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Jerry Seinfeld offers his thoughts on… friends – Doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with that.
The comedian performed Tuesday at the Netflix Is a Joke Festival at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Speaking about his love of commercials, Seinfeld asked the audience to shout out guesses for his favorite TV show of all time.
Among the performances mentioned by the public as possibilities were Seinfeldthe popular NBC comedy series that he led for nine seasons. Larry David co-created the show with Seinfeld before later creating and starring in it Curb your enthusiasm For HBO.
“Seinfeld? I am Seinfeld. Why am I watching? Seinfeld? “The comedian quipped. “Do you go up to your bathroom mirror and say, ‘This is great.’ “I love this show. I’m in every episode.”
Then admit it Very bad and Curb your enthusiasm It was a good guess before responding to an attendee who mentioned friends. “That’s my theory friends“My offer came — ’89, ’90,” Seinfeld said. friends “He came a few years later.”
“I think NBC was watching my show and said, ‘Hey, this is doing well,'” Seinfeld continued. Why don’t we try the same thing with good-looking people?” And that was a very good idea. I think that kind of worked.” Unfortunately, he never mentioned his favorite show but only used the topic as a setting for his material about a late-night Flex Seal sealant ad.
It debuted on NBC in July 1989, Seinfeld The eponymous comedian starred alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander in the show about four single friends in New York City. Also starring a group of friends navigating life in the Big Apple, NBC friends It premiered in September 1994 and ran for 10 seasons with the main cast of Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer.
in “Hollywood Reporter”The 100 Best TV Shows of 2015 list, which polled more than 2,800 individuals in the industry, Seinfeld It came in series number 5 while friends Topped the world rankings.
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