{"id":470261,"date":"2026-05-05T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/470261\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:00:10","slug":"jerry-seinfeld-larry-david-share-favorite-seinfeld-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/470261\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David Share Favorite ‘Seinfeld’ Episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJerry Seinfeld<\/a> and Larry David<\/a> shared their favorite Seinfeld<\/a> episodes and the backstories behind some of the show\u2019s most iconic moments during a live taping of\u00a0Ari Emanuel and Ben Persky\u2019s The Rushmore Podcast on Monday night.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe event, which was part of the Netflix<\/a> Is a Joke Festival, took place in front of a packed audience at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills that included Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos as well as Alan Horn, former head of Seinfeld producer Castle Rock Entertainment, and Warren Littlefield, former president of entertainment at NBC. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe evening began with Emanuel running through a brief history of the show, which famously struggled in its beginning. The idea for the series came about after David and Seinfeld met as stand-up comics. They\u2019d have conversations and began thinking, \u201cif we put this in a show, it\u2019d be hilarious,\u201d Seinfeld said.<\/p>\n

\n\tDavid shared that the show\u2019s first episode order beyond the pilot \u2014 a meager four episodes \u2014 was the \u201csmallest order in the history of television.\u201d The money for the series came out of the same budget that NBC used for variety specials. When Seinfeld received the four-episode order, it became someone\u2019s responsibility to tell Bob Hope he wouldn\u2019t be able to do a Christmas special that year, Seinfeld shared.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Playbill for the event featured a \u201cresearch report\u201d that detailed audience\u2019s reaction of the pilot. Persky read aloud some notes from the memo, which noted that \u201cno segment of the audience was eager to watch the show again,\u201d while viewers called Jerry\u2019s life \u201cboring\u201d and George a \u201closer\u201d and said Jerry \u201cneeded a better backup ensemble.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEarly on, David and Seinfeld were told that the show wouldn\u2019t be getting picked up \u2014 \u201cand I was thrilled,\u201d David said, noting that he felt like he had \u201cno more stories left to tell,\u201d a feeling he also had \u201cafter every season of Seinfeld and every season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tEmanuel also reminded the crowd that the show kept shifting time slots before ultimately landing in the prime 9 p.m. Thursday period. \u201cCan we just say we had a rocky beginning and move on?\u201d Seinfeld quipped as Emanuel kept going through the show\u2019s early challenges.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe duo also talked about the backstory of the character of Elaine, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Elaine was not in the pilot, which did feature a waitress at the restaurant that the characters frequented. However, it was decided that they needed a different female character. \u201cWe were single guys,\u201d Seinfeld said. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t write relationships. We didn\u2019t know anything about it.\u201d David shared that he had dated Monica Yates, daughter of author Richard Yates, and they remained friends. So they based the character on her. \u201cIf it was an ex, it [eliminated the element of] \u2018will they or won\u2019t they?’\u201d Seinfeld noted.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFrom left: Ben Persky, Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld and Ariel Emanuel at the Netflix Is a Joke<\/a> Festival Presents: \u2018Rushmore Podcast Live\u2019 on May 4 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrew Levy\/Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tEmanuel and Persky also asked about the origins of some of the show\u2019s biggest moments and catchprases that became part of the pop culture lexicon, including:<\/p>\n