Jerry's Girlfriend Seems Too Good To Be True | The Van Buren Boys | Seinfeld

[@Telecom186k]

This episode perfectly highlights how Seinfeld and his friends always seek people’s flaws and yet they’re the problem.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@Telecom186K, Perhaps generally, but in this instance would Jerry really have started having doubts about her if not for the awkward impression he got from her friends?

[@theworldofjuniperthecat1307]

Yeah, like the Munsters and their niece.

[@DaliaDippolito.]

Why would they seek out flaws?

[@secularnyc666]

@@DaliaDippolito. You haven't watched the show, have you?

[@secularnyc666]

@@mitchellmelkin4078 Nope. It started before that. Watch the video again.

[@fabsmaster5309]

His parents were the only ones who were actually looking out for him and it was their approval that turned him off.

[@CurtisBond]

I’m happy he broke it off. She deserves much better than Jerry and his band of neurotic friends.

[@jeremytung1632]

Jerry’s friends realized she was perfect and immediately tried to get him to break it off so he wouldn’t stop slumming with them.

[@dave1991-z5w]

Yes

[@mariopalos9238]

This is one of the few episodes I don't recall. Was Elaine in on this?

[@opusdei1151]

Yes this is such a mystery like the woman with just one dress

[@aarondavid5866]

so her friends felt the same? haha

[@MarcillaSmith]

When people say that someone is "too nice," is this what they mean? Like, that person makes them feel inadequate just by being themself?

[@lokeshk4642]

… and that’s how friends can ruin a relationship by sowing seeds of doubt.

[@xpusostomos]

To be fair, Seinfeld is always looking to find seeds of doubt to move on

[@robi6317]

thats what friends are for

[@AustinKloud]

Comparison is the thief of all joy.

[@TheVagolfer]

Moral of the story...Losers can't spot winners.

[@revvolutions]

But your parents can? Yuck.

[@deanneuburger3869]

Excellent. How about a converse by your inspiration: “Winners are a mystery to losers.”

[@TheVagolfer]

@@deanneuburger3869 Excellent idea. I'd be up for that.

[@Vladimyrful]

What a great comment!

[@relentlesseducator]

Exactly

[@Gandalf1232]

I always love how George and Kramer talk about Jerry's career when Kramer is a bum and George is unemployed for half the series 🤣🤣

[@jhandle4196]

Does it make you feel superior over others for having a job? That's why people watch "Wheel of Fortune," because seeing how stupid some of the contestants are makes them feel smart.

[@WildRhymer]

@@jhandle4196 ...Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy would air back to back and in the matter of 10 minutes you would go from believing you were one of the smartest people on the planet to being a big dumbass!!! I believe it was a conspiracy by "the man" to build us up and then completely destroy us so out of despair we would buy their stupid products and ask our doctors about the "purple pill"!! LOL

[@CoachBobbyFinstock]

@@jhandle4196 i think they are just pointing out why its funny, relax it's just a comedy show

[@omensoffate]

@@jhandle4196bruh chill dog

[@TheSololobo]

For neurotics is inconceivable to believe that somebody could be that happy and well adjusted.

[@neverbeganforme]

I’m not neurotic, but it is absolutely unbelievable someone can be that happy and well adjusted. Even celebrities have their bad days.

[@TheSololobo]

@@neverbeganforme It's all relative, of-course nobody can be perfectly happy and well adjusted all the time. But its intresting that the most neurotic ones in the show were put off by her while Jerry the better adjusted one didn't see a problem with her at all.

[@neverbeganforme]

@@TheSololobo I thought the point of this video was to show that Jerry was put off by her too, he was actively looking for faults to justify dumping her. But I’ll be honest, her ridiculously calm and no-sweat like behavior is attractive asf😍😍. Women don’t even know how much we prefer that over sassiness and unwarranted rudeness.

[@TheSololobo]

@@neverbeganforme That last part was spot on.

[@Dhorpatan]

@@neverbeganforme Who would EVER prefer sassiness and unwarranted rudeness?

[@Staarkalinou]

1:37 "like us with Elaine" I had a lot of laughs watching Seinfeld, but this one really cracked me up 🤣

[@hugolafhugolaf]

It's not only Jason Alexander's flawless delivery, it's Jerry's pause right after... that show was next level (and still is).

[@jenlindley7780]

Me too 😂

[@jenlindley7780]

​@@hugolafhugolaf yes lol

[@MarcYanruw]

The confidence 😂😂

[@Joy-z6g]

@@hugolafhugolafThe way we know exactly what thoughts are passing through Jerry’s mind that he decides to let go. I can never understand all the flack he gets about his acting.

[@footofjuniper8212]

"And SMAHT...like a COMPUTAH." One of my favorite lines of the series.

[@MrZackavelli]

And evry mohnin' I eat a plum

[@ddewittfulton]

For whatever reason, George wearing a suit during the "intervention" was a great touch!

[@JanetStarChild]

George can be a very snappy dresser when he puts in the effort.

[@fozzybear8878]

He had on a terrible vest. George always dressed 20 years older than his age. Shocking fashion sense with his "gathered" pants.

[@BeezerWashingbeard]

​@@fozzybear8878It's the nineties Jerry.

[@steverogers7601]

Suit?!

[@theproudrebel]

The funny thing of course is she's perfect. Naturally pretty, nice body, good personality, down-to-earth, etc.

[@silverdrillpickle7596]

She even walks out to fill her own parking meter.

[@jimmypage1517]

@@silverdrillpickle7596 It was Jerrys meter

[@Henry_Churches]

Thanks for explaining the title of the video. None of us understood why it was funny. Seriously, none of us could be so intelligent to understand that.

[@theproudrebel]

@@Henry_Churches You're welcome! 😁

[@andresmaldonado2629]

what's your problem? you can't see what's wrong with her?? it's obvious

[@EasrterRising1fan]

She was a quality woman, it seems like the people who had a problem with her were the one's with the problems.

[@senorromantico7723]

Fun fact: The actress playing Jerry's girlfriend later married Ben Stiller, son of Jerry Stiller, who played Frank Costanza.

[@JoeChillton]

Dodgeball! That's her.

[@Chillllllbruh]

​@@JoeChillton and the Wedding Singer

[@job489]

She was also on Nickelodeon's "Hey Dude".

[@bonzie321]

Just too bad Ben stiller turned into a woke commie.🤓

[@matiaslsegovia]

Zoolander

[@josemaria8177]

She ended up marrying Ben Stiller, George Costanza's brother

[@jennafox8556]

😂

[@hugolafhugolaf]

I see what you did there.

[@dave1991-z5w]

😂😂

[@jkadoodle]

Sure Jan

[@The..Butterfly..Effect]

half brother

[@joycampi7233]

The living room exchange is hilarious! 😂

[@mikeg1378]

I agree, but I still like the Bloomingdale’s Executive training program for him.

[@zfish1995]

@@mikeg1378​​⁠I thought we said we weren’t gonna discuss that now.

[@kyleross5019]

@@mikeg1378of course he should consider it but now’s not the time!

[@danfuller478]

"These issues are all interrelated!"

[@hugolafhugolaf]

He shouldn't have listened to them, she was the best.

[@spiegeltn]

Things always change, that's the twilight zone effect. 😵‍💫 Female nature is, shall I say... tricky. 🌪🦋

[@idoyaga26]

She's gold, GOLD!

[@Vamatt99218]

Yes, unfortunately this is seinfeld world lol

[@steverogers7601]

They did HER a favor. Jerry is terrible.

[@Dhorpatan]

@@steverogers7601 What's terrible about him?

[@TorontoWire]

Christine Taylor always managed to play the most innocent and cutest sitcom characters

[@benjaminfitzgerald7011]

She was also the professor in My Name is Earl! I really wish she and Earl could have ended up together. Stupid cancellation!

[@megcrimson8589]

Also Ross’ girlfriend in Friends!

[@ecbrown6151]

Marsha Marsha Marsha!

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Go JO

[@canam2436]

@@megcrimson8589I think there is a rule of no friends talk on a Seinfeld clip

[@amanpretbasuita2725]

This is like the Twilight Zone, where the guy wakes up and he’s the same and everyone else is different. Which one? They were all like that. Every time this one gets me🤣🤣🤣

[@SovereignStatesman]

That was my exact thought when he said it.

[@zapkvr]

Its funny cos it's true. Unlike "President " Trump. That isn't funny. Not at all

[@craigritchie8470]

The way Jerry pauses after the comment George makes about Elaine being the one they make fun of. He clearly thinks better of chasing that rabbit. Classic.

[@bbxxxx]

I totally lost it where george said “like us its elaine”🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ryancampbell5039]

“Is it your career? Things are gonna pick up…” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@salvatore36]

😂😂😂

[@championkathryn9936]

2.59 mins: when Kramer holds an intervention and involves George, you know it's serious!! 😂😂😂

[@terrellp22]

seems like George initiated the intervention

[@c3bhm]

Locks the door!

[@secularnyc666]

Actually, it's not.

[@elnumberjuan111]

Like us with Elaine🤣💯👏

[@opusdei1151]

George has more going on in his life then Elain. He almost got married

[@opusdei1151]

@@alfa-psi your mother?

[@popnfresh2928]

Best line is when Jerry says: SHE'S NOT LINCOLN 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mxbishop]

Groucho Marx: I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member. This is Jerry's problem.

[@Dj-Ch33f]

George must have only given Kramer "The Nod" to know they needed to have a talk with Jerry...🤣🤣

[@lostone9700]

I think her friends were frenemies and sabotaged her.

[@secularnyc666]

Watch the episode.

[@lukasnummer1]

Just like Jerry's friends sabotaged the relationship.

[@BtrDaze]

He’s right about the twilight zone episodes 💀

[@kelliehorn1082]

🤔 Kind of

[@mikeg1378]

@@BtrDaze which episode?

[@BtrDaze]

@ all of em

[@excrono]

@@mikeg1378 To Serve Kramer.

[@camelspiderattack4161]

I've loved Christine Taylor since Hey Dude

[@hfkpop]

You know it’s serious when Kramer actually remembers to lock a door 😂

[@commanderkeen3787]

Jerry's mother saying she has "some body on her" is a very weird thing for a mother to tell her son 😂

[@geraldbalzano431]

wasn't it the father who said that?

[@danfuller478]

@@geraldbalzano431 Nope. The mother.

[@cfamick]

That's why it's funny!

[@shiptj01]

How? Is she blind? It would be weird if she were blind.

[@schulmanart]

us mothers say those cringey things-it makes it funny because it’s how embarrassing we can be

[@RustyShackleford-]

She’s beautiful

[@terrenceolivido741]

ha ..., yeah she truly is .

[@ShimonSmith]

3:59 “they were all like that” - this episode had REALLY funny Jerry deliveries

[@danfuller478]

Fantastic line. Just like, "There's a whole other thing going on with Poppy!"

[@Selendeki]

Jerry is really underrated!

[@Glnn_n]

Jerry sure had some great looking gf's.

[@dave1991-z5w]

Too good for him tbh.

[@agoogleuser6892]

More than he bloody deserves

[@tbird-z1r]

Some under 18

[@floop74]

@@tbird-z1r Ding ding ding! Guy's a creep

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@Glnn_n, Well, he's in show business, so there's that.

[@petersmit7650]

Every group has someone they make fun of...

[@ritaamor283]

Like us, with Elaine😂

[@zfish1995]

@@ritaamor283🤨👋

[@dave1991-z5w]

George

[@mikeg1378]

@@petersmit7650 is she socially awkward?

[@JClaus1221]

Like Obama. You just couldn't leave him alone at the press dinner. You just had to make a joke about him. Now this. Thanks Obama!

[@daniela.3851]

i didn't get this episode at all until i had a few almost-relationship experiences. makes complete sense

[@saltech3444]

I remember when I got the DVD set, I was disappointed that this episode happened to be one of the ones with no DVD commentary. I always thought it would be interesting to hear what the writers/actors had to say about this particular storyline - what inspired it and did they intend it to mean anything in particular?

[@ElCanguroChileno]

For those who havent watched the full episode...jerry ends up dumping her. She gets so upset by this sudden turn of events that she decides to join a dodgeball team to clear her mind and keep her occupied. Then, falls in love with the team captain and the rest is history. It was meant to be

[@cya2139]

Didn’t she also have a girlfriend?

[@TheDidicomic]

Ahh Christine Taylor :) She also played Bonnie (Friends Season 3).

[@cgreen399]

Phoebe’s friend bald girl that wasn’t bald

[@jongilbertson2106]

I liked her in Dodgeball, and The Wedding Singer.

[@zapkvr]

She is tastey

[@jenn7669]

When they have the meeting with Jerry 🤣

[@Theothesleeper]

I always had a crush on her since wedding singer

[@jeffanon1772]

Dodgeball.....

[@Theothesleeper]

@jeffanon1772 yeah she had it going on there too but she was in her prime in wedding singer 🤤 barrymore was amazing too

[@randall9000]

Hey Dude for me

[@Theothesleeper]

@@randall9000 nice 👌

[@BlasCenteno-m6j]

Erling: Stay humble, eh?! Jerry: *dates Ellen*

[@captaindevilhawk9586]

3:26 George is the last one to be talking about careers

[@Musingsonthelawofattraction]

So the fact that his parents adored her, made him change his mind about her!

[@Myrdoc]

Jerry's dating Frank Costanza's daughter-in-law, what a small world!

[@zapkvr]

Theres like eight million people in NYC. Its not that small

[@Myrdoc]

@@zapkvryou missed the joke

[@ryancampbell5039]

“I guess that’s alright…..”

[@ReneMontiel]

I just noticed Elaine never met the girlfriend. I wonder what she would have said about her.

[@Robertiena]

Oh now I'm curious too 😂

[@digerati02]

Good catch!

[@lukasnummer1]

Pretty women almost never like other pretty women. And certainly not women who are prettier than them.

[@Robertiena]

@lukasnummer1 lmao clearly you're a man to be saying such narrow-minded crap. Hating on someone for being good-looking is not a woman thing, it's an insecure person thing, SOME men and women do this

[@ACD1994]

Elaine would have probably made fun of her. Or talked so poorly about Jerry, she would have broke up with him. Instead of Jerry, being the one to end the relationship.

[@Brandon-ob9rg]

This episode drives me crazy. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER.

[@terrenceolivido741]

the wonderful observation is that for most of us - well, for me - the reaction of others heavily influences our perception.

[@DruzenjeSplit-nn2um]

Sure Jan 😊

[@senororlando2]

Marcia Marcia Marcia!!!

[@markeggerman8301]

Oooh Jan it's not about you 😂😂😂

[@smylesg]

Sure, Jan.

[@timfarney5165]

Looks SOOOOOOOO much like her. Was gonna post something about it, glad others see it (saw it😊) too.

[@epbrown01]

I like Christine Taylor, but I could never bring myself to watch those movies. For a while there, she was a guest star in every big sitcom: My Name Is Earl, Friends, Seinfeld.

[@doct0rnic]

​@@epbrown01but the Very Brady Sequel is hilarious

[@christopherbako]

Marcia Brady!😊

[@patrickwilliam3322]

Nope, lookalike; different actress

[@GORILLAROB]

Hope everyone has a great thanksgiving with their families…

[@robrick9361]

Are you doing the opposite or was that your natural instinct?

[@GORILLAROB]

@robrick9361 instinct….

[@jennafox8556]

Thanks. You too. 🤗

[@pimespo]

I only celebrate Festivus.

[@thorjhonson1721]

Oh shut up. This isn't a friends video

[@concordsally]

Melody from Nick's "Hey dude"❤

[@CanadianMusicandTV]

This storyline always annoyed me. Jerry meets a beautiful woman that Jerry’s friends don’t like for no reason, and then he breaks up with her just because his parents like her. It’s like the writers near the end of the show decided “let’s see how nonsensical we can go to get Jerry to break up with a girl.”

[@davanamrita]

If you haven’t Noticed, the characters in this show always spoil relationship over meaningless things

[@Georgina-lv9bt]

Its annoying but in character

[@emperorwang0861]

"Never learning, never growing" was the mantra of the writers regarding the characters.

[@jaguatiricaimediata5305]

It isn't non-sensical, you just need to go out and live a bit more. You are approaching it assuming humans act in a rational way, but they are exploring exactly how social expectations distort our perceptions and make us see thing very irrationally. Not only her entourage gave him reasons to believe she is flawed (he was doing a favor), and humans are attracted to those who project value (real or not), but Seinfeld also has some complex where if his parents enjoy something, he doesn't want anything with it. He loves his parents, but he doesn't want to end up like them, that's a huge part of his personality, he doesn't want to go with the married with children life and does everything to sabotage it (multiple dates that always break up in absurd ways). Yes it is satire, but the non-sense is precisely how we distort things instead of seeing with our own truth. Like most of Seinfeld episodes, it's a satirical comment on our own quirks and flaws. And a perfectly fine woman (or man) who was rejected due to social expectations (positive by some and negative by others) is a very common dynamic.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

@@jaguatiricaimediata5305exactly. That was the whole premise of the show - to show how actual human beings often act, irrational and neurotic in their own ways. Admittedly exaggerated for comedic effect, but the underlying motivations are relatable to many of us.

[@Silvertone58]

She really blossomed since the Brady Bunch 🥰

[@inncogneato6341]

The Brady Movie, not the original 1960s-1970s TV series.

[@theresaduffy8222]

Thank you! I was trying to figure it out.

[@can6834]

Isn't she the bald girl in Friends? She is gorgeous at here too.

[@briansmith2261]

Sally Sitwell? Car troubles?

[@Olderaccount17]

Looks like Jerry's going to bw sticking it to her. *Sticking it!*

[@GeorgeThree]

One of 3 actresses who played Jerry's girlfriends that stole scenes...the other 2 were Courtney Cox and Janeane Garofalo

[@trendybistro]

This show was so well written it could dismiss the entire series of the twilight zone in three lines. I'd love to hear what they had to say about Black Mirror lmao

[@terrenceolivido741]

Rod Serling was rightly lionized for master-minding the Twighlight Zone tv series.

[@autoblu6175]

George giving advice to Jerry is like if Harry Maguire teached CR7 how to score

[@rcnelson]

Perfection can be upsetting for those less so.

[@54321-p]

Jerry, Elaine, George... in terms of relationships, they can't get out of their own way.

[@Sbrillo43]

I don’t get it. What was the problem with her? 😂

[@00Kuja00]

Jerry has commitment issues.

[@audrab27]

Me either

[@dave1991-z5w]

Nothing. That's what is so funny

[@theheckwithit]

It's just non sense comedy, like when they said the white guy was black

[@Theothesleeper]

nothing she's perfect thats why this is such a Seinfeld esq episode. she's got it all and jerry needs there to be something wrong since someone pointed it out for him even though he never once sensed it. classic Seinfeld

[@MarceloSeravalli]

Foxy is not a misbehaving dog, its Jerry who is the problem

[@markmed9091]

“ Marsha, Marsha , Marsha !”

[@alvapazz]

she’s so beautiful omg

[@tomcarson-ye6gb]

Is that Marcia from the bradys...

[@smylesg]

The one from the modern movies, yes. I always thought it was such good casting how much she looked and acted like Maureen McCormick.

[@tomcarson-ye6gb]

@smylesg ok that Brady satire show was great....

[@MikeinAustin]

2:37 Kramer fell in love immediately

[@chrishagins3309]

1:38 = comedy gold. gold jerry, gold!

[@jennafox8556]

That's Jerry Stiller's daughter-in-law.

[@jacobkimble9757]

Not anymore unfortunately

[@theonewhowrotethis5681]

​@jacobkimble9757 Nah, still is. They separated back in 2017, but they had a reconciliation due to the pandemic having them stay huddled in the same home.

[@michaels5217]

I mean, she seems too good to be true, but the fact she dated Ross kinda disqualifies her. Like that one girl that dated Newman and it freaked Jerry out.

[@andrewp7509]

Yeah, Ross SUCKS ! such a whiny simp

[@spleniuscervicis1734]

She shaved her head, right?

[@PtyRick]

I loved her in dodgeball

[@LordTalax]

0:12 Sounds like some sort of Farnsworth death clock

[@robb2biago]

Christine Taylor is such a great comedic actress. Zoolander, Marcia Brady in the Brady Bunch movies. Too good, and nice for Jerry.

[@mkdisciple]

Dodgeball!!

[@Kissfan96dr]

Wedding Singer

[@AkshayBodare-jg6nr]

It's kinda funny how the peak seasons for both seinfeld and curb are seasons 4 to 8

[@TDH24Live]

Season 8 is my favorite seinfeld season

[@mitchkent68]

“She’s not Lincoln!” 😂

[@TheStuport]

MULVA was The IT Girl for Jerry...the rest were just an assortment of candy in a bag!

[@tcmaddox]

I had such a crush on her back in the day when she was on Hey Dude

[@YD-uq5fi]

This probably gave the idea for 'Shallow Hal'.

[@smylesg]

Was thinking the same thing. Good call.

[@opusdei1151]

who is she in shallow hal?

[@NorthernWisconsinandStuff]

​@@opusdei1151 Gwyneth Paltrow

[@opusdei1151]

@@NorthernWisconsinandStuff oh wow thats her, I didnt even notice

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Had a crush on Christine Taylor dating back to her days on the Hey Dude show

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

I think there’s something important in what the friends said about her - that’s when Jerry senses something is definitely up. At the end of the day, ‘perfect’ human beings are difficult to relate to. Or, worse, ones who project perfection have something deeply amiss below the surface. Maybe it’s part of the reason she was single - and was alone on her birthday (besides the first date…which IS weird).

[@ayandak47]

Idk dude... I dont give tovmuch credence to the borthday thing... I wouldnt mind and actually would prefer that... I may be invited to a social thing later right now and already feeling like "oh god why, i hope its not real"

[@zapkvr]

​@@ayandak47I don't know. I'm not really in to socialising. It stresses me out.

[@allen5455]

Isn't that Julie from the Brady Bunch?

[@indiourameshi5297]

If u notice, is when Jerry's mother say she's have personality that turns him down, probably bc he's afraid of her having a strong personality. He can't uses her like he does with the other girlfriends, she's too much for him

[@jeffridge5222]

This is the only episode i never truly understood...😮

[@NineteenEightyFive]

The joke is there's nothing actually wrong with her

[@doct0rnic]

I came to the conclusion that because his parents liked her, was the reason he soured on her

[@marsh84722]

Looked like the same actor aa captain marvel for a minute there

[@MrAhuapai]

This actress has a striking resemblance to Maureen McCormack the actress who played Marcia Brady.

[@luismachado3076]

Guess thats why they picled her to play Márcia on the bradybunch movie

[@MrAhuapai]

@@luismachado3076 must of missed that one at the film festival

[@M.S.1.5]

What about Brie Larson? I actually thought it was her when this video came on my Home page

[@mario10zeus]

Ellen was 20, Jerry was 42...

[@robi6317]

she looks older he looks younger

[@footballpredictions-g2y]

the actress was 25

[@User-tt9ow7c9e]

0:29 she not the only one had a birthday on that date!

[@MikeOxmellsGrimm8]

This one was especially funny to me having a boyhood crush on Christine Taylor.

[@eastudio-K]

Was there anything wrong with her at the end?

[@darasmith4069]

And she was the bald girl that went out with Ross. And didn’t she play Marsha on the Brady Bunch movie?

[@whodidit99]

Is that Marsha from The Brady Bunch?

[@youwantadrink2641]

I let an amazing woman go without even confessing my feelings because some of my friends made generalization that I didn't fully understand at the moment and just let her go!

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Funny 😅 episode

[@laylowstaylow]

They just have to find a way for Jerry to break up with a girl every week.

[@jonasweiss5817]

Is she from that family mix show?

[@brandonmoskos9149]

She is beautiful

[@opusdei1151]

and smart, like a computer

[@Drew791]

It's a little wild and a little strange When you make your home out on the range. Start your horse and come along Cause you can't get a ride if you can't hold on.