#18 Helen Seinfeld: In retrospect, kind of sad she never saw her boy settle down with a nice girl. Visionary for free-food grifters everywhere. #19 Kenny Bania: Whenever he was on, he killed. Smith has basically ridden this playbook to the top of the media summit. #20 Jackie Chiles: Damn impressive that Stephen A. #21 Mickey Abbott: Pound-for-pound the greatest actor of his generation. If you haven’t read up on how poorly things went, please do. #22 Susan Ross: Jokes aside, this is one of the most stunning casting mistakes in television history. #23 Joe Davola: A violent Pagliacci who had no business roaming the streets, let alone dating Elaine. Joe Bookman: The man was passionate about books and the ability for youth to read them without their minds being warped. Ultimately succumbed to the allure of a cult. #25 Matt Wilhelm: Gave his employees a sense of purpose by trusting them with big projects. Kruger: Absolute clown of a boss, should probably get that mole checked out. ![]() #27 Sidra Holland: Again, another classic case of upgrading, ditching superficial Jerry for Salman Rushdie. Ross: This may be out of line but it seems like she liked to drink. Lipman: Wasn’t above stealing a muffin-based business idea but drew the line at having sex with the cleaning staff in the office. #30 Bob Cobb: Renaissance man capable of conducting an orchestra, hustling a pool hall, and finding you places to rent in Tuscany. #31 Delores: You probably forgot her real name. #32 Lloyd Braun: My dude could accomplish anything he set his mind to. #33 Jake Jarmel: Punctuation knower who would hate this sentence! #34 Justin Pitt: A man who appreciated jazz music, nice socks, other fine things. #35 Mable Choate: Crime victim and marble rye connoisseur. #36 Russell Dalrymple: NBC bigwig and father of a daughter. #38 The Bubble Boy: Tom Rinaldi interview target and ultra competitive game-player. #39 The Mohel: Not the man you want for that particular job. #40 The Rabbi: Loose-lipped man of God, aspiring matchmaker. #41 Poppie: Culinary expert who should probably sit on the wicker chair from now on. #42 Cousin Jeffrey: Deep and textured character even without appearing on screen. #43 The Jimmy: Sneaky athleticism, but had a problem staying healthy. #44 Alton Benes: A challenging and important author, terrible dinner companion. #45 Izzy Mandelbaum: One tough son of a bitch, always willing to prove it. #46 The Chinese Restaurant Maitre’d: Wanted Seinfeld himself fourth on this list. #47 Bette Midler: Would have benefitted greatly from Major League Baseball’s safety-conscious home plate rule change. #48 Tony: If you don’t think he was pure electricity, you need to step off. #49 Kevin: The Bizarro Jerry, loved a good book, a bit boring. #50 Jean-Paul Jean-Paul: A world-class athlete done in by technology and others’ incompetence. #51 Naked Man on the Subway: A forerunner of the body-positive movement. #52 Jeannie Steinman: Came the closest to ending Jerry’s bachelor lifestyle but was just too similar. #53 Marla Penny: Made the right choice in preserving her virginity for JFK Jr. #54 The Drake: We loved him and we hated him. #55 Sid Fields: An old man who told it like it was and hated stealing. #56 Rebecca DeMornay: Believed the homeless deserved better than topless muffins. #57 Laura: A classic B.L., though not the best lip-reader. #58 Katie: Agent from hell who hit her breaking point. ![]() Morgan: Ate his Snickers with a knife and fork, all class. #60 Ruthie Cohen: Made Monk’s feel like home, always behind the register. #61 Stan the Caddie: A wise fount of guidance, on the course or off it. #62 Ping: Hard-working yet somewhat litigious delivery driver. #63 Marcy: Inventor of the yada-yada, revolutionary and efficient storyteller. ![]() #64 Matthew: Learns to swear, destroys a cassette tape, just a complete hell-raiser. Screen time, entertainment value, cultural currency, and good ol’ gut feeling helped form this list of 64 memorable characters. Countless words by better writers have already been spilled explaining why this is one of the greatest comedies of all time.īut one thing that’s been striking in re-runs, which always hit the spot, is the incredibly deep cast of role players the series was able to trot out there. Its legacy has endured through two decades even as the source material ages and the pace feels slow compared to this era’s machine-gun-fire joke making. The show ostensibly about nothing left as something very important. Twenty-one years ago today, the Seinfeld finale aired on NBC.
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