Index
Aaron (Seinfeld character), 241
Abbott and Costello Show, The (television show), 141
Abbott and Costello, 19, 145
Abbott, Mickey (Seinfeld character), 152-153, 238, 241, 247, 251, 254
ABC, 2, 14, 41-42, 188, 192, 194, 196-197
abortion, 3, 27, 153, 216, 243
Absolutely Fabulous (television show), 30
Access Hollywood (television show), 187
Ackerman, Andy (Seinfeld director), 242-254
adolescence, 38, 63, 109, 113
Adorno, Theodore, 49
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The (television show), 79, 108, 141
African Americans, 25, 133-136, 165
Aggravation Installment Plan (Seinfeldian term), 223
AIDS, 19, 156, 246
Alexander, Jason (Seinfeld actor/actress, director), 5-6, 16, 24-25, 30, 40, 46, 57, 112, 125, 127, 139, 143, 150, 204, 236, 255
Alice in Wonderland, 40
Alien Autopsy (television show), 255
Alive (movie), 255
All in the Family (television show), 50, 146, 208
All My Children (television show), 241, 255
Allen, Woody, 38, 42, 55, 84, 122-124, 126-128, 143, 146, 151, 235
Ally McBeal (television show), 182-183
Altman, Rick, 183
Altria, 197
Amadeus (movie), 71
ambiguity, 129
America, Americans, 22-27, 38-41, 43, 46, 49-51, 57, 59, 61, 63, 66, 69-70, 86, 90-94, 99, 106, 117-135, 140, 145, 149, 160, 163-184, 190, 195, 212-215, 240, 245, 255, 257-258
Amos 'n Andy (television show), 20, 141
Anderson, Loni, 255
Andy Griffith Show, The (television show), 108, 191
Ang, Ien, 72, 119, 184
Angelou, Maya, 53
Annie Hall (movie), 46, 124
Anthony, Susan B., 255
Anti-Christ, 255
Anti-Dentite (Seinfeldian term), 223
anti-hero, 124-125, 204
anti-social, 67, 134
Anti-Virgin (Seinfeldian term), 223
anxiety, 22, 24, 46, 90-93, 97-98, 101, 103-104, 106, 124, 131, 253
Apocalypse Now (movie), 166-167, 255
appointment TV, 196
Aquaman, 255
archetypal, the, 59
Armani, 154, 243
Arnaz, Desi, 112
Arnold, Roseanne, 2
Aryan, 131
Ashkenazi Jews, 119
assimilation, 117
Assman (Seinfeldian term), 53, 151, 223, 245
astronaut pen, 234
Atlanta, Georgia, 196-197
Auschwitz, 24
Austen, Jane, 8, 70, 72-76
Auster, Albert, 8, 13, 214, 257
B’Nai Brith, 124
babka, 156, 209
baby boomer, 110
Bachelor Father (television show), 141
Backslide (Seinfeldian term), 223
Bakhtin, Mikhail, 152, 208, 212, 218
Baldist (Seinfeldian term), 223
Baltimore Orioles, 236
Bania, Kenny (Seinfeld character), 34, 151, 154, 243, 249
Barney Miller (television show), 112
Barthes, Roland, 153
Barton, Clara, 255
baseball, 15, 54-55, 103, 238, 242
Basic Instinct (movie), 255
Basie, Count, 124, 144
basketball, 53
Batman, 255
BBC, 215
BBC2, 135
Beaches (movie), 255
Beatrice Foods, 199
Beavis and Butt-head (television show), 85, 208
Beckett, Samuel, 2, 23
Being and Nothingness, 23
Belgium, 170
Bellow, Saul, 44
Benes, Alton (Seinfeld character), 111, 232
Benes, Elaine (Seinfeld character), 1-4, 6-7, 9, 14-17, 19-22, 26-27, 30-33, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 51-54, 56-57, 60, 62-66, 73, 78-79, 82-85, 90, 96-98, 101-102, 104-105, 108-111, 113-114, 121, 123, 128-130, 132-134, 143-145, 149, 153-156, 159, 161-169, 176, 178-179, 204, 206-207, 209-216, 218, 233
Benny, Jack, 23, 42, 78
Berg, Alec (Seinfeld writer), 54, 159, 163, 243-44, 246-254
Bermuda Triangle, 255
Bernini, Gianlorenzo, 28
Bernsen, Corbin (Seinfeld actor/actress), 56, 84, 255
Beverly Hillbillies, The (television show), 189, 198
Bewitched (television show), 191
Bhatt, Babu (Seinfeld character), 19, 206, 234, 238
Bickle, Travis, 42
Biddle-Ross, Susan (Seinfeld character), 16, 19, 21, 52-53, 64, 65, 67, 83, 85, 90, 92, 96, 98-101, 113, 157, 209, 218, 236-239, 245-250, 254
Big (movie), 119
Big Brother (television show), 180, 241
Big Favor/Small Favor (Seinfeldian term), 223
Bilko, Sergeant, 128, 135
bimbo, 105
Bizzaro (Seinfeldian term), 17, 56, 65, 84, 146, 223, 249
black-and-white cookie, 152-153, 156, 212, 233, 241
Blob, The (movie), 255
Bly, Robert, 106
Bob Cummins Show, The (television show), 141
Bob Newhart Show, The (television show), 78
Body Odor Police (Seinfeldian term), 223, 228
Boggle, 255
Bold and the Beautiful, The (television show), 255
Bombable (Seinfeldian term), 223
Bonanza (television show), 188
B.O. (Seinfeldian term), 223
Bookman, Mr. (Seinfeld character), 4
Bosco, 100, 150, 255
Boss, Kit (Seinfeld writer), 254
Boulding, Kenneth, 119
bourgeoisie, 18, 61, 133-134
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, 255
Brady Bunch, The (television show), 79-80, 200
Brakhage, Stan, 23
Branagh, Kenneth, 71
brand, branding, 34, 83, 140, 143, 188-189, 191, 197-200
Braun, Lloyd (Seinfeld character), 205, 240, 247
Braveheart (movie), 71
break ups, 18-19, 31, 33, 44, 64, 102, 114, 231, 236, 238, 241, 248
Breakup by Association (Seinfeldian term), 224
Brezhnev, Alexander, 255
Bridget Loves Bernie (television show), 24
Brinkley, David, 40
British, 165-167, 172, 243
Bro (Seinfeldian term), 16, 209, 224, 227, 244
broadcasting system, 172, 182, 184
Broadway, 24-25, 28, 51, 97, 103, 142, 252
Bronx, the, 25
Brooklyn Bridge (television show), 46
Brown, Helen Gurley, 255
Brown, Murphy, 26
Brubach, Holly, 160
Bruce, Lenny, 122-123, 126, 129, 184, 255
Bubble Boy, the (Seinfeld character), 16, 19, 21, 60, 74, 134, 206, 218, 237
Buchalter, Gail, 160
Buddhism, 143, 165
Bugs Bunny, 8, 137, 146
bulimia, 215
Bullock, Sandra, 255
Bump Into (Seinfeldian term), 223-224
Bunker, Archie, 50, 184, 208, 255
Burma, 159, 163, 165, 249
Burns, George, 23, 78, 141
Business Week, 41, 117, 140-141
cable, 20, 30, 41, 50, 136, 140, 187, 190-191, 193, 197, 199-200, 208, 233, 247
California, 55, 84, 236
Caligula (movie), 255
Call-Waiting-Face-Off (Seinfeldian term), 224
Cape Fear, 255
Capote, Truman, 255
Captain and Tenille, 255
Car 54, Where are You? (television show), 191
Carlyle, Thomas, 255
Carman, John, 169
Carney, Art, 16
carnivalesque, 152, 212
carpet cleaning cult, 249
Castle Rock Entertainment, 191-192
Castro, Fidel, 155, 243
Caucasian, 212, 214
Caulfield, Holden, 38
CBS, 188-189, 193, 195, 197
Ceausescu, Nikolai, 255
Cell-Phone Walk and Talk (Seinfeldian term), 224
Chamberlin, Neville, 255
Chamberlin, Wilt, 53
Chang, Donna (Seinfeld character), 242
Changing Teams (Seinfeldian term), 224, 244
Chapter Two (movie), 255
Charles Grodin Show, The (television show), 84
Charles, Larry (Seinfeld writer), 5-7, 145, 218, 232-239, 241
Checkmate (fictional Seinfeld film), 4
Cheers (television show), 13, 15-16, 20-22, 61, 117, 180, 194
Cheever, John, 19, 53, 237, 255
Cherones, Tom (Seinfeld director), 231-242
chick flick, 100
childbirth, 66
children, 25, 31, 38, 61-63, 72, 99, 109, 112, 114-115, 122, 143, 150, 152, 163, 216, 242, 249
Chiles, Jackie (Seinfeld character), 20-21, 55, 133-134, 151, 213, 245, 250
chimpanzee, 211, 245
Chinese, 5-6, 14, 32, 82, 115, 123, 144, 148, 209, 213-214, 224, 227, 233, 242, 251
Ching, Barbara, 8, 58, 257
Choate, Mable (Seinfeld character), 134, 155, 206
Chuckles the Clown, 21
chutzpah, 124
civility, 118-119, 123-24, 126, 130, 132-35
civilization, 2, 37, 119
cleanliness, 103, 158
client-stations, 187
climax, 53, 80, 81, 92, 184, 229
Clinton, Bill, 38, 139
Close Talker (Seinfeldian term), 224, 241
closure, 80, 81, 84
clothes, 25, 54, 160, 164, 173, 235, 239, 243, 248
Clueless (movie), 72-73
Cochran, Johnnie, 20, 55
cockfighting, 250
Cocoon II: The Return (movie), 109
codes, 8, 92, 96, 103, 105-106, 121, 157, 164-165
coffee-table book about coffee tables, 4, 55, 157, 240
Collected Works of Bette Midler, The, 103
Columbia Tri-Star, 191-193
Coma Etiquette (Seinfeldian term), 224, 235
comics, 17, 34, 78, 126, 167
commercials, 18, 61, 80, 90, 143, 145, 171-175, 183-184, 195, 246
Commonweal, 36, 58
Communists, 243
community, 44, 54, 67, 75, 121-123, 126-127
Coney Island, 235
Confucius, 255
Coniff, Ray, 255
Conjugal Visit Sex (Seinfeldian term), 224
Conrad, Joseph, 161, 166-167
conservatives, 3, 39
Consolation Guy (Seinfeldian term), 224, 226
consumers, 160, 172, 190, 199
Contemporary Crisis of Masculinity, or How to Be a Man, The, 92
continuity, 6
contraceptives, 210, 228, 247
Cop Slash Garbageman (Seinfeldian term), 224
Coppola, Eleanor, 166
Coppola, Francis Ford, 166
Cosby Show, The (television show), 79, 112, 180
Cosby, Bill, 22, 78
Costanza, Estelle (Seinfeld character), 4, 54, 154
Costanza, Frank (Seinfeld character), 154, 157, 209, 240, 244, 248-249
Costanza, George (Seinfeld character), 3-5, 7-8, 14-23, 25-27, 29-33, 35-38, 40, 42, 46, 51-54, 56-58, 60, 62-68, 73, 78-79, 81-85, 89-115, 117-118, 123, 127-129, 130-134, 141, 143-146, 148, 150-152, 154-158, 169, 178, 199, 204-211, 213-215, 218, 226, 251, 256
Cotton, Joseph, 255
counter-programming, 187, 193, 196, 197
Court of Last Resort, The (television show), 142
Covenant of the Keys (Seinfeldian term), 224, 226, 236
Cowan, Andy (Seinfeld writer), 242
Cowlings, A. C., 242
Cox, Courtney (Seinfeld actor/actress), 121, 153, 173
Crib Notes (Seinfeldian term), 224, 245
Crittenden, Jerry (Seinfeld writer), 249
Croft, Steve, 255
cross-cultural comparison, 175
Cry in the Dark, A (movie), 255
Cry, Cry Again (fictional Seinfeld film), 4
Crying Game, The (movie), 52, 244, 255
C-Span, 255
Cuddihy, John Murray, 118, 119, 130, 132
Cult of Seinfeld, 36
cultural studies, 8, 91, 257, 258
cunnilingus, 208
Curb Your Enthusiasm (television show), 5, 8, 170, 199, 203-208, 212-213, 215, 217; Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes: Affirmative Action, 83, 158, 206-207; Crazy-Eyez Killah, 206; Grand Opening, 206; Special Section, 209
current events, 179-180, 184
Cutthroat Island (movie), 71
Daily Worker, The, 243
Dallas (television show), 18, 54, 175, 180, 184, 196
Dalrymple, Russell (Seinfeld character), 64, 209, 238
Dancer, Buck (Seinfeld writer), 239
Dangerous Liaisons (movie), 71
Daniels, Greg (Seinfeld writer), 236
Danson, Ted, 71, 203, 255
Dating Decathlon (Seinfeldian term), 225
dating, 19-20, 27, 32, 51, 73, 90, 92, 97, 104, 115, 122, 169, 176-178, 180, 182, 210, 213-214, 223-227, 229, 232, 238, 245, 248-249
David, Larry (Seinfeld writer), 5-7, 15, 21, 31-32, 34, 41-42, 54, 57, 60-61, 68-69, 108-109, 143, 158, 203-208, 212, 217-218, 231-248, 254
Davis, Geena, 71
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 163
Davola, "Crazy" Joe (Seinfeld character), 3, 83, 236-237
De Gaulle, Charles, 255
Deaf Date (Seinfeldian term), 225
Death Blow (fictional Seinfeld film), 4
Death of a Salesman, 63
December Bride (television show), 141
Degifting (Seinfeldian term), 19, 225
Delores (Seinfeld character), 7, 209, 249
DeMornay, Rebecca (Seinfeld character), 213
Denmark, 147
dermatologist, 65, 212-213, 252
Derrida, Jacques, 255
Derrida (movie), 255
Desilu, 197
"Desperado" (song), 51, 60, 249, 255
detachment, 18, 26, 143, 168
Di Mattia, Joanne L., 8, 211, 257
Diaspora, the 24, 120
Dickensian, 22
Dick Van Dyke Show, The, 5, 108, 112
DiMaggio, Joe, 233
Dinkins, David, 240
disintegration of the species, 30
Disney, 197
DNA, 15, 206
Do Me a Solid (Seinfeldian term), 225
Dockers, 18, 232
Doherty, Thomas, 4
Donna Reed Show, The (television show), 71, 191
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 16
Doty, Alexander 125
Double Dipper (Seinfeldian term), 225
Douglas, Mary Tew, 156-158
Dowd, Maureen, 14, 39-40, 139
drama series, 180, 184
Drescher, Fran, 120, 122
Dreyfus, Julia Louis (Seinfeld actor/actress), 5, 16, 26, 30, 40, 42, 57, 84, 129, 139, 142-143, 204
dubbing, 176
Duke, David, 215
Dunne, Michael, 8, 49, 257
Dunne, Sara Lewis, 8, 148, 257
DVDs, 4, 170, 205
Dynasty (television show), 18
Eagles, The, 51, 60
Earth: Final Conflict (television show), 197
Earth Suit (Seinfeldian term), 225
Eco, Umberto, 49, 53, 56
Edward Scissorhands (movie), 240, 255
Elements of Semiology, 153
Elephant Man, The (movie), 255
Elizabethan, Elizabethan drama, 42, 142
Ellen (television show), 55, 79, 85
embodiment, 105, 212
Emma, 70, 72-75
Empty Nest (television show), 194
Endgame, 23
Endora, 255
English Patient, The (movie), 4, 54, 84, 161, 213, 215, 251, 255
Enlightenment, the, 70, 75-76, 126
Entertainment Tonight (television show), 187
Entertainment Weekly, 9, 41, 42, 52, 61, 83, 140, 145, 146, 152
Epstein, Michael, 8, 9, 186
ER (television show), 13, 39
Ethel and Albert (television show), 141
ethnicity, 8, 93, 119-120, 134, 214, 218
etiquette, 19, 73, 118, 132-135, 154-155, 176, 224, 235
Europe, 119, 169, 175, 180, 236, 252, 258
Everybody Loves Raymond (television show), 112
Excuse Rolodex (Seinfeldian term), 225
Face-to-Face Breakup (Seinfeldian term), 225
Fahrikan, Louis, 215
families, 19, 59, 68, 79, 198, 121
Family Idiot, The, 59, 63
Family Ties (television show), 79
family, 2, 9, 18, 24, 37, 46, 60-63, 67-68, 79-80, 85-86, 99, 108-109, 114, 120-121, 123-124, 128, 130-131, 133, 147, 157, 161, 180-181, 188, 213, 236, 241, 243, 258
fan-scholars, 8
farce, 40, 42-43, 45, 145, 214
Farrelly, Bob and Peter, 237
Fatal Vision, 255
Father Knows Best (television show), 121, 141
Faulkner, William, 14
FCC (Federal Communication Commission), 186, 189, 191
FDR, 253
female body part, 7, 140, 209, 238
Feresten, Spike (Seinfeld writer), 246, 248-254
Festivus (Seinfeldian term), 225, 253
Few Good Men, A (movie), 255
Fiancée Time (Seinfeldian term), 225
Fiddler on the Roof, 255
Fiedler, Leslie, 44, 46, 96
Finn, Huck, 38
Fin-Syn, 189, 191, 198
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 38, 256
Flagged (Seinfeldian term), 225
Flaubert, Gustave, 59-61, 63, 69
Florida, 18-20, 112, 141, 234, 251, 258
food on Seinfeld, 148-158
Forman, Milos, 71
Fornicating Gourmet (Seinfeldian term), 225
Forrest Gump (movie), 127
Fossey, Diane, 255
fourth wall, 22
Fox, 190, 192-194, 196-197, 203
France, 176
Frankfurt, 49
Franklin, Jill (Seinfeld writer), 93
Frasier (television show), 30, 85
Frears, Stephen, 71
French, 23, 153, 177, 184
Fridays (television show), 5, 42
Friends (television show), 2, 29, 33, 79, 86, 92, 120-121, 172-173, 180-181, 198, 206
friendship, 7, 26, 32, 58, 62, 90, 92, 95-96, 100-101, 103-104, 181, 224, 233, 239, 246
Frye, Northrup, 60, 66-68
Fuchs, Cynthia, 94
Fudd, Elmer, 206, 237, 255
Fugitive Sex (Seinfeldian term), 224, 226, 227
Fugitive, The (movie), 20
Full House (television show), 195
furniture, 113, 144
FX, 190
Gack, Todd (Seinfeld character), 248
Gammill, Tom (Seinfeld writer), 51, 239-249
Gandhi, Mohandas, 209, 238, 255
Gantz, Katherine, 44, 69, 101-102, 107, 211
Garofalo, Janeane (Seinfeld actor/actress), 18, 33
Gas, Food, Lodging (imaginary television show), 61
Gattuso, Greg, 9, 117-118, 128, 131-132
gender, 50, 78, 91-92, 103, 106, 160-163, 167, 258
Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda (television show), 197
generations, 2, 18, 21, 106
genre formula, 8, 77, 79-82, 85-86, 216
genre, 7-8, 43, 59, 77, 79, 81, 85-86, 162, 171, 181, 184, 188, 216
gentile/gentiles, 25, 124
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The (television show), 78, 141
Germans, Germany, 144, 170, 176, 181, 184
Germaphobe (Seinfeldian term), 226, 229
Gervais, Ricky, 215
Ghostbusters (movie), 255
Gibson, Mel, 71
Gilligan's Island (television show), 79, 108
Gilman, Sander, 126
Gisele MacKenzie Show, The (television show), 142
Giuliani, Rudolph, 84, 240
Glamour, 110, 211
Godfather, The (movie), 52
Godzilla, 255
gold, 206
Goldbergs, The (television show), 24, 120
Goldman, Matt (Seinfeld writer), 231, 234
Goldsmith, Oliver, 73
golf, 31, 54, 81, 215, 241-242, 247-248
Good Samaritan Law, 133
Goodbye, Columbus, 24
goy, goyim, goyish, 24, 123-124
Gray, Dorian, 114, 139
Gray, John, 73
Great Gatsby, The, 255
Greatest American Hero, The (television show), 51
Green Acres (television show), 189, 198
Green Lantern, 255
Greenpeace, 64, 255
Griffiths, John, 161
Grodin, Charles, 56, 255
Gross, Jonathan (Seinfeld writer), 245
Grossberger, Lewis, 40
grotesque, 152, 157, 208
Groundhog Day (movie), 146
Gulliver's Travels, 71
Gumbel, Bryant (Seinfeld actor/actress), 56, 84, 256
Guys and Dolls, 103, 256
Hackett, Buddy, 256
Haddasah, 124
Hague, Angela, 9
Hall, Dennis, 8, 70, 257
Hall, Philip Baker (Seinfeld actor/actress), 8, 70, 129, 257
Hamptons, the, 32
Hand Sandwich (Seinfeldian term), 226
Hanks, Tom, 109, 127
happiness, 44, 59, 76, 105
Happy Days (television show), 78, 80
Hard of Smelling (Seinfeldian term), 226
Harding, Tonya, 149, 180
Harlin, Renny, 71
Harper’s Magazine, 61
Harris, Estelle (Seinfeld actor/actress), 25
Hart, Mary, 236, 256
Harvey, David, 70, 75, 76
Hauge, Ron, 241, 245
Havana, 155
Hayman, Jon (Seinfeld writer), 238
Hazel (television series), 110, 256
HBO, 1, 5, 190, 198-199, 203-204, 215, 217
Head of the Class (television show), 79
Heart of Darkness, 165-167
Heaton, Patricia, 112
Heckerling, Amy, 72
hegemony, 122
Henning, Paul, 198
Henry V, 71
Henry, Darin (Seinfeld writer), 250, 252, 254
Hernandez, Keith (Seinfeld actor/actress), 15, 54, 84, 103, 235
Hersey, Eleanor, 8, 159, 257
heterosexuality, 44
Hezbolla, 256
high culture, 8, 23, 71
High Talker (Seinfeldian term), 226, 242-243
Hills, Matt, 8
Hine, Thomas, 70, 72
Hirsch, 45, 78, 218
history, 2, 5, 17, 31, 34, 41, 43, 46, 51, 54, 60, 66, 68, 78, 83, 85, 91, 125, 128, 135, 141, 159, 165, 168-169, 178, 183, 186, 191, 208, 258
hit-and-run, 236
Hitler, Adolf, 54, 243
Hoffman, Abbie, 256
Hoffman, Dustin, 256
Hollywood Reporter, 118
Holocaust, 20, 52, 131, 256
Home Alone, 239
Home Bed Advantage (Seinfeldian term), 226
Home Improvement (television show), 2, 16, 78-81, 192
homoerotic, 45
homosexuality, 95, 102
homosocial, homosociality, 8, 89-92, 95-106
Honeymooners, The (television show), 16, 26, 112, 142, 144, 198
Hong Kong, 40
Hoochie Mama (Seinfeldian term), 226, 228
Hoover, Herbert, 50
Hoover, J. Edgar, 54, 123
Horne, Lena, 256
Horror of Seinfeld, 37
Houlihan, Hot Lips, 78
Housman, John, 256
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People, 124
Hubbard, L. Ron, 256
humor, 24, 26, 30-31, 33-34, 38, 45, 78-79, 82, 86, 91, 94-95, 118, 122-124, 127, 134, 135, 147, 152, 164, 168, 176-182, 184, 206, 208, 212, 216, 218, 243, 257
Hunt, Helen, 173
Hussein, Saddam, 15, 241, 256
hype, 13, 20-21, 140, 147, 175
I Dream of Jeanie (television show), 79
I Hate Madonna Handbook, 36-37
I Love Lucy (television show), 78, 108, 112, 142, 188, 197-198
I Love You Return (Seinfeldian term), 226
I Pagliacci, 237
iconophilia, 51
idiot savant, 126, 250
imagination, 28, 36, 40, 184
Impressionism, 141
Improv, The, 207
Imus, Don, 38
incest, 111, 215
Incredible Hulk, The, 256
India, 165, 177, 253
individualism, 20, 34, 123
information age, 2, 147
in-jokes, 179
Instant Boyfriend Status (Seinfeldian term), 224, 226
Intercourse Hello (Seinfeldian term), 226
Interiors (movie), 124
intertextual, intertextuality, 8, 49-57, 131, 166
irony, ironic, 14, 18-19, 24, 36, 50-51, 62, 75, 77, 85-86, 100, 106, 120, 126, 129, 218, 255
Irwin, William, 9, 45, 106, 218
Island of Lost Boys, 109
"it," 6, 233, 241
Italy, Italian, 120-121, 130, 154, 240
Ivory, James, 71
Jack Benny Program, The (television show), 78, 141
Jaffe, Marc (Seinfeld writer), 235, 237, 254
Jaffe, Roland, 235, 254
jail, 58, 63, 68, 134
Jakes, John, 71
James, Henry, 71
James, Rick, 147, 256
Jameson, Frederic, 49
Japan, Japanese, 249
Jarmel, Jake (Seinfeld character), 149, 239, 242, 244
Jazz Singer, The (movie), 24-25
Jennings, Peter, 196, 256
Jeopardy (television show), 171, 187, 193, 195-196
Jerry Seinfeld on Comedy, 66
Jerry Show, The (fictional Seinfeld television show), 21, 133, 209, 239
Jerry Springer Show, The (television show), 187
Jewish-American, 24, 127
Jewish-centric, 129
JKF, 256
JFK, Jr., 237
John, Elton, 28
Johnson, Carla, 42, 127, 154
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 256
John-Steiner, Nora, 207
Jolson, Al, 24-25
Jonson, Ben, 73
Jor-El, 53, 256
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 97
Joyce, James, 3, 39, 49, 63, 129
Jews, Jewishness, Judaism, 8, 17, 20, 23-26, 39, 46, 52, 117-136, 140, 154, 157, 167, 216, 218, 228, 249, 258
Jung, C. G., 36
Just Buddies (television show), 94
Kafkaesque, 21
Kaplan, Amy (Seinfeld writer), 166-167
Kaplan, Bruce Eric (Seinfeld writer), 55, 252-254
Kaplan, Gabe, 79
Kaplan, James, 158
Kass, Sam (Seinfeld writer), 243
Katz, Elihu, 175, 184
Kavet, Gregg (Seinfeld writer), 244, 248-249
Kazin, Alfred, 24
Keaton, Buster, 17, 78
Keaton, Michael, 143
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 15, 54, 63, 256
Kerrigan, Nancy, 149, 180
Kessler (Seinfeld character), 120, 128
Kevorka, 240
Kevorkian, Dr., 256
Key Brother (Seinfeldian term), 224, 226
Kid Court-of-Law (Seinfeldian term), 226
Kimball, Billy (Seinfeld writer), 253
King of the Hill (television show), 85
Kirschbaum, Bruce (Seinfeld writer), 238, 240, 243
Kiss Hello Program (Seinfeldian term), 226, 229
Kix, 256
Klein, Calvin, 238
Klompus, Jack (Seinfeld character), 234, 247, 250
Knight, Wayne (Seinfeld actor/actress), 131
Knights of Columbus, 129
Kool Aid, 256
Koop, C. Everett, 256
Korea, Korean War, 21, 144, 157-58, 245, 249
Koren, Steve (Seinfeld writer), 250
Kowalski, Stanley, 256
Kramden, Ralph, 16, 144
Kramer, Babs (Seinfeld character), 111
Kramer, Cosmo (Seinfeld character), 1-7, 14-22, 26, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 52-57, 62-63, 65-66, 73, 78-79, 81-85, 90, 96-99, 101, 103-109, 111, 113, 115-117, 120, 123, 128-134, 140, 143-146, 150-153, 155, 157-158, 161, 163, 165-166, 169, 178, 205-207, 209-211, 213, 216
Kramerica Industries, 213, 252
Kruger Industrial Smoothing, 108, 252
KTLA, 193
KTTV, 193
Kudrow, Lisa, 173
Kurtz, 161, 166-167
Ladies Home Journal, 167
Lane, Lois, 53
language barrier, 176
Language, Sex, and Power, 73
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (documentary film), 217
Larry David's notebook, 6
Larry Sanders Show, The (television show), 30, 57
Last Tango in Paris (movie), 256
Latham, Massachusetts, 21, 133, 150
Latvian Orthodox, 20, 240
Laugh-In (television show), 50
laugh-trackless, 204-205
Laurel (Stan) and Hardy (Oliver), 145
Lavery, David, 8, 9, 203, 257
Law and Order (television show), 165, 199
Leapin' Larry's Appliance Store, 246
Lear, Norman, 146
Leave It To Beaver (television show), 108, 121
Leave-Behind (Seinfeldian term), 226
Leavis, F. R., 49
Lee, Ang, 72
Lee, Betty, 8, 223, 258
Lee, Bruce, 163
Lee, Spike, 256
Leifer, Carol (Seinfeld writer), 52, 109, 240, 242
Leno, Jay, 22, 56-57, 84, 171
Leo, Uncle, 4, 233. 236. 247, 254
Leonard, John, 14
Leonard, Sugar Ray, 25, 213, 256
Leonardo da Vinci, 248
Leopold, Tom (Seinfeld writer), 234-235, 237
Lesly, Elizabeth, 41
Letterman, David, 194-195, 250
Level Jumping (Seinfeldian term), 226
Leverette, Marc, 8, 203, 258
Levin, Larry (Seinfeld writer), 54, 235
Levy, Lawrence H. (Seinfeld writer), 239
Liebes, Tamar, 175, 184
Life of Riley, The (television show), 141
Life With Luigi (television show), 121
life writing, 1
Lifting the White Veil, 214
Lippman, Mr. (Seinfeld character), 4, 149, 240, 251
Lippman, Walter, 25
Lipps, Louis, 193-195
Lipton, Michael A., 161
Little Man (Seinfeldian term), 227
Littlefield, Warren, 6
Loncraine, Richard, 71
London, 68
Long Talker (Seinfeldian term), 227
Long, Rob, 3, 39
Lord of the Flies, 256
Loren, Sophia, 256
Lorre, Peter, 256
Low Talker (Seinfeldian term), 227, 239
Lubbock, Texas, 193
Luhrmann, Bazz, 71
Luthor, Lex, 53
Machado, The, 256
Machiavellian, 143
Mackinaw peaches, 151, 157
Mad About You (television show), 2, 79, 100, 120, 121, 173, 256
Madness of King George, The (movie), 71
Maestro, the (Seinfeld character), 246, 248
Mahler, Gustav, 49
Make Room for Daddy (television show), 141
Make-Up Sex (Seinfeldian term), 227
Mama (television show), 121, 141
"man hands," 249
Mandel, David, 51, 246, 248-249
Mandelbaum, Izzy (Seinfeld character), 251
Manhood in America, 92, 94
manhood, 64, 66, 91-95, 97-101, 104-106
Mann, Michael, 71
manners, 22, 69-70, 72-73, 85, 118-119, 132-133, 135, 156
Mansfield, Jayne, 256
Mansierre (Seinfeldian term), 224, 227
Mantle, Mickey, 238
Marc, David, 4, 8, 23, 61, 117, 203, 235, 258
Mark Saber of London (television show), 142
market share, 170
marriage, 62, 67, 92, 96, 98-99, 101, 105, 114, 218, 225, 241, 248
Married . . . with Children (television show), 18, 43
Marvin, Lee, 25
Marx Brothers, 40
Marxism, 152
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (television show), 13, 22, 78
M*A*S*H (television show), 13, 20-22, 79-81, 108, 190, 192, 194-195
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (movie), 72
"Master of the House" (song), 51, 115, 232
Masterpiece Theatre (television show), 73
Masters, Bill (Seinfeld writer), 235, 238, 242
masturbation, 32, 34, 63-64, 115, 134, 146, 204
Matsushimi Corporation, 4
Mattingly, Don, 256
matzo, 154
Maude (television show), 146
Maury Povich (television show), 193, 195
"McArthur Park," 256
McConnell, Frank, 36, 58
McInerney, Jay, 3, 37
McPherson, Elle, 256
McWilliams, Amy, 8, 77, 258
Mehlman, Peter (Seinfeld writer), 5, 7, 132, 232, 234, 236-242, 244, 246-252. 254
Meir, Golda, 256
Melrose Place (television show), 51-52, 57, 244, 256
Memphis, Tennessee, 58, 248
ménage-à-trois, 243-244
Mendes, Sergio, 256
Mendelbaum, Izzy (Seinfeld character), 251, 252
Merchant-Ivory, 71
Meryl (Seinfeld character), 100, 256
metaphor, 132, 152-153
Meyer, Russ, 71, 256
Michelangelo, 28
micro-comedy, 118
Middler, Bette (Seinfeld actor/actress), 84, 245, 256
Midnight Cowboy (movie), 55, 256
Miller Brewing, 140
Millionaire, The (television show), 142
Millman, Joyce, 3, 39, 63, 129, 131
Mimbo (Seinfeldian term), 227
minimalism, 256
Mischke, Sue Ellen (Seinfeld character), 53, 55, 209, 247-248, 253
Miss Manners, 72
Moby-Dick, 53, 244, 256
Modleski, Tania, 183
Monday Night Football (television show), 14, 40
Monet, Claude, 256
Monk’s Cafe, 17, 43, 62, 65, 79, 108, 144, 148-149, 153, 213, 215, 218, 241
Montana, 124
Moore, Demi, 71
Morgan (Seinfeld character), 213-214, 218, 243, 246
Mork and Mindy (television show), 79
Morreale, Joanne, 9, 44, 69, 217-218
Morris, Dick, 139
"move, the," 245
Mr. Magoo, 16
Mr. Peepers (television show), 141
multiculturalism, 119, 120-121, 128-129
Mulva (Seinfeld character), 151, 249
Muppet Treasure Island (movie), 71
Murphy Brown (television show), 7, 26, 55, 84, 236, 256
Murrow, Edward R., 256
music, 28, 39, 50, 80, 127, 165, 172, 212, 249
Must-See-TV, 172, 175, 197, 218
Muted Heart, The (movie), 100
My Fair Lady (movie), 68
My Little Margie (television show), 141
Myanmar, 159, 161, 163, 165-166
Myers, Mike, 140
mythology, 93, 96
naked channel, the, 233
Naked Gun (movie), 256
Name That Tune (television show), 142
Nanny, The (television show), 120, 122, 208
narrative, 44-45, 50-51, 58, 60, 63, 66, 74, 76-77, 82, 85-86, 90, 95, 102, 107, 117, 133, 135, 144, 162, 205, 258
National Review, 3, 39
Nazi, 27, 54, 84, 131, 146, 155, 207, 246
NBC, 6, 13, 15, 17, 19, 31, 34, 38, 40-41, 46, 57-58, 60, 62, 64, 66-68, 109, 117-119, 133, 139-140, 158, 171, 172-174, 179, 186, 188, 192, 194, 197-200, 204, 206, 209, 236, 254
nebbish, 25
Nedda, 256
Neeson, Liam, 256
Nelson, Ozzie, 14, 256
Net, The (movie), 256
Netherlands, The, 8, 169-170, 173, 175-177, 180-184, 258
netlets, 197
network, networks, 1, 3, 5, 7, 19, 21, 40-41, 46, 57-58, 92, 109, 136, 142, 184, 186-190, 192, 194-200, 203, 210-211
neurosis, neurotics, 26, 38, 44, 78, 113, 129, 143, 156-157, 226
Never-Never Land, 109
New Jersey Devils, 245
New Republic, 40, 139
New York, 4, 14-17, 24-26, 34, 38-41, 43, 46, 51, 58, 61-64, 67-68, 79, 84, 89-92, 103, 110, 117, 119, 124, 129, 133-134, 139-140, 154-155, 158, 160-161, 167-169, 177, 181, 192, 199, 205-207, 210, 213, 234, 240, 247, 253, 256
New York Magazine, 14
New York Marathon, 246
New York Mets, 15
New York Post, The, 103, 140
New York Review of Books, The, 61, 139
New York Times, 14, 39, 41, 58, 139, 140, 160
New York University, 102, 213, 238, 252
New York Yankees, the, 16, 100, 111, 155-156, 242, 248-249
New Yorker, The, 46, 158, 160, 167, 168, 253, 256
New Yorkers, 26, 62, 92, 129, 134, 140, 155, 199, 205, 210, 240
Newhart (television show), 78
Newhart, Bob, 22, 78-79
Newman (Seinfeld character), 3, 15, 38, 53-54, 85, 111, 115, 131-132, 149-152, 158, 180, 235, 238, 242, 248-249
Newsradio (television show), 79
Nice-Face Discount (Seinfeldian term), 227
Nick-at-Nite, 186, 191, 198, 256
Nickelodeon, 140
Nielsen's, 46, 117, 193
Nightingale, Florence, 256
nihilism, 60
Nike, 42
Nimoy, Leonard, 198
90210 (television show), 255
Nineteenth-Century, The, 59, 71
Ninth Symphony, The (Beethoven), 71
nipples, 17, 176, 209, 238
No Exit, 60, 69
"no hugging, no learning," 15, 17, 22, 41-42, 114, 181
non-linear, 85
Nonvite (Seinfeldian term), 227, 229
Norton, Ed, 16, 26
Norwegian-American, 120
"not that there's anything wrong with that," 5, 7, 18, 44-45, 84, 86, 101, 103, 203, 238
nothing, nohtingness, 2, 8, 15, 17-19, 23, 27-28, 31, 34-35, 37, 39, 40, 42, 45, 52-54, 57-58, 60-63, 65-69, 77, 83-84, 91, 99, 108, 115, 118, 133, 142, 145-147, 153, 158-159, 175, 189, 197, 200, 206-207, 217, 219, 243
novels, 49, 69, 72, 74, 168, 258
novelist, 13, 19, 59-60, 232
Novocain,, 216, 244
nuclear families, 121, 123, 133
O'Brien, Geoffrey, 8, 61, 90, 139, 207, 258
O'Brien and Murphy (Seinfeld characters), 235
Office, The (television show), 215
off-network, 186-187, 190-192, 194
Olympic Games, 41
one-liners, 59, 180
orgasms, 146, 239
Orientalism, 167
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 256
Othello, 71
Other Side of Darkness, The (fictional Seinfeld film), 4
Outlaw Josey Wales, The (movie), 256
outtakes, 4, 5
Ovaltine, 147, 151
Ozersky, Joshua, 25
overexposure, 191
Pacino, Al, 52, 256
Pagliacci, 256
Pain and the Yearning, The (fictional Seinfeld film), 4
Pakistan, 19
Paper Chase, The (television show), 256
Paramount/Viacom, 197
parents, 8, 17-19, 21, 32, 46, 52, 56, 62, 65, 109, 110-112, 114-115, 129, 131, 135, 177, 210, 223, 231, 234, 238, 243, 248, 250
Paris, 34, 60, 71, 133, 184, 254
Parks, Rosa, 256
parody, 17, 20, 43, 77, 79, 84-86, 146, 159-161, 165, 255
pasta, 151
pastrami, 152
pastry, 152
Patty Duke Show, The (television show), 256
PCness, 3
peaches, 151, 157, 239, 244
Pearl (television show), 79, 160
Pendant Publishing, 4, 108, 149, 232, 242
Penny, Marla (Seinfeld character), 134
Pennybacker, A. G. (fictional Seinfeld character), 254
Penthouse, 211, 234, 256
Pepitone, Joe, 238
performance-artist, 233
Perry Mason (television show), 188
Persuasion, 72
Peter Pan, 3, 109, 111, 114-115, 256
Peterman, J. (Seinfeld character), 1, 2, 8, 63, 108, 150, 159-168, 245, 248-249\
Peterman Reality Tours, 251
Petrie, Laura, 112
Petticoat Junction (television show), 189
Pez, 77, 146, 148, 227, 229, 235
Phase Two (Seinfeldian term), 227
Phil Silvers Show, The (television show), 142
philosophers, philosophy, 9, 22, 26, 41, 58, 60, 64, 66-69, 99
Pick, The (Seinfeldian term), 17, 176, 209, 227, 237
pie, 31, 156
Pierce, Hawkeye, 80
piggybacked, 195
Pig-Man (Seinfeldian term), 227, 240
pilot, 5, 57, 62-64, 91, 112-113, 117, 120, 146, 191, 239
Pinter, Harold, 256
Pitt, Mr. (Seinfeld character), 17, 54, 108, 155, 156, 159, 242
Plan 9 from Outer Space (movie), 233, 245, 256
Planet of the Apes, The (movie), 256
Plato, Platonic, 65, 141, 228
Playboy, 215
Pocket Diet (Seinfeldian term), 227, 253
Podhoretz, Norman, 25
political correctness, 19, 86, 180
Ponce de Leon: The Movie (fictional Seinfeld movie), 256
Pope, Elaine (Seinfeld writer), 233
Pop-In (Seinfeldian term), 227
Poppy (Seinfeld character), 153, 156, 208
popular culture, 70, 78, 149, 159, 188, 217
pornography, 64, 110, 211, 218, 234
Portnoy's Complaint, 24, 154
post-feminist, 26, 92, 96
postmodern, postmodernism, 49, 53, 70, 75, 76
post-Seinfeld, 85, 212
Pottery Barn, 256
Povich, Maury, 195
Preemptive Breakup (Seinfeldian term), 227
pregnancy, 86, 208
Pride and Prejudice (movie), 72
prime time, 14, 41, 129
Prime-Time Feminism, 91
Private Life of Henry VIII, The (movie), 256
Private Secretary (television show), 141
proctologist, 151, 223, 245
profanity, 204, 206, 212
Prognosis Negative (fictional Seinfeld film), 4
Progressive, The, 2, 37
prophylactic, 210, 240
Pross, Max (Seinfeld writer), 51, 239-249
Protestant etiquette, 119
PTAR, 189
Public Television, 242
Puddy, David (Seinfeld character), 60, 90, 113, 210, 216, 245, 252
Puerto Rican Day Parade, 20
Pulp Fiction (movie), 117
pun, 111, 115, 143, 153, 158
Punky Brewster (television show), 256
Purple Rose of Cairo, The (movie), 146
Pygmalion, 60, 68
quality, 15, 45, 97, 141, 160, 180, 194-195, 252
Quayle, Dan, 54
Queens College, 17
queer moments, 125
queerness, 45, 125
Quixotic, 62
Quone (Seinfeldian term), 111, 227
Rabelaisian., 212
race, 8, 20, 53, 81, 87, 92, 95, 119-120, 123, 131, 134, 136, 160-161, 167, 206, 213-215, 218, 243
Rachel (Seinfeld character), 52, 86, 131, 210, 241-242
Rachlin, Jill, 167
racism, 25, 212
Rage-aholic (Seinfeldian term), 227, 229, 253
Ramis, Harold, 146
Rapping, Elayne, 2, 37, 69
Rat Packers, 21
Rabelais and His World, 208
ratings, 20, 46, 51, 117, 136, 170, 172, 183-186, 189, 192-193, 195
ravioli, 151
reader-response criticism, 205
Reaganite, 40, 139
Reeves, Jimmie L., 8, 9, 186, 203, 258
Regifting (Seinfeldian term), 19, 227, 244
Regis and Kathy Lee (television show), 84, 242, 256
remasculinizing, 94
Ren and Stimpy (television show), 208
representation, 91, 120, 128, 130, 165
reruns, 29, 50, 179, 189-190
restaurants, 14, 32, 43, 82, 101, 140, 153-154, 156, 204, 212, 214, 233, 239, 248, 251
Restoration (movie), 71, 165
Revolutionary Road, 6
Rhoda (television show), 24
Richards, Michael (Seinfeld actor/actress), 16, 26, 30, 40, 42, 57, 128, 139-140, 143, 173
Richards, Mary, 13, 26, 78
rickshaw, 254
Riconic Relationship (Seinfeldian term), 228
Ride of the Valkyries, 71
Rifkin, Joel (Seinfeld character), 240
Riptide (television show), 171, 173-174, 184
Rivera, Chita, 256
Rivera, Geraldo, 84, 256
Robin, Andy (Seinfeld writer), 238, 240, 244, 246-252, 254
Rochelle, Rochelle: The Movie (fictional Seinfeld film), 4, 238, 245
Roddenberry, Gene, 197
Rogers, Marc C., 8, 9, 186, 203, 258
Roker, Al, 256
romance, 49, 62, 68, 90, 168, 224, 229
romantics, 42, 45, 62, 63, 66, 89, 90, 107, 160, 224, 226, 227, 229
Room 222 (television show), 79
Roseanne (television show), 2, 18, 23, 38, 180, 194
Rosenbaum, Ron, 2, 36
Ross, Mr. (Seinfeld character), 237
Roth, Philip, 24, 154
Rubin, Charlie (Seinfeld writer), 241, 245
Rugrats (television show) 40, 256
Runaway Train (movie), 256
rural purge, the, 189
Rushdie, Salman, 146, 238, 256
rye-bread, 129
Sacamano, Bob (Seinfeld character), 210, 235
Sack Lunch (fictional Seinfeld film), 4, 9
Safire, William, 256
Salon, 3, 28, 39, 63, 258
sarcasm, 168, 180
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 23, 58-60, 62-64, 66-69
satire, 7, 40, 126, 146, 168, 180
Saturday Night Live (television show), 5, 40, 42
Savage, Fred (Seinfeld actor/actress), 167, 256
scapegoats, 93
Scarlet Letter. The, 71
scatalogical,, 206
scenario, 204
Scent of a Woman (movie), 52, 256
Salk, Jonas, 123
Schaffer, Jeff (Seinfeld writer), 54, 159, 163, 243-245, 246-254
Schindler's List (movie), 18, 52, 54, 131, 210, 241, 256
schlemiel, 25, 43, 118, 124-128, 130-131, 134, 154
schlimazel, 43, 124-128, 134, 224
Schlitz Playhouse (television show), 142
scholar-fans, 8
schtik, 123
Schwarzbaum, Lisa, 41, 164
Schwartz, Sherwood, 200
science-fiction, 187
Scientology, 256
Scott, Ridley, 28, 38
Scrabble, 111, 227, 231
Scream, The (painting), 71
SCTV 37
Seagrams, 199
Seals and Croft, 256
Season 1, 231-232
Season 2, 6, 113, 232-233
Season 3, 6-7, 116, 204, 208, 233-236
Season 4, 83, 236-239
Season 5, 216, 239-242
Season 7, 9, 84, 92, 104, 113, 245-249
Season 8, 1, 85, 249-252
Season 9, 252-254
Seattle, Washington, 152. 233
Seinfans, 203
Seinfeld and Philosophy, 3, 9, 106
Seinfeld as a masterpiece, 28-35
Seinfeld as counter-programming, 193-197
Seinfeld DVDs, 5-7
Seinfeld episodes:
Seinfeld, Helen (Seinfeld character), 150, 173, 255
Seinfeld, Jerry (Seinfeld character), 6, 8, 14-22, 24-26, 29-40, 42, 44, 46, 51-54, 56-57, 58068, 73, 78-79, 81-82, 84-85, 90-107, 108-118, 121, 123, 128-134, 143-146, 148, 151-158, 163, 167, 169, 176, 178-179, 205-206, 208-212, 214-216, 218-219, 228
Seinfeld, Jerry, 1, 5, 7, 15, 19, 22-23, 30, 39, 44, 50, 56-57. 59-60, 65-66, 68, 70, 74, 76, 89, 105-106, 108. 115. 117-118, 139-140, 158, 169, 192, 203-204, 207, 215, 217, 231
Seinfeld, Morty (Seinfeld character), 151, 241
Seinfeldian, 7, 14, 22, 65, 79-80, 109, 204, 223
SeinLanguage, 43, 74, 206
Seles, Monica, 84, 256
self-referentiality,, 216
Selma, Alabama, 218, 256
Selman, Matt (Seinfeld writer), 248
semantics, 67
semiotics, 35, 45
Sense and Sensibility, 72
Sentence Finisher (Seinfeldian term), 228
sentimentality, 109, 114
Sentinel, The (television show), 171, 184-185
Sephardi Jews, 119, 130
Serenity Now (Seinfeldian term), 121, 206, 211, 216, 226, 228, 252
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (television show), 142
Sex and the City (television show), 92, 182-183, 257
Sexual Camel (Seinfeldian term), 228
Sexual Perjury (Seinfeldian term), 228
sexuality, 64, 72, 97, 102, 111, 124-125, 208, 211, 218
Shaft (movie), 256
Shakespearean, 64, 146
Shandling, Garry, 57
Shaw, Bob (Seinfeld writer), 234, 242
Shaw, George Bernard, 60, 68
Shea Stadium, 54
Sheridan, Liz (Seinfeld actor/actress), 73
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 73
shiksa, 120, 228
Shiksappeal (Seinfeldian term), 121, 228
"show about nothing, a," 15, 19, 21, 23, 27, 31, 34-35, 38-39, 41, 50, 57, 58, 60-61, 66-67, 69, 71, 77, 91, 118, 133, 146, 158-59, 169, 236
Showalter, Buck (Seinfeld actor/actress), 256
Shrinkage Factor (Seinfeldian term), 228, 242
shtetl, 127, 132, 135
Shusher/Shushee (Seinfeldian term), 228
sidekicks, 78, 140, 145
Sidra (Seinfeld character),134, 238
Simon,Neil, 236, 256
Simpson, Bart, 50, 216-217
Simpson, Homer, 50, 216-217
Simpsons, The (television show), 30, 50, 57, 81, 85, 121, 216-217
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 25
Sistine Chapel, 28, 30
sitcoms, 2-3, 7-8, 14, 22-24, 26, 29-31, 33-34, 37, 44-46, 56-61, 63, 66-69, 81, 83, 85, 92, 108-109, 112-114, 120, 122, 128-129, 135, 139, 146, 148, 169, 172-173, 181, 193, 216, 236, 254-255
sitcosmos, 4, 7- 8, 84, 92, 203, 216-217
Skinheads, 256
Skrovan, Steve (Seinfeld writer), 238
slapstick, 140, 180
Smell Gestapo (Seinfeldian term), 223, 228
Smog Strangler, the (Seinfeld character), 236
Smoopie (Seinfeldian term), 228, 246
Snickers, 17, 155, 242
soap opera, 23, 85, 184
social criticism, 180, 184
social etiquette, 176, 178, 180-181
softball, 141, 232, 245
Sopranos, The (television show), 184, 198, 258
Soup Nazi, the (Seinfeld character), 52, 84, 117, 131, 140, 155, 246
Sour Grapes (movie), 212
South Park (television show), 208
Spare a Square (Seinfeldian term), 228
Spartacus (movie), 256
Spenser, Edmund, 142
Spider Man, 256
Spielberg, Steven, 28
Spock, Mr., 52, 199
Spongeworthy (Seinfeldian term), 210, 247
Stabworthy (Seinfeldian term), 228
Stalin, Joseph, 256
stand-up comedy, 179, 181-182, 184, 192, 206
Stapleton, Maureen, 110
Star Trek (television show), 52, 161, 187, 190, 197, 199, 256
Star Trek: The Next Generation (television show), 187
Star Wars (movie), 256
Starbucks, 177, 182
Stark, Steven D., 2, 38
Steel Cage Death Match, 256
Steinberg, David (Seinfeld director), 233
Steinbrenner, George, 16, 111, 243, 246, 248
Steinman, Jeannie (Seinfeld character), 18, 63
Stella, 55, 256
Step Skipper (Seinfeldian term), 229
Stephanopolous, George, 38
Stern, Howard, 38, 167
Stiller, Jerry (Seinfeld actor/actress), 25
Stoller, Fred (Seinfeld writer), 243, 245
Stratton, Jon, 8, 117, 119, 154, 258
Streep, Meryl, 100, 256
Strong, Brenda (Seinfeld actor/actress), 253
structure, 58, 60-61, 63, 68, 74, 77, 80, 82, 84, 86, 102, 118, 158, 181
studios, 60, 188-191, 197-198
subaltern, 118, 122, 124-127, 130-131
subplots, 81-82
subtitles, 144, 176
suede, 111, 204-205, 232
suicide, 215, 219, 235, 240
Sunset Boulevard (movie), 256
Super Bowl, 41, 244
superheroes, 52
Superman, 52-53, 56, 104, 256
superstations, 186, 196-197, 203
supporting cast (of Seinfeld), 6, 144
Surprise-Blindfold-Greeting (Seinfeldian term), 229
Susan Ross Foundation, 249; Susan Ross Fellowship, 250
suspension of disbelief, 39
Svengali, 256
Switch, The (Seinfeldian term), 229
syndication, 2, 8, 14, 27, 59, 186-194, 196-200, 203, 205, 217; in early television, 188-189
syndication revolution, 189-191
system of reruns, the, 186
tabloid press 38
tabloid television 38
Take the Money and Run (movie), 122
talk radio 2, 38
Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men in the Workplace, 73
talk-show, 55
Tannen, Deborah, 73
Tap, The (Seinfeldian term), 229, 239
Tartikoff, Brandon, 17, 20, 119, 128
Taxi (television show), 78
technical mastery, 28
Teleparody, 9, 258
telephone, 114, 141, 151, 224
television creativity, 7
television, TV, 1-9, 11, 13-15, 18, 20-24, 26, 29, 30-31, 34, 37-39, 41, 43-44, 46, 49-53, 55-57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 70, 71-74, 79, 83-85, 87, 89-92, 95, 99, 105-106, 108, 110, 114, 115, 117, 121, 124, 129, 134-136, 139-145, 159, 161, 168-175, 177, 179-188, 190-191, 194, 196-199, 203-205, 208, 210-211, 216-217, 233, 240, 252, 255-258
television channels, 172-175, 180, 182-185, 187, 190-191, 196, 198, 200
television flow, 171-175, 182-183, 193
Tennessee, 203, 257
Testikov, Yuri (Seinfeld character), 241
Thelma and Louise (movie), 72
theory, 58-60, 65, 69, 86, 211
There's Something About Mary (movie), 122, 134
Thinker, The, 71
3rd Rock From the Sun (television show), 78, 120
"This, That" (Seinfeldian term), 6, 229
Thomas, Clarence, 256
Thorburn, David, 186
Three Stooges, 19, 78, 256
Three Tenors, The, 248, 256
Thurman, Uma, 243
Tierney, Lawrence (Seinfeld actor/actress), 51, 111
time-slot, 170, 171, 173, 181, 185
Titanic (movie), 40
TNT, 190
To Tell the Truth (television show), 142
To Turn the Key (Seinfeldian term), 229
Toby (Seinfeld character), 242
Today Show, The (television show), 84, 239, 256
Today Sponge, the, 247
Tomei, Marisa (Seinfeld actor/actress), 16, 84, 247, 249
tongue-in-cheek, 81
Tonight Show, The (television show), 22, 56, 84, 171, 194, 208, 236, 256
Tony (Seinfeld character), 105
"too Jewish, too New York," 17, 46, 119, 128
Torme, Mel (Seinfeld actor/actress), 256
Touch a Breast Hello (Seinfeldian term), 226, 229
toupees, 78, 142, 204, 244
trademarks, 199
Trainor, David Owen (Seinfeld director), 243, 250
Trinidad-Tobegan, 246
Tropic of Cancer, 18, 256
Tropic of Capricorn, 256
Tropicana orange juice, 199
Tucker, Ken, 42
Tupperware, 256
TV Guide, 2-3, 9, 15, 37, 85, 140, 142, 240, 256
TV listings, 173
Tweetie Bird, 256
Twilight Zone, The (television show), 256
Twinkie, 152
Two Face (Seinfeldian term), 229
Two Hander (Seinfeldian term), 226, 229
Undateable (Seinfeldian term), 229
United States of Anger, The, 93
Unshushables (Seinfeldian term), 228-229
Unvitation (Seinfeldian term), 229
Upper Hand (Seinfeldian term), 229
Urban Sombrero, 161-164, 167
USA Today, 168
utopian, 121, 256
Vale, Jerry, 256
values, 23, 40, 43, 45, 85-86, 99, 114, 120-121, 140, 176
Van Buren Boys, The (Seinfeld characters), 114, 250
van Cassel, Elke, 8, 169, 258
Van Dyck, Anhtony, 28
Van Dyke, Dick, 5, 108, 112
Van Nostrand, Professor (fictional Seinfeld character), 234, 239
vandalism, 67
Vanity Fair, 140
vasectomy, 65, 115, 249
vaudeville, 127
vegetarians, 149, 155
verbal, 71, 78, 86, 123, 134, 145, 207, 229
Vermont, 231
Viacom, 189, 200
Vietnam, 93, 94, 127, 166
viewing behavior, 171
Vincent (Seinfeld character), 69
Visser, Margaret, 158
Voight, Jon (Seinfeld actor/actress), 146, 243, 256
vomit, 209, 215, 241
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr., 13
"War, What is it Good For?" (song), 256
"Witchy Woman" (song), 51, 256
wacky neighbor, 5, 78
Wait Out (Seinfeldian term), 229, 230, 248
Waiting for Godot, 23
War and Peace, 256
Washington, D.C., 15, 139, 258
Weekend Morning Edition, 215
Weaver, Sally (Seinfeld character), 211, 248, 253
Weir Falcon Saga (movie), 23
Weir, Peter, 23, 72
Welch, Jack, 39
Welch, Raquel, 252
Welcome Back, Kotter (television show), 79
Wendt, George (Seinfeld actor/actress), 56, 84, 256
West Wing, The (television show), 184
Whatley, Dr. Tim (Seinfeld character), 211, 216, 243, 251
Wheel of Fortune (television show), 187, 195-196
White, Joshua (Seinfeld director), 234
White, Mimi, 57
Who Weekly, 89, 105-106
Wiede, Robert, 203
Wieseltier, Leon, 40, 139
Wild Kingdom (television show), 55
Wild, David, 2-3, 7, 9, 55, 117-119, 128
Will & Grace (television show), 30, 183
Will, George, 256
Williams, Raymond, 171, 182
Williams, Robin, 143
Winfrey, Oprah, 40, 187, 195-196
Winnie the Pooh, 256
Wisse, Ruth, 44, 125-127
WKRP in Cincinnati (television show), 79
Wolcott, James, 46, 167
Wolff, Art (Seinfeld director), 231
Woody Woodpecker, 243, 256
words, 13, 46, 50, 52, 60-61, 65, 67, 77, 81, 83, 115, 122-123, 126, 135, 140, 142, 146, 150, 158, 161, 166-167, 171, 176, 181, 183, 186, 217, 226, 230
working-class, 120-121
World War II, 23, 77, 141
WPIX, 192-193
Wrath of Khan, The (movie), 52
writers, 5-8, 23, 34, 36, 50-52, 54-55, 61, 77, 80-82, 84-86, 109, 145, 159, 161, 163-165
WTBS, 196, 197
Wyman, Bill, 3, 8-9, 28, 217, 258
Xerox, 199
Yada, Yada, Yada (Seinfeldian term), 5, 230
Yankee Stadium, 108, 236, 251
Yates, Richard, 6
Yiddish, 117-118, 120, 122-128, 130-132, 134-135; Yiddishers, 133; Yiddishification, 125; Yiddishing, 122; Yiddishkeit, 118-119, 132; Yiddishness, 122
Yo Yo Ma, 236, 256
Yom Kippur, 24, 25
You Bet Your Life (television show), 141
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, 73
Yuppies, 51, 61
Zapruder film, 15, 54-55, 146
Ziggy, 253, 256
Zurawik, David, 46, 215