Mistaken identities

Sep 4, 1999, 11:41 PM ET11 posts by 11 posters
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Fans compile instances where main and recurring characters are called by wrong names, discussing whether Kramer being called Kessler in the pilot was a mistake or intentional name change.

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Mike Doskas

Trivia... Each of the main characters has been called by another name by mistake, and so have two of the recurring characters. Can you give those mistaken names? Are there any other cases of mistaken identity?

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Jerry is called "Gary Seinfield" by the waitress in "The Bubble Boy".

George is called "Cartwright" by the maitre d' in "The Chinese Restaurant".

Elaine is called "Susie" in "The Susie".

Kramer is called "Kessler" by Jerry in the pilot "Good News, Bad News"; the mistake was explained in "The Betrayal".

Susan (George's fiance) was called "Lily" by Kramer in "The Invitations".

Newman is called "Norman" by the farmer's daughter in "The Bottle Deposit" (some may claim that Norman is in fact Newman's first name... the subject of many a thread in this newsgroup...)

In "The Bottle Deposit" Newman gets called Norman by the farmer's daughter.

Kramer is called Kesler in "The Seinfeld chronicles".

Letterman calls Jerry "Johnny" in "The Abstinence"

Mike Doskas wrote in message news:KDlA3.2370$[email]...

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Good list , But Kramer IS Kessler in Seinfeld Chronicles. No mistake, no goof. The character played by Micheal Richards is named Kessler. Even in The Betrayal, when they travel back in time and try to correct or explain the KESSLER, they do not follow the plot of Seinfeld Chronicle where Micheal Richards is reffered to as Kessler in atleast 2 instances in the uncut network broadcast show.

Phil R.Caroline

Caroline typed:

This was not a mistake. His character name was 'Kesler' in the pilot and when they got picked up, they changed it to 'Kramer'.

Phil

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Caroline wrote:

That would be "Jimmy".

And Kramer calls Susan "Lily". That's unforgettable. "Well, you look like a lily ..."

NV.

Mike Doskas wrote:

Kramer calls Elaine "Carol" and George "Mike" in one of the episodes he is hit on the head.

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Jerry kiddingly calls George "Uncle Leo" on the telephone after George's spiel about the japanese TV executives [a great exchange!].

--JKB

Mike Doskas wrote in message ...

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In "The Apology," James Spader's character makes amends to Jerry for calling him "Gary" when they first met.

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Donald Frank McHugh IIart vandelay

At one point Kramer thinks that Elaines last name is Bennet..."Its bennis you jackass, my last name is bennis...yeah."

I think thats how you spell her last name Donny

art vandelay wrote:

MazzyDonald Frank McHugh II

In article , Donald Frank McHugh II wrote:

I'm sure I read it somewhere as BENES.

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