The Real Story Of Festivus With Seinfeld Writer Dan O'Keefe | Really? no, Really?

[@musicmann1967]

This backstory is about the best one I've ever heard!! Totally bananas

[@juliansharples1319]

“It requires no decoration”. I to find tinsel distracting 😂😂 Best line ever delivered with crazy unhinged class from Jerry Stiller😂 (RIP sir)🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@drewshippy5051]

So much respect for Jason. The best pure actor (by far) on the show. Just immensely talented and very likeable.

[@perniciousprogressive8333]

The airing of grievances is worthy if a national holiday all its own, truly! My absolute favorite part of the holiday season. 😊

[@cmac392]

around the table for Festivus is one of the all-time Classic Seinfeld scenes

[@StarkIller-df7gw]

Happy Festivus to the rest of us!! 😉😅😅😅😎👍🏻

[@starks1974]

LOVE the behind the scenes of Seinfeld. Interspersing these in the podcast is great, kind of like Fly on the Wall with SNL. Shows we love and admire brings us closer to it.

[@gardenlover9663]

This guy doesn't realize it, but he is celebriting Festivus on the show. Airing the grievances!

[@1nvisible1]

*Cheers to Dan O'Keefe's father! Love the recorded historical complaints!*

[@mybumstudios1989]

My parents tried to start "Febtoberfest" where one gathers with friends to eat sausages, drink/brew beer, and watch the movie Strange Brew.

[@bsmith8943]

That's awesome in every way.

[@arthurd6495]

This is incredible. Festivus is real! It's a Festivus Miracle!

[@Dan-y6l3k]

When I was an undergrad, I was the President of my collegiate chapter of NORML. One year, all clubs and organizations were instructed to make their holiday parties secular (i.e. no mentioning of Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, etc.). My then Vice President and I racked our brains to come up with a secular holiday party theme for weeks. Then, one evening, while smoking pot and watching Seinfeld, my VP suggested, “What about Festivus?!” We immediately knew that this was the way forward. As mentioned, we didn’t know what food items to get for the party, so we bought: a marble rye, a cinnamon babka from Trader Joes, bagels, two pizzas, a box of cereal, fun sized Junior Mints, and some soda. The last item needed was the pole. We walked around our entire campus looking for an aluminum pole, and as we were about to give up, we found a discarded pole in a crevasse under the main parking garage (we returned and reused the poll for subsequent Festivus parties). Suffice to say, the party was a success. We had a Feat of Strength and Airing of Grievances that inspired so much laughter that our party grew three times the size. We almost won an award for best themed holiday party. This episode has helped refine those memories, bringing insight and a deeper meaning to the event. Thank you for producing and sharing this podcast. I am grateful beyond words. 🙏

[@Ottophil]

I read and loved this story

[@frankb.gazaleh9683]

“Quit touching me” is the funniest part 😂

[@teacherrussell5206]

Wow, good timing. I just read about this story a few hours ago. And yes, we have a Festivus pole. I told my wife, next year we might have a clock in a bag on the wall. Happy Festivus, everyone!

[@patinthechat6452]

“Honey why is there a bag nailed to the wall??”

[@patdecorvo]

About 2004, at Thanksgiving time, there was a musical 'Christmas Carol'. Kelsey Grammer was Scrooge and Jason Alexander was Jacob Marley. It was great and one of my favorite Holiday shows👍

[@rastagirl007]

I loved this podcast on so many levels. Thank you!! 😅

[@HannaEveBloom]

A very merry Christmas to you and yours. Thank you for the terrific podcast. This is a fascinating episode, I had no idea that the origins of Festivus were grounded in truth.

[@HanLong-oz3cs]

So both Santa and Fr Festivus were once much scarier than they are now. Amazing story, really. Thanks Dan, and also thanks to that actor from The Burning.🙂

[@Ptpop]

This is the best podcast. Jason, you ask great questions.

[@boco1951]

Feats of Strength! There’s a company in Wisconsin that makes the metal poles for Festivus.

[@campbellhouse6569]

Airing of grievances isn't just on holidays. 😂

[@that70s_gamer96]

One of the best podcasts out there and only 7+k subs? We need to spread this around!

[@beardoe6874]

A great timely and topical show. Bravo.

[@beardoe6874]

By the way, was it Jerry Seinfeld or Jerry Stiller who pushed for Festivus?

[@myluckyzippo7169]

I need to see the parts that were edited out.

[@rainmanjr2007]

When reality conflicts with the legend go with the legend.

[@CongaLineMonkey]

This was a really fun show.

[@bsmith8943]

This guys dad was actually Frank. Wow thats crazy

[@judelbugsrutter6727]

I think festivis took off for several reasons... every family has a frank / francine in it that sucks the joy from the atmosphere... some call them uncle/cousin/sibling and some really unlucky ones like george have to call them dad/mum. Its a way to spread out the holidays a bit we can do festivis with friends, xmas eve with your family and xmas day with ours... For essential workers that need to work xmas day it gives a different day to celebrate and relax... Jason i had not realised you were Jewish... probably just assumed you were what i thought george and his parents were (lapsed Catholic). Lots of learning something new today. Thx

[@FlyingAce1016]

Happy Festivus!

[@TrentJulien]

I want to hear these tapes

[@Alan-mj5ms]

Excellent

[@markkendrick7547]

So frickin hilarious......🤣🎄🔥💪👊

[@garyi.1360]

George! Start the feats of strength!

[@themoviedealers]

Gotta see the original version with 13 minutes that got edited out.

[@BDUBZ49]

The guy with the disturbed childhood has a Hieronymus Bosch print on his wall. YEP!! Also, he's a Harvard grad, but has the Oxford University crest/shield behind him.??

[@lockshabaz1876]

love this!

[@bsmith8943]

This man is a brilliantly funny man.

[@James_Bowie]

"Stop crying and fight your father!"

[@christheghostwriter]

This is more Krampus than Christmas

[@christianfinkbeiner684]

It's a Saturnalia miracle!

[@patdecorvo]

" I find tinsel distracting "

[@tommajor6239]

If Ricky Schroder drank the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde potion.

[@Haitianpbh]

This is hilarious

[@jamesm28]

Wow, in this case the truth is as strange as fiction

[@jimmyhenson2167]

Good.

[@gardenlover9663]

Look to the cookie!

[@henrywhenryw812]

Unbelievable 😂😂😂😂 it's just over the top of insancity

[@BDUBZ49]

I'm trying to get a read on what's going on in Jason's brain as he's processing all this new information. I'm just thinking he's trying to create some kind of formula out of it, traditionally or ceremonially to see if he can find any counterparts or parallels in his Jewish upbringing. 🤣🤣🤣

[@NathanMullikin]

Pete is like goldblum without the charm

[@deeferguson9272]

Sometimes Goldblum tries too hard to be charming. He is a brilliant, amazing actor but impromptu is not his forte.

[@jerrygregor]

Stopped the video to go listen to some Klaus Wunderlich.

[@tamasszanka5866]

Krueger, your company stinks!

[@kcmule]

All right. I'm going home.

[@BDUBZ49]

He doesn't wanna see the pole, Dad. - He's gonna SEE IT!!

[@perniciousprogressive8333]

A true holiday institution at my house, Thank You. 😊 My adult children cringe like George at the thought of it, so mission accomplished. Anything is better than the over commercialized crap established as "normal" here in the US. Absolute genius! 😊