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Pick of the Day: Festivus: Seinfeld Trivia Extravaganza & Airing of Grievances (in NYC) 12/23
December 19, 2023
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Festivus, the Seinfeld-ian holiday that’s inclusive of all the veritable Grinches during the holiday season, is on 12/23 (AKA the eve of Christmas Eve). It does strike us as strange that one of the most celebrated sitcoms of all time has its own holiday and that there are not more comedy shows that integrate it right around this time of year.

Thankfully, there’s, at the very least, a Seinfeld-themed trivia night that’s dedicated to Festivus. Head to Midtown Manhattan (a feat of strength unto itself?) to Slattery’s Midtown Pub at 5PM to not only test your Seinfeld depths of knowledge, but also enjoy a customary Airing of Grievances.

Reserve a spot (w/$20 item min.) for Festivus: Seinfeld Trivia Extravaganza & Airing of Grievances here.

TCB Debriefing 10/10/23: Joe Pera, Kiss Me Kosher Postponed, WGA Ratified, Matt Rogers Tour, The Thin Man, Seinfeld, Garbage Pail Kids,
October 10, 2023
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1. If you need a sense of peace, a sense of calm, some warmth, and a belief in humanity all delivered in the form of a comedy special, please look no further than Joe Pera’s brand new hour special Slow & Steady. Akin to pretty much everything Joe does, Pera shows a beautiful side to comedy that comes from a place of simplicity and a certain sense of worldly innocence as well as a cheeky self-awareness of his whole persona. Thankfully, Slow & Steady is streaming free on YouTube for you to enjoy over and over anytime you want.

2. Kiss Me Kosher, an irreverent rom com set in Tel-Aviv that has a secret Israeli/Palestinian romance has postponed its U.S. release (Deadline). Sadly, it’s probably going to be quite awhile before that sees a U.S./wider release.

3. The WGA overwhelmingly ratified their new contract with AMPTP (CNN) and thank goodness there is any sort of good news today at all.

4. Forget all your other holiday traditions because Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas? is going on tour in celebration of the Have You Heard of Christmas? album (which should be an instant holiday classic). Go get tickets here immediately because they’ll probably be sold out by the time the holiday season starts.

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5. Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt’s production banners are in cahoots to remake the comedy classic The Thin Man (Variety). No word on casting, but we would be fine with a sort of Babylon reunion with Robbie and Pitt sharing top billing.

6. Jerry Seinfeld says something might be happening regarding the end of legendary eponymous sitcom Seinfeld (EW). Details are scarce beyond that, but maybe this will provide enough mishegoss to guarantee another season of Curb Your Enthusiasm as well.

7. There was an adaptation of cult favorite card series, The Garbage Pail Kids, with the likes of David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, and Josh Bycel in the works. With the WGA side of the strike over, the project appears to still be alive (Deadline). Keep the fingers crossed that it survives the other side of the strike.

8. We’ll leave you with this: now is a great reminder that the equation “tragedy + time = comedy” is true for bother audiences and the comedians.

Watch a Magnificent Tribute to the Elaine Dance from Seinfeld by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Jacobson
November 23, 2018
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Sure, this happened months ago and aired over a week ago, but the highly respected Priori Dance Company that Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer enlisted to do a high art tribute to Julia Louis Dreyfus’ famous Elaine dance on Seinfeld for JLD’s Mark Twain Prize ceremony is something that we wanted to make sure you absolutely knew about, just in case you didn’t.

It’s truly magical. Enjoy it here.

Between Two Ferns Trolls Jerry Seinfeld with Help of Cardi B
June 14, 2018
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It’s a new episode of Between Two Ferns. You ought to know the drill by now for one of the Internet’s most beloved web series/anti-talk shows. 

We will say that Galifianakis and co. take Jerry Seinfeld to task in pretty much every way possible (other than maybe torching a limited edition Porsche right in front of him). For a twist, there’s a cheeky contrast in tone with Cardi B.

See it for yourself here.

Garry Shandling and Jerry Seinfield Relive Their Old Days on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
January 22, 2016
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There are few guests on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee that go as far back with Jerry as Garry Shandling.

Pretty much every step of each their comedy careers was in sync from playing The Comedy Store to their own hit sitcoms. Thus, making a drive and a stroll down memory lane was pretty fantastic. This is actually one of the best episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

Watch it all here.

Chaz Stevens on Mission to Erect Gay Festivus Poles at State Capitols Across the U.S.
December 24, 2015
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(via Time)

Just to hit the whole “a Festivus for the rest of us” message home, the Festivus pole has just gotten an upgrade.

Chaz Stevens is not only spreading the non-religious holiday celebration of Festivus, the celebration popularized by Seinfeld by erecting Festivus poles, but adding a disco ball and rainbow colors to it in support of gay rights.

So far, he’s actually gotten them put up in a handful of state capitols including the one in Oklahoma City, OK and we can definitely see this catching on.

Don’t be surprised if this becomes a popular holiday decoration soon.

Festivus Was a Real Thing Created by a Seinfeld Writer’s Dad
December 17, 2015
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(via Uproxx)

Though it wasn’t quite like the Festivus that we all have come to know and love.

Festivus is the holiday celebration that offers though that are put off by most other traditional holiday season celebrations incepted by Seinfeld several years ago. As it turns out, the celebration had source material in Seinfeld writer Dan O’Keefe’s father Daniel O’Keefe, which the imaginations of fellow writers Alec Berg and Jeff Schaeffer ran wild with. 

Daniel O’Keefe did made up the inclusive Festivus, which did have an airing of grievances, but a much more sobering vibe than the Festivus presented on Seinfeld as there were no feats of strength.

Point to truth being stranger than fiction.

The Seinfeld Apartment Will Be on Display as an Installation in West Hollywood This Week
December 14, 2015
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Get your shoes that you can slide on the best ready.

As part of a promotion to launch all of Seinfeld on Hulu, there was an installation in NYC of Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment as shown in the legendary sitcom, Seinfeld. 

Now, that installation is coming to LA, starting this Wed. Dec. 16th-Sun. Dec. 20th. It’ll be open to the public for free at 8445 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, CA from 10AM-7PM.

If you’re an Angeleno, we’re sure this is what will be filling your Instagram feed later this week.

All of “Seinfeld” Is Now on Hulu
June 24, 2015
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Yep, you’ll be humming the Seinfeld theme like you used to do 20 years ago.

The day is here where all 9 seasons of Seinfeld are on Hulu for you to binge watch to your heart’s desire, then probably way past that.

So, start your trip down the Seinfeld rabbit hole right here.

Hulu Is Building a Real Life “Seinfeld” Apartment in NYC’s Upper West Side
June 14, 2015
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(via Variety)

If there’s a real life Central Perk, this is a logical step for Hulu.

Over a week from now, Hulu will have an exhibition of a real apartment replicated after the one from Seinfeld as part of Hulu securing online streaming rights to every single episode of the legendary series starting Jun. 24th. Visitors will have a chance to look up close and around for a few days only.

To answer your question, you’ll also be able to slide into Jerry’s apartment like Kramer.

“Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee” Starts Off Season 6 With Julia Louis-Dreyfus and a James Bond Car
June 4, 2015
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Jerry has had Michael Richards, Larry David, and Jason Alexander on the show and has just now finished off having the principals of Seinfeld on his web series.

Seinfeld has a fine start off to the latest season of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee on Crackle with picking up Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the classic Aston Martin that James Bond used to drive.

Watch reminiscing about Seinfeld as well as life outside and beyond Seinfeld here.

Every Episode of “Seinfeld” Coming To Hulu on Jun. 24th
May 24, 2015
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No shrinkage here. Watch every episode of “Seinfeld” on #hulu starting 6/24: http://t.co/stFQWiSL6X. #AllTheNothing
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Make sure you have a Hulu account or the kindness of someone who has one of their own after Jun. 24th as you’ll be able to watch the entirety of Seinfeld on Hulu. 

If you have DVDs of Curb Your Enthusiasm, this should make it easier to see how close Larry David is to George Costanza.

Hulu Lands All 9 Seasons of “Seinfeld”, Set to Premiere “Difficult People” This Summer
April 29, 2015
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(via Deadline)

Anyone feel like Hulu and Netflix are amassing their armies for some sort of all out content war?

In a big, reportedly $130 million deal, Hulu will be exclusively offering all 9 seasons of Seinfeld on SVOD.

On top of that, they’re getting ready to unveil their highly anticipated comedy series “Difficult People” starring Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner, executive produced by Amy Poehler this Summer. This is all in addition to landing streaming rights to AMC shows and Empire.

We’re sure this is just the tip of the iceberg of what Hulu is trying to get going and the start of people trying to borrow people’s Hulu passwords. 

Seinfeld Now Used as Teaching Aid in Med School Class
January 3, 2015
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(via Time)

Classes focusing on psychological disorders at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are now using episodes of the legendary sitcom Seinfeld as examples to teach examine OCD, etc. Students are actually required to watch the show and study specific neuroses.

So, Seinfeld was about being psychologically dysfunctional rather than just about nothing? 

Tumblr Puts Up a “Festivus Mode” on User Dashboard
December 23, 2014
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The beloved holiday tradition created by legendary sitcom Seinfeld, Festivus, has grown steadily in popularity over the years.

There’s an entire site dedicated to it and the numerous traditions to observe such as the feats of strength. Now, Tumblr has put up their version of Christmas lights by making a Seinfeld-esque version of their logo and temporarily enabling you to have a Festivus Mode if you’re a Tumblr user, which enables the Seinfeld theme to play while you scroll.

For however many times we’ve heard Mariah Carey’s  All I Want For Christmas Is You played anywhere recently, we’re more than happy to get in the Festivus mood with some fun bass and synth.

Miranda Sings Make Her Episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee More Like an Episode of Seinfeld
November 28, 2014
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The YouTube star Miranda Sings (created by Colleen Ballinger) was Jerry Seinfeld’s guest on the latest episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and, besides the Super Bowl edition, is the closest thing to an episode of Seinfeld we’ve seen on the show (i.e. it gets pretty awkward over nothing but minutia).

After watching it, this episode could be entitled “The Eye Roll” in the universe of Seinfeld.

Watch it here.

Jerry Seinfeld Drives a Gremlin (Even Though He Hates It) and Gets Coffee with Jon Stewart
July 20, 2014
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On the latest episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld pays tribute to his esteemed guest Jon Stewart from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart by picking him up in the car he used to drive in high school, which was the notoriously cheap AMC Gremlin.

They relive Stewart’s memories of having such clunker and compare doing Seinfeld to The Daily Show. Watch it here. They also go over the episode when Jerry stops by Jon’s show.

A Set of Seinfeld Emojis Are Coming To iPhones Soon
July 9, 2014
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A Set of Seinfeld Emojis Are Coming To iPhones Soon

That’s right, a big set of Seinfeld inspired emojis will be free to download on your iPhone soon. Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer along with plenty of other iconic Seinfeld things (hopefully Newman) are included in the emoji set.

We’re not surprised at all that Shahruz Shaukat, a guy behind the genius Podbay.fm co-developed this.

The Brooklyn Cyclones Went For The Fences Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Seinfeld
July 6, 2014
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The Brooklyn Cyclones Went For The Fences Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Seinfeld

Between temporarily changing the name of the stadium to Vandelay Industries Park, having the Soup Nazi in attendance, and doing a Elaine Benes style dance contest, the minor league baseball team known as The Brooklyn Cyclones probably had the best celebration of Seinfeld’s 25th Anniversary this weekend.

Comedy Winners at The Shorty Awards
April 8, 2014
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Comedy Winners at The Shorty Awards

The annual Shorty Awards, honoring some of the best on the Internet, announced this year’s winners, which, for comedy, include Patton Oswalt, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Feig, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls at The Party, and Modern Seinfeld.

Congratulations to all those winners and making being on the Internet feel like a good use of our time.

Seinfeld Super Bowl Reunion is For Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
February 3, 2014
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Seinfeld Super Bowl Reunion is For Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

An AMC Pacer and George Costanza are the center of Jerry Seinfeld’s latest and possibly greatest episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as it’s pretty much a crossover between Seinfeld and CCGC, even Newman makes an appearance.

Give it a watch at the link.

Jerry Seinfeld Confirms Seinfeld Reunion of Sorts
January 30, 2014
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Jerry Seinfeld Confirms Seinfeld Reunion of Sorts

Something is happening where Seinfeld characters will be involved with Jerry Seinfeld and what it exactly is has yet to be announced.

Based off of the lack of details being released, we’re thinking that Jerry really enjoys the ambiguity that these headlines and stories have to read with. 

Morning Debriefing 7/16/11
July 16, 2011
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1) Comedy Legends Jerry Seinfeld (@seintime) and Don Rickles (@donrickles) joined Twitter recently and none of them have tweeted about Carmeggedon. WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THAT?

2) Marc Maron on Real Time with Bill Maher (sitting directly across from Marc Cuban). Watch the snark fly!

Ep. 220: July 15, 2011 – Overtime

3) Jesse Miller of the Jesse Miller Talk Show visits the ESPYs!!!

4) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 7/17-7/23 from Wisepix.com.

5) Witstream and BBC’s Ministry of Laughs join forces today at 6PM PST for some of Twitter’s funniest to live tweet whatever they’re doing (like they normally do) with the hashtag #ministryoflaughs.

6) Drew Droege Chloe Sevigny celebrates FR33DOM!!

7) Congratulations to Paul Scheer’s How Did This Get Made? for surpassing one million downloads!

8) ON THE HORIZON
Tomorrow Show Anniversary @ Steve Allen Theater Sat. Aug. 6th MIDNIGHT $15

9) COMEDY CRAWL
Enjoy a SUMMAH @ Nerdist Theater 6PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
It’s A Long Way Down 8PM FREE 
Re-Animator: The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30 
The Anytime Show w/Dominic Dierkes @ Underground Annex Theatre 8PM $5
Handshucked @ Moving Arts Theater 8PM $5
Tea Time w/Heather Thomson @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5 
The Paul F. Tompkins Show @ Largo at the Coronet Theater 8:30PM $25 
Magic Bag @ Underground Annex Theatre 10PM $5
The Willie Hunter Show @ Comedy Store Belly Room 10:30PM $5 
The Saturday Saturday Show w/guest Shannon Hatch @ Sidewalk Studio Theatre 11PM $5
Comedy Garage @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5 
Tomorrow!!! Summer Fling w/ the Doorknockers @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8

10) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/coffee & water provided
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-up (lottery) 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/no purchase necessary/4 min. 
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.

11) Waitresses of LA diners that stay open late, if a guy is eating alone don’t make him feel like he’s wasting your time and you might get a really good tip because as much as it might look like I’m they’re waiting for someone, they’re not; no one wants to hang with them on Fridays.  Just sayin’.

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Morning Debriefing 6/2/11
June 2, 2011
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1) LA Comedy in Festivals x 2: Check out the LA Improv Comedy Festival and (comedy in) the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

2) Lastly on June 13th The Comedy Store is proudly co-presenting the screening of “Tony Clifton Live on the Sunset Strip” at The Egyptian theater. The Comedy Store will be giving away a number of tickets for this film so if you are interested in getting on the list email talent@thecomedystore.net with your name and the number of tickets you would like. 

3) If you’ve never checked out Channel 101 in LA, here’s why, amongst several reasons, why you shouldn’t miss it; EVERYTHING.

Everything (Ep. 17) from dannyjelinek on Vimeo.

4) Punchline Magazine Review of Midnight in Paris (I/the Comedy Bureau wrote this). 

5) Tips for the Open Mic Run? If you have any tips on open mics around the LA area that give around 5 min. of stage time and don’t charge an outrageous minimum to support the venue, please e-mail thecomedybureau@gmail.com

6) OK, as far as comedy flyers go, this is one of the best I’ve seen this year (anyone thinking about making a Five Guys spin off, don’t).  Also, go see Powerviolence (the show this flyer is for) on Sundays.  It’s unbridled fun.

7) Puddin’ “Enviroment”

8) Don’t bother with questioning.  Of course you would love a summer camp run by comedian Barry Rothbart. So, watch the trailer for Barry Rothbart’s new series Sunshine.

Sunny Time Trailer from Barry Rothbart on Vimeo.

9) COMEDY CRAWL
Jackie and Judy Looking for Good Dick @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Piñata @ Bang Studio 8PM $14
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE 
The Eddie Pepitone Blood Bath @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
How to Live with Chelsea Peretti @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
The Love Machine Comedy Show @ M Bar 10PM $5 
Live! at Carnegie Hall* @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM FREE 

10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/20 spots available/5 min.
COFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA, Suite 180/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/no purchase necessary
SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/10 min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary

11) Apparently Louis CK dropped in at independent stand-up show, Frolic! and the Hollywood Improv last night while Seinfeld dropped in at the Comedy Store in Picadilly, a popular neighborhood in London. What do these two things have in common. I didn’t get to see them. Damn.

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