>> Stephen: WE'RE BACK WITH AMERICA'S SWEETHEART JERRY
SEINFELD.
THE BOOK BEGINS IN THE 70s.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO TODAY, INCLUDING THE PANDEMIC.
DO YOU-- DO YOU THINK, AS AN OBSERVER OF THE HUMAN CONDITION,
DO YOU THINK THIS MOMENT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE
RELATIVE AND APPLICABLE TO OUR LIVES AFTER THIS?
OR ARE WE IN, LIKE A MOUNT ZESUVUS MOMENT.
NOT EVERY DAY IS POMPEII GETTING BURIED IN LAVA?
DO YOU THINK THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE
UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GO THROUGH IT?
IS IT A COMMON ENOUGH HUMAN EXPERIENCE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT
NOW?
>> YOU KNOW, NOBODY DIDN'T GO THROUGH IT UNLESS YOU'RE BORN
FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
>> NO, IT WON'T BE-- NO.
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WORLD WAR II.
THAT'S WHY WE WERE ALWAYS ASKING OUR PARENTS ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T-- WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND THEY'LL BE ASKING ABOUT THIS.
AND THEY'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE IT'S --
>> Stephen: WHAT IS IT REALLY LIKE, JERRY?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S-- IT'S REALLY LIKE...
THE WHOLE PLANET GETTING DETENTION.
AND WHEN YOU GET OUT OF DETENTION, YOU'RE REALLY GOING
TO SEE THINGS A LITTLE-- HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN
TO APPRECIATE A LITTLE BETTER.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BUT WE PROBABLY WON'T.
>> Stephen: MAYBE NOT.
BUT IT'S NICE TO HOLD ON TO THAT.
>> LET'S TRY.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HOLD ON TO THAT HOPE.
>> LET'S TRY.
LET'S TRY TO APPRECIATE-- I WENT TO A RESTAURANT LAST NIGHT FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE FEBRUARY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> AND IT WAS OUTSIDE, BUT EVEN SO, I HADN'T SEEN A MENU OR A
WAITRESS IS SINCE FEBRUARY.
AND IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING, ODD, STRANGE THING.
IT WAS LIKE, WOW!
A RESTAURANT.
AND THEY BRING THE FOOD AND THE CHECK-- THE CHECK!
I GOT A CHECK!
( LAUGHING ) >> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU HAVE?
WHAT DID YOU ORDER?
WHAT DID YOU ORDER, JERRY?
>> YOU KNOW, UHMI THINK IT WAS A TORTELLINI BOLOGNESE.
>> Stephen: DO WE HAVE TIME TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH THIS ORDER?
WE'RE OUT OF TIME, JERRY.
I'M AFRAID WE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER INTO YOUR ORDER.
>> IT WAS GOOD.
>> Stephen: AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
I "IS THIS ANYTHING?" IS AVAILABLE
NOW.
JERRY SEINFELD, EVERYBODY!
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