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Featured: Dave Chappelle, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Jimmy Kimmel, Eugene Mirman, Ja Rule
What’s in This Episode
- Dave Chappelle Gift Shop opens in Yellow Springs Ohio
- Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David discuss favorite Seinfeld episodes on Rushmore podcast
- Seinfeld pilot received smallest episode order in TV history
- Jimmy Kimmel plans game show career after late night
- Eugene Mirman recovering from car accident and new special Here Comes the Whimsie
- Bob’s Burgers longevity and Gene amnesia crossover concept
- Ja Rule embraces Christianity and releases rap album
Questions Answered in This Episode
Where is Dave Chappelle’s gift shop located?
The Chappelle Shop is located at 221 Zenia Avenue in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and is open seven days a week from noon to six, with extended hours on show nights at his nearby comedy club The Firehouse.
What were Jerry Seinfeld’s favorite Seinfeld episodes?
Jerry Seinfeld’s favorite episodes were The Contest, The Soup Nazi, The Merv Griffin Show, and The Marine Biologist.
What were Larry David’s favorite Seinfeld episodes?
Larry David’s favorite episodes were The Contest, The Opposite, The Puffy Shirt, and The Pen.
Why was Elaine not in the original Seinfeld pilot?
Elaine was not in the pilot because the creators realized they needed a female character in the group after the pilot aired, and she was added based on Monica Yates, someone Larry David had dated.
Is Eugene Mirman okay after his car accident?
Yes, Eugene Mirman said he is healing and recovering well, noting that while the car was severely destroyed, he was pulled from it before it was completely wrecked.
What are Jimmy Kimmel’s plans after late night?
Jimmy Kimmel is reportedly planning to transition into creating and producing game shows like Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, similar to what Merv Griffin did, and wants to employ family members and longtime staffers on these projects.
Full Transcript
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Caloroga Shark Media Happy Memorial Day. From the basement, it’s Johnny Mac and his dog. Sometimes the dog hangs out in the studio. I don’t know why she’s here, but she is. From ysnews dot com, your home for Yellow Springs News.
Dave Chappelle has opened a gift shop. It’s Dave Chappelle’s local merch shop, dubbed the Chappelle Shop. You’ll find it a two to twenty one Zenia Avenue in Yellow Springs, Ohio, for sale or Dave Chappelle branded apparel including socks, pants, shirts, Thermoses lighters, Final Records, and more. Store manager Joe Harworth told ysnews dot Com it was a pop up that ended up lasting four and a half years. The front of Chappelle’s shop faces Keith’s Alley.
Keith’s Alley is named after longtime Yellow Springs News editor Keith Howard. Store manager Joe Harworth said that was intentional. The Chappelle Shop is directly visible from Dave’s comedy club, The Firehouse, over on Corey Street. Arwitz said the building can really work with the club. The ideas all these people can line up, look over their shoulder and see us doors are open seven days a week neon to six.
When there’s a show at the club, the store stays open well into the night. Arwith tells us there were shirts with the classic c but there’s also a lot of stuff that’s loud and speaks to culture. On the back of one hoodie is the image of a lion with the stenciled word unstoppable, which also was the name of Chappelle’s twenty twenty five special. Underneath that is a quote from Chappelle’s mother, Sometimes you have to be a lion so you can be the lamb you really are. That HOODI will run you seventy five dollars.
Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David were on the Rushmore podcast and they started talking about the classic television show. Seinfeld Larry David said the show’s first episode order four episodes, was the smallest order in the history of television. The money came out of the same budget NBCUS for variety specials. When Seinfeld received the four episode order, it became someone else’s responsibility to tell Bob Hope he wouldn’t get a Christmas special that year. Wow, you gotta understand Bob Hope was a giant at NBC.
That must have been an awful meeting to have. They went over the famous reaction of the pilot. There was a memo that noted no segment of the audience was eager to watch the show again. They called Jerry’s life boring, George a loser and said Jerry needed a better backup ensemble. They were sold the show wouldn’t be picked up, Larry David said, and I was thrilled because he felt like I had no more stories to tell.
He said he had that same feeling after every season of Seinfeld and every season of Kerb. Now, if you’ve seen the pilot, and you probably have, Aline is not in the pilot. There’s a waitress at the restaurant who was decided they needed a lady in the group. Jerry said, we were single guys. We couldn’t write relationships.
We didn’t know anything about it. Larry David shared he had dated Monica Yates, daughter of author Richard Yates, and that the Alaine character was based on Monica Yates, and Jerry said if the character was an axe, it eliminated the element of will they or won’t they. They also talked about the origins of some of the show’s iconic things. As for the close Talker, Larry David said, their to them, they were two hundred in this audience right now. As for the Soup Nazi, that idea came from writer Spike first In, who shared a story about a hostile man selling soup in New York.
Larry said people around us would just be talking and not realize they had a storyline for the show. Jerry said a single regret as Larry David not allowing him to work the phrase Oi the Vaults, a play on Eugevelts into an episode. Jerry Seinfeld’s favorite episodes the Contest, The Soup Nazi, The MERV Griffin Show, and The Marine Biologist. Larry David said the Contest to the opposite, the puffy Shirt and the pen. As for the Contest, Larry David had the idea in a notebook for two years before pitching it, figuring no one would want to do it.
He was shocked when Jerry told him he loved the idea. Larry was so convinced NBC wouldn’t let them film the script he was ready to quit on the spot. However, that directive never came. It’s sold after the table read the ad sales team went nuts. As for the boyfriend episode, that’s the one with Keith Hernandez, Jerry said it was one of the biggest thrills of the series.
It was a long speech and I knew would get a lot of laughs if I got it right. That speech the conspiracy of the second Radar Online, which tends to be a little gossip, he says. Jimmy Kimmel has big plans for life after Late Night. Insiders say Jimmy Kimmel can’t stop bragging about he’s going to be the next Merv Griffin, who was the mastermind behind shows like Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. An insider says, as Kimmell looks at the declining and contracting talk show world, Jimmy is preparing for what’s next.
With the right idea, game shows can be very cheap to produce, and Jimmy also sees these projects as potentially employing a lot of his family members and longtime staffers. Should Jimmy kimmelive and its run in the next few years, his talk show is important to him, but Jimmy’s now wants to prove to his bosses that he can be useful in many other ways beyond just hosting. He’s been helping to create interesting shows and unique formats for going on thirty years. Eugene Merman told Ner Trompolis that he’s recovering well after his recent accidents. He says, I’m feeling pretty good.
I’m healing and recovering and doing all right. He explained that if you saw the images of the wreck car, it looked terrifying, but the car is quite destroyed. But I was pulled from it before that it fully happened. All the very kind messages from everybody have obviously been very sweet and heartwarming. He’s got a new special.
It’s called Here Comes the Whimsie. You’ll find that on YouTube. In that special, he jokes about a club with bizarre rules about jackets and shoes. Merman said, you get the feeling they’re almost like, we’re so sorry, but someone from two hundred years ago insisted on this rule. He talked about Bob’s Burgers.
Now, longtime listeners to this program know that I am hip to the hoax that is Bob’s Burgers. If you’re new, let me ask you two questions. Have you ever seen Bob’s Burgers? The answer is no. And have you ever met anyone who has seen Bob’s Burgers?
The answer is also no. No. I understand this artwork. I understand you used to hear Joe Buck promote coming up after the Cowboys game there’s a new Simpsons and an all new Bob’s Burgers, but you never actually saw Bob’s Burgers because you switched over to NBC and watched Sunday Night football. This is a hoax.
Think about the types of comedians, Eugene Merman, Kristin Shawl, These are the kind of people that would do such a hoax. Kristin won the Kaufman Award. I mean, how many clues do you need ask for the hoax? Eugene Merman said, I never expected a cartoon to exist for this length of time. I Dora making a comedy that’s both a family comedy but all so idiosyncratic in its own way.
People are like, oh my god, that’s my family. Merman says. The cast frequently records scripts has written before, experimenting with alternative deliveries, improvisations, and fresh joke ideas. He says, well recorded is written, and then sometimes it’ll be like, can we try this? He has an idea for Bob’s Burger is crossing over with the equalizer or the born identity.
The idea is Gene has amnesia and he’s like, why am I so good at making tacos? And slowly he remembers. Jay Farrow has a renewed embrace of Christianity. He said, I had a lot put on me early and pretty much had access to whatever I wanted. But I found out that that never makes you happy.
He is expounding on his philosophy in a new Venture, a rap album. One of the tracks is called life is Good when You’re Rich. One of the verses is I’m telling you how I’m rich. I said, I’m rich with my family, I’m rich with my friends. I’m rich for the love of God that will never end.
Jay Pharrow said recently, a pastor drove from Tennessee to Columbus, Ohio to attend a show. He came up to me after the show and he goes, God told me to give you this. It was a blue Bible with my name on it. The Bible is book marked at the exact mark that I had stopped reading on my Bible. App took that moment as a sign to get myself together, he said.
The Lord is real. He is real. Tiffany Hattish is on the cover of the twenty twenty six Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Tiffany said preparing for the shoot helped her reconnect with her physical strength and discipline after years of injuries and personal challenges. She said the cover opportunity stem from a dream she had when she was young when she competed in track and field.
She said she later began intentionally visualizing herself appearing on Sports Illustrated and eventually pursued the goal more seriously. The Swimsuit issue is on newsstands tomorrow and Good News from the New York Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York. Mel Brooks has donated his archives to the museum. The archive comprises nearly one hundred and fifty thousand creative in production documents and over five thousand photographs, and it offers an unparalleled record of brooks creative life and the development of works that transformed American comedy and culture, including Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Producer’s Silent Movie, History of the World Part One, and Spaceballs. The archive begins with mel Brooks earliest handwritten comedic notes, creating during his service in the US Army during World War II.
It then moves through his work with Sid Caesar on TV shows like Your Show of Shows. In a statement, mel Brooks said, I’ve always been proud to say that I make people laugh for a living. So knowing that my work will have a home at Comedy’s National Archive and continue making people laugh leaves me with a deep sense of pride. I’m honored that my contributions will be preserved for future generations at the National Comedy Center, especially because it’s a place that was meaningful to my best friend Carl Reiner, who believed in the importance of preserving comedy’s history. I know he’d be happy with our work that’d be run for the next two thousand years or maybe more.
Other comedian estates, including John Ervins George Carlin, have donated their files to the Comedy Center. Jereny Gunderson said of this collection, it’s as big as it gets in the way he so fearlessly satirizes the darkest moments of humanity in the post World War two era. And with that, let’s go have a hot dog or something. Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend, and we’ll meet back here tomorrow