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ERIKA STORM WASSER: Have you ever been watching a sitcom
and seen where the character lives and think to yourself,
there's no way that character with that supposed job lives
in this amazing apartment?
And that is why we are profiling sitcom apartments
and finding their real-life character counterparts in Only
in Reel Life.
Let's go.
Today we are meeting a real-life Jerry Seinfeld, my
favorite show from the '90s.
So I'm kind of psyched to see what a real, working stand-up
comic in New York City lives like.
He's on the Upper West Side.
He's been on Letterman.
He's pretty much amazing.
Let's hope his house is amazing.
I don't really know what to expect yet.
Here we are.
And he's Jewish.
We've actually found a real-life Jerry Seinfeld.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
LENNY MARCUS: Hello, Wasser.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Hello, Newman.
I like your place, Lenny.
LENNY MARCUS: Thanks, Wasser.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: You're welcome.
You did good.
LENNY MARCUS: Thanks for coming.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: So tell us about who you are., what you--
Come on.
Brag a little.
LENNY MARCUS: I'm Lenny Marcus.
I've been a stand-up comedian for almost 18 years here in
New York City.
I run around to the clubs and do shows every night.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: So you are a real-life Jerry Seinfeld.
LENNY MARCUS: Yeah, well, that's
pushing it a little bit.
He's famous.
But that's very sweet.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: So tell me about this apartment.
LENNY MARCUS: I think it was a converted hotel back in the, I
want to say the '30s.
And so some of the walls are very solid.
And then if you go, like, that wall is solid,
but then this wall--
[KNOCK ON WALL].
ERIKA STORM WASSER:That's so weird.
LENNY MARCUS: So if you ever have to leave in a hurry, just
run right through.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: So what is your favorite
part about this apartment?
LENNY MARCUS: The size of this room is my favorite part.
I didn't want to live like-- a lot of comics live with
roommates and stuff.
I was an event systems engineer.
Can I live like a human being as a comic?
I need a bigger space.
But what I gave up on was, well, the kitchen area.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Where's the kitchen?
LENNY MARCUS: All right, let's go.
This way.
You passed it on the way in.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: I don't think I can go
in there with you.
LENNY MARCUS: Yeah, you can.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: OK.
Here I go.
LENNY MARCUS: This is it.
Welcome to the kitchen.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Thanks.
You are Jerry Seinfeld.
You like cereal, he likes cereal.
His kitchen was a little bit different than yours.
LENNY MARCUS: Yeah, he had a bigger kitchen, but he didn't
cook either.
When did he cook on that show?
Not once.
Not once.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: They made sandwiches.
They definitely made sandwiches.
LENNY MARCUS: Sandwiches.
Well I could make you a sandwich.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Could you make me a sandwich?
LENNY MARCUS: I could make you a sandwich.
You'd have to leave the room.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: I'm pretty sure this is a fire hazard.
LENNY MARCUS: Probably.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: I'm pretty positive that this kitchen is
a fire hazard.
LENNY MARCUS: All right.
Next room?
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Next room.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: The bedroom.
I like it.
LENNY MARCUS: Thanks.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: You have really nice art and it's
spacious and light.
And you have-- this is awesome.
I mean, How many people have this?
Not so many.
LENNY MARCUS: Well my goal in comedy was to do the show and
I did the show.
There it is.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: What was it like
to perform on Letterman?
LENNY MARCUS: It was everything I thought it was
going to be.
It was like the culmination of a lot of hard work.
And a lot of fun.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Where do you write your jokes?
LENNY MARCUS: Well, here's my joke, it's that this is where
everything happens.
This is where nothing happens.
So I write at the desk.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: I feel like this is like the Late
Night desk.
And now I'm a guest.
LENNY MARCUS: You're the guest on the show?
ERIKA STORM WASSER: I'm a guest at your desk.
LENNY MARCUS: Well Erika, I hear you're on
a show called Spaces.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Yep.
LENNY MARCUS: How's that going?
LENNY MARCUS: It's really good.
We get to go to awesome people's homes--
LENNY MARCUS: We'll be right back with somebody more
famous, actually.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: What is your favorite part about being
a comedian?
LENNY MARCUS: You know, on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon,
I'm outside rather than in an office building.
I really like that.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: By outside, do
you mean behind me?
LENNY MARCUS: I can be out there.
Out on the balcony?
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Let's see the balcony.
This is awesome!
LENNY MARCUS: Thanks.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: The architecture across the street
is really amazing.
LENNY MARCUS: It's amazing.
That building is the Ansonia Hotel.
A lot of famous artists back in the day lived in there.
It's one of the famous pieces of the Upper West Side.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: So the view of life of a stand-up
comic doesn't look too bad, if you ask me.
LENNY MARCUS: Well, I got lucky with this apartment back
in the day, and it's expensive now, so you have to work
really hard to keep it.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: I have to say, your apartment,
Seinfeld's apartment from what we know of it, I mean, you're
kind of on track.
LENNY MARCUS: It's going all right.
It's going all right.
Let's keep it like that.
I'd like to keep the apartment, and the career is
going well, so let's keep it rolling.
ERIKA STORM WASSER: Check out Lenny Marcus.
Lennymarcus.com.
He's on Facebook and Twitter.
And Letterman.
He's amazing.
Thanks again, and we'll see you guys soon.
Hope you guys enjoyed Only in Reel Life.
Now we know that this is how Seinfeld could
have probably lived.
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