j. peterman company with the real j. peterman.ple did not even know there was a real j. peterman. we look back and saw great tapes of you on oprah and everyone loving you for many, many, many years, like? >> i liked the role so much i bought the company. >> that's so great. >> when we walked in mean, we walked in together and, hey, j. peterman, how you doing? i knew they weren't talking to me. >> it had to be a hoot for you when "seinfeld" was on that this character was -- >> did you think it was funny? >> yeah, it was great! they told me "you were on seinfeld last night" and i said "i was on an airplane, what are you talking about?" and they said here it is, it's on tv. >> when did you first meet? >> about two years later as the character started to gain a little bit of an arc and cult popularity. tom bergeron had "fox after breakfast" that show long ago. he brought us on and it was kind of like the dating game. they put him on one side of the stage and me on the other and we met in the middle and i looked at him and said "my goo