Does anybody know why George is so hung up on the name Vandolay??? Is it supposed to be an inside joke on the set or something. He has used this name on a few episodes.
Vandolay??
Jun 7, 19965 posts by 4 posters
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Fans discuss why George repeatedly uses the fake name Vandolay/Art Vandelay across episodes, debating whether it's a running joke or literary allusion.
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In article , Mike writes:
My take on it is not that George is "hung up on the name," but rather that it is a running joke on the show, with the audience, as it were. George had to cover himself and made up the name as a cover; when he needed another cover story, he went back to the same name. It's an allusion, in literary terms.
In article , [email] writes:
Sorry, but if you want to get literal, it's not an allusion. To what does it allude? I don't really know what "Art Vandelay" is, though. Maybe an alibi.
In article , Mitchell Virchick P225 writes:
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it allude? I don't really know what "Art Vandelay" is, though. Maybe an alibi.
An allusion, in the study of literature and the arts, is a reference in one piece of work to another. (Ex: a reference to a biblical story in a John Steinbeck novel, a reference in one poem to another, etc.) While here, both references are Seinfeld episodes, the reference in one episode reminds us of, or "alludes," to the other episode. It doesn't have to refer to anything outside of Seinfeld.
[email] (Mitchell Virchick P225) wrote:
If you really want to get literal, Mitch, the second time (and any subsequent time) the name is used, it becomes an allusion to previous episodes in which the name was used. That's usually what inside jokes are.
Monty