eleven things you probably didn't know about 'Seinfeld'

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"Seinfeld" is ane of the almost well-known shows on television.
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  • "Seinfeld" kickoff aired in 1989, but even over xxx years later, fans might not know these fun facts.
  • The "Soup Nazi" bit from the show was based on a real person, and Elaine almost wasn't a character.
  • The bear witness's theme song is unique because it was actually slightly dissimilar for each episode.
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"The Rye" episode was based on a real result.

"The Rye" was based on a existent-life incident.
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On season vii, episode xi, subsequently George's parents take dorsum a loaf of rye staff of life they brought to a dinner party, George and Jerry go to bully lengths to replace it.

This was actually based on a real-life incident relayed to Seinfeld by comedian and writer Ballad Leifer, co-ordinate to an interview with News.com.au.

Jerry Seinfeld reportedly gave the cast a special souvenir after the show ended.

A cast fellow member said Jerry Seinfeld gave everyone Cartier watches.
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Recurring cast member Patrick Warburton, who played David Puddy, told News.com.au that Jerry Seinfeld gave the series-finale cast engraved Cartier watches subsequently taping the concluding episode.

The theme song was slightly different on every episode.

In that location were subtle changes to the theme song each episode.
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Mind closely to each episode and you might catch the subtle changes to the theme song, composed by Jonathan Wolff.

He told Corking Big Story in 2017, "I have no idea how many themes we did for Seinfeld. I knew that each monologue was gonna be different 'cause [Jerry] tells different jokes. The timing, the length — information technology had to be adjustable.

He continued, "Each monologue had its own recording of the 'Seinfeld' theme to match those timings."

Frank Sinatra volition exist forever linked to the show.

Frank Sinatra was rushed to the hospital as the series finale aired.
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The same night the "Seinfeld" series finale aired on May 14, 1998, the legendary crooner had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital, where he afterwards died.

Some reports stated that the streets were clear for the ambulance that evening because much of Los Angeles was indoors watching the final episode of "Seinfeld."

"The Soup Nazi" was based on a real person.

The bear witness based him off of a real chef.
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The bossy chef who terrorized his customers by invoking a strict set up of rules in order to secure his soup was based on Ali Yeganeh, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Reportedly, Yeganeh hates "Seinfeld" and the "Soup Nazi" nickname.

Businessman George Steinbrenner filmed an unaired cameo.

George Steinbrenner on a deleted scene from "Seinfeld."
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George Steinbrenner played George Costanza's boss during Steinbrenner's stint equally the owner of the New York Yankees. He was only alluded to by name, but that was supposed to alter with a cameo advent from the sports mogul.

In an interview on "The Rich Eisen Show," Seinfeld said Steinbrenner's cameo was unusable and "awkward."

"He did a scene on the show and it was terrible. Nosotros couldn't use it  ... nosotros cut him out," Seinfeld said. "Information technology wasn't funny."

Elaine wasn't on the pilot, and the character virtually never existed.

Elaine wasn't on the airplane pilot episode of "Seinfeld."
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Foreign as it may seem, Julia Louis-Dreyfus was not the original selection to be the leading lady on the testify.

According to the HuffPost, the waitress from the pilot, Claire (played past Lee Garlington) was originally going to exist the female lead. Yet, Elaine (played by Louis-Dreyfus) was introduced when the series was picked up for the commencement season.

Jason Alexander said he threatened to exit the show during flavour 3.

Jason Alexander most walked away from the show after not beingness included on an episode.
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Jason Alexander, who played George, said he had a successful theater career in New York when "Seinfeld" began and he'd thought he would be doing that for his whole life.

So when George was left out of a season-iii episode, Alexander told Access Hollywood in 2017, he met with David and seemingly threatened to leave the bear witness if this happened to his character again.

"If you do that again, practice information technology permanently," Alexander said he told David. "If you don't need me to exist hither every week ... I'd just as before long get back home."

Michael Richards is a man of many talents.

Michael Richards did his own diving stunt "Seinfeld."
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Player Michael Richards, who played Kramer, is a certified diver.

The skill came in handy when filming his underwater scene for "The Friar's Club" episode. He reportedly nailed it in two takes, according to an inside-look interview from season vii.

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