Seinfeld secondary character poll

Seinfeld was on Conan last week, these days he seems pretty upfront about the fact that he's basically an asshole.

so nothing's changed since the basic thesis he spent nine seasons laying out, then.

Jerry lays it out:

When Zellweger asked him why he hadn't starred in anything since Seinfeld, the dude simply replied: "Because I'm old, rich and tired."

You curmudgeonly bunch. I saw him live a few years ago and laughed all the way through. Also that 'Comedian' film he did was great.

You know what was brilliant? Gilbert Gottfried's parody of Seinfeld's standup. "WHYYYYY... are there SHOELACES?"

"WHAAATS the deal... with POLITICS? AMIRITE?"

i think jerry got really good on the show over the years.

i was thinking about starting this thread just the other day! thanks, now i don't have to.

i kinda wish elaine's dad was on here though. even if he was only on one episode. the only sitcom character ever to be based on Richard Yates!

I started to think about the 2-part Los Angeles episode yesterday, trying to remember characters. Then I had to do a double take and ask myself was that really a Seinfeld episode.

I really love the scene when they're riding in the police car.

Anyway this poll should have included that bizarre woman who lived in Kramers apartment building, from that ep.

That crazy guy in the police car on the LA episode was Ron Howards brother, right? That was a good scene.

wasn't the dude who played Jake Jarmel also one of the LA cops?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

The guy who played Elaine's dad never came back because he was apparently stealing stuff from the set.

haha and/or apparently this:

During the filming of this episode, Lawrence Tierney (Alton Benes) scared the cast and crew, because of his intimidating demeanor. Apparently, Tierney took one of Jerry's kitchen knives and hid it. When Seinfeld asked Tierney where it was, Tierney revealed the knife and imitated the knife-slashing effects from Psycho (1960).

wow this guy really is a nutjob:

In the audio commentary for The Simpsons 1995 episode "Marge Be Not Proud", the producers describe what happened when Tierney came in to record the voice over for his character Don Brodka. Showrunner Josh Weinstein called it "the craziest guest star experience we ever had". In addition to yelling at and intimidating employees of the show, Tierney made unreasonable requests such as abandoning his distinctive voice to do the part in a southern accent and refusing to perform lines if he did not get the jokes.

great great thread

i kind of just want people to keep posting "remember that time when..." episode anecdotes

maura tierney's dad, right??

haha i just looked that up, no relation apparently.

def kruger

Tierney-

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Ltierney.JPG

I have to join the support club for Bania ("Gold, Jerry! Gold!") but really, the scenes with Bookman are among the funniest in the entire series, and he carries them all by himself.

BOOKMAN: I remember when the librarian was a much older woman: Kindly,
discreet, unattractive. We didn't know anything about her private life; we didn't want to know anything about her private life. She didn't have a private life. While you're thinking about that, think about this: The library closes at five o'clock, no exceptions. This is your final warning. Got that, kewpie-doll?

hahaha o man i forgot all about the secondary scenes

how is that guy not on youtube

The only place I recognized Elaine's dad from:
http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/WanadooFilms/Misdaad/ReservoirJoe2.jpg

MASTER OF THE HOUUUUSE

What was the character's name that was played by the IRL Kramer who in the show was an actor who wanted to play Kramer!?

IRL Kramer's name is Kenny Kramer. I was fairly sure he never appeared on the show, since they say something to that effect in the DVD extras, but IMDB has him listed "As Self (uncredited)" in the "Face Painter" episode.

The character who played Kramer in Jerry was named Tom Pepper, and was played by an actor named Larry Hankin.

There was a storyline in a later episode where Kramer does guided tours as "The Real J. Peterman" that was meant to mock Kenny Kramer's "Kramer's Reality Tour."

I nearly voted Frank Costanza, but I changed my mind and went for Bookman. Russell Dalrymple (or whatever the guy Bob Balaban played was called) should be on this list.

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What, no Slippery Pete?

Lloyd Braun -- that guy was great. The episode where George and Braun were competing against each other to win the trip to Hawaii by selling computers was funny. "Serenity now, insanity later" was hilarious and brilliant.

What, no Slippery Pete?

Prickly Pete you mean.

There should be a separate category for one-offs, because that has to go to Bookman, but I voted for Frank.

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).

haha "he looks like a frog!"

that episode is really one of the highlights of the overly zany approach of the last couple seasons. have we done a Peter Stormare poll here yet? if not we really should.

Someone help me out here: Elaine's dad was based on the fact that Larry David had once dated the daughter of ... a writer ... someone I was impressed by but apparently not enough to rememeber?

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