Seinfeld secondary character poll

Richard Yates!

Right!

Man, if Elaine's dad were really Richard Yates, she'd have been able to score a WAY better publishing job.

George works to find a solution to his Frogger problem, and Kramer volunteers the help of a man he knows named Slippery Pete (played by Peter Stormare).

Ahh, OK, I was thinking of the two horses George claimed to own when driving Susan's parents to the house on Long Island he claimed to own ("Snoopy and Prickly Pete").

Neither are of any relation to "Handsome Pete" who, of course, dances for nickels.

klompus deserved a vote imo

so did uncle leo

no Joel Rifkin, eh?

he was only in one episode, and really what did he do?

Rifkin character was also played by the same guy who played French Henri in Cheers, who was fucking brilliant.

even tho they're unseen Bob Sacamano and Lomez deserved a place in this poll.

frank deservedly up there, just for his line "What the HELL does THAT mean?" in the little kicks episode.

A friend once sat behind Lawrence Tierney at one of his old movies and saw him pee in a cup midfilm

cool hand larry

funniest of all these to me is seinfelds parents

excluding every old person on the show i'd pick poppy

can't really fuck w/ the costanzas tho rly

I did like Peterman though: that combination of gentility and good-humoured psychosis. But Puddy was awesome, the way he obviously had no inner life at all, and was completely fine with it.

Write-in vote for Lawrence Tierney (Alton Benes)

ALTON: Looks like rain.
GEORGE: (Perks up) I know, I know, that's what they said.
ALTON: Who said?
GEORGE: The weather guy, Dr. Waldo.
ALTON: I don't need anybody to tell me it's gonna rain.
GEORGE: No, of course not. I didn't..
ALTON: All I have to do is stick my head out the window. (Waiter shows up with the drinks) Which one's suppose to be the funny guy?
GEORGE: (Pointing at Jerry) Oh, he's the comedian.
JERRY: I'm just a regular person.
GEORGE: No, no. He's just being modest.
ALTON: We had a funny guy with us in Korea. A tailgunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. (Long pause) There's nothing funny about that.

Hah..loved that scene (and character)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H03HMab-UI4

This thread/you guys really made me give a second look to Puddy, who bored me to tears when I was watching these at age 12 but who cracks me up on general principle today.

Seinfeld actor Len Lesser dies at 88

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_17406468?source=rss

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Well. I guess we all know now what Vincent Gallo's going to look like in 35 years.

Poor Uncle Leo.

I think Puddy was a good choice above, but I wish Susan has gotten a vote or two. One of my favourite moments ever was her derisive consent to George's offer of a pre-nup (him thinking that that was his ticket out):

George: Well, I put a lot of thought into this, and I think I would like you to sign a prenuptual agreement.
Susan: A pre-nup?
George: Yeah.
Susan: (bursts out laughing)
George: What's so funny?
Susan: You don't have any money. I make more money than you do...Sure, give me the papers, I'll sign 'em.

^^^ love that exchange.

but RIP uncle leo nonetheless. an inspiration to us all.

yeah, Susan was a great foil for George, but i can see how she gets lost in the shuffle in a poll like this as a straight man among a rogue's gallery of wacky characters

having frank in this poll is unfair

"mr. bookman" getting 6 votes in this poll is fucking insane

i mean

Poppie 0

i agree but the one bookman scene is basically the greatest thing ever committed to film

we'd basically need some kind of overly complicated brackets thing to give each option justice tbh

Mr. Bookman is at the very least the show's greatest one episode wonder, but it's hard to compare that to the frequent regulars

RIP.

http://www.theunnecesarean.com/storage/uncle-leo.jpg

RIP Uncle Leo

I wonder why Alec Berg got two votes. Jerry's really funny when he does the John Houseman bit about the name Alec Berg, but I don't remember the character himself doing anything especially memorable.

xp: I love that episode with the painted eyebrows. "I'm not angry?!"

RIP Leo

I think Klompus should have gotten a vote too. He was a good and funny character.

"Take the pen! I want you to have the pen!

Loved the short bit when Jerry and his folks ride up in the new Cadillac to eat lunch after 4pm and Klompus says something like, "Look who missed the early bird."

wheres bob sacamano

RIP ;_;

Bob Sakamoto: the Keyser Söze of Seinfeld.

SHE'S ON A FIXED INCOME

(rip uncle leo)

Mr. Bookman is at the very least the show's greatest one episode wonder

Lawrence Tierney as Elaine's dad was equally awesome, might have voted for him if he'd been on the poll and I'd remembered.

If I gave it some thought, I could probably come up with a dozen or more great characters (some one-offs, some semi-regular) who aren't listed. Two who come to mind immediately: Kenny Bania ("That's gold, Jerry--gold!") and the two gay guys who stole Elaine's armoire ("Are you talking to me? I think you must be talking to me, because I don't think you're talking to him!")

Oops--Bania's there!

have we done a Peter Stormare poll here yet? if not we really should.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:00 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

haha, otm! dude's a national treasure, despite not being american

As far as talentless goes, I think one of the most charming things about Seinfeld (the show) was that Seinfeld (the comedian) basically admitted that he is a pretty terrible actor and thus surrounded himself with much more gifted comic actors, both in the main roles and the secondary parts. One of my most-quoted/imitated Seinfeld lines isn't even really that funny on paper, it's when he's impersonating someone else and talking to his girlfriend on the phone, trying to find out how she feels about him, and what's hilarious about it is how AWFUL his fake voice is, but it's pretty obvious he knows he can't really do a fake voice and is totally hamming it up.

― n/a, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 3:21 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

what episode was this?

Jackie Chiles 0

you people...

As far as talentless goes, I think one of the most charming things about Seinfeld (the show) was that Seinfeld (the comedian) basically admitted that he is a pretty terrible actor and thus surrounded himself with much more gifted comic actors, both in the main roles and the secondary parts. One of my most-quoted/imitated Seinfeld lines isn't even really that funny on paper, it's when he's impersonating someone else and talking to his girlfriend on the phone, trying to find out how she feels about him, and what's hilarious about it is how AWFUL his fake voice is, but it's pretty obvious he knows he can't really do a fake voice and is totally hamming it up.

― n/a, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 3:21 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark

this is the tractor story/gonorrhea episode right? i fucking love that scene.

i started to get so much more out of seinfeld when i began to notice how often jerry basically broke character.

i'm always impressed by how distinctive and memorable even the throwaway characters on this show are -- i mean characters who were on the show for literally 30 seconds, like the guy who gets in a fight with george for 'double-dipping' his chip.