18 Seinfeld Facts That Fans Have Been Waiting YEARS To Find Out
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There was never a sitcome quite like Seinfeld before Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld created their comedic masterpiece, and there never will be.
1. The glorious holiday of Festivus was not a totally fictional creation. It was based off a holiday that the father of one of the writers had created.
The Festivus pole, though, was a new development.
2. Much of the show was actually shot in California, despite its New York City flavor.
3. Rosie O'Donnell was actually considered for the role of Elaine Benes.
4. Monks is the real heart and soul of the show, and it's based off of an actual place in NYC called "Toms Restaurant."
5. NBC was bringing in somewhere around the tune of 200 mil per year of PURE PROFIT from Seinfeld by the end of the series.
6. Seinfeld, the show ended up taking home 10 Emmy's, but Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld never won an individual Emmy.
7. Jason Alexander directed an episode of the show, and was the only cast member to do so.
8. Jerry Seinfeld holds the no. 12 position on the Comedy Central list of top 100 comedians of all time.
9. Michael Richards tried out for the part of Al Bundy on Married With Children, but lost. That made him available to play Kramer.
10. The Contest, like many things from the show, was based on an actual story from Larry David's life.
Larry David DID have such a contest with a friend, and after several months, Larry ended up winning.
11. The "Soup Nazi" was based off of a real man in a real restaurant, named Al Yeganah.
Jerry Seinfeld is actually now banned from Al's restaurant, because he claimed that the Seinfeld episode ruined his business.
12. The end of the episode The Parking garage, where Kramer's car won't start after all the effort finding it, wasn't planned...that ACTUALLY happened.
13. Julia Louis=Dreyfus became pregnant while shooting, and Seinfeld suggested a story line where Elaine gets fat to deal with the situation.
When Julia started crying at the suggestion, they pretty quickly opted to do something else.
14. I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith Show and Seinfeld are the only series in America to maintain a no. 1 ranking for the entirety of their final seasons.
15. "No Hugs, No Lessons" was the motto that the show maintained, and they stuck to that through the entire series.
Seinfeld wanted the show to be a true comedy, and not have the plot revolve around little emotional storylines.
16. Originally, there was no Elaine. After the pilot, Larry David and Seinfeld felt they needed a female. They ended up choosing Julia.
17. TV Guide rated "Yada, yada, yada" no. 1 in a list of top catchphrases from television.
18. Spielberg found that Seinfeld was an effective way to improve his mood when he was getting depressed.
He mentioned that he watched the show to cheer him up when he would get emotional while working on Schindler's List.
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