Many of seinfeld's distinctive traits can be found in subsequent popular sitcoms, most notably Friends. |
Many of Seinfeld's distinctive traits can be found in subsequent popular sitcoms, most notably Friends. |
* George Costanza (played by Jason Alexander) - a short, balding, neurotic individual domineered by his parents, especially his father. * Cosmo Kramer (played by Michael Richards) - tall, wild-haired, Kramer is the Seinfeld character with the loosest grip on reality, decorum, or concepts of property. * Elaine Benes (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus) - like Seinfeld, much of Elaine's life revolves around trying to arrange relationships with attractive individuals, although some of hers last rather longer than Jerry's. |
* George Costanza (played by Jason Alexander) - a short, balding, neurotic individual domineered by his parents, especially his father. * Cosmo Kramer (played by [Michael Richards]?) - tall, wild-haired, Kramer is the Seinfeld character with the loosest grip on reality, decorum, or concepts of property. * Elaine Benes (played by [Julia Louis-Dreyfus]?) - like Seinfeld, much of Elaine's life revolves around trying to arrange relationships with attractive individuals, although some of hers last rather longer than Jerry's. |
* man hands - phrase to describe a woman's hands when they are 'less than feminine.' * mimbo - a male bimbo * 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. * high talker - a person who speaks in an abnormal high pitch, usually to describe a male who sounds like a female. * close talker - a person who doesn't understand the concept of personal space during conversation. * 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. |
Many of Seinfeld's distinctive traits can be found in subsequent popular sitcoms, most notably Friends.
Among the characters:
A few notable expressions from Seinfeld became popular phrases in everyday speech. Among the most famous: