Years after Seinfeld ended, Jason Alexander has been blunt about who really cashed in on the reruns.
No Share of the Profits
In an interview with The Globe and Mail and later press appearances, Alexander said that he, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards never…
Was the Seinfeld set a cold place for guest stars? When Jason Alexander asked that question on his podcast, Wayne Knight, better known as Newman, pushed back.
“Everybody Was Thrilled to Be There”
According to Knight, the general feeling on set was that…
Long before she became Elaine Benes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus was a Northwestern University freshman chasing every stage opportunity she could find. One of those auditions changed her life.
A Campus Audition
She has said she met her future husband, writer and performer Brad…
On the surface, George Costanza is pure chaos: unemployed schemes, Festivus trauma and a wardrobe that always seems one size too small. But many fans and critics argue he’s actually the most self-aware person on Seinfeld.
He Knows Exactly Who He Is
George knows…
In season 3’s “The Tape,” George Costanza sees a CNN report about a Chinese doctor’s miracle cure for baldness and immediately places a collect call to Beijing to order it.
Desperate Measures
With help from Ping, the delivery guy from the local…
In 2024, Michael Richards returned to television to promote his memoir, Entrances and Exits, and spoke openly about the years since his 2006 outburst at the Laugh Factory.
“I Canceled Myself Out”
On the Today show, he told Hoda Kotb, “I canceled…
In season 6’s “The Jimmy,” which aired on March 16, 1995, Kramer ends up on stage next to jazz legend Mel Tormé at a charity benefit, still slurring his words thanks to a Novocaine mishap.
The Setup
The episode piles misunderstanding on…
Jerry Seinfeld Remembers the First Time He Saw Larry David
November 2, 2026
Before they created one of TV’s greatest sitcoms, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David were strangers on a New York sidewalk.
A Chance Sighting
In a 2014 Reddit AMA, Seinfeld said he first saw David outside the Improv on Ninth Avenue and 44th Street around 1975. He…
Did Seinfeld's 'The Muffin Tops' Really Change Baking Forever?
November 2, 2026
In the 1997 episode “The Muffin Tops,” Elaine inspires her former boss Mr. Lippman to open a shop that sells only the tops of muffins: Top of the Muffin to You!
Where the Idea Came From
Writer Spike Feresten said on the season 8 DVD that he swapped out a…