Continuity mistake: The belligerent paramedic shouts at the driver "I want that Chuckle back, do you hear me?" pointing a finger at the opening, but his arm is on his own leg in the following shot. (00:18:10)
Continuity mistake: Elaine hands the ice cream bucket to George. George is holding the plastic spoon against the container, in his left hand. In the close-up he reaches for the spoon off-camera with his right hand. (00:20:45)
Continuity mistake: When Jerry's sitting with George in the hospital talking about George's jacket, as Jerry says "no, I tried it on, it fits good", he's gesturing with his left hand, which he then puts in his lap. From the reverse angle though, his left hand's still raised, then he lowers it again.
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode Jerry tells Elaine that he vaguely remembers "doing something"; Julia Louis-Dreyfus puts the remote down and brings her hand up twice in two separate shots. (00:01:30)
Continuity mistake: Kramer just gave Elaine the bench she wanted. The Apartment door is open. Cut to Jerry who says all salty "Well, goody for you!", and the door is closed. It is open again next time it is in frame. (00:17:40)
Continuity mistake: In the shot when she protests that the husband with the chipper name is only a Kennedy by marriage, Elaine is holding a paper towel, not quite in continuity with what comes before and after. (00:01:35)
Continuity mistake: Reminiscing about the incident with the performance artist, George says that she was aiming at him with the chocolate syrup "like she was putting out a fire." Notice Jerry has nothing in hand. Next shot and he's clenching a paper tissue. (00:02:40)
Continuity mistake: Elaine sits by Jerry to ask him permission to hold The Baby Shower at his place. Jerry is holding a morsel of food in his hand, gone at the first cut. (00:04:20)
Continuity mistake: George sits in Elaine's spot and puts his wallet close to a glass of water and a used tissue. When he gets up in the next shot, the glass is further back on the table, past the small plate and closer to Elaine and Jerry. (00:05:40)
Continuity mistake: Kramer keeps pestering Jerry with the offer of the illegal cable. On the table behind Jerry, the position of the remote and the cable keep changing between shot in the first part of the scene. (00:06:00)
Continuity mistake: Kramer tries to stop Jerry from running towards the door. "Agent Stone" in the following shot has his badge in the left hand (was in the right earlier) and reaches with the right for his gun under The Jacket. But there's another shot, with cornflakes and other things being blown up by bullets, when Stone is still showing his ID in the right hand. (00:09:00)
Continuity mistake: In the opening shot of The Baby Shower party, Leslie turns towards her friend and starts talking as a ponytailed woman walks in the background. The same happens in the close-up that follows. (00:12:35)
Continuity mistake: George walks confidently to his ex and calls her by name. Leslie's friend is taking a bite from a little celery stick, but in the following shot her hand is lowered in front of her chest. (00:16:45)
Continuity mistake: When the cable guy tells Jerry it'll cost him 400 bucks, he is holding the plate with the cake in his right hand, but in the following shot the left hand is holding just the fork. (00:19:10)
Answer: Composer Jonathan Wolff used a synthesizer, although in seasons 7-9, a real bass is used in addition. Wolff also recorded himself making hundreds of mouth noises, pops, and slaps to add to the synthesized bass licks so that each episode has a different theme. The only real "back-story" is Jerry Seinfeld was having trouble coming up with a theme song and talked to a friend who happened to know Wolff. They wanted to avoid that cheesy late 80's sit-com theme song and Wolff came up with what we enjoy now. Jonathan Wolff has also talked about this further in interviews, recently Reed Dunela interviewed him, so for a fuller account of his story; check out "The Wolff of 116th street".
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