'I'm not going to try and beat that — I can't beat that,' the actor/comedian said of Seinfeld, which aired on NBC in the '90s
, 66, predicted that the Netflix special would be Seinfeld's last as he never wants to appear less than perfect, the comedian acknowledged, "I think you got me there."
"I am a perfectionist that way," he said. "That's why I obviously never did another TV series. I'm not going to try and beat that. I can't beat that." "I already have the material to do another special," he added. "But I always like to give a little less than you really want. A little less.", "We could've done one, two, three more years. The reason people still love that show is we didn't wear it out.", Seinfeld joked, "I don't care about the world."
"I'm doing what I like. You do what you like, Howard," he said. "That is the genius of Howard Stern — I'm going to do it the way I want to do it and that's what people respond to, that's what they like. They don't want you catering to them. They want you catering to yourself. That's your art.", aired for nine seasons on NBC from 1989 to 1998. The show followed Seinfeld's character and his friends in New York City.
The series won several awards, including an Emmy for outstanding comedy series in 1993 and a Golden Globe Award for best TV series in 1994.
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