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.
i genuinely believe the mr bookman/seinfeld scene is the funniest in the history of television
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'm tending towards J Peterman.
Was Sal the comedian who did the impressions of 'famous people stuck in traffic'? That was a chuffing marvellous little scene
― Ste, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 09:37 (sixteen years ago) link
but i loved the soup nazi too. hmm
"COME BACK, ONE YEAR!"
― Ste, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 09:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Frank Costanza, ya'll.
― Clay, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 10:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Puddy is tough to beat overall. I'm not going to wait until he wins to post this...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Seinfeld_s9e11.jpg/200px-Seinfeld_s9e11.jpg
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 10:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Oddly enough, I was just trying to remember Jack Klompas's name last night.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:08 (sixteen years ago) link
My favorite Puddy quote:
PUDDY: Oh. Hey, how come people don't have dip for dinner? Why is it only a snack, why can't it be a meal, you know? I don't understand stuff like that.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I've been thinking about it and Kenny Bania might be the best character in this poll. The best, Jerry!
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
disn't watch the show much, I went with Jerry Stiller. where's Keith Hernandez?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I've seen every episode probably 10 times but can't place (hardly) any of these names.
― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
This was a tough poll but I went for Frank Costanza.
― n/a, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:23 (sixteen years ago) link
ha, I just watched the Keith Hernandez episode the other day. I think Seinfeld celebrity walk-ons (as themselves) would probably have to be a seperate category from secondary characters, but if it was a poll I'd probably vote for KH.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I love the guy that gives Jerry the suit.
― wanko ergo sum, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
That's Bania. He's gold, Jerry, gold!
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:32 (sixteen years ago) link
"i've been working out. i'm huge!"
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
The Super in Jerry's building was pretty funny but only appeared in one episode i think, and his little spanish speaking friend.
In fact anyone able to confirm that this guy was also one of the DJ's in GTA Liberty City Stories radio stations? Sounds pretty similar.
― Ste, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Glenn Shadix was his name, wasn't the dj but was in beetlejuice
― Ste, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
considering that Jerry's managed to stay out of the spotlight as much as possible in the 9 years since the show went off the air, I won't begrudge him for the one big project he's done since, even if it looks pretty lame. the 30 Rock guest spot was pretty good, anyway.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, Bee Movie looks dumb and the promotions are annoying but I don't know where you get "shameless, soulless, evil, horrible, talentless, UN-FUCKING-FUNNY, NASTY, MEAN-SPIRITED" from?
― n/a, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
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, 6 November 2007 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
haha that was a funny scene
― Ste, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah there are plenty of smart, funny comics who probably should never be onscreen or try to carry their own project (Larry David is one of them), but Seinfeld always played his inability to act to his advantage.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah there are plenty of smart, funny comics who probably should never be onscreen or try to carry their own project (Larry David is one of them)
^^^ RONG
― n/a, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Seriously, way to undermine my whole point.
haha sorry, I know I'm probably in the minority of Curb-haters, but the Steinbrenner voice is pretty much the only time I want LD to not be fully behind the scenes.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I wish there was a way to vote for the Constanzas and Puddy
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
it's amazing how Seinfeld's unfunny standup act worked so well in sitcom adaptation.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
and hence, no surprise he's back to being unfunny again
disn't watch the show much
-- Dr Morbius, Tuesday, November 6, 2007 2:18 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
― n/a, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
the people who are stunned by him not being funny on this bee movie tour seriously must've never seen his standup. or anything other than seinfeld. dude's arc was descending when he got lucky and got that show.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Frank and Puddy are the best secondary characters by far.
In terms of one-episode wonders:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v391/brownpau/the-wiz.jpg Nobody beats me. I'm the Wiz!
― joygoat, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
xp
yeah, sad motherfucker, you can tell a show is funny by seeing it 12-15 times, and that a comic is not by seeing dozens of TV guest shots.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Toby Huss is awesome. he was also Artie, the Stronge Man...in the World! (xpost)
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:01 (sixteen 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
".... 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
― (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
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.
― 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