Show Notes
You might know Julia Louis-Dreyfus from Seinfeld. You might know her from Veep. You might know her just by knowing her. To be fully honest with you, we were all a little nervous today because of how important this woman is to our lives. For Benny, watching Seinfeld was a religious experience every week. He used to have a dog named Larry David. Kristin used to watch Elaine every day for confidence. Dave is actually from the Seinfeld coaching tree of comedy. So really, even this show you're watching right now would not be what it is without Seinfeld existing. And one of the biggest inspirations for us was trying to capture that feeling of a group of friends just hanging out. Well, today Julia comes over and does exactly that with the three of us, and what can you say about that except it's an honor. We were all very starstruck but we think we mostly held it together. We love Julia! Boy are we thankful she came. Thanks for watching us hang out with one of our comedy idols. We respect you!
What happens: 0:00 intro 0:26 how we start it 1:11 julia arrives 1:41 dave's elaine portrait 2:17 keeping the wardrobe from your show 2:53 the second shirt button 3:22 what age do we seem like 4:15 telling your wife she's beautiful 4:42 watching seinfeld every day for confidence 5:21 benny's seinfeld constipation story 8:08 climbing the mountain 8:35 how women in comedy have changed 9:02 the seinfeld coaching tree of comedy 9:34 julia's review of "dave" 9:55 getting cast on seinfeld 12:26 did julia know seinfeld would be huge 13:03 this show wouldn't exist without seinfeld 13:56 sauce argument round two 17:27 have julia's kids ever made a sauce 18:14 julia is stunning and stylish 19:09 social media 19:44 becoming the most famous woman in america 20:18 friends vs. seinfeld 22:10 why didn't larry want to play george 23:05 what are the chances larry would do our show 23:19 does julia rewatch herself 24:42 married 38 years 25:07 scared kids are gonna rock our world 26:30 raising kids in LA 28:13 raising kids in the social media era 28:41 nursery on the set of seinfeld 32:03 raising two boys 33:01 what part of life is julia in 33:31 favorite desserts 34:06 getting through cancer 35:03 julia's work with the NRDC 35:45 questions about julia's name 37:00 favorite desserts part 2 38:09 working with james gandolfini 38:40 starstruck by mary tyler moore 40:13 lebron 40:39 julia's son playing d1 basketball 41:16 julia loves hiking 42:59 cooking 44:50 benny had a dog named larry david 46:16 is a dog a good segue into children 47:06 what can we steal from seinfeld 47:42 keeping up with the seinfeld cast 48:00 was there friction on seinfeld 48:16 filming in front of a live audience 50:05 were larry & jerry collaborative 50:56 the show about nothing
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