On Thursday's Larry King Live on
CNN, Larry King's off-the-cuff comment got comedian Jerry Seinfeld
pretty peeved. It's difficult to tell whether or not a comedian is
being serious sometimes, but I'm pretty darn sure King hit Seinfeld's
hot button for real on this one.
Larry asked Jerry how long the Seinfeld
series ran.
"Nine years," Jerry says proudly.
"One hundred and eighty episodes."
"You gave it up, right?" Larry
asks. Okay, everyone knows the answer to this already, except
apparently Larry King, and we're talking news thats a decade old, now -
the last episode aired on May 14, 1998, but Seinfeld made the
announcement to NBC and the world in the summer of 1997.
"I did," Jerry nods.
"They didn't cancel you," Larry says,
either asking again or reiterating. "You cancelled
them."
Two full seconds tick by.
"You're not aware of this?" Jerry
asks.
"No, I'm asking you," Larry answers.
Jerry's face? Oh no you di-in't!
"You think I got cancelled? You're
under the impression that I got
cancelled?"
"Have I hurt you, Jerry?"
"I thought it was pretty
well-documented. Is this still CNN?"
"I was the number one show in television,
Larry. Do you know who I am?"
I cannot believe Larry's answer:
"Jewish guy, Brooklyn."
"Yes. Seventy-five million viewers!"
Jerry screeches. "Last episode." [Eyebrow wiggle to
emphasize point.]
"Don't take it so bad," Larry
smiles.
"Well, it's a big difference between being
cancelled and being number one," Jerry tells
him.
"Okay, I'm sorry!"
"Geez...Can we get a resume in here that
Larry can go over?" Jerry calls out.
Isn't this little episode reminiscent of a
George Costanza freakout?
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