Seinfeld secondary character poll

disn't watch the show much, I went with Jerry Stiller. where's Keith Hernandez?

I've seen every episode probably 10 times but can't place (hardly) any of these names.

This was a tough poll but I went for Frank Costanza.

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.

I love the guy that gives Jerry the suit.

That's Bania. He's gold, Jerry, gold!

"i've been working out. i'm huge!"

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.

Glenn Shadix was his name, wasn't the dj but was in beetlejuice

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.

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.

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?

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.

haha that was a funny scene

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.

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

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.

I wish there was a way to vote for the Constanzas and Puddy

it's amazing how Seinfeld's unfunny standup act worked so well in sitcom adaptation.

and hence, no surprise he's back to being unfunny again

disn't watch the show much

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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.

Frank and Puddy are the best secondary characters by far.

In terms of one-episode wonders:

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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.

Toby Huss is awesome. he was also Artie, the Stronge Man...in the World! (xpost)

er, Strongest

sympathy note for gay street toughs, of armoire-stealing / ribbon-wearing fame

(what makes the armoire-stealing work is the mini-drama going on with the quiet glasses-wearing member of the couple, who seems like maybe HE doesn't want to steal the armoire)

Who was the close talker?

Judge Reinhold

yeah who cares she was lame

eh? are you thinking of the quiet talker?? the close talker was awesome.

ohhhhhhhh whoops, i was thinking of quiet talker/puffy shirt lady.

ART VANDELAY.

the best part about the close talker was that that wasn't even his only quirk, he was also Elaine's boyfriend who showed a disconcertingly strong interest in showing Helen and Morty Seinfeld around town.

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