Jerry Seinfeld first appeared on The Tonight Show on May 6, 1981, when the 27-year-old comedian nervously serenaded Johnny Carson and his audience with jokes about fat people in the Guinness World Records and the Swiss Army. It’s fun watching the clip now, because rarely do you see Seinfeld genuinely smile and giggle during his routines anymore; he’s far more polished now, though he’s still wondering “what’s the deal with” everything, including phones and the post office on Fallon’s Tonight Show last night.
It’s not his finest work, though that “gay French king” line kills.
