Jerry Seinfeld

Published: Oct. 14, 2013, 4 a.m.

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This week Alec sits down with comedian Jerry Seinfeld who debuted on HBO in 1981, the same year he first appeared on Johnny Carson. Jerry Seinfeld was 27 years old.

Seinfeld\'s material stood out.\\xa0It wasn\'t about his upbringing or personal relationships.\\xa0It was about our universal experience of small things.\\xa0Eight years after his HBO debut, he and Larry David created a weekly series that changed both their lives.\\xa0After Seinfeld ran for nine seasons, Seinfeld went back to stand-up, and to his audience.\\xa0As he explains to Alec, Seinfeld feels uniquely connected to his fans:\\xa0\\u201cYou have this relationship with the audience that is private between you and them.\\xa0Critics want to write, people want to talk.\\xa0We have our own thing that nobody can break\\xa0\\u2026 once you build that it can\'t be broken by outside forces.\\u201d

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