# Seinfeld Trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833 "2002-08-01T06:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kappy213](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Kappy213](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kappy213)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/1 "2002-08-01T06:04:54Z")
Does anyone know if “Newman” has a first name? Im in a heated debate with my friend. Please let me know and how you know!! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/2 "2002-08-01T06:32:17Z")
Try google with “newman’s first name” and you get a variety of answers. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/3 "2002-08-01T06:44:04Z")
[IDMB.com](http://IDMB.com) lists him simply as “Newman” [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0098904](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0098904) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/4 "2002-08-01T14:11:30Z")
Seems to me that we once saw his USPS business card. It said simply “NEWMAN.” ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/5 "2002-08-01T14:13:09Z")
FWIW, his USPS business card says only “Newman”. We see it in the episode where he confiscates some boudoir photos of George, taken by Kramer as an enticement to the female photomat clerk George has been flirting with. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/6 "2002-08-01T14:14:46Z")
Great minds think alike, eh, **Scarlett67** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kappy213](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Kappy213](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kappy213)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/7 "2002-08-02T13:15:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 3waygeek \* > \*\*Great minds think alike, eh, **Scarlett67** 😉 \*\* I guess they do…Jerry… ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/8 "2002-08-02T15:31:51Z")
Great minds think _SO_ much alike that this frickin’ episode was on LAST NIGHT! I’d never seen the business card before you mentioned it. And voila - I saw the episode yesterday. :: cue freaky music :: ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/9 "2002-08-02T17:58:49Z")
I’ve noticed that “Seinfeld synchronicity” – we’ll be laughing about some gag or other from the show, and that night IT’LL BE ON. Freaky indeed. Scarlett, great mind 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/10 "2002-08-02T18:36:08Z")
Scarlett67… I’ve noticed the same phenomenon myself, only with the Simpsons. Then again, the reruns are on 4 times a day, so what are the odds? What if Newman’s first name is Jerry? Therefore, everyone always called him “Newman” to avoid confusion with the other, more popular Jerry. It would also make Newman Jerry’s Jungian shadow self. As opposed to his Bizarro self. Now watch as “The Bizarro Jerry” surfaces tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/11 "2002-08-02T19:14:43Z")
I have a question. Was the show filmed before a live audience? The laughter sounds canned to me but a friend insists that the laughter is live from a studio audience. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/12 "2002-08-02T22:24:23Z")
Yes, it was filmed before a live audience. I’ve seen footage of the filming of the final show, and the four main actors are taking a bow. You wouldn’t really take a bow if there wasn’t an audience to bow to, would you? (Well, you _could_ bow to the crew, but why?) Also this, from a website regarding visiting Southern California, [seeing-stars.com](http://seeing-stars.com): > [@](#): > > Members of the studio audience at tapings of “Seinfeld” were given free Snickers candy bars ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/13 "2002-08-02T23:50:44Z")
Yes it was live audience ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/14 "2002-08-03T15:16:39Z")
But doesn’t the laughter sound fake? Maybe they had a live audience and still used canned laughter. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/15 "2002-08-04T02:57:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheeGrumpy \* > Now watch as “The Bizarro Jerry” surfaces tonight. Naw, that one was on a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/16 "2002-08-04T04:18:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*But doesn’t the laughter sound fake? Maybe they had a live audience and still used canned laughter. \*\* I believe it’s a common practice for shows to “sweeten”:rolleyes: live audience responses with laugh tracks. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/17 "2002-08-04T20:04:55Z")
Also, the laughter seems to sound more “juiced” during the outdoor/street shots, of which Seinfeld has more than most shows. There’s likely no audience for those, but they may show these segments on video to a live audience and then tape their responses. ---
**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-trivia/121833/18 "2002-08-05T00:31:49Z")
Have you ever noticed how George’s red telephone doesn’t have a cord, but isn’t cordless phone? I just noticed this last week.