PUDDY FTW
― chaki, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
who is elaine's white haired boss?
― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 02:59 (sixteen years ago) link
j peterman
― chaki, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i voted fdr
― get bent, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Estelle Costanza!
― jed_, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
estelle ftw
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
no bob sacamano no credibility
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:10 (sixteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/Seinfeld_s7e17.jpg/200px-Seinfeld_s7e17.jpg
I voted for J. Peterman.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Seinfeld_Ep_109_The_Face_Painter.png
― Abbott, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Puddy is so amazing. why cant you people see this?
― chaki, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link
mr bookman
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:14 (sixteen years ago) link
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."
― and what, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:17 (sixteen years ago) link
you people
― jed_, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah Puddy is awesome
― van smack, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:18 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm with chaki on this one.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:18 (sixteen years ago) link
write-in vote for dolores
― get bent, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:19 (sixteen years ago) link
-- jed_, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 3:18 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
so you're saying we're ALL secondary characters in Seinfeld?
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:19 (sixteen years ago) link
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!"??
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:20 (sixteen years ago) link
write-in for VAN BUREN BOYS
Oh wait probably KRUGER right?
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
It was
― van smack, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i genuinely believe the mr bookman/seinfeld scene is the funniest in the history of television
frank costanza not getting nearly enough love here
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
-- CaptainLorax, Monday, November 5, 2007 9:59 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
-- 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.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
jesus christ is puddy seriously gonna win this thing??? i mean he's funny but cmon
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:25 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah that's right.
http://images.thewavemag.com/images/articles/14001-15000/14479.jpg
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:26 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha i lol'd
― chaki, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
ok i did too. still dont think he should win.
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I probably say "it feels like an Arby's night," and mean it, at least once a month.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:30 (sixteen years ago) link
All signs point to the 8 ball http://www.extraallt.com/bilder/puddy5.jpg
― van smack, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:30 (sixteen years ago) link
-- 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?
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:34 (sixteen years ago) link
that woman who plays rebecca de mornay cracks me up
― gershy, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Puddy is amazing, but Frank Costanza has gotta get some props.
― kenan, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― tremendoid, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:27 (sixteen years ago) link
puddy is the worst seinfeld character. totally not suited for the show. basically an idiot right out of friends.
― abanana, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:30 (sixteen years ago) link
man, you don't get puddy at all.
― kenan, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
2x
― dan m, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:51 (sixteen years ago) link
im complicated http://www.nndb.com/people/630/000058456/warburton.jpg
― chaki, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:51 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― moley, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 06:15 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 06:17 (sixteen years ago) link
puddy, and moley OTM there.
warburton's pretty great in everything i've seen him in.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 07:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i voted for crazy joe davola
― omar little, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 07:16 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 07:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I voted for Estelle.
― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 07:44 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― G00blar, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 09:02 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― kenan, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― Alba, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 09:31 (sixteen years ago) link
What was that film I saw recently that had both George and Jerry's dads in it?
― Alba, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 09:32 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah best poll on ile so far. but a little difficult, and i'm going to spend some time to decide this rather than my usual stampeding in.
oh god yes OTM. i think it was 'good time buddies' that really did it for me, and that whole turning around motion whenever he started "Well let me tell you something..."
― Ste, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 09:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i really wish i'd voted for Jack Klompus, he's incredible.
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
David Puddy vs. Dennis Duffy
― some dude, Monday, 19 March 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
TAKE THE PEN!
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
"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!?"
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 March 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
except Marty Seinfeld doesn't say 'favour'
favor?
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
I LOVE, SPONGE CAKE!
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
klompus episodes are fucking JOYS
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 March 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
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
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
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
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 06:58 (five years ago) link
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.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
Otm
― Ross, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
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.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
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.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
surprised at the lack of Newman love
― Neil S, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
and poor old Uncle Leo too
remember when Uncle Leo had his eyebrows singed off and they drew them on?
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
Jack Klompus is def a standout from the Fla scene. TAKE THE PEN!
YOU'RE DOING ME A FAVOR!
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
YOU STILL SAY "HELLO!"
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
Very deep list. You're all winners!
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
The pause after "Gnats too, if I'm not mistaken" is perfect - Frank's attention caught by his own sleeve
― jmm, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
"Frank! Come'ere""YOU come'ere!"
― In space, pizza sends out for YOU (Ste), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
".... and the D. That's the biggest."
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
rewatching the series currently and i cried laughing at Bookman
― flopson, Thursday, 5 July 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
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.
― alpine static, Thursday, 5 July 2018 00:21 (five years ago) link
One of my favorite little character beats ever was how the maestro removed the rubber band here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1kbSm04xdg
― omar little, Thursday, 5 July 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
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
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 5 July 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
I think the never shown Bob Sacamano was one of my favorite details in the show. Deserved a spot imo.
― circa1916, Thursday, 5 July 2018 04:28 (five years ago) link
Tertiary character: Jay Riemannschneider, who eats horse
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 5 July 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
Cousin Jeffrey. His botany teacher from college stays in close touch with him!
― jmm, Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
The judge being called Art Vandelay is the prototype Alice Tremond oh shit moment
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
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
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
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
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
xp also the twice-mentioned Spector, who likes fat women and minimalism.
― visiting, Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
oh i thought spector was only mentioned that one time.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
― 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
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 5 July 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
https://media1.tenor.com/images/26574836a41c843cdff1b5c4bd967d7b/tenor.gif?itemid=5168270
― earlnash, Thursday, 5 July 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
the bit where George Costanza yells into the phone "YOU WANNA BUY A COMPUTER?? WHY NOT??" is probably my favorite Seinfeld scene
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 July 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
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.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 July 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
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!"
― clemenza, Monday, 9 January 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
write-in vote, slightly late, for Keith Hernandez
― Karl Malone, Monday, 9 January 2023 23:41 (one year ago) link
Thought this would be able the latest Lowbrow Reader.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 January 2023 23:46 (one year ago) link
Everybody probably knows this, but it's not mentioned here,so...
Newman is Stinky from the Abbott & Costello Show
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 10 January 2023 01:40 (one year ago) link
Oh really? Never occurred to me.
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 01:46 (one year ago) link
Larry Hankin is everywhere. I think I saw him in Home Alone over xmas.
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 09:31 (one year ago) link
He was on Breaking Bad too iirc
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 10 January 2023 09:57 (one year ago) link
He was, yeah--the guy who compacted the RV.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 January 2023 12:18 (one year ago) link