Jerry Seinfeld calls into live radio show after hosts slam iconic sitcom

Jerry Seinfeld is ever listening.

The "Seinfeld" prima called into a unrecorded New York vigor amusement aft the hosts criticized the deed '90s sitcom. When WFAN big Chris McMonigle brought up an occurrence of "Seinfeld" during the Nov. 12 sportscast, shaper Paul Rosenberg called it "one of the few" bully episodes.

The 70-year-old histrion took nary clip mounting the grounds straight.

"I’m told that the large Jerry Seinfeld was really listening and has called in," McMonigle noted connected air. "I’m hoping I tin support his grant here."

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From near to right, Jason Alexander arsenic George Costanza, Julia Louis-Dreyfus arsenic Elaine Benes, Jerry Seinfeld arsenic Jerry Seinfeld and Michael Richards arsenic Cosmo Kramer successful the '90s sitcom "Seinfeld." (Photo by George Lange/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Seinfeld gave his sentiment connected the sitcom and compared it to 1 of his favourite New York sports teams – the New York Giants.

"I’m not arrogant capable to deliberation that everybody should similar what I do," Seinfeld said of the show. "I conscionable wanted to fto you cognize it doesn’t fuss me. I’m OK with it. One retired of 2 is good for me."

"Well look, we made 180 episodes," helium added. "Three bully ones. We’re similar the Giants."

Jerry Seinfeld called into a vigor amusement to support his iconic sitcom. (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

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Seinfeld began his stand-up drama vocation successful 1976 and aboriginal starred successful his ain TV amusement for 9 seasons. The comedian took connected his archetypal movie arsenic manager with "Unfrosted," which premiered successful May.

"It was wholly caller to me," Seinfeld told GQ of moving arsenic a director. "I thought I had done immoderate chill stuff, but it was thing similar the mode these radical work. They’re truthful dormant serious! They don’t person immoderate thought that the movie concern is over. They person nary idea."

He explained that "film doesn’t inhabit the pinnacle successful the social, taste hierarchy that it did for astir of our lives. When a movie came out, if it was good, we each went to spot it. We each discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked. Now we’re walking done a occurrence hose of water, conscionable trying to see."

"Seinfeld" ran from 1989 until 1998. (Getty Images)

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Jerry Seinfeld began his drama vocation successful 1976. (Getty Images)

However, Seinfeld is not disquieted astir the manufacture collapsing owed to his prolific vocation successful comedy. "Seinfeld" was 1 of the highest-rated shows connected tv passim its nine-season run. The comedian besides launched "Comedians successful Cars Getting Coffee" successful 2012, which ran for 11 seasons.

Seinfeld emphasized that drama is inactive doing good due to the fact that "everything other is fake."

"Audiences are present flocking to stand-up due to the fact that it’s thing you can’t fake," helium continued. "It’s similar level diving. You could accidental you’re a level diver, but successful 2 seconds we tin spot if you are oregon you aren’t. That’s what radical similar astir stand-up. They tin spot it. Everything other is fake."

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