Seinfeld Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
25th May 2015
Tweet: "@RedHourBen so sorry to hear of your mom's passing, Ben. I adored her on and off stage and she will be in my heart. My condolences to u&dad." Seinfeld star Jason Alexander sends his condolences to Ben Stiller and his family following the death of his mother, comedienne Anne Meara. Alexander portrayed Jerry Stiller's onscreen son in the hit sitcom.
24th April 2015
Quote: "We went to a restaurant that no longer exists in New York, it's called Cafe Central... Our waiter for the evening was Bruce Willis and our bartender was John Goodman! My career was light years ahead of them!" Seinfeld star Jason Alexander unknowingly treated to his now-wife Daena to a star-studded first date back in the early 1980s.
27th March 2015
Fact: Former Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus is in talks to produce and star in the Hollywood remake of acclaimed Swedish film FORCE MAJEURE. Ruben Ostlund’s 2014 drama, about a family's awkward ski vacation in the Alps, swept the board at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden, picked up a Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in France and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes.
3rd December 2014
Fact: Former Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus has signed on as the new face of affordable family fashion clothing company Old Navy. She will appear in new Tv ads directed by Roman Coppola.
26th August 2014
Fact: Bryan Cranston turned up the heat at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday night (25Aug14) by comically grabbing his former Seinfeld co-star Julia Louis-Dreyfus for a steamy lip-lock as she made her way to the stage to accept the prize for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The Veep star's win occurred moments after she and Cranston reunited onstage to present the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series trophy to The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons. During the presenting segment, the actress commented on how much Cranston looked like her character Elaine's one-time boyfriend, dentist Tim Whatley, and when the Breaking Bad star revealed he actually was the actor who played the doctor, Louis-Dreyfus proceeded to ignore him. After the kiss, she quipped, "Yeah, yeah, he was on Seinfeld, yeah."
9th April 2014
Fact: Former Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus has stripped off for the revealing new issue of Rolling Stone magazine. The actress is featured on the cover wearing nothing but former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's 'We the people...' speech 'printed' on her back.
17th January 2014
Fact: The cast of Seinfeld have reteamed to shoot a new Tv ad, which will debut during the Super Bowl next month (02Feb14). Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander and Larry David were spotted together at New York City's Tom's Restaurant, which doubled as the diner from the show, earlier this week (beg13Jan14), but details of the get together were kept under wraps. Now it appears they were shooting footage for a Super Bowl commercial.
2nd January 2014
Fact: The owners of the iconic diner featured in beloved U.S. sitcom Seinfeld have allowed cameras to turn on them once again, in a new film, titled Tom's Restaurant: A Documentary About Nothing Everything. The New York City eatery served as the exterior for the restaurant which Jerry Seinfeld and his pals frequented throughout the nine seasons of the series.
24th March 2013
Quote: "It's part of who I am. I think if I was having tea with the Queen, I would remember not to say, 'Pass me the f**kin' sugar,' but beyond that..." Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus on her famous foul mouth.
18th December 2012
Tweet: "Hey, know what wasn't so terrible? An emergency root canal. Go figure." Former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander undergoes urgent dental surgery.
6th December 2012
Tweet: "Congrats (sic) to my old friend Michael Richards - he snagged a new show on Tv Land with Kirstie Alley and Rhea Perlman. Good luck, Mikey." Jason Alexander is backing his former Seinfeld co-star Michael Richards as he makes his Tv comeback in new comedy Giant Baby.
27th November 2012
Tweet: "If the dead could sue, the producers of Liz and DICk would be in court this morning." Former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander was not a fan of Lindsay Lohan's critically-savaged Tv movie, which debuted in America on Sunday (25Nov12). In the film, the actress portrayed movie icon Elizabeth Taylor.
8th October 2012
Tweet: "Died a quick poker death tonite despite encouragement from Mr. Hellmuth. My pal, Bryan Cranston, looking strong when I left. Jack Black too." Seinfeld funnyman Jason Alexander was knocked out of the star-studded All-In to Win poker tournament in Los Angeles, even after receiving support from professional player Phil Hellmuth.
20th August 2012
Fact: Rockers Nickelback have recruited Seinfeld comedian Jason Alexander to star in their new video for the song Trying Not to Love You. The actor plays a lovestruck coffee shop barista, who fantasises about a pretty customer, portrayed by former Baywatch beauty Brooke Burns.
1st August 2012
Fact: A food truck serving up dishes featured in Seinfeld has embarked on a tour of the U.S. The No Soup For You mobile canteen serves up treats popularised in the hit sitcom, including muffin tops, black & white cookies, Junior Mints chocolates, Snapple drinks and Twix bars.
5th July 2012
Fact: Jerry Seinfeld has recruited former Seinfeld sidekicks Larry David and Michael Richards for a new Internet comedy show, titled Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee. The new web show, which debuts on Crackle.com on 19 July (12), also features hilarious back-seat encounters between Seinfeld and stars like Ricky Gervais and Alec Baldwin.
8th June 2010
Fact: JERRY Seinfeld and Larry David's hit 1990s sitcom SEINFELD is officially the most profitable half-hour TV series in history - 12 years after the show ended. The comedy, currently in syndication, has made $2.7 billion since it went off air in 1998.
2nd June 2010
Quote: "I was very impressed with her... She's very sharp, very bright, obviously beautiful and funny. She's a formidable woman." Seinfeld and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM creator Larry David was impressed with Madonna when the odd couple became panelists on U.S. TV show The Marriage Ref.
13th May 2010
Quote: "I would totally take my clothes off. No problem." Former Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 49, is just waiting for the right opportunity to bare all onscreen.
13th May 2010
Fact: Former Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus' actor brother-in-law, Patrick Fischler, was a Lost castaway.
24th April 2010
Fact: Former Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus is to be honoured with the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 4 May (10).
26th November 2009
Quote: "I'm obsessed with Julia Louis-Dreyfus. If she knew how much she was in my household late at night or in the wee hours of the morning, she might be disturbed." Actress Amanda Peet loves watching the Seinfeld star on TV.
31st August 2009
Fact: One vital piece of the Seinfeld set was missing when the cast reunited for a five-episode arc on co-creator Larry David's comedy show Curb Your Enthusiasm - Jerry Seinfeld removed the door to his namesake character's apartment when the sitcom ended in 1998 and took it home as a souvenir.
8th August 2008
Quote: "My husband and I were recently watching an episode of Seinfeld where Elaine says, 'You can't have sex in a bathtub, that's impossible'. And we just looked at each other... It's sort of slippery, yes. But fun." Amanda Peet enjoys a more steamy bathing experience with husband David Benioff.
1st October 2007
Fact: Former Seinfeld star JOHN O'HURLEY has placed his five-bedroom Beverly Hills, California mansion on the property market for just over $6.2 million (GBP3.1 million).
23rd August 2007
Fact: Seinfeld star JOHN O'HURLEY has placed his five-bedroom Beverly Hills, California villa on the market for $6.2 million (GBP3.1 million).
15th January 2007
Fact: Former Seinfeld star JOHN O'HURLEY will play King Arthur in the upcoming Las Vegas production of Monty Python's SPAMALOT.
22nd November 2006
Quote: "Use some of that Seinfeld money and buy yourself an act." Comedian KENNY KRAMER, the inspiration behind Michael Richards' SEINFELD character COSMO KRAMER, is appalled by the funnyman's racist rant onstage at Los Angeles' Laugh Factory on Friday (17NOV06).
26th September 2006
Fact: Julia Louis-Dreyfus' husband, BRAD HALL, was Megan Mullally's first boyfriend. The two sitcom stars attended the same US university, Northwestern. The Seinfeld star appeared in THE THREEPENNY OPERA at the university with another famous former student, MARG HELGENBERGER.
4th July 2006
Fact: Former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander can now add theatre director to his resume after taking charge of the staging of new Sam Shepard play THE GOD OF HELL in Los Angeles.
18th May 2006
Fact: WILL + GRACE star Megan Mullally auditioned for the role of ELAINE BENES on Seinfeld, but lost out to her Northwestern University college classmate, Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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