Her final appearance was in newly shot flashback scene in season nine. Then year-old comedian Larry David saw the network premiere of Seinfeld - which he co-created with Jerry Seinfeld - in He appeared on the series on several occasions most notably as the voice of George Steinbrenner and as the man wearing a cape. His voice can be heard heckling Jerry in the final credits of the final episode of the series in She was often seen in the background of the diner from seasons four through nine.
Cohen was 68 when the series ended in Jerry Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Elaine Benes. Michael Richards Cosmo Kramer. Jason Alexander George Costanza. Wayne Knight Newman. Jerry Stiller Frank Costanza.
Estelle Harris Estelle Costanza. Is that even possible? Hoping to get to the bottom of this, I called up Katie Kleiger, a comedian featured in a Hulu documentary about Seinfeld super-fans.
Elaine is the youngest, and Kramer is much older. Mystery solved, right? Not really, because Kleiger didn't seem to have such a strong grasp on the ages herself: "You know, I've been watching this for such a long time, but now that I'm closer to Elaine's age, it does seem weird," she said. I'm 29, and Kleiger is a little younger than that. We started comparing notes. It was pretty realistic that Elaine would live with a roommate toward the beginning of the show if she was in her 20s, she said.
But it was weird, I pointed out, that she never went out to parties or bars. Who is too old to go out but not old enough to live alone, even in New York? Part of the confusion could be chalked up to everyone, including Elaine, dressing like a dad on his day off, but I'm not buying that explanation. After all, 90s fashion is obviously back in style, and I'm not feeling the same kind of dissonance I feel when I walk down the street in Brooklyn as a I do while watching Seinfeld.
In search of a better answer, I called Matt Williams, the cohost of a podcast called Seincast. For instance, in one episode Jerry would say he was 37, and then in another George would say he was But in season four's "The Outing," an NYU student writes an article assuming that the two are a couple, and in that episode we get some clear verification that they met in gym class at school.
So the question is: Is George older than he says, or is Jerry younger than he says? The show is basically about them being pathological liars, so it's possible one or both of them aren't being truthful.
Although Williams is one of the world's foremost experts on Seinfeld , he says that he just kind of splits the difference between the actors's ages. In the episode about Jerry's long-outstanding library book, the comedian claims he returned it in Doing some back-of-the-napkin math on that, and presuming that Jerry was an year-old high school senior at the time, and given that the show piloted 18 years after , it would put him at about That number gets further credence because it was Jerry Seinfeld's actual age when the pilot filmed.
That wasn't enough for me as someone who's seen a million teen movies with year-old actors and about as many rom-coms where a something starlet plays a matronly figure. There's a clear difference between a character's age and an actor's. George often claims that his difficult childhood was the cause of most of his neurotic tendencies. George has mentioned growing up in Brooklyn, New York and attended public school.
He attended John F. Kennedy High School on Long Island and was in the class of He met Jerry Seinfeld in gym class, and they have been best friends ever since although he was jealous of Jerry's summer camp friend 'Fragile' Frankie Merman whom he referred to as the 'Summer Me'. He was also picked on in gym class by the gym teacher Mr. Heyman, whom George tattled on for giving him a wedgie and subsequently got Mr.
Heyman fired. George and Jerry also frequently hung out at a restaurant called Mario's Pizza, where George got the high score on a Frogger game. George refers to this as the greatest accomplishment of his life.
It has been mentioned that Jerry and George both attended Queens College. George's success there was somewhat debatable, as he mentions being a college graduate but his difficulty finding work and Diane DeConn, a former classmate of Jerry and George, claimed he was always goofing off and is never mentioned in the alumni magazine of the college.
Jerry also told Elaine that George had gotten accepted to podiatry school, but nothing ever came of it. In the beginning of the series, George works as a real estate broker as shown when he tries to find a new apartment for Jerry in " The Robbery ".
George had difficulty handling relationships with women though: for example, he left an angry message on his girlfriend Carol's answering machine and had to swap out the tape to make sure she didn't hear it in " The Phone Message ". Another example includes " The Chinese Restaurant " where George mentions having to leave in the middle of sex with his girlfriend because of flatulence. In " The Revenge ", George quits his job out of frustration.
He attempts to get it back, but after his boss degrades him in public he decides to "slip him a mickey" instead. George then goes through several jobs struggling to regain employment. He got a job parking cars in " The Alternate Side " but ends up causing accidents and traffic jams. He also got a job at Pendant Publishing in " The Red Dot ", but gets fired for having sex with the cleaning woman on his desk.
In " The Boyfriend ", George dates the daughter of an unemployment officer to try and stay on assistance but loses it when the girl breaks up with him. George actually manages to find steady work with Jerry writing a pilot for a sitcom on NBC. This causes problems, mainly for Susan. The subsequent burning of the cabin led to the discovery of letters revealing Susan's father had a homosexual affair in " The Cheever Letters ".
Their relationship finally comes to an end in " The Virgin ", when George kisses her in front of her boss, causing her to get fired. They get back together in " The Pick ", but Susan breaks up with him again when George picks his nose in front of her on purpose. In " The Pilot ", they manage to produce the first episode of the show Jerry , but the new executive at NBC doesn't like it and passes on the show. In " The Puffy Shirt ", George finally runs out of money and is forced to move back in with his parents.
He manages to get a job as a hand model, but loses it when he burns his hands on a hot iron. Frank gets George an interview to be a brassiere salesman in " The Sniffing Accountant ", and though it goes well, George is fired for flirting with his future female boss. In " The Conversion ", George's new girlfriend Sasha breaks up with him because he isn't Latvian Orthodox, which causes him to convert to the religion.
It is in vain, however, as Sasha moves to Latvia. In " The Opposite ", George begins doing the opposite of all his instincts which helps him get a beautiful girlfriend and a job as Assistant to the Traveling Secretary of the Yankees. They eventually make up and move back in together. In " The Engagement ", George and Jerry begin contemplating how they have lived their lives as children rather than as men. George is inspired to ask his former girlfriend Susan to marry him.
He mentioned having to beg at first, but she finally accepted.
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