Fans debate whether George Costanza's family could have Italian and Jewish heritage in mixed combinations, with discussion of family characteristics, surname origins, and cultural markers.
I am Jewish but look italian and have no italian blood in me. Could George and his parents be the other way around?
I know this kid whose father is Italian, his mother is Jewish, and he is crazy. To pass time he writes repeated combinations of T,A,G,and C.
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So, you are asking if George could be italian but look Jewish? I'd have to say that the whole family ACTS jewish.
They say the same about me.
What's he tring to figure out? The secret of life?
Andy Bakun
This paella debate is quite humorous... my 2 cents culinarily are that paella is a sort of jambalaya with a bit more... and yes it is spanish... now...as far as I see.... you are overemphasisingthe importance of the dish... GEorge's parents LIKE paella... great... I think it is great also... and I am a jew... but that does not mean I am SEPHARDIC...(spanish jew) to be QUITE nit picky....but to state more than the obvious... you can tell a PERSON's origins by their physical traits in MANY cases... George and his parents are NOT sephardic or they would all be dark skinned actors because the sephardic jews share the dark features of their countrymen... their accents are definite delancy street, new york acccents and the sephardic jews liked the WEST coast not the east coast..
now...I like chinese food too! it is an inside joke (inside the jewish community) that if there were no Jews, then a chinese restaurant would go out of business... Jews eat a lot of oriental food... but only a very scant number of us are chinese... the fact is we eat a lot of different things and as a people place a lot of emphasis on food... in one way or another...
I do not think this paella incident was something to make such a big deal about...it was stereortyping George's parents... that is all....
David
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Actually, there's a rather large Sephardic Jewish community in Deal, NJ not too far from Asbury Park. I also have some Sephardic friends who live on Long Island. So surely they could have NY accents.
gary
Where did the 'Castanza' spelling come from? It's COSTANZA, and that certainly sounds Eye-talian, as they would say back in Indiana. I'm sure people of all backgrounds enjoy paella, so this does not necessarily indicate the Costanzas are Spanish. I still submit that Mr. Costanza is Italian and Mrs. C. is Jewish. Whether George took his mother's or father's religion is probably irrelevant. He never mentions going to worship services, so I guess he's not religious. After the episode in which he converted to Orthodox Latvianism, did he stick with that? There's been no mention of it since.
Tom Celentano
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Not sure, really. I think I may have read that somewhere. Is there any offical-type thing that has the correct spelling?
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from 'the pilot' episode, the show spells seinfeld, costanza, and kramer. no official spelling of elaine's last name...
I've seen it spelled "Benes" somewhere. Probably in a local TV guide or something.
Brett
I thought it was Can't Stand Ya (moans the homeless coach)!
DAP>This paella debate is quite humorous... DAP>with a bit more... DAP>and yes it is spanish... DAP>now...as far as I see.... DAP>you are overemphasisingthe importance of the dish... DAP>GEorge's parents LIKE paella... DAP>great... DAP>I think it is great also... DAP>and I am a jew... DAP>but that does not mean I am SEPHARDIC...(spanish jew) DAP>to be QUITE nit picky....but to state more than the obvious... DAP>cases... DAP>dark features of their countrymen... DAP>and the sephardic jews liked the WEST coast not the east coast.. DAP>now...I like chinese food too! DAP>would go out of business... DAP>Jews eat a lot of oriental food... DAP>but only a very scant number of us are chinese... DAP>and as a people place a lot of emphasis on food... DAP>in one way or another... DAP>deal about...it was stereortyping George's parents... DAP>that is all....
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BJ>Not sure, really. I think I may have read that somewhere. Is there any BJ>offical-type thing that has the correct spelling?
Well, according the NBC mailbox on America Online, the Jerry Seinfeld biography, the EW Seinfeld Companion, and the Closed Captioning Institute, the spelling is Costanza with an "o".