CheeseSndwch said:

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Jerry Seinfeld on the sitcom "Benson" (1980) as Frankie, the unfunny delivery boy. After filming three episodes, Jerry showed up to a table read, couldn't find his script, and eventually learned that he was fired.

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Ouch.

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On Seinfeld he and Larry David would mine their writer's for funny things that happened to them in their past and incorporate it into the show. Once they drained them of all their stories they basically let them go so he learned to be ruthless like he was treated. Of course they kept the best writers who could create new material but for most they were treated as disposable.

Prosperdick said:

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CheeseSndwch said:

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Jerry Seinfeld on the sitcom "Benson" (1980) as Frankie, the unfunny delivery boy. After filming three episodes, Jerry showed up to a table read, couldn't find his script, and eventually learned that he was fired.

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Ouch.

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On Seinfeld he and Larry David would mine their writer's for funny things that happened to them in their past and incorporate it into the show. Once they drained them of all their stories they basically let them go so he learned to be ruthless like he was treated. Of course they kept the best writers who could create new material but for most they were treated as disposable.

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I wonder if they bought any of Kramer's stories?

His acting on Seinfeld wasn't even close to great. Don't get me wrong I love Seinfeld but he was easily the least skilled actor placed smack dab in the center of great writing and funny story telling

Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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His acting on Seinfeld wasn't even close to great. Don't get me wrong I love Seinfeld but he was easily the least skilled actor placed smack dab in the center of great writing and funny story telling

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Cue the Kramer "that's true" gif.

Harry Lime said:

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The Dirty Sock said:

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I went through youtube one night watch all of the Stand-Ups bits I could find. They started in - I think - 85 before Seinfeld was even well known.

This is an old one w/ Tom Hanks doing the bit

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I had never seen that one with Damon Wayons and Tom Hanks before thats fantastic. Especially since the posters in the background were of guys like Jerry and Leno well before Jerry had national fame.

Also, I don't think I knew Lovitz could talk without his usual voice. That was Lovitz right?

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maverick2076 said:

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What funny sitcom did he produce? Because it wasn't Seinfeld.

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I meant produce in the "write/make/create" sense, not the Hollywood producer sense. But thanks for stopping by. Your semantics are no doubt appreciated by all.

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It's not that he wasn't a producer. It's that Seinfeld wasn't funny.

maverick2076 said:

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JCA1 said:

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maverick2076 said:

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What funny sitcom did he produce? Because it wasn't Seinfeld.

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I meant produce in the "write/make/create" sense, not the Hollywood producer sense. But thanks for stopping by. Your semantics are no doubt appreciated by all.

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It's not that he wasn't a producer. It's that Seinfeld wasn't funny.

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where's the ejection seat button?

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Chipotlemonger said:

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Just mentioning the name 'Seinfeld' gets the haters out in droves I've realized. People love to hate what's successful and popular.

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It's their attempt at making themselves "edgy". The same morons will tell you how much The Beatles sucked or how much (insert great restaurant here) sucks, etc. etc. Pay them no mind.

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What I think of every time I see a hot take like Mavericks

No. I clicked on it because I liked Benson and never realized Seinfeld had been on it. Benson was actually funny.

The Milkman said:

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Harry Lime said:

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I went through youtube one night watch all of the Stand-Ups bits I could find. They started in - I think - 85 before Seinfeld was even well known.

This is an old one w/ Tom Hanks doing the bit

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I had never seen that one with Damon Wayons and Tom Hanks before thats fantastic. Especially since the posters in the background were of guys like Jerry and Leno well before Jerry had national fame.

Also, I don't think I knew Lovitz could talk without his usual voice. That was Lovitz right?

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Never seen this either. Great sketch. Was Damon Wayans on the show at some point? I definitely don't remember that.

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From 1985 to 1986, he appeared on Saturday Night Live as a featured performer, before getting fired after just eleven episodes for improvising during a live sketch, playing his character as a flamboyant gay cop instead of a straight cop. (Damon continued this sketch character in his family created show In Living Color on Fox Television, in 1990, as the flamboyant gay character, Blaine Edwards, an obvious hat tip to Blake Edwards of movies starring The Pink Panther.) Wayans later claimed that he wanted to be fired due to lack of creative freedom and screen time. Wayans further explained that Lorne Michaels did not want Wayans to do too much too soon and begin drawing comparisons to Eddie Murphy who had just left the show

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And yes, that was Lovitz in the sketch.

"The Stand-Ups" was a recurring sketch on SNL; there are a couple others on youtube or the SNL site. First heard of it on some episode of Comedians In Cars. Jerry said something to the effect that it was before he had really made it big and anyone knew he was, and he thought it was funny that they were making fun of him. I think Jerry had done a cable special and of course some Tonight Show appearances at that point, so comedy people knew him but he wasn't a household name or anything.