The Full Story Of The Contest | Seinfeld

[@lunchbox7337ify]

Kramer slapping the cash down and saying I'm out is the funniest part of this to me lol

[@DevinHeida]

The best part is that they were all watching the woman across the street who was naked in her apartment, he leaves and comes back while they were still watching, meaning he left to relieve himself and then came back.

[@rootfish2671]

@@DevinHeida he jerked it in the hallway

[@saks746]

His 😂face after dropping the money on the table

[@HereForTheComments]

Ordinarily I hate when Hollywood tries to get in on Internet memes. But Seinfeld actually invented this one.

[@marcelparker6755]

Seinfeld was a meme before memes existed 😂😂😂

[@georgevarughese4886]

With out greatphing themselves-- Line of the best ending. And delivered well by Daffny

[@bossfan49]

@@georgevarughese4886 *gratifying, Daphne

[@Kingdizzleltdinc615]

😂😂😂 FrFr now that you think about

[@cheefussmith9380]

@@bossfan49 id like to gratify daphne

[@grahamvert8174]

I honestly think "You'll be out before we get the check" is the best line in the entire show.

[@aldoileanumeliber]

This and the other few hundreds that have become part of folklore

[@ruffprophetproductions]

Might be top 20

[@Ash16180]

Nah. "a show about nothing" is the best line

[@Sadzeih]

Nah that belongs to: the sea was angry that day my friends

[@grahamvert8174]

@@Ash16180 There are definitely more iconic lines in the show, but in terms of pure humor I'd say this the cleverest.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

“He could have had any woman in the world….. but none could match the beauty of his own hand.”

[@words007]

Story of every guy who loose interest in his partner 😂

[@zyzir]

me

[@u.kw1461]

Shinji-kun

[@DoNotSubscribetoMePlease]

@@words007 “I’m so heartbroken” *Proceeds to type the letter p*

[@cobramentality7171]

He was not master of his domain

[@realkingofantarctica]

I didn't realise on my first viewing, but 'The Contest' was so *dense* with jokes and amazing moments, it could have easily lasted four episodes.

[@cesar5379]

I wouldn’t say they would last that long

[@MS-sv1tr]

That's just Seinfeld, though. Still the best ever.

[@timy9197]

@@cesar5379 lmao

[@marcelparker6755]

Fun fact: The show won a "Best Writing" Emmy for this episode without even saying the actual "M" word.

[@theprinceoftides6836]

@@MS-sv1tr Truth.

[@outcastedOpal]

This episode aged extraordinarily well.

[@jacobbell8171]

which episode?

[@outcastedOpal]

@@jacobbell8171 the one where the joke originated.

[@apothecurio]

The Peeping into the window is a little ehhh but these characters are all supposed to be kind of bad people.

[@d.casanova]

4:29 😂😂😂

[@KW-md1bq]

Other than the JFK Junior reference

[@emilyreilhan]

"i shave my legs!" "not every day" LMAO

[@nateliebermann-sp5rx]

THE DELIVERY

[@MKF30]

😅🤣 I think we all knew Kramer would be the first out with that comment alone 😂

[@Dnyce341]

“Dependent on cub scouts to feed him” is an insane line

[@spencerbelcher9688]

The audience member losing it during the hand modeling guy part is hilarious🤣

[@clemente3]

Honestly the most shocking part is that Kramer had $100 lmao

[@FredPlanatia]

who says it was his money?

[@gunnasintern]

he definitely borrowed it from Bob Sacamano

[@JK-gu3tl]

He always has those, its all he carries.

[@landochabod7]

He only gets hundreds...

[@brendanveit84]

@@gunnasintern or Lomez

[@paulvalenti5763]

30 years ago. Two minutes into this episode and I knew it was going to be the classic Seinfeld episode.

[@prism8289]

Timeless subject.

[@jimlahey3919]

Sure you did, LeBron

[@kobeisthegoat5767]

@@jimlahey3919 😂

[@SirMildredPierce]

I too only lasted a couple of minutes.

[@davna4420]

😂 when she finally said " a ...a ...a contest " 😂 I was on the floor when she said " it was horrible, horrible" 😂

[@shoqwavebeats8745]

That part gives me the same feeling lol, and the way the rest of them reacted 😂

[@fromthehaven94]

Oh, for the love of God... LOL

[@doncheechako8084]

@@fromthehaven94 I love that line & George's mom reaction with her purse.

[@Etobeeshawn]

Poor Marla. She was so traumatized by what Jerry did (the Contest) in the Autumn of 1992 that a year later, she had to change her name to Daphne Moon and move to Seattle

[@jdrancho1864]

and then ended up stuck in Cleveland on a lay=over.

[@whatsinname5683]

0:47 Frank's reaction is pure gold

[@marcelparker6755]

It's Newman's face that gets me... and Peterman's "For the love of God!" 😂😂😂

[@whatsinname5683]

@@marcelparker6755 can't argue with that

[@malwandlanavela5890]

George's parents have always been hysterical.

[@whatsinname5683]

@@malwandlanavela5890 made for each other

[@vitreo1363]

RIP Jerry Stiller

[@EvanG529]

5:52 I love that look to the window. Perfectly communicates what he's thinking.

[@rosario508]

“Ya know….I was aloooone….” The greatest line in the past, current, or future history of sitcoms.

[@shonda79able]

"George, what are you doing?! My God!!"

[@DNYGdj]

What is it with youtube commenters and their infatuation with claiming they know what the greatest of anything is? 🤣

[@earthsurgery1237]

Let's not exaggerate now

[@gunr2012]

Negative

[@kJ922-h3j]

Wow you have an amazingly low bar for sitcoms 😂 watch some British shows

[@HarryNicNicholas]

"i come home to find my son treating hid body like an amusement park" has to be the most innovative lines in a comedy ever.

[@asad-kc8zf]

The way she delivers the word 'amuuuusement '.

[@andmicbro1]

They left out the scenes in bed each night. That was part of what made that episode even funnier. Elaine tossing and turning after her Yoga class was hilarious.

[@sralyn]

Aerobics, not yoga.

[@suyashjoshi8]

One of the best episodes in television history. They never even called it the actual m word.

[@JC20XX]

That's the genius of it. They'd never have been allowed to air it back then if they were more explicit.

[@packlesswolf1]

What M word? Mature?

[@jekkobc126]

@@packlesswolf1 the m word for beatin off

[@Fel1xF7W]

@@packlesswolf1 man how old are you

[@rootfish2671]

@@packlesswolf1 he meant Kramer yelling the N word

[@Tumbleweed8122]

I’ve never heard actual real human laughs on a sitcom and I now know the beauty of it

[@arclite95]

That’s because Seinfeld was actually funny

[@ImMilkthedog]

Where have you been

[@ZacV47]

Most 90’s sitcoms had live audiences

[@Despair505]

Is this the first sitcom you've watched

[@gustavholst9085]

Every person who recorded that laugh track is probably dead by now. You are listening to dead people laughing.

[@djtforever1414]

I've never believed that George would so easily tell this story (especially in a public place). He would try to keep it secret.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

It's one of his few successes. Except he lied.

[@Donovarkhallum]

Madness he has no shame

[@-Nobody-1]

George has no shame. This is exactly on character.

[@milesfernando]

I dont think it's an issue with the writing or anything, he was being discreet with it and not directly saying it so without context, a passerby hearing a couple sentences of the conversation wouldn't pick up on it

[@TCM215]

George can never keep a secret

[@rickardcr8770]

"You better be careful buddy, she's going to get you next" hahahah 😆😅😂😂😂

[@octo20]

Should have included the clip of Kramer sleeping soundly in his bed. 🤣

[@jason60chev]

At the end of the episode, all of them were sleeping soundly.

[@12classics39]

@@jason60chevIncluding Marla in the arms of JFK Jr himself.

[@susandemir7180]

Seinfeld is pure class. Got to be the best comedy show every. All others just follow

[@rogueuniversities6866]

do you enjoy being a sycophant?

[@theend9258]

Ok sure. Especially with the "no nut November" title.

[@AnonymousAccount514]

I couldn’t have said it better myself

[@NewNormalWorldOrder]

Always Sunny is better tho ;)

[@namanjoshi1477]

Arrested Development I feel is better

[@user-ni9xb4hj3j]

"I shave my legs! -Not every day" Took me ages to get that joke 😂

[@Qagpt]

I’m still struggling

[@jorgegaray7614]

What does that mean?

[@conorscott1386]

@@jorgegaray7614 Two meanings: He’s insulting Elaine by suggesting that she has noticeably hairy legs and Implying that he jerks off every day

[@loadedexcrement]

@@jorgegaray7614 Kramer "gratifies himself" every day.

[@isitoveryet9525]

@@loadedexcrementoh…..I thought he was saying that men have to shave their faces every day.

[@tommy_noble]

"I figured you'd cruise at least through Spring" lmao

[@deathshead357]

What was the joke here? I don't get it.

[@tommy_noble]

@@deathshead357 he's just doubling down on how easy it should be for a female.

[@BIGGS1]

Jerry’s reaction to learning that he won while he’s about to die is hilarious

[@GarfieldAtLasganaParty]

Seinfield is just pure perfection, this contest episode. Is the reason for my obsession with Seinfeld. Kinda 😂

[@mannequin_z]

6:35 might be the best crowd reaction I’ve ever heard

[@whatsinname5683]

Only This 'contest ' episode alone is generation ahead of all the sitcoms.. GOAT

[@projectburpees]

This contest is beyond tame by today's standards.

[@beensupe]

And still funnier than any sitcom episode in the past 20+ years

[@projectburpees]

@@beensupe 100 * edit except for curbed of course!

[@RodSwap]

Most of the stuff on this show is beyond tame by today’s standards Thats why i like it

[@redacted2275]

Good, you're not anachronistic.

[@rishabsingh8009]

November rain

[@agustinusrangel2575]

I can't get enough of this cast lmao

[@You-sw7tm]

0:46 Frank Constanza's reaction to hearing about the contest gets me everytime.

[@LANGI902]

Seinfeld really put NNN in the title 😂

[@yusufal-kafir1539]

Elaine: Oh, that's baloney- I shave my *legs* Kramer: *Not every day, you don't*

[@a5193]

This line killed me 😂😂😂😂

[@samuelluria4744]

Better than the line, was her uncomfortable inability to bring a response!!🤣🤣🤣

[@Karan-Aujla]

Could you please explain?

[@SackSmasher]

My favorite part is honestly when Elaine says "I shave my legs" and Kramer replies "Not every day"

[@adamc1966]

Should have been-Not twice a day 👍

[@bonwatcher]

This gave the world a new definition to the term, "Master of his own domain." 🤣

[@charliepanayiotou4305]

The greatest Seinfeld episode

[@uneedtherapy42]

Puffy Shirt too and The Outing

[@zacfromArkansas]

The way Kramer says“Not everyday” 😆

[@edlobato1251]

"I'm outta the contest" needs to be on a shirt.

[@alexlun4464]

whoever runs this channel, you're a bloody genius

[@chazjohannsen]

After a rough day yesterday, I’m proud to say I am still Master of My Domain. The temptation was strong, but I kept myself busy and in public to curb the urge.

[@UrineDeity]

Lmfao ive been ejaculating like 5 times a day lately and I couldn't be happier

[@redacted2275]

"Curb the urge." Nice euphemism.

[@bossfan49]

Feel free to NOT share these things.

[@LowLevelNC]

@@bossfan49 You're watching a video entitled "No nut", and a comment like that bothers you? LOL

[@bossfan49]

@@LowLevelNC Annoys. Up until then, it was all fictitious.

[@VictorCarnevali]

This espisode actually came out in November 1992. So yeah... NoNutNovember certified.

[@packergeek10]

"Dependant on cub scouts to feed him" God there are so many great random lines.

[@Ochimusha108]

"I'm out!" Didn't even understand this back when I first saw it on TV and *still* that made me laugh.

[@after_midnight9592]

"Why, George why?" "Because it's there!"

[@jonathanmyers2867]

8:47 "Ohh! I'm ready! I'm ready! Glory hallelujah!"

[@CoffeeKawaii]

03:13 Love Elaine’s smile reaction to Kramer’s quick exit

[@kandoo1316]

I love J. Petermans "For the love of God!" in court. Lolll

[@steverogers7601]

I love how this scene was recreated on Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Lol

[@frozengamer3030]

George glamoured himself.

[@avalonjustin]

"GEORGE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!"

[@frozengamer3030]

@@avalonjustin I can imagine her saying that

[@xjcrossx]

The only person that laughs in the courtroom when she says gratifying themselves is Uncle Leo lol

[@l.k.3304]

Gahahah

[@carloregalado7751]

uncle Leo has always been the goofy one lol

[@gordongekko9742]

Hellooooooo

[@xjcrossx]

@@gordongekko9742 hellooo uncle leo.... : /

[@l.k.3304]

@@gordongekko9742 heeeloooouuuuu

[@johnedinger8343]

Best episode of any comedy ever!!!!

[@yavitvexe9997]

Jerry singing along with the animation, and Kramer putting his words😂😂😂

[@arielf9587]

S5E2 is titled The Puffy Shirt not The Puffy Jacket. And you want to be my Seinfeld trivia account.

[@stellarwind1946]

But I don’t want to be a pirate!

[@RockAndGrohlMe]

And YOU want to be my latex salesman. (smdh)

[@MissPopuri]

The hair of the bald guy describing George’s successor hands 🤣 I cannot…

[@Osiris2134]

I actually never knew that Seinfeld invented NNN 😂

[@brigidann23]

...and I thought No Nut November meant giving up peanuts and other high-fat nut-based snacks for a month... like giving up alcohol during Dry January🙈

[@elliotgillum]

🤣

[@chesscomsupport8689]

No, it means that your girlfriend has to give up nut-based snacks for a month

[@sumobo7108]

lol

[@reycesarcarino4653]

@@chesscomsupport8689 what girlfriend 😂

[@pineutrino]

Dry January is a ban on foreplay

[@avalonjustin]

Seinfeld was trendsetting years ago!😁👍

[@YoungIroh]

4:30 "youre about 30 years too early"

[@paulchakrabarty9606]

lol I just realized, George sniffed the bills that Elaine gave ROFL. I still cannot believe I watched this in front of my parents and got away with it since they did not understand any of it.

[@vickynegi1345]

4:54 that rhyme though lol

[@Nhamp2000]

I would've lost the contest after seeing Elaine in her gym outfit.

[@mrsmiley0492]

You're telling me that this whole "contest" came from a show 💀

[@marcelparker6755]

Yes. Welcome to the party.

[@nthgth]

"The Contest" is the name of the episode... It's not a real contest except in the show

[@christiansenator]

That's an insane monologue for this random no name guest actor to come in and kill it

[@sirroms]

you mean uh

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

I like Mr. Bookman the best.

[@aviv27a]

@@MeneerHerculePoirot That's OFFICER Bookman to you, joyboy.

[@typicaljaguar9155]

Wasn't she on Frasier?

[@hermanndercheruskerfurst9095]

@@typicaljaguar9155 yes a main character, hardly a no-name

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

The actress who is telling us about the contest is the same actress who plays Daphne Moon on Frasier

[@sikwilly45]

This one and "The Switch" are my two favorite episodes.

[@woussess]

I never noticed Keith Hernandez in this scene before. Him in the front row made it even better 😂

[@Redvines69]

I was at Walmart and saw a Planter's Peanuts that said "To all a good nut" and I died.

[@rootfish2671]

They knew what they were doing...

[@thatguyukno5958]

I love the betting odds being decided on the spot

[@Quentino808]

Seinfeld was ahead of its time 😂

[@marcelparker6755]

Oh..... John John 😂😂😂

[@jesuscontreraslopez]

Not just the best episode of Seinfeld. it's the best episode of any comedy show ever!

[@imrankjamil]

What's funnier is the fact that the courtroom was horrified for them four to establish self-control, even if it was for their own selfish reason.😂

[@SeanTube2099]

I’d seen some compilations of this before, but I’d never seen the end where George admits he cheated 🤯

[@Physix_XO]

Crazy, I could never get into this show but with things like this it makes me want to watch it

[@rulyhyperion8277]

If you can make it through the first 3 seasons the rest is gold

[@johncosimano1006]

Watch "The Puffy Shirt" episode then get back to us .

[@sanswift]

This one is my favourite Seinfeld episode 😭👍

[@Xaforn]

😂 I loved how the people acted like it was so unusual or something let alone disturbing.

[@JC42023]

I love how everyone in the courtroom acted like hearing about the nature of the contest is the most disturbing thing ever conceived. If this show was made today, it'd get a few chuckles, but everyone would quickly move on-if it even became a factor in the first place.

[@MA-go7ee]

Their prudishness was exaggerated for comedy

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

"George what are you doing my god....." 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@dannyman2k]

“Hooray, i won!” 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@beasttank3266]

His hand turned to a claw lmfao

[@ryan6881]

One of the best Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes ever

[@nthgth]

"The '90s? When we were in high school?"

[@therealms-9320]

Another year gents, I’ll let you know when I lose.

[@etienneg.1289]

«You don't have to worry about me, I too, won a contest!»🤣

[@baileyedwards615]

"I shave my legs" "Not everyday" That one was personal

[@presntnow]

Jay Peterman- "For the Love of God!" Hahahahaha

[@ChristianFrates1997]

I liked how Kramer said “I’m out”.

[@jason60chev]

I've already failed for November!

[@ynkybomber]

Kramers giggle when Jerry says "glamor" has always made me crack up

[@Space_Cowboy777]

"It actually started with George and his mother"

[@hisuiangengar8169]

“Well it all started with George and his mother” might be the most underrated quote of the show

[@shonda79able]

The title of this video is wild 😂😂

[@Im__Your__Huckleberry]

"It can't end like this" "Ooh I'm ready, I'm ready glory hallelujah" 💀💀

[@Heat3YT2]

The sponge bath scene was the best. “Hang on ma!”

[@sitcomchristian6886]

I seriously thought I had accidentally clicked a Frasier video for a second. Not that that would have been a problem lol

[@ivervj2923]

0:48 For the love of God 🤣

[@IanPeon]

Most relevant show ever, apparently.

[@Siptoseina]

Look at George’s face in the thumbnail lmao

[@THERobertL2000]

I was more interested in Elaine's to be honest.

[@simpleman283]

Kramer is just too honest.