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The first script for "Seinfeld" was written at Westway Diner on 44th and 9th avenue in New York. NBC wanted to do something with Jerry Seinfeld so they sat down together and instead of a one hour/two hour comedy special they wrote the first script of a sitcom. Basically, the sitcom would be four people going about their day-to-day lives.

Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld would fire the majority of the writers at the end of every season and hire new ones for the next season so they could have fresh ideas. The sitcom's shooting schedule would also begin on a Wednesday and film on a Tuesday so Larry and Jerry could do any rewrites over the weekend.

The female lead would be a waitress at the restaurant called Pete's where Jerry and George would eat and talk about their day. Lee Garlington won the part of the waitress. After the pilot for "Seinfeld" was seen as weak, Lee Garlington's waitress character was let go from "Seinfeld". Difficulty: Hard.

 

Jerry's apartment, Men's bathroom stall, Restaurant

Ending off a massive arc following George Costanza's dating, engagement, and wedding preparations through season 7, the episode entitled "The Invitations" saw Susan licking poorly-made envelopes (purchased by George) and passing out due to their toxic glue. She subsequently died in the hospital at the end of the episode, freeing George from a marriage he wasn't all-too-excited about in the first place. Susan never returned in later episodes, but her parents did. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

For work, For George's birthday, For a charity drive

In this episode Kramer was hitting golf balls into the ocean. Later George is on the beach with his date and someone calls out for a marine biologist as there is a whale struggling in the shallows. George had lied to his date, saying that he is a marine biologist. He has no choice but to go into the water and try to save the whale. He eventually pulls out a golf ball from the whale's blow hole - a Titleist which is the brand of gold balls Kramer had been hitting in the ocean. The ensuing story that is told to the group from George is a classic "Seinfeld" moment which Jerry himself has said is his favourite scene from the whole series. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Srixon, Nike, Callaway

In 2014 on a web blog, fans were discussing what "Seinfeld" was actually about, Jerry Seinfeld joined in the conversation and said "I will give you an answer" and stated "The pitch for the show, the real pitch, when Larry and I went to NBC in 1988, was we want to show how a comedian gets his material. The show about nothing was just a joke in an episode many years later, and Larry and I to this day are surprised that it caught on as a way that people describe the show, because to us it's the opposite of that".

The show is based on the real life experiences of Mr Seinfeld and Larry David (the character George Costanza is based on Larry David). For the first seven seasons the 23 minute show is book-ended by Jerry Seinfeld doing his own stand up routine where the content is pertinent to the same episode.

The reference to a particular episode in the quote is where Jerry and George pitch a show based on their own lives at NBC (the TV network which actually picked up "Seinfeld"). They describe it as a "show about nothing" (Seinfeld was very self-referential. It had a lead playing a character of the same name pitching a sit-com to TV executives in the same way "Seinfeld was pitched towards NBC).

So while the meta-fiction "Jerry" was a show about nothing, the 'real' show Seinfeld was about the wry observations made by a comedian on everyday life. Difficulty: Hard.

 

New York City and its neuroses, Making feasible the improbable, Egotism and narcissism

"The Puffy Shirt" was the second episode of season five of "Seinfeld". It was written by Larry David. Because of a misunderstanding Jerry inadvertently agrees to wear a puffy shirt, designed by Kramer's current girlfriend Leslie, for an interview on "The Today Show". The interview is a disaster because Bryant Gumbel can't stop laughing at the shirt. In typical "Seinfeld" fashion there are several storylines going on involving the characters but all are affected by the puffy shirt. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

A New York Yankees baseball cap, A sweater vest, Suspenders

He pretends to own a house in the Hamptons to impress the recently deceased Susan's parents. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Frank and Estelle, Woodstock and Chip, Hayward and Slippery Pete

"Who leaves a country packed with ponies... to come a non-pony country?" During the stand-up portion of the episode, while you were out making a sandwich, Jerry pointed out that ponies would never be used for crowd control. One cannot intimidate while riding a pony. Don't get mad at me. It was in the episode.
Difficulty: Hard.

 

Pulling wagons, Pony rides, Making glue

Newman paid a visit to Mrs. Seinfeld to squeal on Jerry for making out during a movie. That's when Mrs. Seinfeld said, "Hello Newman". Difficulty: Easy.

 

Kramer, Tim Watley, Frank Costanza

Poor Gillian had big hands which Jerry called 'man hands'. They looked like they were twice the size of Jerry's hands. You couldn't really tell by looking at her until she touched Jerry's face or when she was breaking the lobster open. Difficulty: Easy.

 

She was a low talker, She was a re-gifter, Her brother was a mimbo

In "The Opposite", Jake found out that Elaine had bought Jujifruits before seeing him in the hospital because he had gotten into an accident. He broke up with Elaine, believing her to think candy was more important than seeing him first. In the same episode, Pendant Publishing went bankrupt because of Elaine's habit with Jujifruits. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Swedish Fish, Sour Patch Kids, Circus Peanuts

Courtney Cox played Meryl, who pretended to be Jerry's wife for a dry cleaning discount. Debra Messing played Beth; Beth was married and Jerry and Elaine wanted the marriage to break up so that they could date the married people. Teri Hatcher played Sidra, the woman Jerry suspected had fake breasts. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Courtney Cox, Debra Messing, Teri Hatcher

The audience finds out that Elaine was going out with Jerry for a while. Throughout the seasons, both of them never cease to put down one another.

Elaine: "You know what your problem is? Your standards are too high."
Jerry: "I went out with you."
Elaine: "That's because my standards are too low." Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Newman, Cosmo Kramer, David Puddy

Shortly after Kramer feeds the horse the Beeferino, the horse gets a bad case of gas while taking Susan's parents for a ride on their anniversary. This ends up foiling George and Jerry's plot to put back the marble rye that George's father had taken back. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Kerby, Jack, Harry

The defective condom created a scare for Cynthia (the woman George had sex with) after she was late for her period. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Lomez, FDR (Franklin Delano Romanowski), Joe Mayo

When we first see Kramer's mother, Babs in the bathroom at a restaurant she says to Kramer, "Cosmo!" George then says, "Cosmo?" Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Jerry, George, Newman

Jerry and George discuss Jerry's meeting Laura while eating at Pete's Luncheonette. Of course, their hangout would be changed to Monk's in the subsequent episodes. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Saginaw, Ann Arbor, Detroit

According to Jerry, he wrecked his car while adjusting his toupee. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Marty Benson, Kramer's father, Susie

In this episode Jerry lost money in his laundry bag and was accusing the laundromat owner of stealing it, so Kramer decided to pour cement into one of the washing machines. Difficulty: Easy.

 

"The Note", "The Truth", "The Library"

"Who? Who doesn't want to wear the ribbon?" "Are you talking to him or are you talking to me? We are the only ones here so you must have been talking to one of us!" These two thugs are very funny. For some reason, the one guy's name was Ray and another time, it was Cedric. Difficulty: Hard.

We see him write with his left hand many times. Some of which include when he fills out the checks he gets from "The Super Terrific Happy Hour" and when he writes the "Jerry" script with George. Difficulty: Average.

He made the diorama to help him figure out what the noise that he recorded really was. Difficulty: Easy.

 

the Santa Clause, Henry VIII, the mini-globe

It actually says on Reggie's menu, "No egg white omelets." Difficulty: Hard.

 

Spanish omelet, French omelet, coffee

The bubble boy insisted that the answer is "Moors", and "Moops" is a misprint. But knowing George, he said, "Sorry, but the card says Moops." Difficulty: Easy.

 

Moors, mop, maestro

Jerry and Kramer wound up there anyhow. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Paris, Madrid, Venice

Susan loved to sleep with her dolls but when she brings the replica of George's mother into bed, George is a little freaked out. Frank, on the search for an estranged relative, later tears the doll's head off after seeing the doll. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Elaine, Kramer, Jerry

Darrin is a tenacious little monkey. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Dave, Shiela, Bob

Gary Fogel pretended to have cancer, but he actually was killed when he lost control of his car while adjusting his toupee. Difficulty: Hard.

 

cancer, lupus, suicide

He owns the original "The Dream Cafe". Difficulty: Average.

Jerry and his girlfriend fought for no reason at all because Kramer had it the whole time! That Kramer, you gotta love him! Difficulty: Average.

 

spatula, ladle, mixer

This was quite possibly the most famous episode of all time and if not, it was definitely in the top 2 or 3. A classic episode which I never get tired of watching. Of course, the gang bet to see who can be the longest to be master of their domain. Kramer doesn't last long! Difficulty: Easy.

 

Elaine, George, Jerry

The company even installed a chair lift for him, only to find out he was just faking it. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Yankees, J. Peterman's, Pendant Publishing

Jerry bought it for him to be nice because Gary was worried about losing his hair in chemotherapy. Difficulty: Easy.

 

It would give him more confidence, Gary told him he doesn't have enough money, Gary told him he would pay Jerry back

Jerry thought he was helping Babu by recommending he change the restaurant to all Pakistani food. It did not go over well. Difficulty: Average.

 

Monk's, Mendy's, Bamboo Palace

He's mentioned in every episode and when he's not, there's a little figure of Superman, somewhere in Jerry's apartment, usually on his bookcase. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern

What a can of Beefarino can do to horses. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Trigger, Prancer, Nibbles

George cleans up, while Jerry pulls out and loses. Difficulty: Hard.

 

$1,000, $1,500, $2,000

His name is Cosmo Kramer. Difficulty: Easy.

Upon hearing that her boyfriend had been in an accident, Elaine stopped off for some Jujyfruits before heading to the hospital, where a hurt and angry Jarmel broke up with her because of her snack break. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Snapple, Drake's Coffee Cakes, Oh Henry! candy bars

Of course, we all know that he lives across from Jerry. Difficulty: Hard.

 

5A, 5C, 5E

 

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