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For Seinfeld, the Pop-Tart has an almost mythical quality. A movie about Oreos or Milk Duds or even Junior Mints wouldn香蕉视频直播檛 work, he says. But the Pop-Tart is different.
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In a wide-ranging interview, Seinfeld discussed subjects large and small.
AP: Is it true that your moments on were improvised with Larry David?
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AP: What does that mean? You香蕉视频直播檙e happy with it or not?
SEINFELD: Well, I think what we said in that scene. We thought, 香蕉视频直播淵eah, that would have been better.香蕉视频直播� (Laughs) It香蕉视频直播檚 very hard to remember. The emotional state I was in after nine years was a little ragged. Maybe we weren香蕉视频直播檛 thinking quite clearly. The idea of doing that on his show 香蕉视频直播� the math of it is really amazing. To do that, two people have to have two successful long-running sitcoms and they have to be playing themselves, with a 25-year separation. When I was driving home that night on the 10 in LA, my head was exploding because of the math of what just happened 香蕉视频直播� to set something up in 香蕉视频直播�98 and pay it off in 香蕉视频直播�23. For a joke person like me, I felt like I landed on the moon.
AP: 香蕉视频直播淯nfrosted香蕉视频直播� began with an old stand-up bit of yours. Is it surprising to you that you香蕉视频直播檝e made a movie about it?
SEINFELD: It was all (香蕉视频直播淪einfeld香蕉视频直播� writer) Spike Feresten香蕉视频直播檚 idea. I did not want to do it. I did not think it would work. What香蕉视频直播檚 a movie about inventing the Pop-Tart? That香蕉视频直播檚 not funny. And (香蕉视频直播淪einfeld香蕉视频直播� writer) Andy Robin came up with the idea that it香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淭he Right Stuff.香蕉视频直播� And I went, 香蕉视频直播淥h, that香蕉视频直播檚 funny.香蕉视频直播�
AP: I think you have a line about 香蕉视频直播渟plitting the atom of breakfast香蕉视频直播� so this is also like a snack-size
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AP: You suggested you only say you love Pop-Tarts to make the joke work.
SEINFELD: I probably just said that to make that point. But I do love Pop-Tarts. I had one yesterday. We were doing a social media piece with Jimmy Fallon and Meghan Trainor. I took a bite and I went, 香蕉视频直播淭his is fantastic.香蕉视频直播� What I like about it is the man-made quality of it. I love great objects that fit in your hand in a nice way. A pack of cigarettes is one of the greatest things you can put in your hand. It just feels great. Dice feel great. I like a nice spoon. I like things. (Laughs)
AP: Were you aware of the recent trend of movies based on products?
SEINFELD: Yeah, but we were started long before that. I was a little disappointed that I suddenly became part of a trend but there was nothing we could do about it.
AP: Do you have any guesses as to why we香蕉视频直播檝e turned our focus to American consumerism? Your film is a big, silly satire of American consumerism.
SEINFELD: For me, I love men in suits talking about something stupid, like cereal and puffs and sprinkles.
AP: You香蕉视频直播檝e often spoken about your dedication to sharpening and sculpting a joke. Are you still driven by that?
SEINFELD: I started a bit the other night about your kitchen sponge on the sink looking up at you going: 香蕉视频直播淚 don香蕉视频直播檛 know how much more you think I have. I was done two months ago.香蕉视频直播� Now it香蕉视频直播檚 just growing and growing into a monologue of your kitchen sponge telling you, 香蕉视频直播淟et me go! Let me die a rectangle, not in pieces.香蕉视频直播� When I lock on to something like that, I just want to see how far I can go with it, how long will they let me talk about this.
AP: You香蕉视频直播檙e about to turn 70. Is that meaningful to you?
SEINFELD: No.
AP: Some entertainers turn inward when they reach their 70s, like Steven Spielberg did with But maybe this is a very personal movie for you.
SEINFELD: Very much. This is my 香蕉视频直播淔abelmans.香蕉视频直播� Because I香蕉视频直播檓 not interested in my life. I香蕉视频直播檓 interested in eating.
AP: Why have you always avoided topically or politics in your comedy?
SEINFELD: I don香蕉视频直播檛 have the fluency. Your comedic thing, whatever it is, it only works on certain things. My thing only works on these dumb things.
AP: Still, there is a kind of meaning in dedicating yourself to meaninglessness.
SEINFELD: I香蕉视频直播檝e discussed this at length with my friend Joel Hodgson (香蕉视频直播淢ystery Science 3000香蕉视频直播�) and he香蕉视频直播檚 incredibly articulate on this subject, which is: The throw-away culture of our childhood was not throw-away to us. We deeply love these things and they were meaningful in their meaninglessness.
AP: You and Marc Maron had as almost diametrically opposed comedians. He believes in baring his soul on stage and you pledge fidelity to the joke. I thought you were both right.
SEINFELD: My attitude, I think, was more talking to comedians. I think comedians, if they want to survive throughout their life doing this, they have to pay close attention to the laughs. No less value in what he香蕉视频直播檚 doing, but I would worry about how long would this last for in your life. But, yeah, that香蕉视频直播檚 a good point. We were both right, just different.
AP: You香蕉视频直播檝e said you want to do stand-up into your 80s and beyond.
SEINFELD: To the end. To the very end.
AP: You still feel that way?
SEINFELD: Yeah. The only hard part of my life is the other things. People do ask me about slowing down and I go, 香蕉视频直播淭he work part of my life is not stand-up. It香蕉视频直播檚 all the other things.香蕉视频直播� Stand-up is an incredible, pure experience. Surfing is the great regret of my life that I never really got good at that. I did it for two weeks one time many years ago. But if you were a surfer, you would never stop doing it. That香蕉视频直播檚 what stand-up is for me. Feeling that energy, that natural life-force energy under you and around you, I never get tired of that.
AP: Are you thinking about another stand-up special?
SEINFELD: No, I香蕉视频直播檓 not. I香蕉视频直播檓 not sure of it as a comedy form for me right now. I would love to think of something else, if I even wanted to do it 香蕉视频直播� which I don香蕉视频直播檛 right now. Like, 香蕉视频直播淐omedians in Cars Getting Coffee,香蕉视频直播� the subtext of that is: I香蕉视频直播檓 really sick of talk shows on TV. That香蕉视频直播檚 why I did that. And let me show you why. We don香蕉视频直播檛 want to see them sitting on a couch anymore. The people who are doing it aren香蕉视频直播檛 having any fun doing it. That was my anti-talk show. So I would want to do an anti-stand-up special if I did one. I envy, sometimes, these little Italian artisans who don香蕉视频直播檛 really care if anybody knows who they are or what they do. And stand-up can be like that. Any writing work is very lonely work. Stand-up, in a way, is kind of a private, lonely world. I香蕉视频直播檓 going to Dayton, Ohio, on Friday. No one香蕉视频直播檚 going to know what happened there. I香蕉视频直播檓 very attracted to that. I香蕉视频直播檓 more attracted to that than, 香蕉视频直播淗ey everyone, I made a movie.香蕉视频直播� My way, if I had my choice, is that I would like to do this work very quietly and privately.
AP: It香蕉视频直播檚 interesting you香蕉视频直播檇 say that as someone who had one of the biggest TV shows ever. Maybe you had your fill of it.
SEINFELD: That香蕉视频直播檚 possible. But it never felt like me. Larry and I, when we first started to do the show thought: This will be a really fun, little boutique thing that will just get our people that like this kind of quirky, off-beat thing, and that would be cool. What it became was never on our radar. Then, suddenly, you香蕉视频直播檙e a big wave surfer. I think it was tougher on Larry than for me. Because you feel the pressure. I never minded the pressure.
AP: Have you experienced younger generations finding 香蕉视频直播淪einfeld香蕉视频直播� on Netflix?
SEINFELD: That age around 10 to 12, they seem to find it. They have no idea what it is at first. (Laughs) I think the credit all really goes to Jason (Alexander), Michael (Richards) and Julia (Louis-Dreyfus) 香蕉视频直播� what they did with those characters, the color that they found in all of those characters. Larry and I, we were just doing these silly conversations, but they made it so accessible. They deserve the credit for the success of the show.
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