so what do you think about the new sometime slot? 9:00 on thursday, 8:00 central. name one famous nbc show that aired in that time slot. cheers. it s a dangerous slot because they re handing you the biggest audience there is. if that audience starts watching you and goes i hate this and they go oh, wait, you re dead. my mother caught me. caught you? doing what? you know. the episode that is super important in the trajectory of seinfeld is the contest. i am never doing that again. it was predicated on a real contest that larry david had been part of. seeing who could go the longest without masturbating. but are you still master of your domain? i am king of the county. but what also should be noted, elaine is in the contest. john f. kennedy jr. and that i think was a bold statement at that time. hang on. hang on. jerry was dating marla, the virgin. let s go in the bedroom.
and that i think was a bold statement at that time. hang on. hang on. jerry was dating marla, the virgin. let s go in the bedroom. really? that was an episode that doubled its audience while it was airing because people were clearly getting on the phone and going turn it over to channel 4, you ve got to see what they re doing! and that s where i think the ultimate success of the show was born. it s over? you re out? oh, my god, the queen is dead. in the 90s the world is literally changing overnight. and here are these four people grounded in their adolescence. you mean shrinkage? yes. they re not trying to be good people. and everybody recognized some part of themselves in them and went, i think i love these guys. george is getting upset! seinfeld. that was a game changer. no soup for you.
i m king of the county. what also should be noted, elaine is in the contest. john f. kennedy junior. and that, i think, was a bold statement at that time. hang on. hang on. jerry was dating marla, the virgin. let s go in the bedroom. really? that was an episode that doubled the audience while it was airing because people were clearly getting on the phone going turnover to channel 4. you got to see what they re doing. and that s where i think the ultimate success of the show was born. it s over. you re out? oh my god. the queen is dead. [ laughter ] in the 90s, the world is literally changing overnight and here are these four people grounded in their adolescence. you mean, shrinking? yes. they re not trying to be good people. and everybody recognized some part of themselves in them and went, i think i love these guys.