This post has been moved permanently to the book--a "Seinfeld survival guide for life"--now out on Amazon in paperback and ebook, with all new, previously unpublished material! Don't miss it. You want to keep dominating the dojo, don't you? Giddy up!
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“Happy, Pappy?”
This post has been moved permanently to the book--a "Seinfeld survival guide for life"--now out on Amazon in paperback and ebook, with all new, previously unpublished material! Don't miss it. You want to keep dominating the dojo, don't you? Giddy up!
“Why don’t you just give up?”
A prickly question to use on those who are so full of themselves--over their own potential--they're practically bursting. And you're happy to expand their horizons. Before Jerry and Kramer bumped into Sally, an aspiring actress friend of Jerry's, as she approached them on the sidewalk, Jerry told Kramer, "She should just give up" (on acting).… Continue reading “Why don’t you just give up?”
“Well, we can’t all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.”
(A note to readers before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms below...) Kramer was reading Jerry's VCR manual while lying like a bump on the log of Jerry's couch in this episode (see "The Strike" in Season 9). Jerry questioned why he was doing this. This was Kramer's reply. His words need no explanation. Fit them in where… Continue reading “Well, we can’t all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.”
“But I don’t want to be a pirate!”
This post has been moved permanently to the book--a "Seinfeld survival guide for life"--now out on Amazon in paperback and ebook, with all new, previously unpublished material! Don't miss it. You want to keep dominating the dojo, don't you? Giddy up!
“Who is this? Uncle Leo?”
(A note to readers, before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms, below) Even when the name comes up indirectly, as in Jerry's mocking George over the phone here--it's funny. Hearing his name is funny because Uncle Leo was just plain funny, the actor himself as well as the words the writers put in his mouth. In honor… Continue reading “Who is this? Uncle Leo?”
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