The Seinfeld Conspiracy: Was It Really A Show About Nothing? | Jason Alexander | The Way I Heard It

Join me as we explore the evolution of comedy from Seinfeld to modern hits like "The Bear" with Jason Alexander. Discover why laughter isn’t the main goal anymore, delve into the world of podcasting, and uncover the shocking truths behind the fortune-telling industry.
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[@Elainehutchinson692]

The wisest thing that should be on everyone's mind currently should be to invest in different streams of income that don't depend on the government. Especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in gold, silver, and digital currencies (BTC, ETH...)

[@desireekouame9215]

I began investing in stocks and Def earlier this year, and it is the best choice I've ever made. My portfolio is rounding up to almost a million and I have realized that when a stock makes it to the news, chances are you're quite late to the party, the idea is to get in early on blue chips before it becomes public. There are lots of life changing opportunities in the market, and maximize it.

[@janelleowens9]

What opportunities are there in the market, and how do I profit from it?

[@Elainehutchinson692]

You can make a lot of money from the market regardless of whether it strengthens or crashes. The key is to be well positioned.

[@satyanarayanshaw553]

I would really like to know how this actually works.

[@mohmahraz3230]

All you need is a good capital and the service of a professional broker, with those your investment will most certainly produce high yields.

[@top6ear]

Someone pointed out years ago that when current late-night host tell a funny joke people clap, when Johnny Carson told a funny joke people laughed.

[@deadsweetheart1]

Only what they show ya in clip recaps he told a bunch of really bad jokes too

[@curtmcbee2238]

It’s cause the current late-night jokes aren’t funny. It’s just either a snide comment about somebody who doesn’t adhere to the approved political views or talking down about people who are willing to think for themselves. TLDR: that shit ain’t funny so people clap instead of laughing.

[@roddangerson2046]

It was a show about narcissistic people

[@lloydbraun6026]

As well as degenerate. I was a HUGE Seinfeld, as can be seen by my avatar, but I started questioning my media viewing after having children in 2001. I no longer watch Seinfeld or movies that I used to love like Boogie Nights and American Psycho because it hurts my soul and is an affront to God. I’m not perfect and slip sometimes but I know I’m headed in the right direction

[@Pookiefree]

​@@lloydbraun6026I stopped watching Seinfeld also for the same reason. I still watch Older sitcoms from 80's and 90's which aren't sexually explicit. Jerry Stiller in The King of Queens cracks me up. Seinfeld's cast learned comedy from Stiller. Larry David in Curb your Enthusiasm was funnier than Seinfeld.

[@hensonlaura]

They're fun to watch because they have all of our worst instincts but we don't succumb to them like they did. At least we try, those of us with a conscious. It would be fun to be attractive, clever, confident and fun & TOTALLY SELFISH and have a fulfilling life but of course that is impossible. The characters of Seinfeld used the people around them to gratify themselves, then dropped them. That would make me miserable, so fast.

[@barnabydodd8956]

@@lloydbraun6026 It's not that deep. How they are in the show is part of the comedy. You're not supposed to follow the characters as if they're Jesus. You're supposed to laugh at the silliness. Watching movies and shows for enjoyment has nothing to do with who you are as a person. Who you are as a human being isn't defined by the shows and movies you enjoy. There is a separation there. You can continue to watch shows you enjoy without letting it hurt your soul. Jerry Seinfeld can't hurt your soul. You do that to yourself when you beat yourself up about it when you don't have to. You can enjoy your shows and movies and still feel great about who you are as a person, with your soul untouched by the media you watch.

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

Jason Alexander has TDS himself.

[@J.C...]

Great. At least we know he won't be voting for that scum of the earth.

[@thehairyfemale]

WTF is tds? a failure to subscribe to the cult of Donald Trump?

[@kmb1964]

I watched this only bc I love Mike. Jason is an a**.

[@thehairyfemale]

@@kmb1964 i will never understand why people choose to censor themselves on the internet haha

[@michelmoss7559]

Comedy just isn’t funny, anymore.

[@Automcanic]

Not in television, gotta go to the comedy clubs.

[@WesTheDeal]

Political Correctness Killed Comedy

[@michelmoss7559]

@@Automcanic I filmed comedy shows in the LA clubs for years in the 80s. It was a blast.

[@trevorpollo]

Woke people like Alexander destroy comedy.

[@James-ms2mx]

Putting a comma after the word “funny” is funny. I guess, we can put commas anywhere these, days. The world is crazy,

[@lhernandez1965]

I can not tell you how much Seinfeld has meant to my husband and I over the years. We love to laugh before we go to sleep. It helps us relax.

[@ddawe31635]

Yes, it was a show about nothing

[@68orangecrate26]

Now it’s all political/PC BS. No more TV….

[@remyllebeau77]

You can't even make Seinfeld anymore. Young people don't even get the jokes, they take it the wrong way and say it is offensive.

[@68orangecrate26]

@@remyllebeau77 Right you are…😐

[@Terry-lu2dr]

I agree with Jason about; there are hundreds of pod casts out there, and we are looking for that one. SNL is a looser from degrading Trump, "All" late night talk shows are the same. No one is funny anymore. Other than Tim Allen shows. Sorry, but true.

[@trevorpollo]

Alexander, has severe TDS.

[@RossIsFine]

He and the cast of seinfeld were egotistical jerks to every other actor and extra. Horrible people IRL

[@DoomWar1]

​@RossIsFine are you sure you're not saying that because you're a friend's fan? 🙂

[@J.C...]

And?

[@thehairyfemale]

Trump lost

[@bobdavidsonm.d.7214]

​@@thehairyfemale The 😅

[@tomwillis1264]

I have no idea what Alexander is saying. Word Salad?

[@MW_80]

He must’ve taken some public speaking lessons from Harris herself.

[@paulbryant8403]

Very artsy fartsy bs

[@Good1-br5]

Stay in school kids. Your brain will thank you.

[@walterjohnson6357]

Podcasts can be a breath of fresh air when you are working in a sewer. The sewer is all the lies being told about life by the government, schools, medical profession and your employer/ union.

[@thestarisalie]

It is a show about how karma always wins in the end. These four people were awful (btw Always Sunny stole this from seinfeld) and never got what was coming to them until the very end.

[@ce3547]

Come on, Jason. You need to research because those idiots scientists are not trying to save the elephant.

[@Chillllllbruh]

Out of touch with comedy and the state of podcasts too. Celebrities got into it late, and think they're being "innovators". Watch the Tim Dillon Show that is all. Edit: Mike's the man though.

[@Surfer69-cf5dq]

😂👍 The best!

[@aarondavis6705]

they didn't have to do a full episode about abortion they chose to and that's when i stopped watching Seinfeld.

[@mockingpirate7659]

There is no creative way in modern television. It's been basically reruns since the 90's.

[@lifemasterkris1865]

I’ll never forget the episode about the expanding BO in Jerry’s car.

[@kkampy4052]

Jerry: do you smell that?? Elaine: What am I, hard of smelling??

[@caniacstevehenderson7115]

Love the shameless plug spot.... 😮

[@beefweiner]

.. the bear is a comedy?

[@randomrud]

books at 86 years. damnm I will be dead before 76 years. 🤣

[@Mojo_Jojo45]

Jasons idea of podcasts being celebrtity/industry lead is the funniest part of this

[@suzismith9011]

Hi all 👋👋

[@NovaScotiaSteve.]

By far….Mr. Alexander was the best actor on Seinfeld. His formal training makes him insightful. Mr. Rowe gets it!!

[@trwindianaoutdoors7996]

The Seinfeld show was about nothing, about something… representative about everyday life and conversation… a discussion of everyday life that many weren’t comfortable to have, at the time….

[@stormraven4183]

Podcasting is the ultimate 4th wall break. It has the lure of the "peek behind the curtain."

[@murrynathan]

I always assumed the joke was that the show was about everything.

[@coryjustice4349]

Boring Alexander!

[@bradleyhalfacre7992]

Seinfeld was amusing but not belly laugh funny. The office was barely amusing. Laughter comedy died when laughter was faked , canned , after that the jokes did not have to be funny.

[@gregb8824]

Funny thing... Seinfeld had a laughtrack...The Office did not. The offices' jokes were enough on their own to make you laugh, there was no need to be prompted by canned laughter. The office was hilarious! Very, very funny stuff! Seinfeld was good for it's time but won't hold up in time as well as the office. The office built a storyline from season one to the final show, you grew to love or dislike characters because of the history made throughout its filming.

[@bradleyhalfacre7992]

@@gregb8824 I don't see what was so funny about the office , mildly amusing is my feeling about it . Maybe it is an age thing.

[@gregb8824]

@@bradleyhalfacre7992 my point was that the office came after seinfeld . Seinfeld had a laugh track and the office didn't. Read your first comment amd see that its contradictory to what you said. And the office was great. Seinfeld was good.

[@LPVPisFr33]

Some of you say he has TDS. He does but I'll give him kudos to appear on a show helmed by a ''conservative''. I saw the whole interview it was very good. We need to see more of this.

[@pamartin]

As soon as someone figures out how it works, they will "create a formula" and it will die immediately after...

[@astatine0085]

Louis Armstrong. Oh I can’t wait for that! He is an all time favorite of mine.

[@nomusicrc]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ONLY UPLOAD FULL EPISODES TO KZbin thank you

[@taonow369]

Hi Mike can you have JJ Carrell on your show

[@mattcorriere9039]

Seinfeld was certainly not a show about nothing. I'm a gen Xer, and this show places so many bad concepts in the minds of my generation. All the people on this show were degenerates. Without the laugh track the comedy is horrible.

[@tb7771]

I'm a 53 year old veteran and I find it funny. Comedy is subjective. To each their own though.

[@airgunfun4248]

All im saying is he keeps the hot side hot and the cool side cool

[@LPVPisFr33]

I understood that reference - Captain America

[@airgunfun4248]

@@LPVPisFr33 McDonald's commercial for mcdlt

[@airgunfun4248]

@@LPVPisFr33 no McDonald's

[@arizonafuelmanagement3573]

STICKIN IT!

[@JakeRoselli]

George was very funny because Jerry and Larry were writing the lines. Jason, not so much.

[@kmb1964]

exactly.

[@mistral2706]

You know I was thinking about it. What was George’s real occupation???

[@airgunfun4248]

He had several was in real estate at first. He aspired to be a latex salesman of course

[@tb7771]

@@airgunfun4248 He aspired to be an architect.

[@airgunfun4248]

@@tb7771 "I always wanted to pretend I was an architect "

[@brentharrington9235]

Tom Green invented podcasting.

[@sumo_steve45]

The thing is that we don't know what we don't know.... that's what Jason is trying to figure out. Excellent work Mr. Alexander - excellent work!!!!

[@deadsweetheart1]

Eh I rewatched Seinfeld and it’s a crap show with a laugh track. The media told you it’s funny when it ain’t

[@ComboSmooth]

Seinfeld was just a sitcom. Its about the same thing every sitcom is about. People entering different situations and comedy arising from it.

[@hoboonwheels9289]

Looks something like George, sounds little like George.

[@jessbarclay472]

Podcasts are “talkback radio” in visual form.

[@TechGorilla1987]

That reminds me - I miss old Bruce Williams.

[@heyjude1927]

Reading comments here....clearly some think only funny/comedic/clever - needs to be done with fall on the floor pee'ing pants lol'ing. Clever, funny, writing and acting is appreciated - regardless if you like the characters. Dramas/Cop, detective shows, reality shows, talent shows, whatever. Yay to the internet to being the most depressing, post mostly disliked thoughts and opinions first....what a wonderful world it is! Sigh.....

[@drfranks1158]

I 100% agree with the police on the issue of fortune tellers bilking people. "You're dumb and gullible, try to learn from the mistake... now run along we got work to do". Seriously, if you fall for the scam you ain't too bright. Now send me my fee for being Captain Obvious, only 3 easy payments of 19.99

[@elvisinky]

I never understood the popularity.

[@Eli-from-Boston.]

Awesome interview! Seinfeld number 1 !!

[@drummerdavemax]

For me, podcasts have become not only a substitute for mentors, but also for friendship ...both of which are becoming harder to find these days!

[@LostButMakingGoodTime]

Mike has had some phenomenal guests, with deep intellects and wonderful facility for articulation. And a number of others who seem pleasant and genuine enough, but who talk and talk and talk… and say nothing of consequence. Unfortunately the fact of Mike draws you in, and the time you spend trying to determine which kind of guest is on, is time you’ll never ever get back.

[@VL1975]

Seinfeld was a great show. Jerry is still funny but Costanza there got his TDS and he hasn't been the same since. I haven't listened to The Way I Heard It in like 6 years. It's come along aways from you telling little stories and it being like 10 minutes long.

[@Zac-ls6hn]

The fact that Newman died in Jurassic Park made me chuckle

[@politicsuncensored5617]

The Seinfeld show was one of the last actual funny shows on TV. For the past 20+ years TV shows have really gone downhill. Shalom

[@TubeSurfer-e8t]

The first 6 seasons of Young Sheldon were funny.

[@aaronjackson5142]

It wasn't funny at all

[@DoomWar1]

​@@TubeSurfer-e8t Horrible show

[@loriirons9503]

The Middle was great as well as King of Queens

[@jasonsimpkins9069]

Married With Children.

[@musicman-n4p]

Hello Mike! Great interview, thank you for the great stuff!

[@mrbrown6896]

Alexander played his role so well I can only ever see him as George.

[@DavidJacksonphunman1]

Jason has been making a big splash lately

[@ronaldtreitner1460]

14.27 mins of nothing

[@douggilmore3]

Watched seinfeld a couple times because it was on. Didn't think it was really funny. Still not sure what all the fuss was about

[@Good1-br5]

Stay in school kids. Cultivate your sense of humor or else you'll end up always wondering what the fuss is about.

[@MatthewThomas88]

12 minutes in!🎉

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Mike

[@robertwestrom6878]

What's TV?

[@Pookiefree]

Rowe 2028...

[@EyesOfByes]

He shrank.

[@jcbfree]

Sorry just my opinion, but just never got into the show. Thought it was stupid

[@joeblow1104]

Modern shows are ALL stupid. All the old stuff was fun mindless REAL entertainment!

[@davidtimmermann7226]

Couldn't stand 'Seinfeld' The guy always sounded like he was whining.

[@lovly2cu725]

They were.

[@run4funs24]

Jason you should higher someone that can spend the whole day advertising about the podcast. I didn’t know who even had a podcast. Until today. Higher someone that knows who you are and higher someone who don’t know who you are , so they can find the happy medium, somewhere between the best of both worlds.

[@donwilber1628]

I wouldn't hire someone who's as "higher" as you. 🤪

[@Run8nova-f4b]

Yep, hi as a kite. 😂 Hi, higher, and hire... High

[@jodyeyre9840]

❤

[@allan640]

I find my self wondering if Rowe lost a bet and had host this..., Mammoths to psychic's and I'm confused about what this podcast is about.

[@BigFrakkinOgre]

Seinfeld sucked.

[@jeff-w]

Nope. Best show ever.

[@Pookiefree]

​@@jeff-wnever saw Larry David Curb your Enthusiasm is comedy genius

[@geralddraper4491]

Jason is a survivor but stuck on Stupid. The laugh is that when he is told , he will take one for the team & back Cum ala Harris to secure his station. The rest must adapt or get turned to dust

[@capngloval]

You just had to make this political. Can't I see one video these days that doesn't have a stupid political comment?

[@DoomWar1]

​@@capngloval Alexander makes everything political, so what's your point?

[@DoomWar1]

​@capngloval How about don't watch? Or don't scroll down the comments? You have the freedom and option to do that, you know?

[@J.C...]

Tf are you talking about 🤷🤦🤦🤦

[@airgunfun4248]

All I'm saying is he keeps the hot side hot and the cool side cool

[@MH-53E]

Mostly you can't take off because you aren't as talented as you think? Or, because you don't have the dying Jewish backing that you have enjoyed in the past. Hmm...

[@MH-53E]

And that is as nice as I can be...

[@hensonlaura]

We can't all be world reknowned winners 🫠

[@MH-53E]

@@hensonlaura What is that supposed to mean. If you didn't know, he is quite famous. Seinfeld???

[@jerryshort2861]

That show was garbage. My wife liked it but I still can not stand it.

[@drfranks1158]

The character the guest played was why I hated the show. I just couldn't stand the character, this guy did his job well enough to make that guy unlikable.

[@johndahlke836]

Kamala Harris is show about nothing

[@shazam6274]

Podcasts are a giant waste of time ! Maybe not for the "podcaster", but anyone listening. Whether its news, humor, interesting people, hobbies or discoveries, they are all undisciplined rambling of blather stretching out time to justify themselves. Why are there so many? Because it's the only way for the people making them to get paid. And at very little investment of thought, time or energy! Similarly the music is the same, all concentrated on streaming for the exact same reasons. Being on Spotify will almost pay the rent. All giant wastes of time. As for Humor, whether it was Henny Youngman, Grouch Marx or Rodney Dangerfield, they all delivered bursts of laughter in rapid fire succession. Nowadays, you're often wondering after seeing comedy: "was that really funny?" "was I just laughing to be polite?"

[@VL1975]

You must have ADD then..

[@hensonlaura]

Maybe YOU laugh to be polite, but I don't. I enjoy podcasts because they're much more spontaneous expressions and explorations of ideas than some trumped up idea some executive thinks he can sell to the publuc. It's people I kind of like, and feel like I kind of know from their work, and listening to what they think in comparison to what I think about a topic. It's what people do. We share and compare ideas and experiences.

[@shazam6274]

@@VL1975 Actually, I have a life. Can't waste hours upon hours listening to blather.

[@shazam6274]

@@hensonlaura Look, I really like both these guys, and many others, who now do "Podcasts", but simply cant waste all the, um, you know, err, the hesitant, time wasting, unprofessional way they set fire to time.

[@wolfenpixels]

tbh Mike your show was about nothing too.

[@chuckblythe]

Turn off the laugh track. It was a show about horribly shallow and petty people being spiteful, jealous, and mean. Just awful messaging and bad TV, it was vaudeville by the same cultural group. Just a total embarrassment

[@benzamg32m68]

Who cares about Seinfeld? It was, it's gone, it was a terrible concept, bye bye.

[@VL1975]

What a dumb ass fucking take....🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@hensonlaura]

Lol! Always hilarious to see the guy who's never made anything anyone wanted to see, blast a show beloved by millions as "terrible". And of course, it's ridiculous to say it's gone because it's everywhere online. I'm re-watching it now on Netflix, 1st time since it was firstrun. So fun!

[@tb7771]

@@hensonlaura 53 here and I watch it every day.

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

NOTHING will top Married with Children. Seinfeld was a snooze background.

[@Raptorace225]

This is all nonsense, of course. The Seinfeld show was good, the show was fine, but I got bored with it after a while because the characters were absolutely horrible people which I eventually grew to despise. After a while it got unwatchable. Today's "comedy" just isn't. I fully believe that they are just fresh out of original ideas.