Soup Nazi

The guy who plays the Soup Nazi is so funny!
	"No soup for you, next!"
	"Kramer, you are the only one who understands me."

Also from that episode:
	Elaine: "He really is a soup Nazi!"
	Elaine to Kramer: GET OUT!!! - hilarious, best one yet. Kramer goes
crashing through the swinging door.

I think Elaine at her finest is in the episode's climactic scene: "You're through Soup Nazi. Finished. No more soup for you. NEXT!"

Now my question: The woman in line just before Elaine in that scene, is that an uncredited appearance of Carol Leifer?

Actually that was Ana Gasteyer from Saturday Night Live.

Andy MacAskill wrote:

No, it is Saturday Night Live's Ana Gasteyer (sp?).

adam

I dont think so. In one of the line scenes (I cant remember which, it may have been this one, I am not sure) the actress who is now on Saturday Night Live was in line. She is the one who does the NPR lady, and the woman who sings while her husband plays the keyboard

A while back there was a discussion on why the real soup guy would be upset with the exposure from Seinfeld. Here is an article that may shed some light on the story.

While we're on the subject of Seinfeld, Al Yeganeh, the man who inspired the character of the Soup Nazi, continues to vent over the unflattering appellation he refers to as the "N-word." In a rare interview, the owner of New York's Soup Kitchen International told a Newsday reporter that the show has left scars on his business. "Before Seinfeld, I concentrate. I do my work," said Yeganeh, whose take-out shop was just given a higher rating than the tony Le Cirque 2000 in the latest edition of Zagat's restaurant guide. Since the classic episode, customers are ruder than ever to the soup-obsessed chef. "They curse, they call the name the Soup Nazi.... How the hell could they use that word?" Lest anybody think the Seinfeld parody is a total fabrication, consider that Yeganeh, who admits to being "hyper" and refers to his customers as "trained," has bread delivered to his store every hour to ensure the perfect soup experience. As for his requirements that customers have their money ready, place their order and move to the left, he just wants to keep that line of soup addicts moving. -- SK

hey, for those of you that have known me on this NG for a year now,

I FINALLY SAW THIS EPISODE!!!!!!

hehehe, got it on tape and I'm gonna keep it forever!

In , Rick R Streeter writes:

And to this I say: Blow me Al, how does all that coin in your pocket feel? Before Seinfeld, you had a hole in the wall that you sold soup from. Now the whole world knows you exist, and many, many people buy your soup specifically because of the publicity the show brought you.

Where can I get a picture of the real soup nazi building(259a west 55th st)?

I think it's on Kenny Kramer's web page. Try WWW.BWAY.NET/~kramer