Things You Probably Didn't Know

[IceWizard]

About Seinfeld







On the evening of May 14, 1998,
an estimated 76 million TV viewers tuned in to watch the
final episode of Seinfeld.
Think you're a Seinfeld trivia expert?
Here are a few surprising facts you probably didn't
know about about the show...




The Opening Music For Every Single Episode Was Different

Those mouth pops, and bass notes that made up the Seinfeld theme song are
truly unique and synonymous with the infamous show. But while it may have
sounded like Jerry Seinfeld's opening monologue was accompanied by the exact
same music, each track was actually made individually by composer Jonathan Wolff
based on the comic's specific monologue. Wolff claimed that his musical creations
for the show's opening monologue were built on certain factors, including what
Seinfeld was saying and the length of the monologue. As such, the music had
to be re-done for each episode.



The Real Soup Nazi Said Seinfeld Ruined His Life

Al Yeganeh, the real soup store owner upon whom The Soup Nazi is based on,
was not pleased with the way he was depicted in the series.  When he was
interviewed on CNN, he called Seinfeld  "a clown" and said the use of “the N word—the
Nazi word—is disgraceful.” He further claimed that Seinfeld was made famous
because of him, and not the other way around. When the interviewer countered
that “you’re famous because of him,” Yeganeh insisted “No. He got fame through me.
I made him famous." Yeganeh  then banned Jerry Seinfeld from his restaurant.



The Actress Who Played Jerry's Mother Dated James Dean

Seinfeld has cast a number of famous actors, many of whom were very popular in
Hollywood long before the show began in 1989. One of those actors is Elizabeth Sheridan,
who played Jerry's mother. The actress was prominent in Broadway productions in the
1970s and dozens of feature films and prime-time TV network movies. Perhaps not as
well known about Sheridan is the fact that she dated actor James Dean for about a
year before he made it big in Hollywood. She even penned a book about the experience
called Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life with James Dean.



Seinfeld Turned Down $110 Million For A Tenth Season

On May 14, 1998, The Finale aired, marking the last episode of the show that lasted
nine seasons. The show could have seen a tenth season, through the comedian opted
against it. When Seinfeld turned down the chance to earn $5 million per episode—a
grand total of $110 million—to come back for a tenth season, the network finally
realized that he wasn’t kidding around.



Seinfeld Begins and Ends With Buttons

It might take binge-watching the entire series several times to realize that the very
first conversation George and Jerry had in the pilot episode and their last conversation
in the finale are about a poorly-placed button.
In fact, the dialogues are almost word-for-word.