Earl was played by Jason Alexander and I think it was definitely after Seinfeld had ended. He plays an office manager that nobody actually notices.

And Phoebe is a telemarketer that meets him on the phone and tries to sell him toner. But she overhears him admit that he’s considering ending his own life.

And she kind of quits her job to go get him and convince him that that’s not a good idea. As a suicide survivor myself, the scene definitely hits differently watching it a second time.