Seinfeld & The Buddy Rich Tapes

[@gdwilson]

Not only did I play in the band and heard a bunch of these tirades in person, but Jerry and I were born 1 day apart! I recoginized those lines in the episodes but figured it was just a coincidence. I could give him a bunch more lines that aren't on the tape.

[@michaelhall5429]

That's hilarious. The worst thing about guys like buddy is most of the time they have no talent, no intelligence and no style. I got yelled at by a 5'1" man daily about how I cooked and despite owning a restaurant that piece of shit could barely boil an egg. Did anyone ever just bust out laughing? I know he was the pay check, but good lord people getting way angrier than they need to is funny. Trust a drummer to think the audience even notices let alone gives a shit. Here I am five Martinis deep dancing in public with my secretary thanking God smartphones don't exist and I'm gonna get bummed because you were late on a 32nd note during the French horn solo?

[@garrettrye6951]

Let us hear some of them!!!

[@mayormc]

That might be because there was not a man among you, not one man who could go out there and play the job like a man. You were obviously just a bunch of high school jive artists who had jived him for the last time.

[@CapoKabar]

God damn. Thats awesome. I wouldve relished being shitted on by Buddy. That meant I made it far enough in life for Buddy to tell me I sucked ass

[@harrylupo9489]

I called buddy's wife and asked if he was hone and his wife said he died. Never gets old !!!

[@revolutionday1]

"I'm Buddy Rich when I fly off tha' handle...." --Beastie Boys, Sabotage

[@MichaelD8393]

"Like Buddy Rich, try me! Need a brain that's stress resistant!" Beastie Boys - Nervous Assistant.

[@jasonnstegall]

SOOOOOOO...The Beasties mentioned Mr. Rich TWICE? Seems like 'you gotta fight...for your right...TO BE YELLED AT BY BUHHHHHHHDAY!!!'

[@thesprawl2361]

Oh _that's_ what that lyric was...thanks, I didn't realise until now.

[@sir0nion]

When I was a kid I thought it was "I'm gonna eat Ritz when I fly off the handle"

[@gabe_s_videos]

I never noticed that line! Mostly because i can't understand a god dam word of that song. XD

[@bokehintheussr5033]

What makes the Buddy Rich tapes so funny is his way of talking. Buddy lived music so single-mindedly and completely that he actually spoke in musical rhythms. so it makes sense that comedians, who are also interested in the timing and rhythms of speech, would find the tapes so interesting and entertaining. Buddy rich just personified timing and rhythm. He was an absolute genius.

[@tommyhaynes521]

I start laughing whenever Frank Costanza is on even before he says anything

[@chumsky8754]

He is amazing on Seinfeld and King of Queens.

[@phish1]

Absolutely

[@Fafafohi]

THEN LET HIM HAVE BANANAS ON THE SIDE!!!

[@MustangMike012]

He was great!!

[@kccodex8931]

Jerry Stiller. He delivered the lines better than anyone EVER. The writers must have loved hearing their words from his mouth.

[@InfiniteRhombus]

"what do you fuckin' play? CLAMS???"

[@Braglemaster123]

Iggy Tubmen a Clam is a bad note played.

[@Weshopwizard]

Tampaterry54 clams all over the stage.

[@Reginald_Harrison]

Jerry Stiller delivered that line so well. I loved him in Seinfeld.

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

Stiller had mood swing temper tantrums too, like a demented little monkey..! Also multi-million aire NBA players are highly prone to mood swinged temper rant tantrums etcetera and beyond temper tantrumed into violent assualts both property and human person animals including spousal/girlfriend physical abuse, and Leftist CRT in reality is Critical of One Race Only Theory AND even much of that is not even true and/or the whole truth, like for example, the over-wheing majority of caucoid caucasian anglo Saxon etcetera "whites" had absolutely nothing to do even indirectly lest directly w/anything involved in slavery thru-out the history of slavery, so blaming an entire race and all associated racial ethnicities for the wrong actions of a very small few is true racism, not the made-up versions of what is called racism today.

[@billyjackoff]

The little disapproving head shake really puts the icing on the cake.

[@joelwexler]

His wince, the head shake, the Korean line. He is just incredible. Who else makes "you know about the cups?" hysterical. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYe6Z59pZpiEps0

[@bailinnumberguy]

I use the line "This guy is not my kind of guy" all the time now with anyone I don't like.

[@elvicare35]

lol

[@jeremydonald]

One clam, and this whole f***in' band is through, tonight!

[@hawkrider88]

You gotta chuckle at that one. I wonder how many band members believed that? :)

[@web_sorcery]

the Clams!! oh that makes me laugh every time

[@lennymilano2622]

I’ll have an All LA band tomorrow night!

[@cosmojonesmusic]

Jerry Stiller's delivery of that couldn't be better. Everything about it is perfect.

[@markko17]

It's too bad Buddy passed away before Seinfeld aired. He would have been a great character as Estelle's brother, which would have made him Frank's brother-in-law. Can you imagine the arguments those two would have had?

[@tommyhaynes521]

OMG just hearing that idea made me laugh like crazy

[@patricklemire9278]

Buddy Rich would have sued. He was a total prick lacking any self of humor about himself.

[@RYN988]

Highly unlikely he’d be on the show or even allow them to use the tapes. Dude was the textbook definition of asshole. Immensely talented but major asshole.

[@MichaelD8393]

Every one of those episodes would've been shrapnel 😂

[@binkymagnus]

@@patricklemire9278 he was a total prick about everything else, too

[@rjkral]

Came here directly from just having heard the tapes! Hilarious!! It’s a wonderful world, this thing of KZbin!

[@stevereed8786]

Buddy goes golfing with his buddies and after 12 holes and the worst game ever he throws his entire bag of clubs into the water and stomps off yelling and cussing. The guys keep playing and after realizing the severity they see Buddy coming back to obviously to retrieve his clubs. Sure enough, he stomps right into a the water and finds the bag, then unzips a compartment,grabs his car keys and then throws the bag back into the water and again stops of toward the parking lot still ranting and cursing. That is the Johnny Carson story.

[@thepreposterich3553]

There was a joke in there somewhere, I'm sure of it.

[@lakemichigan6598]

Well over thirty years ago a good friend of mine told me about someone in a foursome he was golfing behind go off on his game in exactly the same way Buddy Rich did in the Carson story. I mean exactly. Wondering now if that someone in my friend's story was Buddy Rich?

[@h20-p6g]

Buddysimo Simonetta love that!

[@h20-p6g]

Equal Opportunity Offender 'Fuckin Lowenbrau!!' Shutup, Stupid.

[@davit25]

That's called a 2 year old.

[@roybeckerman9253]

" He was a drummer ". The understatement of the year.!!! 😃

[@Braglemaster123]

Roy Beckerman The worlds greatest drummer

[@roybeckerman9253]

+Richard B. Davis Most in the know, like us, agree.

[@bobbypaluga4346]

Richard B. Davis Given me a good drummer who can control themselves, he doesn't think he's god

[@RumbleFish69]

Actually, if you were truly "in the know", then you would know that Buddy Rich, in the jazz world, actually was just a drummer. It is no secret, and you can look this up for yourself, but in his prime, Buddy Rich was outmatched by many other drummers who had less notoriety simply because they were black. Tony Williams and Elvin Jones, for instance, were clearly better drummers and were certainly more influential than Buddy Rich in the jazz world. In fact, Buddy Rich's influence in modern jazz was significantly minimal. If you try and look up any specific contributions made by the man, outside of promoting jazz, and a few albums, his individual accomplishments to the genre were slim to none. Buddy Rich was a talk show drummer! I am not knocking the man, it is what it is. Buddy did the talk show circuit showing up on shows like Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin and that's how he really became a household name. However, back in the real jazz world, Buddy Rich would hardly register. Sure, there is no question that the guy could drum, I am not taking that away from the man, but he was certainly far from the greatest...He wasn't even the greatest among his peers, much less, of all time.

[@t.sewell1513]

Richard B. Davis and a world class dick bag!

[@JBrooksNYS]

haha i just listened to the Buddy tapes and heard "ill show you what its like" and I immediately thought of George

[@elvicare35]

@Malte Laurids Brigge I temporarily went blank with GC from another poster before this, ah, GEORGE COSTANZA can't Stanz 'YA!!!!!LOL

[@bigrigJim]

George in the theater also threw in the "try me , just try me ! Cause I would love it ! " or something similar to that .

[@bwbh117]

Because of the flawed dialogue of Frank and his facial expression when he said that line, I always thought he flubbed his lines and played through it convincingly in a funny way. Now that I know it was intentionally written that way, I gotta give him more props for saying it so natural and casually.

[@webstercat]

Nothing a coach wouldn't do at halftime when they are getting their asses whipped. It was Buddy's Band and his reputation on the line. He was the best and always expected the best from every member of his band at all time. He had every right to chew out their asses!

[@Gk2003m]

I had the great good fortune, back in my junior high days, to take drum lessons with a guy who was a friend of Buddy’s. After Buddy’s Big Band show at a local high school auditorium we got on the tour bus because we were invited there. We knew about what we might hear… but the show was so good that Buddy was in a good mood, and the bus was a very happy place. The only guy Buddy laid into that evening was the piano player, and it was nothing like the tirades we’d been warned to expect.

[@PlushToons]

A bass player I play with worked for Rich for a year in the early 70's. He told me he was bummed about that tape because during that whole year he never once heard Rich talk to any of his musicians with anything but friendship and respect.

[@arame29]

Paul Kondziela?

[@cyberwarlock1919]

listened to the buddy rich tapes before finding this video and heard "this guy.. is not my type of guy"- immediately thought of frank costanza.

[@bobtaylor170]

@N , he likes it because of the wild absurdity of the whole thing, you anti Semitic nitwit.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

I always knew there had to be a story to that Frank Costanza line. The delivery tells a story in itself.

[@leonardodalongisland]

I came across this because I'm writing my memoirs and working on the chapter when Eddie Murphy's friend and producer David A. Jones invited me and a good friend back to his place after we were at a session where Eddie was recording his second album (1988) and he played one of those tapes for us. I had no idea Seinfeld knew about them or that he actually used some of those lines on his TV show. Krazy man!!

[@dallasstiles118]

I think Buddy did a little comedy too. He also had a great show with Carlin I recall.

[@kwdrm1]

Actually, it was Lee Musiker, who was Buddy's piano player in the 80s who was running the tape recorder capturing those moments.

[@forrestworrell6651]

I saw the Buddy Rich big band while I was in college. About 2/3 through the show, he stood up and berated the audience for what he perceived to be a lackluster response to the performance. It was simultaneously hilarious and terrifying. As a beginning drummer, I was blown away by his ability, regardless of his behavior. I discovered the bus tapes decades later and have used "clams" to reference bad notes ever since!

[@alexthompson9516]

That's amazing.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

They were probably talking during the performance. What would Buddy tell people today with cell phones? I shudder to think. And, of course, he would be right.

[@edellis515]

CRACKS ME UP. BUDDY WAS ALWAYS SOOOOOOO WONDERFUL TO ME. I MISS HIM AS MUCH AS U CAN

[@djtforever1414]

"I'm Buddy Rich when i fly off the handle" - name that tune!

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

Sabotage

[@djtforever1414]

@r3tr0actiongamer24 I'm impressed.

[@dmontes133]

Omg, I heard the Buddy Rick tapes first, before seeing and knowing about this. While I was listening to the Buddy Rich tapes, the Seinfeld moments popped into my head! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mookie2637]

I'm a huge Seinfeld fan, and am just beginning to listen to Buddy Rich. I knew about his reputation for going off on one, but how cute that Jerry actually uses his words...

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Cute is not the first word that comes to mind for me.

[@souloftheage]

"Frank Costanza..." What a comedian!!. Damn, I loved Jerry Stiller. His timing and charcter interpretation were perfection. When he begins to explain BRAS to George. I laugh out loud, in public, when I think of that scene!!. He made that so damn funny!!. Hope he is O.K. 92yo.

[@125pizzaguy]

Damn :(

[@kewltony]

Weirdly prescient

[@derekgiesbrecht-xp5yc]

"We can go outside, and i'll show you what it's like."

[@JulianFernandez]

Buddy and Seinfeld... Doesn´t get much better than that.

[@ytubepuppy]

Buddy was known to fire musicians while on break. I saw him in small club settings 5 times and in one instance, he stopped the band about 4 bars into the song and made them start over because someone messed something up in the timing. And I wonder how many of the "jazz drummer experts" commenting below have ever heard of Joe Morello? Even Joe respected Buddy's ability with a pair of sticks.

[@pada443]

He was a great drummer, but not that great of a musician.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

​@@pada443 Yeah, okay expert.

[@c.johnson1691]

As a drummer and fan of Buddy Rich, I never knew he was so blunt and outspoken.

[@bobnorman8233]

I guess that you never rode the tour bus

[@sydbarrett5]

This is gold Jerry! Gold!

[@stanjanusas2885]

He said "you're not my kinda people," not "this guy is not my kind of guy." It's kind of sick that I memorized Buddy's tapes. I also heard about a story that was NOT on the tapes. The musicians hated him, and one in particular musician called up Buddy's wife in Palm Springs...Buddy had died and the musician supposedly called Buddy's wife and asked "Hi, can I speak to Buddy?" His wife: "Oh, I'm sorry, Buddy died..." The musician said "Oh, thank you Ms. Rich, I just wanted to hear it one more time." I'm not sure about the veracity of the story, but I would think that was possible. A friend told me that one.

[@rmo52]

Not true.

[@skipads5141]

Sounds like a dick move to an old woman who probably put up with Buddy's shlt.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Stupid.

[@kwdrm1]

I agree. Buddy would only get angry when he knew someone in his band was not playing at the top of his game, because it would show, and Buddy wouldn't stand for it. If you did play your best, that would show also, and Buddy would definitely appreciate it. He just wanted his band to be the best it could be every night, and he just would not stand for guys who'd rather go through the motions, because any sort of mediocrity like that would drive him crazy.

[@andrehb]

This is great, thanks for posting

[@alankorzin5102]

I could have sworn, "it's so nice when it happens good" was from the tapes as well. Killing

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

yea it was another Buddy Rich line that Jerry forgot. It was when he was on a trip with George and there was the maid "Lupe".

[@orbison]

It's not a Buddy Rich line. Seinfeld said it was a line that a Tonight Show producer said to him after he did his first standup on Carson.

[@jackthebassman1]

We saw Buddy Rich band, I think it was Coventry many years ago and the band was as usual nothing short of jaw droppingly fantastic. At the end of the set it seems it wasn't good enough for the great man, he threw his drum sticks down and stormed off, no encore, no nothing!!! On an earlier visit playing a Birmingham we were told he landed, fired his bass player and hired another before the fist concert. A true legend.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

I believe it because it's the bass and drums that power a band, and if the drummer can't stand the way the bass is playing it is the most miserable experience for the drummer.

[@jackthebassman1]

@@rudolphguarnacci197 My dearest and best friend played together in several bands over the years and we always instinctively knew what the other was thinking, just a look from either of us would signal a nice, appropriate fill or drop here and there and decorate the song or tune.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@@jackthebassman1 I've seen it. My dad was a drummer from the bop era. He and Joe Morello were good friends.

[@jackthebassman1]

@@rudolphguarnacci197 Every respect to you dad mate✌️👍🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@@jackthebassman1 Thank you.

[@billyjackoff]

"Then we'll see how he does, UP THERE, without all the assistance."

[@JohnAlesi]

"This is not the g**damn House of David f*****' baseball team. This is the Buddy Rich Band; young people…with faces! No more f*****' beards. That's out!" - Buddy Rich

[@arame29]

Take "Manhattan and go back to Sydney. I'm a sucess without you and your wrting I know that. Then SHUT UP. Dont tell me what the best chart in my book is

[@captpicard100]

Must have been extremely difficult to keep a straight face enduring a Buddy rant, with Buddy in full flow, swearing, ranting, shouting and insulting everybody, while his wig had turned round completely without him realising:-))))))))

[@btsdrummer1]

I seriously doubt if any of the musicians were fighting back laughter. If you heard any of the tapes, they were about two seconds away from losing their jobs - or - getting an ass whooping... He also didn't wear a wig. A small toupee yes, but not a wig.

[@comprehensiveboy]

btsdrummer1 A small toupee? It's still a rug man.

[@ebookpioneers]

He was a black belt and made it known to the band on every occasion. I would have liked to have seen him try that crap with Charlie Mingus, Clark Terry, or Joe Zawinul.

[@StixH]

Perhaps the band were trying to pull the wool over his eyes!

[@StixH]

Or Miles Davis!

[@tuesdayinoctober9628]

Correction: Gordon Ramsay is the Buddy Rich of the Kitchen. Buddy and his style came first. SHould get top billing. :)

[@johnbowman3630]

I'm here to give you props for that analogy.

[@drumitar]

as a huge seinfeld fan i just found this info out in 2024, that scene of george yelling in the movie theatre is a classic.

[@ishyaboijoe4048]

'Excoriate' has been in my vocab ever since I watched this on the DVD

[@prodnayah]

What an interesting thing I've just learned about Seinfeld

[@JimChandlerMartialize]

I saw him in DC and he fired a sax player during a solo and told him to get off the bandstand

[@SuperC888]

🤦🏼‍♀️

[@trevscribbles]

What Jerry didn't seem to realise is that all these bits required the context that were only organically available to someone like BR in the moment of pure, genuine rage.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Yes, that's an excellent observation.

[@hamlettelmah441]

Hey Jerry, he wasn't just a drummer. Buddy Rich was, is and always will be the GOD of drumming.

[@420protoman]

lot of ppl will say that... but.. Jim Chapin was on the same level of playing, was a great teacher. and wrote many books on the fundamentals of drumming. Maybe his TV appearances are what made buddy famous and his band... Jim Chapin and Joe Morello were on the same level... and of course Steve Gadd

[@throwitinthebinUnt]

i sometimes find it hard to laugh out loud with particular people around me, when i was watching the "not my kind of guy" part i just cracked up and made the exception.. the timing was too perfect hahah

[@tomitstube]

pretty cool seinfeld trivia info... i've heard the buddy rich tapes and didn't think there was anything you could put on prime time t.v., it's hard to match the seething rage buddy uses to belittle his comrades.

[@robertpeters2741]

Buddy Rich hated country music, he called Glen Campbell the Wayne Newton of country music and said Chet Atkins was a hack.

[@BBQFanNo1]

Buddy Rich hated all music not named jazz. Not just country music. Typical Brooklyn snob jazz drummer.

[@ColinPaddock]

@@BBQFanNo1I’m pretty sure that’s just jazz culture. Other than that, jazz is okay.

[@dallasstiles118]

I remember seeing that theater scene with George and going "what the hell?!"

[@Civilizashum]

He forgot “Try me!” in the movie theater bit

[@phillipford2216]

It's a very distinct possibility!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

"Big Mack" is my favorite Buddy Rich track. His rants were hilarious btw.

[@Dana_Danarosana]

Wow... just... wow!! But, I think he missed out on one... I can't get out of my head Jerry using "... and saxophones... you've gotta f***in' be kidding me!" Not sure where he could've used this but you have to admit it's funny! Anyway, thanks for sharing this. Jerry Seinfeld... Who knew?

[@mobrules29]

Another misconception. Buddy's friends knew him as a generous and kindhearted man. Financially assisting his musicians with college loan debt and helping those in need. He graciously gave autographs to those who showed him courtesy and respect (I have two to prove it) - - but that being said, Buddy did not suffer fools lightly. Because he demanded the most from himself, he expected it from others too.

[@FirstLast-Area52]

Ahhh no his peers knew him as a jerk. Wake up. Just Google it folks. A complete jerk in the interview

[@dgcmusi]

So fascinating…learned something today..my father actually met Buddy Rich at a gig and then a while later played with him one night…in NYC….

[@kingpeer14]

Gold...pure gold

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Buddy had a special request in his will that he would be buried with his fan club.

[@Remotely-Possible]

I loved the Buddy Rich tapes, but didn't notice the connection to the Seinfeld scripts. I also didn't realize they'd been widely heard until recently. I wonder how they were distributed in the 90's Seinfeld days before the internet was everywhere, Cassette tapes, I suppose?

[@mharbaugh]

Seinfeld and Buddy! Mind blown...

[@joelsacks210]

I still have my cassette from a Dr. Demento radio show of a couple of those "Buddy on the bus" teardowns. If you think he was tough on hornmen, try being a bass player.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

A drummer will ALWAYS be tough on a bass player as it is those two that power a band.

[@ashkilgour669]

Great video!

[@kindnessfirst9670]

If Buddy Rich had been in the Writers Union he would have been PAID for the use of those lines in Seinfeld.

[@braymanj]

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, has an underground Visitor's Center, with a Gift Shop and movie theater. Seinfeld was taping a commercial down there, and during a break, he went outside to get some air. He was walking across the Arch grounds, when a fan came up to him, asking for an autograph. He turned to her and snapped, "can't you see that I'm working?" ( He was nowhere close to where the taping was taking place.)

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Hug a tree, softee.

[@kmexperience]

Glenn Danzig pulled off making “I can show you what it’s like” sound threatening in the song Mother. But now I know who he was channeling …!

[@carlosamselle9786]

"What fuckin band do you think you're playin in, Motherfuckers!!!"🤣🥁

[@TheBassfresh]

In 1939 Rich joined the Dorsey band, leaving in 1942 to join the United States Marine Corps, in which he served as a judo instructor and never saw combat. He was discharged in 1944 for medical reasons. After leaving the Marines, he returned to the Dorsey band.

[@ylekiote99999]

I gotta listen to those tapes now!

[@crossthreadaeroindustries8554]

After listening to the BR tapes, this was funny.

[@AVaginawithVitaminsinit]

I mentioned buddy rich to my therapist today, she told me back in the day her husband (whose a jazz musician) played with Buddy for a few years. Her husband was on the bus during one of these famous tirades

[@klmullins65]

another tape collection comedians (as well as musicians, politicians, etc) like to collect are the John Bean prank call tapes...check them out on KZbin

[@brucenicholls854]

I knew a couple of musicians who played with Buddy that had all kind of stories.One was they finished a gig somewhere and as usual,Buddy was pissed at everybody.It was right after the Challenger space ship had crashed,and a news reporter asked Buddy as he was leaving the gig,"Hey Buddy,do you have a comment on the Challenger Disaster?"Buddy yelled back"Fuck the Challenger,this band's a disaster!"

[@touchofdumb]

Oh the psychopathy.

[@TommyBayTV]

Actually, my pal virtuoso Lee Musiker who played with Buddy as his pianist, did those recordings.. See Rolling Stone Magazine....;)

[@arame29]

Lee was great in that band. Check out Summertime at the Montreal jazz Fest in 82. Even Buddy was knocked out.

[@JimmyStrain1]

i dunno why, but i always felt that Buddy Rich is Bruce Lee with drumsticks.

[@dallasstiles118]

Buddy admired Bruce a lot

[@JimmyStrain1]

@@dallasstiles118 woah, didn't know that! :0

[@dallasstiles118]

@@JimmyStrain1 someone asked him who he would want to come back as if reincarnated and he said Bruce Lee. I had a book called inside buddy rich as a kid that analyzed his playing and also had interviews with him.He said Bruce was the reason he took up karate and became a black belt.

[@andrewbuchanan2338]

He was probably angry as it was the 80s by then , I'm 33 and fuckin hate modern music standards it makes me angry lol

[@Tonysmithmusic]

an english parliamentarian once said all great men are bad men, buddy rich, frank sinatra, genghis khan 😂

[@mixedmeter]

Buddy was pissed at the band because they were not as good as he expected, not because of volume. Hilarious that Seinfeld used those lines in his show, totally missed the references. 🤣

[@flowa44]

My first drum rudiments book was a buddy rich book on 52 rudiments,he was the best,thx for the book lesson.

[@beaconmike]

In those rages, (sadly) Buddy Rich could only re-enact how he was treated by his Father as a youth.

[@arame29]

very astute observation indeed. Bobby Shew said when Buddy's father came around to rehearsal, Buddy went nuts

[@iorioriorio]

I played in the youth band backing up mr. rich in '73 at elon college, north carolina music camp.....Buddy was a pretty decent guy, not sure how he treated adult musicians, i was only 13

[@joeday4293]

Heh. No doubt he was easier on you because you weren't taking his money.

[@CSifjrixhrj]

Love Seinfeld and love the connection to the Buddy Rich tapes but man, there are lots of lines more consequential and memorable than those three! Still very cool though.

[@timstich1052]

"Whaddaya play? CLAMS?!?!!"

[@assignmentearth2899]

We used to call them the "Richie Cole tapes". He had a few select recordings of Buddy. I've heard the Buddy Rich tapes. I guess those ones Seinfeld quoted are the only three lines clean enough to use on the network show.

[@m.ericwatson968]

If I were to ever happen to meet Jerry Seinfeld, at Russ and Daughters in NYC, (never gonna happen) but I'd just say "And saxophones?! You gotta fucking be kidding me, man! How DARE you call yourselves PROFESSIONALS!"

[@davidbaise5137]

“I don’t have to do this!!!! I could be sitting on my ass in Palm Springs!!!”

[@TotalSinging]

Correct. Buddy Rich was the Gordan Ramsey of Jazz musicians.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

I loved the Banyan character.

[@chesterfieldstorage1647]

Buddy was a piece of work man. THEE greatest big band drummer of all time! A real ass though.

[@KeithOtisEdwards]

That’s a great old expression. “He’s a real pieces of work.” Most young people wouldn’t know what that means.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Yeah, okay.

[@JiveDadson]

Gene Krupa, man. Gene Fuckin Krupa!

[@izzyvulaca]

LOL “he was famous for doing shows”

[@revolutionday1]

Glenn Danzig also says he's gonna' "show you what it's like" in the song Mother.

[@MedalionDS9]

The phrase show you what it's like was not a phrase unique to Buddy Rich, it's quite an old saying.

[@revolutionday1]

@@MedalionDS9 Old yes; commonly used in song lyrics....? Not so much.

[@mistervacation23]

Meine Augen haben gesehen, aber meine Hände sind sauber.

[@denissullivan5035]

It's weird how he mentioned he's a drummer without mentioning that he was the greatest drummer whoever lived which I think gives it an added dimension.

[@fretbuzz59]

Nothing weird about it. It's not pertinent to the story. And among Jerry and his comedian friends--except for Bill Burr--who has the ability to even judge such a thing? That said, in artistic endeavors, the idea of "the greatest ever" is silly and not something that's even assessable. Greatest in what way? Fastest? How would that be measured? Buddy was a very, very technically skilled. His formative years were in the swing and post-swing eras. He played one way. But since then there have been many drummers who have been legitimate jazz players who could also legitimately play other styles. By "legitimate" I mean able to play a style with authentic feel and nuance. Buddy couldn't do that. For one, he had little appreciation for other styles. Sadly, he was tremendously pompous and narrow-minded. And even in the world of jazz, he wasn't considered the greatest. This post from @Nandy Soto (found elsewhere in this video's comments) sum it up well: *Actually, if you were truly "in the know", then you would know that Buddy Rich, in the jazz world, actually was just a drummer. It is no secret, and you can look this up for yourself, but in his prime, Buddy Rich was outmatched by many other drummers who had less notoriety simply because they were black. Tony Williams and Elvin Jones, for instance, were clearly better drummers and were certainly more influential than Buddy Rich in the jazz world. In fact, Buddy Rich's influence in modern jazz was significantly minimal. If you try and look up any specific contributions made by the man, outside of promoting jazz, and a few albums, his individual accomplishments to the genre were slim to none. Buddy Rich was a talk show drummer! I am not knocking the man, it is what it is. Buddy did the talk show circuit showing up on shows like Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin and that's how he really became a household name. However, back in the real jazz world, Buddy Rich would hardly register. Sure, there is no question that the guy could drum, I am not taking that away from the man, but he was certainly far from the greatest...He wasn't even the greatest among his peers, much less, of all time.*

[@marydestefano9487]

@@fretbuzz59 I think it's pertinent. One of the reasons Buddy berated people for their lack of ability was the fact that he was one of the best drummers that ever lived--especially for jazz-which is what they were playing. And then it adds dimension to the story because of the contrast between Buddy's outstanding intelligence for music to his piss poor intelligence for communicating with people.

[@JiveDadson]

Perhaps Jerry does not share that opinion. I sure dont.

[@sralyn]

My sister should tell this to her kids when they step out of line

[@itsstillfriday]

LoL!! In all these years of knowing about Buddy Rich.. i never knew about this!! LOL!!

[@MedalionDS9]

As an aside... if anybody else has followed Jerry's interviews or listen to him speak... the dude has a pretty wide vocabulary... I am constantly hearing words I've never heard or used before.. he is a walking thesaurus

[@tysonstrickland8208]

Heh I did notice and think for a second when he used "excoriating" and: "florid", which aren't crazy rare or obscure, but you rarely hear them spoken. I'm not surprised though, as he was a comedian, word choice is extremely important for getting his ideas across effectively, and you have to have the exact right words so the comedy lands sharp or tight or slow. George Carlin was a master at this and actually had a large chunk of material that specifically talked about language. How it was used, by who and why. He was actually making a lot of great and/or interesting points while being hilarious

[@richweber5090]

awesome. just awesome.

[@hilgi2003]

@ Bud Uglee Not always, I got his autograph and took my pic with him at a show.

[@jw8930]

Thanks Frank

[@drbonesshow1]

He forgot to mention Buddy's favorite word in those tapes: fuckin'