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    Quote Originally Posted by desertrunner View Post
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    Sitcom schlubs all have hot women.

    Ray Romano, Kevin James, Jim Belushi, English dude on that shirt show where he was married to Jami Gertz
    No dude, Seinfeld would rotate multiple different hot women as if his TV character mirrored him in real life. If was so transparent, it was annoying.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post

    Well they would because he's rich and famous
    Its funny because thats obvious, but then in real life, he had to settle for his own level and married a Tier 2 at best.
    I’m saying these slobs all had hot wives on their shows, that’s how sitcoms work.

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    yep that was her

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    My only complaint/critique of Mr. Hollywood's recent publication is his use of the he age old tactic of pumping up the lead. By comparison this lead is relatively in it treatment of the truth. It certainly will not cause embarrassment to Mr. Seinfeld.
    Regardless, as someone who disseminates information to the general populace there is no room for speculation.

    I challenge you to provide any evidence that Mr Seinfeld's earliest intentions involved acting on stage and screen. He was a rising star in the stand up field from early on and was gaining the attention of people who eventually partnered with him

    So, factually he was let go as an extra, but that happens daily and in no way did that event push him towards becoming one of the best comedians of our time.

    I find it hard to believe that the same people describe him as a douche. That would involve knowing the person. The argument that Jerry had to surround himself with beautiful actresses on certain episodes is more a function of the people who pay for the entertainment you watch.

    It's cross promotion. These actors and actresses have also been noticed by the studio executives and that's how it works. They must be seen and you do that by placing them on a number one show

    Millionaire Jerry could have had a woman for every Porsche he owns but that's only skin deep

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    According to Harry, Jerry himself said in interviews that the firing from Benson was the catalyst to get him out of acting and to take his stand up more seriously.

    I imagine that Harry read or saw these interviews, and didn't speak with Jerry personally.

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    The woman in post #42- Did he marry her or just date?

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    The 17-year-old girl dating Jerry Seinfeld in 1993 (then age 38) was Shoshanna Lonstein. She was a high school senior and supposedly met him in a public park. I always doubted that story, because it's hard to picture a super-famous guy like Seinfeld was in 1993 strolling around by himself in a public NYC park, but whatever.

    Shoshanna was a high school senior. She looked older than 17 at the time, but Jerry was aware of her age prior to dating her (though I'm not sure if he knew this when he asked for her number).

    Howard Stern and others gave Jerry loads of shit about this, but because it was 1993, he got away with it mostly unscathed. It helped that Shoshanna turned 18 before coming to public attention, as well as the fact that New York's age of consent was (and still is) 17, so there was no crime to investigate.

    I always thought it was insane that many states with a below-18 age of consent don't have some kind of age-gap limit, in order to prevent much older men from taking advantage of teens. There's a world of difference between a 22-year-old dating a 17-year-old and a 40-year-old doing it.

    Anyway, to show you how much time has passed, this "teen girl" will be 49 this year!

    Seinfeld is lucky this whole thing didn't ruin his career. If caught doing this in 2024, I have to imagine the show would have been cancelled, even if it was technically legal.

    It's also strange to me that Seinfeld risked so much doing this. Obviously he could have a huge selection of beautiful young women due to his fame and wealth, so if he really wanted to go that direction, why not just ask out someone much younger but legal, and avoid the scandal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post

    It's also strange to me that Seinfeld risked so much doing this. Obviously he could have a huge selection of beautiful young women due to his fame and wealth, so if he really wanted to go that direction, why not just ask out someone much younger but legal, and avoid the scandal?
    Like I said above, Seinfeld is a total douche.

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    Relevant to post again:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    The 17-year-old girl dating Jerry Seinfeld in 1993 (then age 38) was Shoshanna Lonstein. She was a high school senior and supposedly met him in a public park. I always doubted that story, because it's hard to picture a super-famous guy like Seinfeld was in 1993 strolling around by himself in a public NYC park, but whatever.

    Shoshanna was a high school senior. She looked older than 17 at the time, but Jerry was aware of her age prior to dating her (though I'm not sure if he knew this when he asked for her number).

    Howard Stern and others gave Jerry loads of shit about this, but because it was 1993, he got away with it mostly unscathed. It helped that Shoshanna turned 18 before coming to public attention, as well as the fact that New York's age of consent was (and still is) 17, so there was no crime to investigate.

    I always thought it was insane that many states with a below-18 age of consent don't have some kind of age-gap limit, in order to prevent much older men from taking advantage of teens. There's a world of difference between a 22-year-old dating a 17-year-old and a 40-year-old doing it.

    Anyway, to show you how much time has passed, this "teen girl" will be 49 this year!

    Seinfeld is lucky this whole thing didn't ruin his career. If caught doing this in 2024, I have to imagine the show would have been cancelled, even if it was technically legal.

    It's also strange to me that Seinfeld risked so much doing this. Obviously he could have a huge selection of beautiful young women due to his fame and wealth, so if he really wanted to go that direction, why not just ask out someone much younger but legal, and avoid the scandal?
    like i stated earlier , i dated another girl at her school (i was a junior and she a sophomore when Shoshana was a senior. the school was less than 2 blocks from central park and its common even in 93 to see all walks of life pass through there or hangout, Seinfeld included.

    back then i remember people being ok with it , now he would get cancelled for it obviously, and probably correctly so.

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    Here is the weird part for anyone who cares. I would trade 80%, definitely 60% of my vast knowledge and personal wealth to have never witnessed this abortion

    BTW Todd is God. TIG, TIG, TIG

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Relevant to post again:

    This is one of the few I missed. Cant standja was another good one. Also when they get together with elaines dad and dad says we had a funny guy in the army. Got master of the house stuck in his mind.

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    If Seinfeld was a TV show today...


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    get off the forum. your mother wants separation

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    Quote Originally Posted by desertrunner View Post
    If Seinfeld was a TV show today...

    You are dumbest of the dumb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by desertrunner View Post
    If Seinfeld was a TV show today...

    Can we see a picture of you being run over by a Mac Truck without brakes......God does see fit to allow this scenario......they're Russian breaks and have not been looked at twice except for you beep beep


    your comments relay the fact you know nothing about comedy. If you did why would you post ai generated photos of Seinfeld cast members/

    80% per cent was written, guessing, but the cast was so amazing is was an unstoppable force

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    There's a quote from Jason Alexander, the classicaly trained actor who played George. He approached Larry David about a line in a script saying how unbelievable it would be for "GEORGE" to say this, to which David said that's a true story, it happened
    Extraordinary stories with excellent acting talent.

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    Trash talk. Seinfeld was already a name. A tonight show wonder kid.

    He was being courted by all networks at this time.

    All new comers take money for work but you are way off in every other way

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