Trivia: The end scene on the bus, when Kramer tells Jerry he's falling apart is a tribute to the film, "Midnight Cowboy" where Ratso tells Joe Buck he's falling apart. Joe Buck was played by Jon Voight, who appears in this episode.
The Chinese Restaurant - S2-E11
Trivia: After Elaine approaches the table and asks for the egg-roll, the customers begin talking amongst themselves. One of the voices belongs to co-creator Larry David, though he wasn't actually sitting at the table.
Trivia: Of the four main actors, Jason Alexander is the only one who did not win an Emmy for his participation in the series. Jerry Seinfeld won one as a producer in 1993 for Outstanding Comedy Series, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards each won in the acting category.
Trivia: Ruth Cohen, who plays the Monk's Café cashier, appears in 101 of the 180 Seinfeld episodes, more episodes than any character outside of the four main cast members. She is not speaking in most of these appearances, however.
Trivia: Jason Alexander almost left the show because his character, George, did not appear in the episode "The Pen." He would rather concentrate on theatre instead of only appearing in "Seinfeld" some of the time. Later, he admitted that he was concerned about Elaine becoming a more prominent character than George.
Trivia: Instead of this episode, there was supposed to be an episode in which Elaine buys a gun. The script involved her pointing the gun at her head and joking about "the Kennedy" or "the McKinley," referring to the US presidents who were assassinated. Julia Louis-Dreyfus refused to do the scene, others had major reservations, and the table read was cancelled after 20 minutes.
The Contest - S4-E11
Trivia: While appearing alongside Jerry Seinfeld on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, JFK Jr. revealed that people would constantly bring up his appearance in this episode, even though he never actually appeared in it and was only referenced.
Trivia: Julia Louis-Dreyfus was pregnant during the filming of season 3 and then again in season 8, this was hidden with oversized clothing and bags.
Trivia: In this episode, Susan finds letters from John Cheever (a real life writer) to her father exposing their relationship. Incidentally, in real life, John Cheever also had a daughter named Susan.
Trivia: George is wearing a "Broadway Bound" shirt. "Broadway Bound" is a Neil Simon play and Jason Alexander (George) played Stanley when the play opened on Broadway. Stanley Jerome is a neurotic, high-strung character who is constantly obsessing and worrying over details. He and his brother work at writing a comedy sketch for CBS Studios.
Trivia: While everybody blames George for nearly killing The Bubble Boy, it was actually Susan who pops the bubble. She's the one who hit the plastic divider that causes it to break and hiss as it leaked out the air.
Trivia: The grandson, Bobby, that ends up calling Elaine is voiced by Thomas Dekker in an uncredited role. Dekker played Bobby in s07e04, "The Wink", the sick boy in the hospital that had the Yankees signed birthday card. Dekker also appeared in s05e16, "The Stand-In", as "Son" that Mickey stands in for.
Trivia: When Jerry is talking about the "magic loogie", it is a parody of the scene from the film "JFK", where Jerry is parodying Kevin Costner. Wayne Knight (who plays Newman) not only appeared in "JFK", he was also in the magic bullet scene and positioned in the same spot for both scenes.
Answer: Composer Jonathan Wolff used a synthesizer, although in seasons 7-9, a real bass is used in addition. Wolff also recorded himself making hundreds of mouth noises, pops, and slaps to add to the synthesized bass licks so that each episode has a different theme. The only real "back-story" is Jerry Seinfeld was having trouble coming up with a theme song and talked to a friend who happened to know Wolff. They wanted to avoid that cheesy late 80's sit-com theme song and Wolff came up with what we enjoy now. Jonathan Wolff has also talked about this further in interviews, recently Reed Dunela interviewed him, so for a fuller account of his story; check out "The Wolff of 116th street".
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