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His first name appears to be unknown by any of the characters, even his employer; in "The Package" his business card gives his name merely as "NEWMAN". A minor character calls him "Norman" in "The Bottle Deposit", but this was a mistake on the part of the actress/character, rather than any revelation of Newman's first name. Newman is petty ...
Seinfeld began as a 23-minute pilot titled "The Seinfeld Chronicles".Created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, developed by NBC executive Rick Ludwin, and produced by Castle Rock Entertainment, it was a mix of Seinfeld's stand-up comedy routines and idiosyncratic, conversational scenes focusing on mundane aspects of everyday life like laundry, the buttoning of the top button on one's shirt ...
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Jerome "Jerry" Seinfeld (/ ˈ s aɪ n f ɛ l d /; SYNE-feld) [1] [2] [3] is the title character and the main protagonist of the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998). The straight man among his group of friends, this semi-fictionalized version of comedian Jerry Seinfeld was named after, co-created by, and played by Seinfeld himself.
Seinfeld co-creator Larry David based George largely on himself. [25] [26] Seinfeld and David created the character as a foil to Seinfeld's character. [27] In the first draft of the show's pilot script, called Stand-Up at the time, George's name was "Bennett" and he, like Jerry, was a comedian. [25]
Newman is a recurring character in the television show Seinfeld, portrayed by Wayne Knight from 1992 until the show's finale in 1998. He is Jerry Seinfeld 's arch-nemesis and Cosmo Kramer 's close friend.
Years before Seinfeld was created, Seinfeld dated Carol Leifer. [95] [96] She was a fellow comedian, and one of the inspirations for the Seinfeld character Elaine Benes. [97] [98] On national television with sex therapist and talk show host Dr. Ruth Westheimer, he mentioned that he was engaged in 1984 but called it off. [99]
The character is loosely based on comedian Kenny Kramer, Larry David's ex-neighbor across the hall. Kramer is the neighbor of the series' main character, Jerry Seinfeld, and is friends with George Costanza and Elaine Benes. Of the series' four central characters, only Kramer has no visible means of support; what few jobs he holds seem to be ...