# New things you notice in Seinfeld **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445 "2007-02-01T19:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/81 "2007-02-06T21:44:26Z")
If you remember the car, though, it was certainly no luxury sedan. A big green (or brown) monster. KRAMER: Why don’t YOU go into the store and I’LL wait in the car? GEORGE: Because, I’ve got the coat. I can sit in the car and not get cold. KRAMER: So what I’m going to leave the car running and the heater’ll be on. GEORGE: Does the heater even work in this car? KRAMER: No. The [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Kramer#Employment) on Kramer’s employment is rather impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/82 "2007-02-06T21:51:07Z")
How often Kramer resorted to using the n-word in awkward situations? E.g. during the Aids-walk beatdown, karate class kicking to the curb, etc. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/83 "2007-02-07T16:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=Jayrot] If you remember the car, though, it was certainly no luxury sedan. A big green (or brown) monster. [/QUOTE] Oh, yeah, it was crap. I was thinking of insurance in NYC, even on a junker. And besides, he had the money to buy wood-grain wallpaper to decorate his apartment like a ski lodge, and refit it to look like the Merv Griffin set. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/84 "2007-02-07T16:53:13Z")
Yeah, and the meat slicer wasn’t cheap either! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Scott\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_O)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/85 "2007-02-07T20:08:07Z")
Don’t forget he also moolah rolling in from selling the movie rights to the coffee table book. I believe that was the episode in which he retired and moved to Florida. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/86 "2007-02-07T20:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=Scott O.] The first time I saw Wendy Malick was yeears ago as an abused wife on _L.A. Law._ My memory is that she was so good I had a hard time seeing her in comedic roles! [/QUOTE] She also played an evil bureaucrat in a couple episodes of _The X-Files_. Now she does voiceover for Marshall’s commercials. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/87 "2007-02-07T20:55:49Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] She also played an evil bureaucrat in a couple episodes of _The X-Files_. Now she does voiceover for Marshall’s commercials. [/QUOTE] And I think she’s on the wedding sit-com with Marla Sokoloff, if it’s still on. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/88 "2007-02-07T21:13:16Z")
[QUOTE=xizor] And isn’t that Lance Henrikson as TV - Kramer? [/QUOTE] Absolutely not! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/89 "2007-02-07T22:05:28Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I think they do remain a mystery, though, and he is considered independently wealthy. A one-bedroom on the Upper West Side during the 90s? And I think he has a car since he did the \*\*stop-and-grab \*\* with Mrs. Costanza and I think he drove to Susan’s cabin upstate. He does get his food and cable free, though. [/QUOTE] No- he STOPPED SHORT! (complete with hand motions) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/90 "2007-02-07T22:08:51Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] No- he STOPPED SHORT! (complete with hand motions) [/QUOTE] :smack: Of course. :o ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/91 "2007-02-07T22:21:54Z")
Regis & Kathy Lee played themselves as well. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/92 "2009-08-25T17:43:08Z")
So did Bryant Gumbel in the “puffy shirt” episode, mocking Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/93 "2009-08-25T17:53:59Z")
Didn’t Cramer go crazy and start eating people’s brains once? ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/94 "2009-08-25T22:34:47Z")
> [@Evil\_Joe](#): > > I notice now that Kramer is always right on the verge of calling blacks on the show “niggers” when he gets frustrated. 😉 Did you see this episode? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dXBC6R\_rxk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dXBC6R_rxk) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/95 "2009-08-25T22:46:01Z")
Jerry: Brains? Newman, you wouldn’t eat brains if it was deep-fried in chocolate sauce! Newman: I love brains. They’re…good for you. Jerry: Then maybe you’d like to try a piece? Newman: Gladly. [chews brains, then spits it out] VILE OFFAL! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/96 "2009-08-26T01:05:43Z")
I know this is a zombie, but here’s something I’ve always noticed… > [@Misnomer](#): > > There’s a cash register next to the front door, across from the table where everyone usually eats. There was even an episode where George thought he’d been shorted when getting change (side thought: was it the one with the marked bill?) and got into it with the cashier.[/SIZE] The cashier (her real name and the character’s name is Ruthie Cohen) appeared in the background of dozens of episodes (IMDB says 100) and she only had a speaking part once. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/97 "2009-08-26T01:52:28Z")
Well, to keep this zombie undead: When WGN began airing reruns of ALF, it was with great surprise that I noticed Raquel Ochmonek was played by Liz Sheridan, who also played Jerry’s mom on Seinfeld. I had seen ALF in its prime, of course, but later, when I began watching Seinfeld, it had been so long since I has seen an episode of ALF, I never noticed that Helen and Raquel were played by the same person. ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/98 "2009-08-26T02:34:15Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Rudy Giuliani played himself. Fat-free frozen yogurt ep. That episode had both David Dinkins and Rudy Giuliani. They filmed 2 endings, and aired the version based upon who won the mayoral election. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/99 "2009-08-26T02:39:53Z")
> [@Jayrot](#): > > If you remember the car, though, it was certainly no luxury sedan. A big green (or brown) monster. (contributing to the Zombie Thread) Kramer’s car was a green or brown GM vehicle, roughly between 1970 and 1974, but there was more than one. I’m not sure how many, but I know that one was a Chevrolet (Caprice or Impala), and one that they showed a lot of exterior shots was a Pontiac. If you weren’t paying close attention, it would appear that they were all the same car. I intended to start watching again just to see if I could ID the car(s) but never got around to it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445/100 "2009-08-26T02:51:43Z")
Never saw Jerry ride it, but he had a nice green Klein bike hanging on the wall [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445.md?page=6)