Here’s how to watch the Festivus episode of Seinfeld.
Streaming Seinfeld feels like a Festivus miracle — you can just roll out of bed on December 23, and before you set up your aluminum pole, air your grievances and do the feats of strength, you can watch the iconic episode that started it all.
A look back at the best holiday moments from “The Strike.”
Editor’s note: We published this in 2021, but figured you’d enjoy it on this Dec. 23!
Happy Festivus to all who celebrate!
That’s right: Every year on December 23, ever since the Season 9 episode of Seinfeld known as The Strike aired in 1997, we’ve celebrated the Festivus for the rest of us — a holiday made up by George Costanza’s father Frank (played by the late, amazing and hilarious Jerry Stiller) in response to the commercialism of Christmas, complete with an aluminum pole, airing of grievances and feats of strength.
So on this, the latest Festivus, I’ve decided to comb through the episode and come up with a ranking of the best moments related to the holiday from the ep:
If you loved that, then you’ll enjoy Topps’ new holiday ad in which David as Steinbrenner pushes for John Elway — the Hall of Fame NFL legend, of course — to be drafted over Tony Gwynn in the MLB Draft, which really happened.
There you have it. Here’s the fun video for the ad, which is chock full of Seinfeld references like Keith Hernandez and calzones (also, a Stephen A. Smith cameo!).
We can only imagine what umpires wear under their uniforms while calling games, but let’s remember that they’re humans like the rest of us.
During the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels game on Saturday night, the L.A. broadcast noticed umpire James Hoye wearing a Kramer from Seinfeld shirt — it’s the one of his infamous portrait known as “The Kramer” — under his uniform and had so much fun with it.
That would probably help them avoid another embarrassing meltdown in the ninth inning like Friday night, when the Yankees saw a 3-1 lead with two outs become a 5-3 extra innings victory for the Boston Red Sox instead.
It happened exactly how you’d imagine. Clay Holmes came on in the ninth to close out the win and promptly sat down Rafael Devers and Connor Wong when Dom Smith was called upon to pinch hit. A single brought up Masataka Yoshida, who saw seven pitches before launching a sinker 405 feet to right field to tie the game.
Ceddanne Rafaela opened the top of the 10th inning with a two-run homer and the Yankees were left wondering how it all went so wrong as Kenley Jansen closed out the frame for Boston.
You could applaud the commitment to Costanza bit of ruining a sure thing, but the vibes in New York clubhouse beg to differ now that the Yankees are 5-15 in their last 20 games with four straight losses.
“It’s a difficult time and we’ve got to dig down and quick turnaround tomorrow, get ready to play and find out what we’re made of a little bit,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters. “You’re going to be tested all the time with tough spots in the season. which clearly we are right now.”
The Yankees are giving out George Costanza bobbleheads for tonight's game. 👏
Paul O’Neill: still getting paid for Seinfeld nearly 30 years later!
Paul O’Neill had one of the funnier sports moments in Seinfeld history, appearing in 1995’s The Wink in Season 7 of the NBC sitcom: O’Neill gets roped into hitting two home runs in his next game by Kramer so that Kramer can get back a birthday card for George Steinbrenner that’s signed by every Yankee.
On Thursday, O’Neill revealed on the Yankees’ YES broadcast that he still gets residual checks that are around $57 a year, which isn’t bad money for something he did nearly 30 years ago.
Here’s that moment, along with the acting cameo that gets him that check every year:
"Do you still get residual checks for being on [Seinfeld]?" – David Cone
"Yeah, you know what they are? They're like 57 bucks. It's not big time. It's a good reminder, though, that you were on the show. It's kinda cool." – Paul O'Neill ⚾️📺🎙️💰 pic.twitter.com/mHPTKoAlll
And specifically: How do they feel about Trey Lance, who only played two games last season before missing the rest of 2022 with an injury?
GM John Lynch took to the podium at the NFL combine and was seen scratching his head as he answered a Lance question, and that’s when @StatsOnFire on Twitter decided to splice in the classic Seinfeld clip from “The Wallet” in which Jerry notices Elaine touching her face when talking about her boyfriend, a tell that indicates she might not be that happy.
Seinfeld predicted the NBA future again, and a bettor cashed in.
One bettor has to be thankful that he’s a Seinfeld fan after nailing an NBA score prediction thanks to the classic sitcom.
Twitter user Michael Mulholland shared this week that he won a correct score prediction for Monday night’s Cleveland Cavaliers/San Antonio Spurs game based on a clip from an old Seinfeld episode.
In the segment from the 1991 episode “The Heart Attack,” Jerry Seinfeld consults with George Costanza’s holistic healer Tor Eckman (actor Stephen Tobolowsky) about something written on a piece of paper.
Eckman reads the score of a Cavs-Spurs game that was happening around that time. The final score that Eckman tells Jerry? Cleveland 117, San Antonio 109.
Seinfeld rolled his eyes at Eckman’s interpretation, but it’s a good thing this bettor didn’t.
Mulholland won $681.21 from FanDuel predicting the score of the game, with Cleveland netting 117 points against San Antonio’s 109. His prediction had +26000 odds.
Bettors might want to comb through the rest of the Seinfeld catalog to see what other predictions might be in store. Just don’t look for any Yankees analysis from Costanza.
Joe Burrow’s Seinfeld sweatpants are real, and they’re spectacular.
Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals went in to snowy Buffalo on Sunday and bullied the Bills all day long while punching their ticket back into the AFC title game with a 27-10 win over Josh Allen and Co.
Then after he got back into the locker room Burrow slipped into an incredible pair of Seinfeld sweatpants. Yes, that Seinfeld – one of the greatest sitcoms in television history.
I had no idea something like this existed but now I need them:
