Seinfeld secondary character poll

PUDDY FTW

who is elaine's white haired boss?

j peterman

i voted fdr

Estelle Costanza!

estelle ftw

no bob sacamano no credibility

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I voted for J. Peterman.

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Puddy is so amazing. why cant you people see this?

mr bookman

mr pitt lol

JERRY: Why does he want to hold a rope underneath Woody Woodpecker in the Thanksgiving Day Parade?

ELAINE: He finds his laugh... "intoxicating."

you people

Yeah Puddy is awesome

i'm with chaki on this one.

write-in vote for dolores

you people

-- jed_, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 3:18 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

so you're saying we're ALL secondary characters in Seinfeld?

that's a very generous view.

Which one was George's boss during the whole thing where George wanted everyone to call him T-bone and at the end he was all "kay OOOOger!"??

write-in for VAN BUREN BOYS

Oh wait probably KRUGER right?

It was

i genuinely believe the mr bookman/seinfeld scene is the funniest in the history of television

frank costanza not getting nearly enough love here

who is elaine's white haired boss?

-- CaptainLorax, Monday, November 5, 2007 9:59 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

j peterman

-- chaki, Monday, November 5, 2007 10:00 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Mr. Pitt had white hair too, but I guess it's more likely that he meant Peterman. I think Mr. Pitt might be kinda underrated.

I voted David Puddy, although I feel kinda guilty since Warburton's done a ton of good stuff since and most Seinfeld bit players haven't. Could've also gone with Uncle Leo, Frank and Estello, Larry-as-Steinbrenner, Tim Whatley, FDR, Jack Klompus, or of course Newman.

jesus christ is puddy seriously gonna win this thing??? i mean he's funny but cmon

yeah that's right.

http://images.thewavemag.com/images/articles/14001-15000/14479.jpg

hahaha i lol'd

ok i did too. still dont think he should win.

I probably say "it feels like an Arby's night," and mean it, at least once a month.

All signs point to the 8 ball
http://www.extraallt.com/bilder/puddy5.jpg

I voted David Puddy, although I feel kinda guilty since Warburton's done a ton of good stuff since and most Seinfeld bit players haven't. Could've also gone with Uncle Leo, Frank and Estello, Larry-as-Steinbrenner, Tim Whatley, FDR, Jack Klompus, or of course Newman.

-- Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 3:23 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

do you really think your vote would have helped these guys' careers?

that woman who plays rebecca de mornay cracks me up

haha nah but i mean, Warburton gets tons of voice work and has been almost as awesome as Puddy in like 5 other things, but i'd be tempted to throw a pity vote fo one of those guys whose only moment in the spotlight ever was that episode or two on Seinfeld.

Puddy is amazing, but Frank Costanza has gotta get some props.

xp I almost used that rationale to not vote for PBH's 'Mr. Bookman' but he was too good. Bob Sacamano really does deserve a spot, every mention makes me laugh no matter what and that has to count for something.

puddy is the worst seinfeld character. totally not suited for the show. basically an idiot right out of friends.

man, you don't get puddy at all.

2x

im complicated
http://www.nndb.com/people/630/000058456/warburton.jpg

Puddy is an astonishing character. Remember that one scene where the phone rings and he's just sitting at home, in his armchair, doing nothing? You only see it for a second or two. Then he picks up the phone and goes 'Hello'. But you are invited to think, 'My God, if nothing's happening, does Puddy just do nothing?' It was a magnificent moment. If the skill of Seinfeld is in creating characters so subtly bizarre that they seem, eventually, to come from another planet, Puddy is the Lord High Regent of Epsilon Delta Five.

Bookman: You're a comedian, you make people laugh.
Jerry: I try.
Bookman: You think this is all a big joke, don't ya?
Jerry: No, I don't.
Bookman: I saw you on TV once, I remembered your name from my list. I looked it up. Sure enough, it checked out. You think because you're a celebrity, that somehow the law doesn't apply to you, that you're above the law?
Jerry: Certainly not.
Bookman: Well let me tell you something, funny boy. You know that little stamp that says New York Public Library? Well that may not mean anything to you but that means a lot to me, one whole hell of a lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before, flashy, makin' the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're thinking: "What's this guy making such a big stink about old library books?" Well let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change the world. But what about that kid, sitting down opening a book, right now, in a branch of the local library, and finding drawings of pee-pees and wee-wees in The Cat in the Hat and The Five Chinese Brothers. Doesn't he deserve better? Look, if you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you better think again. This is about that kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped. Or, maybe that turns you on, Seinfeld. Maybe that's how you get your kicks, you and your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for you, joy-boy: Party time is over. You got seven days, Seinfeld. That is one week.

puddy, and moley OTM there.

warburton's pretty great in everything i've seen him in.

i voted for crazy joe davola

fuck i forgot about Phillip Baker Hall as Bookman. so great.

this poll is awesome because it reminds me that the longer time passes, the more stupid and annoying the four main characters seem and the more the supporting characters really shine. at least to me.

I voted for Estelle.

deeznuts is being very convincing: Well I got a flash for you, joy-boy: Party time is over.

I actually really love Morty and Helen Seinfeld. They're often funnier than Frank and Estelle.

the longer time passes, the more stupid and annoying the four main characters seem

Yeah, I'll give you all that, but there's still George, and.. well...

But have you heard Jerry lately? Pitching this "Bee Movie" POS? I mean, how could you miss it? His schilling for this one awful thing is worse than Orson Welles' entire decline into wine and frozen pea commercials. What a shameless, soulless, evil, horrible, talentless, UN-FUCKING-FUNNY, NASTY, MEAN-SPIRITED man this is. I feel bad for Larry David, that he made this person seem nearly funny for so many years.

He's not on the list, but I'd be tempted to vote for Alton Benes if he were. He was going to be a recurring character but they were all too scared to have him back.

What was that film I saw recently that had both George and Jerry's dads in it?

One of my favourite Frank bits is when he tells Elaine the story of his Korean affair (with a look of complete mortification on Elaine's face): "I feel I need to unburden myself." From Estelle--I'm not sure which episode it's from--I love the line, "And he's altogether an idiot."

i really wish i'd voted for Jack Klompus, he's incredible.

David Puddy vs. Dennis Duffy

TAKE THE PEN!

"Jack, its' Martie"
"Who died?"
"Nobody died. Jack I want you to do me a big favour. In my garage there's a couple of boxes.
"What boxes?"
"I'm gonna explain what boxes"
"ALRIGHT, How the hell do i know!?"

otm

except Marty Seinfeld doesn't say 'favour'

favor?

I LOVE, SPONGE CAKE!

klompus episodes are fucking JOYS

When I got to work today, the custodian had left one of those spinning chairs in my room (3:15 in clip). I plan to be more Kruger-like than ever this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6kVBGeQeR4

This is a slightly edited/elongated version of one of my favorite things in the history of television, David Puddy apparently staring into space for an indefinite amount of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIn0eWCyYs4

this poll pretty much nails it. personally i would put Frank Costanza at the top just cos he and Estelle are some of the most believable parental comic foils of all time. they are so perfectly George's parents that by the time they get to festivus, it makes all too much sense.

Otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3fCt0Smfks

lol just realized Frank does the clapping *clap* on *clap* words *clap* at the end of this scene.

Jerry's parents are cool and entirely believable w their whole Florida country club vibe but George's really hint at the pure rage that is seething through George, ready to fly off the handle at the slightest provocation. Frank has this natural Serenity to him that is tempered with these wonderful outbursts of anger. at the same time he has a sort of absent minded creative wandering spirit. its this anger & wonder that are core to George's character.

surprised at the lack of Newman love

and poor old Uncle Leo too

remember when Uncle Leo had his eyebrows singed off and they drew them on?

Jack Klompus is def a standout from the Fla scene. TAKE THE PEN!

YOU'RE DOING ME A FAVOR!

YOU STILL SAY "HELLO!"

Very deep list. You're all winners!

The pause after "Gnats too, if I'm not mistaken" is perfect - Frank's attention caught by his own sleeve

"Frank! Come'ere"
"YOU come'ere!"

".... and the D. That's the biggest."

rewatching the series currently and i cried laughing at Bookman

this is an incredible list of secondary characters, many of them deserving of any and all accolades they get.

and yet

there is only one viable winner of this poll, and it's not even close.

Puddy is the greatest secondary (i prefer bang-for-your-buck) character in television history.

One of my favorite little character beats ever was how the maestro removed the rubber band here:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1kbSm04xdg

i love that too... it's not working but the internal logic of the character dictates that that is the proper way to do it and so he shall.

xp yes he's pretty consistently great

I think the never shown Bob Sacamano was one of my favorite details in the show. Deserved a spot imo.

Tertiary character: Jay Riemannschneider, who eats horse

Cousin Jeffrey. His botany teacher from college stays in close touch with him!

The judge being called Art Vandelay is the prototype Alice Tremond oh shit moment

he has a few friends only mentioned once - Rimennacschneider, Corky Ramirez, a cop called Doug - but Lomez and Sacamano are the only ones who get multiple mentions if i remember correctly

In the episode where Jerry & Kramer switch apartments & jerry starts acting like Kramer he talks about *his* friend Bob Sacamano - very disturbing, like the post-silencio stretch of mulholland dr

xp also the twice-mentioned Spector, who likes fat women and minimalism.

oh i thought spector was only mentioned that one time.

".... and the D. That's the biggest."

― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:15 PM (yesterday

george's reaction as his dad goes "you got the a...the b...the c...the *D*." kills me every time

not least because "you got the..." is such an authentically old guy way to put it, my grandpa always used to say stuff like that

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the bit where George Costanza yells into the phone "YOU WANNA BUY A COMPUTER?? WHY NOT??" is probably my favorite Seinfeld scene

YOU STILL SAY "HELLO!"

hah the episode that is from rules. im watching S9E17

https://watchseinfeld.com/episodes/seinfeld-9x17/

Uncle Leo is shoplifting books and Jerry decides to rat him out. he almost gets in big trouble due to a prior conviction that they only refer to as a "crime of passion". of course Jerry is a narc but Leo is understanding. the look Leo gives him when he is caught is priceless. "Hello.""Hello."

soon after this J. Peterman confesses to Elaine that when he sent her fake boyfriend to Thailand, he "filled his head with psuedo erotic tales of my own opium excursions. Plus i gave him some phone numbers of places he could score near the hotel."

Peterman is a funny character cos the irl J. Peterman went out of business and the actor who played him ended up investing in his business and helped get him back on his feet.

Probably fairly well known, but for me an unexpected Seinfeld sighting: Larry Hankin (the fake Kramer on Jerry who stole the raisins) in Escape from Alcatraz. He's on lookout at one point for Clint Eastwood; when a guard starts approaching, I half-expected him to call out "Tippy-toe, tippy-toe!"

write-in vote, slightly late, for Keith Hernandez

Thought this would be able the latest Lowbrow Reader.

Everybody probably knows this, but it's not mentioned here,so...

Newman is Stinky from the Abbott & Costello Show

Oh really? Never occurred to me.

Larry Hankin is everywhere. I think I saw him in Home Alone over xmas.

He was on Breaking Bad too iirc

He was, yeah--the guy who compacted the RV.