<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Taking Internet Shows&nbsp;Seriously]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<object data="http://swf.tubechop.com/tubechop.swf?vurl=Wriy3ICfF9U&amp;start=0&amp;end=213&amp;cid=599476" height="315" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="515"> <param name="data" value="http://swf.tubechop.com/tubechop.swf?vurl=Wriy3ICfF9U&amp;start=0&amp;end=213&amp;cid=599476" /> <param name="src" value="http://swf.tubechop.com/tubechop.swf?vurl=Wriy3ICfF9U&amp;start=0&amp;end=213&amp;cid=599476" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> </object> <p>Ned Hepburn <a href="http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/189636/kill-your-internet-television-why-seinfeld-still-matters/" target="_self">heralds</a> Jerry Seinfeld’s &quot;<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CCAQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcomediansincarsgettingcoffee.com%2F&amp;ei=Q2R4UJC_C8a_ygGGkoD4Ag&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVhxb0QJe4u6vTeKrSb1KZjt59_Q&amp;sig2=QV9MO_vg-czKpTz-EE2dXA" target="_self">Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee</a>&quot;:</p> <blockquote> <p>Seinfeld put this together with a shoestring budget and a small team  of talented people and it gave some much needed legitimacy to internet  television as a whole: here was a major, major star appearing not on the  screen that we had fallen in love with him on but appearing on the  screen that we carry around with us (iPad), work on (laptops) and carry  in our pockets (smart phones). Here was a giant giving away some of his  best work for free. For <em>free</em>. Comedian Louis CK gave away his latest special for $5 <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/22/technology/louis_ck_million/index.htm">and became a millionaire in ten days</a>.</p> <p>... When are people who  make decisions – who are most likely pushing 40 or 50 or 60 and can’t  understand a world without themselves because which carriage maker could  ever fathom an automobile –&#0160;when are they going to help themselves by  helping us and take a risk and put more money into internet television? Seinfeld  is showing you a door right now that you should walk through because  pretty soon the whole building is going to come down.</p> </blockquote> <p>Neetzan <a href="http://gawker.com/5947243/jerry-seinfelds-web-series-closes-season-with-michael-richards-catharsis" target="_self">absorbs</a> the above episode, the season finale with Michael Richards:</p>]]></html></oembed>