You’ve definitely heard the phrase “What’s the deal with…” and probably linked it to Jerry Seinfeld — but did he actually say it? Yes… but it didn’t start on Seinfeld. In 1992, Jerry hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared in a sketch called Stand Up and Win, a fake game show where he’d ask things like “What’s the deal with airplane food?” and contestants would buzz in with the punchline. The bit stuck — and the Seinfeld writers later dropped it into the show as a tongue-in-cheek callback. So ye

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