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8 unusual facts about George Costanza


Alternate-side parking

In the Seinfeld episode "The Alternate Side," George Costanza gets a job moving cars from one side of the street to the other.

Bob Herbert

Herbert is mentioned in the Seinfeld episode "The Big Salad" when character George Costanza's girlfriend Julie is discussing her favorite writers, and says "And Bob Herbert's great. He's the Daily News," to which Costanza compares Herbert's name pronunciation with Atlanta Falcons quarterback Bobby Hebert.

Bobby Hebert

In the episode "The Big Salad", George Costanza has a dialogue with his girlfriend Julie (played by Michelle Forbes) concerning his fascination with the pronunciation of Hebert's last name.

Carnal Knowledge

In the 1992 Seinfeld episode "The Trip", George Costanza and Jerry Seinfeld ponder whether or not Candice Bergen showed her breasts in the film.

Chrysler LeBaron

A 1989 Town and Country convertible was also famously featured in various episodes of the sitcom Seinfeld; George Costanza purchased it because he believed it previously had been owned by Jon Voight.

Jake Johannsen

According to Jerry Seinfeld, Johansenn was originally wanted for the role of George Costanza in Seinfeld, but he refused the part.

Jeff Lester

Lester played a masseur in the episode who apparently made George Costanza's penis move during a massage he gave him.

Papaya King

In the Seinfeld episode "The Movie", Kramer leaves the movie ticket line, where he was saving spots for Jerry, Elaine, and George, to get a hot dog from Papaya King.


Elizabeth Morehead

Her most memorable television performance was in the Seinfeld, episode, "The Pez Dispenser", where she played a professional pianist and the girlfriend of George Costanza.

Gwen Shepherd

In the Seinfeld episode "The Stranded", Shepherd played a cashier who has an altercation with George Costanza after allegedly short-changing him for ten dollars.

Opposite Day

In the Seinfeld Episode "The Opposite", character George Costanza says the opposite of everything about himself to get a girl.

The Airport

Due to their having to rebook and a rerouting of their flight, George and Kramer go between JFK and LaGuardia to pick them up.

The Diplomat's Club

George tries to prove to his boss, Morgan, that he is not a racist, as Morgan has been offended when George tells him that he looks like Sugar Ray Leonard ("I suppose we all look alike to you").

The Red Dot

Elaine gets George a job at a publishing company; to repay her, he buys her an ostensibly expensive, cashmere sweater, that has a minor flaw, for which it was marked down considerably (the flaw is visible to the characters but not to the camera).

The Susie

George is excited about Steinbrenner's ball because he wants to be able to show off his tall, beautiful girlfriend Allison (Shannon Kenny) by making a "grand entrance" in a backless dress.

The Visa

George meets Cheryl (Maggie Han), an Asian American woman who is a lawyer, and who thinks he is very funny.


see also

McBurney School

In a 1992 episode of the NBC television series Seinfeld, entitled The Pez Dispenser, the McBurney School was the site of the piano recital given by George Costanza's girlfriend Noel, a concert pianist, which was ruined when Jerry placed a Pez dispenser on Elaine's purse, causing her to laugh uncontrollably.

Stiller and Meara

The duo's own 1986 TV sitcom, The Stiller and Meara Show, in which Stiller played the deputy mayor of New York City and Meara portrayed his wife, a TV commercial actress, was unsuccessful; Stiller had better luck with his next series, playing George Costanza's father in Seinfeld.

The Harrad Experiment

In the Seinfeld episode "The Label Maker", George Costanza describes his girlfriend's having a male roommate as a "bizarre Harrad Experiment".