Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld - Summer Staff Picks

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

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🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Every other week throughout the summer, members of the Here’s The Thing staff are selecting their favorite interviews from the archives. This week, we revisit Alec’s conversations with two of the funniest comedians in the business – and coincidentally, two of the most popular episodes from our archives. Chris Rock is known for his work on SNL, his stand up specials, the sitcom Everybody Loves Chris and films like Madagascar and Grownups. In recent years, the comedian dove deeper into acting, including an acclaimed turn in the FX dark comedy Fargo. In a conversation from 2011, Alec goes backstage after a performance of the play The Mother F**ker With The Hat, Rock’s Broadway debut. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld broke the mold with his sharp observational humor and a groundbreaking sitcom about “nothing,” over nine seasons of Seinfeld. He also produced and hosted 11 seasons of his unconventional talk show, Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee and continues to tour standup. In this conversation from 2013, the comedian discusses getting his start in standup, why he thinks Seinfeld was a success and the unique connection he feels to his audience.

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0:00.0	Yellowstone, television's number one show is back on Paramount Network.
0:03.6	I John Dutton, who solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution of the State of Montana,
0:08.4	against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
0:10.8	Featuring an all-star cast led by Academy Award winner Kevin Costner,
0:13.9	the invasion is over. They will fight you dirty.
0:16.0	Is there any other way?
0:17.2	As the Dutton family fights to protect their legacy, they'll learn power has a price.
0:21.1	Signed as a declaration of war.
0:23.2	We're already at war.
0:24.2	Yellowstone, new episodes Sundays at 8 p.m. Eastern, exclusively on Paramount Network.
0:32.3	Hi, I'm Frank Imperial, the engineer at Here's the Thing.
0:35.6	We're in the middle of our Summer Staff Pick series, where we choose our favorite episodes
0:39.8	from the archives. This week I wanted to share with you two interviews that are among the most
0:44.8	popular and funniest we've ever done. Comedians Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld.
0:50.0	Chris Rock has always been a boundary pushing comedian. The Emmy and Grammy winner is well known
0:56.1	for his work on Saturday Night Live, his numerous comedy specials, films like grown-ups and Madagascar,
1:03.2	and the sitcom based on his life, Everybody Loves Chris.
1:07.3	In recent years, the funny man has been pushing his own boundaries, digging deeper into his acting.
1:12.9	He starred in the fourth season of Fargo on FX. But before that, Alec met up with the comedian
1:18.8	when he was on Broadway, in his very first play. Here's Alec's 2011 conversation with comedian
1:25.1	and actor Chris Rock backstage at the show and felt theater.
1:30.3	His dressing room in Broadway show and felt theater was five floors up. No elevator.
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