Seinfeld

The Chinese Restaurant - S2-E11

Trivia: After Elaine approaches the table and asks for the egg-roll, the customers begin talking amongst themselves. One of the voices belongs to co-creator Larry David, though he wasn't actually sitting at the table.

The Wink - S7-E4

Trivia: In reference to (the real) George Steinbrenner's habit of hiring and firing Billy Martin as the Yankees' manager, in one scene Steinbrenner lists all the managers he has fired and mentions Martin four times.

Cubs Fan

The Cafe - S3-E7

Trivia: In the scene where Elaine is doing the I.Q. test for George, Babu hands Kramer a face towel, and in his reaction to the towel being too hot, he falls over the chairs and tables. This was totally improvised and the reaction of both Elaine and Babu is one of surprise.

nathan1983

Trivia: Ruth Cohen, who plays the Monk's Café cashier, appears in 101 of the 180 Seinfeld episodes, more episodes than any character outside of the four main cast members. She is not speaking in most of these appearances, however.

Trivia: Both Larry David and Michael Richards got their start on the sketch show "Fridays." David was both a writer and performer, where Richards was mainly just a performer. Incidentally, some of the writers Larry David worked with were Tom Kramer, Elaine Pope, and Matt Neuman.

Bishop73

Trivia: Julia Louis-Dreyfus was pregnant during the filming of season 3 and then again in season 8, this was hidden with oversized clothing and bags.

The Cheever Letters - S4-E8

Trivia: In this episode, Susan finds letters from John Cheever (a real life writer) to her father exposing their relationship. Incidentally, in real life, John Cheever also had a daughter named Susan.

Bishop73

The Soup - S6-E7

Trivia: In this episode, George flirts with and asks out the waitress, Kelly. Kelly is played by Tracy Kolis. Kolis previously played Marlene in s02e01, "The Ex-Girlfriend", whom George was dating before breaking up with her. In the episode, Marlene is a cashier.

Bishop73

The Alternate Side - S3-E11

Trivia: George is wearing a "Broadway Bound" shirt. "Broadway Bound" is a Neil Simon play and Jason Alexander (George) played Stanley when the play opened on Broadway. Stanley Jerome is a neurotic, high-strung character who is constantly obsessing and worrying over details. He and his brother work at writing a comedy sketch for NBC Studios.

Bishop73

The Maid - S9-E19

Trivia: The grandson, Bobby, that ends up calling Elaine is voiced by Thomas Dekker in an uncredited role. Dekker played Bobby in s07e04, "The Wink", the sick boy in the hospital that had the Yankees signed birthday card. Dekker also appeared in s05e16, "The Stand-In", as "Son" that Mickey stands in for.

Bishop73

The Butter Shave - S9-E1

Trivia: After Kramer has "cooked" himself on the roof, he's in his hot tub with Newman sitting in the room with him. Newman is reading "Alive", the story of plane crash survivors eating the dead passengers to stay alive. Newman keeps seeing Kramer as food in the episode.

Bishop73

Trivia: The exterior shots of Jerry's apartment are not actually in New York at all, but is in Los Angeles.

hifijohn

The Caddy - S7-E12

Trivia: Armin Shimerman hated guest-starring in this episode. He has described the four main characters as being dismissive and ignoring him completely outside of filming. At one point, Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus sat down on either side of him, on a bench, and talked "around him" for half an hour, as if he were not there.

The Burning - S9-E16

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, when Puddy is farewelling Elaine on the street, he is standing on the sidewalk and leaning through the driver's window. The following shot when she pulls out quickly, you can see through the windows of the car that Puddy is nowhere to be seen.

Lummie

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The Suicide - S3-E15

Question: When George and Elaine go to see the psychic, the psychic tells George that she sees a Pauline. George gasps and says that his brother once impregnated a woman named Pauline. Since when does George have a brother? Was this brother shown or mentioned in any other episode?

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Chosen answer: George does mention his brother in the episode "The Parking Space". They actually really never mention anything that contradicts the fact he had a brother though, it just isn't mentioned.

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