(a Seinfeld-in-culture note in advance of more Seinfeld-isms to come, very soon...) Returning here after more than two years--after I went bye-bye in 2013, after saying Helloooo!--I was tempted toward a good George-ism to capture the moment. Maybe the simple, ebullient "I'm back, baby!" Or the subversive, Eeyore-ish voicemail he once left Jerry, "Hey, it's George... Pfft. I've… Continue reading “I don’t even really work here!”
Category: The Notes
Post-It type posts that usually intervene old and new Seinfeld-ism posts. Translation: I came up with something (hopefully) cool to stick out there while I get a new Seinfeld-ism done.
“I never met a man who knew so much about nothing.”
(another Seinfeld-in-culture note before you read on to the latest Seinfeld-isms below) Jerry was flying first class and living it up (while Elaine suffered in coach) when this line came his way. His seatmate was marveling at a comment he'd just made about the fudge sundae they were eating ("They got the fudge on the bottom. You see? That enables… Continue reading “I never met a man who knew so much about nothing.”
“Oh…let him kill me. I won’t have to do any more sit-ups.”
(a note to readers before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms below) It was cut from the episode, the above Costanza line, before "The Busboy" aired. (Turn on the "Notes About Nothing" function while watching any Seinfeld episode on DVD to get such priceless trivia.) George inadvertently played a hand in the kneejerk firing of a waiter… Continue reading “Oh…let him kill me. I won’t have to do any more sit-ups.”
“I don’t know what your parents did to you.”
(another Seinfeld-in-culture note to readers before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms below) Elaine delivered the above line into George's neurotic implosion over a date gone wrong ("She wants me to like her, if she likes me. But she doesn't like me!"). Parents magazine delivered a Seinfeld line in a sidebar story in their August issue (p. 116) for… Continue reading “I don’t know what your parents did to you.”
“I had to take a sick day, I’m so sick of these people.”
(another Seinfeld-in-culture note to readers before you read on to the latest Seinfeld-ism, below) Like most people, Elaine loved her work and hated her work, the latter evidenced by the above comment she made to Jerry (in the episode "The Frogger") after a particularly hard day. The difficulty? Co-workers pushing cake on her as they… Continue reading “I had to take a sick day, I’m so sick of these people.”
“I’m gonna read a book. From beginning to end. In that order.”
(another Seinfeld-in-culture note to readers before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms below) It was one of George's aims, the above comment, in the "summer of George." We're not exactly sure where George stood when it came to books. In one episode, he was collecting them like an avid reader. In another, he was foregoing a… Continue reading “I’m gonna read a book. From beginning to end. In that order.”
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