# George Costanza, least believable sitcom character ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-costanza-least-believable-sitcom-character-ever/162728 "2003-03-20T04:21:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-costanza-least-believable-sitcom-character-ever/162728/41 "2003-03-20T20:30:31Z")
Isn’t this a bit like saying that Law & Order is unrealistic because it’s unlikely that so many fascinating cases would come to the same detective? ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-costanza-least-believable-sitcom-character-ever/162728/42 "2003-03-20T21:35:00Z")
Jason Alexander is a very accomplished actor. In addition to scads of awards for Seinfeld, he got a Tony in 1989. [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Alexander,+Jason](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Alexander,+Jason) [http://www.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,17480,00.html](http://www.eonline.com/Facts/People/Bio/0,128,17480,00.html) Forgive him for (Roger Eberts most hated, hated, hated, hated movie) North. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-costanza-least-believable-sitcom-character-ever/162728/43 "2003-03-20T22:29:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*Sure they would. He’s rich. > > By “real life”, did you mean _real_ real life, or _fake_ real life? \*\* Yeah, I meant his fake real life. It’s tough when the character in the sitcom has the same name as the actor who plays the part. It creates all sorts of reference problems! So, once more, with clarity, a guy who looks like Drew Carey whose job consisted of a boring desk job in a department store in Cleveland would, in all probability, have to content himself with _very_ plain women. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-costanza-least-believable-sitcom-character-ever/162728/44 "2003-03-21T06:33:35Z")
I have no cite for this, but I seem to recall either watching or reading an interview with Seinfeld where he said that George bagged all the babes by default. Seinfeld didn’t think it seemed right that his character would hook-up (I don’t recall why) and it didn’t work for Kramer to hook-up (I don’t recall why). That left George. If anybody can produce the cite I’d appreciate it, otherwise: caveat emptor. ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-costanza-least-believable-sitcom-character-ever/162728/45 "2003-03-21T11:49:54Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Eternal_ > One thing about George that makes him unbelievable -and it goes for the other characters in Sienfeld as well -is that he can be devious and merciless in one episode and numb-skulled and anxious in the next. The characters who worried about trivial niceties also shrug their shoulders at death and laugh while somebody is getting mugged -including Kramer, who is painted as some sort of Dudley Do-Right in most eps. This is actually one of the most consistent features of the show. The characters treat trivialities as if they are the most important thing in the world, for instance, whether the guy behind the counter notices you putting a tip into the tip jar. Major issues are dismissed - the death of a spouse is a relief. It’s not a device limited to Seinfeld; Oscar Wilde’s characters in _The Importance of Being Earnest_ have a similar concern for trivialities and share the same uninterest and matters of life and death. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-costanza-least-believable-sitcom-character-ever/162728/46 "2003-03-21T14:42:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*That’s pretty harsh criticism there, **RealityChuck**. I think Jason Alexander is not a bad actor and I think he played George quite well. I’m not sure why you hate him so. Elaine/Julia Louis-Dreyfus always annoyed the hell out of me. My least favorite character. \*\* Go look him up at [www.allmovie.com](http://www.allmovie.com). Of the four, he seems to be considered the best actor technically. Watch some of his movies…at least he can “act”, as in portray different characters convincingly. His character in _Pretty Woman_ is very different from Costanza. He’s certainly a better actor than Seinfeld is, and probably the other two as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-costanza-least-believable-sitcom-character-ever/162728.md?page=2)