***The SEINFELD TRIVIA Thread***

Vitalogensia

Ledbetterman10 said:

Vitalogensia said:

What was the color of George's defective condom? 

I'll guess that it was orange but I can't really remember. I didn't even think he was going to use 'em....

Incorrect.  He does use one, with Elaine's friend Cynthia.  Elaine asks Cynthia specifically about the color.

Ledbetterman10

Vitalogensia said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Vitalogensia said:

What was the color of George's defective condom? 

I'll guess that it was orange but I can't really remember. I didn't even think he was going to use 'em....

Incorrect.  He does use one, with Elaine's friend Cynthia.  Elaine asks Cynthia specifically about the color.

I was quoting Kramer when he said "I didn't even think you'd use it."

Now that you mention Elaine asking about it, I think she asked "Was it blue?" 

Vitalogensia

Ledbetterman10 said:

Vitalogensia said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Vitalogensia said:

What was the color of George's defective condom? 

I'll guess that it was orange but I can't really remember. I didn't even think he was going to use 'em....

Incorrect.  He does use one, with Elaine's friend Cynthia.  Elaine asks Cynthia specifically about the color.

I was quoting Kramer when he said "I didn't even think you'd use it."

Now that you mention Elaine asking about it, I think she asked "Was it blue?" 

Damn it, I should've picked up on that!

And yes!

Ledbetterman10

Sticking with the theme of contraception, and staying in the same episode (I think), what is the phrase Jerry uses for impregnating a woman despite using birth control? 

The Juggler

Ledbetterman10 said:

The Juggler said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

The Juggler said:

There are, I believe, two references to the Guggenheim Museum. One is pretty memorable, the other might not be to most people.

Describe those two references!

The memorable one is George claiming to have worked on the new addition when he and Jerry are trying to make it seem like they haven't seen each other since high school. 

The other one is George telling a girlfriend that wanted to go to the Guggenheim that she can "go Guggenheim with her friends" or something to that effect. 

I'll see you in hell, ledbetterman.

Can you name that girlfriend and why George was peeved with her in that scene?

I can't. I only remember the "Go Guggenheim" line because it kinda stands out...but I can't place it with a specific scene or episode. 

JULIE! She took credit for...

xavier mcdaniel

Ledbetterman10 said:

Sticking with the theme of contraception, and staying in the same episode (I think), what is the phrase Jerry uses for impregnating a woman despite using birth control? 

slipped one past the goalie?

Ledbetterman10

xavier mcdaniel said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Sticking with the theme of contraception, and staying in the same episode (I think), what is the phrase Jerry uses for impregnating a woman despite using birth control? 

slipped one past the goalie?

Yes sir. Love that line. 

GlowGirl

RIP Raquel Welch

Ledbetterman10

What did Welch do when they cut one of her lines? 

Vitalogensia

She dropped lights on people heads!  Story has to be true.

Who runs the AMCA?

The Juggler

Front page of the Philly Inquirer's website. I'm guessing you all had the same thought upon seeing the photo?

GlowGirl

Debating whether or not to get a ticket to see Jerry Seinfeld at the Beacon. What do you all think of his standup? Would it be worth checking out?

Ledbetterman10

GlowGirl said:

Debating whether or not to get a ticket to see Jerry Seinfeld at the Beacon. What do you all think of his standup? Would it be worth checking out?

I’ve seen him a few times and he was always good.

Vitalogensia

When Jerry's parents tell him about Uncle Leo's past crime of passion, they admit to their own thievery.  What do Helen and Morty steal?

HughFreakingDillon

Vitalogensia said:

When Jerry's parents tell him about Uncle Leo's past crime of passion, they admit to their own thievery.  What do Helen and Morty steal?

batteries

HughFreakingDillon

GlowGirl said:

Debating whether or not to get a ticket to see Jerry Seinfeld at the Beacon. What do you all think of his standup? Would it be worth checking out?

he was amazing years ago when I saw him live. but lately his stand up routines on late night shows have left me wanting...less. 

Ledbetterman10

HughFreakingDillon said:

GlowGirl said:

Debating whether or not to get a ticket to see Jerry Seinfeld at the Beacon. What do you all think of his standup? Would it be worth checking out?

he was amazing years ago when I saw him live. but lately his stand up routines on late night shows have left me wanting...less. 

He was awesome from like 2005-2011. Has definitely fallen off a bit since then. I wish we had iPhones in 2005 and I could’ve audio recorded his set because I was dying laughing the entire time. 

HughFreakingDillon

Ledbetterman10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

GlowGirl said:

Debating whether or not to get a ticket to see Jerry Seinfeld at the Beacon. What do you all think of his standup? Would it be worth checking out?

he was amazing years ago when I saw him live. but lately his stand up routines on late night shows have left me wanting...less. 

He was awesome from like 2005-2011. Has definitely fallen off a bit since then. I wish we had iPhones in 2005 and I could’ve audio recorded his set because I was dying laughing the entire time. 

I think part of it for me is the whole "observational" humour has kind of been played out. it's all very predictable now. and a lot of the time he's just shouting his punch lines, which is weird. 

The Juggler

Who are the three Yankees quoted in the paper that talk about how much easier it is to play in Cotton uniforms? George gleefully reads their quotes to Jerry.

Bonus points if you can remember, or at least paraphrase, their quotes. 

Ledbetterman10

HughFreakingDillon said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

GlowGirl said:

Debating whether or not to get a ticket to see Jerry Seinfeld at the Beacon. What do you all think of his standup? Would it be worth checking out?

he was amazing years ago when I saw him live. but lately his stand up routines on late night shows have left me wanting...less. 

He was awesome from like 2005-2011. Has definitely fallen off a bit since then. I wish we had iPhones in 2005 and I could’ve audio recorded his set because I was dying laughing the entire time. 

I think part of it for me is the whole "observational" humour has kind of been played out. it's all very predictable now. and a lot of the time he's just shouting his punch lines, which is weird. 

Well worst of is that in 1998, he did an HBO special where he "retired" his old act. It's a great special. He then had that "Comedian" documentary that showed him creating a new act. That doc is also great. When I saw him in 2005, everything was brand new and hilarious. There was bits about the Iraq War (referring to an unskilled suicide bomber as "Jihad E. Coyote" being my favorite). There was a bit about *69 for caller ID ("What kind of perverts do we have working at the phone company anyway? 69? Of all the numbers!"). And many others that I wish I could remember. He was fantastic.

Then...I saw him around 2013ish. To my dismay, he had brought back a lot of old jokes. Believe it or not, he actually did the "Socks having a party in the dryer" bit from the very first episode of Seinfeld. There was other old jokes I was familiar with. I was very, very disappointed. 

I think that Jerry thinks that jokes are like songs. That is...in that same way you can see a band play a song live multiple times and it can be awesome each time, he seems to think jokes work like that. They don't. 

When Paul McCartney started Wings, he went like five years without playing any Beatles songs because he wanted to establish Wings. Once established, he began dropping in The Long and Winding Road and Yesterday and after long, Beatles songs were the biggest part of his set. It's almost as if Jerry had the same thinking. His new act was like Wings. He established it (I'm telling you, he was HILARIOUS in 2005). But after that he seemed to think "Okay, well that worked. Now I want to go back to my favorite jokes to tell." Unfortunately, the "sock bit" isn't exactly "Hey Jude." 

HughFreakingDillon

I'm Telling You For The Last Time is a dvd my family watches OFTEN. 

The Juggler

The Juggler said:

Who are the three Yankees quoted in the paper that talk about how much easier it is to play in Cotton uniforms? George gleefully reads their quotes to Jerry.

Bonus points if you can remember, or at least paraphrase, their quotes. 

^
Anyone know the answers?

Also, I spoke with a woman who was calling about a client of hers with the first name of....SEVEN the other day. Unfortunately she did not know the backstory of the fella's name though. 

Ledbetterman10

Boggs and O’Neil. Can’t remember the third but whoever it was, his quote was “cotton is king.”

The Juggler

How about that Luis POLONIA

Wade Boggs: "What a fabric!"
Polonia: "Cotton is king!"
O'Neil: "I never dreamed anything could be so soft and fluffy!"

haha

Ledbetterman10

That’s a tough one. I forgot he even existed, let alone was referenced in that scene. Good one. 

The Juggler

Ledbetterman10 said:

That’s a tough one. I forgot he even existed, let alone was referenced in that scene. Good one. 

I think he was only a Yankee for a couple of years too

xavier mcdaniel

The Juggler said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

That’s a tough one. I forgot he even existed, let alone was referenced in that scene. Good one. 

I think he was only a Yankee for a couple of years too

Polonia actually had three stint with the Yankees. He was acquired for Rickey Henderson in 1989, came back in 1994 and 1995 before being traded to Atlanta and was acquired for the final months of 2000, the same year they got Jose Canseco.

Vitalogensia

I completely forgot about this Yankees question, a really good one.  The scene with George reading them out is so ridiculous and hysterical.  

What is the name of Alton Benes's book?

xavier mcdaniel

Vitalogensia said:

I completely forgot about this Yankees question, a really good one.  The scene with George reading them out is so ridiculous and hysterical.  

What is the name of Alton Benes's book?

That I don't remember but he was played by Lawrence Tierney, who in a span of seven years played the manager of the Angels in the Naked Gun baseball season, Alton Benes and security guard Don Brodka in the Simpsons episode "Marge not be proud".

Vitalogensia

xavier mcdaniel said:

Vitalogensia said:

I completely forgot about this Yankees question, a really good one.  The scene with George reading them out is so ridiculous and hysterical.  

What is the name of Alton Benes's book?

That I don't remember but he was played by Lawrence Tierney, who in a span of seven years played the manager of the Angels in the Naked Gun baseball season, Alton Benes and security guard Don Brodka in the Simpsons episode "Marge not be proud".

That's a great Simpsons episode, and the ending with Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge is hilarious.  

Alton Benes's book is "Fair Game".