Jerry Seinfeld Hates Praise and Won't Watch Your Shows

Jerry Seinfeld explains why he won't ever get into the hot new TV series but will watch Flex Seal infomercials.
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Jerry Seinfeld Hates Praise and Won't Watch Your Shows
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[@ElEternoPoetaLuis]

It's an interview about nothing!

[@nymiradripp]

about flex seal!

[@viksaggu9085]

ElEternoPoetaLuis best ones.

[@dandrejohnson1522]

Just like the show

[@bradrock7540]

Thats literally Jerrys comedy

[@KeeperPlus]

Not yet

[@Rhys-Lightning]

"I don't have a show. Why does everyone tell me I need a show? What's your show? What's your show? Do you watch a show? I don't have one! No show!" Classic Seinfeld

[@johnmarstall]

You gotta get a show, Jerry

[@basiccheese8031]

I read this in his voice lol

[@nouton7432]

he got Flex Seal

[@thejew1789]

King Andrew So you just clicked on this video to be angry at Seinfeld?

[@curtishill5172]

😂😂😂😂

[@rcadenow7543]

When jerry speak, its like he is writing a sienfeld episode on the spot.

[@transfusionalhemosiderosis9393]

@@leeroberts4850 Jerry also wrote on Seinfeld.

[@opencommentsbbcnewsnight1704]

@Rcade now There's a documentary about Jerry Seinfeld called "Comedian" and it explains how long it takes a stand-up comedian to develop a "bit." It doesn't happen on the spot, and a lot of this talk show conversation includes bits that Seinfeld came up with previously (you can find them written out in full in his latest book).

[@chrisfrancz]

True. I’ve always found Fallon a complete bore.

[@Agos226]

I love how his real life conversations sound like a scene from Seinfeld

[@opencommentsbbcnewsnight1704]

A lot of Jerry Seinfeld's comments in this video are bits that you can find written out in full in his latest book. The reason why it sounds a lot like a scene from Seinfeld is because it was prepared with as much care as a scene from Seinfeld.

[@elevatedream]

That’s what the show was about.

[@humantacos9800]

That’s because the show was just him and Larry David talking.

[@SummerInOctober1]

Jerry, "The" Jimmy: *flies out of chair in a laugh induced seizure*

[@maribelperez520]

1:21 was a display of one of his worst fake laughs ever

[@XofulMaster]

it was very funny to be honest idk why the comments hate him for laughing when hes talking to ~the greatest~ comedian

[@HelpMeFindTheseSongs]

Jimmy Fallon is so obnoxious he makes me cringe

[@lionheart5078]

Haha true!

[@MisterHeroman]

@Jay Rock Jinx Or maybe those are their valid opinions, incel?

[@cbehr91twopointoh]

Jerry is calling out how Jimmy sells out to each of his guests, and it's awesome.

[@matthewroreilly]

Lol I love jerry but he always has to do something to try to one up an interviewer, Jimmy is iffy but Jesus he’s gotta do what he’s paid to do lmao

[@tbag-2224]

@@matthewroreilly but listen to his voice while he's doing that... same cadence as when he's doing a bit. Real Jerry is a bit different. What he's doing here is just part of the show.

[@joshb20101]

Its not that funny jimmy. Its not that funny.

[@slammajamma5435]

Exactly right, he’s highlighting Fallon’s BS.

[@Justinicus24]

Hes a master of the game and has no filter and i love him for that. Tells it like it is

[@CaptainIndia7]

"Do you watch game of thrones?" Jerry- "No, I dont have 90 hours with nothing to do."

[@anthg4563]

Bobby Brady so all of television?

[@CaptainIndia7]

@Bobby Brady ha! Your weak attempt at sarcasm backfired didn't it bobby boy. :) Idiot.

[@anthg4563]

Bobby Brady why bother watching television then if you’re always going to watch it passively

[@anthg4563]

Bobby Brady that’s flawed logic. You can’t just tune in and out of a Seinfeld episode and understand all of it. You’d be missing most of the jokes. Also, people don’t just pick up a show, Game of Thrones for example, and start in the middle of season 3. People watch it in chronologic order over the span of years. Of course assuming people don’t just binge watch a large show like that in the shortest amount of time.

[@anthg4563]

Bobby Brady I’m arguing the other side of the coin genius. You’re the one who needs to work on your reading comprehension. The opposite of watching a sitcom where you can pick up wherever would be watching a long running story that requires investment, no? Jerry is saying he doesn’t have time to waste investing in a story but it’s not time wasted if the “90 hours” of watched television spans half a decade. The key to his argument is time.

[@scazermazz]

Went to high school with Phil Swift. I never laughed so hard as I did when I first saw Phil hawking that stuff. He hasn't changed at all

[@jackjackson6355]

He's a freaking legend!!!

[@CLlJANO]

AHAHAHAHAH 😂😂

[@scazermazz]

@@jackjackson6355 He;s a freakin' nut!

[@GiovanniXO]

@@scazermazz he's*

[@GabrielHernandez-zx2zb]

Ok bud

[@weworks7811]

“These pretzels are making me thirsty”!

[@stix1096]

Enlightend 1 Cab These Pretzels.. are MAKING me Thirsty !! 🤣

[@Illstatevid]

@@stix1096 These pretzels are making ME thirsty

[@bertoramirez9499]

Underrated comment, made me laugh

[@caseyporter499]

You’re doing it all wrong

[@cliffordlevy3918]

These pretzels, THEY'RE MAKING me hungry.

[@Blaqk_8298]

_GRATITUDE_ should be the *_ATTITUDE_* - _JERRY SEINFELD_

[@twinklepug]

And then FESTIVUS for the REST OF US!

[@KingMinosxxvi]

easy to be thankful when your worth a billion dollars

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

how much work did you put on the fonts

[@RobertJamesChinneryH]

Do you have his bankroll?

[@ayushdeep8425]

Not that there's anything wrong with that

[@Alter292]

Jerry is just hilarious. I probably haven't laughed this hard in a while. You wouldn't think the billionaire could still be so relatable. Probably one of my top 200 comedians.

[@ManiacMane777]

what you expect billionaire doing daily?

[@alexanderbean7737]

Def top 200

[@mclovin9578]

"Maybe I am one of the greatest of all time?" Perfect timing as always.

[@abhiu2398]

Jerry's neck and hair exist in 2017, but his face is still stuck in the 90s.

[@tennisdude52278]

Abhi U That’s a good problem to have.

[@whatisthis-uw9ok]

Vampirism

[@leejus17]

That's that Seinfield money, fam.

[@departmentofdate2263]

Abhi U not true. He is visually older. Its called distuingished. Not timeless

[@cellardoor199991]

That's funny because his hair looks better now than that 90's mullet or even better compared to when he shaves his head. This is a perfect length.

[@j.cob.]

Well, Jerry Seinfeld will never have to pay for a can of flex seal now.

[@Kruppt808]

Jake Coburn , Phill Swift has a weight problem and is out of a job thanks to a comedian billionaire.

[@assmane999]

If only he actually had something to seal with it

[@sreekarnim163]

hahaha

[@avlanche7777]

Or a screen door boat.

[@thedogwoods5716]

He really did more for flex seal than Any commercial ever could haha

[@sharoncohen318]

Greatest part of this interview is Jerry laughing at Jimmy's impression of him at 3:08

[@RahulKumar-ng2gh]

you like Jimmy Fallon, isn't it?

[@Bergen98]

My man Jerry is one of us. He is also Phil Swift follower

[@Zzzquil_Lord_v2]

Никита Отдельнов one of us, one of us!

[@freaaa1]

jerry needs to chill about flex seal. he's coming in waaaaaay too hot

[@AlyJ187]

walawalawalt if Fallon said that line it would have been epic

[@NathanAdamsCars]

It’s a bit. He’s performing!

[@freaaa1]

GET OUT!!!!!?!!!!!

[@eazydoesit1220]

Flex seal guy wrote him a check before the show

[@donniedarko1345]

Jerry just sold a million flex-seal bottles.

[@frankjohansen3132]

I am like Jerry, at work they celebrate every god damn thing by eating a damn cake. I can`t handle it....serenity now.

[@cosmiccharlie1056]

Thats more like Elaine. There's an episode where she loses it because of all the parties and cake haha classic

[@RahulKumar-ng2gh]

insanity later

[@lucapacitti1629]

Seinfeld started the Flex Seal meme! What a guy!

[@tripleaarcade]

Jontron has entered the chat*

[@Jamie-qz6mo]

It's not a Seinfeld interview unless Jimmy does an impression of him 😂😂😂 never gets old

[@frizzybob]

Jamie where did he impersonate him

[@austinjohansen4408]

@frizzybob 3:09

[@chaosawaits]

Yes, it does

[@Littlething41]

Jamie I love how he snuck that in too! LOL I was going to comment about that until I saw your post. So funny

[@twonumber22]

The flex-seal commercial is hilarious! lol

[@Anesthesia90]

You should check Jon Tron video about Flex seal, it's fucking gold

[@StephenRahrig]

The chill and the flex seal bits are gold!! I swear he’s getting funnier

[@johnherrera01]

Jerry: *Thanks for having me here* Jimmy: *HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*

[@maryjensen5716]

"I fantasize about buying a boat with a screen door in the bottom. " Laughed my head off.

[@wisted]

Mary Jensen I loved that bit as well!

[@fuckoff6431]

What so funny about that what am I missing

[@ZeeshanMuhammadX]

Lookup "Talking Funny" on KZbin, it's a HBO TV episode of four comedians sitting down and having a great conversation on their craft. Jerry Seinfeld mentions the same exact point, and in great detail, on how you don't use superlatives when introducing a comedian. I would butcher his arguments if I paraphrased them in a KZbin comment, so I encourage you to watch that episode. It's a sit-down with Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Ricky Gervais and Louis CK.

[@monicapaiagua]

Zeeshan Muhammad thank you, really!

[@BlackRecoil]

doom!

[@APisceanSlant]

Talking Funny is fantastic--and despite certain troubling revelations regarding my favourite comedian, Louis CK, it's still a fantastic conversation about the art of stand-up

[@nachowarrior1]

Man Louis is such a great guy

[@rolandberube6723]

APisceanSlant : All I remember , it is the soup to go from German restaurant , when he says : " Next " ( guest )

[@redbrown7355]

Seinfeld is just funny. I mean he is just naturally funny. His personality genuinely makes me laugh.😂😂😂

[@justinscrazyworldTV]

What makes him one of the greatest is the strategy of it all... He spent so much time talking about how he doesn't have a show, that when he finally gets to the infomercial stuff, we appreciate it more. If he had just went straight into when asked, it wouldn't have been as funny or believable.

[@geography_joe]

This is a great point! How can he not consider himself one of the greats 😅 you’re so right, its like ‘at least he appreciates flex seal’ vs ‘oh weird an infomercial?’ the delivery is genius

[@itaulico9063]

NOW DATS A LOTTA DAMIDGE!

[@cochocho123]

jontron!

[@BrezhdaGame]

*says he loves the flex seal infomercial* "I love you jerry Seinfeld"

[@peterg.1075]

Jerry - "Who doesn't love Thanksgiving" Chandler - ☝️

[@rajatchandy365]

Abhishek Thakur more turkey mr chandler?

[@manudavis2164]

as well Jake Peralta from Brooklyn 99

[@Jameswilllee]

I’m pretty sure Jerry was super annoyed that Jimmy interrupted his bit at 3:12

[@natedogg4116]

Yes! The man is setting up a punchline. Shut up and listen! It's all a bit and shouldn't be interrupted!

[@presidentlines]

@@natedogg4116 fallon sucks

[@Dianimations_]

He laughed, and he looks amused by it, don't project this on him 😑

[@ARTByJAMESPATRICK]

Gratitude should be the attitude 👍🏻😬

[@justtalk5970]

Jerry is so humble and he is damn well one of the greatest. I wanna look as good as him when I hit that age too

[@RickyConnelley]

I looove Jerry Seinfeld!!!😂 Such much in common, “I don’t have 90 hours to watch a show” lol

[@alexalilac2839]

"What is funny about that?!" 😂😂😂😂

[@trav-c137]

Wow, what a rare spotting of Jimmy Fallon actually laughing. He only faked 2 or 3 of them! Gotta be a record.

[@reneehoward6438]

I love his promo for Flex Seal

[@FlexSeal]

Ditto!

[@Mr.Wonderful69]

Flex Seal Oh man it's the real you. I was hoping you guys saw this video. That's awesome.

[@marshwetland3808]

Even if Jerry doesn't have anything leaking, he could always dip some tool handles in flex seal. Geez.

[@sabas7549]

Jerry telling Jimmy to “chill and come down to his level” and Jimmy not picking up on it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DhooomKetu]

The way Jerry is pronouncing ' the superlatives' makes me laugh hard

[@spencerbelcher9688]

Flexseal you owe jerry money

[@angelchinchilla913]

Spencer Belcher THATS ALOTTA DAMAGE

[@nessrecords]

Jerry makes a humble and excellent point, but comes on a bit strong for the unsuspecting audience. Jimmy does a fantastic job of turning a possibly awkward moment into a pleasant conversation. Two geniuses at the top of their game.

[@benpietrzykowski9216]

Jimmy Fallon is a genius ?? Yikes , tht words meaning has changed a lot

[@Nohorizon1]

Anyone who calls or thinks fallon is a genius is a blight to humanity

[@Tb0nes]

I love how this interview is a seinfeld episode without it even trying to be lol

[@talkshh]

i'm italian and i don't really see his type of comedy in italy so it's refreshing to me

[@easycuttv]

What doesn't corresponding with Italian sense of humor? I know nothing about it. Thanks

[@shagginwagon8447]

Jimmy needs to "chill" with all the laughing. He's coming in way too high with all the laughing in all his interviews.

[@johnw.8323]

John Schrader anything Jerry says Jimmy Fallon would laugh at it. One of the reasons I watch Colbert. Colbert's monologue are hysterical.

[@fz290]

If I was sitting with Jerry I wouldn't stop laughing either

[@Frisenette]

He’s phony

[@tinkercedes]

John Schrader it’s laughter it’s the best medicine we need more of it in this world!

[@genegrey356]

mercedes corral 👍👏

[@Vyselink]

Google searches for Phil Swift just went through the roof lol

[@Nihyre]

Jimmy: Welcome our next guest Jerry Seinfeld Jerry: Hey how- Jimmy: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@psplayer1344]

That’s not funny. Jimmy has a condition.

[@danieldravot341]

Flex Seal just got the best free promotion in the history of TV.

[@FutureAbe]

They should just start introducing him as “The Richest Comedian of all time: Jerry Seinfeld!”. At least thats factually correct..

[@rachkate76]

Abe Grimm Julia Louis Dreyfus was already worth a mint before she even got the Seinfeld job.

[@chrisbrown2211]

Thats her dads money

[@Kruppt808]

Inherited money still counts, she's a hired actress and while she does make good money from it, owning it is different.

[@marshwetland3808]

She's not generally defined as a comedian, though.

[@sueme1954]

He should be called the comedian who doesn't stuff his money up his nose or in his veins or in a line of dames or dons.

[@stflaw]

Fallon needs to chill and stop stepping on Seinfeld's set-ups.

[@viksaggu9085]

That’s literally what comedians do

[@stflaw]

@@viksaggu9085 A talk show host should let his guest talk and not interrupt him in mid-sentence.

[@hypnotoad8871]

I agree, but let's be honest. It wasn't going to be funny anyway.

[@gunstrucksandfootbal]

I love the Flex Seal commercials too. They welded an off road buggy together with it!

[@babygoose8716]

There’s a reason Jerry is extremely close to being a billionaire.

[@nirakhsuk6131]

Rightfully so.

[@cashewpistachio1826]

I have become horny!

[@marcoAKAjoe]

Uff cutie

[@Kanyaoo]

@Jay Dee Bruh this dude really said "he sold his soul to the illuminati" LMFAO

[@janierios1194]

SO WHAT? HE IS STILL A ASSHOLE

[@NewMessage]

Infomercials are insidiously addictive.

[@danielsmith683]

gotta get me some flex seal

[@Stfugb2s]

Jerry really is one of the best. He came prepared to an interview with a bit and a plan. He baited Jimmy into it perfectly and delivered...amazing.

[@tylerdurden4299]

L C they know what they are going to talk about before the interview bud

[@Stfugb2s]

Some are more scripted than others. I doubt they ask or tell Jerry what to talk about. I was pointing out that he’s a real professional to show up with a bit ready to go.

[@bgsoccermagic4705]

Jerry should teach a master class in comedy "How to be funny without cursing"!

[@hollabklyn7]

"He's got a weight problem, so he's very believable and relatable" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, omg that was so wrong but so understandably funny. I completely get what he's saying

[@jessed0308]

"what, is this a bit, your doing material now"

[@cydre3401]

“Bumper-sticker business “ was a good joke by Jimmy 👏🏽

[@vedantbatra6600]

Makes the most iconic show and says "I don't really like shows" 😂

[@ericdavis5680]

So this in my recommended after two years at the date

[@grantcodron9737]

Jerry: please stop doing comedy wrong. Audience: whoooooooooooo

[@CarlosGarcia-yg9je]

"I don't know why they would build a boat with a screen door on the bottom. I don't know why I would buy a boat with a screen door on the bottom. I don't know why I didn't notice the boat had a screen door at the bottom. But, I'm excited because I can finally use my Flex Seal!" - Jerry Seinfeld.

[@Ryukikon]

This is actually funny, I laughed a lot. This also reminds of the Seinfeld show to a small extent

[@JonnyDIY]

I kinda like that *"Seinfeld"* Show

[@abacab87]

It's the only one I've ever watched in my adult life. Okay, I watched Survivor for one season when I was stuck in a trailer up North for a year with nothing to do in the evenings.

[@pepperforpresident3039]

Jonny DIY well yeah! It's only a part of Americana a true phenomenon

[@La_sagne]

totally one of the 200 greatest sitcoms of all time

[@meowprincess273]

lol

[@chrispena8186]

I watch George Carlin's HBO specials

[@DeesonJame]

Prefer Festivus to Thanksgiving.

[@nickyw3133]

3:07 "You gotta get a sHOw!!!"😂😂

[@mohitoBhau5499]

Their banter on 'coffee in cars with comedians' (Netflix) was brilliant. Just top notch

[@josue11d46]

That's a lot of damage

[@jolene.chaule]

Imagine the amount of quality dad jokes that Jerry's kids getting everyday... im kinda jealous Talk about the greatest of all time

[@loftyLP42]

I’ve watched this video so many times and it still makes me bust of laughing when Jerry talks about flex seal hahaha

[@lolabear6788]

Make a boat from a screen door!!! Lol

[@JohnBest]

3:38 "jesus christ jerry"

[@TraderTimmy]

The Seinfeld haters here just go to prove Jerry’s point. Comedians are not genetically funny to everyone. Jerry’s got a New York sense of humor. Not everybody gets it. Especially folks who don’t know much about New Yorkers. Complaining is part of the daily social fabric for many New Yorkers. It’s a way of pointing out things people don’t think about, until you’ve thought about it and then realized how odd it is, and now you have to share the thought.

[@waynepayne9875]

That's a funny way of saying Jew humour

[@yungboy4216]

TIL all new yorkers are now jews

[@noahhurley-abelew6536]

Lol, it's human humor. Lots of places like NYC and not like them, love Seinfeld. And lots don't. This is a very light 'this geographical location is somehow different and more unique than anywhere else.' Sit down, New York, you're not that special! lol

[@thecramptons]

Tim King totally get what ur sayin. I’m from the south but I think New Yorkers can be so funny and “so New York” as my husband and I Iike to say. And especially going to college in the south as well and the people from “up north” that went to school With us, just a different kinda vibe.

[@robertkudella989]

Well, but jerry is really just a dick. I mein hes just unfriendly at times.

[@lolabear6788]

Flea seal “that’s a lotta damage!!!” Hahahahahaha

[@pranksonyou3028]

I have never met anyone who doesn’t like Jerry Seinfeld. You are number 1

[@Artemis_simetrA]

That was Jerry's way of slipping his skit in between a conversation. Dude has weird energy but still hilarious.

[@theanalogkid2778]

It’s Barry B Benson

[@raymartinez5389]

I N O D A W A E jerry does not no de wae

[@shaunbarnett2972]

That's funny. Back when I was completely engrossed with studying and cycling and training in the gym and barely had a spare minute to relax, I too used to watch infomercials late at night just to relax and wind down. It was a full mental shut off that I could tune into any time late at night and allowed me to completely switch off so I could go to sleep. I bet that's also why he watches that stuff. The ads I used to watch were Eagle Eyes Sunglasses, and some Super Power Memory book. More recently I found the same use for the Flavour Stone pots and pans ad lol

[@jackekholm9524]

3:55 has me dead

[@SGnika22]

Man shout out to Phil Swift! He’s the realest!

[@miamivlad]

Jerry is awesome. I was a Seinfeld fan, but now I have even more respect for him!!!

[@lovisasellman5005]

"I don't have 90 hours with nothing to do." Dude, you did a whole show about nothing.

[@thelaughterofbaubo]

This is great. Those two work well together. LOL!!

[@PHNX-bv5qs]

Jerry predicted how famous the Flex Seal infomercials would be in 2018.

[@ColinBrain]

Jimmy "The Echo" Fallon. He just repeats everything that everyone says and turns the fake laugh to 11

[@nely_bis]

Now I’m gonna have to google flex seal 😂

[@nicnakxd1063]

They’re so “chill” 😂😂😂😂

[@dvnshow]

00:49 "There's no one comedian that everybody likes, there's no such thing." Oh Jerry... If anyone understands setups it's you. ;)

[@josephbarnhurst3181]

I wonder if Jerry watches Curb

[@FlatEarth101com]

well i'm sold, i need some flex seal!

[@leeluv96]

When Phil Swift yells WEEE DOGGIE!! or something similar while in the boat. I lose it every time.

[@BaileysMariner]

Guest: The Fallon: HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAH

[@nathanhiggins1438]

This guy's been doing comedy for so long I've seen it all. This is entirely 100% new material. That's inspiring in a way. If you keep reinventing yourself maybe it stymies the way you age.

[@bigdickdolly]

being a billionaire also helps

[@LifeofaModel]

No one : Jimmy : how many times can I say show in one talk

[@kanescrimes4848]

I always liked using music as an analogy for addressing the subjectivity in each individuals appeal.

[@viksaggu9085]

Flex seal though

[@kanescrimes4848]

@@viksaggu9085 My point EXACTLY.

[@realtalk17]

Jimmy has the fakest laugh in history of fake laughs

[@robertsenko1]

Robert Lee, Countertenor the guy laughs about every thing, nothing is serious, a very poor interviewer. As Erdal said, the fakest laugh in history. Did you ever see Carson laugh at every thing or Letterman?

[@ttenodi]

Not sure if the fakest, but top 200 for sure.

[@grahampeterson3718]

He has social anxiety

[@kalembetv5204]

Erdal Karacar damn i was gonna say the same

[@KL413_]

In the top 200

[@FatPigInTheHouse]

Jimmy: That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship! Jerry: "Screen door on a submarine" ya dork!

[@thalesnunes3557]

Now in quarentine he must have time to watch a show, lol !!

[@YonyGut1MoviesandVideogames]

Ooooh brutally honest and telling everything right to your face. Jerry being Jerry...