Best Actor on Seinfeld

I have only one vote and I wish to cast it for "Elaine"

No, No Elaine isn't that good, George or Jason Alexander as his name is, is far better, I have seen some movies with Jason in, and he can act good, just like he does in Seinfeld... So my vote goes for Jason Alexander!!!

Buckwood

I vote for George.

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On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Buckwood wrote:

Elaine tends to overact and seems a little unatural although she certainly deserve the Emmys. I agree that George is better. But I also think that Kramer is the funniest amongst them all. He gets very crazy at times.

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You enjoy the slapstick performance of K.man, yet you think Elaine's acting is unnatural?!

In article , [email] says...

Three cheers for The Duckman!!!

[email] (RoboCopKiller) wrote:

kramer is the best

Jason Alexander RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

DEFINITELY Jason Alexander. They're all incredible, no question about it...but Jay brings George to life in a way that the others don't with their characters, because the other characters are more real, more believable. George is by far the most difficult role to play and Jason does it flawlessly.

I agree that Alexander is the best actor on the show but in the last several years has anyone noticed that Jerry has really come into his own as an actor. He is excellent at delivering the deadpan sarsastic lines and he is also quite good at doing slapstick. He did a great job wearing those strong glasses for the benefit of Lloyd Braun and I thought he was terrific doing the Kramer routine when he switched apartments due to the blaring red light.

I think they all do a great job... Has anyone noticed that this year especially, they all almost laugh at the real funny lines. Jerry is real obvious sometimes when he's trying to hold back the laughs.

Jay

Earlier Jay and Roz said

I also really enjoy it when I see the actors about to crack up. Especially Jerry, because it proves to me that they are having just as much fun as we are watching them.

The best actor by far is Jason Alexander as George, although I think even he may be a little uncomfortable with the character this year with the death of Susan (but only speculation). He has range, he has timing and he has delivery that is absolutely outstanding. This year's bad boy episode was unbelievable. Over the past few years I think Jason started to get overexposed and his voice and face was just in too many places. But, to know George is to love Jason. In fact, sometimes I think the whole show is really about George.

Anyway, there is no other cast on TV that after eight years of hijinx can make it work week after week the way Seinfeld still does. I think it's the actors in this show that make us watch and nothing else. Well, I guess I've gone on a bit too long about Seinfeld. But let me just end by saying that over the past two years this show has saved me and my husband from the pit of depression. And, you can really become loyal when a tv sitcom can do that for you. Andrea

kramer. plain & simple. no ifsandserbuts. he is the man. j

Michael Richards is the best comedic actor on Seinfeld, without question.

Jason Alexander is the best actor of them all!!

[email] (FadnAway) wrote:

How about Wayne Knight? He is absolutely hilarious on Seinfeld (who could ever forget his priceless "Toodaloo"? Yet he played it straight in To Die For and was great in both Jurasic Park and in Body Heat. Remember the scen with Sharon Stone's interrogation. He is really super.

[email] (Marc Mandell) wrote:

I think I have to agree with you (just on the strength of his Newman). Something in the intensity of his emotions, strapped into a buffoonish wrapper.

Examples: The interrogation scene in the Post Office, playing Cyrano in the bookstore, the plan to get rid of the barking dog...

Jenny ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Since reason is man's basic means of survival, that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; that which negates, opposes or destroys it is the evil. - Ayn Rand

They're all fantastic, couldn't pick a favorite if I tried. And Jerry has really come into his own as an actor. He was kind of weak when the show started, but he's really starting to measure up alongside the others.

Although I must say that I am bar none Jason Alexander's biggest fan. Michael Alexander

This thread is a companion to "Best Actor on Seinfeld".

I think that Kramer is the weakest character overall. I've always thought he was just inserted into the show as the generic spazzy eccentric neighbor.

Michael Richards does as well as could be done with Kramer, but he's working with a under-developed character.

One item: How does Kramer support himself & his rent? Everyone knows NYC apartments, esp. roomy ones, aren't cheap. We know Kramer's written at least 2 books (the Coffee Table book & the Great Shipwrecks book). He should at least be working on a book once in a while, or mention other obscure books he's written before.

Jenny

On Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:15:20 GMT, [email] (Jennifer Palonus) wrote:

I don't think he wrote the Great Shipwrecks book. Also, if you don't laugh at Kramer, you don't know funny! Do you really care what he does? Isn't that part of the beauty? I mean, he's Kramer, and he's lovin' every minute of it!

I think he also made huge royalties posing in his underwear for Calvin Klein. (Did he WRITE the shipwrecks book?)

I'm pretty sure he was just reading the shipwrecks book. He also offered another book he had for someone to read called Amazing Bear Attacks or something like that...

I assume that he made a lot of money being the pseudo-Marlboro Man on that big billboard. Anyway, one is supposed to assume that Kramer has no steady job. Jerry jokes about that every now and then.

Wasn't the Marlboro Man billboard just a settlement? I believe Jackie Chiles was reading him the riot act at the end of the show for accepting the deal with his approval.

LCW

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I just assumed that the money in the settlement was reduced because of that billboard, not eliminated altogether...

Jennifer Palonus wrote:

IMHO, that's one of the things that makes Kramer's character so funny. You have to stop every once in awhile and think "Just who is this guy!?!" I loved the episode where he was working for some sort of corporation but refused to be paid. Another thing that makes him such a mysterious but hilarious character is that a lot of non-regular female characters on the show find him attractive, and from some of his lines, it's apparent he's had quite a bit of experience with women.

On 7 Apr 1997 17:20:49 GMT, Nada S. Taghavi wrote:

Experience?? Didn't you see the "Kavorka" episode? Kramer was irresistible to women, especially a certain nun, if memory serves.

As far as his income..... if we're going to start interpreting these characters in real-life terms, the premise of the show goes right out the window.... and though it's fun to speculate on what the characters' realities might be, it seems irrelevant. Television sitcoms require us to suspend our disbelief..... or flip to PBS.

I think Kramer can be hilarious, but if I had to choose a weakest character personally, it would be him. Oh, one exception: this season only, Elaine's character and sub-plots are grating on me quite a bit.

-Jen

Kramer wrote the Coffee Table Book. We don't know how many copies it sold, but he got some money from that. He bought his apartment instead of renting it. He did the Calvin Klein underwear ad. The settlement to be the new Marlboro Man was just that- he didn't get any money. There were one or two other court cases which he won, but I don't know if he got any money...in one of them he got free coffee. Also, according to George, he "falls ass-backward into money." This probably refers to more instances than we've seen.

Michael Alexander

Newman. Definitely Newman. (Whaddaya expect, with a first name like Hello.) :)

[email] (Jennifer Palonus) wrote:

Oh please! Sure he is eccentric, but he is far from being 'weak'. For god's sake you just never know what the guy is going to get up to, except that whatever it is he will do it with full and utter commitment

Nah, sorry, have to disagree with you here...

See, that adds to the complexity and mystery of the man...he is a scammer in the best use of the word. He is over the top with all his madcap ideas.

What about the twin-episodes when Kramer goes to California. He didn't seam any strong when the cop-guy arrested and interegated him.

George is the weakest by far. He's so dumb that he hasn't figured out how to look busy at work by constantly playing with his computer. Indeed he doesn't have a computer.

He'd be even funnier than he is if he were a bit more intellectually curious. For example, the April 10 episode would have been funnier if he'd actually spent a scene or two trying to find out the hat sizes of all the fans who come to Hat Day....

[email] (Horrigan) wrote:

But this is what makes George funny: he's unsuccessful because he DOESN'T WANT to do anything, especially work!

George simply decided not to figure out the hat problem. Now, if there were a reason why he had to (such as trying to date a particular girl!) them he might have reluctantly given it a half-assed try.

kramer's one of the only mysteries on the show and should be kept that way. does everything have to be spelled out for you? C-O-M-E-D-Y

First off, I disagree Kramer is the weakest character. Kramer is probably the most original character on television and Richards is recognized as one of our finest comedic talents. Lithgow said as much at the recent SAG awards.

Kramer lives in a rent controlled apartment; he only buys thrift clothes, and eats all of Jerry's food.

Anyone who knows anything about New York knows that Kramer does indeed live in a rent controlled apartment. Some of the best apartments in some of the nicest areas in the city are also the cheapest because of rent control. Currently, there is a debate on whether or not NYC should eliminate rent control. If we do, I'd love to see Kramer have to deal with possibly becoming homeless because he can no longer afford to pay his rent.

A correction regarding Kramer's apartment: He doesn't rent it. He bought it several years ago.

Michael Alexander

He didn't write the Great Shipwrecks book, he owns it ("The Andrea Doria").

On 1 Apr 1997, FadnAway wrote:

I absolutely agree!!

Amen!

Earlier Jay and Roz said

I also really enjoy it when I see the actors about to crack up. Especially Jerry, because it proves to me that they are having just as much fun as we are watching them.

The best actor by far is Jason Alexander as George, although I think even he may be a little uncomfortable with the character this year with the death of Susan (but only speculation). He has range, he has timing and he has delivery that is absolutely outstanding. This year's bad boy episode was unbelievable. Over the past few years I think Jason started to get overexposed and his voice and face was just in too many places. But, to know George is to love Jason. In fact, sometimes I think the whole show is really about George.

Anyway, there is no other cast on TV that after eight years of hijinx can make it work week after week the way Seinfeld still does. I think it's the actors in this show that make us watch and nothing else. Well, I guess I've gone on a bit too long about Seinfeld. But let me just end by saying that over the past two years this show has saved me and my husband from the pit of depression. And, you can really become loyal when a tv sitcom can do that for you. Andrea

George,

George,

Kramer, I think that Cosmo Kramer has to be the best actor on Seinfeld. On a show about nothing, Cosmo knows the most about nothing. He is funny, witty, and brings a charm to the show. What I want to know is if all the characters on Seinfeld are as close as they are in T.V? or do they really hate each other and only work good with each other. There are many shows that only works good on t.v. even in movies. Like in FOOLS RUSH IN. Mathew Perry and Selma Haiit really coudn't stand each other in that movie. I just want to know. Thanx!

[email] wrote:

I think that Jerry is definitely the most natural actor, may I say the most unplanned actor? My favourite anyways.

My vote goes to Jerry Stiller.

Same here.

My favriote actor on Seinfeld is also Jason Alexander and I had always thought that Jerry was just stringing along for the ride, drivin' by his hilarious costars. But the last couple of seasons have seen him pulling his own weight, having really good lines to deliver. So it is a team effort that has made Jerry a more comedic actor and a much better one.

The best actor on Seinfeld is Jerry but its JERRY STILLER.

Chris