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| Jerry Stiller on "Seinfeld" | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 11:43 am EDT 10/07/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Maureen Stapleton, Tyne Daly, Jayne Houdyshell did BIRDIE not FG - champagnesalesman 12:23 am EDT 10/07/21 | |
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| Once saw him at a Lower East Side festival being interviewed, and they asked him about the name "Costanza", and he said something like "Yeah, that name wasn't quite appropriate for the family that was portrayed", especially since he and Alexander are Jewish (and the lady who played the Mom also looked like my Jewish aunt). | |
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| re: Jerry Stiller on "Seinfeld" | |
| Posted by: comedywest 11:56 am EDT 10/10/21 | |
| In reply to: Jerry Stiller on "Seinfeld" - PlayWiz 11:43 am EDT 10/07/21 | |
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| On Politically Incorrect in the 1990s, Bill Maher said to Jason Alexander that "your shows must be popular in the Middle East." and Alexander laughed and said, "I doubt a show about the problems of four self-absorbed Jews carries much weight in the Arab world." To be honest, I never thought of it that way. I always thought the show about four self-absorbed New Yorkers... |
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| In the case of "Seinfeld"... | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 06:40 pm EDT 10/07/21 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:39 pm EDT 10/07/21 | |
| In reply to: Jerry Stiller on "Seinfeld" - PlayWiz 11:43 am EDT 10/07/21 | |
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| ... the story I've always heard is that the NBC execs asked Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld not to make all of the characters Jewish, so George's last name was changed to Costanza... but they didn't change his character at all. Also, the Festivus "airing of grievances" might be the most Jewish thing ever. :) |
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