Top 20 Unscripted Seinfeld Moments

The unscripted moments of "Seinfeld" are just as funny as the scripted ones! For this list, we’ll be looking at the best accidental or improvised moments that ended up in the aired episodes of the sitcom. Our countdown includes Poppie Ruining Jerry’s Couch, Tic Tacs, Kramer Speaking Italian, Elaine's Dance, and more! Were you surprised to learn about any of these unscripted moments? Let us know in the comments below.
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Were you surprised to learn about any of these unscripted moments? Let us know in the comments below. For everything Seinfeld, click here!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/forWoJWPj5triKs

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Nine words: “And, by the way, they’re real, and they’re spectacular!”

[@akmediascope]

Not surprised about unscripted moments. . These are creative people

[@Been.Here.Since.2007]

@@akmediascope at their peak.

[@ButtersCCookie]

Why does the sound go out at Brian Cranston. It's off. Too bad, narrator is best you have. Would like less emotion but....

[@Me4-gc8qs]

Load of BS. Jason Alexander has stated that every word on Seinfeld was scripted. Not a single word improvised. There is at least 10 interviews with him saying that. All of them are here on youtube. Why make up these lies.

[@TittyMonkeys]

the first take where kramer chugs the beer and burps with the smoke was soo much better than the second take

[@SonyEnthusiast]

What about when Kramer snapped and got racist?

[@fromthehaven94]

The best one is an "In the Vault" bonus feature on the DVD. @Sony: that was long after Seinfeld ended. Let it go.

[@josemama428]

@@SonyEnthusiast the audience members were being pretty obnoxious

[@grittyboyross7138]

@@josemama428 wtf. So that gives the right to yell racist remarks? 😂

[@josemama428]

@@grittyboyross7138 god is good

[@TheBerkeleyBeauty]

The Italian improv was hysterical, but the foot on the counter was what laid me OUUUT! 😂😂

[@50shadesofgeek41]

You know you're sitting on comedy gold when even the car starts to improvise!

[@Annie2220]

I swear I have seen every episode of Seinfeld about 30 times...I know every line of every episode. Loved this show.

[@joemauntel9381]

Me too!! I used to tape the episodes onto VHS just so I could edit the commercials out!!

[@teresabutorac7382]

Me too

[@teresabutorac7382]

Me too

[@truthhurts3524]

👈🏾 GGGGGGGGGiddy up!

[@TCM215]

Me too

[@SonnyGTA]

That smoke-burp was fantastic!!! THAT should have been used.

[@J0hnRatcliffe]

And people really try to say Friends is on Seinfeld's level

[@andrewjones575]

Most Friends' fans insist that Friends is better.

[@J0hnRatcliffe]

@@andrewjones575 I'm aware, and they're wrong

[@joermnyc]

I think Seinfeld worked because many of the writers and producers did live in New York at some point. Spike Feresten worked for Letterman for a while, and found an odd soup kitchen, when he moved to LA and started working on Seinfeld, Jerry and Larry agreed that the soup kitchen should be his first script… and “No soup for you!” became a national phenomenon! (Al Yegenah, the owner of the soup kitchen tore Jerry, Spike and some other people from the show a new one, then threw them all out when they tried to eat at his place after that episode, so he must’ve put it together.)

[@JanetStarChild]

'Friends' is a sitcom made for upper-class, white sorority girls. It's trash and it blows my mind that it got to be so popular; but then, so did 'Full House', another piece of trash sitcom. Unfortunately, there's a large enough audience for such trite crap to thrive.

[@andrewjones575]

@@JanetStarChild Friends & Full House both appeal to a wide demographic. Many sitcoms about friendship &/or family do.

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

I can quote this show for days.

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

“…and you wanna be my latex salesman?”

[@vyoletrose3218]

But are you master of your domain?

[@user-rv2zj8zu5b]

The line in the Handicapped spot “A lot of these scratches will buff right out” was pretty well lifted from John Candy’s line in “Planes Trains and Automobiles” where he says “They’ll be able to buff this right out no problem “ after wrecking their rental car. Hilarious in both scenes!

[@batgurrl]

Elaine’s ‘ Get Out’ shove deserves the #1 spot but also loved The Little Kicks and Xmas card mishap the most because she’s my absolute favorite character.This was a great list for a great show.❤️

[@grilledspaghetti]

By far the best and deepest character and performer on the entire show.

[@batgurrl]

@@grilledspaghettiJLD was HILARIOUS as Selena Myer in VEEP on HBO 🙏👍🏻

[@redacted2275]

You're delusional. The parking garage scene was the best.

[@redacted2275]

​@@grilledspaghettiHardly. She just lost her neo-hippie facade and turned into a bitter, heartless woman... who would trade her friends for better versions of themselves, for example.

[@RoseRose-hp4rq]

Elaine is my idol

[@lipranditoys]

The dentist himself taking a hit at the laughing gas come straight out of "The pink panther strikes again" movie.

[@keithbannister9271]

That's not true....🤔 I saw the actor who played the dentist in an interview, and he clearly admitted that there was an electrician in the room, and suggested that he take a hit first ...FACT!!! 💯💯💯💯

[@scotmiller1678]

The "farmer" is played by Rance Howard, Ron Howard's father.

[@zzyzxx13]

Rance also played the old guy in the Men's locker room who needed George's help to see after he gave his glasses to George (who had unknowingly left his glasses on top of his locker).

[@scotmiller1678]

@@zzyzxx13 that's right. I forgot about that. He played a blind man.

[@ottomattix86]

My father is Ron and I am rance.....jsut figured you couldn't live with trivia.

[@indowneastmaine]

And Ron’s brother played the criminal who escaped out of the police car in LA.

[@keithbannister9271]

​@@indowneastmaineThat was an hilarious episode!!! 😂😂😂

[@martyklestadt6766]

The car stalling at the end of The Parking Garage will always be my favorite unscripted moment from the show. Even though Michael Richards may have earlier toggled a kill switch in the trunk, still, when the car didn't start, it felt like a Higher Power had written the ending!

[@davidlance5310]

#1 Jerry’s smirk in serious moments

[@anjoLas]

Best TV show EVER.

[@Brinta3]

5:24 “Goodbye Norman!” That’s my favourite of them all, because it adds so much to her weird character. I’m really surprised to hear that it wasn’t scripted.

[@Scottie_S]

Not only that, but Rance Howard (Ron Howard's Dad) who played her father told her a few seconds later about the mistake she made, and she was totally embarrassed, but we are blessed with her original line because both Larry David and Rance thought it was great!

[@ricaug50]

Me too!!

[@leesashriber5097]

Elaine's dancing! LMAO every time 😂 Great show! Still watch it to this day.

[@jasonmunoz2633]

Such a fantastic series. Will be my top 3 for the rest of my life

[@keithbannister9271]

SEINFELD IS THE G.O.A.T. OF SITCOMS!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jayson8070]

Good vid. Crazy how many classic moments were improv

[@andrewjones575]

Curb improvises more.

[@BassPlayerSusan]

@11:00 Cranston does a great impersonation of Larry David.. Also, "They're real and their spectacular" was the best parting shot on the show (followed by "...And you're gonna need it.").

[@themirrorsofmymind]

"But I have hand!"

[@Karvega11]

I still love the one when George says about Elaine's dad "he went to da batroom".

[@eduardomenna4762]

He actually says: "(in Alton's voice) He is in the bathroom"

[@Karvega11]

@@eduardomenna4762 I know, but it's funny how he says it.

[@DickDiamond74]

That "Latex salesman" line is something I use when I see someone embarrass themselves

[@martyklestadt6766]

I hadn't thought of using it that way! And a true Seinfeld fan would appreciate it!

[@BClarke]

I’ve been known to introduce myself as Kel Varnsen from time to time.

[@oa194]

Hahahaha me too!!! And I didnt even know it was improvised

[@Been.Here.Since.2007]

This show will always be talked about even though it's been around since 1989! Wow, that feels like a million years ago but I still recall watching the first episode. Quality television like this doesn't exist anymore. I've already been through it twice since being released on Netflix.

[@Realtrollking2988]

Ok boomer

[@Been.Here.Since.2007]

@@Realtrollking2988 It really isn't about me, it's more about the show and the nostalgia that many people feel when they watch it. Which episode is your favorite?

[@zzyzxx13]

Well aren't you *something*!

[@Been.Here.Since.2007]

@@zzyzxx13 *something* I'll help you bold type.

[@simondewitt7161]

1989 is hands down the most important year in television history. Seinfeld and the Simpsons (also myself) all started in 1989

[@gevansmd1]

The line about the scratches can be buffed out is actually from the movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles".

[@chrispeterson1753]

Its actually a common cliche.

[@jimwednt1229]

Those were the good old days 😪

[@moteleyes2]

NO WORDS for how hilarious this show is! 😂😅😊 I love love love love it!!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@towerrat5830]

This was some great work!

[@vassa1972]

Love Seinfeld

[@Nick-NY]

3:25 🤣😂 his foot on the counter always cracks me up.

[@zekepowers]

Should have kept that Kramer smoke burp take 💯

[@jonvia]

The "Here's to feeling good all the time..." scene is one of my favorite scenes in Seinfeld!

[@jgparmele]

Fabulous! Great memories.

[@am74343]

1:26 I love the green-screen background of the stadium in the windows!! HILARIOUS!!

[@torccchaser6712]

so great !

[@justinjc1939]

I didn't know Delores was unscripted!

[@DarkPhoenixSaga]

Me neither.

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@DarkPhoenixSaga Same.

[@xx7secondsxx]

#13 there's an unscripted part there also. When they go to leave, the car doesn't start. In the bloopers, they're all seen laughing really hard in the car! When Kramer gets out and looks around! That was on the fly! He knew they had an amazing take with it. Theybkinds changed it a bit cause u could see the other 3 actors shaking cause they were laughing so hard that the car didn't start!🤣🤣🤣 Richards in an interview sez "when it didn't start!.... I knew we had GOLD!✊" LMADO

[@Tker1970]

You mean #2 on the list? :D

[@kingemo7806]

This show use to have me dying all the time lol

[@allintanks9865]

Cartwright 😂

[@garyzimmerman62]

In the episode where Kramer is supposedly fluent in sign language he is, obviously not yet he interprets it ALMOST flawlessly later

[@poltotinco4eva]

my alltime favorite scene when kramer wants to get the calzone LMAO

[@vassa1972]

Good stuff I always thought the show was scrpted word for word

[@jimb.7523]

*Why does it sound like you're talking through a CB radio for the "Nitrous Oxide" entry?*

[@PaiviProject]

Hah haa those were some funny clips. Seinfeld is the only comedy show that we still watch reruns ❤

[@ernstbtmn]

"The Dance." Forgot all about that! Up there with, "The Carlton."

[@fromthehaven94]

🎶 *It's not unusual...* 🎶

[@jimb.7523]

*Sweet fancy Moses....*

[@joermnyc]

The end when Jerry finds out she taped over the end of the bootleg of the art film “there’s a lone dancer who appears to be in distress…”

[@NewYoutuber1111]

Watched this every night before bed had school in the morning last show I watched

[@atpostwithmike3381]

19:34 had me laughing a storm because I had just the same problem when I went to Universal Studios Hollywood last month. My 2006 Honda Civic wouldn’t start the starter died! I had a great day at Universal Studios but I had a horrible night because I couldn’t go home had to call the tow truck AAA…. So this episode ending made it that much more funnier and frustrating for me😂

[@xx7secondsxx]

@1:15... the tall guy whoms was walking up with the paper, to show the Secretary. Hes actually Keamers Stand in when they're blocking the shots!🤘🎸🤘🍻🍻🤩

[@kentsilverfour]

Elaine's shove is the greatest! I kinda wanna do that to my friends but they would perceive me as violent, just like in the Bizarro World episode.

[@kenlompart9905]

17:07 Notice how the newspaper beside George changes sides when we see it from Jerry's perspective.

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do top 10 episodes of Foster Home for Imaginary Friends?

[@callamastia]

also pleasantly surprised by the few amount of ads on this vid 💁🏼‍♀️

[@thisthirsty]

We cover Seinfeld like nobody else. Great stuff mojo

[@Markb2477]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was and still is so beautiful and talented

[@crystalshaw8744]

"I'll burn my parents ". Tht damn George lmbo

[@BrianSmith-sm9qp]

The farmer is Rance Howard, Ron Howard’s father

[@terrygause29653]

I’m pretty sure that’s Clint Howard’s dad.

[@stellertonybeller1972]

i wonder if the phone calls jerry got from telemarketers was scripted .... so funny

[@joseph_b319]

I always had a feeling the Norman was a humorous wink to Cheers.

[@jaybeeo1530]

Kramer is actually the one who put the lid on

[@devonmarcus101]

The Slide and The Shove are the best on this list.

[@ricksandoval1187]

Goodbye Norman! Who's Norman? We're ALL Norman

[@yeahyeahyeah5089]

Idk if its unscripted but I really like when George gets caught giving Elaine the stained dress and he starts making excuses and Jerry can't hold back the laughter and plays it off as dramatic crying 🤣😅

[@im1who84u]

9:13 Notice that the apartment number is on the door here, but not in the next scene.

[@AdrGeaMarWeb]

Sweet fancy moses!

[@jakushkadarkstalker6278]

I feel like I've seen this list before.

[@adamhill4457]

the good old Ol"days

[@fireflyparker1584]

You know Ryan, of all the male hosts on Watch Mojo, you are my favourite!

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

He and Callum are my favorite male hosts of the channel. As for the female hosts, as Emily, Samantha, and Sophia are all on MsMojo, I can’t decide which female host from both channels is my favorite.

[@ragragrec1]

Top 10 Bob sacamano references

[@knineknights]

Top 10 "Coolest Eyes" in movies.

[@bigdaddigaming]

What happened to the voice overs mic about half way through this ? It goes from a good base sound to very tinny

[@SireRose]

Technical Difficulties.

[@MikeGdovin]

I noticed this as well. Still great video

[@eliasgolf2024]

starts at 0:40

[@timdryden3778]

In the laughing gas scene, with Brian Cranston, the asst is Alison Armitage, a very beautiful actress, see Acapulco Heat.

[@Greg87601]

The bests 20 unscripted Seinfeld moments.

[@truthhurts3524]

Whatley taking the hit of nitro first was great, but hearing him say “it’s good” while nodding when Jerry looks at him nervously tops it off for me. 😂

[@dontshineforswine]

Jerry: Elaine danced? George: It's more like a full body dry heave set to music That episode is hilarious My favourite episode has to be The Pothole or The Strike. I really can't decide which I like more.

[@themirrorsofmymind]

JERRY: "Did she do the little kicks and the thumbs?"

[@harryparsons2750]

Mulva lol

[@chadcassidy1580]

Celeste would have worked too. George even suggested it at the coffee shop, but was completely dismissed.

[@xx7secondsxx]

(3 fun SEINFELD facts!🤘🎸🍻😎) @ 4:55 when Wayne Knight (Newman) had the scene where he had to run from the farmer when he was threatening to shoot! Wayne had such a bad time breathing n stuff afterward... he said it was a MASSIVE wake up call! That's when he got his health insider and I believe got lap band surgery. Hes completely different now. Also!!! the Farmer in the episode is Ron Howard's father! 3rd fun fact is tha Ron Howard's brother is in the episode where they get caught up with Kramer being the STANGLER! When George and Jerry are in the cop car... the bizzare man they pick up and put him in with is actually his brother!

[@BrianWardPlus]

“Goodbye, Norman!” is one of the most brilliant lines in the whole show.

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do comic book origin of Marvel's Black Knight?

[@jamiecook4909]

When I watched the original show, wow I couldn't breathe I laughed like so hard but now watching it, it's like blah blah blah yada yada yada kickdance kickdance kickdance spare a square spare a square spare a square BUT it's that deep of a show that rewatching it introduces nuances not noticed before a yada a yada a ya ya yada

[@NashMurdoc]

Excelente vídeo....copy paste... Jajajajajaja

[@wiiztec]

They should have kept the take with the burp

[@matthewklein660]

I feel like I've seen this before. ???

[@ButtersCCookie]

Thank you. I love this show of my childhood. Yep. Didn't have cable. Came on syndication after Simpsons.

[@MisterDeadDoxx]

Does anyone else notice the change in narrators voice after number 7?

[@vaibanez17]

It wouldve been funnier if Delores' name wouldve been Kitty

[@Finalknot]

They have let the original beer/smoke in

[@HomestarRunner20X6]

Elaine was the best character and the most underrated.

[@truthhurts3524]

She got one of the biggest/longest laughs at the end of an episode. “Maybe I'll go visit my mother. She just bought me some new panties and they're all...laid out for me.”

[@redacted2275]

This was a show that worked with an ensemble, there’s no "best" or "worst" or "underrated" character... but if I had to pick, the reality is a bunch of guest stars are a lot better than Elaine: Newman, Frank Costanza, Puddy, Jackie Chiles... You just sound like Sam Lloyd's character, the one who makes a bouquet of flowers using the TV Guide... you sound creepy.

[@LokiWolfe1985]

Rumor has it that Dolores was only a figment of Jerry's imagination

[@redacted2275]

It's a myth, according to George.

[@NATO94]

What happened to the audio?!

[@fromthehaven94]

With a little thing called a cell phone, some or most of these plots would be significantly altered.

[@joermnyc]

Cell phones started to become more of a thing towards the end of the show, the last episode has the subplot of Jerry calling out Elaine’s poor cell phone etiquette while trying to call a friend over something serious.

[@JanetStarChild]

That's a good example of excessive technology ruining comedy, as well as one of the reasons why new millennium sitcoms are not funny.

[@Ericwvb2]

I remember on “24” part of the plot was often either characters losing their cell phone or being in a location with no reception.

[@troyprice7407]

who is the tall red-headed guy in almost every episode? He was Ean, in Hanover shop episode?

[@sayrlhay]

Kramer's body double. Lot's of appearances

[@truthhurts3524]

His name is Norman, can spot him in I believe 29 background appearances.

[@jeffbrown5913]

Best line from the best show ever: Estelle says to George, " I go out for a quart of milk and come home to find my son treating his body like it was an amusement park"

[@guythecat490]

These are always unsatisfying.

[@Joel_Powell]

Kramer's cigarette/beer take is NOT unscripted - he did it years earlier on Friday's.

[@writerconsidered]

I just looked up teri hatcher and they are real and pretty good, they fall a hair short of spectacular. Jennifer Anniston's on the other hand are spectacular.

[@keithbannister9271]

Jennifer Aniston's nipples are the main reasons men watched , "Friends."

[@pianokeyjoe]

And this is why this IS my favorite sitcom! And where I got my own pet name for NYC called "The Silly City!" Yes, the exclamation IS part of the phrase lol!

[@Forensource]

I see Apple Jacks, any other brand?

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

It's amazing but air conditioners are still that big and heavy and cost even more

[@curtismcdonald6838]

Of all dances practiced before being performed, the little kicks is the absolute worst. I have this thing with ankles breaking in front of a live audience.