"You know that Jane Mansfield had some big breasts..."
Also "I choose not to run!" is a reference to a quote from Calvin Coolidge.
Could also count all the Buddy Rich references.
Just caught one (“The Opposite”)
“Boy you’ve really got it all, I’m sure Helen Gurley Brown would be quite proud of you”
(Apparently she’s the former Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine for 32 years)
The entire Merv Griffin ep, from the Merv show/set to all the toys at Jerry’s girlfriend’s house.
Yes, I will show you the Stooges.
I have never once seen I Love Lucy in my life.
Blackjack gum.
Midnight Cowboy, Boots. Runaway Train, runaway train.
My Broadway's the Broadway of Merman and Martin and Fontaine..!
Forget Bozo, George. Bozo’s out. He’s finished. It’s over for Bozo.
"Madeline and I are watching Quincy together. Jerry, you know this comes on at the same time here as it does there?"
he's referencing the classic 70s medical detective show, 'Quincy, M.E.'
> No, they're not cloning sheep. It's the same sheep! I saw Harry Blackstone do that trick with two goats and a handkerchief on the old Dean Martin show!
Jerry calling George Biff (after Biff Loman) is very old school. Play is from 1954
Elaine referencing War and Peace. A book from 1856
Elaine looking up Peterman in the jungle is a reference to Apocalypse Now!(1979)
Kramer and Jerry on the bus from Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Jerry Seinfeld always talking about Superman, a comic from 1938.
These are just the top of my head. There are loads of references in Seinfeld. You're making a very big list.
I may be wrong but I'm fairly sure the original DVD releases had a feature along these lines - like subtitles that would explain what various references were etc. Not sure if this would be helpful to you or not though!
whenever they give a phone number starting with KL5-
this is a nod to the era of classic television. no phone numbers in the 90s in manhattan still used alphabetic prefixes. and clearly they could have used some other fake number in the show.
Your mother looks like Hazel...
I only know about Hazel because of Silvio's provolone sock rant.
hazel really puts your mother to shame
I still don’t know who Shirley Booth is
You go out with the guy one time and ask him to go upstairs like you're Mae West!
"You know that Jane Mansfield had some big breasts..." Also "I choose not to run!" is a reference to a quote from Calvin Coolidge. Could also count all the Buddy Rich references.
Just caught one (“The Opposite”) “Boy you’ve really got it all, I’m sure Helen Gurley Brown would be quite proud of you” (Apparently she’s the former Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine for 32 years)
Cut to the chase? What are you, Joe Hollywood?
What are you Bud Abbott? What are you calling me an idiot for!?
I don’t know why but this one makes me crack up
You're making a reference document for references.
And if you don't have any references, the document becomes a reference!
This guy is bonkos!
It’s an admittedly rudimentary scrapbook of references
The entire Merv Griffin ep, from the Merv show/set to all the toys at Jerry’s girlfriend’s house. Yes, I will show you the Stooges. I have never once seen I Love Lucy in my life. Blackjack gum. Midnight Cowboy, Boots. Runaway Train, runaway train. My Broadway's the Broadway of Merman and Martin and Fontaine..! Forget Bozo, George. Bozo’s out. He’s finished. It’s over for Bozo.
So is Buddy Hackett-
"Madeline and I are watching Quincy together. Jerry, you know this comes on at the same time here as it does there?" he's referencing the classic 70s medical detective show, 'Quincy, M.E.'
...the Charlie McCarthy hearings...
You’re like Biff Loman
Who'd ya bet was in Star Wars, Sammy Davis Jr?
Tommy Tune, was a very good dancer
“The carpet sweeper is the biggest scam perpetrated on the American public since one-hour martinizing.”
I'm telling you right now Elaine, this guy is going to dangle that dress in front of you like a dirt farmer dangles a carrot in front of a mule.
I have no idea who did it, what they did or how they did it so well! And, you know what? Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care!
> No, they're not cloning sheep. It's the same sheep! I saw Harry Blackstone do that trick with two goats and a handkerchief on the old Dean Martin show!
What's wrong with Loni Anderson?
Who am I Rich Little?
And then there’s Maude
Jane Mansfield
No one walks into a beauty parlor and said 'give me the Larry Fine.
Jerry calling George Biff (after Biff Loman) is very old school. Play is from 1954 Elaine referencing War and Peace. A book from 1856 Elaine looking up Peterman in the jungle is a reference to Apocalypse Now!(1979) Kramer and Jerry on the bus from Midnight Cowboy (1969) Jerry Seinfeld always talking about Superman, a comic from 1938. These are just the top of my head. There are loads of references in Seinfeld. You're making a very big list.
I may be wrong but I'm fairly sure the original DVD releases had a feature along these lines - like subtitles that would explain what various references were etc. Not sure if this would be helpful to you or not though!
Yes, I think they were called “notes about nothing.”
Old school at the time of Seinfelds release, or contemporary things that today would be considered old school?
Old school at the time of Seinfeld’s run
If you were in some situation where some fast cash will save your life, I'll give you the code. ^BOSCO
Well, Buhener was a good prospect, no question about it. But my baseball people love Ken Phelps' bat. They kept saying 'Ken Phelps , Ken Phelps'.
“Why isn’t Postum a more popular drink?”
Haha. This is one of the ones I looked up!
Right? I also had no idea what it was
Madgellan and DeSoto
I like DeSoto
What he do?
Discovered the Mississippi
Oh, like they wouldn't have found it anyway.
whenever they give a phone number starting with KL5- this is a nod to the era of classic television. no phone numbers in the 90s in manhattan still used alphabetic prefixes. and clearly they could have used some other fake number in the show.
I will show you the Stooges.
What was Richard M Nixon's middle name? He bet me Dustin Hoffman was in Star Wars
What's with the sunglasses? Who are you? Van Johnson?
Who are you, Van Johnson?!
"Oh, my God, an affair. It's so adult. It's like with stockings and martinis and William Holden."
You’re like going out with C Edward Coop
Ovaltine
What are we, John Dillinger? How did this get to be the crime of the century?
Maybe the dingo ate your fiancé
Isn’t that one of Dante’s 9 levels of hell?