I miss that guy
Sep. 18th, 2002 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauralhArticle about new <http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/movies/15lyma.html>Seinfeld material in the NYtimes. It's worth reading all three pages.
[scene: nightclub comedy act]
Now that he has moved through the "impenetrable wall" to married life, he says, he is astonished at how foolish single people act - especially when talking about their relationships.
"Oh, yes, we're having trouble in our relationship and we're trying to make it work," he says, shaking his head in disbelief. "O.K. Here's the secret I'm going to tell you about relationships. Are you ready? They don't work. `Oh no, Jerry,' you'll say. `I just have to find the right person. I've got to find them.' "
The biggest laughs yet, so loud that he must wait for them to diminish before continuing.
" `Why can't I find them?' " he continues. " `If I could just find that person, then the relationship would work.' " He shakes his head. "I love my wife. I adore my wife. My wife is the greatest person I have ever met in my life. And she thinks I am the greatest person she has ever met in her life. And she believes it. And we say it to each other all the time. Do you know why?"
A long pause.
"The relationship doesn't work."
Wild laughter.
"Do you know what works?" Mr. Seinfeld says. "Potato chips work. Fire extinguishers work. Relationships?" His voice changes to a conspiratorial whisper. "They don't work."
[scene: nightclub comedy act]
Now that he has moved through the "impenetrable wall" to married life, he says, he is astonished at how foolish single people act - especially when talking about their relationships.
"Oh, yes, we're having trouble in our relationship and we're trying to make it work," he says, shaking his head in disbelief. "O.K. Here's the secret I'm going to tell you about relationships. Are you ready? They don't work. `Oh no, Jerry,' you'll say. `I just have to find the right person. I've got to find them.' "
The biggest laughs yet, so loud that he must wait for them to diminish before continuing.
" `Why can't I find them?' " he continues. " `If I could just find that person, then the relationship would work.' " He shakes his head. "I love my wife. I adore my wife. My wife is the greatest person I have ever met in my life. And she thinks I am the greatest person she has ever met in her life. And she believes it. And we say it to each other all the time. Do you know why?"
A long pause.
"The relationship doesn't work."
Wild laughter.
"Do you know what works?" Mr. Seinfeld says. "Potato chips work. Fire extinguishers work. Relationships?" His voice changes to a conspiratorial whisper. "They don't work."
