Kramer was out of the room for (I believe) 39 seconds. When you consider the fact that he had to go to his apartment, drop trou, do the deed, get dressed, find the hundred bucks and come back, it’s hilarious.
“These pretzels are making me thirsty!”
The Urban Sombrero
Man hands
“You treat your body like it’s an amusement park!”
Anti-dentite
“I zipped up!”
Close talker
“No awkward pauses!”
“Goodnight, Jugdish!”
“It’s in the vault.”
Elaine dancing
Kramer sliding into Jerry’s apartment
“Hey, Nips!”
Mulligatawny soup
“Hello, Newman…”
Still awesome…I fully support the creation of a TV channel that only shows Seinfeld and The Simpsons. That way, I’ll always be able to find something to watch.
"And you want to be my latex salesman. "
Another fan of this line. But I just noticed that there’s a similar line in the episode where Jerry gets his sneakers nicked by Mom & Pop (who leave town after Kramer’s meddling sticks them with an unpayable electrician’s bill) and he has to wear a pair of cowboy boots given as payment after a show:
KRAMER: There. Now you look like a real cowboy.
JERRY: (whiny) But I don’t want to be a cowboy!
I actually think the early shows are terribly dated. They look like the 80s. I’ll watch them but I’m not a huge fan. I don’t think I would have stuck with the show if I saw it for the first time in 1989.
I generally know it’s going to be a good one if there’s the cold open, and not Jerry’s stand up. Also the stylized logo is an indicator that it’s going to be a “modern” episode.
Did anyone else notice that “Kramerica Industries,” which is Kramer’s fake company that hires Darren the intern, first makes an appearance in one of the earliest episodes? Kramer is talking to somebody about the “make your own pie” pizza store (Bob Sacamano?) and he answers the phone, “Kramerica Industries.”
I love the characters that never appear, like Bob Sacamano. There are a bunch of others (the guy who eats horse whose name I forget - Jay somebody).
Riemenschneider! I actually know the Riemenschneiders; Jay was a friend of one of the Seinfeld writers.
Mrs. Raza and I are always finding a use for “He took…IT OUT!”
I still love it, and love that there’s a Seinfeld for every situation. I think it ages fine because it’s everyday stuff that remains universal. Although some of their clothes are a little painful.
I saw this exchange the other day
HELEN: Jerry, it was so nice of you to come down here on your father’s birthday. You’ve helped take his mind off the condo elections.
JERRY: Oh, right. You can’t run for condo president because you were impeached at the other condo.
MORTY: I was never impeached! I resigned!
HELEN: Even so, the press would bury him!
JERRY: What “press”?
HELEN: The condo newsletter, The Boca Breeze.
MORTY: Pinko Commie rag!
and still laughed and laughed.
“Is anyone here a marine biologist?” is still one of my favorite lines. And my parents and I shared a rare laugh in the waiting room at the hospital as a Jewish gentleman put on a fur hat and we looked at one another and whispered “It’s the hats.”
Most importantly, I use “People. They’re the worst.” on an almost-daily basis. That’s a priceless contirbution.
I’m not sure why but for some reason moments and punch lines from Seinfeld are burned into my brain like no other show before it. I loved Cheers, Night Court, The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Friends…all those late 80’s early 90’s sitcoms. But none of them are imbedded in my brain like Seinfeld is:
Black & White Cookie
Bizarro Jerry
“I can’t spare a square!”
Rochelle, Rochelle
“STELLLA!!!”
The Astronaut pen
“Bee-lieve it or not, George isn’t at home, please leave a message at the beeeep…!”
“He took it out”
Importer/Exporter
Jerry! Pilot episode
Coffee table book about coffee tables
“The sea was angry that day my friends…”
“No, YOU’RE Schmoopy!”
Prognosis: Negative
Kenny Rogers Chicken
“But is he sponge-worthy?” was so big, it was even instrumental in bringing the sponge back on the market. It’s a huge joke around the office right now…the sponge has once again been discontinued.
“Man hands” pops out of my mouth every time I see Uma Thurman.
George’s retelling is pure classic.
I still occasionally find myself signing George’s answering machine.
Oh, I loved all the fake movies. Let’s see, there was…
Sack Lunch. “How’d they get in that sack? Were they shrunk? Is it just a really big sack?”
Cry, Cry Again. “You cry, and then when you see her dance…you cry again.”
Deathblow. “We’re missing the deathblow!”
And, as you mentioned, Rochelle, Rochelle. An erotic tale of a young girls’ journey from Milan to Minsk, later made into a Broadway musicale starring Bette Middler, until she was hurt in a charity softball event and was replaced by her understudy, who cries at the smallest things, thus ruining the show.
Get OUT!!
Good luck with ALL THAT!
hmm…that’s a shame…
He’s a bit of a close/low/high talker
They’re real…and they’re spectacular
Jackie Chiles
J. Peterman
The Maestro
Sue Ellen Mischke
Poppy (was a bit sloppy)
Bob Sachamano
Your a VERY BAD man!!
The Executive (beltless raincoat)
The Bro / Manzier
George is DEAD!!!
Although it has struck me that 90% of the problems in Seinfield would have been avoided if the show had taken place once cell phones and Blackbery’s became common.
The other day I “stopped short” with my wife in the passenger seat. I’d like to say we had wild hot monkey sex after that, but the reality was that our six year-old kept asking from the back seat “Daddy! Mommy! What’s so funny? Mommy, you OK?”
A line my wife still uses: “You don’t understand! I MUST EAT NOW!!!” (Chinese restaurant episode).
JERRY: You kept making all the stops?!
KRAMER: Well, people kept ringing the bell!
Kramer’s clothes throughout the series still look OK today (if you squint a little), but Jerry’s are sometimes hilarious. The big sweaters tucked into jeans with the puffy hair and white sneakers – God! He looks like a reject from an 80s hair band. He sometimes even pushed the sleeves of his jacket up his forearms. Kramer’s get up is ageless, however.
Jerry, Jason and Julia often remark on their dated look during the DVD commentary.
For me it’s Martha Stewart. She’s got some Man. Hands.
I was reflecting the other day that both Seinfeld and Futurama, to me, share one quality: there was hardly ever any “throw away” dialog. Nearly every verbal exchange had intelligence and wit and brilliance. There wasn’t eight lines of setup for a joke…every line (or at least every-other) was gold.
My two most-used Seinfeld lines:
“You know, talkin’ to you is like talkin’ to you.”
“Right back at ya, slick.”
Giddyup!
Quite recently the person in the next stall asked me if I had toilet paper. I said “I think I can spare a square.” The poor lady was shaking with laughter.
And let’s not forget Elaine’s YOU’RE BALD.