# Straight Dope book seen on "Seinfeld"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464 "2016-04-07T18:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/1 "2016-04-07T18:16:05Z")
I caught a bit of the Seinfeld clip show the other day, and during a scene when Kramer was trying to squeeze into a spot on a bus, the young fellow who was already in the bus seat was holding a book that appeared to be one of the “Straight Dope” books (I’m not the only fellow who is always interested in what books are being carried by people on TV shows and movies, am I?). Did I rediscover something that was well-known on the board, or is this news to everyone else? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/2 "2016-04-07T19:41:39Z")
Don’t remember that. Is it one of these clips?: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=kramer+bus](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kramer+bus) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/3 "2016-04-07T19:51:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Don’t remember that. Is it one of these clips?: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=kramer+bus](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kramer+bus) Unfortunately not. But I found it anyway - Kramer’s on a subway, not a bus [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW0we66d3Hg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW0we66d3Hg) - check out 00:16 and after - the kid with the hat has the book in his left hand (on top of several other books), and it sure looks like one of the Straight Dope books. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/4 "2016-04-07T20:03:49Z")
[List of Straight Dope books for reference.](https://www.google.com/?espv=2#q=straight+dope+cecil+adams+books&tbm=isch) OP: You’ve got an insane-- ridiculously, impressively insane-- eye for detail, but I’m not sure that that book he’s holding matches the color scheme of any of the SD books. Very close, and I could be wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/5 "2016-04-07T20:08:31Z")
I’m pretty sure you’re right, looks like the first one: [http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387752359l/35106.jpg](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387752359l/35106.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/6 "2016-04-07T20:12:14Z")
To me, it does kind of look like [the first one](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71X8MHTTT3L._SX282_BO1,204,203,200_.gif). He’s holding it upside down. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/7 "2016-04-07T20:12:32Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I’m pretty sure you’re right, looks like the first one: [http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387752359l/35106.jpg](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387752359l/35106.jpg) Yeah that’s the one I was thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/8 "2016-04-07T20:13:37Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > [List of Straight Dope books for reference.](https://www.google.com/?espv=2#q=straight+dope+cecil+adams+books&tbm=isch) > > OP: You’ve got an insane-- ridiculously, impressively insane-- eye for detail, but I’m not sure that that book he’s holding matches the color scheme of any of the SD books. Very close, and I could be wrong… Thanks (I think). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/9 "2016-04-07T22:50:17Z")
Yeah, I think it is. But was that supposed to be real? That’s the worst slapstick since the Three Stooges. Not a watcher of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/10 "2016-04-08T17:41:26Z")
Yeah, it sure looks like the first book! ---
**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:** [April 8, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/11 "2016-04-08T19:36:05Z")
Just watched it several times, and can’t say for sure. Maybe it is, but maybe it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/12 "2016-04-08T19:57:04Z")
The only book for which we can see a significant amount of the cover looks too thick to be one of the Straight Dope books. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/13 "2016-04-08T20:07:25Z")
I am pretty sure it is. I have a copy of that someone and if it the pages are yellow I think that will clinch it. I would venture a guess they just needed someone carrying books for the shot and grabbed some books from around. I wouldn’t be shocked if the writers didn’t read SB books at the time. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/14 "2016-04-08T20:10:25Z")
I feel I see it clearly. On top of another book. Good find!! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/15 "2016-04-08T20:43:46Z")
I agree it’s the first Straight Dope book. It’s pretty clear, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/16 "2016-04-08T20:49:54Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I am pretty sure it is. I have a copy of that someone and if it the pages are yellow I think that will clinch it. I just checked it versus my copy and that’s definitely it. The edges of the pages are yellow and the proportions are right. > [@Chronos](#): > > The only book for which we can see a significant amount of the cover looks too thick to be one of the Straight Dope books. The first one was a regular paperback and had 400+ pages. The other books were trade paperbacks and were larger in dimensions but thinner (except for the second one, which was quite thick). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/17 "2016-04-08T22:42:54Z")
Any link to the clip or a high-quality still from a blu-ray/dvd for us to see it? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464/18 "2016-04-08T22:52:36Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Any link to the clip or a high-quality still from a blu-ray/dvd for us to see it? The clip is in post #3. You don’t really need a high resolution image to make the ID.