always wanted to pretend to be an architect” -George Constanza 😂🤣😂

[@George32027]

S1E2

[@CogensFamilyTV]

Love Jason!..I saw him in an Off Broadway production of "Personals". Then had the pleasure to meet him at a restaurant in NYC, what a gracious human being. So glad he pushed for a percentage of Seinfeld since he knew that producers in the future would typecast him...which seems they did. It is too bad that the three could not get some kind of a deal.

[@ptptpt123]

I just love him. What a remarkable personality, could listen to him for hours.

[@ruk2023--]

Great storyteller and very smart. Listening to him talk makes me appreciate how good an actor he is to be a convincing George.

[@jonathanwortman1451]

Jason is a great interview, love hearing his thoughts.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

That was a pretty good conversation, I didn't realize how good at speaking he is, I know he did a STAR TREK and is a practitioner of JKD, but I didn't know he won a Tony long before Seinfeld. btw @19:30 he addresses "gun control" very well, almost supporting both sides rationally.

[@nickbarcheck1019]

What a smart guy. Could listen to Jason and Larry for hours.

[@jazzisforpainting4928]

*This* is why I love you tube: having my morning coffee/listening to Jason Alexander rap...

[@06rtm]

He really does look like George from Seinfeld

[@vickielawson3114]

Why wouldn't he?!

[@StephenPaulTroup]

LOL! He really does!

[@Aslanreturn]

George lolol

[@thefighteroffoo]

Get outta here, you must be kidding George.

[@joanmackinnon4749]

@@vickielawson3114 45

[@craigdreyer2073]

great interview , loved it , lovely man Jason alexander

[@justinschrank4806]

George is my favorite character of all time and Jason is so intelligent. It would be great to meet him

[@mgl576]

Great interview to George Constanza.

[@Danimal300zx]

Jason's actually very articulate and intelligent.

[@msthang5366]

Danimal300zx You don’t say??

[@JasonGafar]

He's Jewish.

[@32mybelle]

He is brilliant.

[@clutch7548]

@@JasonGafar who cares

[@giomjava]

RIP Larry! Best interviwer of all time! ❤️

[@davidleigh443]

Larry used to say when a guest has written a book he will not read that book before he interviews the author because if he knows the answer, he might not ask the question his audience wants him to ask.

[@sidharthchand8072]

I loved his risk management seminar 😊

[@robertjacobs8745]

I watched 13 episodes being filmed. So much fun!

[@quentin3330]

George is gettin' upset!

[@AgentRafa]

Serenity now!!!

[@Oryansbelt]

What an articulate and genuine guy

[@markherring3513]

"If Relationship George walks through that door, Independent George would cease to exist!!"

[@ChubbyTeletubby]

What a great commentary! Thanks for posting!

[@homersimpson5964]

The rest of the Seinfeld cast should have been granted their request of royalties.

[@f5370]

George and the other characters deserve residuals from syndication. Be fair

[@WilliamHerlihy-p4g]

I understand the sentiment, but they weren't contractually obligated to give them points so it just wasn't going to happen. However, it's known that Jason, Michael and Julia refused to participate in the DVDs without getting well paid. And they were so there's ways to compensate them.

[@tobylanglois3698]

Love both Larry David and Jason Alexander.

[@tobylanglois3698]

Love King too lol.

[@msthang5366]

I LOVE THIS MAN!!!

[@ericrobbins344]

Hire this man!!!

[@dinab8073]

The best character on TV in my opinion

[@shmookins]

One of the greatest of all time.

[@masfortunatv]

For some odd reason i feel like this is costanza trying to convince Larry he is Jason Alexander lol 😂

[@mrsmith9031]

Great character, and such, and great character in Seinfeld, hero of comedy,

[@cloudtx]

What a funny guy! And the ScarJo pick just makes him classier and a man of culture! Haha

[@vassa1972]

Great stuff loved Jason Alexander as George contanxa

[@Iwo26]

George is my favorite Seinfeld character of them all. Jason Alexander’s understanding of the character is one of the best long term acting performances ever. It’s a shame he and the rest of the cast don’t get more in residuals. They deserve it.

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

This would be great if Larry King was edited out and replaced with Larry David

[@arrieflaveaux9355]

Get on it internet. #deepfakelarryking

[@georgeshepherd6431]

YES

[@billscannell93]

What a sharp, intelligent little dude. I think he is probably the most skilled comic actor of Seinfeld, though of course they are all great.

[@dearmakeupdiary]

George and Kramer my favorite characters from the show 🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@MichelleCoxPhotography]

I love Jason. Definitely one of my top 4 favorite characters on Seinfeld..... ;)

[@ThoughtformsOfTheSubconsciousM]

Fantastic interview!

[@johnmeye]

I❤️Jason

[@natev1956]

Jason on George, "an overinflated ego and a complete sense of worthlessness." 🤣🤣🤣

[@craigrussell3062]

From the way he insists that his wig be referred to as a "piece", you can tell there's a little bit of Jason Alexander's own pompousness written into Costanza as well

[@habbogigi]

Anybody else thinks he's a got a remarkable voice?

[@Sapsche]

Yes, I'd say his voiceover is one of the reasons why I got hooked on the Duckman cartoon.

[@jeffcampbell668]

he's been in some stage productions where he sings. he's very good.

[@fedesh883]

Yes, he could do books on tape

[@StuUngar]

@@fedesh883 Like a mentor?

[@sagarsaxena6318]

he sings pretty well.

[@meg2231]

I'm looking forward to his new book, "Stand-up without standing up"

[@robfish333]

“My character is exactly like Larry David. My kids don’t like watching the show because they don’t like to watch me acting like an asshole shmuck”

[@stealthcat100]

Tippy toe tippy toe , lemon tree !

[@BuddhatheBlackDog]

my respect for him just went up

[@readigo]

the book he mentions, The Martian , later turned into a great movie cool )))

[@peateargriffin7593]

Saw it. Didn't care for it.

[@theideamanhascome3806]

@@peateargriffin7593 what did you think of the martian movie?? see THAT was me asking. before nobody asked, pal.

[@seiaghen]

now that i think about it, if Jason made stand-up as the character of George it would be amazing

[@CalumetColorado]

Jason Alexander talks like George in the episode where he gave up on sex and gained a higher IQ .... :D

[@DKDexter999]

Ah, Jason's reading "The Martian"; one of the greatest *comedies* of all time..

[@killswitchrulez00]

“I invented it’s not you it’s me”

[@SpaghettiKillah]

Jason is an extremely artistically intelligent actor. He's my favorite actor/ character from Seinfeld. I mean I can immagine Seinfeld without Jerry and still being funny with George and Kramer. But Seinfeld without George would be bust, empty.

[@jfish032]

Uhhhhh Ya, 'cept you forgot about JULIA LOUIS DREYFUS

[@CrzyGazara]

Yeah Baby

[@scattygirl1]

Ditto. But just substitute George with Elaine.

[@winterlandboy]

Also a good writer. His “Acting ...Without Acting” is fascinating

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

Yeh its kind of shameful how Jerry and Larry took all the money and Jason was left begging for residuals along with the others and that the company wouldn't even let them have a decent piece of the pie for a show they made famous cos if it hadn't been for Jason especially Seinfeld would've just been buried as another early 90s American sitcom along with the other graveyard of cancelled comedies about stand up comedians and their lives of which there was no shortage. Jerry and Larry owe him a lot.

[@hj52059]

TO ME HE WAS ALL THE FUN IN SEINFIELD!

[@asteverino8569]

Thanks Jason. Larry, you are a gargoyle with experience. Thanks

[@jennhoff03]

3:18- best two seconds in the show. :)

[@XtraCrispy]

@4:20 That how he hype people up! Love it!

[@duskfall_777]

What a great interview.

[@ElmwoodParkHulk]

What nice person ....God bless

[@fanhoop187]

That Q & A section at the end had me dying of laughter. Some Funny comments. George was always my favorite character on Seinfeld! His interactions with his parents and with the Yankees are just so good and I appreciate his personality on the show as it is much closer to mine than Jerry's is, I'm a bit insecure and often jobless too! Also, before today I did not know he won a Tony Award before Seinfeld, whoa he went up a few points in my book today.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

If I could ask Jason anything I wanted, I would want to know whether the cigarette actually was difficult for him in "The Invitations" episode. His face turns red and he really looks like he is struggling so I would want to know if that was something completely acted or if it didn't need much embellishment.

[@Opochtli]

Love me some Jason Alexander

[@wagnerpaivafernandes]

Very good interview

[@GoSolar]

Did Larry actually ask “what network”?

[@bustermead]

😂

[@StephenPaulTroup]

Great interview!

[@fnq-8890]

So that’s why Jerry hasn’t had Jason on ‘Comedians in Cars’ because Jason revealed that LD was the reason ‘Seinfeld’ was a hit. I think he may have something.

[@AlkisenSuper]

He did have him on. It was a special episode called The Over-Cheer which was written and performed like an episode of Seinfeld. Wayne Knight made a cameo in it as well.

[@davidleigh443]

Did Jerry ever do a full episode of CICGC with Wayne Knight. I saw a commentary JS did with a "Newman" episode and Wayne Knight had lost some weight. Jerry seemed very happy for Wayne Knight.

[@winterlandboy]

One of THE funniest Seinfeld eps,was when George decided to get a toupee and Elaine took it off his head in Jerry’s apartment ,told him he looked ridiculous ,and threw it out of the window I was crying with laughter

[@obviousstraightguy]

God damn it. I like this dude.

[@jaygatsby3039]

His acting is like acting but without acting

[@arvindhmani06]

I hear he published a great not-so-much-as-a-book-but-a-pamphlet

[@32mybelle]

Jason Alexander is brilliant.

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

It kind of annoys me to think that the rest of the actors don't get some residuals from the endless repeat screenings considering they were really the ones who made the show famous. It was fine for Jerry and Larry they made their money but Jason and Julia had to keep on working and got typecast cos of the show so the least they deserved was a decent percentage of the rescreening profit cos Jerry alone would not have made that show the success it was.

[@TCM215]

I think they all got 40 million each for the last two seasons though to make up for it. Larry and Jerry make at least that from the show each year still

[@latenightlogic]

Wonderful

[@Mskatz007]

It's really upsetting to hear that Julia, Jason and Michael aren't making anything from Seinfeld anymore. I think Jerry and Larry should give them a cut of their earnings...it's been long enough.

[@naraposthumus8478]

Definitely. ❤ its probably contracted but should be redone. Then again theyve all been fairly successful thus far so i think they are happy.

[@PeterParker-vq2cz]

this aint socialism.....

[@ladgrove]

Julia is a billionaire. Michael and Jason are fine.

[@monicaangelini3324]

Why? They were all handsomely paied during and after.

[@joshualarue1624]

@@monicaangelini3324 Jerry and Larry have made over 400million or more on reruns and syndication/streaming because they get a percentage of the back-end. The other 3 fought for a percentage and were categorically denied. Half a percent of that deal would make one very wealthy. Absolutely wrong that Jerry and Larry wouldn't cut them in. They are equally responsible for the success of the show.

[@danieldummett3731]

jason is so cool

[@StuartMurchie]

Ive told my friends at my funeral the opening music is from mash,the end as everyone walks out is the seinfeld music.

[@REDACT3D]

I'd love to hang out with Jason for a day lol

[@formerlybernard6460]

Yes. As long as it wasnt at a poker table; hed take your shirt. Very good player.

[@rcbrooks1123]

Disagree on one point, I think it IS fun to see a sit-com filmed. It gives one a great insights as to how these things are made.

[@AntonQvarfordt]

"The fine balance between an overinflated ego, and a complete sense of worthlessness." Oh man... At least David manages to balance 'em.

[@jameskennedy552]

Did anyone else Notice how Larry said no when Jason said I think it was 9/11? Did he not think he was correct?

[@lonemapper]

good for youuuuuuuuuuu JACK!

[@Mr.wonderfully]

Great actor

[@0555pink]

FARRRRRRR OUT!!!! Most people would Show resentment for NOT getting ANY $$$$$$$ for ANY of the RE-Runs 😱😱😱😱😱😱 Massive Respect Jason 💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Texasdex84]

I understand that completely

[@robfish333]

I feel bad for Jason’s wife and Scarlett Johansson

[@kerrymccarthy9713]

This man understands the greatness of the walking dead

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

I wonder if Jason like the movie Martian which I assume was based on the book ? I have said for some time that no show should run more than five years. Usually by season three the scripts are being recycled with pretty much the names and guest stars being changed . I watch shows from when I was a kid in the 60's and 70's that I liked and they have a handful of scripts that they cycled through. I have even heard actors who were the leads on hit shows say they wanted out by season five because it was the same scripts. They usually stay on because they wouldn't be believable as any other character on another show. They are typecast as the character they played on a hit show and can't transition though a few do. Even Jason said he wore a piece because he figured everyone would be expecting George . He mentioned he was told he couldn't have a part because he looked like George .

[@jeanchampollion3329]

That's a nice coat, Jason. Is that cashmere?

[@burloiumarian2665]

i just like the glow in his eyes . very cool and charismatic person ... and I am dude :))

[@SchindlerPool141]

George "Cantstandya" hahahaha.