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The television show Seinfeld was known for featuring many characters, each with their own special characteristics. Seinfeld was also responsible for the introduction of many of the show's terms into popular culture. Seinfeld is a television sitcom, considered to be one of the most popular and influential of the 1990s in the U.S., to the point where it is often cited as epitomizing the self-obsessed and ironic culture of the decade. ...

1 Pseudonyms of main characters
2 Secondary characters
3 Notable one-time characters
4 Celebrities who played themselves
5 Celebrities or significant TV actors not playing themselves
6 Actual people played by others
7 Actual people who are referenced without making an appearance
8 Fictional characters who are referenced without making an appearance
9 Seinfeld sayings
10 External links

Pseudonyms of main characters

In various plotlines, several of the Seinfeld main characters carried pseudonyms in order to get them out of various sticky situations: Seinfeld is a television sitcom, considered to be one of the most popular and influential of the 1990s in the U.S., to the point where it is often cited as epitomizing the self-obsessed and ironic culture of the decade. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ...

George Costanza: Art Vandelay; an alias often used by George -- in one instance, George tells the unemployment office he is close to getting a job at "Vandelay Industries." The characters encounter a judge named Art Vandelay on the series finale. At one point, George wanted to be known as "T-Bone", but his co-workers at Kruger Industrial Smoothing nicknamed him "Koko" because he flailed his arms like an ape when he demanded the nickname "T-Bone" back from a coworker. When a Jamaican woman named Koko began work there, his nickname was changed to "Gammy". George revealed that if he were to be a porn star, his name would be "Buck Naked." During a period of unemployment for George, Jerry calls George "Biff", referring to the Biff Loman character in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. George once assumed the identity of a man named Donald O'Brien in order to take his limousine, only to later discover this man was the leader of the Aryan Union and was on his way to make his first public appearance, at Madison Square Garden.

Cosmo Kramer: H. E. Pennypacker; in "The Puerto Rican Day", Kramer poses as Pennypacker, a buyer interested in an apartment, in order to use its bathroom. Kramer also appeared as Pennypacker to get revenge on a store, Putumayo, by repricing all the merchandise in the store with his pricing gun. Another pseudonym was Dr. Peter von Nostrand; as Nostrand Kramer tried to get Elaine's medical chart to erase the negative comments her doctor had made. He also used Dr. van Nostrand in the episode "The Slicer" when he was posing as a dermatologist for a cancer screening at Kruger. Kramer used the name Martin von Nostrand while auditioning for the role of himself on the show Jerry. Kramer has also been referred to as "Assman" in reference to the license plate the state of New York accidentally gave him. Other nicknames such as "K-man" were short-lived.

Jerry Seinfeld: Kel Varnsen; the arch-rival of Pennypacker and a wealthy developer/industrialist. Notably, both of them plus Vandelay appear in the episode "The Puerto Rican Day". Jerry, as Kel Varnsen, also answered his phone posing as Vandelay Industries in order to aid George's unemployment fraud. It was widely postulated that Jerry's alias was actually "Kal" both to honor his father whose name was Kalman and as an homage to Superman, whose Kryptonian name was "Kal-El", but it was revealed on the Seinfeld 4th season DVD that the name is spelled "Kel." Jerry also played an associate of George's "O'Brien", named Dylan Murphy, a man who immigrated to America from Ireland when he was a boy. Dylan cited a cereal famine as the reason for immigration.

Elaine Benes: Susie; after a co-worker mistakenly calls her Susie. Susie was then pawned off by Elaine as a different person so that complaints against Elaine appeared to be against this (non existent) employee Susie. Susie was "killed off" when the situation with her co-worker became too complicated. Elaine said that Susie had "Taken her own life" and a funeral was held. In the episode "The Nipple", Elaine is also called as 'Nip' by her work colleagues, after she mistakenly sent to all her close people a Christmas card with a picture of her where her nipple is accidentally shown.

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Secondary characters

Character Frequency

#	Character	# of Episodes	Primary Actor	Character Description
1	Newman	47	Wayne Knight	Jerry's nemesis and proud U.S. Postal Worker. Associate in many of Kramer's get rich quick schemes.
2	Frank Costanza	29	Jerry Stiller	George's father. Eccentric and very quick to anger.
3	Estelle Costanza	28	Estelle Harris	George's mother. Constantly questions Frank and George's actions.
3	Susan Ross	28	Heidi Swedberg	George's fiancée. Daughter to wealthy parents. Briefly experimented with Lesbianism. Died licking poisonous wedding invitation envelopes.
5	Morty Seinfeld	22	Barney Martin	Jerry's father. Has strong convictions. Fittingly, he spent some time as politician in his Florida retirement community.
5	Helen Seinfeld	22	Liz Sheridan	Jerry's mother. Often needed to provide reason to Jerry and Morty's eccentric lifestyle.
7	J. Peterman	21	John O'Hurley	Elaine's boss. Eccentric owner of the fashion oriented J. Peterman catalog.
8	Mr. Steinbrenner	16	Larry David	George's boss. Depicted as rambling, hard-nosed owner of the New York Yankees. His face is never shown. He seems to live in his own little world.
9	Uncle Leo	15	Len Lesser	Jerry's uncle. Brother to Helen Seinfeld. Somewhat of an old coot.
10	David Puddy	11	Patrick Warburton	Elaine's on again off again boyfriend. Phased and calm, yet can be a surprisingly passionate individual at times. Somewhat of an airhead. Used to be an automechanic but later became a car salesman.
10	Mr. Wilhelm	11	Richard Herd	George's supervisor. Works hard to ensure the Yankees organization runs smoothly.
10	Mr. Lippman	11	Richard Fancy	Elaine's boss. Owner of Pendant Publishing. Later gave up that position and opened up a bakery that sold only the tops of muffins.
13	Mr. Pitt	8	Ian Abercrombie	Elaine's boss. Extremely wealthy business owner. He is a very picky individual and is nearly impossible to please.
14	Mickey Abbott	7	Danny Woodburn	A little actor. Close ties with his friend Kramer.
15	Dugan	6	Joe Urla	Elaine's co-worker.
15	Jackie Chiles	6	Phil Morris	Kramer's eccentric lawyer. A very successful lawyer, but has had bad luck when representing Kramer.
15	Kenny Bania	6	Steve Hytner	Stand-up comedian. Not particularly good at his job. Jerry especially dislikes him because he uses Jerry's act to warm up his audience.

Characters Occurring in 5 or More Episodes

'Newman' (played by Wayne Knight): Jerry and Kramer's vengeful and spasmodic neighbor, this character only appeared from 1992 onwards. Originally conceived to be "the son of the landlord [who] 'tells' on everyone", Newman evolved as the series progressed into a scheming mailman who was friends with Kramer but nursed a grudge against Jerry. During Season 2 only his voice was heard. An example of this is when he annoys Kramer by claiming that he's planning to commit suicide. Originally, Larry David did some of the voice work for Newman before the character was fully developed. In subsequent reworkings of the early episodes his voice was re-dubbed with Wayne Knight's. While Newman was portrayed as Jerry's arch-nemesis he remained close friends with Kramer. Jerry has described Newman as "pure evil" and always greets him with "Hello... Newman" in a sarcastic, disgusted tone.

'Frank Costanza' (played by Jerry Stiller, The King of Queens) and Estelle Costanza (played by Estelle Harris): doting parents of George, who live in Queens.

'Susan Ross' (played by Heidi Swedberg): ex-fiancée of George, dies from toxic wedding invitation envelope adhesive. She was a former executive at NBC when Jerry and George were pitching Jerry. After her death, George is roped into being a trustee for her memorial charity foundation. Susan hates Kramer for various reasons: In one episode, he drinks some bad milk and throws up on her; in another, Kramer burns down her father's cabin; and in the last episode in which Susan was alive, Kramer forgets her name (he calls her "Lily").

'Helen Seinfeld' (played by Liz Sheridan): Jerry's mom. She adores Jerry and often asks rhetorically, "How could anyone not like him?"
'Morty Seinfeld' (played by Barney Martin): Jerry's dad. He sold raincoats for 35 years. He hates Velcro--he can't stand the tearing sound. He was also impeached as condo president when the other board members accuse him of stealing funds to pay for a new Cadillac--even though Jerry actually bought the car for him. The other residents don't think Jerry has that kind of money, either.

'J. Peterman' (played by John O'Hurley, To Tell the Truth): based on a real person; the eccentric and loquacious boss of Elaine Benes. He has a long, interesting history that includes opium addiction. When Peterman decides to write an autobiography, Kramer tries to sell his stories to him. Later on, Kramer claims himself to be "the real Peterman," and starts a reality bus tour, a parody of Kenny Kramer "Kramer's Reality Tour".

'Mr. Steinbrenner' (voiced by Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm): George Costanza's boss while working for the Yankees; his face is never shown.

'Uncle Leo' (played by Len Lesser): Jerry's unavoidable and annoying uncle who always greets Jerry with a hearty "Jerry, Hello!" His son Jeffrey, of whom Leo is very proud, works for the Parks Department.

'David Puddy' (played by Patrick Warburton, The Tick): on-again, off-again, sometimes "religious", boyfriend of Elaine Benes. He wore an 8-ball jacket and enjoyed giving high fives while working as a salesman in a Saab dealership. Also a hardcore New Jersey Devils fan with a known affinity for Arby's . Known for his squinting, staring, generally laid back, passive, attitude, and his deadpan delivery (except with bursts of adrenaline like during the hockey playoffs). His most common line is "Yeah, that's right".

'Mr. Wilhelm' (played by Richard Herd): George's superior at the New York Yankees; also George's brainwashed maid (Tanya) with the Sunshine Carpet Cleaners.

'Mr. Lippman' (played by Richard Fancy): Elaine Benes' boss at Pendant Publishing. Briefly hired and fired George over inappropriate relations in his office with the cleaning woman.

'Justin Pitt' (played by Ian Abercrombie): hired Elaine to tend to his personal needs, such as buying socks. Elaine lost her job with him when his intimates suspected her of planning his demise in order to secure an unusual employer-to-employee inheritance. He planned to "annex Poland by the Spring."

'Mickey Abbott' (played by Danny Woodburn): a little person who took various acting gigs with Kramer. He considers bacterial meningitis the Hamlet of diseases.

'Dugan' (played by Joe Urla): plays a minor role as a coworker of Elaine's.

'Jackie Chiles' (played by Phil Morris, Wanda at Large): Kramer's erstwhile lawyer, an obvious parody of O.J. Simpson trial lawyer Johnnie Cochran. He's known for using a trio of exclamations in a single sentence. Jackie Chiles even had a life past the continuation of the TV series: Phil Morris appeared as the character in a few television advertisements.

'Kenny Bania' (played by Steve Hytner): an unfunny stand-up comedian who has routines on chocolate drink mixes such as Bosco and Ovaltine. Jerry contributed some material to Bania's Ovaltine routine. He likes to eat at Mendy's. George feels he is the voice of a new generation, his generation.

'Dr. Tim Whatley' (played by Bryan Cranston, Malcolm in the Middle): a dentist who converted to Judaism for the jokes. May be a molester; and possibly has sexual relations with his nurses. He is most certianly a dental assistant swapper. He is also a known re-gifter. He believes Jerry is a trouble maker (comparable to Woody Woodpecker).

'Larry the Cook' (played by Lawrence Mandley): the Owner/Manager/Cook at Monk's Diner

'Mr. and Mrs. Ross' (played by Warren Frost and Grace Zabriskie): Parents of George's fiancée, Susan

'Russell Dalrymple' (played by Bob Balaban): NBC president, interview Jerry and George for their pilot.

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Characters Occurring in Fewer than 5 Episodes

Soup Nazi (played by Larry Thomas): based on a real person, a chef who often denied customers his delicious soup for the slightest misbehavior. ("NO soup for you")

Noreen: a friend of Elaine who dated the high talker. Elaine continuously destroyed Noreen's life until Kramer intervened and urged her to return to the military.

Lloyd Braun: a long-time associate of George and Jerry, Estelle Costanza constantly badgered George for not being more like Lloyd. Lloyd used to work for David Dinkins until he passed along Elaine's suggestion that everyone in New York City wear name tags. Dinkins lost the race and Braun had a nervous breakdown. He enjoys "lo mein-y" Chinese chewing gum.

Jack Clompus: a slimy, weasely resident of Phase Two at the Pines, where Jerry's parents have retired. Jerry gets into a fiasco with him over a "space pen". Jack also accuses Morty of stealing the condo funds to pay for the Cadillac that Jerry had bought him.

Babu Bhat: from Pakistan, Jerry seems to mess up his life at every turn, by giving bad business advice on his restaurant and by not passing on his immigration notice. Babu thinks that Jerry is a "very, very bad man."

"Crazy" Joe Davola: attacked Kramer, blames Jerry for misfortunes, dated Elaine, depressed that Elaine rejected him, dressed up like the clown from the opera I Pagliacci.

Bob Cobb (played by Mark Metcalf, Animal House's Neidermeyer): a conductor who prefers to be called "Maestro" and has a villa in Tuscany.

Poppie (played by Reni Santoni): owner of an Italian restaurant who disapproves of abortion, known to not wash his hands after visiting the bathroom, believes a pizza is a pizza when you put your fists in the dough, rejects cucumbers as a pizza topping, and urinated on Jerry's brand new couch. The "Poppie couch" turns up in later episodes.

Lomez: another never-seen friend of Kramer. He is an Orthodox Jew, according to Kramer. In one episode, Kramer stands outside a port-a-pottie waiting for Lomez, who is inside. When Kramer starts the Peterman reality tour, he notes Lomez's place of worship on the tour.

Marla the Virgin (played by Jane Leeves): professional closet organizer who Jerry dates, trying to bed her, only to lose her to JFK Jr.

Izzy Mandelbaum (played by Lloyd Bridges): fellow resident of Jerry's parents in Del Boca Vista in Florida; head of family-owned Magic Pan restaurants and has a running rivalry with Jerry.

The Drake: a mutual friend of main characters, often referred to with the phrases "love The Drake" or "hate The Drake". Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer give him and his bride a big screen TV for a wedding gift, only to find out soon after that they have separated and his wife "The Drakette" gave it away to charity.

Joe Mayo: another mutual friend of the main characters, except for Kramer. Throws parties and assigns chores to the guests. Kramer later confesses he's never heard of him, and that to him, the name 'Joe Mayo' sounds made up.

Alec Berg: friend who gives ice hockey tickets to Jerry. Jerry pokes fun at the name considering it comparable to a John Houseman name.

Sue Ellen Mishke: the braless wonder, heiress to the Oh Henry! candy bar fortune.

Ping: Chinese food delivery boy, who gets struck by Elaine and sues her.

Jake Jarmel: author Elaine dated for a period. Dislikes using exclamation marks. Broke up with Elaine after she bought Jujy Fruits immediately after hearing he was in a car accident. Bought his glasses in Malaysia so no one else would have a pair like them.

Mr. Kruger (played by Daniel von Bargen): George's boss at Kruger Industrial Smoothing. He was a remarkable character in that he was George's most careless and incompetent boss. He seems to be the result of someone with George's attitude and skills getting control of a company.

Sally Weaver (played by Kathy Griffin): Susan Ross's roommate in college, appears in "The Cartoon" and "The Doll". In "The Doll", she was indirectly responsible for ruining Jerry's bit for The Tonight Show, not once, but twice. In "The Cartoon", she becomes famous and even gets a cable special for her bit, titled "Jerry Seinfeld is the Devil."

Franklin Delano Romanowsky (played by Michael McShane): Another of Kramer's eccentric friends who uses his birthday wish against Kramer as the result of a grudge held after Kramer struck him in the back of the head with a snowball. He also appears briefly in “The Wizard” as the hot dog vendor talking with George, although his character's name is not revealed.

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Notable one-time characters

Alton Benes (played by Lawrence Tierney, Reservoir Dogs' Joe Cabot): Elaine's hard-nosed father . ("The Jacket")
Betsy (played by Megan Mullally, Will & Grace): George is dating her, and attempts to advance their relationship by accompanying her to her aunt's funeral in Detroit. ("The Implant")
Brody: Kramer's movie pirater friend, packs a gun, eats too much candy. ("The Little Kicks")
Slippery Pete and Schlomo (played by Peter Stormare and Reuven Bar-Yotam): two shady Slavic fellows who George hires to move his Frogger machine without its power being disconnected. ("The Frogger")
Meryl (played by Courtney Cox, Friends): Jerry's pretend wife. She is doing this to mooch off Jerry's discount at the dry cleaners. ("The Wife")
Vegetable Lasagna: European guy, who sits in the plane seat next to Elaine and Puddy and has to put up with incessant fighting. Named after his food preference on the plane, even though he insists his name is Magnus. ("The Butter Shave")
Miss Rhode Island (Karen): Jerry dates her, accidentally kills her doves, forcing her to sing for the talent contest under Kramer's tutelage, which she does horribly. ("The Chaperone")
Bubble Boy: Jerry agrees to visit a boy in a plastic bubble, but finds he is a bratty spoiled kid; George gets in fight over a typo on a Trivial Pursuit card, when it says the Moops invaded Spain. ("The Bubble Boy")
Little Jerry Seinfeld aka 'Little Yerry Seinfeld' at Marceleno's Bodega: Kramer's rooster. ("The Little Jerry")
The Postmaster General (played by Wilfred Brimley): makes it clear to Kramer that he cannot not receive postal mail. ("The Junk Mail")
Lt. Bookman (played by Philip Baker Hall): a library cop from the New York Public Library who comes after Jerry due to his decades-overdue copy of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. ("The Library")
John Grossbard: Kramer runs into this old debtor at an airport and tries to collect the money owed. ("The Airport")
John Germaine (played by Jeff Yagher): a jazz musician Elaine dates who eventually loses his musical prowess after having done "everything" with Elaine. ("The Rye")
Smuckers: a dog that Kramer uses to get medication from a veterinarian for his own cough. ("The Andrea Doria")
Farfel: dog that Jerry is stuck taking care of when the owner sitting next to him on the plane has to be rushed to hospital; barks incessantly. ("The Dog")
Milos: incompetent tennis pro who sells Jerry a $200 tennis racket, offers his wife to Jerry, and asks Jerry to take a dive in a tennis game to make himself look like the better player. ("The Comeback")
Donna Chang: Caucasian woman who people think is Chinese, originally named Changstein. ("The Chinese Woman")
Jean-Paul Jean-Paul: a NYC Marathon runner from Trinidad and Tobago whose life is made miserable by Jerry. ("The Hot Tub")
Ramon: Annoying poolboy at Jerry's former health club. ("The Pool Guy")
Frank Costanza's lawyer (played by Larry David): he doesn't follow trends and wears a cape. He stops Noreen from committing suicide. ("The Chinese Woman")
The Doorman (played by Larry Miller): arrogant doorman of Mr. Pitt's apartment building tricks Jerry into watching the door for him. He berated Jerry for looking down at him because he was a doorman, even though Jerry wasn't. ("The Doorman")
Stan, the Caddy: Kramer's Senior Tour golf trainer (played by Armin Shimerman) who missed the cut in the trial of Sue Ellen Mishke. ("The Caddy")
Ned Isakoff: Elaine's very well-read (or well-Red), communist boyfriend, whom she got blacklisted from a Chinese restaurant. ("The Race")
Saddam Hussein lookalike: Kramer and George run into him on the street, thinking it's the Iraqi dictator who's boxed them in by double-parking. Saddam's double has a British accent, and as he gets into his car, he advises George (who had given away his coat in a liquor store) to wear a jacket in cold weather. ("The Dinner Party")
Cheryl Fong: lawyer George starts dating, becomes attracted to Jerry's fake "dark side", winds up suing Elaine on behalf of her cousin Ping: "She never lose a case. They call her the Terminator. Hasta la vista, baby!" ("The Visa")
Kevin, Gene, Feldman, and Vargas: The Bizarro Jerry, George, Kramer, and Newman. ^[1] ("The Bizarro Jerry")
Sidra (played by Teri Hatcher): Woman who Jerry dates. He becomes obsessed with whether or not her breasts are real, though only Elaine gets to touch them. Although Jerry never gets to find out for himself, the show ends with Sidra exclaiming, "they're real, and they're spectacular." ("The Implant")
Dolores: Jerry's girlfriend; he doesn't know her name, only that it rhymes with a female body part (his best guess: "Mulva"). ("The Junior Mint")
Tom Pepper, Sandi Robbins, and Michael Barth: the cast members of Jerry, playing Kramer, Elaine and George.
The Pig-Man: While in the hospital, Kramer is snooping around and comes across what he thinks is the result of a government experiment: a half pig, half man. In reality, just a "fat little mental patient". ("The Bris")
Members of the Houston Astros front office: George has a meeting with the Astros about the possibility of interleague play. They always call everyone a "bastard" or "son of a bitch" (George finds out "that's how they talk in the major leagues"). Those terms get George and Jean-Paul in trouble: Jean-Paul gets kicked out of Elaine's apartment, where he had plans to stay before the New York City Marathon, and Wilhelm catches George yelling into the phone while the Astros front office men are calling from their plane. ("The Hot Tub")
Members of the New York Mets front office: In a meeting, the Mets make an offer to George for a vacant front office position at Shea Stadium. But in order for the Mets to hire George, they tell him the catch: He has to get fired from the Yankees first. In the end, however, despite George's valiant attempts to make Steinbrenner fire him (The Boss eventually is ready to fire George, but just as he is about to do it Wilhelm walks in and tells Steinbrenner that he made George do those things. Wilhelm is trying to get fired to get the Mets job as well), Mr. Wilhelm gets hired by the Mets instead. ("The Millennium")
The Assman: A proctologist who has his license plates issued to Kramer by mistake. It is discovered, when Jerry and Kramer visit the doctor's office, that the real Assman has a practice there. Kramer finds a picture of his boat, with "Assman" written on the side. ("The Fusilli Jerry")
Denim Vest (played by Kevin McDonald): a character named after his questionable taste in fashion. Elaine's network of fake phone numbers (one of them H&H Bagels) comes undone due to Denim Vest. ("The Strike")
Shakey the mohel: circumcises Jerry's finger during a bris. The mohel blames Jerry for the accident, claiming he flinched. Jerry later derisively refers to him as "Shakey the mohel." ("The Bris")
Manya: a relative of Jerry's who dies shortly after Jerry makes a disparaging comment about people who owned ponies as a child; she states that she owned a pony as a child in Poland before immigrating to America. ("The Pony Remark")
Uncle Mac: Jerry's uncle who was writing an autobiography based on all his experiences. ("The Stakeout")
The mechanic: George accuses a mechanic at David Puddy's Saab dealership of stealing his Twix. He says he probably has a short, mono-syllabic name. ("The Dealership")
Tor Eckman (played by Stephen Tobolowsky) - a holist who turns George's complexion purple instead of healing his tonsilitis. ("The Heart Attack")
Jimmy: constantly refers to himself in the third person (someone who refers to oneself in the third person is called illeist): "Jimmy is down!" Holds a grudge against Kramer for spilling water on the floor, causing him to slip and hurt himself. ("The Jimmy")
Jason "Stanky" Hanky: recovering substance abuser, who refuses to apologize to George. ("The Apology")
Melissa: Jerry's girlfriend who likes to always be naked while in his apartment, until he does the same and proposes to do some nude belt-sanding ("This isn't good naked"). ("The Apology")

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Celebrities who played themselves

Candice Bergen - playing herself playing Murphy Brown being given a very good feeling about new secretary, Steven Snell (played by Kramer). ("The Keys")
Corbin Bernsen - George made a trip with Jerry to appear on The Tonight Show and he ran into Bernsen there. George tells him his idea for the perfect L.A. Law episode. ("The Trip", two-part episode)
Bryant Gumbel - Jerry wears the puffy shirt onto the Today show, and host Gumbel says, "I'm sorry, it is just a very unusual shirt. It could be kind of a whole new look for you.. you know, you could be kind of like the pirate comedian." ("The Puffy Shirt")
Keith Hernandez - Jerry and George met the New York Mets player in the locker room of their health club. He is a big fan of Jerry's comedy and he becomes awkwardly entangled with Elaine and Jerry. Kramer and Newman hate him, though, and they accuse him of spitting on them after a game (Newman recalls that it was June 14, 1987, Mets/Phillies, in which the Mets blew a ninth-inning lead and caused the Phillies to rally for the win). They later find out that it was his teammate, relief pitcher Roger McDowell, who had spit on them instead. Kramer and Newman apologize to Hernandez, and they help him with his moving. ("The Boyfriend", two-part episode)
Pat Cooper - the comedian and entertainer who sponsored Jerry's membership at the Friar's Club and who readily exposed George as not "being in show business". ("The Friars Club")
Jim Fowler - the animal expert and frequent talk show guest brings a hawk to the Merv Griffin Show set in Kramer's apartment. ("The Merv Griffin Show")
Geraldo Rivera - Hosts his own show which features the news story about the trial of the four (Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer) who were arrested for not assisting a man involved in a carjacking in Latham, Massachusetts. ("The Finale")
Rudy Giuliani - he campaigns for Mayor of New York City with a platform that includes cracking down on frozen yogurt shops that falsely claim their yogurt is non-fat. ("The Non-Fat Yogurt")
Jay Leno - Jerry and George appear on the Tonight Show, while they are looking for Kramer, who has left for Los Angeles. Jerry is a guest on the show, and George sits in the audience. ("The Trip," two-part episode)
David Letterman - talking on the phone to Jerry, telling him he has been bumped from the show, due to a bad review of his performance at a junior high school assembly. ("The Abstinence")
Bette Midler - while playing catcher for the softball team from her Broadway show, Rochelle, Rochelle: The Musical, Midler is run down by George on a decisive play at the plate. While she recuperates, Kramer becomes her personal handler and gushes, "You are so freaking talented!" ("The Understudy")
Paul O'Neill - Kramer tells him he has promised a sick boy that O'Neill will hit two home runs in that day's game. O'Neill gets one home run and a triple with an error, but Kramer insists, "Come on, Bobby, that's just as good!" ("The Wink")
Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford - Kramer appears on their television show to promote his coffee table book about coffee tables. ("The Opposite")
Al Roker - the television weatherman swipes Jerry's gyro on the subway while Elaine is holding a TV Guide with his picture on the cover. ("The Cigar-Store Indian")
Fred Savage - Kramer runs into the former The Wonder Years star at a cafe in Los Angeles, and tries to pitch his script. ("The Trip", two-part episode)
Buck Showalter and Danny Tartabull - After giving Tartabull some tips on his swings, George convinces manager Showalter to switch from polyester to cotton Yankees uniform ("The Chaperone"); George, on his way to a public television fund raiser with Danny Tartabull, delays Tartabull's promised appearance in order to take a detour to chase down a driver that he (wrongly) believes gave them the finger. ("The Pledge Drive")
Marisa Tomei - had a major crush on George while he was engaged to Susan Ross, because she's attracted to "short, quirky and balding" men. ("The Cadillac", two-part episode)
Mel Tormé - the 'Velvet Fog' himself sings at a charity fundraiser, when Kramer is mistaken for a mentally challenged person. ("The Jimmy")
Jon Voight - he bit Kramer's arm; George thinks he bought a Chrysler convertible formerly owned by the famous actor, but it was in fact previously owned by John Voight, a local dentist. ("The Mom and Pop Store")
Raquel Welch: Gets fired by Kramer from the Scarsdale Surprise play, then cat-fights with Elaine. ("The Summer of George")
George Wendt - George also runs into him at The Tonight Show. He suggests they change the setting of Cheers because "it's enough with the bar already." Bernsen and Wendt make George the butt of their jokes on The Tonight Show, much to George's dismay. ("The Trip", two-part episode)
Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter - during his tenure as assistant to the Yankees' traveling secretary, George is temporarily brilliant from lack of sex and teaches them how to hit. ("The Abstinence")

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Celebrities or significant TV actors not playing themselves

Courtney Cox (Friends), as Meryl ("The Wife")
Bruce Davison, as Wyck Fayer ("The Foundation", "The Soul Mate", "The Van Buren Boys")
Janeane Garofalo, as Jeannie Steinman ("The Invitations", "The Foundation"), the woman Jerry is briefly engaged to.
Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), as Tony the mechanic ("The Bottle Deposit")
Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives), as Sidra ("The Implant", "The Pilot", "The Finale")
Jane Leeves (Frasier), as Marla ("The Virgin", "The Contest", "The Pilot", "The Finale")
Debra Messing (Will & Grace), as Beth ("The Wait Out", "The Yada Yada")
Amanda Peet (Igby Goes Down) as Linette ("The Summer of George")
Ben Stein (Win Ben Stein's Money), as lawyer Shellbach ("The Comeback")
Lauren Graham, as Valerie ("The Millennium")
Christine Taylor, as Ellen ("The Van Buren Boys")
Judge Reinhold, as Aaron, the close talker ("The Raincoats")
Marlee Matlin, as Laura ("The Lip Reader")
James Spader, as Jason "Stanky" Hanky ("The Apology")
Kristin Davis, (Sex and the City), as Jenna ("The Pothole", "The Butter Shave")
Kathy Griffin, as Sally Weaver ("The Doll", "The Cartoon")
Molly Shannon, (Saturday Night Live), as Sam ("The Summer of George")
Cary Elwes, as David ("The Wait Out")
Denise Richards, as Molly ("The Shoes")
Helen Slater, (Supergirl), as Becky Gelke ("The Good Samaritan")
Jon Lovitz, as Gary Fogel ("The Scofflaw")

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Actual people played by others

José Carreras, as The other guy (being presumed less popular than Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo) and Mr. Camaro ("The Doll")
Fidel Castro, as El Presidente and El Commandante ("The Race")
Monica Seles, as Herself ('The Lipreader")
John F. Kennedy, Jr., as Himself ("The Contest")
Calvin Klein, ("The Pick")
George Steinbrenner, (various episodes)

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Actual people who are referenced without making an appearance

Bud Abbott - "What are you, Bud Abbott? What are you calling me an idiot for?" (George, "The Jacket")
Woody Allen - as Woody Allen, who directs a movie near Jerry's and Kramer's apartment. ("The Alternate Side")
Idi Amin - Kramer cites an example of a dictator to George, after George suggests that the act of double-parking leads to anarchy and dictatorships. ("The Dinner Party")
Maya Angelou - "Maya Angelou, the poet?" (Susan, "The Sponge")
Susan B. Anthony - "Susan B. Anthony I think I'd have a problem with." (George, "The Junior Mint")
Neil Armstrong - Jerry and George discuss the possibility of a crucial detail about Neil, his new girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, which gives him an edge that could make her leave George and go back to him. Jerry: "What if it's Neil Armstrong?" George: "Then I'm going to Mars!" ("The English Patient")
Clara Barton - Jerry: "Clara Nightingale? I think you mean Clara Barton." George: "Clara Barton? What did she do?" Jerry: "I'm not sure, but I think she was nice." ("The Junior Mint")
Hank Bauer - berates Kramer for punching out Mickey Mantle during a bench-clearing brawl in baseball fantasy camp, then chases him, trips over third base and knocks over Clete Boyer. ("The Visa")
Ed Begley, Jr. - George: "When are they gonna have the flying cars, already?" Jerry: "I think Ed Begley, Jr. has one." ("The Dealership")
David Berkowitz - Newman takes over his mail route and pays off Kramer's gambling debt with his old mail carrier bag. ("The Diplomats Club")
Bobby Bonilla - "No hitting? They got hitting! Bonilla, Murray. They got no defence." (Naked guy to Jerry, "The Subway")
Shirley Booth - "You know, my mother used to walk around on our apartment just in her bra and panties. She didn't look anything like you, she was really disgusting, really bad body. If you could imagine an uglier and fatter version of Shirley Booth." (George, "The Subway")
Boxcar Willie - Upon learning that Elaine has decided to dump her indigent boyfriend: "So, when are you giving Boxcar Willie his walking papers?" (Jerry, "The Strongbox")
Clete Boyer - former New York Yankee player, knocked over by Hank Bauer during the bench-clearing brawl initiated by Kramer's plunking of Joe Pepitone in baseball fantasy camp. ("The Visa")
Bozo the Clown - George is amazed to find than no one know who Bozo is ("The Fire")
Napoleon Bonaparte - "Napoleon? Who's he to have a cake? He was a ruthless warmonger." (Elaine, "The Dinner Party")
Eva Braun - Chelsea, an aspiring actress, to Kramer: "They're trying to put together a mini-series for me on Eva Braun." ("The Trip, Part 1")
Leonid Brezhnev - suggested as the ugliest all-time world leader. (Jerry, "The Outing")
Lenny Bruce - "So my shrink wants me to bring my mother in for a session. This guy is a brilliant man. Lenny Bruce used to go to him, and I think, uh, Geraldo." (Joel Horneck to Jerry, "Male-Unbonding")
James Caan - "I don't opt for happiness? James Caan doesn't opt for happiness!" (Jerry, in reference to a plagiarised letter sent to him after a fall-out with his girlfriend, "The Letter")
Caligula - "I'll tell you what you did, Caligula, you combined food and sex in to one disgusting uncontrollable urge." (Jerry to George, "The Blood"); Jerry: "Is this guy a dentist or Caligula?" ("The Jimmy")
Thomas Carlyle - George's girlfriend, Patrice: "Thomas Carlyle, 1864." George: "Tommy C." ("The Truth")
Carrot Top - Jerry explains to his mother, Helen, that he has to make an impromptu trip to Atlantic City because a scheduled guest who is to perform at Bally's, a comedy club, has cancelled on them at the last minute. Helen: "Who cancelled?" Jerry: "Carrot Top. I told you, my career's fine." ("The Money")
Johnny Carson - Uncle Leo tells Jerry that he thinks Johnny was rude to Jerry and didn't let him talk on the Tonight Show ("The Pen"). Jerry also worries if he insulted Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show ("The Heart Attack"). George tries to win favour with Susan Ross's father with a comedic impression of Carson, which fails to amuse. ("The Cheever Letters")
Fidel Castro - Walter, a work colleague, to Elaine: "Hey, your coffee stain looks like Fidel Castro." ("The Merv Griffin Show")
Nicolae Ceauşescu - "She's Romanian. What am I gonna talk to her about? Ceauşescu? (Jerry, "The Gymnast")
Coco Chanel - "I'm a comedian. How can I go out with a girl with a laugh like that? It's like Coco Chanel going out with a fishmonger." (Jerry, "The Bubble Boy")
Neville Chamberlain - Jerry: "Vomiting is not a deal breaker. If Hitler had vomited on Chamberlain, Chamberlain still would have given him Czechoslovakia." George: "Chamberlain. You could hold his head in the toilet and he'd still give you half of Europe." ("The Pitch, Part 1")
Richard Chamberlain - "George, with which one of the Chamberlains would you rather spend time on a desert island: Richard, Neville or Wilt?" (Jerry, "The ?")
Wilt Chamberlain - Jerry: "Who would order a license plate that says 'ASSMAN'? "George: "Maybe they're Wilt Chamberlain's." ("The Fusilli Jerry")
John Cheever - revealed to have been a lover of Susan Ross's father, following the discovery of love letters in a tin found after a cabin fire. ("The Cheever Letters")
Grover Cleveland - "Why do presidents all have these bad names? Woodrow, Grover, Millard." (Jerry, "The Van Buren Boys")
Vince Coleman - "Speed? They got Coleman. They need a bullpen." (Naked guy to Jerry, "The Subway")
Christopher Columbus - Jerry, while referring to a book about the 15th-16th century explorer with Elaine, refers to it as "eurotrash." ("The Library")
Sammy Davis - Kramer explaining to Elaine what katra is: "Your spirit, your, uh, being. The part of you that says, 'Yes, I can!'" Jerry: "Sammy Davis had it." ("The Foundation")
Richard Dawson - when numerous women kiss Jerry when they greet him, Jerry compares himself to the Family Feud host who kissed every woman on the show. (Jerry, "The Kiss Hello")
Charles de Gaulle - suggested as the ugliest all-time world leader. (Elaine, "The Outing")
Hernando de Soto - Referred to as 'de Soto'; George's favorite explorer. ("The Boyfriend, Part 2")
Neil Diamond - Jerry and George discuss the possibility of a crucial detail about Neil, his new girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, which gives him an edge that could make her leave George and go back to him. Jerry: "What if it's Neil Diamond?" George: "Aw, shut up Jerry! Just shut up!" ("The English Patient")
Joe DiMaggio - Kramer claims he saw him sitting down in a 'Dinky Donuts' eatery. ("The Note")
David Dinkins - Mayor of New York who loses his re-election due to Kramer's mishaps in a laboratory ("The Non-Fat Yogurt")
David Duke - white supremacist. "I think I got David Duke and Farrakhan down there." (Jerry, "The Dinner Party")
Albert Einstein - The subject of the episode's title sarcastically refers to Jerry as Einstein in "The Old Man". Another reference to Einstein appears in "The Big Salad".
Patrick Ewing - Bank customer: "Oh great, Ewing's hurt." George: "Ewing's hurt? How long is he going to be out?" ("Male-Unbonding")
Louis Farrakhan - head of the Nation of Islam "I think I got David Duke and Farrakhan down there." (Jerry, "The Dinner Party")
Millard Fillmore - "Why do presidents all have these bad names? Woodrow, Grover, Millard." (Jerry, "The Van Buren Boys")
Larry Fine - Larry of the Three Stooges. "Elaine, no woman walks into a beauty parlor and says, 'Give me the Larry Fine.'" (George, "The Beard")
Art Garfunkel - George, looking at the oddly-shaped coffee stain on Elaine's jacket sleeve: "Art Garfunkel?" ("The Merv Griffin Show")
Jeff Gillooly - Upon accusations that he and George orchestrated the accident that incapacitated Bette Midler on the baseball field: "Hey, I'm being heckled on stage. People are yelling out Gillooly!" (Jerry, "The Understudy")
Joseph Goebbels - Uncle Leo: "Look at this, I told them medium rare, it's medium. I bet that cook is an anti-Semite. They don't just overcook a hamburger, Jerry." Jerry: "All right. Anyway, the point I was making before Goebbels made your hamburger is a man like you could be dating women twenty years younger." ("The Shower Head")
Bernhard Goetz - Leslie, George's pregnant ex-girlfriend, to another woman at a baby shower: "We just bought an apartment on Riverside Drive. Bernhard Goetz's mother used to live there." ("The Baby Shower")
Dwight Gooden - "They still have no pitching. Gooden's a question mark. You don't recover from those rotator cuffs so fast." (Naked guy to Jerry, "The Subway")
Dick Gregory - "I understand, I like good breakfast. As long as you don't wind up trapped in a room with bib overalls and pigtails, being counseled by Dick Gregory." (Jerry, "The Subway")
Johann Gutenberg - "I understand Gutenberg used to spend a lot of time in there [the bathroom]" (Jerry, "The Bookstore")
Buddy Hackett - Jerry: "Organic. So's Buddy Hackett." Kramer: "Buddy Hackett?" Jerry: "He's a comedian." Kramer: "I know." ("The Parking Garage")
Katherine Hepburn - George entertains the thought of him and Marisa Tomei together: "I, George Costanza, could be on a date with an Oscar winner! An Oscar winner, Jerry! You know what that's like? It's like if fifty years ago, someone fixed me up with Katherine Hepburn!" ("The Cadillac, Part 1")
William Holden - "Oh my God, an affair. That's so adult. It's like with stockings and martinis, and William Holden." (George, "The Good Samaritan")
Lena Horne - she was the woman who Kramer always thought Jerry looked like ("The Cartoon")
John Houseman - "Alec Berg. He's got a good John Houseman name. Alec Buurg. Mr. Buuurg." (Jerry, "The Face Painter")
Moe Howard - Moe of The Three Stooges. "He'd (Aldon Benes) clunk our heads together like Moe." (Jerry, "The Jacket")
Saddam Hussein - George and Kramer are blocked in by a double-parked car. They confuse the mustachioed, beret-wearing man (who speaks with a British accent) who returns to the car with the dictator. ("The Dinner Party")
Mick Jagger - Jerry's girlfriend, Lena, who works in a soup kitchen: "Guess who volunteered last week?" George: "Mick Jagger?" ("The Sponge")
Rick James - As Jerry is fretting over what he plans to talk about for two hours in front of the entire junior high, his Personal Assistant Katie says: "It is already in the school paper. They cancelled Rick James." ("The Abstinence")
Elton John - Jerry refers to George as "Elton", in reference to George's feminine glasses. ("The Glasses")
Lyndon Johnson - Kramer insists that a baby looks like Johnson ("The Boyfriend"). Also suggested as the ugliest all-time world leader. (George, "The Outing")
Michael Jordan - Kramer's friend Mike Moffit claiming that saying the opposite of what is really meant is slang, and thus uses it in a sentence to convince Jerry: "Man, that Michael Jordan is so phony!" ("The Parking Space")
Ethel Kennedy - Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt was to play a tennis match against her with an expensive racquet that Elaine had lent out to a prospective employer. "He needs a $300 Bruline to beat Ethel Kennedy?" (Jerry, "The Switch") Another of Elaine's bosses, J. Peterman, was to assist Ethel Kennedy in inaugurating John F. Kennedy's golf clubs that he'd won in an auction. "A woman whose triumph in the face of tragedy is exceeded only by her proclivity to procreate." (J. Peterman, "The Bottle Deposit, Part 2")
Ayatollah Khomeini - "Can you believe this guy? He holds a grudge like Khomeini." (Jerry to Elaine, in reference to George, "The Baby Shower")
C. Everett Koop - Elaine explains to Jerry the reason why she dumped Keith Hernandez; "Oh, smoking! You know, you're like going out with C. Everett Koop." (Jerry, "The Boyfriend, Part 2")
Spike Lee - Sat with Kramer during an Indiana Pacers-New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. ("The Susie")
Lewis and Clark - "You need a little pioneer spirit. You know, you don't have any of that Lewis and Clark in you." (Jerry, "The Virgin")
Rich Little - the impressionist. "Who am I, Rich Little?" (Helen Seinfeld, "The Stakeout")
Yo Yo Ma - the cellist, in Kramer's exclamation, "Yo Yo Ma!" ("The Opera")
Elle MacPherson - the supermodel; Kramer meets her at a Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot at the hotel as a subsequence of using George's plane ticket to the Cayman Islands ("The Suicide")
Ferdinand Magellan - Jerry's favorite explorer ("The Boyfriend, Part 2")
Mickey Mantle - Kramer clobbers him during a brawl at baseball fantasy camp ("The Visa")
Marsha Mason - "So is it all over between you and Marsha Mason?" (George, "The Letter")
Don Mattingly - "Mattingly just split his pants!" (Yankees TV announcer, "The Chaperone")
Golda Meir - Israeli leader, agreed upon by George, Elaine, and Jerry as the world's ugliest all-time leader ("The Outing")
Josef Mengele - "Napoleon? Who's he to have a cake? He was a ruthless warmonger. Might as well get a Mengele." (Elaine, "The Dinner Party")
Cheryl Miller - female basketball player; Elaine discovers that she is the sister of Reggie Miller whom she did not know also played basketball. ("The Susie")
Reggie Miller - Indiana Pacers basketball player; had a hot dog thrown at him by Kramer during a game because Reggie and Spike Lee were jawing at each other. After they are thrown out of the arena the three of them go to a strip club. ("The Susie")
Liza Minnelli - Kramer: "I've been partying all night. I saw the sunrise at Liza's!" George: "What, Minnelli's?!" Kramer: "No." ("The Summer of George"); George: "I need a nickname that makes people light up." Jerry: "You mean like 'Liza'!" ("The Maid")
Ricardo Montalbán - Estelle Costanza receiving a recommendation for a doctor; "He's good. He's very good. He worked on this kid from Guatemala with no nose. Turned him into Ricardo Montalbán." (Kramer, "The Fusilli Jerry")
Demi Moore - George and Jerry ponder over the correct pronunciation of her first name. "I've never heard of a 'semee' tractor-trailer." (George, "The Secretary")
Eddie Murray - "No hitting? They got hitting! Bonilla, Murray. They got no defence." (Naked guy to Jerry, "The Subway")
Benito Mussolini - "This how dictators start. Do you think Mussolini would circle the block six times looking for a spot?" asks George after he and Kramer are blocked in by a double-parker. ("The Dinner Party") "I let fly like Mussolini from the balcony!" (George, "The Tape")
Richard Nixon - Jerry: "Who was the last president to have a beard?" George: "Nixon." ("The Van Buren Boys"); Jerry's ex-girlfriend, Nikki: "What's the M stand for in Richard M. Nixon?" Elaine: "Milhouse." ("The Calzone")
Hakeem Olajuwon - Houston Rockets basketball player; Kramer states that he has a real attitude problem. ("The Susie")
Jackie Onassis - "Ooh, I gotta check my machine. I'm waiting to hear about an interview. Doubleday is looking for somebody to replace Jackie Onassis." (Elaine, "The Chaperone")
Louis Pasteur - George uses the example of the successful marriage between Louis Pasteur and his wife and their having nothing in common to convince Susan Ross that they too can make their relationship work. ("The Pick")
Luciano Pavarotti - In response to Jerry's plea to help him beat a lie detector test: "Jerry, I can't. It's like saying to Pavarotti, 'Teach me to sing like you.'" (George, "The Beard")
Joe Pepitone - Kramer plunks him during baseball fantasy camp, starting a bench-clearing brawl. ("The Visa")
George Peppard - "Well, not really. After all, she did get together with George Peppard. I mean, Fred" says George, disagreeing with a fellow book club member that Holly Golightly's most important part of her life was her independence in Breakfast at Tiffany's. ("The Couch"). George reassuring Jerry Seinfeld that a conversation with Jerry Lewis will go well between them because they have the same first name; "Well, it worked when I met George Peppard last week." ("The Strongbox")
James Polk - Jerry, looking at a potential date's stats on the back of her photograph: "Favorite president: James Polk!" ("The Bizarro Jerry")
John Ritter - Elaine: "You know, Jerry, I really like this guy who's playing the butler." Jerry: "Oh yeah. He's good. You know, he's John Ritter's cousin." ("The Pilot")
Diana Ross - "We're going on a two-day trip. What are you, Diana Ross?" - Jerry to George, who's carrying several stuffed suitcases and backpacks, as they prepare to go to California. ("The Trip", two-part episode)
Salman Rushdie - Kramer sees him at the health club (it turns out it's really just a similar-looking gentleman named "Sal Bass"). Kramer: "You know who I saw at the health club? Salman Rushdie." Elaine: "Yeah right, Salman Rushdie. Yeah well, I can see that - you got five millions Moslems after you, you wanna stay in pretty good shape." ("The Implant")
Robert Schumann - Jerry mentions that Schumann could not get a note out of his head and had to be institutionalized. ("The Jacket")
Maria Shriver - "Let Maria Shriver give her a baby shower" says George, bitter about the news of an old flame's pregnancy. ("The Baby Shower")
Neil Simon - American screenwriter and playwright; lines from his 1979 film, Chapter Two, plagiarised by Jerry's girlfriend in a confronting letter she wrote him. ("The Letter")
Moose Skowron - Kramer tries to pull him off of one of his teammates during a bench-clearing brawl in baseball fantasy camp, prior to turning around and punching Mickey Mantle. ("The Visa")
Mira Sorvino - George holding up a magazine cover to Jerry; "Mira Sorvino. Do you think she'd go out with me?" ("The Junk Mail")
Joseph Stalin - "I would have been friends with Stalin if he had a ping pong table." (Jerry, "Male-Unbonding"); Ping, translating for George what the Hair Restoration Clinic in Beijing is saying about their cure for baldness, "They say you grow hair. Look-a like Stalin!" ("The Tape")
James Thurber - "Then we ended up going out to lunch and he had some great gossip about James Thurber." (Elaine, "The Cartoon")
Martin Van Buren - "The Van Buren Boys? There's a street gang named after President Martin Van Buren?" (Jerry, "The Van Buren Boys")
Sunny von Bülow - Sitting at his neighbour's hospital bed after an unsuccessful suicide attempt: "It's not like a Sunny von Bülow coma. The doctor said he should snap out of it anytime." (Jerry to Kramer, "The Suicide")
George Will - Kramer admits he is an attractive man, but doesn't find him all that bright. ("The Jimmy")
Woodrow Wilson - "Why do presidents all have these bad names? Woodrow, Grover, Millard." (Jerry, "The Van Buren Boys")

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Fictional characters who are referenced without making an appearance

Jeffrey - Jerry's cousin, whom Uncle Leo always raves about. He worked for the New York Parks Department. Jeffrey once got Jerry tickets to a Paul Simon concert, and a glasses-less George once claimed to see Jeffrey kissing Jerry's girlfriend in the street (it turned out to be a policewoman patting a horse). According to Uncle Leo, Jeffrey's favorite animal is the leopard because he likes the spots, and he keeps in close contact with his college zoology professor, a friendship of which Leo thinks is rare. Jeffrey received a citation from the city for his edible plant tour through Central Park.
Bob Sacamano - a friend of Kramer's who is often referred to as the source of nutty ideas or inaccurate information. Bob's father is mentioned as living in Florida.
Bugs Bunny - "You know, it is sad, all your knowledge of high culture comes from Bugs Bunny cartoons." - Elaine to Jerry, who has just sung the theme song for The Bugs Bunny Show. ("The Opera")
Donald O'Brien, head of the fictional "Aryan Union" - George impersonated O'Brien so he could be picked up from the airport in O'Brien's designated limousine. ("The Limo")
Howard Metro - A supposed mutual friend or associate of Jerry and Jerry's annoying childhood friend, Joel Horneck. ("Male-Unbonding")
Indiana Jones - George is greeted as 'Indiana' by Jerry when he sees George wearing an ill-fitting akubra hat. ("The Parking Space")
Joe Friday - "Hey, I look like Joe Friday in Dragnet." (Kramer, "The Statue")
The Green Lantern - while Jerry and Elaine are having a discussion about Elaine's mysterious boyfriend, Jerry suggests that perhaps he is a superhero, specifically The Green Lantern. After Jerry's explanation of The Green Lantern's ring of power, Elaine states that she doesn't care for jewelry on men. ("The Strongbox")
The Lopper, a.k.a. Headzo, the Denogginizer, Son of Dad ("That's my suggestion - it's sort of a catch-all") - a fictional serial killer whom Kramer mentions that has been decapitating victims in Riverside park, all of whom bear some resemblance to Jerry Seinfeld. ("The Frogger")
The Man in the Park - as fictional by Lt. Martel, and as factual by Kramer. ("The Trip, Part 2")
Marty Benson - A 67-year-old comedy club owner who died of pneumonia as a result of Kramer's coercing Richie Appel, a fellow softball teammate, to pour a bucket of Gatorade over Benson's head. ("The Pez Dispenser")
Merlin - Elaine sarcastically corrects George ("Dial '9', Merlin") when he fails to externally dial out on her phone at work after he cockily says "Now watch the magic." ("The Chicken Roaster")
Mr. Peanut - "So, we meet at last. I admire your skills, Mr. Peanut." - George Costanza, to a lookalike who apparently walks with a cane. ("The English Patient")
Pippi Longstocking - "Who was Pippi Longstocking? Did she have anything to do with Hitler?" (Elaine, "The Cadillac, Part 1")
Ray McKigney - referenced as factual, whom George's hands are compared to when George becomes a hand model. Ray's hands were so perfect and flawless that he fell in love with his own hand. The muscles of his hand ended up locking into a claw from "overuse", thus ending his career. ("The Puffy Shirt")
Superman - Frequently mentioned by Jerry as his favourite superhero.
Susie, as factual by Peggy, Elaine and J. Peterman, and also as fictional by Elaine. ("The Susie")

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Seinfeld sayings

A few notable expressions from Seinfeld became popular phrases in everyday speech (Seinfeldisms). Among the most well-known:

anti-dentite - someone who discriminates against dentists, which Kramer accuses Jerry of being.
bad breaker-upper - someone who says the things you don't mean when you break up, but means them.
baldist - someone who discriminates against bald people, George often being the victim.
"Cantstandya!" - a nickname given to George by his high school gym teacher.
close talker - a person who doesn't understand the concept of personal space during conversation.
conjugal visit sex - the second best sex to have, fugitive sex being first and make-up sex being third.
double-dipper - a person who inserts chip into dip, takes a bite, and unhygenically re-dips the chip, thereby essentially putting the whole mouth into the dip. George's double-dipping causes a scuffle at a funeral.
dry heave - used to describe Elaine's Horrendous Dancing.
Festivus - a December holiday created by Frank Costanza to counteract the commercialism of those other December holidays.
fugitive sex - the one thing better than conjugal visit sex
"Get Out!" - Elaine's trademark line, usually accompanied by pushing someone backwards on the chest
"Giddyup!" - Kramer's trademark line, meaning "it's all good" or "let's go"
high talker - a person who speaks in an abnormally high pitch, usually to describe a male who sounds like a female.
in the vault - an expression to indicate a secret, told in confidence, as in don't worry, "it's in the vault."
"It's not you, it's me" - George claims he invented this famous break-up line.
low talker - a person who speaks very softly. This can have very adverse effects especially when Jerry was 'low talked' into wearing a puffy shirt on The Today Show.
"Hello, Newman" - Jerry's greeting to a certain annoying postal worker.
"Hello, Vargas" - Kevin's greeting to a certain friendly FedEx worker, who's the same size as Newman. This was intended as a joke, as Kevin and Vargas share a laugh over it.
"Hipster doofus" - given by Kramer's girlfriend, the word accurately described and defined the character of Kramer for many of the viewers. Often taken as "someone who is intellectual and spirited; knowing the real design of life and not caring at all." Believed to be the roughest prototype of today's metrosexual man.
"Hoochie Mama!" - an exclamation used by Kramer, and ultimately Frank Costanza, in place of "Serenity Now!" (see below). Kramer also uses it to express surprise or awe throughout the series.
The Human Fund: Money For People - a fictional charity made up by George in order to save on spending for actual Christmas presents. After having donated people's presents to the Human Fund, his boss, Mr. Kruger, decides that the company should make a significant contribution and thinks the Human Fund is a worthy cause. As a result, George becomes an overnight philanthropist.
"I was in the pool!" - George's defense of being seen naked in "The Hamptons" episode. He says it twice, because he was short-changed from some sort of shrinkage.
"The jerk store called: they're running out of you!" George's comeback for "The ocean called, they're running out of shrimp," due to George's pigging out on shrimp at a Yankee's meeting.
make-up sex - the sex when making up after an argument, which is best type other than conjugal visit sex and fugitive sex.
Manssiere or bro - names proposed by Frank Costanza and Kramer (respectively) for support garments for male breasts.
man hands - phrase to describe a woman's hands when they are 'less than feminine.'
master of my domain - used to describe one's fortitude in refraining from masturbation.
queen of the castle - used to describe woman's (Elaine's) fortitude in refraining from masturbation; feminine form of "master of my domain." Elaine was queen of the castle until she saw John F. Kennedy Junior in an exercise class.
mimbo - a male bimbo.
Moops - a typo for "Moors" on a Trival Pursuit card; seized upon by George to deny the Bubble Boy the win.
Mulva - the name Jerry guessed for a woman he was dating whose name he couldn't remember, all he knew was that it rhymed with a part of a woman's anatomy. After she stormed off in a huff because he couldn't remember her name, he realized it was Dolores.
"N ewman!" - as to identify a single individual being responsible for something, or all, that's bad.
"No soup for you!" - an exclamation used in the event where someone changes his or her mind about giving something to someone else. The word "soup" may be replaced with the object at hand; the reference to the show can still be very obvious if the speaker uses the correct tone of voice.
"Not that there's anything wrong with that" - politically correct standard disclaimer, used to indicate that while one was not homosexual, one did not particularly disapprove of it.
"Oh Moses, smell the roses!" interjection comparable to "Sweet, fancy Moses!"
"pretty big matzoh ball" - the phrase "I love you" when said and unreturned hangs out there like a matzoh ball.
pop in - the act of visiting without invitation or notification. Jerry claims to dislike the "pop in" but has no choice as George, Elaine, and especially Kramer often "pop in" to his apartment.
regift/regifter - take a (usually undesirable) present given to you, and give to someone else.
"Serenity now!" - something that George's father Frank paradoxically yells as a mantra to calm down. Unfortunately, when one uses the "serenity now" method of anger management, the person swallows the anger until it reaches a critical level and he or she explodes. Lloyd Braun claims that this is how he was driven insane: "Serenity now. Insanity later."
sexual camel - someone who can go long periods between sex.
shiksappeal - someone who is appealing, but non-Jewish; a play on the Yiddish word shiksa.
Schmoopie - nauseatingly sweet term of affection used by couples for each other, as in "I love you, Schmoopie!" Jerry uses it with a girlfriend, to George and Elaine's disgust.
shrinkage - the shrinking of a man's (specifically George Costanza) penis in cold water. "Like a frightened turtle," as Jerry says.
slip one past the goalie - to impregnate a woman, as phrased by Jerry in response to Kramer's lament that he had never done it.
Soup Nazi - rude and gruff restaurateur who would kick clients out for not following procedures, declaring, "No soup for you!"
spongeworthy - that a potential sexual partner is particularly worthy; in the original episodes, being "spongeworthy" meant Elaine was willing to use one of her limited supply of (no longer produced) contraceptive Today sponges with this person.
Stopping short - the technique of a driver of a car (usually male) who slams on the brakes, in order to get a cheap feel of the person in the passenger seat. Frank Costanza was notoriously good at this.
"Sweet Fancy Moses!!" - exclaimed by Jerry and George when they both are subject to Elaine's horrendous dancing.
"That'll be ... five ... ten ... minutes" - to put off those who are in waiting, such as for a free table in a restaurant, for what overtly appears a moderate duration, but with the effect or even the intention to wait indefinitely.
"That's a shame" - a line Jerry frequently uses to express half-hearted sympathy. George sometimes says it, too. Kramer uses the line in an episode where he and Jerry switch apartments and personalities.
"These pretzels are making me thirsty" - a line Kramer was to say in a Woody Allen movie; all four characters practiced saying the line in different ways. Later used as a filler phrase when irritated or nervous, and at a loss for words.
the jimmy leg - a condition that people have when their leg undergoes spasms while sleeping causing his/her significant other to lose sleep. This condition may cause a couple to sleep in different beds; Frank and Estelle Costanza resorted to sleeping in twin beds as a result of her jimmy arm.
the move - Jerry has a complicated special move he uses during sexual intercourse. It ends with a swirl. George was able to master the move only with crib notes he scribbles on his hand (which got him in trouble)
the old switcheroo - George mistakenly uses this phrase as applying to when someone has done something to you, you do the same thing to them. Jerry explains that George is thinking of "what is good for the goose is good for the gander." George asks, "What is a gander, anyway?" Jerry answers, "A goose that's had the old switcheroo pulled on it."
the tap - during sex, to get a tap on the shoulder by your partner to cease activities because of subpar performance.
toe thumbs - one of Jerry's girlfriends had a mysterious "tractor story." George suggested she lost her thumbs in a tractor accident and they grafted her big toes onto her thumbs.
the twirl - Jerry used to sell umbrellas on the street and claims he invented holding the umbrella open over one's shoulder and twirling it. The twirl must be done at a certain speed, otherwise the twirler will disorient the customer.
to get upset - used in the third person as in "George is getting upset!", exclaimed by George Louis Costanza himself. Self-reflective speech was initially a defining attribute of Jimmy ("The Jimmy").
to just ... write it off!! - Kramer's belief in a "write off" being something for which the consequences can be ignored, such as when a company writing off a loss.
to name name(s) - as expression of the ultimate and irredeemable betrayal of an (until then shared) idea, or good; in referring to the betrayer.
trifecta - combining sex, watching television, and eating into one activity
two-face - describes a girl who looks good in one lighting condition, and ugly in another. Also used: "hotsy totsy, hotsy notsy."
urban sombrero - Advocated by Elaine, a sombrero designed for the urban business professional, combining "the spirit of Old Mexico with a little big-city panache". After becoming president of the company, Elaine pridefully promotes the hat on the cover of the J. Peterman catalog. The urban sombrero then bombs, and afterwards becomes symbolic of Elaine's hubris and, in general, of failure. As Peterman describes it, when Elaine shows him the catalog in the Burmese jungle, "The horror... the horror." This hat also took away the sales from umbrella salesmen. "Now we got that damn 'urban sombrero' to contend with."
^ "V argas!" - a positive exclamation, the opposite of "Newman!" as to identify a single individual being responsible for something that's good, from the Bizarro Jerry episode.
"yada yada yada" - used largely like "et cetera, et cetera", although in the original Seinfeld episode it was used to gloss over important details. George had a girlfriend who yada yada'd shoplifting. Elaine described a bad date - she yada yada'd sex, but she did mention the lobster bisque.
"You are so good looking" - a proposed alternative phrase for when someone sneezes, rather than "God bless you."
"You can stick your sorries in a sack!" - George's annoying retort to Jerry's untimely "betrayal".
"You gotta see the baby!" - annoying phrase muttered by new parents to uninterested friends.
"You mean the panties your mother laid out for you?" An attempt at dirty talking by Jerry. What does it mean? No one is sure. This phrase caused Elaine's too-talkative work colleague Sandra to break up with Jerry in the middle of sex. Although as George points out, "Well, that's not offensive. It's abnormal, but it's not offensive."
"You tell that son of a bitch that no Yankee is ever coming to Houston, not as long as you bastards are running things!" - George's sarcastic response to the Astros' question about their team playing against the Yankees. Upon hearing this out of context, Wilhelm angrily slams down the phone, and later Steinbrenner recommends a hot tub to George.

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Seinfeld (1058 words)
	Jerry Seinfeld, American standup comedian and author of the best-selling book SeinLanguage (1993), is now best known as the eponymous hero of Seinfeld, a sitcom that has been a great success for NBC for the last five years.
	In Seinfeld disasters multiply for each character, except for the mysterious Kramer, a trickster figure, who like trickster figures through the ages always gets out of daily work, is a renowned sexual reptile, generally out-tricks every adversary, and ignores the havoc he insists on causing.
	Seinfeld himself comments that in Seinfeld, "You can't change the basic situation or the basic characters." Nevertheless, he rejected the suggestion that even the show's devotees think the characters are becoming increasingly obnoxious and the jokes forced (TV Week, 4 March 1995).

Seinfeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4611 words)
	Seinfeld is a television sitcom, considered to be one of the most popular and influential of the 1990s in the U.S., to the point where it is often cited as epitomizing the self-obsessed and ironic culture of the decade.
	It stars Jerry Seinfeld playing Jerry Seinfeld, a character named after and based largely on himself, and is set predominantly in an apartment block in Manhattan's Upper West Side, New York.
	One of the most popular characters on the show, he is often described as the "action character" that draws audiences with his wild and unusual antics and movements.

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