"Hi! We're Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza and we're the stars of NBC's hit show, Seinfeld. We've been on the air for 21 years, and, well, coming up with ideas and writing the show is hard. That's all. Enjoy our new episodes!"
— "Jerry Seinfeld" and "George Costanza"
"Dat's it Jerry.... I'm DONE WITH BEANS!"
— "George Costanza", "Beans"
The Jerry Seinfeld Program is a 2010 fan-made Web Video Series which "resurrected" the classic sitcom as a series of minute-or-so long episodes, updated every couple days. If you thought the TV show was about nothing, you truly haven't seen "nothing" yet.
This series provides examples of:
- Actor Allusion: In "Anthony Marinos", "Jerry" completely breaks character and claims to be Dan Klein, the actor playing him, for the rest of the episode.
- Brief Accent Imitation: "Jerry" has inexplicably slipped into German and South African accents for a few words in certain episodes.
- Chroma Key: How the series appears to be set in the real apartment from Seinfeld.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Seemingly everybody in the Seinfeld universe except for "Jerry" and "George", most glaringly Elaine and Kramer. Lampshaded twice.
- Cluster Bleep-Bomb: Jerry launches into one in episode 8, when his "Thickel" pun bombs. This is the only instance of bleeping in the series, as strong language have been spoken uncensored before and since then.
- Creator Backlash: In-universe; it would almost seem like "Jerry" and "George" hate the show, and want it canceled. ...Nah.
- Every Episode Ending: Every episode ends with Executive Producer credits for George Shapiro and Howard West, except for Episode 19, which ends on a TV test pattern instead.
- Foreshadowing: The initial ad for the 21st season includes clips from almost every episode, including Jerry's death.
- Fourth-Wall Mail Slot: Done twice, both times causing George and Jerry to have existential crises after they learn what their audience really thinks of them.
- The Ghost: Kramer and Elaine. When a viewer asks what happened to them in the first fan-mail episode, "Jerry" claims he
doesn't know, and even claims that he doesn't even know who they are.
- Minimalist Cast: You can count the number of characters that appear who aren't "Jerry" or "George" on one finger.
- Mood Whiplash: The last two episodes. Jerry gets sick and dies, and George commits suicide, and the final episode is just a full minute of their dead bodies in complete silence. Both end with the typical 'Quirky slap bass riff' credits sequence.
- No Fourth Wall: The last line of almost every episode is addressed to the viewers at home. In certain episodes, a joke bombs and "Jerry" yells at the studio audience in response.
- Obligatory Joke: In "Environmental Week", Jerry and George dedicate a Very Special Episode about taking care of the environment. Eventually, George asks Jerry to at least make a few jokes. Jerry refuses to at first, but when George points out they could get fired if they don't make jokes, Jerry angrily delivers a "Why did the chicken cross the road" joke.
- Obligatory Swearing: Here and there, out of nowhere.
- Overly Long Gag: Many, like "Clapping".
- Retool: In Episode 19, Jerry and George each take the show in separate directions, with Jerry doing a home improvement show called "Wood Corner with Tom Gibson", and George doing a music talk show called "Rapstravaganza". Things fall apart when they both get high, with George eating ecstasy, and Jerry licking a hallucinogenic wood.
- Screwed by the Network: In-universe, Seinfeld was once a hit show and the pride of the network, but now survives as a series of poorly made web shorts with half of its original cast missing. Confusingly they've also renewed the show through a 26th season.
- Sending Stuff to Save the Show: In-universe; after receiving a highly critical letter that cuts deep into them in "Mailbag", Jerry and George request the audience to send episode ideas to the provided address in an attempt to save the show.
- Talkative Loon: Jerry in "Chacabi".Jerry: Chacabi! Chic..a-bi! Chic-a-bi! Chic...a-boo!
George: What are you talking about?
Jerry: I don't know...(pointing at audience) do you? - Vulgar Humor: Taken to the extreme in the in-universe Official Fan-Submitted Content episode "Whores".
