The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Knicks (and a Crowded East)

Sep 22, 2026 · 2h 37m · take 42 of 42

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Jeselnikchanged my life. When I say, like, 25 years, it's 25 years from October 16th, 2002, when I saw that movie in theaters. Yeah. I know the day, it was playing near me, and I went and saw it at noon. and told me how to do it.

JeselnikYou know, just go to open mics and fail. If Jerry Seinfeld can fail over and over again to build the hour, what's your problem?

JeselnikAnd I tell people all the time, too bad, like, with Harvey Weinstein, that movie's gone. Unless you own the DVD. It's gone? It's gone.

JeselnikReally? Netflix had it for a little bit when they had to deal with Seinfeld and then it went away. And now that Weinstein's in jail, like, you'll never, it'll never stream again. You can't buy it on Apple movies.

JeselnikIt's like, maybe it's on Roku or some shit. Yeah. where you have to own the Blu -ray or the DVD.

JeselnikBut that movie is, that tells you everything you need to know, I think, about stand -up. It's a great

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