Seinfeld's Most EVIL Character

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3 ай бұрын

All of the main characters on Seinfeld are awful people, but we only get to see how one of them became that way.
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@wismar3630 3 ай бұрын

You do realize that these are fictional characters, right? I forget sometimes too.

@Insidejokesgamin 2 ай бұрын

such an old person comment to make

@ESPLTD322 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I’m sure he’s aware. You’re allowed to comment on fiction and enter into its world for a moment lmao

@eldritchbeauty 2 ай бұрын

What a strange, awkward comment to make.

@brucegilbert625 2 ай бұрын

Pin of shame

@Zett76 2 ай бұрын

Counter question: Do you know anyone who doesn't? :)

@heavysystemsinc. 3 ай бұрын

This has nothing to do with anything but I had a date cancel because she didn't want to miss Seinfeld. I looked in the TV guide for that week and it was a rerun.

@232mumboy 3 ай бұрын

sorry kid ya got elained

@johnbrewer62 3 ай бұрын

I am so sorry

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 3 ай бұрын

It is possible that you eat your peas one at a time? 🤔🤗

@stevenbatke2475 3 ай бұрын

That’s what we call a keeper ;)

@ethansloan 3 ай бұрын

That's rough, buddy

@Sorenzo 3 ай бұрын

I noticed a big pattern where George, who clearly has no self-worth and is constantly looking for a girlfriend, often finds a girlfriend off-screen, but then has episodes revolving around him sabotaging the relationship unwillingly, whereas Jerry, who is egotistical and emotionally stunted, often runs into and gets dates with girls on-screen, but then often end up breaking up with them off-screen. It makes sense as a portrayal their individual character flaws, but it also means George is continually portrayed as unable to find a girlfriend when that isn't actually his problem. I realize I may be reading too much into this and the writers just needed George to find a girlfriend so he could be shown ruining the relationship for himself... But I feel like the character suffers because we never see how George actually charms these women - does he have a charming side when his low self-worth is not causing him to fear commitment? Or does he just plain lie to these girls to impress them?

@infosuge 3 ай бұрын

George has moments personal growth and learns from his experiences but he always goes back to his old ways, I find the whole cast static in that regards and think that’s part of the sad clown humour

@spookyariel1 3 ай бұрын

He lies to them and tells them he's an "architect," lol. He's a worm.

@mr_rgp 3 ай бұрын

I think I read once that he had over 70 girlfriends throughout the duration of the series. Maybe that number is exaggerated but he certainly had a high body count for someone who got in his own way often.

@samk522 3 ай бұрын

He has kavorka. The lure of the animal.

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 3 ай бұрын

We DO see George get girlfriends occasionally, and we had a clear example of HOW he gets them with the 🎵 *Coooo Stanza!* 🎶episode of him leaving things behind so that the woman _has to see him again_ at which point he's under their skin. It was the episode where he left the exceptionally expensive Russian hat that Elaine let him use (she was working for Peterman then). It might be the same episode of the Kenny Roger's Rosters where Jerry and Kramer switched apartments and personalities. 😂🤣😅

@Lostmusicvideos 3 ай бұрын

I think George is the worst because his Fiance dies and he's happy because he doesn't have to break up with her.

@thesecorridorsoftime 3 ай бұрын

Haha yeah that Episode was intense 😂

@NewFalconerRecords 3 ай бұрын

Larry David's mother was mortified when she saw that episode and actually rang him to tell him off.

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 3 ай бұрын

Elaine still wins. After George's *"restrained Glee"* is seen after the doctor tells him Susan is dead, and they all expressed unsure condolences, it is ELAINE who says, *"Welp, you wanna get some coffee?"* She is helpful in giving George an out on pretending to be upset, which is nice, but still kinda sicko bananapants. 😆😅🤣

@Lostmusicvideos 3 ай бұрын

@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 restrained glee? after she dies he punches the air and says "It's the summer of George".

@inkarn8915 3 ай бұрын

The way the whole group treated her death was brutal lol

@cookingwithsilence 3 ай бұрын

He loves that Elain loves him. Thats so real.

@yellowblanka6058 3 ай бұрын

That's Jerry's narcissism. Real Jerry doesn't seem too far off, fortunately Julia Louis-Dreyfus seems incredibly sweet and gracious away from Seinfeld.

@Ninja-Alinja 3 ай бұрын

They made that into an HIMYM episode (“hooked”), with people keeping each other on the hook.

@MikefromQueens 3 ай бұрын

Best hot take I ever heard

@Name-bn3vo 3 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more, also all the people who liked that statement would be high on the scale

@themaggattack 3 ай бұрын

@@yellowblanka6058 I agree! In interviews, in his standup, in his life choices, and on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld always presents himself EXACTLY like his Seinfeld show character. An elitist, entitled, arrogant, cold, selfish, lazy, petty, whiney, womanizing pr*ck. It honestly bothers me how disgustingly rich Jerry is and how smug he acts about it! I really can't understand why everyone worships that guy so much! I can't stand him!

@Halbmond 3 ай бұрын

Elaine even gets fired by Mr Pitt because of Jerry, yet she doesn’t get angry at him - and he doesn’t care as always

@abaofifsz 3 ай бұрын

She does not care either. It was not her fault but just bad coincidences and neurotic idiots.

@Accountdeactivated_1986 3 ай бұрын

Remember the episode where Elaine finds a group of friends that resemble George, Jerry, and Kramer, but the nice version? But then they dump her because she’s a horrible person. I think that’s a turning point where she realizes where she belongs - with the horrible doppelgängers

@miseendriste6337 3 ай бұрын

@@Accountdeactivated_1986 Yeah that's literally in the video lmao

@yvonnesanders4308 3 ай бұрын

Her big job was finding socks for a super rich man

@brucegilbert625 2 ай бұрын

She wanted to leave anyway. That’s why she was trying to impress that woman by letting her borrow Mr. Pit’s expensive tennis racket. She only wanted to stay because she was in his will.

@DrHDoofenshmirtzphd 3 ай бұрын

IIRC, the actual answer is that Julia asked for more stuff to do after the first few seasons and more interesting stories on Seinfeld equals a descent into craziness.

@alicewright4322 2 ай бұрын

same story with Dee in always sunny.

@notsocrates9529 2 ай бұрын

"LET ME KILL MY UNBORN BABY!" Oh, ha ha.

@TheGreatDevlin 3 ай бұрын

Elaine squaring up with George's dad in a police station sends me to heaven every time.

@MiloDC 3 ай бұрын

"Are you saying you want a piece of me??" 😂

@TheGreatDevlin 3 ай бұрын

@@MiloDC YOU GOT IT!!!!

@MiloDC 3 ай бұрын

@@TheGreatDevlin The bloopers version is even more hilarious. I know you've seen it. Jerry Stiller owned that scene. Pure brilliance. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/maygftZlq6uthKM.htmlsi=Y4kuYTvTWHxrIguC

@sfr2107 3 ай бұрын

🤭🤭🤭

@CarynDPrescott 3 ай бұрын

"I will drop you like a bag of dirt"

@JockoV 3 ай бұрын

My Seinfeld theory is based on the question, "Why are New Yorkers so cynical, mean, and un-empathetic?". The series begins with all 4 characters with good hearts and good intentions. Then over the years of doing their best to be helpful members of society all of their good deeds always seem to backfire and have unintended consequences. This continues until all 4 characters eventually devolve into cynical, mean, and un-empathetic people like typical New Yorkers and that is how the question is answered.

@oooh19 2 ай бұрын

It’s expensive in New York

@turtleanton6539 2 ай бұрын

@@oooh19it is

@jleigh329 2 ай бұрын

I agree. Like with "The Dinner Party" episode. They all go out of their way to get wine and babka for these people because they feel socially obligated to. It backfires, but it's mostly due to other people (to some degree) and George wearing a puffy jacket/coat in a small liquor store. But still they mostly meant well. And then in "The Maestro" episode George cares about a security guard and wants him to have a chair to sit down. All these actions don't really seem like something psychopaths would do. Just saying.

@twiceremoved7339 2 ай бұрын

It's most big cities. City folk are, on average, terrible people. The good ones, however, probably moved there after growing up in a small town.

@radhiadeedou8286 2 ай бұрын

When did they have good hearts and intentions?

@HarryBuddhaPalm 3 ай бұрын

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was pregnant one or two seasons and that could be why we didn't see her as much. She was left out of the serial killer episodes because she was pregnant.

@B-MC 3 ай бұрын

Did we ever see the serial killer and Elaine in the same room at the same time? What if Elaine was the real serial killer?

@HarryBuddhaPalm 3 ай бұрын

@@B-MC Good point!

@ryanmcguire9951 2 ай бұрын

True, but only partially. She was pregnant for many seasons. When she was showing, they'd always have her have large clothes that hide her bump.. multiple episodes spanned out over multiple seasons.

@davidstevenson404 2 ай бұрын

@@ryanmcguire9951 WOWW!

@travismiller4320 2 ай бұрын

@@B-MCI believe her alibi of being in Europe with her psychiatrist boyfriend and not in California would clear her

@polrua 3 ай бұрын

When the series started, the four main cast members all had very distinctive personalities. George was the neurotic guy who would get himself all tied up in knots about stuff to a degree that it didn't deserve, Jerry was the curious observer who'd enable George's neuroses because he thought it was funny, Kramer was a the weirdo friend who always seemed to have his own stuff going on and would occasionally try and loop his friends in, and Elaine was the detached one who could stand back and think, "Boys are silly", while being simultaneously unaware of her own stuff. The longer the series went on, the more everyone turned into George... which is to say, Larry David, and the more that Larry David quality got turned up. I really enjoyed the series when it started. It suited Jerry's observational humour style to be able to watch the interactions between these four people as they tried to navigate ordinary situations with their different quirks and attitudes. But the longer it went on, the more it became about a codependent clutch of self-absorbed a-holes who were completely unable to navigate any form of social interaction without making their dysfunction everyone else's problem.

@true_ai 3 ай бұрын

So you're saying it got funnier

@ThisCurrentCulturePodcast 3 ай бұрын

@@true_airight!😂

@RedSaint83 3 ай бұрын

IRL echo chamber, broken by their own feedback loop.

@nanabonsu2349 3 ай бұрын

@@true_ai Was literally about to say that. I only binged the series 2 years ago, and I thought the early seasons were quite boring, it started gearing up in S3 and then from S4 onwards I thought it was amazing and its probably because of everything that the original commenter described

@williamtopping 3 ай бұрын

Agreed. I'm watching it for the first time. And I'm 2 seasons towards the end, and it's becoming a struggle.

@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568 3 ай бұрын

The best Elaine anger moments, are when her inner monologue is screaming.

@murrieta49 3 ай бұрын

You can see what an inspiration this was to Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia

@dogsandyoga1743 3 ай бұрын

Sunny is turned up to eleventy-thousand tho 😂

@murrieta49 3 ай бұрын

@@dogsandyoga1743 yes

@miseendriste6337 3 ай бұрын

@@dogsandyoga1743 Sunny is seinfeld on crack

@CNYKnifeNut 3 ай бұрын

@@miseendriste6337 "Children, you're... crackheads"

@hattedferret 2 ай бұрын

@@miseendriste6337 Awww did someone get addicted to crack?

@user36able 3 ай бұрын

Sitting and staring at the wall sounds like something a depressed person would do

@HuntingViolets 3 ай бұрын

It does.

@miseendriste6337 3 ай бұрын

We do it now too it's called bedrotting, it's all over depression tiktok

@mollusckscramp4124 3 ай бұрын

@@miseendriste6337 That app sounds like a more and more insane place everytime I hear about it lol

@CNYKnifeNut 3 ай бұрын

Does it still count if my phone is technically between me and the wall?

@darius4405 3 ай бұрын

@@miseendriste6337hahaha

@futurewario9591 2 ай бұрын

I thought George was the MEANEST. He literally celebrated his future wife being dead ☠️.

@MyUserTubeAccount 2 ай бұрын

not true... he celebrated his impending nuptials being over. George isn't some psychopath.

@afterdinnercreations936 3 ай бұрын

To me, Seinfeld is like a live-action Looney Tunes. Jerry is Bugs, George is Daffy, Kramer is the Coyote, Newman is Elmer Fudd, Frank Costanza is Yosemite Sam, etc. Elaine seems to be the outlier.

@juicyparsons 3 ай бұрын

I see Elaine as Sylvester- just absolutely cynical but wacky AF Big-head-ass Mr. Pitt- Tweety David Puddy- Porky Pig Kenny Bania- Foghorn Leghorn Tim Whatley- PePe LePew, J.Peterman- Speedy Soup Nazi- Marvin 😂

@ToyInsanity 3 ай бұрын

Elaine is Grandma

@jamescasson9483 3 ай бұрын

Newman might be coyote...or at co-coyote. Kramer may not be as devious.

@Mtv-get-off-thee-air 3 ай бұрын

@@jamescasson9483plus most of the time, Kramer’s schemes succeed at least for a bit

@kj_H65f 3 ай бұрын

@@juicyparsonsthis is amazing

@EmperorTigerstar 3 ай бұрын

I never thought you'd make a Seinfeld video but I am more than down for it.

@roadrollerdio565 3 ай бұрын

Especially an Elaine video! There aren't enough video essays about my favourite girlfail!

@juicyparsons 3 ай бұрын

Shoutout to George! Elaine and George are the sociopaths that make the show *HILARIOUS*

@dhalden93 3 ай бұрын

I'm so confused. Everyone's posting videos on april fool's day, and everything seems to be genuine.

@BarackLesnar 3 ай бұрын

Double unfooled

@serenitymoon825 3 ай бұрын

I think everyone is sick of April fools day, lol

@kumaranvij 3 ай бұрын

Anyone who spends more than 15 minutes on an April Fools joke better make sure it's actually funny and not just dumb or mean. But they're usually just dumb or mean, which mean's the joke's really on them.

@samwildstein2092 3 ай бұрын

Fun fact: The actor John O'Hurley decided to help the real J. Peterman as a way to thank him for the success the role created. The company had what was essentially a merchandising deal for Titanic, but the huge windfall led to over-expansion and two years later they declared bankruptcy. O'Hurley joined a team of investors to back Peterman's reacquisition of the brand and had another successful decade. They're still around today but on a much smaller scale, and you'll find Seinfeld replica items like the puffy shirt alongside vintage dusters and silk caftans.

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 3 ай бұрын

That's really sweet. Thanks for posting it.

@domb8448 3 ай бұрын

Do they stock the urban sombrero?

@travismiller4320 2 ай бұрын

PUFFY SHIRT…But I don’t want to be a pirate…wait does it come with an eye patch…I want to be a pirate

@JBoy62497 3 ай бұрын

I can't get over the delivery of "Ask your mother... you live with her now don't you?" at 20:32. God, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is incredible.

@themaggattack 3 ай бұрын

She actually said "you SLEEP with her now..." which is so much funnier!

@JBoy62497 3 ай бұрын

@@themaggattack no she didn't?

@matturner6890 2 ай бұрын

@@themaggattack you need your ears cleaned out my man

@TheFriendlyGod 2 ай бұрын

nah, that's what I heard too. "you sleep with her now, don't you?"

@travismiller4320 2 ай бұрын

“Don’t forget to wash your hands before SUP-per” always seemed rude to me. But George was right it didn’t take her long to sabotage her relationship in that episode!!!!!!!

@stephenpenrice1230 3 ай бұрын

Great video, but as the example of Elaine’s gullibility around Jerry I would have picked her believing that War and Peace was originally called War, What Is It Good For.

@ottomattix86 3 ай бұрын

Elaine definitely becomes more angry as the series went on. Wouldn't you in her case? Surrounded by knobs. Jerry is inherently way more evil from start to finish

@redacted2275 3 ай бұрын

She could've just... left. In fact, she did replace her friends with their "bizarro" versions and turned out, she wasn't good enough for them. She came crawling back to Jerry and co.

@HuntingViolets 3 ай бұрын

@@redacted2275 I think she could try again. She at least couldn't go to prison with these buys.

@sfr2107 3 ай бұрын

Facts

@nebulous6660 3 ай бұрын

Nah Jerry is not evil. He can actually be quite altruistic.

@sfr2107 3 ай бұрын

@@nebulous6660 I'm not sure why George isn't the front runner for "most evil," although I don't think any of them truly are

@deljs6 3 ай бұрын

GET. OUT!!!! 😂😂😂 I think Elaine, in some ways just ended up doing and saying the things that many of us women would like to say and do lol😂

@activatedcharcoal 3 ай бұрын

Lol, my only issue with this vid is that you can't lump stealing the medical file in with her more evil actions- she was in the right!

@MarsMellow84 3 ай бұрын

This is why women should never try and be one of the boys. I loooooove Elaine! ❤ She doesn't take any crap.

@jiggycalzone8585 3 ай бұрын

Thats whats so great about the show and about Dreyfuss herself. She did in 1 what took 3 male characters to cover for the guys

@TimL-nr4hr 3 ай бұрын

I love when she ends up with the bizarro crew and they kick her out beause she's too mean.

@paulw5039 3 ай бұрын

Julia Louis-Dreyfus said that Elaine ”should have her tubes tied,” and that ”She’s a miserable, decrepit old wretch.” So maybe not all women aspire to be like her?

@Paul_Wetor 3 ай бұрын

This is a brilliant analysis of why the show worked so well. Thanks for including the clips to prove your points. Recently I watched all the DVDs and the episode where Jerry expressed true feelings (asking Elaine to marry him) disturbed me. It left the selfish Seinfeld world and became a world with real emotion. It was jarring to peek behind the Seinfeld curtain and see how artificial it really was. At the end it was back to the usual, but maybe I really did want Elaine to end up with Jerry. But it wasn't the same Jerry, it was an ordinary bland Jerry. I also remember the episode where Jerry buys his parents a car and Elaine suddenly pays more attention to him because she realizes he's richer than she thought. She offers to drive him to the airport (or pick up, I forget). Maybe you've hit on the invisible threads that run through the series. Viewers see the show as episodes loosely connected, but underneath there is a common theme that is not related to the plot. The characters have evolved (or devolved) into the final episode where they can only function with each other. They are four pieces of the same square and nobody else can fit in. Not Puddy, not Susan.

@michellecrocker2485 3 ай бұрын

I think Elaine was a unique character. Every sitcom group usually has a token female friend but Elaine was more than just the token female. She had the ability to keep up with the guys which you rarely saw in the 90s

@foodeaterwaterdrinker 3 ай бұрын

@@atomdecaytake off your pants

@hazardousjazzgasm129 3 ай бұрын

@@atomdecay as opposed to figuratively?

@darthkek1953 3 ай бұрын

Yeah. No strong females in the 90s. Except Friends. X-Files. Buffy. 3rd Rock. Star Trek Deep Space 9. Star Trek Voyager. Married With Children. Farscape. My So-Called Life. Babylon 5. Futurama. Lois & Clark. Xena The Warrior Princess. Stargate SG1. Ellen. Ally McBeal. Roseanne. Northern Exposure. Sabrina. Sex and the City. Neverending Story. ER. Tracey Ullman Takes On. But I do grant you there wasn't a lot of minge in HBO's Oz.

@Itsthatguy24 3 ай бұрын

@@darthkek1953 minge 😂😂 Reminds me of the South Park episode where there was a Snuke in Mrs Clinton’s Snizz. There’s a character in that episode that repeatedly uses that word 😂

@darthkek1953 3 ай бұрын

@@Itsthatguy24 classic British wearing. Found a good use in Ricky Gervais' Extras. My g/f hadn't heard the word "gash" for the same thing. Thought I was making it up. Then she started to notice it everywhere, e.g. Sons of Anarchy.

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 3 ай бұрын

This is what a sponge shortage will do to a potentially pregnant person.

@kittyythecat 3 ай бұрын

I never saw Elain as a "pick me" because I remember the writers were supposed to write her as a "man" in show. It made me think that they wrote Elain like that guy who has a "bro-crush" to the point where it becomes a "romance"

@themaggattack 3 ай бұрын

But it wasn't a bromance. As soon as they made her character be a women... and his ex... Who still loved him- That changed EVERYTHING. She was definitely a pick-me. Smart, but unfortunately not emotionally intelligent.

@user-bm1zk9qj6p 3 ай бұрын

I think the best part about Seinfeld is exactly what you said at the beginning: We're slowly watching these characters become more and more terrible and it's the best fucking thing George starts out confident in the pilot episode, the whole signals thing, the man was on the top of his game, and we see him slowly become an anxious mess, it's amazing

@de6212 3 ай бұрын

Jason Alexander said he didn't really get how to play George until several episodes in, and then he realized the character was based mostly on Larry David. I think he said it in a Stern interview.

@Icypenguigo 3 ай бұрын

This is probably one of the best Seinfeld-related videos I've seen on KZfaq. Thanks!

@shewow8612 2 ай бұрын

This was a great video. Elaine is my favorite character from Seinfeld, but mostly for the same reasons you pointed out. The other three started out the way they are, they didn't grow but they so didn't change and get worse, they started awful and stayed awful. Elaine was the only one who became increasingly corrupt, cynical and angry and that always made her more interesting to me. Plus, growing up as a girl in the 90s, I liked having a female character that wasn't some cardboard cutout female who was there to be a love interest or token woman. She had her own personality and was just as toxic as the others, which I appreciated in a weird way I couldn't articulate at the time. I was always deeply impacted by sexism in both real life and media, and Elaine stood out strongly to me as something different than the usual fare. I can't tell you how much I loved seeing a video that interpreted her this way instead of focusing on her as some quirky Manic Pixie Dream Girl with silly dance.

@joegibbskins 3 ай бұрын

I think Elaine was added to the show because NBC wanted them to have a woman character and Jerry and Larry didn’t know how to write a woman and so they spent a couple seasons writing her as the voice of reason, before realizing that if they gave Julia all of the same sociopathic tendencies George has it would be funny in a different way because she is an attractive woman. As the show goes on her lines become indistinguishable from lines George would have except for how she delivers them. It’s very much the same story with Dee on Always Sunny

@travismiller4320 2 ай бұрын

Now that line from The Shoes makes sense…I never put two and two together

@stellviahohenheim 2 ай бұрын

No, the execs wanted Elaine to be a romantic interest to Jerry. They planned for Elaine to marry Jerry because wedding episodes in sitcoms usually will smash the ratings

@joegibbskins 2 ай бұрын

@@stellviahohenheim that doesn’t contradict anything I said though

@davidmitchell6873 Ай бұрын

The female character was originally supposed to be a waitress at the coffee shop.

@d.johnson1109 3 ай бұрын

Julia Louis Dreyfus was on maternity leave in season 4, which is why she was missing from the season.

@user-si3gu8pm6j 3 ай бұрын

Well...according to Puddy she is going to hell

@FriedAudio 2 ай бұрын

Nice... 👍🏻

@JerekBilbar 3 ай бұрын

No one can be more evil than Jerry

@badbadgilead2552 3 ай бұрын

Hard agree

@mobus1603 3 ай бұрын

100%

@kwakigra 3 ай бұрын

I feel like Jerry's cheating though

@ZenShroud1 3 ай бұрын

Hello, Newman.

@paperbagman8913 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, the crime he committed to comedy was unforgivable

@johncouch2115 3 ай бұрын

This is the best video on Seinfeld I’ve seen. These are all things my brother and I have talked about. We think one could view the show where Jerry is the one who corrupts everyone else. Out of all 4 characters he’s the one without any empathy or remorse. 😂

@themaggattack 3 ай бұрын

Yes! Jerry was the ringleader. The silent puppet master. Acting innocent- but so cold, entitled, and arrogant!

@Bedrockbrendan 3 ай бұрын

One of the most interesting aspects of watching the series again from beginning to end last year with my wife was realizing how evil Elaine becomes by the last seasons. She is a great character and Julia Louis-Dreyfus performance brings it to a whole other level

@michellecrocker2485 3 ай бұрын

That makes sense. You can be friends with someone who you don’t completely respect

@michellecrocker2485 3 ай бұрын

I think Jerry intentionally sabotages his relationships because he regrets still not being with Elaine whose the only woman who can take his BS

@alfalfa2155 3 ай бұрын

What a delight to see a Seinfeld analysis! I watched a lot of Seinfeld in the 2000s when it was all reruns in jumbled order, so I never really got to see the progression of the show and characters over time. I really enjoyed this!

@iandoucett4599 3 ай бұрын

Seinfeld has antisocial personality disorder and Larry/George textbook narcissistic personality disorder. They broke her.

@tomhomunculus 3 ай бұрын

I always thought of Kramer as being hypomanic not narcissistic

@xXluluchanelXx 3 ай бұрын

@@tomhomunculus they didn't say Kramer was narcissistic. I would say he's got ADHD but that's about it lol

@123Jim91 3 ай бұрын

Because she is a she? Ah as usual, not holding women accountable even in fiction, has to be the man's fault eh? Really tired of this but sure sure.

@wockhardt69 3 ай бұрын

@@tomhomunculuskramers name is cosmo

@murrieta49 3 ай бұрын

Nihilists with sociopathic tendencies

@hnybee113 3 ай бұрын

This was one of the most entertaining and authentic of a character we all felt some how connected too. The crappy bitter adult we NEVER wanted to be. Especially a teen growing into young adult years while this masterpiece was actually on my TV in real time.

@magicman763 3 ай бұрын

if you make more videos for each member of the group (especially George) i am seated

@sethiddings7293 3 ай бұрын

I could see why you would pick Elaine by the end of the series but i think it's actually Jerry. "What's the deal with airplane peanuts?" Straight evil.

@Go7Suarez 3 ай бұрын

I think you may be the only man on the internet who understands Elaine. I rarely watch this type of video and didn't expect to last the whole 37 minutes. I'm really glad I gave it a shot because I loved it. Thank you

@nebulous6660 3 ай бұрын

Saying these characters are completely selfish & without empathy is simply false. Jerry constantly shares with Kramer, he’s very good to his parents buying his Dad a Cadillac, he tries to help Baboo improve his business. He does favors for his friends all the time. He tries to cheer up his friend in the hospital. Kramer is extremely altruistic, he wants everyone in the building to get to know each other’s names & be more neighborly, he volunteers at charity events, he helps Loyd Brawn through his mental health crisis, he helps his friends a lot & reaches out. George feels terrible for breaking up a friend’s marriage, he does favors for his friends sometimes without expecting a reward. Elaine helps her sick friend by babysitting her kid & takes the abuse from the child without lashing out at him. She tries to reconcile with an old nemesis at her wedding. They all help an alcoholic friend get sober. They are all extremely flawed people which helps make them funny & (at times) relatable, and that’s why it’s funny. People wouldn’t connect with the characters if they were complete sociopaths, despite how terrible they can be (like us) they are still a mixed bag.

@Georghiou2D 2 ай бұрын

genuinely want to know how this meme started. the characters in seinfeld are normal people. yes theyre flawed like everyone else, but saying they're anti-social, or *evil* strikes me as kind of arrogant

@christopher9152 2 ай бұрын

They are immature and self-centered, but that doesn't equate to "evil" by a long shot.

@matthewroman6166 2 ай бұрын

I agree. Never understood the "they're all terrible people!" bit. I always saw them as the "normal" people who try to handle (albeit with serious flaws) the craziness of the world around them, social interaction, etc,.

@Georghiou2D 2 ай бұрын

@@matthewroman6166 Another thing is that Jerry got a reputation for dumping women over trivial things. That's fair, but when you consider the types of things Jerry and George get dumped for (nose picking, etc) it kinda begs the question why those other characters don't receive the same level of scrutiny as the main 4

@matthewroman6166 2 ай бұрын

@Georghiou2D Yup. The characters of Seinfield were up against petty and simple thinking people. They were always on the losing end of social misunderstanding. They weren't "evil", they were the normal ones, they were misunderstood. I think when it originally aired, this was well understood.

@cherrybanana8534 3 ай бұрын

Seinfeld is absolutely the blueprint for Always Sunny, Sweet Dee is SO Elaine coded.

@som6231 3 ай бұрын

I also get the sense that she is so deep in comphet. She even has dialogue about how men's bodies are gross and women bodies are amazing and how people who find the male body attractive are “sickos.” there are so any queer-coded elements about her character. I always had head cannon that she was deeply saphic and avoiding it through a pick-me persona and her toxic friendships.

@stuflames4769 3 ай бұрын

I dunno she seems genuinely attracted to Puddy, who is definitely a dude's kind of dude both physically and in personality and presentation... and those qualities are pretty much exactly what keeps her interested and coming back in spite of how incompatible they are in other ways.

@matheuscirne273 3 ай бұрын

So Seinfeld is, from Elaine's pov, basically Breaking Bad...?

@jonvia 2 ай бұрын

At least she didnt steal a marble rye from Happy Gilmore's granny

@Skibbityboo0580 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for digging up this old show for us 90's folks! Great analysis. I never put a critical eye on Seinfeld so this was awesome, thanks!

@kwaki-serpi-niku 3 ай бұрын

The most evil character in all of Seinfeld is Neil Watkins from accounting.

@CarlosRodela 3 ай бұрын

i was totally captured by this idea and your delivery from the very start, awesome edit job (I know how long this took!) and now I just want more of these retrospectives! awesome job

@rtcommodore9354 3 ай бұрын

One of the reasons Seinfeld is funny is that it shows how various psychopathies boomerang on the emotionally disordered. In popular culture, psychos are usually portrayed as getting the better of everyone else. On Seinfeld, the psychologically disordered (which is all the main characters) all get into embarrassing situations as they pursue their schemes.

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 3 ай бұрын

In that regard, what I loved most about Seinfeld is that, indirectly, their individual psychosis usually ended up hurting each other by the end. No matter what their individual story lines were, they would often converge to screw the others in some way. That's why I'm one of the few people who LOVED the finale episode because the way it ended screwed US, the viewers, which officially made us part of the group! 😆😁🤣

@RoninX33 3 ай бұрын

@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 Very true!

@HuntingViolets 3 ай бұрын

@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 Psychosis and psychopathy are different things. Although it is possible to have both -- do you think this group qualifies?

@OneAndOnlyMe 3 ай бұрын

Elaine's character arc is one of the best things about Seinfeld.

@humantacos9800 2 ай бұрын

All four of the main characters went from selfish amoral lives to grossly narcissistic immoral lives. It’s an obvious metaphor for spiritual death.

@CaptPeon 3 ай бұрын

What a depressing character arch! I watched the first few seasons but eventually got my own life... okay, i was homeless, and lost track of the show. I feel sorry for Elaine, the disfunction consumed her

@MrisaVigil 3 ай бұрын

I don't know if this means anything to you but I was also homeless, and a lot more people are or have been that don't feel comfortable saying it and I just think it is like good for society for people to be honest about that since it's such a common thing. Glad youre better now, I assume!

@CaptPeon 3 ай бұрын

@@MrisaVigil I, respectfully, agree! Honestly talking about our truth is the best first step in making the world a better place. In my opinion, the most toxic people are the ones that (even violently) defend the lie that their lives are perfect. We're all a little broken and, if we just admit it, then we'll all be better off! Honestly, my life's a bit of a tragedy but that doesn't mean that life's not also a wonderful journey full of loving, kind, and beautiful people. Honesty is the key to healthy and supportive communities. Be well!

@drewphonix7685 3 ай бұрын

Glad u came back 👋🏾

@d0ttiej 3 ай бұрын

Elaine is the best she held that show together no matter what anyone says.

@cartervision274 2 ай бұрын

Never knew Seinfeld had such a tragic character arc in it.

@Bendilin 3 ай бұрын

I never felt like she was a more cheerful and happy character during the first few seasons, but being fake. Her niceness always felt like a front and over time she gradually dropped the mask. It is extremely unusual for an ex-relationship to have such casual influence and presence in somebody's life the way Elaine does. But the cast of Seinfeld are not meant to be seen as good people. They're all vindictive, petty individuals who are entertained by one another's presence and self-inflicted turmoils. Misery loves company, and Elaine is very miserable. Not cheerful.

@thekat4493 3 ай бұрын

Seinfeld, Roseanne, and My So Called Life were the only shows whose characters seemed realistic to me back then.

@turtleanton6539 2 ай бұрын

Yes😮

@JDubya2k 3 ай бұрын

Costanza pushing over kids and old ladies to get out of the fire is the most evil act on the show, hands down. So Costanza wins? Kramer is pretty bad too, burning down a log cabin with a cigar, not caring, then asking for more cigars from the cabin owner?

@SerWhiskeyfeet 3 ай бұрын

I used to do the Elaine dance for my coworkers in the electronics department when I worked at Target. There’s a level of anti-rhythm there that’s nothing if not diabolical

@LetsCrashThisParade 3 ай бұрын

Really felt your enthusiasm in this one mate, and the editing is super well done and clearly extensive work was done here, plus what an inspired topic that nobody was specifically asking for but we didn't know we needed! Love it

@greensheen8759 3 ай бұрын

Oh god the supreme Court line killed me. God dammit

@Anon12077 2 ай бұрын

I think George is 100% more evil, he’s just more pathetic about it 😂

@NoirDetetive 2 ай бұрын

What I find most strange about George's character is that he began in the series reasonably well and Is it only in the second season that he starts to going down the hill. Kramer is the one who freaks me the most, like what the hell he does for a living? Borrow from Jerry and sneaking into his apartment to snatch some snacks could be enough for him not starve, but how does he pay rent and bills? The way he is always goofy and space out in some occasions make me theorize that he is a pot smoker and probably a weed dealer as well. Jerry is a cynic to the point of being a nihilist, to him life is a joke in the most fundamental meaning, and he acts as money can sort out everything. Your takes on Elaine are pretty solid: she is the most evil of the bunch. Much was written about Seinfeld, never other TV series apart from The Twilight Zone in the sixties embody so well the zeitgeist of its days. Like, the anti-hero trope of the 2000s is really Seinfeld's nihilism and cynic outlook taken to the other extreme and there you have Tony Soprano and Don Draper. Anyway, awesome video.

@PaigeSinclaire 3 ай бұрын

Growing up me and my dad would always watch it at 7pm before the Simpsons it’s one of my best memories with my dad ❤

@influencerpodcasts Ай бұрын

George didn't drug his boss for kicks, he did it for revenge

@sadiemiller1780 2 ай бұрын

Newman. I've looked into his eyes. He's pure evil.

@davidfl4 3 ай бұрын

This was an excellent video. So insightful, it really made me think about this series in a totally different way after seeing it a dozen times. You really made think “huh maybe there is something of an arc there.” Well done! 🙏

@T1J 3 ай бұрын

Whenever I do these kinds of videos, I always think I might have to take some logical leaps, but usually these arcs flow together pretty seamlessly, and makes me think these writers knew what they were doing.

@jackspielman5488 3 ай бұрын

This is great because jerry and george also have a fair claim to being the most evil haha

@rebeccalaff853 3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this so much I've watched it 3x! I love how you caught all the little things. Love love love it *chef's kiss*

@muddlewait8844 3 ай бұрын

Loving it! Great stuff. Helped me appreciate a series I admit I rarely enjoyed.

@AudreyII970 3 ай бұрын

I'm only 10 or so minutes in, but I'm getting the vibe that Elaine and Slippin' Kimmy have similar cores, and I just think that's funny considering the difference in intensity between the two shows lol

@stuflames4769 3 ай бұрын

That's kind of a funny observation.

@HuntingViolets 3 ай бұрын

That's interesting. "I can make you worse" is irresistible sometimes.

@joelRmontfort 3 ай бұрын

Lmao Jerry was too busy with a 16 year old IRL to date Elaine

@airyanawaejah2323 3 ай бұрын

@joelRmontfort 3 ай бұрын

@@airyanawaejah2323 thank you that's so much better lol

@frequentiis 3 ай бұрын

and 30 american states has 16 as age of consent, dummy, enjoy your #metoo

@metube3489 3 ай бұрын

@@airyanawaejah2323 Glad we cleared that up

@airyanawaejah2323 3 ай бұрын

@@joelRmontfort glad to help

@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 3 ай бұрын

I love this T1J. You've examined the character arc of Elaine Bennis thru the Killing Joke lens.

@oxylepy2 3 ай бұрын

"So you can look good" sorry, but people in those big fur coats look like walking "trophy" rooms, literal rooms full of pieces of and even whole animal corpses that are super cringe.

@jakechinatown 3 ай бұрын

George literally killed his wife man

@airyanawaejah2323 3 ай бұрын

No he didn't

@stuflames4769 3 ай бұрын

He did not kill Susan.

@jakechinatown 3 ай бұрын

@@airyanawaejah2323 even if he didn’t he celebrated her death lol

@Edward-6909 3 ай бұрын

Exactly ,that takes the cake.same vein of arthur in "the joker" hes a man screaming or laughing for help until he crosses the line into evil by reveling in the suffering & death of others.

@jxmmykriminallive 3 ай бұрын

@@jakechinatown well that’s not killing somebody. so you’re a liar

@richardcranium5801 2 ай бұрын

“One of these days, something terrible is gonna happen to you. It HAS TO!”

@Chaosknightz 3 ай бұрын

You know I never before today thought of how many parallels there are fro mthis show to Sunny. Obviously Sunny is vastly more unhinged but for the time, this show is basically the same almost.

@marcosdarby 3 ай бұрын

When it first came out, IASIP was advertised as “Seinfeld on crack”.

@ashleylitebrite6971 3 ай бұрын

I love this so much. Thank you

@vitalepitts 3 ай бұрын

This was something I internally felt during my watchthrough, I appreciate having it laid out so well.

@sociallyinadequate8598 2 ай бұрын

I like how the only thing they have in common is that they're all Jerry's friend

@666kittycat666 3 ай бұрын

Great content as always!

@t.h.mcelroy6597 3 ай бұрын

Great video!

@LRod1959 3 ай бұрын

No soup for you!

@travismiller4320 2 ай бұрын

Come back, one year. When Elaine found those recipes and decided to ruin Soup Nazi was when I realized how vindictive and petty she became.

@t_yler 3 ай бұрын

Love the vid. Thanks

@NUFAN1313 3 ай бұрын

Why am I just now discovering your channel?! BRB, gonna binge the rest of your content.

@CNYKnifeNut 3 ай бұрын

Literally me a few weeks ago

@jazzhooks4249 3 ай бұрын

great video!

@meridiantouchyoga 3 ай бұрын

Nice job bro! really, really enjoyed this! 🙂

@think2086 2 ай бұрын

Elaine would become emperor. Jerry, the Jester, Cramer the village fool, and George the incompetent bureaucrat who gets his head chopped off by the emperor.