There’s lots to mulva over.
Yada, yada, yada, here are our picks for the 15 bestSeinfeldmoments.
“Were living in a society!”
Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander of ‘Seinfeld’.Credit:Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
We’re supposed to act in a civilized way!
Does anyone ever display the slightest sensitivity over the problems of a fellow individual?
A resounding no!"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jason Alexander on ‘Seinfeld’.YouTube
Little did he know he wouldinspire a certain Batman villainto develop a similar philosophy.
Kevin Jacobsen
14.
“No soup for you!”
Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld on ‘Seinfeld’.Dan Zaitz/Castle Rock Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection
With a sharp “No soup for you!”
Larry Thomas, who portrayed the irascible cook, earned an Emmy nomination for his performance.K.J.
Morty (Barney Martin) suggests some muscle relaxers, and, well, Elaine gets very relaxed.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Larry Thomas on ‘Seinfeld’.Wren Maloney/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
multiple times throughout the evening.
Only in Florida!Amy Wilkinson
11.
For Elaine, help is just one stall over or so she thinks.
Liz Sheridan, Barney Martin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jerry Seinfeld on ‘Seinfeld’.Gino Mifsud/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
When she asks for three measly squares, however, she’s rudely rebuffed.
“I don’t have a square to spare,” chirps the voice.
“I can’t spare a square.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on ‘Seinfeld’.NBC
Namely his oversized chest.
“They were real hooters,” marvels Kramer (Michael Richards).
Inspired, Kramer dreams up a support undergarment specially designed for men.
Michael Richards and Jerry Stiller on ‘Seinfeld’.Everett Collection
It’s not a bra it’s a bro (though Frank prefers the term “manssiere”).
Whatever the name, the two are arguably sitting on a million-dollar idea.
You could say, the bro went bust.
Michael Richards, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jerry Seinfeld on ‘Seinfeld’.Joseph Delvalle/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
But the Hollywood tweaking goes next level when Kramer finds the discardedMerv Griffin Showset in a dumpster.
Cut to Kramer in a suit, holding cue cards and interviewing the gang in his living room studio.
“Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son,” he tells Kramer.
Jason Alexander and Jerry Stiller on ‘Seinfeld’.NBC
“I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man.
As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.”
George certainly seems to think so.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on ‘Seinfeld’.NBC
“With my personality and this head of hair, you know what I am now?
I’m in the game!”
he says of his new rug.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on ‘Seinfeld’.Everett Collection
“Do you see the irony here?”
“You are rejecting somebody because they are bald.”
“I don’t like this thing!”
Michael Richards and Jerry Seinfeld on ‘Seinfeld’.Everett Collection
she yells, “And here’s what I’m doing with it!”
You could say it was a moment of religious awakening for George.
He’s bald again.
Jason Alexander on ‘Seinfeld’.NBC
The episode that secured her first win?
George, who didn’t receive the saucy card, complains to Elaine about the slight.
“You want a Christmas card!!?!?”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jerry Seinfeld on ‘Seinfeld’.Everett Collection
she yells, grabbing George’s face and rubbing it into her bosom.
It’s a holiday George will never forget.
Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on ‘Seinfeld’.NBC
I got about 50 feet out, and suddenly the great beast appeared."
And in one motion, George reaches into the blowhole and extracts one of Kramer’s Titleists.
A hole in one.
Estelle Harris and Jason Alexander on ‘Seinfeld’.Everett Collection
You look like you’re going to swing in on a chandelier!"
At first, George loves the succinct communication with Marcy, free of unnecessary explanations or embarrassing admissions.
In this war of attrition, looks like George is the winner.
(Though in the finale he reveals that he cheated.)
