The case was dismissed with the judges adding that the statute of limitations on the case had run out, as Costanza did not sue within one year of the show's debut in Producer and director Steven Spielberg once commented that while filming Schindler's List , he got so depressed that he would watch tapes of this show's episodes to cheer himself up.
Jason Alexander originally based his portrayal of George on Woody Allen, which is why he wore glasses. When he realized that George was actually based on Larry David, he began basing his performance on David's mannerisms. A running gag in the show is that Jerry Jerry Seinfeld can't act. This was actually a real concern for the show's producers. To weigh up for this, they needed strong supporting actors and actresses, hence Jason Alexander, who previously had been on Broadway.
It was originally intended that Elaine's Julia Louis-Dreyfus' formidable father, famous author Alton Benes, of whom Jerry Jerry Seinfeld and George Jason Alexander are terrified, be a recurring character, but in an odd case of life imitating art, Lawrence Tierney really did frighten and intimidate the other cast members, so it was decided he should never return. When the final episode aired on May 14, , the TV Land network honored the occasion by airing no programming in the show's timeslot.
Instead, the network just showed a still photo of a closed office door. During the original airing of the finale, MTV aired original cartoons that were specially timed to fit into the finale's commercial breaks, so that viewers could freely watch both of them and not worry about missing anything. Just like in the sitcom, his soups were known for their excellent quality, but Yeganeh was also famous for the unusual way he treated his customers.
Instead of calling him a "Nazi", local patrons called him a terrorist, presumably because they knew Yeganeh was born in Iran, not Germany. Yeganeh was so angered by the episode season seven, episode six, "The Soup Nazi" , that he forbade the use of the "N word" in his restaurants. Even the slightest reference to this show would push his buttons it can be seen in an interview he did with CNN. So when some cast members and writers from this show bravely visited the restaurant after the episode aired, Yeganeh claimed that the show had ruined his life.
Larry David was very adamant that every character of the lead quartet had a storyline in each episode, and he even charted it out on the writers' room, to keep close track of the plots and screentime. The character of Cosmo Kramer was based on Kenny Kramer, a man who worked across the hall from co-creator Larry David.
In a self-confessed move to cash in on the sitcom's popularity, Kenny Kramer formed the "Kramer Reality Tour", an officially-recognized New York City tour which visits the real-life locations often featured in the sitcom. In the season of this show, Cosmo Kramer's memoirs are published by J.
Peterman as his own. Wanting to make the most of the situation, Cosmo Kramer starts a "Peterman Reality Tour", offering a tour of the real-life locations featured in the memoirs. She tries to have him change his name, since Joel Rifkin is also the name of a man involved in a notorious New York City murder case. One of the initial suggestions for a new name was O. This episode was shot in , a year before O. The model of the bike Jerry Jerry Seinfeld never rides, hanging in his apartment, changes throughout the series.
One of only three series in American history to rank number one in the ratings for its entire final network season. The puffy shirt used in season five, episode two, "The Puffy Shirt", is currently placed in the Smithsonian.
A doll-sized replica was included with the fifth season DVD set. Kramer's line "These pretzels are making me thirsty" is an homage to Jeff Goldblum and his only line in Annie Hall Goldblum's line is famous in movie history for his delivery.
Jerry Seinfeld was inspired to end the show after nine seasons by The Beatles, who broke up after nine years together. An episode titled "The Bet", in which Elaine buys a gun from Kramer's friend, was written for season two. It was not filmed, because the content was deemed unacceptable, and was hastily replaced by season two, episode four, "The Phone Message". Kramer's Michael Richards' famous "I'm out of the contest!
Co-creator and executive producer Larry David appeared several times throughout this show. He is the voice of George M. He was also one of the last voices heard on the show, as the prisoner who yells "I'm gonna cut you! Julia Louis-Dreyfus was pregnant while shooting part of this series. Her pregnancy was disguised with her carrying props to hide her changing body. This was parodied on The Nanny , when the very-pregnant Lauren Lane mentioned them hiding Elaine "behind all these huge props" while standing in front of a poster with "Baby" on it.
Elaine was not originally part of the series. During development, NBC expressed concern that the series would be too male-centric, and became insistent on including a regular female character. The network was also said to make the casting request as a condition for picking up the series. The original script was called "Stand Up".
It was to be a ninety-minute mockumentary about how a stand-up comedian writes his jokes based on his everyday life. It was to air in place of Saturday Night Live for one night. NBC liked the script so much that they decided to develop it into a pilot instead. In the episode where George thinks someone stole his glasses from the gym locker room season five, episode three, "The Glasses" , he is eating a bag of Rold Gold pretzels.
At the time, Jason Alexander was a spokesman for the product. Kramer's wardrobe of mostly s and s clothing was not intended to make him into retro fashions, so much as to suggest that he hadn't bought clothes in several years.
The pants, in particular, were always about an inch too short in order to stress this. In later seasons, appropriate clothing became increasingly difficult for producers to find, due to the combination of it getting older and older, as well as the extreme popularity of Kramer as a character, forcing them to have tailors personally make Kramer's clothing out of retro fabrics.
Often, they created numerous back-up copies of the clothing in case it was damaged during the physical comedy. While they are waiting in the Chinese restaurant in season two, episode eleven, "The Chinese Restaurant", Jerry lists the many people that will be getting phone calls as a result of him being seen there.
One of the included people was his sister. His sister never appeared on the show, nor is she ever referred to again. In retrospect, most critics and fans agree that season two, episode eleven, "The Chinese Restaurant", is the first episode to truly embody the concept of "a show about nothing".
Interestingly, the NBC executives overseeing the series hated the episode exactly because nothing happened and held it back to broadcast towards the end of the season believing that the episode was weak.
Larry David based George Costanza on himself. Many of the situations into which George gets himself are based on David's real-life experiences. George was named after Jerry Seinfeld's friend Michael Costanza. George's middle name, Louis, was an homage to Lou Costello of The Abbott and Costello Show , which was a major influence on this series. The first episode, "Good News, Bad News", was watched by nearly eleven percent of American households, and received generally favorable reviews from critics, who reacted with disappointment that NBC did not order a first season.
Convinced that the show had potential, and supported by the positive reviews, NBC executive Rick Ludwin managed to convince his superiors to order a four-episode first season by offering a part of his personal budget in return. Martin Van Nostrand" and "H. Lee Garlington was originally supposed to be a member of the cast, as Claire, the coffee shop waitress who gave Jerry and George friendly advice. She appeared in the pilot episode, "Good News, Bad News".
But when the show was picked up, her character was dropped. Throughout the series, there were numerous references to Kramer's friend Bob Saccamano, but the character was never seen.
The restaurant exterior belongs to Tom's Restaurant, which is the same restaurant that was immortalized in the Suzanne Vega song "Tom's Diner". Voted the number one top television series of all time, beating out number two, I Love Lucy , and number three, The Honeymooners , in the list of fifty shows chosen by TV Guide editors, April The first time Elaine's catchphrase of "get out" was introduced was in season two, episode five, "The Apartment".
Julia Louis-Dreyfus actually did that shove in real life, and the moment was not in the original script. Steinbrenner III was filmed playing himself for use in an episode. However, the scene was never shown on the series. In real life, Jason Alexander does not wear eye glasses, and the ones he wore as George were props. Hankin played Kramer in the show within the show in season four, episode twenty-three, "The Pilot". In one of the episodes, Jerry is walking down the street with one of his buddies, and in the background, there's a building with a sign on it that reads "Kal's Signs".
Jerry Seinfeld's real-life dad's name is Kal, and he made signs for a living. Seinfeld writer Spike Feresten started his career as a receptionist at Saturday Night Live and has said that at a Saturday Night Live after-party, he saw Michaels dance "as if he'd never seen another human being dance before" and that he "heaved and gyrated to a rhythm only he could feel.
Jerry's girlfriend's infamous "man hands" in season eight, episode three, "The Bizarro Jerry", were actually those of James Rekart. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, and Jerry Seinfeld had a superstitious ritual they completed before the taping of every episode. They gathered in the set of Jerry' bathroom and placed their hands on top of each others and as they released them they would all make a quick, very loud yelping sound.
The group called this "The Circle of Power". This gesture made it into a couple of episodes, including season four, episode eleven, "The Contest". Jerry Jerry Seinfeld is the only character to appear in every episode.
Kramer Michael Richards did not appear in season two, episode eleven, Seinfeld: The Chinese Restaurant and season three, episode three, Seinfeld: The Pen , and George Jason Alexander also did not appear in season three, episode three, Seinfeld: The Pen Patrick Warburton was unable to play his recurring role of David Puddy in the seventh and eighth seasons, due to his commitment to Dave's World Tony Shalhoub auditioned for the role of Cosmo Kramer, and many years later, Michael Richards was considered for the title role on Monk Richards passed and Shalhoub took the role.
Kramer's first name was originally going to be "Conrad". This was planned to be revealed in a season two episode titled "The Bet", written by Larry Charles. But the episode was scrapped due to its controversial storyline, in which Elaine buys a gun. Kramer's first name was finally revealed to be "Cosmo" in season six, episode eleven, "The Switch".
In early versions of the pilot script, George was originally written as a fellow stand-up comedian named "Bennett". Larry David was the original voice of Newman in season two, episode seven, "The Revenge", but Wayne Knight re-dubbed the voice for syndication. Jerry and George mentioned having siblings in seasons two and three, but neither are ever seen nor mentioned again.
Over the course of the entire series, Cosmo Kramer entered Jerry's apartment almost four hundred times. Elaine Benes was loosely based on Carol Leifer, a friend of Jerry Seinfeld's, whom he also used to date.
Initially there was a plan to turn Cosmo Kramer into a millionaire, but this was discarded. Had it gone ahead, it would've explained how he was able to live so comfortably without having steady employment. ABC Entertainment executive Lloyd Braun lent his name to a character appearing in three episodes, season five, episode seven, "The Non-Fat Yogurt", season seven, episode ten, "The Gum", and season nine, episode three, "The Serenity Now", and is an old childhood neighbor and nemesis of George Costanza.
Jerry was heard saying Kessler exactly the same way as he does Kramer. This was because Kenny Kramer would not allow his name to be used on the show, unless he was allowed to play Kramer.
Eventually Kenny Kramer's list of demands were met, and the name Kramer was used. We learn Kramer is a military veteran in season nine, episode fourteen, "The Strongbox". Michael Richards is also a veteran, having been drafted in and serving for two years in Vietnam.
In a season three episode, George can be seen wearing a baseball shirt that says "Broadway Bound". Morty Seinfeld Jerry's father was originally played by Philip Bruns for one episode, then by Barney Martin for the rest of the series run. The character of Lloyd Braun George's childhood neighbor, and rival was played by two different actors, first Peter Keleghan then, four years later, Matt McCoy.
Michael Richards auditioned three times for the role of Cosmo Kramer. Balaban also played Littlefield in The Late Shift Heidi Swedberg Susan initially thought she was going to be playing Cosmo Kramer's love interest. It wasn't until midway through the fourth season that she realized it would be George Costanza, not Kramer. In his autobiography, Paul Shaffer claimed to have turned down the role of George Costanza. He was offered the part due to his resemblance to Larry David, upon whom the character was based.
With the exception of the pilot episode, "Good News, Bad News", season one, episode three, "Male Unbonding", and season six, episode fourteen, "Highlights of a Hundred", every episode started with the word "The". Sir Paul McCartney was a massive fan of this show and wanted to appear in an episode. For unknown reasons, the writers didn't make it happen. For awhile, NBC stunted with having an interconnected storyline, or character crossover between their New York City set sitcom block which aired on Thursday nights.
Seinfeld was the only one of the shows which refused to take part. During the sixth season, NBC executives shared the original test results for the pilot episode with the supporting cast for the first time. The reviews from test audiences in late October were less than encouraging. She grew progressively more cynical and acid-tongued as the series progressed. Elaine was the only character who worked steady 9 to 5 jobs throughout the show's entire run, working mostly as a writer or editor.
During the first five seasons, she worked at Pendant Publishing , where she served as a copy editor before losing her job at the end of the fifth season when the company went bankrupt an occurrence for which she was partially responsible. In the sixth season, she was a personal assistant to the wealthy, eccentric Mr. Pitt , before finally meeting J. Peterman and becoming an editor at the J. Peterman Catalog , where she would remain employed for the rest of the show's run.
She took charge of the catalog when Peterman took a short "retirement" nervous breakdown in Burma, moving back to her former position after he returned and after losing the company money. She was fired by J. Peterman for voicing her extreme hatred for the movie The English Patient. Only by agreeing to travel to and live in a remote cave in the Tunisian desert for a specified time did she save her job. Elaine had a string of boyfriends, most appearing for only an episode or two.
One of the few that had a recurring appearance was David Puddy , her slow-witted steady boyfriend, played by Patrick Warburton. Like Jerry, Elaine's relationships usually ended over shallow, superficial reasons.
In one episode, Elaine repeatedly ends and restarts her relationship with Puddy during the course of an international airplane trip. In an early episode Elaine expressed disdain with the world's interest in the Kennedy family, but in season four's " The Contest ", Elaine crosses paths with John F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy, that she masturbates, thereby losing the contest. Elaine is crushed to learn JFK Jr. In one episode, Elaine found herself short of her supply of favored contraceptive sponges and pondered whether certain men were "spongeworthy"—that is, worthy of the use of one of her limited number of sponges.
Like Kramer, Elaine was very physical. She said she was so moved and touched by my email and so happy that we adopted and happy to have been an inspiration to us. Carol Leifer has many more fascinating and hilarious stories from her career in show business. The creator of The Sopranos has finally confirmed exactly what happened after the mysterious final scene on the beloved show.
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