Jerry Seinfeld Reveals Story Behind Iconic 'Seinfeld' Golf Ball Speech

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On a series filled with memorable plots and Emmy-winning performances, “Seinfeld” proved its comedic genius many times over, including with the famous episode “The Marine Biologist.” In the fifth season episode, which aired in 1994, George pretends to be a marine biologist in order to impress an old crush from college, while Kramer takes to hitting golf balls into the ocean.

We write that speech the night before at 2 o’clock in the morning.” Seinfeld said Alexander had no issue learning the speech, even with the short time frame he was given. “We show up the next day. We hand Jason — who’s an effing genius — we hand Jason that speech,” he said. “How long is that speech? It’s a page, two pages. This is TV, OK? This is why film sucks. You walk up to a TV actor like Jason and you hand him 2 1/2 pages, and I go, ‘We’ve got to shoot this in a half hour. Memorize it.

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