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Table of Contents
1.0 What is SEINFELD?
1.1 How many seasons of SEINFELD are there?
1.2 How do I find the title of a SEINFELD episode?
1.3 Where can I find all the episode titles and
number?
1.4 Where can I find the plot summary of a SEINFELD
episode?
1.5 How about a timeline-history of noteworthy
SEINFELD moments?
2.0 Who are the characters on SEINFELD?
2.1 Who are the major characters?
2.2 Who are the minor supporting characters (2 or
more appearances)?
2.3 Who are the family members of the major
characters?
*2.4 What other TV shows and
movies have some cast members been in?
2.5 When are the actors' and characters' birthdays?
2.6 Where do the characters live?
2.7 What are the characters' telephone numbers?
3.0 What are some FAQ about the major characters?
3.1 What is Kramer's name?
3.2 How does Kramer support himself?
3.3 How many times has Jerry "known"
Elaine?
3.4 How do the characters know each other?
3.5 What jobs has xxxxx had on the show?
3.6 What religion is xxxxx?
*3.7 What are some reasons why Jerry has ended a
relationship?
3.8 What "fake" movies have the
characters seen?
3.9 Who is whose best friend?
3.10 How many times has Elaine yelled "GET
OUT?!?" and pushed someone?
3.11 What does George's answering machine say?
3.12 What did the EWR on Jerry's refrigerator
mean?
3.13 What foods have been mentioned or eaten on
SEINFELD?
3.14 What kinds of cars have been featured on
SEINFELD?
3.15 What songs have been sung on SEINFELD?
4.0 Are there questions about the other characters?
4.1 Who is Newman and why does Jerry hate him?
4.2 Was Newman in the movie 'Animal House'?
4.3 Who is the "unfunny comic"?
4.4 Is that really George Steinbrenner?
4.5 Who is the "Soup Nazi"?
4.6 Who is Kenny Kramer?
4.7 Who is Art Vandelay?
4.8 Is Jackie Chiles supposed to be Johnny Cochran?
4.9 Was Russell Dalrymple supposed to be Warren
Littlefield?
*4.10 Who is J. Peterman?
*4.11 Is there a list of J. Peterman products?
4.12 Who are the two curiously effeminate guys and
when do they appear?
4.13 Who is the Pakistani café owner?
*4.14 Who has guest starred (or
appeared before they were stars) on SEINFELD?
*4.15 Who is Bob Sacamano?
*4.16 Who is Lomez?
4.17 Where is the real Monk's restaurant?
4.18 What are the various nicknames of the main
characters?
4.19 What celebrities have appeared as themselves?
4.20 Was that "Puddy" as the voice of
Superman in the American Express ad with Jerry?
4.21 What occupation did George always want to
have?
*4.22 What production people
have appeared (or had characters named for them) on the show?
4.23 Who are some of the more notable one-time
characters?
4.24 What characters have died on the show?
*4.25 What actors have played multiple characters?
4.26 Which episodes were dedicated and to whom?
5.0 Questions about cultural references and specific
episodes.
5.1 Who won "The Contest"?
5.2 What were the 'Bizarros' in "The Bizarro
Jerry"?
5.3 Is the WIZ Norm Macdonald's (SNL) brother?
5.4 What game are Estelle Costanza and her friends
playing in "The Handicapped Spot"?
5.5 Mulva? Delores? Gipple? (What was Jerry's
girlfriend's name in "The Junior Mint"?)
5.6 Wasn't there a lawsuit over this very issue?
5.7 Who is Stein Ericson? (referenced
in "The Reverse Peephole")
5.8 Why did Jerry call Kramer 'Kessler' in the
pilot episode?
*5.9 Is there a Superman reference in every episode?
5.10 Why did Elaine say "maybe the dingo ate
your baby" in "The Stranded"?
5.11 What is the name of the song used in final
segment of "The Clip Show"?
5.12 Who is ‘Mary Beth Whitehead’? (referenced in "The Bottle Deposit")
5.13 Can I have more information on
"Festivus"?
5.14 Is there a real 555-FILM?
*5.15 What did the Silkwood/radiation reference in
"The Shower Head" mean?
*5.16 What's the 'sausage music'
in "The Blood"?
*5.17 Why did Jerry refer to
himself as ‘Jerry
Cougar Mellencamp’ in
“The Stakeout”?
*5.18 What is the ‘Algonquin Round
Table’? (referenced in “The
Phone Message”)
*5.19 Who is ‘Johnny Yuma’? (referenced in “The
Heart Attack”)
*5.20 What is ‘Lara’s Theme’?
(referenced in “The
Deal”)
*5.21 What is ‘Chappaquiddick’?
(referenced in “The
Baby Shower”)
*5.22 Who was ‘Sakharov’?
(referenced in “The
Baby Shower”)
*5.23 What is ‘lockjaw’?
(referenced in “The
Dog”)
*5.24 Who are ‘Yukon Jack’ and
‘Cujo’? (referenced in “the Dog”)
*5.25 Who is ‘Dick Gregory’?
(referenced in “The
Subway”)
*5.26 Who is ‘Sunny von Bulow’?
(referenced in “The
Suicide”)
*5.27 Who was ‘Jose Jimenez’?
(referenced in “The
Boyfriend (1)”)
*5.28 Who is ‘C. Everett Koop’?
(referenced in “The
Boyfriend (2)”)
6.0 What are some of the oddities and inconsistencies in
SEINFELD?
6.1 Why does the farm girl at the end of 'The Bottle
Deposit' refer to Newman as Norman?
*6.2 Other oddities and interesting tidbits
*6.3 Continuity errors and inconsistencies
*6.4 What movies have been parodied?
7.0 Where can I find some SEINFELD production related
information?
7.1 Where is SEINFELD produced and by whom?
7.2 When does the production season begin and end?
7.3 How can I get tickets to a filming session?
7.4 What major awards has SEINFELD garnered?
*7.5 Where can I find scripts to SEINFELD episodes?
7.6 Are there official books about SEINFELD?
7.7 Where can I purchase SEINFELD T-shirts and other
merchandise?
7.8 Where can I find other SEINFELD related Internet
sites?
7.9 Do you have sheet music for the bass guitar theme to
Seinfeld?
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1.0 What is SEINFELD?
1.1 How many seasons of SEINFELD are there?
There were 9 seasons of Seinfeld
with Episode 1, "The Seinfeld Chronicles"
airing July 5, 1989 and Episode 169,
"The Finale", airing on May 14, 1998.
1.2 How do I find the title of a SEINFELD episode?
Syndicated episode names can be
found in TV Guide
or similar TV listing.
1.3 Where can I find all the episode titles and numbers?
Try http://www.tvtome.com/Seinfeld/guide.html , one of the best sources for 'Seinfeld' episode information.
A printable checklist can be
found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Seinfeld_episodes
1.4 Where can I find the plot summary of a SEINFELD episode?
See 1.3.
1.5 How about a timeline-history of noteworthy SEINFELD moments?
7/5/89: Pilot airs on NBC;
it is called "The Seinfeld Chronicles."
5/31/90: First regular episode
airs; Elaine is introduced.
6/21/90: Fifth and final
episode of season is aired.
1/23/91: Series returns as
second-season replacement.
1/30/91: "The Pony
Remark" introduces Uncle Leo.
4/4/91: Elaine shrieks
"Get Out!" for the first time.
4/18/91: Newman is heard for
the first time.
6/26/91: 17th and final
episode of season.
9/18/91: First full season of
series kicks off with "The Note."
1/29/92: Newman is seen for
the first time.
2/12/92: First hour-long ep.
"The Boyfriend," featuring Keith Hernandez and a "JFK"
parody.
5/6/92: Season-ending episode
features Kramer on "Murphy Brown."
8/12/92: Season begins with
two-parter that puts Kramer, George and Jerry in
9/16/92: The character of
Susan Ross makes her debut.
11/18/92: The phrase
"master of your domain" makes its debut in "The Contest."
2/11/93: Another catch phrase:
"Not that there's anything wrong with that."
3/18/93: The world meets
"Mulva" in "The Junior Mint."
5/20/93: Season ends with the
pilot for a failed sitcom starring Jerry Seinfeld.
11/4/93: Rudolph Giuliani
appears in an episode linked to the recent NYC mayoral election.
2/24/94: Kramer's friend
Mickey makes his debut.
5/19/94: George lands a job
with the Yankees, while Elaine loses her publishing position.
11/22/94: The debut of Mr.
Pitt.
11/17/94: Actor Jon Voight
makes an appearance, bites Kramer.
5/27/95: Dave Puddy makes his
first appearance.
5/18/95: Bette Midler appears
in "The Understudy"; J. Peterman makes his debut.
11/21/95: George and Susan get
engaged.
11/2/95: "No soup for
you!" -- "The Soup Nazi" makes his appearance.
1/25/96: O.J. Simpson parody,
with Jackie Chiles hollering: "If the bra fits, you must acquit!"
2/8/96: Hour-long episode ends
with a "Nixon" parody.
5/16/96: Susan Ross dies from
licking envelopes.
11/19/96: Eighth season opens
without co-creator Larry David.
3/13/97: Lloyd Bridges makes
his debut as Izzy Mandelbaum.
4/4/97: "Yada, Yada,
Yada."
11/25/97: Ninth and final
season begins.
11/20/97: The backward episode
airs.
11/25/97: Seinfeld announces
the demise of the show.
5/14/98: Final episode airs.
2.0 Who are the characters on SEINFELD?
For a ridiculously extensive list of names, witnessed or referenced, click here
Sorry, no notation other than names.
2.1 Who are the major characters?
Jerome (Jerry) Seinfeld-Jerry
Seinfeld
George Louis Costanza-Jason
Alexander
Cosmo Kramer-Michael Richards
Elaine Marie Benes-Julia
Louis-Dreyfus
Top
2.2 Who
are the minor supporting characters (2 or more appearances)?
Character name (Actor name) [first
appeared in]
Brief description
Mickey Abbott (Danny Woodburn) [The Stand-In]
Kramer's 'height challenged' actor
friend
George's secretary with the Yankees
Kenny Bania (Steve Hytner) [The Soup]
The 'hack' comedian who's obsessed
with Ovaltine
Susan Biddle Ross (Heidi Swedberg) [The Pitch]
George's fiancé, poisoned by toxic
invitation envelopes
Babu Bhatt (Brian George) [The Cafe]
Pakistani restaurateur, accidentally
deported
Lloyd Braun (Pete Keleghan, Matt
McCoy) [The Gum, The Serenity Now]
Dinkins' advisor before he went
crazy
Jackie Chiles (Phil Morris) [The Caddy]
Kramer's attorney, a parody of
Johnnie Cochran
Carol, (Lisa Mende) [The Boyfriend]
"Ya gotta see the
BAY-BEEE!"
Russell Dalrymple (Bob Balaban) [The Pitch]
NBC president, loved Elaine, quit to
join Greenpeace
Crazy Joe Davola (Peter Crombie) [The Pitch]
TV writer, obsessed with Elaine, the
gang is afraid of him
Deena (Mary Jo Keenen) [The Gum]
George's cousin, her father ruined
the John Voight car
Dr. Seigel (Victor Raider-Wexler) [The
Junior Mint]
Surgeon at the local hospital, good
at giving good or bad news
Sid Farkus (Patrick Cronin) [The Sniffing
Accountant]
Frank's bra salesman friend, wanted
to date Estelle
Jake Jarmel (Marty Rackham) [The Sniffing
Accountant]
Writer Elaine dated
Earl Haffler (O'Neal Compton) [The Diplomats'
Club]
High rolling Texan, bet on airline
arrivals and departures with Kramer
Karl (Ellis E. Williams) [The Doodle]
Exterminator, sprayed Jerry's
apartment for fleas.
Katie (Debra Jo Rupp) [The Diplomats
Club]
Jerry's decision impaired booking
agent.
Mr. Lippman (Harris Shore) (Richard Fancy) [The Library, The
Muffin Tops]
Elaine's boss at Pendant Publishing
Evelyn Klompas (Ann Morgan Guilbert) [The Pen]
Jack's wife
Jack Klompas (Sandy Baron) [The Pen]
Morty's crotchety friend from Del
Boca Vista
Mr. Kruger (Daniel von Bargen) [The Slicer]
George's indifferent boss at Kruger
Industrial Smoothing
Bob "The Maestro" Cobb
(Mark Metcalf) [The Maestro]
Pretentious composer, dated Elaine
Izzy Mandelbaum (Lloyd Bridges) [The English
Patient]
Fitness obsessed octogenarian
Mary Edith (Shannon Cochran) [The Parking
Space]
Husband owns a 'fat free' frozen
yogurt shop
Matthew (John Christian Graas)[The
Parking Space]
Mary Edith's son, learned to curse
from listening to Jerry
Michael (Steven Prutting, Mark L. Taylor) [The Boyfriend,
The Hamptons]
Carol (the BAY-BEEE!)'s husband
Mike (Lee Arenberg) [The Parking
Space]
Thinks Jerry is phone, was also
Jerry's bookie
Mulva/Dolores (Susan Walters) [The Junior Mint]
Dated Jerry, 'name rhymed with a
female body part'
Sue Ellen Mishke (Brenda Strong) [The Caddy]
Braless Oh Henry candy bar fortune
heiress
Mr. Morgan (Tom Wright) [The Pledge Drive]
George's co-worker with the Yankees
Newman (Wayne Knight) [The Suicide]
Jerry's nemesis, works for the US
Postal Service
Peggy (Megan Cole) [The Susie]
Elaine's germaphobic co-worker at J.
Peterman
Giacomo "J." Peterman (John O'Hurley) [The Understudy]
Owns J. Peterman, upscale clothing
catalog company
Ping Wu (Ping Wu) [The Tape]
Chinese food delivery boy
Mr. Justin Pitt (Ian Abercrombie) [The Chaperone]
Elaine was his personal assistant
Poppie (Reni Santoni) [The Couch]
Restauranteur, didn't wash his
hands, peed on Jerry's couch
David Puddy (Patrick Warburton) [The Fusilli
Jerry]
Mechanic turned car salesman, dated
Elaine
Rabbi Glickman (Bruce Mahler) [The Postponement]
Lives in Elaine's building, cannot
keep a secret
Rebecca DeMornay (Sonya Eddy) [The Muffin Tops]
Runs the homeless shelter, cashier
at Brentano's Book Store
Dr. Reston (Stephen McHattie) [The Pitch]
Psychologist 'svengali' Elaine dated
Ricky (Sam Lloyd) [The Cigar Store
Indian]
TV Guide obsessed subway rider, made
Elaine mannequin
Franklin Delano Romanowski aka
FDR (Mike McShane) [The
Betrayal]
Kramer's nemesis, hot dog vendor
Henry Ross (Warren Frost) [The Foundation]
Susan's father
Mrs. Ross (Grace Zabriskie) [The
Foundation]
Susan's mother
Sally Weaver (Kathy Griffin) [The Doll, The
Cartoon]
Talkative stand-up comedienne
George Steinbrenner (Larry David) (Lee Bear)
Bumbling owner of the Yankees
Danny
Tartabull [The Chaperone]
Played for the Yankees
Mr. Thomassoulo (Gordon Jump) [The Butter Shave]
George's boss at Play Now
Tim Whatley (Bryan Cranston) [The Mom and Pop
Store]
The gang's dentist, keeps Penthouse
in his office
Tina (Siobhan Fallon) [The Deal]
Elaine's roommate
Mr. Wilhelm (Richard Herd) [The Jimmy]
George's boss with the Yankees
Wyck (Bruce Davidson) [The Foundation]
Administrator of Susan's foundation
Mabel Choate (Frances Bay) [The Rye]
Jerry stole her marble rye, she
voted Morty out of office
Jay Crespi (Peter Blood) [The
Pitch]
NBC employee
Stu Chernak (Kevin
Page) [The Pitch]
NBC employee
Pharmacist (David Byrd) [The Sponge]
Sold a case of sponges to Elaine
Fred (Tony Carlin) [The Pick]
Elaine's co-worker at J. Peterman
Robin (Melanie Chartoff) [The Fire]
Dated George, he trampled her mother
to escape a fire
Mel Sanger (Brian Doyle-Murray) [The Bubble
Boy]
Bubble Boy's father, hauls Yoo-Hoo
Mrs. Sanger (Carol Mansell) [The Bubble Boy]
Bubble boy's mother
Security guard (David Dunard) [The Parking
Garage]
Caught Jerry and George urinating in
public
Joe Bookman (Philip Baker Hall) [The Library]
Library cop
Sidra (Teri Hatcher) [The Implants]
Dated Jerry, he wondered if her
breasts were real
Keith Hernandez
[The Boyfriend]
Baseball player, dated Elaine (and
Jerry, sort of)
Ramon (Carlos Jacott) [The Pool Guy]
The clingy pool guy
Head of AMCA (Ably Mentally
Challenged Adults)
Leslie (Wendel Meldrum) [The Puffy Shirt]
Low talker, designed the puffy shirt
Babs Kramer (Sheree North) [The Switch]
Restaurant matron, Kramer's mother
Marcellino (Miguel Sandoval) [The Little
Jerry]
Convenience store owner, runs cock
fights
Yev Kasem aka The Soup Nazi (Larry Thomas) [The Soup Nazi]
Overly demanding soup stand
proprietor
Father Curtis (Henry Woronicz) [The Yada Yada]
Priest, doomed Puddy and Elaine to
hell
Joey (Todd Bosley) [The Foundation]
Small child, was in Kramer's karate
class
Mrs. Zanfino (Diana Castle) [The Foundation]
Joey's mother
2.3 Who are the family members of the major characters?
Character [actor or actress]
(relationship)
[1st appeared ep](note)
Jerry-
Morty Seinfeld [Phil Bruns] (father)
[The Stakeout](scenes not reshot with Martin for syndication)
[Barney Martin] (father)
[The Pony Remark]
Helen Seinfeld [Liz Sheridan]
(mother)
[The Stakeout]
Uncle Leo [Len Lesser] (uncle, mom's
brother)
[The Pony Remark]
Aunt Stella [Magda Harout] (aunt,
Leo's wife)
[The Pen]
Cousin Jeffrey [mentioned often,
never shown] (cousin, Leo's son)
[The Pony Remark]
Elderly Cousin Manya [mentioned
once]
[The Pony Remark]
Aunt Celia [mentioned once, never
shown]
[The Soup]
Cousin Douglas [mentioned once,
never shown]
[The Truth]
Sister [mentioned once, never shown]
(sister)
[The Chinese Restaurant]
Nana [Billye Re Wallace]
[The Pledge Drive]
Uncle Mac [Joe George]
[The Stakeout]
Artie Levine [Ron Steelman] (cousin)
[The Stakeout]
George-
Frank Costanza [John Randolph]
(father)
[The Handicap Spot](scenes reshot with Stiller for syndication)
[Jerry Stiller] (father)
[The Puffy Shirt]
Estelle Costanza [Estelle Harris]
(mother)
[The Contest]
Brother [mentioned twice, never
shown] (brother)
[The Parking Spot],[The Suicide]
Cousin Rhisa [Laurie
Taylor-Williams] (cousin)
[The Junk Mail]
Uncle [mentioned once, never shown]
(uncle)
[The Junk Mail]
Cousin Shelly [Rachel Sweet](cousin)
[The Contest]
Aunt Baby [mentioned once never
shown] (aunt)
[The Money](died at age 7, hence the name)
Aunt Sylvia [mentioned once, never
shown] (aunt)
[The Kiss Hello](the only person George is on the "kiss hello"
program with)
Grandmother [mentioned once, never
shown] (grandmother)
[The Doorman]
Grandfather [mentioned once, never
shown] (grandfather, Frank's side)
[The Doorman](He is/was probably bald)
Kramer-
Babs Kramer [Sheree North](mother)
[The Nose Job]
Elaine-
Alton Benes [Lawrence Tierney]
(father)
[The Jacket](author of "Fairgame")
Mother [mentioned twice, never
shown] (mother)
[The Jacket, The Cheever Letters]
Gail (mentioned twice, never shown)
(sister)
[The Jacket, The Pick]
Uncle [mentioned once, never shown)
(uncle)
[The Jacket]
Nephew [mentioned once, never shown)
(nephew)
[The Pick]
Holly [Stacy Travis](cousin)
[The Wink]
Uncle Pete [mentioned once,
never shown] (uncle)
[The Stock Tip](showers four times a day)
Brother-in-law [mentioned once,
never shown] (brother-in-law)
[The Phone Message]
Grandma Mimma [mentioned, not shown]
(grandmother)
[The Wink]
2.4 What other TV shows and movies have the main cast members been in?
Click name for IMdb page:
Jason Alexander (Jason's real
name is Jay Greenspan His father's name was
Alexander Greenspan, so that's where he got his stage name.
2.5 When are the actor's and character's birthdays?
Real:
Jerry Seinfeld - born April 29, 1954 in New York City
Jason Alexander (Greenspan) - born September 23, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - born January 13, 1961 in NYC, raised in Washington, D.C.
Michael Richards - born July 21, 1948 in Los Angeles, California
TV:
Jerry was born in December. In "The Heart Attack", George says he was
born in April,
and in "The Butter Shave",
Jerry says they are 4 months apart, and I think it's common
knowledge that Jerry is older than
George, so it must be December.
2.6 Where do the characters live?
Jerry/Kramer/Newman-129 W. 81st
Street
Apartment numbers:
Jerry-part of Season One - no
number, just knocker
[Male Unbonding] - 411, numbered next to the door.
Most of the first two seasons - 3A
Most other episodes - 5A
Newman - 5E
Kramer - 5B
Elaine -
George - 321 W. 90th
Frank and Estelle Costanza - 1344
2.7 What are the characters' telephone numbers?
Jerry -
home phone number is KL5-2390 [The Big Salad]
car phone number is 555-8383 [????]
Kramer - 555-3455 (FILK) [The Pool Guy]
3.0 What are some FAQ about the major characters?
It is revealed in "The Switch" that Kramer's first name is Cosmo.
3.2 How does Kramer support himself?
Kramer won $18,000 ($600 at 30 to
1) on a horse (named Papa Nick) when he got a tip on the
subway in "the Subway".
This, combined with his Coffee Table book royalties and whatever he
made as a Calvin Klein underwear
model, plus the fact that his apartment is rent controlled and
he gets most of his food free from
Jerry's refrigerator, means Kramer never has a money
problem. Also he could have
earned some money in
'Murphy Brown'. Kramer may
have also received some sort of payment for being on strike
[The Strike]. He acted out
diseases for medical students to diagnose [The Burning"). Kramer
also played Santa [The
Race"). Kramer also poses in police line-ups for $50 ["The
Beard"] and
once worked as a stand-in on
"All My Children". In "The Muffin Tops", Kramer charged
$37.50
for a ride on the "Peterman
Reality Tour".
3.3 How many times has Jerry "known" Elaine?
In "The Deal" Jerry said
they had 'been together' 25 times, where Elaine thought it was 37.
The problem is, that they have
gotten together since this was mentioned. For example, I
know they 'did it' in "The
Mango". I'm not sure what the real count is, but it's got to be
around 30 for Jerry and 40 for
Elaine, give or take a few.
3.4 How do the characters know each other?
In "The Outing" (and
later in "The Abstinence") we are told George met Jerry at
School
Betrayal" Jerry says to George,
"Didn't I beat you up in the fourth grade?" Jerry met Kramer
when they became next-door
neighbors. We learn in "The Betrayal" that Kramer was already
there when Jerry moved in. Jerry and
Elaine "used to go out", but how they met is a mystery.
3.5 What jobs has xxxx had on the show?
Jerry:
Umbrella salesman (before the show)
Stand up comedian
Television Comedy Writer
Kramer:
H & H Bagels (on strike since
before the beginning of the show)
Brant-Leland
Author of coffee table book
Actor
Underwear model
Elaine:
Pendant Publishing (Mr. Lippman)
Personal assistant for Mr. Pitt
Writer for the J. Peterman catalog
Cartoonist for 'The New Yorker' (Mr.
Elinoff)
George:
Job as a teenager
Dairy Queen
Reason for leaving: Put feet in the
ice maker. [The Millennium]
Waiter at a fat camp (no other info available)
July 1989 - April 1991 Real
Estate Agent - Rick Bar Properties.
Manager: Mr. Levitan
Notable achievement: None.
Reason for leaving: Boss
wouldn't share private bathroom.
December 1991 - December 1991 Car
parker
Manager: Self-managed, took over for
Sid.
Notable achievement: None.
Reason for leaving: Caused some
accidents and disrupted filming of a Woody Allen movie.
December 1991 Manuscript
reader - Pendant Publishing
Manager: Mr. Lippman
Notable achievement: None.
Reason for Leaving: Didn't
realize sex with the cleaning woman was 'frowned upon".
1992-1993 Television Comedy Writer
September 1993 Hand model -
Specialty Models
Manager: Elsa Carlisle
Notable achievement: Modeled
one wristwatch.
Reason for leaving: Burned
hands on hot iron in 'puffy shirt' incident.
November 1993 Sales Rep. -
Sanlak (rest stop supplies)
Manager: Mr. Tuttle.
Notable achievement:
Reorganized Penske file.
Reason for leaving: Was never really
hired in the first place
(or quit thinking he had a job waiting for him at Penske).
May 1994 - May 1997
Assistant to the Traveling Secretary-New York Yankees
Manager: Mr. Wilhelm/George
Steinbrenner
Notable achievement:
Implemented switch from polyester to cotton uniforms.
Reason for leaving: Traded to
Tyler Chicken in
September 1997-September 1997 -
Play Now (sporting goods)
Manager: Mr. Thomasoulo.
Notable achievement: Pretended
to be handicapped.
Reason for leaving: Company
went bankrupt.
October 1997 - October 1997
Computer sales for "Costanza and Son".
Manager: Frank Costanza
Notable achievement: Faking sale of
50 PCs to Art Vandelay.
Reason for leaving: Faked sale of 50
PCs to Art Vandelay.
November 1997-May 1998 Krueger
Industrial Smoothing
Manager: Mr. Krueger
Notable achievement:
Reason for leaving:
Jerry is definitely Jewish. His
last name is Jewish. His parents got mad at him for making-out
during "Schindler's
List". Elaine is definitely not Jewish. It was revealed she had
"shiksappeal"
(a strange effect that non-Jewish
women have on Jewish men) in "The Serenity Now". She may be
Catholic because she makes the sign
of the cross in "The Betrayal" and in "The Doodle".
Kramer is definitely not Jewish.
In "The Fatigues" he organizes a Jewish Single's
Night and says "I'm not
Jewish".
George is less clear cut.
There's no question Frank is Roman-Catholic. He belongs to the
'Knights of Columbus", a Catholic
organization, and he once made a living selling religious icons,
counting the Rev. Moon as a
customer. Estelle is Jewish. While claims have been made that
she only seems Jewish because the
actress that plays her, Estelle Harris, is Jewish, but there
are enough clues within the show to
allow the viewer to know she is Jewish, Estelle’s house
smells like kasha, a Jewish staple,
in “The Cigar
Store Indian”, she plays Mah-Jongg, a rummy-
like tile game stereotypically
favored by Jewish women, in “The
Handicap Spot”. Also, she
wears a Chai (Hebrew character
meaning ‘life’)
pendant in “The Serenity Now” and she
mentioned her refusal to ride in a
German car in “The
Money”. While other reasons have been
postulated for Estelle's aversion to
German cars, the most logical one in the context of this
particular show is that Estelle is
Jewish and won't have anything to do with German products
etc. due to the Holocaust, this is
common among elderly Jews. And since in the Jewish
religion, the faith is passed down
through the mother and not the father, we can conclude that
George is Jewish.
3.7 What are some reasons why Jerry has broken up with a woman?
Actress name (Character) Break-up
episode
-Reason for break-up
Pamela Brull (Laura) The
Seinfeld Chronicles
-She was already engaged.
Susan Walters (Mulva/Delores)
The Junior Mint
-Jerry couldn't remember her name.
Janeane Garofalo (Jeannie
Steinman) The Foundation
-She was too much like Jerry.
Tracy Kolis (Marlene) The
Ex-Girlfriend
-She doesn't think his standup act
is funny.
Paula Marshall (Sharon Leonard)
The Outing
-She thought Jerry was lying about
being gay.
Anna Gunn (Amy) The Glasses
-Jerry accuses her of kissing his
cousin.
Lisa Edelstein (Karen) The Masseuse
-She wouldn't give Jerry a massage.
Kimberly Norris (
-Circumstances make her think
Jerry's bigoted.
Kimberley Campbell (Tawni) The
Conversion
-Jerry's put off by fungicide in her
medicine cabinet.
Suzanne Snyder (Audrey) The Pie
-She couldn't give Jerry a reason
for not tasting his apple pie
Kristin Bauer (Gillian) The
Bizarro Jerry
-She had "man hands"
Stacey Travis (Holly) The Wink
-Jerry wouldn't eat enough meat for
her.
Lisa Deane (Christie) The Seven
-She kept wearing the same dress
over and over.
Melinda McGraw (Angela) The Good
Samaritan
-He threatens to tell on her for the
hit-and-run.
Keith Hernandez (himself) The
Boyfriend
-Going 'too fast' in a male
relationship.
Melanie Smith (Rachel) The
Raincoats
-Her father wouldn't let them see
each other again.
Courteney Cox (Meryl) The Wife
-His discount dry cleaning
'wife'. Acting married led to their 'divorce'.
Teri Hatcher (Sidra) The Implant
-He suspected her spectacular
breasts were fake.
Amanda Peet (Lanette) The Summer
of George
-She ran Jerry ragged, too much work
for one man.
Michelle Forbes (Margaret) The
Big Salad
-He found out Newman had previously
dumped her.
Lori Loughlin (Patty) The
Serenity Now
-He couldn't show emotion.
Sara Rose Peterson (Claire) The
Voice
-He refused to give up the 'belly
button voice'.
Julia Pennington (Celia) The
Slicer
-She found out he drugged her to play
with her toys.
Gretchen German (Donna) The
Phone Message
-She liked the Dockers' commercials.
Athena Massey (Melanie) The Engagement
-She ate her peas one at a time.
Jessica Lundy (Naomi) The Bubble
Boy
-Her laugh sounded like "Elmer
Fudd sitting on a juicer."
Jann Karam (
-She wouldn't laugh at his jokes.
Jennifer Guthrie (Lena Small)
The Sponge
-She stockpiled cases of Today
sponges.
Karen Fineman (Gwen) The Strike
-Her attractiveness depended on the
lighting.
Marcia Cross (Sara Siderides)
The Slicer
-He thought she intentionally gave
him a skin condition
Jane Leeves (Marla Penny) The
Contest
-She found out about the
non-masturbation contest
Kristin Davis (Jenna) The
Pothole
-He couldn't kiss her because her
toothbrush fell in the toilet.
Cindy Ambuehl (Sophie) The Burning
-She claimed she got gonorrhea from
a tractor
3.8 What "fake" movies have the characters seen?
-Agent Zero [The Pool Guy]
-Barcelona [The Engagement]
-Blame it on the Rain [The Calzone]
-Brown-Eyed Girl [The Pool Guy]
-Blimp-The Hindenburg Story [The
Puerto Rican Day]
-Checkmate [The Pool Guy]
-Checkmate [The Movie]
-Chunnel [The Pool Guy]
-Chow Fun [The Pool Guy]
-Cold Fusion [The Bizarro Jerry]
-Cry, Cry Again [The Little Kicks]
-Cupid's Rifle [The Pool Guy]
-Death Blow [The Little Kicks]
-Firestorm [The Pool Guy]
-Means to an End [The Calzone]
-Mountain High [The Pool Guy]
-The Muted Heart [The Engagement]
-The Pain and the Yearning [The
Comeback]
-Ponce De Leon [The Dog]
-Prognosis Negative (Curiously
'Prognosis Negative' was the
name of an unproduced screenplay
written by Larry David) [The Dog]
-The Other Side of Darkness [The
Comeback]
-Rochelle, Rochelle [The Movie]
(Note: There is a real film called Rachel, Rachel. Paul Newman’s directorial debut about a
spinster
who breaks out of her shell after
finding love. There may be some sort of connection.
-Sack Lunch [The English Patient]
If this can be answered at all,
Jerry is Elaine, Kramer and George’s
best friend,
while George is Jerry’s best friend.
3.10 How many times has Elaine yelled "GET OUT?!?" and pushed someone?
Through Season Eight, Elaine has done this 13 times.
(Note: I misplaced my list of 'get out's and could use some help here...)
3.11 What does George's answering machine say?
(sung to the theme song from "The Greatest American Hero")
"Believe
it or not George isn't at home
Please leave a message at the beep
I must be out or I'd pick up the phone
Where could I be
Believe it or not I'm not home... beep" [The Susie]
Click the lyrics to hear George sing.
3.12 What did the EWR on Jerry's refrigerator mean?
EWR is the airport code
for Newark International.
Why it's on Jerry's refrigerator
remains a mystery.
3.13 What foods have been mentioned or eaten on SEINFELD?
Bakery - Bagels [The
Festivus][The Strike]
Bakery - Bear claws
[The Sniffing Accountant][The Strongbox]
Bakery - Black and
white cookies [The Dinner Party] [The Understudy]
Bakery - Bread [The Rye]
Bakery - Carrot Cake
[The Frogger]
Bakery - $29,000 Wedding cake [The
Frogger]
Bakery - Chip Ahoy
cookies [The Cadillac]
Bakery - Chocolate
Babka [The Dinner Party]
Bakery - Chocolate Éclairs [The
Gymnast]
Bakery - Cinnamon Babka
[The Dinner Party]
Bakery - Cinnamon swirls [The
Glasses]
Bakery - Cupcakes [The Hot Tub]
Bakery - Dinky Donuts [The Note][The
Glasses]
Bakery - Dog
food/biscuits [The Andrea Doria]
Bakery - Donuts [The Strongbox]
Bakery - Drake's Coffee
Cakes [The Suicide]
Bakery - Entenmann's
Cake [The Frogger]
Bakery - Hamentashen
[The Fatigues]
Bakery - Jelly Donut [The Pledge
Drive]
Bakery - Marble Rye
[The Rye]
Bakery - Muffin tops
[The Muffin Tops]
Bakery - Muffin Stumps [the Muffin
Tops]
Bakery - Poppy seed muffin [The
Shower Head]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Big Hunk
(The Nap)
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Black Jack
licorice gum [The Library]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Cashew nuts [The
Doodle][The Busboy]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Clark bar
[The Dinner Party]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Chinese chewing
gum [The Gum]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Chocolate
covered cherries [The Stakeout]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Chuckles
[The Heart Attack]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Chunky bar
[The Doodle]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Dentyne chewing
gum [The Library]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Frozen yogurt [The
Non-fat Yogurt]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Ice cream sundae
[The Lip Reader]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Ice Cream [The
Puerto Rican Day]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Jujyfruit [The
Opposite]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Junior Mints
[The Junior Mint]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Macadamia nuts
[The Doodle]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Nachos [The Puerto
Rican Day]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Nutrageous
[The Nap]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Oh, Henry bar
[The Caddy]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Pez [The
Pez Dispenser]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Pineapple Italian
Ice [The Understudy]
Candy/Nuts/Junk – pistachio nuts
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Pretzels - no
salt [The Alternate Side]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Pretzels - with
salt [The Alternate Side]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Pringles
[The Postponement]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Pudding skins [The
Blood]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Popcorn [The
Finale]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Reduced-Fat Wheat
Thins [The Cadillac]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Ring Dings
[The Dinner Party][The Glasses]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Rold Gold Pretzels
[The Glasses]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Ruffles potato
chips
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Runts [The
Nap]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Skittles
[The Puerto Rican Day]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Snackwells
[The Postponement]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Snickers
[The Pledge Drive]
Candy/Nuts/Junk – Tic-Tacs
[The Merv Griffin Show][The Contest]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Tootsie Pop
[The Strongbox]
Candy/Nuts/Junk - Twix bar [The
Dealership]
Cereal - Bran - 40% 50% 100% [The
Pilot (2)]
Cereal - Bran Flakes
[The Pilot]????
Cereal - Cereal [numerous
episodes...e.g. The Invitations]
Cereal - Cheerios
[The Finale]
Cereal - Corn Flakes
[The Chinese Woman, The Finale]
Cereal - Grape Nuts
[The Finale]
Cereal - Kasha [The Chinese Woman]
Cereal - Kix
[The Big Salad]
Cereal - Life [The
Finale]
Cereal - Reese's Peanut
Butter Puffs [The Beard]
Cereal - Special K
[The Finale]
Condiment - A-1 Steak Sauce
[The Apology]
Condiment - Barbeque sauce [The
Doll]
Condiment - Gravy [The Bottle
Deposit][The Merv Griffin Show]
Condiment - Honey Mustard [The
Chicken Roaster]
Condiment - Ketchup and
mustard [The Voice, The Finale]
Condiment - Maple syrup [The Wife]
Condiment - Pesto [The
Busboy]
Condiment - Salsa [The Pitch]
Dip - as a meal? [The Implant]
Dip - Guacamole dip [The Implant]
Drinks - Apple Cider
[The Bottle Deposit]
Drinks - Arabian Mocha Java [The
Cadillac]
Drinks - Beaujolais [The Dinner
Party]
Drinks - Beer [The
Sniffing Accountant]
Drinks - Bosco [The
Secret Code]
Drinks - Champagne Coolie [The Wig
Master)
Drinks - Chardonnay
[The Dinner Party]
Drinks - Club soda, no ice [The
Jacket]
Drinks - Colt '45 beer
[The Tape]
Drinks - Cream Soda [The Blood]
Drinks - Cranberry juice with two
limes [The Jacket]
Drinks - Decaf cappuccino (in Dr.
Reston's office) EP?
Drinks - Diet Dr.
Pepper [The Puerto Rican Day]
Drinks - Espresso
Drinks - Folger's
Instant Coffee [The Library]
Drinks - Hennigen's [The Alternate
Side][The Fatigues]
Drinks - Hershey's
[The Secret Code]
Drinks - Hot Coffee [The Maestro]
Drinks - Juice box
[The Foundation]
Drinks - Latte [The
Maestro]
Drinks - Merlot [The Rye]
Drinks - Milk [The Abstinence][The
Chicken Roaster]
Drinks - Nestle's Quik
[The Fatigues]
Drinks - Orange Juice [The Wife]
Drinks - Ovaltine
[The Fatigues]
Drinks - Peach Schnapps
[The Betrayal]
Drinks - Pepsi [The
Dinner Party]
Drinks - Pertussin
[The Hamptons]
Drinks - Prune juice [The Cigar
Store Indian]
Drinks - Royal Crown (RC)
Cola [The Puerto Rican Day]
Drinks - Seltzer [The
Pitch]
Drinks - Snapple
[The Virgin]
Drinks - Sour milk out of the carton
[The Pitch]
Drinks - Tea [The Hot Tub]
Drinks - Tomato juice [The Smelly
Car]
Drinks - Water, bottled [The Non-Fat
Yogurt]
Drinks - Wine, boxed
[The Dinner Party]
Drinks - Yoo Hoo [The
Bubble Boy]
Eggs/Dairy - Butter [The Butter
Shave]
Eggs/Dairy - Egg Beaters
with cottage
cheese [The Wizard]
Eggs/Dairy - Egg white omelet [The
Big Salad]
Eggs/Dairy - Feta cheese omelet [The
Wizard]
Eggs/Dairy - Milkshake [The Finale]
Eggs/Dairy - Scrambled eggs
w/lobster [The Hamptons]
Eggs Dairy - Swiss Cheese [The
Finale]
Eggs/Dairy - Large block of cheese
[The Rye]
Fruit - Apple [The Phone Message]
Fruit - Banana [The Face Painter]
Fruit - Cantaloupe [The Mango] [The
Glasses]
Fruit - Grape [The Stock Tip]
Fruit - Grapefruit [The Wink, The
Finale
Fruit - Mackinaw peaches [The
Doodle]
Fruit - Mangos [The Mango]
Fruit - Melons [The Junior Mint]
Fruit - Oranges [The Checks]
Fruit - Papayas [The Mango]
Fruit - Plantains [The Mango]
Fruit - Prunes, Figs, Dried fruit
[The Pilot]
Fruit - Raisins [The Pilot]
Meat - Beefarino [The
Rye]
Meat - Bologna sandwiches [The
Opposite][The Puffy Shirt]
Meat - Brisket [The Fatigues]
Meat - Broiled Chicken [The Bubble
Boy]
Meat - Chicken Picata [The Fatigues]
Meat - Chicken Marsala [The
Fatigues]
Meat - Clams Casino
[The Betrayal]
Meat - Cold-cuts [The Slicer]
Meat - Cornish game hen [The Rye]
Meat - Dog food [The Suicide]
Meat - Duck [The Couch]
Meat - Franks and beans [The Cafe]
Meat - Hamburger [The Chinese
Restaurant, The Finale]
Meat - Home-made sausages [The
Blood]
Meat - Horse meat [The Fatigues]
Meat - Hot dog [The Gum][The Wizard]
Meat - Hot dog [The Movie][The
Suzie]
Meat - Hot dog [The Understudy]
Meat - Kung Pao
chicken [The Jimmy]
Meat - Lobster [The Hamptons][The
Fusili Jerry]
Meat - Meatloaf [The Fatigues]
Meat - Mutton [The Wink]
Meat - Ostrich burger [The Maid]
Meat - Pastrami [The Blood]
Meat - Pork chops [The Wink]
Meat - Salmon [The Opposite]
Meat - Salmon croquettes [The
Fatigues]
Meat - Shrimp Cocktail [The
Comeback]
Meat - Stringy shrimp [The Cafe]
Meat - Sole [The Soup]
Meat - Stuffed cabbage [The
Fatigues]
Meat - Tamale [The Little Jerry]
Meat - T-Bone Steak (The Maid)
Meat - Turkey [The Cafe][The Merv
Griffin Show]
Meat - Tyler Chicken [The Muffin
Tops]
Restaurants - Any Chinese food
without ginger (?)
Restaurants - Arby's [The
Dealership]
Restaurants - Atomic sub [The
Strike]
Restaurants - Calzone [The Calzone]
Restaurants - Chinese [The Chinese
Restaurant]
Restaurants - Chinese flounder [The
Pothole]
Restaurants - Tightly wrapped crepes
[The English Patient]
Restaurants - Egg rolls [The Chinese
Restaurant]
Restaurants - Gyro [The Cigar Store
Indian]
Restaurants - Kenny Rogers
chicken [The Chicken Roaster]
Restaurants - Kosher Airline meal
[The Airport]
Restaurants - Kung-Pao Chicken [The
Jimmy]
Restaurants - Pizza pies [Male
Unbonding]
Restaurants - Pizza [The Frogger]
Rice/Pasta - Eggplant Parmigiana
[The Fatigues]
Rice/Pasta - Macaroni [The
Understudy]
Rice/Pasta - Fettuccine primavera
Rice/Pasta - Fusilli [The Fusilli
Jerry]
Rice/Pasta - Kasha Varnishkes [The
Postponement]
Rice/Pasta - Paella [The Raincoats]
Rice/Pasta - Pasta primavera [The
Shoes]
Rice/Pasta - Ravioli [The Fusilli
Jerry]
Rice/Pasta - Rigatoni [The Cafe]
Rice/Pasta - Risotto [The Switch]
Rice/Pasta - Spaghetti [The Pilot]
Rice/Pasta - Spaghetti [The Junior
Mint]
Rice/Pasta - Vegetable Lasagna [The
Butter Shave]
Sandwich - Bologna
Sandwich - Chicken salad on rye [The
Opposite]
Sandwich - Egg Salad [The Stock Tip]
Sandwich - Grilled Cheese [The
Foundation]
Sandwich - Little sandwiches [The
Stall]
Sandwich - Tuna on toast [The
Opposite]
Sandwich - Turkey club [The Wizard]
Soup - Bouillabaisse [The Stakeout]
Soup - Chicken gumbo [The Soup Nazi]
Soup - Consommé [The Soup]
Soup - Crab bisque [The Yada Yada]
Soup - Deli soup [The Marine
Biologist]
Soup - Jambalaya [The Soup Nazi]
Soup - Lobster bisque [The Soup
Nazi]
Soup - Mulligatawny soup [The Soup
Nazi]
Soup - Lima Bean Soup [The Soup
Nazi]
Soup - Turkey Chili [The Soup Nazi]
Soup - Wild Mushroom soup [The Soup
Nazi]
Soup - Yankee Bean [The Alternate
Side]
Vegetable - Baked bean [The Library]
Vegetable - Big salad [The Big
Salad]
Vegetable - Broccoli [The Chicken
Roaster]
Vegetable - Carrot
Vegetable - Cole Slaw [The Opposite]
Vegetable - Cucumber [The Heart
Attack]
Vegetable - Hampton tomatoes [The
Hamptons]
Vegetable - Kugel [The Fatigues]
Vegetable - Kreplach [The Fatigues]
Vegetable - Latkes [The Fatigues]
Vegetable - Olives [The Wife][The
Bizarro Jerry]
Vegetable - Onion [The Glasses]
Vegetable - Pea Pods [The Visa]
Vegetable - Pickle [The Heart
Attack]
Vegetable - Potato salad [The
Opposite]
Vegetable - Roasted potatoes [The
Statue]
Vegetable - Small salad [The
Big Salad]
Vegetable - Veggie burger
Misc - Yambalas [The Truth]
Misc - Sambusa [The Truth]
3.14 What kind of cars have been featured on SEINFELD?
Owner (year, color, make model)
[Episode]
(comment)
Jerry (,, Saab 900s) [The Bottle
Deposit (2)]
(stolen by mechanic, 2.3 liter
non-turbocharged V6 engine,
NY license plate #JVN-728)
Jerry (,, Ford Escort) [The
Alternate Side]
(rental, never shown)
Jerry (,,BMW 325i)[The Smelly
Car]
(2-door hardtop)
Jerry (,,BMW 525) [The Alternate
Side]
(2-door convertible)
Jerry (1997 Ford conversion van)
[The Junk Mail]
(given to Jerry from
"Fragile" Frankie Merman for doing TV ads)
Kramer (blue-green 1977 Chevrolet
Impala) [The Keys, The Airport,
The Dinner Party, The Pothole]
()
Kramer (brown Ford LTD) [The
Parking Garage]
(wouldn't start)
Puddy (,,car) [The Burning]
(pre-programmed with Christian radio
stations and a "Jesus" fish)
Frank Costanza (19?? blue Ford
Granada)[The Handicap Spot]
()
Frank Costanza (1966-7 GTO) [The
Little Kicks]
(George borrows his father’s car to help his “bad boy” image.)
Note: George refers to this car as a
‘68 but GTO
aficionados point out the body style changed in 1968
and the car in the episode is the
old body style.
George (1983 brown w/simulated
wood grain Chrysler Le Baron)
[The Mom and Pop Store]
(convertible, belonged to John
Voight, not the actor, notice the spelling of John)
George (,,car) [The Caddy]
(Kramer crashes it while looking at
Sue Ellen Mischke)
George (blue Ford Escort) [The
Parking Space]
(George gets into argument with Mike
over parking etiquette)
George (,,car) [The Bubble Boy]
(rental car?, George drives too
fast, leaves Jerry behind)
George (1995-7, Mercury Mystique) [The Caddy]
Newman, Kramer, Elaine (,,van)
[The Dog]
(rental)
Newman (199? black Acura NSX) [The Muffin Tops]
Newman (1975 brown Dodge Diplomat) [The Scofflaw]
Newman (USPS mail truck) []
Morty Seinfeld (199? Cadillac
Coupe de Ville) [The Cadillac]
(Morty sells car to Jack Klompas,
Klompas sells it to Jerry)
Limousine [The Limo]
Taxi cabs [many episodes]
Kramer rode a motorcycle, semi, and
van in "The Keys".
George rode in an ambulance in
"The Heart Attack"
3.15 What songs have been sung on Seinfeld?
Performed by the original artist:
---------------------------------
Morning Train (9 to 5) (Sheena Easton) [The Voice][The Bizarro Jerry]
Adagio for Strings, Op.11 (Samuel Barber) [The Fatigues]
California Girls (The Beach Boys) [The Keys]
Desperado (The Eagles)[The Checks]
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson) [The Clip Show]
Downtown (Petula Clark)[The Bottle Deposit]
Hello (Lionel Ritchie) [The Voice]
In a gadda da vida (Iron Butterfly)[The Slicer]
Mexican Radio (Wall of Voodoo)[The Reverse Peephole]
Shining Star (Earth, Wind & Fire) [The Bookstore]
Slow Ride (take it easy) (Foghat) [The Slicer]
Time of your life (Green Day) [Final Clip Show]
Witchy Woman (The Eagles)[The Checks]
Wouldn't It Be Nice? (The Beach Boys)[The
Not performed by the original artist:
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>
Aria from Pagliacci [The Opera]
Aria from Barber of Seville [The Barber]
The Theme from 'Melrose Place' [The Beard]
A Most Unusual Day (Miss Rhode Island)[The Chaperone]
Crazy (Patsy Cline, sung by Elaine)[The Apology]
Everybody's Talkin' (Harry Nillson, sung by George) [The Mom and Pop
Store]
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? (George) [The Phone Message]
Heartbreaker/Brubaker (Pat Benatar, sung by George Steinbrenner)[The
Nap]
If I Were a Rich Man (Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof, sung by George) [The
Limo]
The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (Johnny Cash, sung by Kramer) [The Wallet]
Lemon Tree (Trini Lopez, sung by George and Jerry) [The Phone Message]
Master of the House (from 'Les Miserables') (George and Alton Benes)
[The Jacket]
Opus 13 in c minor 'Pathetique' (Beethoven, played by Noel) [The Pez Dispenser]
Overture, Curtains, Lights (Jerry) [The Opera]
Side by Side (Elaine and Crazy Joe Davola) [The Watch]
The Wheels of the Bus (Jerry) [The Contest]
The Whole World Smiles with You (Mel Torme and Kramer) [The Jimmy]
Three Times a Lady (Lionel Ritchie?, sung by Newman)[The Pothole]
Wind Beneath my Wings (Bette Midler, sung by Kramer) [The Understudy]
The Most Beautiful Girl (George sang about Susan)[The Pick]
The Theme from 'The Greatest American Hero' (George) [The Susie]
WAR! What is it Good For? (Edwin Starr, sung by Elaine) [The Marine
Biologist]
Mentioned but not sung:
-----------------------
Oye,
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Elaine, Jerry) [The Andrea Doria]
Miscellaneous songs, real or made up:
------------------------------------
Various Jesus rock tunes on Puddy's car stereo [The Burning]
Next Stop, Pottersville [The Mom and Pop Store]
Jerry:
Going to the Dogpound [The Dog]
Kramer:
I Like to Stop at the Duty Free Shop [The Airport]
Jerry's Gonna be a Cable Boy [The Baby Shower]
Elaine:
Yankee Bean [The Alternate Side]
Get Well, Get Well Soon [The Frogger]
Elaine's sax playing boyfriend:
Hot and Heavy [The Rye]
Bette Midler:
Rochelle, Rochelle [The Understudy]
Superman theme (of course, several episodes especially "The
Race"),
The Beefarino Jingle [The Rye],
The music that played while Jerry was delivering mail on Sunday [The Andrea
Doria]
4.0 Are there questions about the other characters?
4.1 Who is Newman and
why does Jerry hate him?
Newman is a USPS employee who lives in Jerry's building. We
do not know Newman's first
name. His business card
simply shows "Newman". There has been some debate over the
question
of Newman's first name ever since
his first appearance on 11/27/91 in "the Stranded". The
bottom line is this. Newman's first
name has never been revealed. Or, if Newman is his first
name, then his last name has never
been revealed. At the center of the controversy was a
scene at the end of "the Bottle
Deposit" when a farm girl yells out to a fleeing Newman,
"Goodbye Norman (See 6.1). Larry David said during an interview that this was
a mistake on
the part of the actress, but it lent
an added level of humor so they left it in. Newman and
Jerry are antagonists, but whatever
cause the rift between them happened before the show
began. They have disliked each other
from the start. Newman is a friend of Kramer’s.
4.2 Was Newman in the movie 'Animal House'?
No. Newman is played by
Wayne Knight. Steven Furst
played Kent Dorfman in Animal House.
Although Wayne Knight did not play
Kent Dorfman, there is a Seinfeld - "Animal House"
connection. Mark Metcalf (who played the
Maestro in "The Maestro" and "The Doll"),
played Douglas Neidermeyer in that
movie.
4.3 Who is the "unfunny comic"?
Kenny Bania is a night club
"hack" and mostly tolerated semi-friend of Jerry’s. Bania is
most intrigued by Ovaltine,
a subject which comprises a large
amount of his comedy routine.
4.4 Is that really George Steinbrenner?
No, that’s not really Big Stein, but he did give his
blessings and doesn't mind that he is
portrayed as bumbling and inept, he
was actually flattered. Steinbrenner is only seen from the
back. The voice is provided by Larry
David, and the 'back' is played by actor Lee Bear and also
by Larry David, depending on the
episode. ‘Big
Stein’ and Julia's father went to school together.
They both attended the
Julia's dad while he was there.
The owner of Soup Kitchen
International, Al Yeganeh, is the man the character is based on
Al, busy enough already with his
business, doesn't like the extra publicity his shop was given by
this episode nor the use of the word
"Nazi". (Although I’m
sure he has no problem with the
extra profit his Seinfeld-created
notoriety has resulted in) For his performance as the "Soup
Nazi" actor Larry Thomas was nominated for
an Emmy Award.
Soup Kitchen International is
located at 259A W 55th in
(212) 757-7730. The kitchen is
closed summers and weekends.
Here are some of the Soup Nazi's recipes, in case you don't have an old armoire to search through;
Cream of Sweet Potato:
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes/soupnaz1.htm
Mexican Chicken Chili:
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes/soupnaz2.htm
Indian Mulligatawny:
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes/soupnaz3.htm
Crab Bisque:
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes/soupnaz4.htm
Kenny Kramer was a neighbor of co-creator Larry David, an inspiration for Cosmo Kramer.
When George was trying to come up
with a name [The Stakeout"), his first choice was Burt
Harbinson. Then came Art Core.
He seemed to add 'veley' as an afterthought. They were going to
go with Art Corveley, but George
changed it at the last moment to Art Vandelay. There really
is no Art. It's just the name George
uses when he needs 'a name', usually to fill out an alibi
of some sort.
George and Jerry, looking for a
reason to be in the building where the woman
Jerry's staking out works, say
they're there to have lunch with Art Vandelay. [The Stakeout]
George lied to Mrs. Sokol at the
unemployment office in order to continue benefits,
by saying he's close to the latex
salesman position at Vandelay Industries. [The Boyfriend]
George lies to Susan about
spending the day with Marisa Tomei by telling her he's meeting
with Elaine to discuss a problem
she's having with her boy-friend Art Vandelay. [The Cadillac (2)]
George tells the receptionist at
Brant-Leland he's there to meet Art Vandelay
as an excuse to meet her. [The
Bizarro Jerry]
George tries fudging his computer
sales numbers by faking a sale of two dozen PCs to
Art Vandelay. [The Serenity Now]
George tells the real estate
agent he is Art Vandelay to use the bathroom, so he can
wash ink off of his hands. [The
Puerto Rican Day]
During an interview as a proof
writer at Pendant Publishing, George said he read
"Venetian Blinds" by Art
Vandelay. [The Red Dot]
Of course, in the Final Episode, the judge who sends the gang to prison is named Arthur Vandelay.
4.8 Was Jackie
They are both slick and full of
rhyming rhetoric; you make the call.
Phil Morris (the man who
played Jackie) admitted that Jackie
Chiles was a takeoff on Johnnie Cochran. In a TV Guide
interview, Morris mentioned that he
had a chance to meet with Cochran, who admitted that
he enjoyed watching
4.9 Was Russell Dalrymple supposed to be Warren Littlefield?
It would seem so. In HBO's
"The Late Shift", the story of the late night TV wars,
Littlefield is played by Bob
Balaban, who played Russell Dalrymple on SEINFELD. Also, their
physical characteristics are
strikingly similar.
J. Peterman is Elaine's boss
(played by John O'Hurley) and also a real person and catalog at
http://www.jpeterman.com. He had a propensity for telling boring
stories about his extensive
world travels, and apparently had
dealing with opium on some of these trips. He has a number
of euphemisms for the drug,
including: White Lotus, Yam-Yam and Shanghai Sally [The
Showerhead] and Horse, Smack,
4.11 Is there a list of J. Peterman products that were listed on the show?
-Rogue's Wallet [The Secret
Code]("It was where he kept his card;
his dirty little secret. Smart,
devious, balding, his name was Costanza,
he killed my mother.")
-Urban Sombrero [The Foundation]
-Pygmy Pullover [The Bottle
Deposit(1)]
-Norwegian Ice Fishing Vest [The Hot
Tub]
-Himalayan Walking Shoes [The Hot
Tub]
-The
-The Gatsby Swing Top [The Caddy]
(The bra Elaine bought for Sue Ellen Mishke)
-The Squire's Walking Stick [The Wig
Master]
-Mongolian Horsehair Vest [The
Shower Head]
-Detox Poncho [The Bookstore]
-Bengalese Galoshes [The Fatigues]
-Diaphanous Rum Runner’s Scarf [The Money]
-Quilted Chambray Nightshirt [The
Fatigues]
-Aristotle Goose-Down Toga [The
Chicken Roaster]
-Italian Captoe Oxfords [The
Understudy]
-Classic Horseman's Duster [The
Understudy]
4.12 Who are the two ‘curiously effeminate’ street toughs and when do they appear?
Ray (John Paragon) and Bob (Yul
Vasquez). The John Paragon character was named 'Ray' in
"The Soup Nazi", but for
some reason, three weeks later in "The Sponge" his name was
'Cedric'. They act particularly
effeminate, discussing how attractive Elaine’s armoire was as
they were stealing it. The duo
also appeared in "The Puerto Rican Day" at the toughs who
initiated the assault on Kramer for
refusing to wear the AIDS walk ribbon.
4.13 Who is the Pakistani café owner?
His name is Babu Bhatt
(pronounced 'Bot') and after Jerry ruined his cafe business by
suggesting he switch to 'authentic
Pakistani cuisine' (in "The Cafe") and got him deported to
Pakistan by neglecting to give him
the Visa renewal application in time in "The Visa"), Babu
swore vengeance on Jerry at the end
of "The Visa". Several years later, he was brought back
to the
Babu is best known for his finger
wagging and referring to Jerry as a “beddy
beddy bad man.”
4.14 Who has guest starred (or appeared before they were a star) on SEINFELD?
actor or actress (character)
[episode] (also starred in)
Lawrence Tierney (Alton Benes)
[The Jacket] (Dillinger)
Stephen Tobolowsky (Tor) [The
Heart Attack] (Thelma and Louise)
Siobhan Fallon (Tina) [The Deal,
The Truth, The Opposite] (SNL)
James Hong (Bruce) [The Chinese
Restaurant] (Wayne's World 2)
Tawny Kitaen (Isabel) [The Nose
Job] (Whitesnake music videos)
Michael Chiklis (Steve) [The
Stranded] ("The Commish")
David Naughton (Dick) [The Red
Dot] ("My Sister Sam")
Suzanne Snyder (Ava) [The Limo],
(Audrey) [The Pie], (Weird Science)
Helen Slater (Becky Gelke) [The
Good Samaritan] (City Slickers)
Catherine Keener (Nina) [The
Letter] (Being John Malkovich)
Brian Doyle-Murray (Mel Sanger)
[The Bubble Boy] (Wayne's World 2)
Jane Leeves (Marla) [The Virgin]
("Frasier")
Rachel Sweet (Shelly) [The
Contest]
JM J. Bullock (Flight Attendant)
[The Airport] ("Too Close for Comfort")
Densie Richards (Molly) [The
Shoes] (Starship Troopers)
Paula Marshall (Sharon) [The
Outing] ("Chicago Sons")
Teri Hatcher (Sidra) [The
Implant] ("Lois and Clark")
Megan Mullally (Betsy) [The
Implant] ("Will and Grace")
Michael Des Barres
(Restaurateur) [The Smelly Car] ("MacGyver")
Taylor Negron (Hairdresser) [The
Smelly Car]
Rick Overton (Scott Drake) [The
Handicap Spot] (Stand-up comedy)
Kathy Kinney (Bystander) [The
Handicap Spot] ("The Drew Carey Show")
Jeremy Piven (Michael Barth (TV
George) [The Pilot] ("Cupid")
Timothy Stack (Dwight) [The
Glasses] ("Son of the Beach")
Christa Miller (Ellen) [The
Sniffing Accountant] ("The Drew Carey Show")
Marlee Matlin (Laura) [The Lip
Reader] ("Reasonable Doubts")
Jennifer Coolidge (Jody) [The
Masseuse] (American Pie)
Jami Gertz (Jane) [The Stall] (Twister)
Dan Cortese (Tony) [The Stall]
("Veronica's Closet")
Carol Kane (Corinne) [The Marine
Biologist] (The Princess Bride)
Courteney Cox (Meryl) [The Wife]
("Friends")
Judge Reinhold (Aaron) [The
Raincoats] (The Santa Clause)
Melanie Chartoff (Robin) [The
Fire] ("Parker Lewis Can't Lose")
John Favreau (Eric the Clown)
[The Fire] (Swingers)
Dom Irrera (Ronnie) [The Fire]
("Damon")
French Stewart (Theater Manager)
[The Opposite] ("3rd Rock from the Sun")
Kelly Coffield (Noreen) [The
Pledge Drive] ("In Living Color")
Vicki Lewis (Ada) [The
Secretary] ("NewsRadio")
Jon Lovitz (Gary Fogel) [The
Scofflaw] ("The Critic")
Danny Breen (Guy with Glasses)
[The Scofflaw] (The Net)
Wendie Malick (Wendy) [The Kiss
Hello] ("Just Shoot Me")
Carol Liefer (Receptionist) [The
Kiss Hello] ("Alright Already")
Larry Miller (The Doorman) [The
Doorman] (The Nutty Professor)
Debra Jo Rupp (Katie) [The
Diplomat's Club, The Abstinence] ("That 70's Show")
Bruce Mahler (Rabbi Glickman)
[The Postponement] (Police Academy)
Mark Metcalf (Bob "The
Maestro" Cobb) [The Maestro] [Animal House]
Alexandra Wentworth (Sheila)
[The Soup Nazi] (Trial and Error)
Fred Stoller (Fred Yerkes) [The
Secret Code] (Junior)
Armin Shimerman (Stan) [The
Caddy] (Star Trek IX)
Bill Macy (Herb)[The Cadillac]
("Maude")
Jesse White (Ralph) [The
Cadillac] (Maytag repairman)
Kathy Griffin (Sally Weaver)
[The Doll] ("Suddenly Susan")
Rob Schneider (Bob) [The Friars
Club] ("Saturday Night Live")
Patrick Bristow (Ethan) [The Wig
Master] ("Ellen")
Brad Garrett (Tony) [The Bottle
Deposit] ("Everybody Loves Raymond")
Cary Elwes (David) [The Wait
Out] (Robin Hood: Men in Tights)
Allan Havey (Policeman) [The
Wait Out] ("Night After Night")
Debra Messing (Beth) [The Wait
Out, The Yada Yada] ("Will and Grace")
Janeane Garofalo (Jeannie
Steinman) [The Invitations] (Reality Bites)
Stephen Root (Mr. Lager) [The
Invitations] ("NewsRadio")
Rebecca McFarland (Anna) [The
Little Kicks] ("Working")
Gedde Watanabe (Mr. Oh) [The
Checks] [Sixteen Candles)
Bob Odenkirk (Ben) [The
Abstinence] (The Cable Guy)
Sarah Silverman (Emily) [The
Money] (SNL, "The Larry Sanders Show")
Ben Stein (Shellbach) [The
Comeback] (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
Christine Taylor (Ellen) [The
Van Buren Boys] (The Brady Bunch Movie)
Kirstin Davis (Jenna) [The
Pothole, The Butter Shave] ("Sex and the City")
Lloyd Bridges (Izzy Mandelbaum)
[The English Patient] (Airplane)
Robert Wagner (Dr. Abbott) [The
Yada Yada] ("Hart to Hart")
Jill St. John (Mrs. Abbott) [The
Yada Yada] ("Hart to Hart")
Lauren Graham (Valerie) [The
Millennium] ("Gilmore Girls")
Molly Shannon (Sam) [The Summer
of George] ("Saturday Night Live")
Amanada Peet (Linette) [The
Summer of George] ("Jack and Jill")
Gordon Jump (Mr. Thomassoulo)
[The Butter Shave] ("WKRP in Cincinnati")
Lori Loughlin (Patty) [The
Serenity Now] ("Full House")
Dana Gould (Frankie Merman) [The
Junk Mail] ("Working")
Wilford Brimley (PG Henry
Atkins) [The Junk Mail] (Cocoon)
Mike McShane (FDR (Romanowski))
[The Betrayal] ("Whose Line is it Anyway?")
Bart Braverman (Zubin) [The
Betrayal] ("Vega$")
James Spader (Jason) [The
Apology] (Stargate)
Kevin MacDonald (Denim Vest)
[The Strike] ("Kids in the Hall")
Tracy Nelson (Janet) [The
Cartoon] ("Father Dowling Mysteries")
Paul Benedict (Mr. Elinoff) [The
Cartoon] ""The Jeffersons")
Marcia Cross (Sara) [The Slicer]
("Melrose Place")
Marsha Mason () [The Letter] (The
Goodbye Girl)
Bob Sacamano is a friend of
Kramer who we never get to see. Bob is rarely used to further a plot,
he’s essentially a 'device'
used to give Kramer some good lines. Bob…
- Tried to undergo shock treatments but they didn't work because his synapses were too big. [The Truth]
- Had a high pitched voice due to a botched hernia operation [The Heart Attack]
- Lived in
- Worked at a condom factory. [The Fix-up]
- Stayed with Kramer for a year and a half. [The Wig Master]
- Bob had rabies. [The Glasses]
- Sold Russian hats down in Battery Park for $40. [The Chicken Roaster]
- Had a party, which Elaine was invited to, three weeks before. [The Fatigues]
- Decided to attach a piece of
elastic to a paddle and rubber ball. Before that,
when you hit the ball, it would just
bounce away. [The Puerto Rican Day]
- Had a father in
Another often mentioned and unseen friend of Kramer’s, Lomez…
- Usually organized Jewish Singles Night. [The Fatigues]
- Was an Orthodox Jew. As Kramer says, "Old School" [The Fatigues]
- Vacationed in the
- Was in the Port-a-Potty. [The Betrayal]
- Traded steaks for stereo speakers. [The Package]
- Sold Kramer his hot tub. [The Hot Tub]
- Had an unavoidable meeting with “Mr. Kramer”. [The Voice]
- Blew the building circuit when his neighbor left the alarm on. [The Slicer]
- Lost his cat when the autofeeder went off [The Slicer]
4.17 Where is the real Monk's restaurant?
Monk's is a fictitious coffee
shop. The exterior shots are of Tom's Restaurant located
in
says he doesn't care for the
Seinfeld show, but also mentioned that he was never given a
penny to have his restaurant façade
used on the show, so maybe that's why.
Sidenote: It's been
mentioned that Tom's Restaurant was the inspiration for the Suzanne
Vega song entitled, interestingly
enough, "Tom's Diner". While it is true that *a* Tom's
Restaurant is the inspiration for
that song, there was some doubt as to whether is was the
Tom's on 112th and Broadway in
Manhattan, or the Tom's in Brooklyn, on Washington Ave and
Sterling Place. There's said to be a
plaque on the wall in the Brooklyn Tom's that sheds light
(The inscription of the plaque is,
"I came, I saw, I wrote. -Suzanne Vega"). In
"Portrait of an
Artist", a promotional album
released in 1987, Vega puts the issue to rest. It was the
Manhattan Tom's. (Maybe
someone should contact the owner of the Brooklyn Tom's and
ask about the plaque...) For a
thorough deconstruction of this song, click here.
4.18 What are the various nicknames of the main characters?
George Costanza: Art Vandelay; an alias often used
by George. (See 4.7)
At one point George wanted to be known as "T-Bone", but his
co-workers at Kruger Industrial
Smoothing nicknamed him "Koko" instead, and later, "Gammy".
George revealed that if he were to be a porn star, his name would
be "Buck Naked".
Jerry frequently calls George "Biff", referring to the Biff Loman
character in Arthur Miller's
Death of a Salesman.
Cosmo Kramer: H. E. (Or possibly A.G.) Pennypacker;
in "The Puerto Rican Day", Kramer poses
as Pennypacker, an interested buyer in an apartment, in order to use the
bathroom. Kramer
appeared as Pennypacker to get revenge on a clothing store by repricing all the
merchandise
in their store with his pricing gun. Another pseudonym was Dr. Peter von
Nostrand; he tried
to get Elaine's medical chart to erase the negative comments her doctor had
made. Kramer
used the name Martin van Nostrand when he auditioned for the role of himself on
the show
’Jerry’.
Kramer has also been referred to as "Assman" in reference to the
licence plate the
state of
Jerry Seinfeld: Kal (or Kel or Kjell) Varnsen; the
arch-rival of Pennypacker and a wealthy
developer/industrialist. Vannsen, Pennypacker and Vandelay make an
appearance together in
"The Puerto Rican Day". Kel Varnsen also answered the phone of
Vandelay Industries to aid in
George's unemployment fraud.
Elaine Benes: Susie; after a co-worker mistakenly
calls her Susie. Susie was then pawned off
by Elaine as a different person so that complaints against Elaine appeared to
be against this
employee Susie. Susie was "bumped off" when the situation with her
co-worker became too
complicated. Elaine also used the name ‘Paloma’ when posing as Uncle Leo’s nurse.
4.19 What celebrities have appeared as themselves?
Name [episode] (a celebrity because...)
Al Roker [The Cigar-Store Indian]
(“Today" show)
Alex Trebek (voice on TV) [The
Abstinence] (“Jeopardy")
Bernie Williams [The Abstinence]
(New York Yankees)
Bette Midler [The Understudy] (Beaches)
Bryant Gumbel [The Puffy Shirt] (“Today" show)
Buck Showalter [The Chaperone] (New
York Yankees)
Candice Bergen (playing 'Murphy
Brown') [The Keys] (“Murphy
Brown")
Corbin Bernsen [The Trip (1)] (“L.A. Law")
Danny Tartabull [The Chaperone, The
Pledge Drive] (New York Yankees)
David Letterman [The Abstinence] (“The Late Show")
Derek Jeter [The Abstinence] (New
York Yankees)
Fred Savage [The Trip (1)] (“The Wonder Years")
George Wendt [The Trip(1)] (“Cheers")
Geraldo Rivera ["The Finale"]
(newsperson)
Jane Wells ["The Finale"]
(newsperson)
Jay Leno [The Showerhead] (“The Tonight Show")
Jim Fowler [The Merv Griffin Show] (“Wild America")
Jodi Baskerville [The Limo] (“Hard Copy")
Jon Voight [The Mom and Pop Store] (Midnight
Cowboy)
Kathy Lee Gifford [The Opposite] (“Live with Regis and Kathy
Lee")
Keith Hernandez [The New Friend]
(New York Mets)
Keith Morrison [The Trip (1 or 2)]
(Canadian TV news)
Lawrence Taylor (on TV at Giants
game) [The Masseuse] (New York Giants)
Mario Joyner [The Engagement, The
Puerto Rican Day]
Marisa Tomei [The Cadillac] (My
Cousin Vinny)
Mel Torme [The Jimmy] (Performance
Jazz singer)
Pat Cooper [The Friar's Club]
(stand-up comic)
Paul O'Neill [The Wink] (New York
Yankees)
Raquel Welch [The Summer of George]
(Actress)
Regis Philbin [The Opposite]
("Live with Regis and Kathy Lee")
Rudolph W. Guiliani [The Non-Fat Yogurt]
(New York City Mayor)
4.20 Was that "Puddy" as the voice of Superman in the American Express ad with Jerry?
Yes, Patrick Warburton did
provide the voice of Superman in a 1998 American Express
television ad. The cartoon Superman
resembles Warburton, with his squinty eyes and broad
shoulders. Jerry is an avid Superman
fan.
4.21 What occupation did George always want to have?
George always wanted to pretend
to be an architect [The Stakeout]. He once pretended to
be a marine biologist [The Marine
Biologist] because Jerry told their friend from college that
was what George did for a living, so
he had to play the part. George was talking to Jerry, earlier
in the episode, about the TV show he
saw about whales and mentioned how fascinating it was.
That's probably why Jerry blurted
out marine biologist when the old friend asked about George.
4.22 What production
people have appeared (or had characters named for them) on
the show?
Name (character) [episode] (production position)
Larry Charles
(Man who stunk up airplane bathroom) [The Airport] (Writer-Producer)
Larry
David (Cashier who refuses to sell George gum) [The Gum] (Co-creator)
(Rode in Greenpeace life raft) [The Pilot]
(sold gum to George) [The Gum]
(Frank’s cape wearing
lawyer) [The Chinese Woman]
Marc
Hirschfeld (Ellis, Elaine's bleacher make-out guy) [The Puerto Rican Day]
(Casting executive)
Ruth Greenspan (Sat on a bench next
to Elaine) [The Suicide] (Jason Alexander's mother)
Kenny
Kramer (Sat next to Fred Stoller, wore a red jersey) []
(Real-life inspiration for Kramer)
Carol
Leifer (Bank employee who doesn't say 'Hello' to Kramer) [The Invitations]
(Writer-Producer)
(Physical therapist's receptionist) [The Kiss Hello]
Steve
Skrovan (Sat next to Elaine at the movies, wore a white hat) [The Movie]
(Writer)
Fred
Stoller (Sat behind the gang at the hockey game) [The Face Painter] (Story
writer)
(Played Fred Yerkes, couldn't remember meeting Elaine) [The Secret Code]
Name (named for) [episode] (note)
Alec
Berg (Writer-Producer) [The Face Painter] (Gave Jerry hockey tickets)
Stevie
Koren (Co-producer) [The Van Buren Boys] (Received foundation scholarship)
Mr. Elinoff (Jed Elinoff) [The Cartoon] ('New
Yorker' magazine editor)
Fred Yerkes (Jeffrey Yerkes) [The Secret
Code] (Didn't remember previously meeting Elaine)
Christine
Nyhart (Script supervisor) [The Puerto Rican Day] (Showed apartment to the
gang)
Jon
Hayman (Program consultant) [The Library] (Jerry and George's high school
gym teacher)
"Crazy" Joe
Davola (NBC Executive) [The Pitch, et al.] (Mentally unbalanced TV writer)
Lewis Maxtone-Graham (Ian Maxtone-Graham, former SNL
writer and “Simpsons”
co-executive producer) [The Summer
of George] (“Scarsdale
Surprise” co-producer)
N. Brenner (Norman Brenner, see 4.25) [The Wink] (The 2nd
name on the wake up call list.)
Additionally, Larry David has
provided a number of off camera voices:
Seinology.com has compiled a master
list here.
David is also referenced in the Boca Breeze newspaper headlines. [The Wizard]
4.23 Who are some of the more notable one-time characters?
Alton Benes (Lawrence Tierney)[The Jacket]: Elaine’s hard-nosed father, “cut from Hemmingway cloth.”
Brody (Neil Giuntoli) [The Little Kicks]: Kramer's gun packing, candy eating movie pirating bootlegger friend.
Slippery Pete and Schlomo (Peter
Stormare and Reuven Bar-Yotam)[The Frogger]: two shady Slavic friends of
Kramer that George hires to move his
Frogger machine without power being interrupted.
Meryl (Courteney Cox)[The Wife]: She pretends she's Jerry's wife to get a dry cleaning discount.
Vegetable Lasagna (Magnus) [The
Butter Shave]: European guy who occupies the airplane seat next to Elaine and
Puddy and has to put up with incessant
fighting. Elaine refers to him by his food preference.
Miss Rhode
her awful singing for the talent
portion of the Miss America pageant
Bubble Boy (Donald Sanger) [The
Bubble Boy]: Jerry agrees to visit a boy in a plastic bubble, but finds he is a
spoiled brat; George gets in
fight over a typo on a Trivial Pursuit card, when it says the Moops invaded
The bubble boy was voiced by Jon
Hayman, co-writer of the bubble boy episode.
Little Jerry Seinfeld: Kramer's rooster.
The Postmaster General (Wilfred
Brimley)[The Junk Mail]: makes it clear to Kramer that he cannot *not* receive
postal mail.
Lt. Bookman (Philip Baker Hall)
[The Library]: a library cop who comes after Jerry due to his decades-overdue
copy of Henry Miller's "Tropic
of Cancer".
Grossbard: Kramer runs into this old debtor at an airport and tries to collect the money owed. ($240)
and asks him to take a dive in a
tennis game.
Donna Chang [The Chinese Woman]: Caucasian woman who people think is Chinese, originally named Changstein.
Jean-Paul Jean-Paul [The Hot
Tub]: a marathon runner from
Ramon [The Poolboy]: an annoying ‘clingy’ poolboy at Jerry's former health club.
Frank Costanza's lawyer (Larry
David)[The Chinese Woman]: he doesn't follow trends and wears a cape.
He stops Noreen from committing
suicide.
The Doorman (Larry Miller)[The
Doorman]: the arrogant doorman of Mr. Pitt's apartment building, tricks Jerry
into watching the door for him. He
berated Jerry for looking down at him because he was a doorman, even though
Jerry wasn't.
Stan, the Caddy (Armin
Shimerman)[The Caddy]: Kramer's Senior Tour golf trainer. Misread the trial of
Sue Ellen Mishke.
Ned Isakoff [The Race]: Elaine's Communist boyfriend, whom she got blacklisted from Hop Sing's.
Cheryl Fong [The Visa]: a lawyer
George starts dating, becomes attracted to Jerry's fake "dark side",
winds up
suing Elaine on behalf of her cousin
Ping: "She never lose a case. They call her the Terminator.
Hasta la vista, baby!"
Kevin, Gene, Feldman, and Vargas
[The Bizarro Jerry]: The Bizarro equivalent of Jerry, George, Kramer, and
Newman.
Sidra (Teri Hatcher)[The
Implants]: Woman who Jerry dates. He becomes obsessed with whether or not her
breasts are real. Though Jerry never
gets to find out for himself, "they are real, and they're spectacular."
Dolores [The Junior Mints]:
Jerry's girlfriend; he doesn't know her name, only that it rhymes with a female
body part (his best guess:
"Mulva").
Tom Pepper, Sandi Robbins, and
Michael Barth [The Pilot]: the cast members of 'Jerry', playing Kramer, Elaine
and George.
The Pig-Man [The Junior Mints]:
While in the hospital, Kramer is snooping around and comes across what he
thinks is a pig man.
Members of the Houston Astros
front office [The Hot Tub]: George has a meeting with the Astros about the
possibility of interleague play.
They always call everyone a "bastard" or "son of a bitch"
(George finds out
"that's how they talk in the
major leagues"). Those terms get George and Jean-Paul in trouble:
Jean-Paul gets
kicked out of Elaine's apartment,
where he had plans to stay before the New York Marathon, and Wilhelm catches
George yelling into the phone while
the Astros front office men are calling from their plane.
Members of the New York Mets
front office [The Millennium]: In a meeting, the Mets make an offer to George
for a vacant front office position
at Shea Stadium. But in order for the Mets to hire George, they tell him the
catch: He has to get fired from the
Yankees first. In the end, however, despite George's valiant attempts to make
Steinbrenner fire him (although,
instead of getting angry over George's antics, The Boss only finds it hilarious
and
entertaining), Mr. Wilhelm gets
hired by the Mets instead.
The Assman [The Fusilli Jerry]: A
proctologist who has his license plates issued to Kramer by mistake. It is
discovered, when Jerry and Kramer
visit the doctor's office, that the real Assman has a practice there. Kramer
finds a picture of his boat, with
"Assman" written on the side.
4.24 What characters have died on the show?
Cousin Manya [The Pony Remark]
Fredo, the parrot [The Strongbox]
Fulton [The Stand-In]
Peterman's mom [The Secret Code]
Susan Biddle Ross [The Invitations]
Jill's father [The Finale]
Pinkus, the Dry Cleaner [The Big
Salad]
Smog Strangler victim [The Trip]
Susie [The Susie]
Miss Rhode
Pigeons [The Merv Griffin Show]
4.25 What actors have played multiple characters
Carol Leifer was a bank teller in "The Invitations" and a receptionist in "The Kiss Hello".
Kate Mulligan played a party guest in "The Baby Shower" and the unwed mother, Sheri, in "The Hot Tub".
Christine Dunford played Natasha,
the saleswoman, in "The Pie", and also played Leslie, the pregnant
woman,
in "The Baby Shower".
Christa Miller played Ellen in "The Sniffing Accountant" and Paula in "The Doodle".
Tracy Kolis played Marlene in "The Ex-Girlfriend" and Kelly in "The Soup".
Suzanne Snyder played Eva, the neo-nazi in "The Limo", and Poppy's daughter Audrey in "The Pie".
Frank Piazza played a coffee shop
customer in "Male Unbonding", and the cop who busts Jerry for
soliciting
in "The Stranded".
Michael Mitz played the man on
the phone in "The Chinese Restaurant" and the hand model photographer
in "The Puffy Shirt".
Reuven Bar played a Peterman
reality tour participant in "The Muffin Tops" and Shlomo (the guy who
helps
George procure the video game in
"The Frogger").
Fred Pinkard played the newsstand
guy in "The Dinner Party" ("You have to buy something") and
the old man
on the park bench who watches a bird
fly into Elaine's huge freak-head in "The Andrea Doria" ("Never
seen
that before... Bird into a woman’s head.”)
Peggy Lane O'Rourke played the
nurse in "The Suicide", a bystander in "The Parking Spot",
and a waitress
in "The Face Painter",
"The Friars Club”
and "The Foundation".
Marty Rackham played a police
officer (the one with the Milanos on the dashboard) in "The Trip(2)",
and
Jake Jarmel in "The Sniffing
Accountant", "The Opposite" and "The Scofflaw".
Lauren Bowles, (JLD's
half-sister) played a waitress in "The Big Salad", "The
Pledge Drive", "The Foundation",
"The English Patient",
"The Summer of George", "The Reverse Peephole" and
"The Bookstore",
Tucker Smallwood was the guy who
drove the Mercedes George wanted to spit on in "The Parking Garage",
he
played one of the Tony award winners
in "The Summer of George" and he was the photographer at the roast
in "The Pen".
David Blackwood, played a party
goer in "The Robbery", Stan in "the Apartment", the
interviewer in
"The Nose Job", the
doorman in "The Cheever Letters", the security guard in "The
Handicap Spot", the hotel
clerk in "The Marine
Biologist", and Beck in "The Gymnast".
Norman Brenner, easily the most
prolific 'no name' on Seinfeld, played a clerk in "The Deal", Beder
in "The Tape",
a guy at the airport in "The
Limo", a passerby in "The Doodle", Ian in "The Wig
Master", a tour taker in
"The Muffin Tops", a news
reporter in "The Trip(2)", a lab technician in “the Nonfat Yogurt”, a cook at Phifer’s
in “The Shoes” , a TV crew member in “The Pilot(2)”, a guy
waiting in a movie line in “The Secretary”, the guy who
ducks Elaine’s skis in “The Kiss Hello“, a fan at the hockey game
in “The Face Painter”, a customer entering Ross’s
in “The Maestro”, a courtroom bystander in “The Caddy”, a doctor
walking in the hospital hall, in “The Bris”, a man
next to George in the bus in “The Doorman”, a
bystander in “The Fire”
Bob Shaw played Paul in "The
Pilot(1)" and "The Pilot(2)" and he played a cab driver in
"The Scofflaw" and
"The Understudy".
He's also a script writer who co-wrote "The Tape" and "The
Chaperone".
Thomas Dekker played the soap opera son in "The Stand-in" and also played the sick little boy in "The Wink."
Mario Joyner played Lamar
('maroon Golf') in "The Puerto Rican Day" and also played the guy
Jerry discusses
'Firestorm' with in "The
Engagement."
4.26 Which episodes were dedicated and to whom?
"The Pool Guy"
dedicated "In memory of our friend Rick Bolden"
"The Foundation" dedicated
"In memory of our friend Marjorie Gross"
"The Soul Mate" dedicated
"In memory of our friend Victor Wayne Harris"
"The Butter Shave"
dedicated "In memory of our friend Brandon Tartikoff"
"The Burning" dedicated
"In memory of our friend Lloyd Bridges"
5.0 Specific episode questions.
Kramer was out first. He saw a
nude woman in an apartment across the street, and lasted about 2 more minutes.
Elaine was next. She shared an
aerobics class with John F. Kennedy Jr. and caved the next day. This leaves
George
and Jerry. In "The Puffy
Shirt", we hear George profess to have won the Contest, but in "The
Finale", George
confesses to lying about winning the
contest.
5.2 What were the 'Bizarros' in "The Bizarro Jerry"?
Here's a list (in more or less chronological order):
1. Elaine orders a tuna sandwich; ordinarily she's "anti-tuna" because it's not "dolphin safe".
2. Elaine wants to break up
with Kevin and "just be friends" and he loves the idea. Jerry
would never go
for
this. In fact, he tried in “The
Deal” and it didn’t work out.
3. Feldman has a great idea and doesn't act on it. Kramer often has ridiculous ideas, and usually acts on them.
4. The 'Bizarros' go to the library to read. The real gang wouldn't do this.
5. The 'Bizarro' gang eats at Reggie's, the real gang eats at Monk's.
6. The 'Bizarros' give
money to those less fortunate. The real gang is not often this
generous. (Although, I recall
Kramer
giving leftovers to a guy on the street once).
7. Kevin's apartment is the same as Jerry's, only reversed.
8. Kevin had a unicycle hanging on the wall where Jerry hangs his bicycle.
9. Kevin had jars of pasta lined up on the shelf where Jerry keeps his cereal boxes.
10. Feldman rang Kevin's doorbell and waited to be acknowledged, where Kramer prefers 'the pop in'.
11. Elaine is berated for taking olives from Kevin's fridge, she eats from Jerry's fridge without reprisals.
12. Fargus (Bizarro Newman) works for Federal Express, Newman, of course, is a postal employee.
13. Kevin did one of
Jerry's 'Newman's (you all know what I mean) only it was for Fargus, and
instead of the
'damn that Newman' attitude Jerry usually exhibits, Kevin's exclamation had
more of a 'what a great guy
that Fargus is' feel to it.
14. The 'Bizarros' were
overjoyed at receiving Bolshoi ballet tickets. The
real gang would have preferred a
sporting event or the movies.
15. Elaine's 'Get out!' hurt Kevin. Her 'Get out!'s never hurt Jerry.
16. Gene reported the pay
phone that was giving free long distance calls. George would have looked
for a way to
profit from this.
17. Feldman brought groceries. Kramer usually just eats Jerry's food without an offer to pay or restock.
18. The 'Bizarros' shared a
group hug and Kevin mentioned how much he loved the rest of them.
(Wait a minute. After Jerry's emotional turnaround [The Serenity Now], I
don't know if we can count
this one any longer. )
5.3 Is the Wiz [The Junk Mail] Norm Macdonald's (SNL) brother?
No, the
"Wiz" guy was Toby Huss, originally from
co-producer Steve Higgins on the old Comedy Central "Higgins Boys and Gruber" show. He was also in the
"A Change Will Do You Good" Sheryl Crow video with Molly Shannon (SNL) (he played the doctor). The
press release for the video said that he'd be in SNL's '97-'98 cast, but apparently that didn't happen.
5.4 What game are Estelle Costanza and her friends playing in "The Handicap Spot"?
The game is MahJongg and involved little wooden tiles. The game is similar to Rummy; the object is to get the
highest score by arranging the tiles into runs (straights) or groups of 3 or more matching tiles. The tiles are
traditionally made of ivory, but plastic is acceptable in more modest sets. A high quality MahJongg set can
cost several thousand dollars. More information on the game can be found at http://www.mahjongg.com.
5.5 Delores? Mulva? Gipple? (or What was Jerry's girlfriend's name in "The Junior Mint"?)
During "The Junior
Mint" Jerry realizes he doesn't know his girlfriend's name, but he does
however
know that her name rhyme with a
female body part. Jerry and George think of a few names that it might
be such as Gipple (nipple) and Mulva
(vulva). Jerry calls her Mulva and the whole thing backfires and she
breaks up with him. At the end of
the episode Jerry calls out "Delores!", which rhymes with clitoris.
The pronunciation of this word
had been under debate in alt.tv.seinfeld for some time.
The entry for this word in Merriam
Webster Dictionary, located at
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
5.6 Wasn't there a lawsuit over this very issue?
Yes. Miller Brewing Company fired
Jerold Mackenzie, 54, in 1993 after he told Patricia Best about the
show--then gave her a photocopy of a
dictionary page with the definition of the body part in question.
She filed a sexual harassment charge
against him with the company. Mackenzie was awarded $1.5 million
after the jury decided the joke did
not qualify as sexual harassment.
Source: E! Online News Staff.
5.7 Who is Stein Ericson? (referenced in "The Reverse Peephole")
Jerry:
So, Puddy wears a man fur?
Elaine: He
was struttin' around the coffee shop like Stein Erickson.
Stein Ericson was an Olympic Gold
Medal skiing champion in 1954. and
is the current Ski Director at the Deer Valley Resort
Ski Resort
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5.8 Why did Jerry call Kramer 'Kessler' in the pilot episode?
At the time the pilot was taped,
Jerry and Larry were still not sure if Kenny Kramer (the inspiration for
Cosmo Kramer) was going to let them
use his name. The original name for the character (if Kenny had put the
kibosh on the deal) was
"Hoffman". Jerry called him Kessler in the episode, and shortly
after that Kenny gave
his blessing so Hoffman/Kessler
became Kramer. I also heard from Kenny that "Bender" was another
possible
name that Larry David considered,
and that he was paid the princely sum of $5,000 for granting the naming
rights.
5.9 Is there a Superman reference in every episode?
While it's true that both TV
Jerry and real-life Jerry are big fans of Superman, and that references to
Superman (and other comic book super
heroes) are regular occurrences on the show, and despite the list that
has been circulating throughout the
Internet for years, it is not true that every episode includes a reference.
In fact, of the 180 episodes,
approximately 52 of them do not include any references at all, that's nearly
30%
The Superman magnet made its
first appearance during Season 4 in "The Shoes" (episode #56), and
the Superman
figurine first appears on Jerry's
shelving unit a year later in "The Stall" (episode #76)
Superman references; (19 verbal)
"The Stock Tip"
(#5) George and Jerry discuss whether Superman's heightened senses
included a heightened sense
of humor.
"The Cafe" (#24)
In Jerry's closing monologue, he talks about super heroes being professional
good deed doers.
"It's tough to do a good deed.
Just look at your professional good deed doers; Your lone rangers, your
Superman, your Batman, your
Spiderman, your Elasticman. They are all wearing disguises, masks over their
faces.
Secret identities. Don't want people
to know who they are. It's too much aggravation. "Superman, yeah thanks
for saving my life, but did you have
to come through my wall? I'm renting here. I've got a security deposit.
What am I supposed to do?"
In "The Tape"
(#25) When George orders the baldness cure from
It'd be like a nation of
Supermen."
"The Implant"
(#59) Elaine, referring to Jerry while talking to Sidra in the sauna,
"Does he talk about Superman
all the time?"
In "The Smelly Car"
(#61) Jerry says he has no choice but to sell the car.
Jerry: You don't understand what I'm
up against. This is a force more powerful than anything you can imagine.
Even Superman would be helpless against this kind of stench..
"The Lip Reader"
(#70) George compared knowing a lip reader to having Superman as a
friend. Jerry then
compared the power to X-ray vision.
"The Stall" (#76)
When George went to visit Elaine's 'mimbo', Tony, after the rock climbing
accident, he brought
Tony some Superman comic books.
In "The Marine
Biologist" (#78) when Jerry was concerned with getting Testikoff to
admit he threw the
organizer out the window to help the
woman it hit:
Elaine: Why are you so interested,
you want to take her out?
Jerry: You know when Superman
saves someone no one asks if he's trying to hit on her!
Elaine: Well you're not Superman.
Jerry: Well you're not
In "The Stand In"
(#80) while Jerry is trying to cheer up
Jerry: ...and this whole
justice league, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman. You mean to tell me
Superman can't cover everything?
Jerry: For crying out loud,
He's Superman!. (
(looks at him)
In "The Chinese Woman"
(#90) Jerry spots Frank with a man wearing a cape.
George: I don't trust men in
capes.
Jerry: You can't cast
aspersions on someone just because they're wearin' a cape. .. Superman wore a
cape..
And I'll be damned if I'm gonna
stand here and let you say something bad about him.
"The Race" (#96) When Jerry and Duncan race, the Superman theme music is playing.
"The Switch"
(#97) Jerry, talking about the woman who would not laugh at his jokes,
"...jokes kept bouncing off
her like Superman."
"The Face Painter"
(#109) When George learned that his unreturned "I love you" was
not returned because the
woman he said it to may have been
hard of hearing, he said, "It's like Superman flew around the world and
reversed
time."
"The Secret Code" (#117) Jerry's Bank card PIN number is "Jor-El", Superman's father’s name.
"The Seven"
(#123) Jerry, referring to the woman who wears the same dress every day,
"Does she wear the same
dress every day or does she have a
bunch of them like Superman?" Jerry also called her apartment
"the Fortress
of Solitude".
In "The Invitations" (#125) Jerry and Jeannie Steinman read Superman comics together
"The Bizarro Jerry"
(#137) Elaine begins spending time with three men who seem to be Bizarro
duplicates/opposites of Jerry,
George and Kramer. Bizarro Jerry even had a Bizarro statue in place of
Jerry's Superman figurine.
The Superman theme plays at the
beginning of "The Clip Show" (#177, #178).
Tangential references:
In "The Revenge"
(#12) Jerry refers to Kramer's scheme to sabotage a washing machine
Jerry: If only you could put
your mind to something worthwhile. You're like Lex Luthor.
In "The Boyfriend (1)" (#34) Keith Hernandez says, "I love your bit on Jimmy Olsen."
In
"The Watch" (#46) after finding out George talked Dalrymple
down to $8000 for the pilot,
said, "You know, this is how
they negotiate in the bizarro world."
In "The Outing"
(#57) Jerry convinces the NYU reporter that he's not gay.
Jerry: I dunno... [they kiss
again] Alright, I forgive you...
Jerry: I was attracted to you, too.
You remind me of
In "The Mom and Pop
Store" (#94) Jerry, in response to Elaine saying she'd been snooping
around to find out
why he wasn't invited to Tim
Whatley's party, said, "Ahh! What'd you find out, Lois?"
"The Caddy", (#122) Jerry refers to Sue Ellen Mischke as "Elaine's Lex Luthor".
In "The Cartoon"
(#169) Jerry makes fun of Elaine's drawing ability, as she wants to
submit a cartoon to
the New Yorker Magazine
Elaine: It's better than your
drawings of naked
Jerry: Where did you see that? Those
are private!!
In "The Strongbox"
(#170) Jerry make fun of Elaine's 'super hero' boyfriend, who he finds out
is homeless,
by saying, "Maybe his
girlfriend is Lois Loan.".
(Note: I have begun the
tedious process of confirming visual Superman references. Currently, I have
completed 82
of the 180 episodes. When the
survey is complete, the list of non-Superman episodes will be added to the
FAQ.)
5.10 Why did Elaine say "maybe the dingo ate your baby" in "The Stranded"?
In "The Stranded", an
annoying party-goer keeps saying things like "Where is my
finance?", “I
think I've lost the
poor baby", Elaine responds by
saying (in an Australian accent) "Maybe the dingo ate your baby!" The
line is an
allusion to the Meryl Streep movie
"A Cry in the Dark"
(“Evil Angels" in
child was killed in an animal
attack, only to have herself accused of the infant's murder"
5.11 What is the name of the song used in final segment of "The Clip Show"?
The name of the song is
"Time of your Life (Good Riddance)" by Green Day
from their album Nimrod. You
can hear a 30 second clip
here.
5.12 Who is Mary Beth Whitehead, as referenced in "The Bottle Deposit"?
In "The Bottle
Deposit", Jerry referred to Tony's stealing his car as "pulling a
Mary Beth Whitehead".
In 1985, Mary Beth Whitehead was
involved in what is believed to be the first US Court case concerning
surrogate motherhood.
"...because Elizabeth Stern
was unable to carry a pregnancy, she and her husband William contracted to pay
$10,000 to Mary Beth Whitehead to
act as a surrogate. William Stern's sperm was artificially injected into
Ms. Whitehead's uterus and she
successfully conceived. But after the child was born, she would not
accept the
money, and refused to hand over the
baby. This led to a battle for possession of the child between the biological
father and the biological mother, which
ended in a lawsuit."
Jerry was comparing the surrogate
mother's attempt to regain possession of the baby she gave birth to with
Tony's attempt to gain possession of
the car he became obsessed with.
5.13 Can I have more information on "Festivus"?
Sure, here is a mini-FAQ about Festivus;
1. Who invented Festivus?
Frank Costanza.
2. What is the reason Frank invented Festivus?
Frank
"invented" Festivus after getting into a fight in a toy store when he
and another man both grabbed
for the last
doll. (Frank wanted to buy a doll for George. Go figure.)
Anyway, he decided that
commercialization ruined Christmas and he would now celebrate Festivus. A
Festivus - for the rest of us.
3. When does Festivus take place?
December 23rd.
4. What's with that wrestling thing?
One of
the traditions of Festivus is the Feats of Strength, where two of the
celebrants
must engage in a contest of some sort to determine which is stronger.
5. What is the pole made
out of? How big is it? Was it passed around or mounted
or what is the deal?
The
undecorated aluminum pole represented the non-commercial nature of the holiday.
No tinsel,
no ornaments. It appeared to be approximately 8 or 9 feet tall and was
probably
placed in a corner of the living room, much like a Christmas tree.
6. What about the insults?
That's
another Festivus tradition, "The Airing of Grievances". Before
commencing
Festivus
dinner, you go around the table telling each other participant about all of
the ways
they have disappointed you throughout the year.
7. What does the Festivus meal consist of?
Although
it wasn't specifically mentioned, the plate Estelle brought into the dining
room
appeared to be spaghetti OR meatloaf, either topped with red sauce. (Open
to
interpretation)
8. Who can celebrate Festivus?
Anyone at
all. It's nondenominational. The practical answer, however, is that
only
Seinfeld
fans can *truly* celebrate Festivus. ;)
9. Any other elements which I may not have inquired about would be greatly appreciated!
Well, I
think we've just about covered it. Oh, except for the occasional
'Festivus miracle'
that's been
known to happen.
5.14 Is there a real 555-FILM?
When Kramer was given the phone
number 555-FILK (easily confused with 555-FILM) in "The Pool Guy"
he was constantly called for movie show
times. The actual NY phone number is 212-777-FILM. Kramer's
"Hewwo and welcome to Movie
phone" sounds very similar to the voice for the real number.
5.15 What did the Silkwood/radiation reference in "The Shower Head" mean?
In the movie
"Silkwood", Meryl Streep worked in a nuclear power plant. It
was the practice
at the plant that if there was any
sign of radiation exposure, the affected people were
stripped down, blasted with a
high-powered hose and scrubbed clean.
That movie is based on a true
story involving Karen Silkwood, a technician working at a
Kerr McGee plant involved in
plutonium fuel production in the early 1970's. She discovered
dangerous cost-cutting methods were
being used and she led a widely publicized effort to
improve safety measures at the
facility.
Silkwood died (or was murdered)
in a car crash in late 1974 during a period in which she was
gathering evidence to support her
claims. An autopsy also confirmed she had been exposed
to plutonium several times just
before her death.
5.16 What's the 'sausage music' in "The Blood"?
In "The Blood", Kramer
and Newman are seen making sausages in Jerry's kitchen accompanied
by some festive music. The
song they're playing is "Mańana (is soon enough for me)".
Originally
recorded by Peggy Lee, the version
used in the show is the
Jackie Davis. (Capitol
Records Ultra-Lounge series, volume 2, "Mambo Fever".)
5.17 Why did Jerry refer to himself as ‘Jerry Cougar Mellencamp’ in “The Stakeout”?
Jerry said this in response to
having his cousin Artie Levine pronounced le-veen correct his pronunciation to
le-vine. It's a reference to
John Cougar who changed his name to John Cougar Mellencamp after his first hit
album.
5.18 What is the ‘Algonquin Round Table’? (referenced in “The Phone Message”)
Jerry was deriding Donna's
friends who liked the Dockers commercial when he called them "a regular
Algonquin
Round Table". The Algonquin Round Table
was named for a group of famous intellectuals who used to meet at the
Algonquin Hotel in NYC after
WWII. The implication was that Jerry thought Donna's friends were not too
bright.
5.19 Who is ‘Johnny Yuma’? (referenced in “The Heart Attack”)
When Kramer tells Jerry that
holistic healer Tor Eckman was a rebel, Jerry replied, "A rebel? Johnny
Yuma
was a rebel. Eckman is a
nut." This is a reference to an old Johnny Cash song called
"The Rebel-Johnny Yuma"
The first line of the song goes,
"Johnny Yuma was a rebel."
Side note: Kramer sings this
song to himself while waiting on hold for Dr. Reston in "The Wallet".
5.20 What is ‘Lara’s Theme’? (referenced in “The Deal”)
"Lara's Theme" aka
"Somewhere My Love" was a song from the film/play "Dr.
Shivago." Jerry mentions it when
rejecting a music box for Elaine's
birthday. "Too relationshippy. She opens it up, she hears that
'Lara's Theme',
I'm dead."
5.21 What is ‘Chappaquiddick’? (referenced in “The Baby Shower”)
Jerry, referred to a distant
cousin of the Kennedy family talking at his wedding, You
should have heard him talking
about Chappaquiddick - trying to
blame the whole thing on bad directions...." This is a reference to
a now infamous
incident that took place near
bridge and abandoned his date to
drown in the sinking car. For more info, click here.
5.22 Who was ‘Sakharov’? (referenced in “The Baby Shower”)
Kramer refers to the Soviet cable
guy as the "Sakharov of cable guys" because he escaped from the
gulag.
A reference to Andraei Sakharov who was a
Soviet nuclear weapons designer who ended up investigating the gulags,
fighting for human rights and
winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
5.23 What is ‘lockjaw’? (referenced in “The Dog”)
Jerry, talking about the dog in
his care,, said, "He's deranged. Maybe he's got rabies. I can get
lockjaw."
Tetanus, a bacterial disease often
referred to as Lockjaw because initial symptoms involve muscular stiffness or
spasms in the jaw, is often caused
by dog bites when the puncture wound becomes infected.
5.24 Who are ‘Yukon Jack’ and ‘Cujo’? (referenced in “The Dog”)
Jerry, talking about the seating
situation, says, "Two hundred seats on a plane, I gotta wind up next to
Yukon Jack
and his dog Cujo." Yukon
Jack was the nickname of author Jack London, best known for his survival
struggle novels
like "Call of the Wild"
and "White Fang". Cujo was the name of a rabid St. Bernard in
the Stephen King novel and
the movie of the same name.
5.25 Who is ‘Dick Gregory’? (referenced in “The Subway”)
Jerry, referring to the eating
habits of the naked fat man on the subway said, "I understand, I like good
breakfast.
Long as you don't wind up trapped in
a room with bib overalls and pigtails, being counseled by Dick Gregory."
Dick Gregory was an entertainer,
activist, politician and liquid diet guru, and developer of the tremendously
restrictive Bahamian Diet, best
known for shaving 1,200 lb Walter
Hudson down to 500 lbs.
5.26 Who is ‘Sunny von Bulow’? (referenced in “The Suicide”)
Jerry refers to Martin's 'light'
coma by saying, "That’s
not too bad. It’s not like a Sunny von Bulow coma.
The doctor said he should snap out
of it anytime." In 1982, Claus von Bulow stood trial for trying to murder
his diabetic wife, Sunny, by
administering a large dose of insulin. She did not die, rather she
slipped into a coma
where she remains to this day.
Von Bulow was convicted but the decision was overturned two years later on
appeal.
5.27 Who was ‘Jose Jimenez’? (referenced in “The Boyfriend (1)”)
Jose Jimenez was a TV character
played by Bill Dana on the Steve Allen Show in the 50's and 60's.
Jose was a Hispanic “Man on the Street” interview subject who held
various occupations including elevator operator,
Olympic bobsledder and
astronaut. He always introduced himself by saying, "My name, Jose
Jimenez." Most of the
comedy was based on misunderstanding
the English language while being interviewed.
For example, part of the bobsledder interview went like this.
Steve Allen: So you say
you're a bobsledder.
Jose Jimenez: I'm a skier.
Steve Allen: But I thought you
said you were a bobsledder, not a skier.
Jose Jimenez: I'm a skier
(scared) to go on the bobsled.
Click here for more info on Bill Dana/Jose Jimenez.
5.28 Who is ‘C. Everett Koop’? (referenced in “The Boyfriend (2)”)
Jerry compares dating Elaine, a
rabid anti-smoker with dating C. Everett Koop. Koop was US Surgeon
General
under Reagan from 1982 through 1989,
and was known for being very outspoken about health concerns, especially
the dangers of smoking.
6.0 What are some of the oddities and inconsistencies in SEINFELD?
6.1 Why does the farm
girl at the end of 'The Bottle Deposit' refer to Newman as
I once heard that this question
was posed to Jerry before a taping by an audience member, and he said that the
girl
said "
she’ll never forget him, while getting his name
wrong.
6.2 Other Oddities and Interesting Tidbits
During "The Parking
Garage", when the group finally makes it back to the car, the car wouldn't
start. Viewers can
see the heads of the cast moving
with laughter at the end of the show.
Another oddity, in "The
Masseuse" (aired 11/18/93), Elaine dates a man with the same name as a
serial killer.
Joel Rifkin. They decide he should
change his name, and one of Elaine's suggestions in O.J. We all know what
happened a few months later...
During the scene in "The
Contest" where George's mother was laid up in the hospital and George
comes to visit,
she complains to him how hungry she
is but he's preoccupied by the nurse giving a female patient a sponge bath,
so he tosses a box of Tic-tacs on
her lap. Estelle Harris admitted during an interview that this was
unscripted.
Jason happened to have some Tic-Tacs
in his pocket and his decision to toss them to Estelle was purely impromptu.
She went on to say that this gesture
made her laugh so hard, they had to delay shooting the rest of the scene by 20
minutes.
The name of Jerry and George's
softball team is "Friends of Clyde". (from "The Pony
Remark"). No other mention
of
George mentions in "The
Heart Attack" that he's always loved his Blackhawks jacket, but we've
never seen him wear
it, before or since.
Kramer had a dog in the first two
episodes [The Seinfeld Chronicles, The Stakeout]. The dog disappeared
without
a trace or an explanation.
In "The Dealership",
George came up with a number of Twix candy bars for his ‘Candy Line-Up'. George must have
gotten these candy bars from
somewhere, but he apparently did not eat anything while he was there, as his
hunger
wasn't satiated until he ate the
Arby's sandwich in the cab on the ride home. If George was so hungry, why
didn't he
eat something from the store where
he got the candy bars? And how did he get to the store, he didn't have a
ride?
It's possible the store was within
walking distance, but this still doesn't explain why he didn't eat something.
It's well known that Jerry is a
big Superman fan. Coincidentally, Jerry's father's name was Kal, and
Superman's
‘Kryptonian’ name is
Kal-El.
Also, in the street scenes in a
number of episodes, a "Kal's Signs" sign can be seen hanging over a
store front.
This is a nod to Jerry's father, who
was in the sign making business.
6.3 Continuity errors and inconsistencies
Continuity errors
In "The Outing",
Estelle claims that the "super" or landlord had to help her to the
hospital, after reading about
George's "metamorphosis"
in the paper, but the Costanzas don't live in an apartment.
In "The Dinner Party",
Jerry is shown eating a black and white cookie and, during one scene, each time
the camera
angle changed the number of bites
missing and the left-right orientation of the cookie changed.
In "The Soup", George
orders a bowl of chili, but is given a bowl of tomato soup. (Either it was o
soup, or the
thinnest chili I’ve ever seen.)
In "The Boyfriend (2)",
at the end, when the phone rings and George runs out of the bathroom to tell
Kramer to
"Say Vandelay! Say
Vandelay!", he trips and the newspaper he’s carrying drops to the floor to George's right.
In
the next shot, the newspaper is in
his other hand.
In "The Wife", during
the scene where Jerry and Meryl (Courteney Cox) are arguing over who had the
can opener,
there's a six pack case of bottles
on Jerry's kitchen counter. One bottle has been removed and is sitting on the
side
of the case closest to the
door. As they switch shots, the bottle moves back and forth, alternating
from one side of
the six to the other a la the black
and white cookie in "The Dinner Party".
In "The Secretary",
when Kramer is shown in the dressing room wearing only his underwear, we can
see his wallet
tucked into the waistband of his
shorts. A moment later, the wallet is not there, and we never saw Kramer remove
it.
In "The Seven", during
the scene where Newman acts as arbitrator to determine whether Kramer or Elaine
should
keep the bicycle, the wedding band
on Newman's finger mysteriously disappears.
In "The English
Patient", during the scene where Peterman and Elaine are watching the
movie, the extras sitting
around them in the theater change
from one scene to the next.
In "The Butter Shave",
in the scene where Jerry comes off stage after "bombing" on purpose,
the neck area of his
T-shirt is sweat soaked. In the next
scene, the shirt is bone dry, and the sweat stain returns one scene later.
In "The Postponement",
Elaine crushes a beer can. She crushed it right beside the cutting board on
Jerry's counter
then left the apartment, they cut
back to Jerry and Kramer and the crushed can is now sitting on the cutting
board.
In "The Comeback",
Kramer didn't know that it was possible to come out of a coma, but years
earlier in
"The Suicide", he knew.
In "The Nap" George was
seen reading People magazine under the desk, and he tucked the magazine into
the shelf
under the desk when he went to
lunch. Steinbrenner came in later to look for him but he hadn't gotten
back yet,
and the same People magazine was
sitting on the corner of the desk.
In "The Revenge",
Kramer says Newman wants to commit suicide because he has "no job, no
woman". Later we find
out that Newman is a Postal
employee, thus having a job.
In "The Seinfeld
Chronicles", George brought a jar of pennies to the bank to have them
rolled. They insisted he roll
them himself. Later at Jerry's
apartment, George has about $8 in rolled pennies on the coffee able, yet the
level of
pennies in the jar is the same
as it was in the bank.
In "The Scofflaw",
George likens wearing glasses if you don't need them to using a wheelchair if
you're not
handicapped. And then in
"The Little Jerry", when George found out Elaine's boyfriend shaved
his head, again he
likened shaving a good head of hair
to using a wheelchair if you don't need one. But in "The Butter
Shave", what do
we see George doing? Riding a
'Little Rascal' (motorized wheelchair) even though he is not physically
impaired.
In "The Calzone" George
makes a deal with Newman to pick up Italian food and deliver it to Yankee
stadium because
it was "on his route".
There's no way a single mail route runs through
is located.
The interior that is seen when
Kramer sometimes opens his door consists of some hangers and stuff like in a
hallway.
But when seen through the peephole
[The Reverse Peephole], you see Kramer's living room with the wooden wallpaper
and a couch and some pasta figures.
In "The Secretary", in
the scene where Jerry busts Donna, the dry cleaner's wife, wearing his mother's
fur coat, as
Donna walks up to Elaine, Donna is
holding her long purse strap in her right hand only, then switches it to her
left
hand and puts the strap over her
left shoulder. The purse hangs below her left hip. She just had
placed the long
purse strap over her shoulder as she
left the dressing room area walking away from Jerry.
In "The Jimmy", Kramer
is wearing the training shoes that George got from Jimmy. In one scene in
Jerry's
apartment, Kramer has his feet up on
the coffee table and the brand name of the show is clearly visible on the
bottom, and in other shots in the
same scene, there is a piece of white tape covering up the brand name.
Inconsistencies
In "The Seinfeld
Chronicles", there is a scene in which Jerry and George are moving a futon
into the apartment.
Jerry mentioned that if his father
was helping move, he'd have a cigarette in his mouth, implying that his father
smoked so much, he would probably
smoke while moving furniture. After this mention, we have not ever seen or
heard
of Morty smoking.
In "The Statue", George
says his parents used to keep the statue in question on their mantel. But
in a prior
episode, "The Pledge
Drive", George says his life would have been different if only his parents
had a mantel.
In "The Money", Frank
says he and Estelle have slept is separate beds for 30 years, but in "The
Cigar Store
Indian", the Costanzas
have one bed.
In "The Dog", Elaine
and George find they have nothing in common apart from Jerry. George asks if
Elaine has ever
seen Jerry vomit, and they both make
the same gesture to simulate vomiting. Now this was in episode #21, aired
Oct. 9, 1991. In "The
Dinner Party" (#77, aired 2/3/94), Jerry mentions his 'vomit streak' of 13
years. His last
vomit was in June 1980. The
problem is Jerry and Elaine did not know each other 13 years before this, so
how did
she know what the right gesture to
share with George was, just 3 years earlier, if she had never seen it?
In "The Kiss Hello",
when Jerry complains about his photo having been defaced, Kramer says it's ok
because he made
double prints, but he used a
Polaroid camera to take the picture. You can't make double prints of a
Polaroid photo.
In "The Contest",
George says that his parents weren't at home because they were supposed to be
at work. What
job does Estelle have, and what was
his father doing in
In "The Bris", George
mentions that he was never the type to drive a convertible because of his hair,
but a year
later, in "The Mom and Pop
Store", he buys a Chrysler LeBaron convertible.
In "The Foundation",
Elaine represents the Urban Sombrero as an utter failure, and hear several men
on the subway
talk about how the oversized hat
ruined their lives. But in "The Checks", the umbrella vendor on
the street,
complaining about slow business,
says, "...now we got that damned Urban Sombrero to deal with"
implying that the
wide brimmed hat was so popular, its
sales were actually hurting the umbrella business.
In "The Wink", Jerry
stuffs three of "'Grandma Mimma's" napkins full of mutton into his
jacket pockets, but Holly
says only two were missing.
Also napkins were falling out of the pocket as Elaine was putting on the
jacket, but they
were tucked in while she was being
chased by the dogs. If she didn’t
know they were there, how did they get tucked
back into the pocket?
In "the Wink" (which
first aired on 10/12/95), Jerry ponders whether it would be better to date a
deaf person or
a blind person, but two years
earlier, in "The Lip Reader (first aired 10/28/93), Jerry dates a hearing
impaired
woman.
In "The Library", Mr.
Bookman said he started working at the library in 1971. He also mentioned
that he'd been
working there for 25 years, but the
episode first aired in 1991, so 25 years earlier would have been 1966, not
1971.
6.4 What movies have been parodied?
Absence of Malice - [The Junk
Mail] Kramer meets with the Postmaster General (played by Wilfred Brimley) in a
takeoff of the scene Brimley played
in the movie.
Apocalypse Now - [The Chicken Roaster]
The encounter between Elaine and Peterman is a parody of the first
meeting of Captain Willard and
Colonel Kurtz, the lines "Are you an assassin?" and "The
horror." were taken
verbatim from the film.
Beauty and the Beast - [The Comeback] Elaine and Vincent (of Vincent's picks)
Cape Fear - [The Bookstore]
Uncle Leo working out with "J-E-RR-Y" and "H-E-LL-O"
tattooed on his fingers ala
Robert DeNiro.
Note: Turns out
"J-E-RR-Y" and "H-E-LL-O" are references to Robert Mitchum
in "Night of the Hunter", who
had "L-O-V-E" and
"H-A-T-E" tattooed on his knuckles. Mitchum also played the
creepy psycho in the original
"
Duck Soup - [The Bookstore]
Kramer and Newman are trying to decide who will pull the other on the
rickshaw, Kramer chants a variation
of "eenie-meanie-minie-moe":
one spot, two spot, zig-zag-tear.
pop-die, pennygot, tennyum, tear.
harem, scare 'em, rip 'em, tear 'em,
tay-taw-toe.
In the old 1930's Marx brother's
film, "Duck Soup", Chico Marx uses this exact same rhyme while
choosing with
his brothers.
The Elephant Man - [The Pick]
When Jerry confronts Tia by the elevator, he yells out to the crowd that
gathers,
"I am not an
animal!". Jerry was equating being reviled by society for being a
nose picker with John Merrick
(John Hurt) being reviled for his
hideous deformity in the movie.
The Fugitive - [The Sponge]
While searching for contraceptive sponges, Elaine mimics Tommy Lee Jones when
she
says she's performing a
"...hard-target search of every drug store, general store, health
store and grocery store
in a 25-block radius."
The Godfather - [The Bris]
The couple with the new child ask Kramer to be the baby's godfather.
Kramer does a
Marlon Brando impression.
The Godfather II - [The Strong Box] Kramer says, "Fredo (the parrot) was weak and stupid."
The Graduate - [The Conversion] Kramer runs to the church to stop sister from denouncing her faith.
The Graduate - [The Millennium]
Jerry's girlfriend's step-mother hits on Jerry. He uses the "You're
trying to
seduce me" line that Dustin
Hoffman made famous.
The Great Escape - [The Glasses]
George plants a dime on the floor so Jerry would think his eyesight was better,
ala Donald Pleasance in the movie.
JFK - [The Boyfriend] Takeoff of
the Zapruder film showing the Kennedy assassination.
(Interesting note: Wayne Knight
played 'Numa' in JFK and 'Newman' in Seinfeld and takes the same spot in the
courtroom re-enactment with Jerry as
he did with Kevin Costner in the movie.)
Lassie - [The Andrea Doria]
Kramer takes dog medicine, starts to act like a dog, witnesses a problem at the
Old Mill
restaurant, runs to get the police,
"What is it boy? Trouble at the old mill?"
Last of the Mohicans - [The Maid]
Jerry, on the phone with Kramer (who's lost in NYC), "Stay Alive!...no
matter
what occurs, and I will find
you!"
Just like Szell being chased through
NY's diamond district by the Jewish shoppers and business people who
recognized him.
Midnight Cowboy - [The Mom and
Pop Store] George buys 'John Voight's car' Final scene is Jerry and
Kramer in
the back of the bus.
Phenomenon - [The Abstinence] George becomes a genius, learns Portuguese, etc.
Platoon - [The Fatigues] Frank
has a flashback about when he was a cook in
Pulp Fiction - [The Muffin
Tops] Newman plays "the Cleaner" (a spoof on Harvey Keitel's
"Wolf" character) called
in to 'take care of' the muffin
stumps.
Seventh Seal - [The Nose Job]
Jerry plays a life/death chess game to resolve his physical/mental issue with
the
dumb actress, In the movie, a Knight
of the Crusades plays chess against Death. As long as the game lasts, the
Knight
lives.
Schindler's List - [The
Raincoats] Aaron laments that if he sold his ring, he could have bought the
Seinfelds one more
dinner. Then, after they've boarded
the plane, Aaron insists they need water, they're thirsty.
Star Trek II - [The Foundation] George, looking up as camera points down at him and spins slowly, screams "Kahn!!!"
Star Trek II - [The Dealership] Same camera angle and screaming, but George yells "Twix!!!"
A Streetcar Named Desire - [The
Pen] Elaine, meeting a woman with that name, yells out "Stella!!" ala
Marlon Brando.
Sunset Boulevard – [The Little Kicks]
Jerry says, “I'm still
big. It's the bootlegs that got small,” his take on Nora
Desmond’s line about “the pictures”)
Thelma and Louise - [The Dealership] Kramer and the Saab salesman 'push the envelope' on the gas tank.
Three Days of the Condor - [The Junk Mail] Newman warned Kramer about "how it's gonna go down".
Wolf - [The Muffin Tops] Jerry
has to get out of Kramer's tour bus (because he is itchy from shaving his
chest) he
runs in slow motion (like in the
movie) and [supposedly] howls, (really just screaming with relief).
7.0 Where can I find some SEINFELD production related information?
7.1 Where is SEINFELD produced and by whom?
7.2 When does the production season begin and end?
The show is no longer in production.
7.3 How can I get tickets to a filming session?
The show is no longer in
production. When tickets were available, they were very difficult to get and
usually
reserved for friends, family, and
guests of the show's staff.
7.4 What major awards
has SEINFELD garnered?
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Recipient |
Event |
Award |
Category |
Year |
Result |
Comments |
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'Seinfeld' |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Comedy Series |
1997 |
Nominee |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Comedy Series |
1998 |
Nominee |
|
|
Andy Ackerman |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series |
1995 |
Nominee |
For "The Jimmy" |
|
Andy Ackerman |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For "The Soup Nazi" |
|
Andy Ackerman |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Nominee |
For "The Pothole" |
|
Jason Alexander |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1995 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'George Costanza' |
|
Jason Alexander |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'George Costanza' |
|
Jason Alexander |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'George Costanza' |
|
Jason Alexander |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'George Costanza' |
|
Janet Ashikaga |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production |
1995 |
Winner |
For "The Diplomats Club" |
|
Janet Ashikaga |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production |
1996 |
Nominee |
For "The |
|
Skip Collector |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series - Multi-Camera Production |
1998 |
Nominee |
For "The Finale" |
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Larry David, George Shapiro, Howard West, Tom Gamill, Max Pross, Peter Mahlman |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For "The Diplomats Club" |
|
Larry David, George Shapiro, Howard West, Tom Gamill, Max Pross, Peter Mahlman, Mamann Greenberg, Tim Kaiser |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Comedy Series |
1995 |
Nominee |
|
|
Spike Feresten |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For "The Soup Nazi" |
|
Marc Hirschfeld, Meg Liberman, Brian Meyers |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Casting for a Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For "The Pothole" |
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
1995 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Elaine Benes' |
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Elaine Benes' |
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Elaine Benes' |
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Elaine Benes' |
|
Peter Mahlman |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Outstanding Individual Achievement for a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Nominee |
For "The Yada Yada" |
|
Michael Richards |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1995 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Kramer' |
|
Michael Richards |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Kramer' |
|
Michael Richards |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Winner |
For Playing 'Kramer' |
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Peter A. San Filipo, Charlie McDaniel III, Craig Porter |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special |
1996 |
Nominee |
For "The Cadillac" |
|
Jerry Seinfeld |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
1995 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Jerry Seinfeld' |
|
Jerry Seinfeld |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Jerry Seinfeld' |
|
Larry Thomas |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Soup Nazi' in "The Soup Nazi" |
|
For Playing 'Soup Nazi' in "The Soup Nazi" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lloyd Bridges |
Emmy Awards |
Emmy |
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Nominee |
For Playing 'Izzy Madelbaum' |
|
'Seinfeld' |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1994 |
Winner |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1995 |
Nominee |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1996 |
Nominee |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1997 |
Nominee |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1998 |
Nominee |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
People's Choice Awards, |
People's Choice Award |
Favorite Television Comedy Series |
1997 |
Winner |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
People's Choice Awards, |
People's Choice Award |
Favorite Television Comedy Series |
1998 |
Winner |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
1995 |
Winner |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Winner |
|
|
'Seinfeld' |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Winner |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture |
1993 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture |
1994 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture |
1995 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture |
1998 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series |
1995 |
Winner |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jason Alexander |
American Comedy Awards |
American Comedy Award |
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Nominee |
|
|
Alec Berg, Jeff Shaffer |
Writers Guild of |
WGA TV Award |
Episodic Comedy |
1998 |
Nominee |
For "The Chicken Roaster" |
|
Greg Kavet, Andy Robin |
Writers Guild of |
WGA TV Award |
Episodic Comedy |
1998 |
Nominee |
For "The Fatigues" |
|
Jerry Stiller |
American Comedy Awards |
American Comedy Award |
Best Guest Star in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Winner |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture |
1994 |
Winner |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture |
1995 |
Nominee |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series |
1995 |
Nominee |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Winner |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Winner |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Viewers for Quality Television Awards |
Q Award |
Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy Series |
1992 |
Winner |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Viewers for Quality Television Awards |
Q Award |
Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy Series |
1993 |
Winner |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Viewers for Quality Television Awards |
Q Award |
Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy Series |
1994 |
Winner |
|
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
American Comedy Awards |
American Comedy Award |
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Winner |
|
|
Dave Mandel |
Writers Guild of |
WGA TV Award |
Episodic Comedy |
1998 |
Nominee |
For "The Bizarro Jerry" |
|
Michael Richards |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series |
1996 |
Nominee |
|
|
Michael Richards |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series |
1997 |
Nominee |
|
|
Michael Richards |
Screen Actors Guild Awards |
SAG Award |
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Nominee |
|
|
Michael Richards |
American Comedy Awards |
American Comedy Award |
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
1998 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jerry Seinfeld |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1994 |
Winner |
|
|
Jerry Seinfeld |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1995 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jerry Seinfeld |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1996 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jerry Seinfeld |
Golden Globes |
Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series-Comedy/Musical |
1998 |
Nominee |
|
|
Jerry Seinfeld |
Viewers for Quality Television Awards |
Q Award |
Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series |
1993 |
Winner |
|
7.5 Where can I find scripts to SEINFELD episodes?
Scripts for all 180 episodes can
be found on the web at:
http://wave.prohosting.com/tnguym/scripts2.html
7.6 Are there
official books about SEINFELD?
(reviews by Dave Antonoff)
Well, there are a few books devoted
to the subject, but only one is 'official'.
(Note: All books listed can be
purchased through Barnes & Noble
online or Amazon
"The
Seinfeld Companion" (1993, from the publishers of Entertainment
Weekly, written by Bruce Fretts) is
essentially a Seinfeld dictionary,
cataloging many catch phrases and symbolic images from the first few seasons.
The drawback is it was published too
long ago. It only goes up to 'The Pilot'. It’s been 12 years. I’ve given up hope
for a 2nd volume.
"Seinlanguage"
(1993, written by Jerry Seinfeld) is essentially a collection of Jerry's comedy
bits. I own it, but I
don't really like it. The
material is very humorous, but it just doesn't sound the same in my head when
I'm reading
it. It's gotta come out of
Jerry's mouth to be funny, but again, that's just my personal opinion.
"Much
Ado About Nothing" (1993, ECW Press, written by Josh Levine), is a
standard, run of the mill biography.
Some good information about Jerry's
formative years and his career but the main drawback is the fact that it was
written 6 years ago and so much has
happened since then; it's dated material.
"The
Seinfeld Universe" (1996/1998 written by Greg Gattuso) is also not ‘official', but
it's a great source of info
on the actors’ personal lives, and how they came to wind up on
this show. Some insider info and some juicy tidbits
make it worth buying.
Greg released an updated version of the book early in 98 with additional final
season stuff.
If you have a choice, get the newer
one, but if you already have the original, there's not really enough extra to
warrant purchasing the update
(unless, like me, you've gotta have 'em all!)
"The
Real Seinfeld" (1998 Worldwide Literary Services, written by Mike
Costanza and Greg Lawrence), as an
attempt to cash in on the Seinfeld
name is annoying but accepted, but as an attempt to further chronicle parts of
Jerry's life before show business,
it's one of the best sources available. Mike Costanza was a good friend
of
Jerry's when they were younger and,
in addition to giving Jason Alexander's character his name, Jerry and Larry
David have also imbued George with
many characteristics and idiosyncrasies from Mike's life.
"Seinfeld
Scripts" (1998, written by Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Larry Charles,
Peter Mehlman) Perhaps the only
'official' Seinfeld book available
(put out by Castle Rock Entertainment), it's simply a compilation of the
complete
scripts to the first 17 Seinfeld
episodes. These are the shooting scripts, not taken verbatim from the show, so
some
lines are different. Great for
the hardcore fans who like to read along. Also great for trivia buffs
(you can pick
up more detail from reading than
from watching).
"Letters
from a Nut" (1997, Avon Books, written by Ted L. Nancy) Jerry
wrote the intro for the book. He said he
found the letters and shared them
with some friends who loved them, so he put them in a book. Nobody knows who
Ted Nancy is, but the book is also
very comical. It's essentially a book of letters containing outrageous requests
or
comments written to legitimate
corporations, followed by completely serious responses from those companies
that
'took the bait'.
"More
Letters from a Nut” (1998, written by Ted L. Nancy, Introduced by
Jerry Seinfeld) More of the same from
the first book. Jerry's
intro delves further into the "Who is
"Letters Part II".
“Extra
Nutty! Even More Letters from a Nut!”
(2000, Written by Ted L. Nancy)
Yada yada yada, consider this
‘Letters’ part 3.
There's also a 'book on tape'
available from Amazon.com called "Writing
- Seinfeld Style" (1996, Davenporrt
Productions, written/recorded by
Peter Mehlman.) which, although I haven't purchased it yet, sounds like a
primer on how to write a more
sophisticated sitcom.
"You're
a Super Yada, Yada, Yada Fan if...” (1998, written by Hugh Myrrh and
Joe Kerr) This was a disappointing
attempt to cash in on
"Seinfeld-mania". I purchase
each new Seinfeld related book as it is published because I'm
interested in every aspect of my
favorite TV show. Well, almost every aspect, as this book has shown me. The
very
first page starts out with,
"Sorry trivia buffs, but tidbits like Kramer parking in purple 23 in
episode 23 or his
NYPD 331781-0404 mug shot number
or Jerry's 555-8383 car phone number... ...didn't make the cut because this
is not a book about trivia."
So right off the bat, I mostly considered this book a waste of money. What the
hell. I
paid for it, may as well read it,
right? Mistake. It's supposedly a book of thought provoking
questions designed to
promote conversation and
exploration of feelings and motivations, but I found it something less than
entertaining.
The book uses moments and lines from
the show to create such questions as "Have you ever been lost in a parking
garage?" and "What's
the longest non-vomiting streak you've ever had?" Granted, these
questions, when posed by
the Seinfeld writers, resulted in
some of the greatest sitcom episodes in TV history, but when asked around a
coffee
table by mere fans, they fall
flat. Very flat. In addition to the questions, there are also (a few on every
page) enough
"You're a super yada yada
yada fan if..." entries to fill out a 190 page book, but rather than being
humorous,
they're downright silly. Like Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a
redneck if..." only without the humor.
Instead they
serve only as reminders of
specific moments within specific episodes. You're a super yada yada yada fan
if... "12
cent royalty checks arrive from
'dubious' content, the book is
about 5"x6" and predominantly uses a monstrous font, giving it the
appearance of a
25 page booklet that bulked
itself up to a 190 page book. To conclude, if there are a dozen different books
about
Seinfeld, make this one the 12th
one you purchase.
"How
Well Do You Know Jerry. . . and His Friends?: A Trivia Book" (1998,
Mass Market Paperback, written by
Artie Mangravito) This is not a book, it's a pamphlet containing a few hundred
random Seinfeld trivia questions
followed by a few hundred
answers. My first reaction was to the
cover, which features a silhouette of Jerry and
his co-stars. Talk about "unofficial", the author
couldn't even use Jerry's face on the cover?
Anyway, the book
might have been passable if the
questions had been arranged in some sort of logical order, either by subject or
chronology, and enough questions
were included to make the book worth $8.
As it was published, it's very difficult
to read and enjoy. NOTE:
Do not attempt to use this book as the "final word" on any
Seinfeld related discussion, as
there are various mistakes strewn
throughout the book. The worst offender?
Q: What is Jerry's address? A:
129 East 81st.
Now, any fan worth his Snapple
knows Jerry lives on
with a search engine and the
words "Seinfeld trivia" and you can do much better for free on the
Internet than you
can with this book.
"Jerry
Seinfeld: the Entire Domain" (
biography to date, if in part
because it's the most recent and even covers some post-TV show stuff. More oriented
towards Jerry's professional life
than his personal history, it almost seems at times to be a biography of the
show,
not the person. But there is
plenty of info on Jerry's private life, his loves, his ambitions, etc. But the TV show is
the reason to read this
book.
FAQworthy tidbits and includes an
episode guide at the end.
“Sein
Off: the Final Days of Seinfeld”
(1998 Harper Perennial, written by Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards,
and David Hume Kennerly) A photojournalists dream; to be the only
photographer on the set during the week of the
Final episode taping. This
was Kennerly's assignment, and he completed it extremely well, capturing some
of the
quiet/secret moments fans rarely,
if ever, get a glimpse of. Wall to wall black and white photos of the
cast and crew,
the sets and props, and this is
only half of the book. Along with the photos are some of the best, most
sensitive, most
revealing quotes from Jerry,
Michael, Jason and Julia that have ever appeared in print. This is only
the 2nd 'coffee
table book' that's worthy to sit
on my coffee table. (Kramer wrote the first one.) Examples of Kennerly's work can
be found here.
7.7 Where can I purchase SEINFELD
T-shirts and other merchandise?
The merchandise section has been
discontinued.
Here’s a link to a Google
search for ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘merchandise’’
7.8 Where can I find other
SEINFELD-related Internet sites?
A good place to start is http://advocacy-net.com/seinfeldmks.htm
This site has archived over 1,500
Seinfeld related sites.
7.9 Do you have sheet music for the
bass guitar theme to Seinfeld?
Several bass aficionados have
taken a stab at notating the various synthesized bass riffs used throughout the
show.
You can check out a few of them
here:
http://www.stoverud.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=13&t=13
http://www.bassmasta.net/t/theme_songs/127286.html
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