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12 Seinfeld Facts About Nothing

Don't worry if you hear four people yelping from the bathroom, that's just the cast of Seinfeld.

12 Seinfeld Facts About Nothing

August 05, 2021

In an alternate dimension, Tony Shaloub and Larry David are getting on Jerry Seinfeld's nerves as Kramer and Newman.

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NBC had to issue an apology over an offensive episode. CRACKEDG .COM NBC had to issue an apology over an offensive episode. In the episode The Puerto Rican Day, as the gang is stuck in traffic due to the titular parade, Kramer accidentally sets a Puerto Rican flag ablaze and has to stomp it out. Subsequently, for this and other reasons, the episode was taken out of syndication until 2002. — Source: NY Times

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Jerry's on-screen mother and grandmother were only 4 years apart. CRACKED.COM Liz Sheridan, who played Helen Seinfeld, was born in 1929, just four years after the late Billy Ree Wallace, who played Nana. — Source: IMDB

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The studio audience had to be told to keep applause for Kramer short. CRACKED.COM As his character became more popular, the applause that followed his introduction would be SO prolonged that the rest of the cast would complain it threw off the pacing of scenes. — Source: Cheatsheet

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3k Lorne, and we'll throw in reminding the world Spike Feresten co-wrote The Pop Tarts movie

Elaine's terrible dancing was inspired by Lorne Michaels. CRACKEDG COM Seinfeld writer Spike Feresten was a receptionist at Saturday Night Live when he witnessed Lorne at an after-party dancing as if he'd never seen another human being dance before. — Source: NY Post

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The main cast had a ritual before every show in Jerry's bathroom. CRACKED.co The Circle Of Power involved the actors placing their hands in a circle and releasing them with a loud yelp. You can see a variation of the ritual in the episode The Contest. — Source: Variety

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Multiple television networks worked their programming around the airing of the finale. TV LAND EAST COAST HEADQUARTERS We're we're watching the last Fans episode TV of Seinfeld SO... Will return at CRACKED.co The series finale was such an event that TV Land honored the occasion by airing no programming during the show's timeslot, instead showing only a photo of a closed office door. — Source: TV Land

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Kramer and Monk swapped shows. MONK CRACKED.COM Tony Shaloub auditioned for the role of Kramer, which went instead to Michael Richards. Years later, Richards was considered for the title role in Monk, but that ultimately went to Shaloub. They would both go on to win three Emmys for playing their respective roles. — Source: Hollywood Reporter

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The first actor to play Newman was Larry David. CRACKEDG David voiced a number of characters from off-screen, including the first appearance of Newman when he took to the roof in order to fein a suicide. When Wayne Knight took over the role, he re-dubbed David's lines for syndication. — Source: Primetimer

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Characters weren't allowed to be better people. is Ho CRACKED.co Seinfeld co-creator Larry David's philosophy for the show was to never have the main cast learn from their wrongdoings or grow in any way. He called this policy, which was ever present in the storylines of the show, no hugging, no learning. — Source: The Guardian

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The first Elaine get out shove wasn't scripted. CRACKED.co Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus brought her own signature intensity to the role and the Elaine character, and the characteristic shove became a recurring theme. — Source: New Yorker

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One cashier had the most episodes appearances, besides the main cast. CRACKEDG Since she was almost always at the register at Monk's Cafe, the character Ruthie Cohen appeared in more episodes than any other side character (101), despite only having a handful of lines. Newman comes in at a distant second with 48 appearances. — Source: Variety

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The fake Kramer actually wanted to be Kramer. CRACKED.co Although he didn't get the role of Kramer when he auditioned at the start of the series, actor Larry Hankin did get to star as Kramer in the failed show-within-a-show, Jerry. — Source: Vulture

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