As George

Does anyone know why in the Seinfeld credits, Jason Alexander is the only cast member with the tag line "...as George." Richards isn't "as Kramer," etc. This may not be the most important question on this newsgroup, but I doubt I'll end up sleeping tonight without the answer.

i dont understand could u please explain?

Have you ever learned to spell and capitalize properly?

Ron wrote in message ...

I'm sure he knows how. Most people know that others will understand what they have to say without proper spelling and capitalization.

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     A lot of times an actor's agent will try for what
essentially amounts to a slightly enhanced or padded credit
at the top of the show. Alexander came to Seinfeld with more
prominent credentials than the other actors had back in 1989.
He'd already had featured roles in movies like "Pretty Woman"
and had won a Tony as best lead actor for "Jerome Robbins'
Broadway." The awards and film roles would come to the others
later. So Jason had a little extra pull with the producers
for a separate, more prominent credit...and got one right at
the start,
     It's not too much to say that the "George" character has
always been just a little more prominent in the show than the
others as well...another reason for the enhanced credit.

In article , Jennifer Anderson wrote:

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He's the last name mentioned in the credits, so that's the format. Sort of like completing the sentence from "Seinfeld starring: yada yada yda, and Jason as George." Its a thespian thing..

Dave v1.0 wrote in article ...

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Along the same lines, way back when, the original theme song on Gilligan's Island ended with the line: "the movie star, and the rest..." totally snubbing the professor and Mary Ann. In later seasons of the show, the line was changed to "the movie star, the Professor and Mary Ann."

This was likely due to tremendous viewer protest. We should all follow suit and make it our mission that they yank that silly "as George" thing and see that Jason Alexander gets his due without being typecast every time the credits roll.

Marlon J. Zetty wrote in article ...

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I disagree. Often when a cast member is listed last, with "as X" after their name, it serves to make them stand out from the rest of the cast, and it is better than simply listing them second, after the star. By listing Alexander last we know he's more important than the others (I know I'll get flamed for this). For example, in "Cheers," even though characters were added to the show, the credits always concluded with George Wendt's name. I think this is more common in the movies. Example: in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," Sean Connery co-starred as Indiana's father. He was not listed second, after Harrison Ford. Rather he was listed last, "as Professor Henry Jones." I'm sure there are other examples, but this is all I could come up with now.

You shouldn't get flamed. You are absolutely right. This is special billing and is contractually demanded by a performer of a certain stature who is not the satr of the show. You see that in many TV shows and movies. The first time I remember noticing this was Al White as Captain whatever on 21 Jump St.

Gil Jawetz wrote:

And who can forget "Jerry Mathers as the Beaver"

On 12 Dec 1997, Fat Tuna wrote:

Bob Newhart Mary Fran Peter Scolari with Julia Duffy as Stephanie and Tom Poston as George

at the time Tom Poston was probably the second biggest star on the show, second only to Newhart. Julia Duffy's name was added in the second season, and I don't know why the included the "with... as Stephanie" but it flows very nicely with "and Tom Poston as George".

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In , [email] (Dave v1.0) writes:

In article , [email] wrote:

You know....a lot of what goes around this group is largely thespianatic...

;)

Dave v1.0

I thought Ellen was the only thespian on a prime time sitcom...