I think this scene shows all the strength in Elaine's character. She manages to hide her fear and play cool even though she is pretty scared... the writing and the acting in this show (aside from Seinfeld himself) is amazing.
Agreed and I always thought how Elaine’s character evolved toward the end of the run to be kind of a slap in the face to the already established character. I don’t think this Elaine would have turned into the jaded, bitter, and somewhat soulless Elaine we see by the end of the series. It just didn’t fit for her, even when it made sense for the guys. But then again by the end the whole show was a caricature of the earlier seasons.
@@rahulrajendran9922 It's an emotion that you learn in the wild and keeps you safe. That's what he means by primal. It used the be a necessity before civilization.
This episode is one of my all time favorites. Crazy Joe DaVola was such a great character. The best part was when Jerry and Elaine are outside of the opera and suddenly realize they're both talking about the same person. Seinfeld at it's best
The blend makes it even funnier. I laugh not because of the laugh track but because the actors are in a tense situation but the way they react to it is funny.
Just like rewatching Michael Jordan highlights and you have new appreciation how great he was, watching these Seinfeld reruns, you realize how great the show really was.
Two things come to mind whenever I see this. 1) How brilliant is Julia in this scene? She's as close to perfect as you can get. And 2) In the non-sitcom aka real world, Crazy Joe would have faced criminal charges for stalking Elaine and attempting to imprison her.
Sadly no. As Dostoyevsky once wrote in Crime and Punishment: 'It's very hard to prove an assault'. Elaine would have either had to be seen entering his apartment/leaving it at the time of the assault or have some kind or tape recorder/witnesses around. But yeah Elaine plays it very well.
@@QuadMochaMatti Believe me, I have considered it. Especially due to all the creepy people who admit to grooming, whom I run into while I'm playing Old School RuneScape
This scene is like it's from a completely different show. It's legitimately terrifying and scarily well directed and it's fucking Seinfeld of all things. It's a better executed serial killer scene than most fucking criminal shows and horror/thrillers.
@@user-ud6zi3kk5p so true... Elaine kept her calm though. No shrill female screaming and hysteria that men always claim we do in threatening situations.
Every single one of those pictures of her are so freaking hilarious. Despite that Elaine handled that like a champ. She kept her cool, played along, and even while digging for her pepper spray she was playing it off as if looking for gum lol.
he's the bad guy from the show profiler. czcams.com/video/lzbDDa7REzA/video.html nostalgia. the show sometimes got characters from other shows not the first time it did this. superior show to friends.
I loved the Crazy Joe Davola storyline, thought it was incredible that a sitcom would go this dark and also thought Crazy Joe was going to kill all of them in the final episode.
This is why Seinfeld is so great. It's Jerry as the "perfect example" (mostly) and the further away from him it gets the characters get crazier and scarier. In this scene he has almost removed the show from comedy. Elaine AND the show is taking a tour into a scary movie. Hannibal Lecter meets the crew. As she rushes out she takes the show back to safety. Another character that is far out is Georges father. To me this is like an artist who is an expert on oil paintings, but he might as well be doing any other technique. So he does a different type of painting, he carves in stone just to show off. And it's brilliant.
Too much thinking on your parts. It's things we all have nightmares about and frighten us. Dealing with some psychopaths and making it funny cos we can get out of the situation on tape
Listen. This scene has literally NOTHING to do AT ALL with why Seinfeld is so great. This scene is as far removed from ANY other scene or moment in the almost NEVER *actually* uncomfortable/scary/too real. Everyone has to stop trying to say this or that about this scene. This scene was an anomaly in a perfect comedy series. It was ACTUALLY scary (and no, I am the furthest thing from a lib or snowflake or any of that crap)- I am simply speaking matter of factly. There was no humor here- just terror. Laughs were forced. She was about to get RAPED or DIE. That has NOTHING to do with Seinfeld AT. ALL.
I swear half the people I meet are like this dude, uncomfortable silences, weird questions, no social graces. I stay the hell away from then once I get their vibe.
It was daring for a comedy show to go this dark. Really, the whole Davola arc walked a fine line. It ends with him attempting to murder the show's title character. I think if I saw through an open door a shrine to myself on the wall, I'd make the U-turn right then, rather than going in for a closer look, but I'm not in a thriller, or a sitcom that has briefly become one.
Well seconds earlier Elaine was infatuated with Joe as they really hit it off and she really wanted to go to The Opera with him. Then only seconds later she realized he was a nut job obsessed with her, so she was pretty caught off guard and in disbelief looking at the pictures of herself on the wall.
Yeeeah that was the clincher. She goes from talking her way out of it mode to "ok it's mace time" at that point, even before Joe says "you're not leaving".
@@user-ds6jv5jf5o @Stannis Baratheon do I think you're a clown no? Not if it's a bad thing to be a clown if it's a good thing to be a clown then you know I would have to rethink the whole thing....
I’m seriously terrified by this episode lol. Being someone that faced stalking made this a real trigger. I’m so glad Elaine was able to run! Though I didn’t think the episode had a closure. I was so tense by the end of it, expecting crazy Joe to appear
Creepiness and humour are very related in the ways they confuse the human brain. Many things can be perceived either or even both ways and should not be restricted to one or the other. This scene is an example of that.
I think people are underestimating just how important this scene was for women. I NEVER thought about doing this as a form of protection, and frankly, it's brilliant. Small enough to conceal in one's hand, easy enough to use for even the weakest person, a tiny spray bottle of anything (other than water) is perfection. Unfortunately, Binaca is no longer in production, so other breath sprays or perfume or whatever you can get must be used. Thank you SO MUCH to the Seinfeld production for helping all women be better protected against the Crazy Joe Davolas of the world!
Once she was standing in the doorway seeing her pictures on the opposite wall she should not have came in the room closer to the pictures.....she should've been gone booking it out of there.
Not sure where I got the idea that watching a Seinfeld clip would be a good way to relax before bed. Anyhoo I'll be sleeping with the light on tonight.
This scene was actually pretty tense.
This scene is by no means amusing.
And Elaine could use a diction coach.
"Eggziztential"?
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the hope a fish would rise
@@richardconnelly4508 she's afraid. So their rattling teeth's block a correct pronounciation!
@@richardconnelly4508 She's scared you moron. Ofcourse she's not going to pronounce things well.
This scene is a gem in the series; it manages to incorporate humor and darkness. The actor who portrays Crazy Joe is just perfect.
remove the laugh track and add some creepy music and it's a completely different scene
Peter crombie. And he’s actually really funny irl
He died recently 😢
"I'm a day person" lmao she cracks me up every time
Yeah that cracked me up too🤣😂😅
Pop pop pop…. ah ahhhh!
🤚🏻👈🏻
The pictures very creepy not normal
This is honestly one of the scariest moments I’ve ever seen in a sitcom
There was an "all in the family" moment darker than this.
Omg this was terrifying 😳
It really was!!! I don’t remember the episode but far from funny
That’s because it’s a Larry Charles episode
I just finished this episode and I couldn’t believe how tense I was at the end of it.
without the laugh track this would have been an episode of Criminal Minds
Crazy Joe DeVola would be too dark even for "CSI".
thats no laugh track. That's a live audience.
Sick of the laugh tracks. And the camera men laughing at nothing really funny.
@@herve160181 Lol, yep. This dude must be very young. This show never needed any laugh track.
Herve Tran it doesn't always mean fake laughs
elaine handles herself so well here
I think this scene shows all the strength in Elaine's character. She manages to hide her fear and play cool even though she is pretty scared... the writing and the acting in this show (aside from Seinfeld himself) is amazing.
Agreed and I always thought how Elaine’s character evolved toward the end of the run to be kind of a slap in the face to the already established character. I don’t think this Elaine would have turned into the jaded, bitter, and somewhat soulless Elaine we see by the end of the series. It just didn’t fit for her, even when it made sense for the guys. But then again by the end the whole show was a caricature of the earlier seasons.
She rightfully doesn’t want to get murdered. Yet she supports and defends the murdering of babies.
watch out CZcams, we’ve got a live one ☝️
What's wrong with Jerrys acting? are you saying Jerrys not good at being Jerry? just wow. He plays his part just fine along with everybody else.
I’m a day person.. 😂😂
- You ..you scared me!
- Good. Fear is our most primal emotion.
@@rahulrajendran9922 It's an emotion that you learn in the wild and keeps you safe. That's what he means by primal. It used the be a necessity before civilization.
Actually I think our most primal emotion is how we react after we’ve been pepper sprayed in the face and fall backwards like an idiot.
@@t-rexcellentreviews1663 That was breath spray he got in his eyes
@@corysowers6326more correctly: cinnamon binaca
@@corysowers632690s cherry benaca could rival mace, ese.
Intense stuff.
Besides Susan's death, this is probably the darkest moment in all of Seinfeld.
This destroys Susan's death in terms of darkness. This scene should never have even been shot. Horrifying.
Poor Lilly...
there's also the time kramer was interrogated for a murder of some girl he slept with.
@@kennethbryant5819 That was played for laughs all the way through, however.
@@GaryMillyz The whole show can be horrifying if you don't have a good sense of humor.
This episode is one of my all time favorites. Crazy Joe DaVola was such a great character. The best part was when Jerry and Elaine are outside of the opera and suddenly realize they're both talking about the same person. Seinfeld at it's best
I can't think of a better scene that perfectly blends horror and comedy. Can you?
The blend makes it even funnier. I laugh not because of the laugh track but because the actors are in a tense situation but the way they react to it is funny.
i like to encourage intruders lol
Good. Fear is our most primal emotion.
Intruders, not visitors? I wonder what happened to the Intruders?
One of my favorite Seinfeld quotes ever
"I like to encourage intruders..." priceless...
Like Elaine...
I love how Elaine can keep her fun loving attitude in almost all situations 😂
Just like rewatching Michael Jordan highlights and you have new appreciation how great he was, watching these Seinfeld reruns, you realize how great the show really was.
Those are the two main things I use CZcams for!
Note to self: purchase pepper spray and mace and carry at all times!
Binaca
@@maxcadey9223 lol was about to say that.
Cherry Binaca
I have cherry binaca in my European carry all.
it's illegal to carry that mate
When she says “I’m a dayyyy person”. 🤣
Two things come to mind whenever I see this. 1) How brilliant is Julia in this scene? She's as close to perfect as you can get. And 2) In the non-sitcom aka real world, Crazy Joe would have faced criminal charges for stalking Elaine and attempting to imprison her.
Sadly no. As Dostoyevsky once wrote in Crime and Punishment: 'It's very hard to prove an assault'. Elaine would have either had to be seen entering his apartment/leaving it at the time of the assault or have some kind or tape recorder/witnesses around. But yeah Elaine plays it very well.
@@DeluxBass There's always vigilante justice, since our officially sanctioned justice system seems to have abdicated.
@@QuadMochaMatti Believe me, I have considered it. Especially due to all the creepy people who admit to grooming, whom I run into while I'm playing Old School RuneScape
This scene is like it's from a completely different show. It's legitimately terrifying and scarily well directed and it's fucking Seinfeld of all things. It's a better executed serial killer scene than most fucking criminal shows and horror/thrillers.
Cape Fear kind of deal.
"That's a good question. Good question! It's very existential. Who are you? Who am I? (Points to her pictures) well...."
LMAO
😄!
I love that moment
Imagine this without the laugh track. Horrifying.
cb2198 Horrifying with it.
It's amazing.
The part when he straight up says, "You're not leaving," is bone-chilling
That was even creepier than him casually admitting he took pictures of her in the shower.
@@wolftotem539creepy is not same as terrifying.
This was purly scary since it mean he wanted to keep her captive and kill her.
@@user-ud6zi3kk5p so true... Elaine kept her calm though.
No shrill female screaming and hysteria that men always claim we do in threatening situations.
Every single one of those pictures of her are so freaking hilarious.
Despite that Elaine handled that like a champ. She kept her cool, played along, and even while digging for her pepper spray she was playing it off as if looking for gum lol.
😄!
Cherry Binaca, not pepper spray.😉
Haha he plays his character so well
he's the bad guy from the show profiler.
czcams.com/video/lzbDDa7REzA/video.html nostalgia. the show sometimes got characters from other shows
not the first time it did this. superior show to friends.
Based on his IMDb profile page, the actor seems to be an afterthought. Which is a shame.
"i'm a day person" i use this sentence every time a guy asks me to go to the dark room too. thanks elaine 😂
Wanna go with me to the dark room? 😵
@@OscarCampoMusic 😂😂😂
People ask you to into dark rooms? Weird
I loved the Crazy Joe Davola storyline, thought it was incredible that a sitcom would go this dark and also thought Crazy Joe was going to kill all of them in the final episode.
Good luck with the pilot, Jerry.
I use the "intruder" line everytime my wife gives me shit for leaving the door unlocked.
In the same tone he uses? That would be funny
What's your address?
7
@@hebber1961 that's a great name, 7
Lol
Julia’s smile in the background is so stunning
She had perfect teeth
Thought I was the only person that noticed that...
The joe guy he passed away just recently 😢 this was one of the funniest episodes for me RIH crazy Joe Davola
"I'm a DAY person."
R.I.P.
One of the best written characters in a sitcom played by a great actor that perfected it.
This guy is Hannibal Lector levels of creepy
no matter how many times i watch this clip when he says i like to encourage intruders and that look, i burst of laughing.
The writing in this scene is really well done and it's kinda spooky
Probably my fav scene in all Seinfeld, and I'm quite the fan
There's SUCH a buffet to choose from.....🤔
It's impossible
Crazy Joe was one of the Seinfeld's best characters.
That was some dark shit.
Love Elaine. I'm glad she's alive
Could someone technically skilled do a version of this clip with the laugh track removed? Would be awesome to see how it turns out.
Add add in some creepy music...
You can watch it with the TV muted and the closed captioning turned on.
It's aparently not a laughtrack. Sounds like it though.
you my friend are a sociopath
+Amiri Kiri pfffft
Crazy Joe Davola should've had his own show😏
A sitcom always has that uncomfortable, real, scary moment. Even Seinfeld.
He's not the only Crazy Joe these days...
Right? That Crazy Joe Exotic shit was off the chain.
Yeah Joe Rogan is pretty out there as well
The Best Comment.
This is why Seinfeld is so great. It's Jerry as the "perfect example" (mostly) and the further away from him it gets the characters get crazier and scarier. In this scene he has almost removed the show from comedy. Elaine AND the show is taking a tour into a scary movie. Hannibal Lecter meets the crew. As she rushes out she takes the show back to safety. Another character that is far out is Georges father. To me this is like an artist who is an expert on oil paintings, but he might as well be doing any other technique. So he does a different type of painting, he carves in stone just to show off. And it's brilliant.
+John Toth This scene is actually reference to the actual Pagliacci story. In the opera, Nedda escapes by cutting Canio with a knife in the face!
Too much thinking on your parts. It's things we all have nightmares about and frighten us. Dealing with some psychopaths and making it funny cos we can get out of the situation on tape
Beautiful comment
The fuck are you on?
Listen. This scene has literally NOTHING to do AT ALL with why Seinfeld is so great. This scene is as far removed from ANY other scene or moment in the almost NEVER *actually* uncomfortable/scary/too real. Everyone has to stop trying to say this or that about this scene. This scene was an anomaly in a perfect comedy series. It was ACTUALLY scary (and no, I am the furthest thing from a lib or snowflake or any of that crap)- I am simply speaking matter of factly. There was no humor here- just terror. Laughs were forced. She was about to get RAPED or DIE. That has NOTHING to do with Seinfeld AT. ALL.
I swear half the people I meet are like this dude, uncomfortable silences, weird questions, no social graces. I stay the hell away from then once I get their vibe.
Meet where? Like online?
“Are you alright?”
“Why?”
“Well I don’t know. You just don’t ahhh seem like yourself”.
“Who am I?”
Fn brilliant. Joe Davola is the best!
Davola the most underused Seinfeld character (him and Kruger)
EB: You left your door open
JD: I know. I like to encourage intruders
It was daring for a comedy show to go this dark. Really, the whole Davola arc walked a fine line. It ends with him attempting to murder the show's title character. I think if I saw through an open door a shrine to myself on the wall, I'd make the U-turn right then, rather than going in for a closer look, but I'm not in a thriller, or a sitcom that has briefly become one.
It can go both ways. Some people run, others get so creeped out they get lured into taking a closer look.
Well seconds earlier Elaine was infatuated with Joe as they really hit it off and she really wanted to go to The Opera with him. Then only seconds later she realized he was a nut job obsessed with her, so she was pretty caught off guard and in disbelief looking at the pictures of herself on the wall.
@@yoyo2ma The opera. For the rest I agree with your comment.
i like davola's authenticity,
and watching julia in this scene is pure delight!
"Pagliacci kills his wife." I'd hate to be Elaine at that moment. lol
Yeeeah that was the clincher. She goes from talking her way out of it mode to "ok it's mace time" at that point, even before Joe says "you're not leaving".
It wasnt mace lol, it was cherry breath freshener
i still lmao when i watch this...DEFINITELY one of THEE GREATEST Seinfeld episodes!!!!
you've betrayed me with another haven't you neda?
I'm Elaine
@@user-ds6jv5jf5o @Stannis Baratheon do I think you're a clown no? Not if it's a bad thing to be a clown if it's a good thing to be a clown then you know I would have to rethink the whole thing....
@@devilmancrybaby2101 you've betrayed me with another, haven't you?
@@fromthehaven94 @Christopher C like any other man would look at me come on, I'm gonna get out of here.
Goes in purse to find a weapon
I’m seriously terrified by this episode lol. Being someone that faced stalking made this a real trigger. I’m so glad Elaine was able to run! Though I didn’t think the episode had a closure. I was so tense by the end of it, expecting crazy Joe to appear
Theres plenty of real life Joe Davolas out there. Stay Safe
Creepiness and humour are very related in the ways they confuse the human brain. Many things can be perceived either or even both ways and should not be restricted to one or the other. This scene is an example of that.
I've had many moments like this with toxic friends.
i'd love to hear this with laugh track removed. the tone would be very different.
Gideon Pine Live audience*
Vic Vinegar. They did edit laughter in some of the silent moments but it’s almost all of it natural laughter from a live audience
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Skulls Ain't Dead Thanks! This was scary with the laughter, even more scary with out!
He actually did a great job with this character.. who ever he is,
His name is Peter Crombie
This is like a scene from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Didn't like ASIP that much but they had some pretty funny episodes
1) Probably one of Seinfeld's darkest comic effect moments!
2) Today, Crazy Joe Davola would go for Jennifer Lawrence.
"I'm a day person"
lol
i love that line!
=)
That is one badass lady
You will never see stupid shows like Big Bang Theory doing moments like these, Seinfeld was the shit!
Elaine saying I’m a day person in a singing jingle takes me out lol
Joe Davola was a great character. Too bad they dropped him soon and wrote out.
who are you? who am i? then she looks at the pictures and says well.......that is so genius...
Leaves front door open to encourage intruders. He should of had his own show.
I don’t recall if I had ever seen this episode and I am a big Seinfeld fan!
How can you not seen this one. I can quote every episode. It's a good episode
This is the episode Kramer takes karate and helps Elaine's confidence until she discovers he is fighting kids. It's one of the best episodes.
Elaine's power-level is underrated. Joe is an unstoppable killing-machine and she knocked him on his butt😮
WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO BE?
Deep.
White_Shadow_59 Very existential
"No he couldnt get them.. we're not going!" You can watch the effects of his meds stop immediately!
This scene is actually pretty scary.
but somehow still funny, amazing!
"You think I'm a clown, Nedda?"
Major Red Dragon vibes....almost exactly like the film
It always cracks me up when Elaine sprays him in the eyes.😄
Nice shot.
Some of those are really nice photos.
This episode got a little too scary for a sitcom.
I think people are underestimating just how important this scene was for women. I NEVER thought about doing this as a form of protection, and frankly, it's brilliant. Small enough to conceal in one's hand, easy enough to use for even the weakest person, a tiny spray bottle of anything (other than water) is perfection. Unfortunately, Binaca is no longer in production, so other breath sprays or perfume or whatever you can get must be used. Thank you SO MUCH to the Seinfeld production for helping all women be better protected against the Crazy Joe Davolas of the world!
I thought pepper spray was a pretty well known form of self defense.
@@nossenkanter Pepper spray is illegal.
Not as strong as 90s cherry binaca.
That stuff freaking cleared your sinuses and made your eyes water!
I love crazy Joe d'avola I love when he says I like to encourage Intruders
This looks like a horror movie, it wasn’t for the laugh track it would probably be a horror movie with terrible jokes in it
Once she was standing in the doorway seeing her pictures on the opposite wall she should not have came in the room closer to the pictures.....she should've been gone booking it out of there.
The face she makes as she sprays the mace lol
Kitana Kojima She sprays him with cherry Binaca breath spray. That is why he smells like cherry in part 3 and says Bianaca blast.
One of the only moments of true drama in this whole series. Go, Elaine, go!
He leaves the door open to encourage intruders. They should of made Joe a regular.
That guy should act all the serial killer movies
"Good, fear is our most primal emotion." God i love that line haha, so creepy.
“That’s legit uncomfy!”
Elaine with some quick thinking despite this entire scene being absolutely terrifying
Elaine is so pretty IMO.
One of Elaine's funniest scenes!
"I'm a daaay person!" 😂
Only Larry David can come up with genius writing.
Perfect ending, crazy Joe is not uncommon.
1:12 That could be straight out of Zodiac.
Joe Davola needs love.
No, Joe Davola needs meds.
Not sure where I got the idea that watching a Seinfeld clip would be a good way to relax before bed. Anyhoo I'll be sleeping with the light on tonight.
2:13 that's the same reaction he has when he finds out about Kramer's party
The ONLY TIME I ever agreed with Elaine's actions.
I love it when he plops his head on the door.
"The Opera" is my second most favorite Seinfeld episode! (First is "The Package")