Seinfeld - Inside Looks: "The Soup Nazi"

[@YD-uq5fi]

I don't think any character ever became so famous based on being on TV for just 10 minutes total.

[@jacobmoses3712]

It took Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers longer than that :)

[@cubzrulz]

T G max scorpio

[@ashrafshelmani]

This and the "no philange plane" guy in friends 😂

[@jayboy8080]

No soup for you

[@MrParkerman6]

Wrong, the no philangy guy was on severely episodes of That 7o's Show.

[@DocRunaway]

I love this episode and the guy who was the Soup Nazi was fantastic. But nothing beats the cashier girl who takes George's soup back and gives him his money, all in less than 1 second. The precision of her movements, her inexpressiveness ... the curl. It's perfect.

[@GrassValleyGreg]

He was also the BlackJack dealer in Austin Powers lol

[@dfa3366]

I wonder how many takes they did to get that perfect moment. You are soo correct. She abruptly grabs the soup bag and quietly gives him back his bill. The sound of the exchange with the look was genius.

[@joehansell1331]

@@alanw2036 Disagree most strenuously. The opening sequence where George is kicked out is the only funny part of this whole episode. The rest of it-Jerry & his "schmoopy" girlfriend, the two gay guys who threaten Kramer and steal the armoire, isn't even a little bit funny.

[@lillylazer429]

Yes !

[@hilaryrussell3063]

Joe Hansell wow, really? Not even Kramer with the armoire and gay guys? Loved that episode. . .as well as Elaine’s revenge at the end. Remember. . .Seinfeld always has subplots in each episode, some of which tie into the bigger theme.

[@gabe_s_videos]

I love Spike's impression of Jerry's sarcastic "Iiiii'm sorryyyyy...." First off, he sounds just like him, and second, that's the best response he could've given him. XD

[@Sengaari]

The cashier snaps the soup of George's hand is genius!

[@NFL294]

"No soup for you,come back one year."

[@SrChalice]

rande stuart it's been 1 year. I'm back 😏

[@chapel66]

You're pushing your luck little man

[@cherifurbaby]

No bread for you!

[@godbluffvdgg]

The girl grabbing back the soup from George is so perfect...She did that like she did it a thousand times...:)...Who doesn't LOVE the soup nazi...An Iconic Seinfeld character...

[@johnrigs6540]

Like lots of New Yorkers in the 90s,I went to that original soup shop many times and I can tell you this episode is very accurate. It was not an inside restaurant,just an opening on 55 st that you walked up to after waiting on a very long line. The soup man himself was often even more crabby than the actor played him but boy that soup he made was just incredible. Every day the menu was different and yes,sometimes you got bread,fruit and even chocolate with the soup and sometimes you didn’t get anything at all. But you better not complain -or he would throw you off for making the same silly errors that you saw people make on the show. Despite all of that,I think if you ever talked to his old customers who stood in those long lines day after day they will tell you without a doubt that it was the best soup they ever had!!

[@astrovenus8345]

John Rigs -hilarious! So did the franchise zupas basically rip their strawberry side thing off of the soup Nazi?

[@DrunKao]

@Reginald Dove it has a different owner now I've read. The original owner that influenced this episode has a franchise now called The Original SoupMan.

[@xyzlne]

Thanks for the info

[@fredopere7134]

The best, John, the best!

[@johnrigs6540]

@@fredopere7134 Lol yea it sure was! I remember one time the turkey chili ran out and I took too long deciding which one I wanted and he kicked me off the line! On TV it’s funny - but when you are hungry and were waiting 40 minutes - it’s not so funny lol! But guess what - Next day I was back on line again!!

[@No-vm7go]

"Let's go to the Soup Nazi for lunch." "I don't think that's a good idea." "Why not? I made him famous." "He doesn't see it that way. He says you ruined his life."

[@ronaldokun]

Jokes and funnny stories aside. They probably really ruined his life.

[@drthraxine]

Thanks for the subtitles

[@yuolo9979]

Wow Newman has gotten thin!

[@yuolo9979]

LOL indeed! You should see the guy who played George Costanza. Kinda feel bad, but he's gotten fatter it seems

[@PokerJunkie83]

***** Jerry, I'm a little insulted... You're not a little anything Newman lololol

[@reneewright6956]

He looks great, plus his real voice isn't so "Newman"-like. Lol.

[@reneewright6956]

Jason Alexander is fine. Better with age.

[@thegonz9]

***** HIs laughing at the end sounds a little like Drew Carey.

[@koningbolo4700]

"Nice... Bread." "You are pushing your luck little man !"

[@jasonyung525]

I love how the real soup Nazi said no soup for you to the real Jerry... LMAO that's amazing

[@Hammern28]

Newman looks a lot more healthy now. Awesome work!

[@lynnturman8157]

Hammern28 Now? That interview is about ten years old.

[@Hammern28]

Lynn Turman Now, yes. And it is allowed to look at people other places on the internet as well. Google him, and you'll see.

[@TomCatFromMA]

Healthy? He looks like death. What you don't know about life is a lot.

[@0mnicide]

It’s a shame he was killed by that dinosaur when filming Jurassic Park. Rest In Peace.

[@JamesJames-gc2kl]

it's like you could say... he's a new... man

[@CaesarDarias]

I was working in a local newsroom at the time. Seinfeld and this episode were so wildly popular, it was driving me crazy. I had crime, politics, medical news, Wall Street, National/International news, Long Island and New Jersey to cover and to get reporters and cameramen to. Meanwhile, everyone is insisting that we have to get an interview with the Soup Nazi. Then there was the time we heard that Mr. Jerry is at a dealership purchasing some fancy car. Drop everything because we have to run to record him and his deal. It was a Beatles-like spectacle. Basically, our serious newsroom turned into a Seinfeld episode.

[@barclaybenjamin6322]

I met Larry Thomas yesterday in Portland Oregon. One of the most relaxed and down to earth guys I've ever met. My goal is to meet the entire cast of that show.

[@einfussganger]

Who the hell is Larry Thomas?

[@ifeelpretty5790]

I once went into a diner and on the wall was an autographed picture of him as the Soup Nazi!

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

Wayne Knight looks great

[@robertgarcia7024]

suzycreamcheesez I know, looks younger.

[@cornoc]

@Michael Scott you just made my day

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

lol! You sound like a junior high kid!! @Michael Scott

[@dambrose77]

suzycreamcheesez Was. Vv

[@otomicans6580]

Don't go to soviet russia with him, because if you go there his ass eats you.

[@susanj2793]

The cashier woman was like a ninja

[@BDUBZ49]

Why were tbey putting their cash on the soup counter and how did it get instantly into the cash register?

[@EdiBlazE]

Jambalayaaaa

[@mattfinish8631]

Larry Thomas is actually a pretty nice guy, He used the character to promote soup kitchens for the homeless. He drove the "Seinfeld Food Truck" across America and handed out free soup along with other Seinfeld-related food items: Snapple, Twix, Junior Mints, black and white cookies and muffin tops.

[@vanillapinkfluff3477]

Wow really?

[@loganpaugh5265]

My favorite all time soup nazi moment was when he was on the stand. Prosecuter asks his name:,"Yev Kasem" And could you spell that please: NO! Next question! Contempt of court charge aside, that was hillarious.

[@314rft]

I love Wayne's line at the end. Plus that evil Newman laugh he did! =D

[@MarkStoneCalasade]

Perhaps the best episode of Seinfeld. That is saying A LOT.

[@screwyootube1]

Maybe...! To me, picking the best episode of Seinfeld is kinda like picking the best Beatles song. THAT is how good this show was/is!

[@DrCruel]

This was not simply an "episode of Seinfeld." This is Legend. This is forever a part of NYC history.

[@phyxiuss]

Nah

[@danielgareau2836]

Good one but the best episode is "The Contest".

[@rockettcustoms6266]

@Andrew_koala Agree! I get sick of illiterate people and so tired of seeing it spelled "alot" all the time. People need to learn how to fucking spell!

[@chuchulainn9275]

The fact that they went to the actual soup place is hilarious! 🤣

[@ryanduray1]

The "street toughs" who stole the armoire were a great touch on that episode. Seinfeld is classic TV. I can watch reruns hundreds of times and still laugh.

[@incarnateTheGreat]

We're taking the armoire, and that's all there is to it. O-KAAAY???

[@Jolly4jc]

Ah, the 90s. When you could actually get away with saying something like: "only gay guys would steal an armoire."

[@tesoro7788]

the problem is one guy tells a joke, the listener finds a way of materializing it into some kind of persecution....some people don't deserve to be told jokes....that my friend is our world in a nutshell.....one guy whistles another thinks he is entitled to grab.

[@leninibarra9175]

Jolly4jc I was just thinking that.

[@blakemcnamara9105]

@@tesoro7788 How about we just have thick skin?

[@infomercialguy]

Great episode. GREAT writing !!! Great interview.

[@TO8]

Seinfeld, the greatest show ever. I know some people may say Breaking Bad or Friends or Game of Thrones but I love funny shows and to me Seinfeld is the best.

[@TimeSquareTitts]

Yeah meetoooohoohooo!!

[@subterraneanhomesickalien]

i watch it everyday on my phone app

[@ryoamora8655]

Nope, Seinfeld is the best, along with Miami Vice. Some people can't relate to Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones....but EVERYONE can and has had one or a few Seinfeld moments in real life. lol

[@mistertagomago7974]

I might say M.A.S.H. and Only fools and horses are better.

[@thomasl8734]

Mohammad N absolutely......nothing is a close second to Seinfeld

[@seadog19591]

There is a blooper in this episode, when Elaine returns from the soup nazi, and her armoire is gone, right as she enters the screen, immediately to your right the Armoire is off to the side and is caught in the frame, they must have just pushed it off to the side to film the next scene, and he cameras caught the edge of it.

[@ERICROJO156]

I bet the real soup Nazi's restaurant would've been a total hit after that episode if he simply owned the part. Maybe even set up a stand with a bunch of joke rules for the customers as they order the food. Maybe his little restaurant would've become a big tourist attraction for New York for years to come. Just goes to show how opportunities can be missed if we take ourselves too seriously.

[@blearghbleorgh4663]

+Jean-Luc Picard Maybe he thought that dancing for the man just ain't where it's at?

[@ERICROJO156]

Bleargh Bleorgh better to swing with the times than to eventually go bankrupt, like he did. Life is survival, bro

[@blearghbleorgh4663]

Jean-Luc Picard That's exactly how Nazi Germany started.

[@ERICROJO156]

Bleargh Bleorgh well, he is the Soup Nazi after all

[@raystantz2471]

+Jean-Luc Picard sorry, but actually the real guy banned the word Nazi from being said in his shop, and after the episode, he had to close

[@CocoWilliamsAJ]

It's been uploaded for over four years, and NOW KZbin decides to recommend this to me!?

[@mrblaoblao6981]

Aaron Jake No recommendation for you! Come back four years!

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

I love BOB and Cedric "We're taking the Armoir and that;s it " :LOL

[@BurningUp99]

This show had dozens of great episodes..legendary show for sure. You have to appreciate sarcasm and the other types of humor expressed in this show to really "get" it.

[@TDKiller415]

"You know something? NO SOUP FOR YOU!!"

[@nyonelove7617]

I never would have guessed that was an Omar Sharif impression. BRILLIANT!

[@Pheer777]

I met Spike Ferested and helped with a local tv interview of him, cool guy.

[@jopen488]

"You want bread? $3!!!"

[@sandrahwu]

@Tony Montana George:*stammers* Soup Nazi: NOSOUP4U! Cashier Lady: *takes soup bag away*

[@Dany-dz6yg]

Esto es oro puro,por dios que genios no podés dejar de escucharlos.

[@terrymalloy69]

I took my ex wife to the soup nazi on 54th near Broadway in 1998, the show was all ready out of him but he hadn't franchised yet so he was still in his raised little shack looking down on you. We ordered with a smirk in our faces and he looked like he wanted to kill us, like just say Soup Nazi once and see what happens. He charged $13 bucks for soup, bread and fruit and it was delicious. He soon sold out, franchised and closed up his little shack but I can always say I went to the original Soup Nazi.

[@Zamolxes77]

+terrymalloy69 Dear god 13 bucks for a bowl of soup in '98? Or that was 6.50 for each?

[@bradlafferty4493]

13 bucks each...the snarl was free

[@ricarleite]

Oh I went in in 2014, I did not know he had sold it. The guy serving it was not in a good mood, though.

[@thetruthseeker6472]

I would do aaaanything to try out a bowl of hot mulligatawny

[@cubeincubes]

id take my ex-wife to a real nazi

[@chipbarkhouse6590]

This still stands up 20 + years later. - Chip Barkhouse The Drummist

[@shane1489]

Glad to see Newman looking so fit and healthy!

[@Danker19991]

Jerry and Larry built an amazing team of writers for sure

[@lotusbandicoot]

Spike sounds a lot like Jerry, those couple impressions he did were just about perfect

[@jackmehoff2961]

Who will ever forget the soup nazi, one of his best ! Thank You for sharing the video with us.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Wayne Knight lost weight. Gay Thugs were a great invention. I also only just got the joke with why the Soup Nazi went to Argentina.

[@AdityaSharma-me6je]

Half Spanish Customer - "....... Por Favor" Soup Nazi - "POR FAVOR? ADIOS MUCHACHO"

[@mrblaoblao6981]

Aditya Sharma He says, "Gazpacho, por favor."

[@YD-uq5fi]

Newman is one role where the actor has to be fat. A thin Newman does not work..

[@Apollo5600]

Newman always goes on a strict sugar-only diet before working. He drops the weight between performances.

[@TDKiller415]

This exchange would have been great: Soup Nazi: No soup for you! Babu Bhatt: No soup!? That is unfair! You bad man! You very very bad man!

[@gabe_s_videos]

Now THERE'S a perfect fanfiction just waiting to be written!

[@araymond1able]

The Dragon Killer.......kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKDGepKIbdGApq8

[@Number1Dougster]

LOL! Yeah, you can't have Babu without that finger wag!

[@Johnfromaustralia]

I would love to see babu vs soup nazi in a cage match.

[@trollmanable]

You know you're successful when you can tell a customer not to come back for a whole year.

[@loganpaugh5265]

We had a middle-eastern convenience store owner/clerk who always had a short fuse when it came to transactions being more complicated than they couldve been. I began referring to *him* as the soup nazi.

[@ericscottstevens]

Epic. Schmoopy and No Soup for you. Easily the #1 Seinfeld episode.

[@mrblaoblao6981]

Eric Stevens I named my rabbit Schmoopy because of this episode

[@joliecide]

You're schmoopy!!!!

[@Nick-il8zw]

Newman's laugh at the end - perfect!

[@adnang7264]

Not sure why he got upset, he made him famous in North America with zero penny paid. I will visit the store when I go to NY.

[@patavinity1262]

Holy shit, Newman really got into shape

[@jasona9]

"The fact that he got so upset by the publicity was great". I agree with Wayne Knight (Newman)

[@leotownsend]

i know the chunky thats been eating all these chunkies - newman!!!!

[@canaan5337]

Other than the Festivus episode The Soup Nazi maybe my favorite Seinfeld episode

[@jeffreystern5886]

It's up there... but I don't think anything tops The Opposite.

[@facepalmmoviereviewsandoth9065]

Larry Thomas 'The Soup Nazi' is an awesome guy

[@DeHirvilammi]

Jerry had to go through a mindset shift to go from broke, struggling comedian to becoming the world's wealthiest actor. He sits atop the list of world's wealthiest actors with his net worth of $860 million

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

Yeh and he isn't even that funny, but then that is American dollars which theyd throw at anyone, look at what the cast of The Big Bang Theory make and that show is mediocre.

[@DeHirvilammi]

@@optimisticwhovian1726 WELL HE MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO MAKE THAT CASH LOL

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

True @@DeHirvilammi

[@DrCruel]

@@optimisticwhovian1726 They must be doing something right. If it's so easy, why don't you go get your own mound of cash?

[@DrCruel]

@@publicopinion3596 No kidding. I'd always assumed he was Indonesian.

[@onee]

What makes it even better is, he really looks like the Soup Nazi.

[@johngullo9420]

One of the funniest episodes of ANY show ever!

[@PokerJunkie83]

Kramer gave me the armoire and it is sooo BEAUTIFUL! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.... YOU? If I knew it was for you, I wouldn't have given it to him in the first place! I would have taken a hatchet and SMASHED IT TO PIECES! NOW, who wants soup!? Next! Speak up!!! lmao

[@martyklestadt6766]

The look on the poor guy's face who was next in line...

[@jackfenn7524]

And by the way, where is that armoire now? (I heard it was moved to LA, where two gay drug dealers destroyed it in a bitch gun-fight!).

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

I can't believe the Soup Nazi's real name Larry Thomas

[@mrblaoblao6981]

Crazy Joe Davola The actor who plays the Soup Nazi is Larry Thomas, not the actual Soup Nazi

[@XInfantryman]

I'll never forget that episode. It was so funny! Unless I get Alzheimers.

[@ethananderson26]

wow how great. Thank you and keep up the good work

[@LordRoyalTee]

They all aged so well

[@jamesbarker6373]

Their impersonations of Jerry are spot on XD

[@Maple_Extract]

Nuts that this was the writers first ep. Elaine's landlord has a super nice voice.

[@vccstudents]

Bread $2 extra! You want bread? Three dollars! NO SOUP FOR YOU!

[@zzzzxxxx341]

I need a good soup, now it's rainy season. It keeps you warm and happy.

[@garyanderson9467]

God I miss that show. Brilliant writing and acting.

[@DRZ23501ST]

I had all these dvds not anymore I used to honeslty like watching the documentaries.

[@philsteinberg3453]

Wayne Knight ( Newman ) looks fantastic , healthy and full of life...and clearly was good with his money. Well deserved sir.

[@TheForeignNationalBornNatural]

This episode puts me on the floor every time

[@rupertgrech7097]

Probably the best ever episode in probably the best ever American sitcom.

[@tesoro7788]

that at the end there is truly one of the coolest stories I've ever heard.

[@cheongyei]

They give credit to Casa Del Mar at the end, but the Julia Louis Dreyfus inteview was done in suite 803 at the Georgian Hotel on Ocean Avenue. Look at the little railing outside the Window, that's on the 8th floor of the Georgian, there are no windows with railings like that at Casa Del Mar.

[@astrovenus8345]

Ha! Wow, that's some serious messup right there. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@tabchanzero8229]

No credit for you!

[@alext9067]

"Bob" is unbelievable. Such a great character.

[@teri_p]

This is one of my FAVORITE EPISODE like so funny a freakin CLASSIC! Legendary!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊☺

[@7s29]

I had a shop like this near me years ago. The lady that owned the business was a dragon lady, super mean, like he soup nazi. I was lucky, she liked me, and would give me service with a smile, everyone else was looked upon with distain.

[@borood1188]

The cashier girl who takes George's soup back is the funniest character in Seinfeld history and she never says one word

[@einfussganger]

It's funny, George and Newman are so much more articulate in real life. Best ensemble cast ever.

[@socksumi]

If you watch closely at 2:20 the soup nazi can't stop himself from laughing while he's arguing with george about the bread.

[@MrJ0mmy]

one of the best eps of seinfeld other then the contest ep

[@gloryBE-o1w]

genius genius genius ,,, they make many many people laugh , and over and over

[@mradriankool]

oooooohhh haaaa, no soup. One year ! Best ep ever

[@jipsees1908]

Funny Stuff!!..it was a great show..and the Soup Nazi.. priceless 😂

[@Borg9]

Probaly the most famous Seinfeld episode of all time!!

[@countryhumans8185]

One of my favorite episodes

[@Blondfoxy24]

Sexy Wayne Knight! great episode: Elaine screaming in the end of it is hilarious

[@nachogonzalez01]

Lydia D C NEXT!

[@martyklestadt6766]

But the final scene after that: Newman and Jerry both run home to fetch a big pot, but run off in opposite directions even though they live in the same building! Oops!

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Space is at a premium in midtown, and people who don't order properly mess up the line and cost him money. I used to get a cheap lunch at a hole-in-the-wall at 55th and Sixth when I went to Rhodes Prep at 54th and Fifth. This episode reminded me of that place.

[@petar1008]

If I was the real Soup Nazi guy I would change the name of the place to "Soup Nazi" and open a lot of restaurants in which only trained people would work and they would be trained by me to act like a guy from the series, to scream practically at everyone. It would be amazing.

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

And the Anti-Defamation League would crucify you for the name (pun intended). And Antifa would protest as well, even though they're the biggest anti-Semitic group on the planet right now.

[@nemanjajovanov]

@@TheWitchOvAgnesi It was a moniker given to him by an extremely popular episode of one of the greatest shows in history, created by two Jewish guys. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Anti-Defamation League would face serious backlash if they were dumb enough to go against him.

[@iampoch01]

SJWs will protest the shit out of it.

[@bladder1010]

Oh, man, that's perfect!

[@amandaflynn5835]

ONE OF THE BEST EPISODE'S

[@darth856]

Wayne Knight (Newman) is so much thinner here

[@Zamolxes77]

+darthen856 Yeah, I think he must have lost weight lately.

[@CK2012]

yeah first I did not recognize him

[@Xennox2]

Yes. You have a good eye for details

[@tombonususa4040]

Must be tough being a genius.

[@monsieuraout]

2:23... the cashier lady looked like a *Vulcan.*

[@cheguevara391]

Newman, Kramer, George and maybe Elaine are the best characters

[@Matihuelas]

Wayne Knight's final remark is so much Newman!!

[@heyherb]

One of the best episodes

[@nrodry76]

My favorite Seinfeld’s episode

[@antdude]

I remember seeing him at Video Game Live on 10/19/2007.

[@ericbrett3095]

Brilliant actor. No soup for you!!!