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On the "Seinfeld" episode "The Puffy Shirt", Kramer (Michael Richards) begins dating an ambitious fashion designer named Leslie (Wendel Meldrum) who, by his own description, is a "low-talker." That is, she typically speaks at a very low volume. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) has a conversation with Kramer Leslie over lunch, where he tells them about an upcoming high-profile TV appearance he is to make. It's "The Today Show." Leslie responds, but Jerry can't make out what she's saying in the crowded restaurant, so he merely nods politely. The next day, Kramer reveals that, in nodding, Jerry has agreed to wear a shirt that Leslie designed, specifically for his "Today Show" appearance.

The shirt is described as "puffy," as it has billowy sleeves and cravat-like appendages down its chest. It looks like something Lord Byron might wear. It's aristocratic, old-fashioned, and out-of-place. Jerry tries it on and is instantly embarrassed. He did...

For as long as he's been a comedian, Larry David has had one look: slightly disheveled, with a ring of curly hair around a bald dome, big circular glasses, and a penchant for offending people over minor inconveniences. This look has been remarkably consistent since he was a young man, and while I haven't seen any photos of him as a baby, I choose to believe he was born looking like the textbook definition of "curmudgeon."

This comedic persona is just an act, at least according to his longtime friend and "Seinfeld" co-creator Jerry Seinfeld, but the look certainly is not. His penchant for blazers and cashmere sweaters has turned him into an unlikely style icon, thanks in part to how consistently he composes his look both on screen in his hilarious HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and off-screen in interviews. Because he sports the same look day in and day out,...

Although Jon Hamm became a household name through his dramatic lead role in "Mad Men," he's since revealed himself to be a particularly talented comedic actor. From his four fantastic "Saturday Night Live" hosting gigs to his recurring roles on "30 Rock," "Good Omens," and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Hamm's been down to get real silly with it. 

In addition to playing comedic original characters, Hamm's been happy to reprise his ad man role for comedic effect. Most recently, he returned to play Draper in "Unfrosted," that bizarre Poptart movie from Jerry Seinfeld last year. But perhaps his strangest Draper reappraisal came seven years before that: in 2017, he guest-starred in an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants." He voiced ad exec Don Grouper, a handsome yet shady ad man who wants to help Mr. Krabs sell frozen Krabby Patties.

Despite the obvious parallels to his "Mad Men" character, Don Grouper is not...

William H. Macy, the revered Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning character actor, will sit down with yours truly on Sept. 9 in Toronto to record a special episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast in front of an audience at THR’s Access Canada Summit, a three-day event that spotlights Canada’s vibrant content industry.

The recording will take place at Toronto’s Omni King Edward Hotel at 10:30 a.m. local time. Tickets are available for purchase on the summit’s website.

Macy, 75, is best known for his work in films like 1996’s Fargo, 1997’s Boogie Nights and 2015’s Room, as well as TV series such as ER and Shameless. He will be at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival with Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last January en route to being acquired by Netflix, and for which he...

Pete Davidson is looking back at attending the SNL50: The Anniversary Special.

Back in February, the NBC sketch comedy series celebrated its 50th anniversary with a star-studded show with guests in attendance including Emma Stone, Jerry Seinfeld, Kim Kardashian, Seth Rogen, Lady Gaga, and many more.

While appearing on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday (August 6), Pete shared why the audience was “terrible.”

Keep reading to find out more…“As you know from SNL40 — terrible audience,” Pete told Seth. “It’s a terrible audience ’cause it’s just famous people, and famous people only like themselves.”

As the Late Night show audience began to laugh, Pete doubled down on his claim, and said, “It’s true! I’m guilty of this!”

Seth agreed with the Bupkis actor’s statement, before making fun of him for being “the only one laughing” in the audience while watching a pre-taped sketch that...

The Popularity of Larry David's and Jerry Seinfeld's sitcom "Seinfeld" was a sign that American TV audiences were ready for a change. Throughout the 1980s, traditional American sitcoms had become stale, seen (by some snarky youngsters) as a placid, undramatic remnant of a former generation. By the late 1980s, three shows arrived to turn the medium inside out. "Married... with Children" was a traditional sitcom in structure — it was about a white, suburban, nuclear family — but horrifying in practice. The characters were selfish, greedy, stupid, sexist, and sadistic. In 1989, the world witnessed the debut of "The Simpsons," an animated series that featured boorish blue-collar characters who all resented a world that never helped them. The show quickly became semi-surreal. Sitcoms were dead.

And then there was "Seinfeld," a series that is often called "a show about nothing." One of the creative mandates of "Seinfeld" was that none of...

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The "Seinfeld" season 7 two-parter "The Cadillac" is mostly remembered for being (to borrow the titling parlance of a '90s sitcom competitor) the one where George (Jason Alexander) goes on a date with Marisa Tomei (playing herself). But the title of the episode has nothing to do with that storyline!

Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) has just gotten back from an extremely well-paying comedy gig. We don't see the number on the check but it makes Kramer (Michael Richards) jump. So, Jerry decides to do something uncharacteristically nice. His father Morty has dreamed of owning a Cadillac but never been able to afford one. So Jerry flies down to Florida with a surprise gift for his dad. But this being "Seinfeld," even these good intentions lead to trouble.

Morty is his condo association's president. The new Cadillac makes his fellows think he's embezzling money.

In the "Seinfeld" episode "The Butter Shave", Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), George (Jason Alexander), and Kramer (Michael Richards) have all decided to shave the mustaches they have been fostering. Somehow, Kramer finds that butter proves to be a superior substitute to shaving cream. Everyone is baffled by this, but Kramer loves it, claiming the butter makes his skin softer. He even tries buttering up his whole body and laying out in the sun for a spell. Unfortunately, he falls asleep while tanning, and wakes up with a crispy, turkey-skin shade. 

This proves to be a problem later when Kramer goes to a diner and meets Newman (Wayne Knight). Newman thinks Kramer smells ... delicious. Newman is baffled by his appetite. He glances over at a whole, stuffed turkey being served at the diner, and he begins hallucinating. He sees Kramer's head on the turkey's body. This kind of hallucination may have been common in cartoon shorts,...

In the "Seinfeld" episode "The Limo", Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) arrives back in New York after a trip to Chicago, and George (Jason Alexander) has agreed to pick him up. Sadly, George's car has broken down on the way to the airport, leaving the pair stranded. They see a limo waiting nearby, however, and they concoct a scheme. Jerry happens to know that the limo is waiting for someone stranded in Chicago (he overheard the passenger in question on his flight), a man named O'Brien, so George claims to be O'Brien to claim a free limo ride. No harm, no victim, right? 

And their scheme comes with an added bonus. Not only are they sniping O'Brien's ride, but they are handed O'Brien's "passes" for an event at Madison Square Garden. Are they for the expensive Knicks/Bulls game? Jerry and George have no compunction about stealing the tickets for themselves, knowing...

Leanne Morgan’s Netflix sitcom is just around the corner, set to premiere this Thursday, July 31, 2025, on Netflix. Co-created by the comedian, Chuck Lorre, and Susan McMartin, it marks the stand-up comic’s TV debut as a lead star, as she embodies the role of a woman, tackling a separation more than three decades into her marriage.

In what she has described as a dream come true, Morgan is sharing the screen with industry veterans like Kristen Johnston and Ryan Stiles, with the highly anticipated Netflix offering that has become the talk of the town recently.

Leanne Morgan’s Take on Late-Life Divorce Caught Chuck Lorre’s Eye

Leanne Morgan’s upcoming show has been largely inspired by her stand-ups, which the comedian usually bases on her life as a mother, grandmother, and her family. However, it was one bit from her Netflix special that really caught Chuck Lorre’s eye.

Watching popular sitcoms from different eras of television can be tricky. It's always important to track the progression of what was once considered funny in the pop culture landscape the series arrived in. A lot of shows, naturally, feature outdated comedic sensibilities with jokes that land with a thud, while others prove to be surprisingly ahead of their time. That's just how it happens as certain tastes evolve and change from decade to decade. In most cases, however, a really sharp comedic ensemble can transcend beyond its lowest points and offer some potent laughs in a contemporary context, as is the case with "Seinfeld."

The hit NBC sitcom wasn't just one of the funniest shows on the air at the time (and of all time), it was a full-blown phenomenon. Each season progressively pulled in more viewers to the point that the "Seinfeld" crew were able to secure an elephant...

Comedy legend George Wallace has been in the business for 49 years and apparently has no plans to leave the stand-up stage.

So much so that Wallace, 73, says he may do stand-up until his dying breath because he measures success not by the wealth he has but by how much he enjoys life and makes audiences happy.

“I’m living my dream. I’m the most successful person you’ve ever met. It’s not how much money you have, it’s how you enjoy your life while you’re living and that’s what I do,” Wallace told The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday while attending the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal.

That dream of wanting to become a comic began at age 6. Wallace watched Red Skelton, Red Foxx, Richard Pryor and others growing up. And in 1976 he got into the comedy business at the ground floor with a young Jerry Seinfeld,...

For a business that’s all about putting people in seats, new Just For Laughs owner Sylvain Parent-Bedard has made a ballsy money-back offer as a once-dominant stand-up comedy showcase for Hollywood returns from the dead.

If Montrealers aren’t bursting with laughter watching Jfl galas this weekend at the Place des Arts hosted by Roy Wood Jr., Fortune Feimster, Michelle Buteau and Saturday Night Live castmember Mikey Day, they’ll get their hard-earned dollars back.

“If they’re not happy, we’re going to reimburse them without argument,” Parent-Bedard, a Quebec comedy veteran who has done a pivot to English-language comedy by buying Jfl out of bankruptcy in 2024, tells The Hollywood Reporter.

He has big shoes to fill, after Jfl over the decades left belly-laughing Montrealers entertained by big names like Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Lewis Black, Chris Rock, Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Larry the Cable Guy and others.

Sony Pictures Television wants to go into business with U.K.-based creators, so it has hired an executive whose experience straddles the line between traditional and digital channels. Matt Ford, whose resume includes stints at British broadcasters BBC and Channel 4, has been tapped to occupy a newly created VP of Commercial and Digital role at Sony’s TV production wing.

Deadline reported that Ford will “engage with U.K. content creators, create digital originals, and build creator partnerships” in his new position. “Streaming, digital, social, and audio platforms” will all be in play as Sony Pictures Television looks to reignite and refocus its original content operation.

As the U.K. creator economy has ballooned to a £2 billion valuation, local influencers have worked their way into the TV and streaming industries. The Sidemen made a splash when they brought their reality show Inside to Netflix, porting it away from its original home on YouTube.

It's natural to want to give shoutouts to the things you love once you've been given a platform to do so. If there's ever an opportunity to declare my admiration for, say, The Somerville Theater in my work, I'll do so because their continued existence as one of the best movie theaters in New England means a great deal to me. It's my way of giving back. Prominent figures in the entertainment industry are able to perform a similar tribute in their work, albeit on a much bigger scale. In that case, it only makes sense that comedian Jerry Seinfeld would find a way to somehow incorporate his favorite superhero throughout an entire sitcom bearing his name.

Jerry made it abundantly clear that he's a huge fan of Superman by incorporating jokes and nods to the beloved DC character throughout his entire career. Jerry incorporated Superman into his stand-up material...

"Seinfeld" might be one of the best sitcoms of all time, but this doesn't mean the show was always at the top of its game. As a seminal 1990s comedy series, it existed in the era's cultural space and drew its humor from the things that could fly back then ... and in some cases, this led to gags that are deeply uncomfortable in hindsight.

A prime example of the show swinging and utterly missing with its jokes is "Seinfeld" season 9, episode 10, "The Strike." The episode has cemented its place in pop culture history thanks to its focus on the wonderful made-up holiday known as Festivus, but it also features a rather less savory subplot involving Jerry's (Jerry Seinfeld) date, Gwen (Karen Fineman). Throughout the episode, much mirth is made about the way several characters -- including Jerry -- perceive Gwen as being extremely attractive in flattering lighting but far less so in other circumstances,...

Some of the best sitcoms live and breathe on the diverse idiosyncrasies of its talented ensemble. If every character talks, acts, and says the same things in the same way, there wouldn't be anything for them to bounce off of, especially on a show like "Seinfeld." The hit NBC sitcom thrives on four different corners of the New York friend group sowing chaos wherever they go in the manner they see fit, inadvertently or not. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) is an exaggerated reflection of the comedian lifestyle, often being the one to point out the bizarre observations of his friends' lives. His right-hand man, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), on the other hand, is a tried and true neurotic who's very full of himself and will do just about anything to make certain opportunities work out in his favor. From a distance, Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is the most responsible member of the group,...

Seinfeld is making a huge comeback in 2025, thirty-six years after the show originally premiered. It is skyrocketing in popularity on the digital charts.

FlixPatrol reports that Seinfeld has shot up to #2 on iTunes' Top 10 TV Shows in the United States as of July 19, 2025. The only series currently outperforming it is Charlie Sheen's hit sitcom, Two and a Half Men. The reason for Seinfeld's huge rise in the charts is likely due to the series being discounted on iTunes, with the Complete Seinfeld Collection currently available for $49.99, making it 50% off its usual $99.99 price.

Created by Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Jerry Seinfeld, the show is one of the most successful sitcoms from the 1990s. It ran for a total of nine seasons and aired 180 episodes with its ensemble cast that included Seinfeld as a fictional version of himself alongside his friends George Costanza (Jason Alexander), former girlfriend Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus...

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The only thing you can reasonably expect from an episode of "Seinfeld" is some variation of Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George (Jason Alexander), and Kramer (Michael Richards) causing trouble wherever they go. It's in their nature to sow chaos. The beloved sitcom was unlike any other comedy on television because it reveled in its characters' psychopathy without the catharsis of moral resolutions -- barring the divisive series finale. But as much as these four were the face of the show, "Seinfeld" was made great on account of its memorable batch of side characters, with one of the most famous being the infamous Soup Nazi (Larry Thomas).

When it comes to the best episodes of the series, "The Soup Nazi" is no doubt one of them. The main throughline follows the "Seinfeld" crew making trouble at a local hot...

Like peanut butter and chocolate — if peanut butter was full of observational humor and chocolate was obsessed with psychosexual dreamscapes — the comedy of Seinfeld and the work of late filmmaking genius David Lynch are a surprisingly great combination.

As we’ve mentioned before, Seinfeld and Twin Peaks specifically have a lot in common. For one thing, diners feature prominently in both shows: Monk’s and the Double R, respectively. Plus, the two series also shared a number of actors, including Grace Zabriskie and Warren Frost (father of Twin Peaks creator Mark Frost) who played Susan’s parents. And we’re not sure that the old lady with the marble rye wasn’t supposed to be the Black Lodge entity known as Mrs. Tremond/Chalfont.

Fans have found a number of creative ways to pair up these two tonally disparate shows in interesting ways, including the Sein Peaks YouTube channel, which...

In spite of being remembered as a show about nothing, "Seinfeld" was anything but, as Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld pitched their sitcom to NBC as a show about how a comedian gets their material. For the first seven seasons, these two were responsible for heralding their groundbreaking comedy series from humble beginnings at Desilu-Cahuenga to one of the best sitcoms ever made. "Seinfeld" only grew in popularity with each passing season as audiences became more and more endeared to the bizarre misadventures of Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George (Jason Alexander), and Kramer (Michael Richards). When it came time to start working on the eighth season, however, there was a regime change that challenged the show's viability.

In the wake of killing off Susan Ross (Heidi Swedberg), George's fiancee, in the season 7 finale, David finally put his foot down and decided to leave the show to work on...

Every generation of fans gets a new Superman on the big screen, and this week’s premiere of the James Gunn version marks yet another relaunch of the comic book movie franchise. Saturday Night Live is on a similar cycle, with each generation of comedians taking a stab at the Man of Steel.

Here are five of the funniest takes on Superman from the past 50 years…

1 Superhero Party

Bill Murray as Superman hosts a 1970s dinner party with girlfriend Lois Lane, sporting a super-apron as he pops nachos in the oven. A bevy of costumed heroes show up to smoke and drink, but it’s John Belushi who steals the show as the Incredible Hulk. First, he accidentally sits on the Invisible Girl in the bathroom, then destroys the toilet with his gamma-radiated poop. “Take it easy,” he tells the gagging Flash. “It’s not supposed to smell like roses.

Larry David is angling for yet another return to HBO after the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm wrapped up last year. The studio has confirmed that David, who created the 92% Rotten Tomatoes series, is working on a comedy sketch limited series about American history. David is writing the show with Jeff Schaffer, who also worked with David on Curb as showrunner, executive producer, and director. David will follow the Curb model for his new series and also star in the show in addition to creating it. Each episode of the new series will be a half-hour, and former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama will also executive produce under their Higher Ground production banner. Obama told HBO that, despite his former trials and tribulations as President, “nothing” prepared him for “working with Larry David.”

In addition to starring as Boris in Whatever Works, the 2009 romantic comedy starring...

The revered Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård will sit down with yours truly to record a special episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast in front of an audience at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Friday, July 11. The taping will take place at 11 a.m. local time, at Congress Hall within the Thermal Hotel. No ticket or pass is required for entry — admission is free — but seating is limited to the first 250 people to arrive.

The 74-year-old is at the fest to receive Kviff’s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, previous recipients of which include Robert De Niro, Judi Dench, Michael Caine, Isabelle Huppert, Richard Gere, Helen Mirren, John Travolta, Willem Dafoe, Julianne Moore, Mel Gibson, John Malkovich, Susan Sarandon, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Russell Crowe.

He is being celebrated for a film career that has included standout performances in numerous Lars von Trier...

What’s weirder — that Oasis star Noel Gallagher once met Jerry Seinfeld or that he didn’t mercilessly bash the comedian when he told Rolling Stone?

Gallagher was mixing his Who Built the Moon? album back in the mid-2010s when he wrapped his studio session on a Friday. “See you Monday,” he told the engineer.

“Oh, we’re not in Monday, Tuesday.”

Gallagher wanted to know why not. The engineer said he’d been told not to come in. “Who the fuck told you not to come in?” the singer exploded. “I run the fucking record label — who told you not to come in?”

The engineer shrugged and told Gallagher to check with his office. The office also deflected, telling Gallagher to check with his wife, Sarah. In his typical professional manner, Gallagher asked, “What the fuck’s it got to do with her?”

The mystery was solved, in part,...

The first few seasons of "Seinfeld" did okay in the ratings, but it wasn't until season 4 that it became a whole cultural phenomenon. Part of that's because of the season's structure: season 4 was still episodic like the seasons before, but this time it had an ongoing arc of Jerry and George pitching their own TV show to NBC. It was a confident (and meta) move for the show to pull, one that made clear "Seinfeld" wouldn't be running out of steam any time soon. 

But not everyone on the production was originally happy about the idea. Jason Alexander, in a 2005 documentary reflecting on the series, admitted he thought the idea was a bit much. "When it was presented that season four was going to have an arc, and that the arc was going to be the creation of the Jerry show, I thought we had taken a step in the wrong direction,...

The following article is an excerpt from the latest edition of “In Review by David Ehrlich,” a biweekly newsletter in which our Chief Film Critic and Head Reviews Editor rounds up the site’s latest reviews and muses about current events in the movie world. Subscribe here to receive the newsletter in your inbox every other Friday.

It’s hard to remember now, but movies used to be funny. And not just funny as a means to an end, but funny as an end unto itself. Like, people would pay money to go see something explicitly because it promised to make them laugh, which is wild to imagine now that jokes are basically just something that Hollywood uses to hide the fact that it’s given up on making comedies. What used to be a proud and reliable genre has since been reduced to an omnipresent tone — a tone so...

"Seinfeld" was truly like no other comedy on television. It refused to adhere to sitcom conventions with the likes of sympathetic main characters, life lessons, and happy endings. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George (Jason Alexander) and Kramer (Michael Richards) were all, in some form or another, sociopathic walks of life who only seemed to bring about a wave of trouble wherever they made themselves known. But that was part of the whole appeal. Shows like "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" would follow in its footsteps because there's an innate curiosity and sicko satisfaction with discovering slivers of humanity inside a batch of unlikable characters. NBC viewers couldn't get enough of "Seinfeld," as the series' popularity and awards consideration grew with each passing season. It was on top of the world. The show reached a turning point, however, at the end of its seventh season for a couple of...

"Seinfeld" is widely recognized as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time because of its ingenuity to think outside its television constraints. Whether it's an episode taking place in a single location like "The Chinese Restaurant" or breaking television taboos with a masturbation contest (that never even says the word), the NBC comedy kept breaking new ground. It all makes sense when you remember that the show was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, both of whom were comedians throwing all these crazy ideas out there to see what sticks. "Seinfeld" certainly had its missteps along the way, but for the most part, its plots and gags were starting to ingrain in the pop culture zeitgeist. It took time, however, for the show to really become the water cooler phenomenon it's remembered for.

Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), George (Jason Alexander), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Kramer (Michael Richards) were quickly becoming the kind of chaotic,...

It helps for new television shows to hook an audience right out of the gate with their first season, but there are plenty of cases in which that inaugural period is needed to work out some kinks and find an identity. When it comes to NBC sitcoms, shows like "Parks and Recreation" and the American remake of "The Office" had a slow start, only to find its cultural footing in the following season. The same can be said for "Seinfeld," which has gone on to become one of the greatest sitcoms ever made.

Pitched as a show about how a comedian gets their material, series creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld only expanded the scope of this amount of comedic potential with each passing year. By the fourth season, "Seinfeld" was a prime water-cooler phenomenon that you simply had to be caught up on, with many of its jokes being introduced into the cultural lexicon.

Plenty of sitcoms have had their time in the limelight, only to disappear from the cultural consciousness because they've either aged poorly or blended in among the pack. "Seinfeld," the groundbreaking NBC comedy about a bunch of friends who bring trouble to whoever's in their orbit, is not one of those shows. Pitched as a sitcom about how a comedian gets their material, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld broke the television mold with episodes that wrung countless possible jokes out of that simple, yet fruitful idea. It was far from a show about "nothing."

"Seinfeld" stands out among the wealth of '90s sitcoms because it wasn't afraid to take risks and experiment, whether the stories would be about masturbation tolerance or double dipping a chip at a funeral reception. Some of the funniest "Seinfeld" moments, however, were whenever the show simply went for broke and just did whatever made the writers laugh.

Stella McCartney was given a Women’s Leadership Award in 2014, and to laud her on her special evening, the Lincoln Center chose that famous advocate of women, Jerry Seinfeld. He brought fashion designer McCartney on stage for a Q&a and asked the most important question first: “Have you seen Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and what do you like about it?”

After soliciting some fake praise, Seinfeld moved on. “Let’s get to fashion, which is really a subject that… interests me,” he continued, winking at the audience in case they couldn’t tell that he couldn’t give a rip. “My first question about fashion is, what’s the difference what anybody wears anyway?”

“Am I supposed to answer?” wondered McCartney.

“You’re supposed to answer,” replied Seinfeld. “I’ll be funny, you answer the question. It’s a legitimate question.”

McCartney was a good sport, managing a...

Falling in love with a bee isn't usually on anyone's bucket list, but in the world of animation, anything can happen. Animated comedy films have a special place in the hearts of movie lovers because, as unserious as they may seem, the writers know how to reel you in. In 2007, Dreamworks Animation and Columbus 81 Productions produced one of the funniest animations of the year, which turned into a classic. Bee Movie introduced theater audiences to Barry B. Benson, a honey bee with the ability to talk to humans and sue them for exploitation. Jerry Seinfeld voiced the character, and while critics had a mixed response, the film has gained a cult following throughout the years. Now, it's available to stream on Netflix and taking over the charts as the comedian brought up the possibility of a live-action sequel.

Seinfeld recently took to Instagram to celebrate the animation rising up...

The difference between a good show and a great show is ingenuity. If you're doing what everyone else is doing, there's nothing inherently wrong with sticking to what works. But when you push beyond the conventions, that's when the magic happens, and "Seinfeld" had plenty of it. The hit NBC sitcom about a chaotic group of inconsiderate friends living in New York forged its path to becoming one of the best sitcoms of all time by thinking outside the box. It caused a ripple effect throughout the world of television comedy that lasted for years, impacting shows like "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

For as treasured as the series is today, "Seinfeld" wasn't an instant phenomenon. It had to slowly grow its identity and fanbase over the course of its first few seasons until "The Contest" cemented the show as must-watch television. The episode where you...

When comedian Nate Bargatze started his career, he dreamed of one day selling out Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville.

“Not that I even knew it would happen,” he says. “But it would be a daydream to keep you going through the not-fun times.”

It wasn’t a short journey to the top. It took Bargatze more than 20 years of work at his craft, comprising thousands of performances, to achieve his goal of reaching stand-up’s upper echelons. But in April 2023, after making his way up from clubs to theaters to arenas, he got there, setting an attendance record in front of a crowd of 19,365.

A dreamer from the start, Bargatze realized in this moment that he could dream far bigger than he ever had before, wielding his influence to conquer new areas far flung from the stage, while sticking to his core ethos of bringing others along for the ride.

Deadline this morning brings you Comedy Means Business, a new newsletter and companion podcast that will offer a deep dive into the world of comedy, with a particular emphasis on stand-up.

Our first effort focuses on the entrepreneurial aspirations of Nate Bargatze, the Tennessee comic behind the ambitious Nateland Entertainment. Bargatze’s company will be the launch sponsor of Comedy Means Business, a partnership borne of his mission to support the ecosystem of stand-up, making it possible for new voices to find a foothold.

Why focus so squarely on the stand-up space? From Jerry Seinfeld to Ray Romano, Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx and so many others, it has been a reliable path to launching major entertainment careers. Bargatze’s own steadily rising career has shifted into high gear since his first hosting stint on Saturday Night Live, in October 2023, raised his national profile.

Comedy Means Business aims to...

"Bee Movie" left audiences delighted and bee-mused in equal measure (sorry). The 2007 animated feature film followed Jerry Seinfeld's Barry B. Benson, a bee, as he took his first steps outside the hive and learned humans had been stealing the bees' honey. Shocked by this discovery and further horrified by finding bees imprisoned in honey farms, Barry launched a lawsuit against humanity to reclaim the honey as the bees' rightful property. If that wasn't strange enough, the movie's B(ee)-plot (sorry again) revolved around a romance that saw Barry, the bee, falling for a human woman. Oh, and at one point, Winnie the Pooh got shot. Yes, really.

It's safe to say "Bee Movie" was a wild ride, and it's predictably generated more than its fair share of memes in the years since its release. Despite all the buzz, "Bee Movie" remains a standalone release with no sign of a sequel.

When they say everybody loves Raymond, they weren’t kidding. Nine seasons, 200+ episodes and one of the most nominated comedies in Primetime Emmy history, Everybody Loves Raymond remains one of the most beloved sitcoms ever. And while it lives on in reruns, don’t expect it to get the reboot treatment.

Some of the most popular comedies of the ‘90s and ‘00s have seen reboots and revivals — we’re talking Frasier, That ‘70s Show, Scrubs, etc. And despite some fan support, a favorite on Everybody Loves Raymond says one of his show just isn’t going to happen. According to Brad Garrett — who played Ray Romano’s brother Robert to much acclaim — “There won’t be [a continuation]. And I’m just saying that because that’s something that Ray and Phil [Rosenthal, the show’s creator] have always said.” Garrett is referring to the numerous times that Romano has shut down...

Having her breakout in Friends as Monica Geller, Courteney Cox embodied a character that has become not only the most memorable role of her career, but also one of the most iconic characters in television history. However, just before her breakout moment, she had starred in another legendary show, Seinfeld.

Starring alongside Jerry Seinfeld, Cox played the role of his girlfriend and faux wife, Meryl, in a memorable Season 5 episode, showcasing her comedic prowess and charming screen presence, and setting the stage for her future stardom.

Before Friends, Courteney Cox Played Jerry’s Pretend Wife Meryl on Seinfeld

Seinfeld and Friends are among some of the most iconic television gems of all time. And one thing that both shows have in common is the presence of Courteney Cox. While one would go on to define her career, the other has become a notable guest appearance as Jerry’s fake wife,...

Plenty of TV directors have had hot streaks, but few have been as prolific as the one Tom Cherones experienced on "Seinfeld." The filmmaker got in on the ground level of the uproarious NBC sitcom, and stuck with the show through the end of its fifth season. By that point, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld's "show about nothing" was on its way to the top of the TV heap, climbing the Nielson ratings and taking over the cultural zeitgeist with phrases like "master of my domain" and "not that there's anything wrong with that!"

Cherones was there for it all, and he didn't just tag in behind the camera every few episodes like many filmmakers do today. Instead, the director helmed a whopping 80 episodes of the first five seasons -- out of just 86. The show's pilot, the Philip Baker Hall guest-starrer "The Library," and Jason Alexander's directorial debut...

There are some really shocking moments within the most-watched content on Netflix last week. Not so much scary, frightening, horror style, but the kind that pulls at your heart and gut and makes you think. Find out more below now that Tudum has updated the lists of the top five most-viewed movies and shows in the US on Netflix.

The movies have two of those big shocks. Watch and get drawn in as someone’s worst day unfolds with twists and turns throughout. The second comes as the story behind a disaster is revealed. There are some real jaw-dropping moments in both movies for sure.

On the show front, look out for a new enthralling drama that could have us all hooked. There’s also a show returning for a second season in sparkling form that’s well worth seeing. Then there are some questions over another returner as it hits season three.

“F1” actors Kerry Condon and Damson Idris, director Joseph Kosinski, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer appeared on Radio Andy’s “The Julia Cunningham Show” to promote the new racing drama. During the interview, Bruckheimer revealed whether Tom Cruise was almost cast in “F1,” Kosinski said he was shocked by Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari move, and Condon opened up about trying racing herself.

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Julia Cunningham: Was there a moment where Tom Cruise got wind of this ’cause I could hear him thinking like, “Oh my god,” “Days of Thunder” moment, but like F1 cars and you guys being like, “No, we have to keep him at bay.” No one letting him know we’re working on this. Was that ever a potential that Tom could have snuck his way in?

Jerry Bruckheimer: No, because he...

In the "Seinfeld" episode "The Jacket," Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) purchases an expensive new suede jacket with a pink-and-white striped lining. It's stylish, although Jerry is a little self-conscious about the stripes; they may be too whimsical for him. Shortly thereafter, Jerry is invited to a nice hotel to meet Alton Benes (Lawrence Tierney), Elaine's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) ultra-gruff, opinionated, and distressingly masculine father. So, wanting to look nice, Jerry naturally wears his new jacket to the meeting.

Because this is "Seinfeld," though, everything gets awkward quickly. Elaine is running behind, which forces Jerry and George (Jason Alexander) to spend a full 30 minutes with Alton by themselves. Alton, as it turns out, is intimidating and judgmental, but Jerry is too timid to defend himself against the man's barbs. Then, when Elaine finally does show up, they decide to walk to a nearby restaurant. Seeing that it's snowing outside and not wanting to ruin his expensive new jacket,...

Netflix debuted the third season of Ginny & Georgia last week, and the drama series starring Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry has been a major hit on streaming. The show even earned over 17 million viewers during its first four days on the platform, and its return encouraged fans to check out the first and second seasons of the show, which have also seen a streaming resurgence. Ginny & Georgia is sitting comfortably in the top spot on Netflix TV charts at the time of writing, even beating The Survivors, the Netflix original thriller series that earned a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The third season of Ginny & Georgia currently sits at a 67% from critics and an 83% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, a slight dip from where it debuted.

Ginny & Georgia was written and created for television by Sarah Lampert, with Mike Gauyo, Briana Belser, Anil K. Foreman, and...

While the cast of Seinfeld never reunited outside of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and, God willing, there will never be an Unfrosted 2, Jerry Seinfeld is talking about making a sequel to one of his past works. Hint: it’s the one about a bee who comes dangerously close to hooking up with a human woman.

As we’ve mentioned already, Seinfeld’s 2007 CGI animated family comedy Bee Movie is currently near the top of the Netflix Top 10 chart, which is both a good sign for Seinfeld, and a terrible sign for the quality of Netflix’s current catalogue.

Seinfeld’s longtime collaborator and soup aficionado Spike Feresten, who co-wrote Bee Movie, recently guested on Radio Andy’s The Julia Cunningham Show on SiriusXM. During the interview, the writer revealed that Seinfeld just proposed making a sequel to their 18-year-old animated project. Why? Well, apparently, we have the mysterious forces of the universe to blame.

Revisiting Tom Hanks’ Top Saturday Night Live Moments! ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

There have been many legendary hosts on Saturday Night Live over the decades, but few have assimilated with the viewers like Tom Hanks. Hanks has emerged as one of the beloved cast members of SNL due to his easy charm, keen sense of humor, and friendly demeanor. Hanks has provided us with some of the most memorable moments in the show since his early days. Let’s look back at some of his most memorable Saturday Night Live moments.

5. Tom Hanks’ SNL debut (1985)

At 29, Tom Hanks made his SNL debut in Season 11, Episode 5. The show was in the middle of a cast and producer reboot, and Hanks brought a spark of fun that the audience instantly latched onto. In the cold open, he played an Entertainment Tonight host, and despite being new to the sketch format, he nailed the tone.

Long before John Mulaney released his own confessional comedy specials, he suggested that true dark confessions can be found in seemingly innocuous punchlines. “There are things that people ignore in observational humor or just jokes that seem small,” he said on a 2018 episode of Off Camera With Sam Jones, “where you go, ‘That's that whole person right there.’”

There are jokes, Mulaney said, “that seem just like an innocuous everyday observation that are as dark about human nature as any real, ‘tear open your guts and show all the horrible sides of you’ comedy.”

Mulaney professed to love both kinds of comedy, but he clearly was more fascinated by the jokes that are less obvious about their dark underpinnings. “One thing that gets ignored sometimes is the fact that (comedians) are talking about this, or the way they talked about this mundane thing, says so much.”

As an example, Mulaney offered up Jerry Seinfeld,...

Even though it’s been derided by beekeeping experts, and weirded out pretty much the entire internet with its interspecies romance subplot, Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie continues to endure.

A favorite of Quentin Tarantino’s, Bee Movie is currently climbing the Netflix charts, which may be less of a testament to the film’s quality so much as it is a testament to how little parents care about what they put on TV for their kids just in order to get two minutes to themselves.

Bee Movie’s most significant role in today’s society isn’t as a movie, or even a meme factory, but rather, as a tool to protest the far-right.

Earlier this year, then-”special government employee” Elon Musk sent a condescending mass email to federal workers asking them to list five things they accomplished that week, or else lose their jobs. “Those who do...

Netflix has officially renewed the Emmy-winning talk show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, for two additional seasons, with Season 6 set to premiere later this year. The renewal news comes after the show’s critically acclaimed fifth season and its 2024 Emmy win for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special. The series, which originally launched in 2018 with President Barack Obama as its first guest — it's a surprise it didn't only go downhill from there, if we're honest — has since evolved into one of the most acclaimed interview shows on streaming.

In a format far removed from the nightly grind of Letterman’s Late Show reign, each episode of My Next Guest dives deep into the personal and professional lives of high-profile guests — one at a time, and often on location. So far, the show has featured 27 episodes across five seasons with guests ranging from Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robert Downey Jr.,...

Spike Feresten recently appeared on Radio Andy’s “The Julia Cunningham Show” and revealed that Jerry Seinfeld is interested in making a “Bee Movie” sequel and shared that he recently rewatched the movie for the first time since the premiere.

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Spike, writer of the original “Bee Movie” and longtime Seinfeld collaborator, said he noticed that the 2007 animated movie recently jumped to number two on Netflix’s Global Top 10 list. He then texted Jerry a photo of an actual bee on a tennis ball that his tennis coach discovered on the court, reminding them of a scene in “Bee Movie.”

“I send the picture to Jerry. He goes, ‘Oh my god,’” Spike told Julia. “He goes, ‘We gotta make a sequel,’ and he puts it on Instagram with a shot of the poster of the bee on the ball.