Jason Alexander lives out a lifelong dream, playing Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
'I wanted to do a piece that is proudly Semitic' said the Tony winner and ‘Seinfeld' star
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The Schmooze Masha Gessen And Samantha Bee Channel Seinfeld — With Dire Warnings About Democracy
How do you give a discussion of immigration policy mass appeal? If you’re late-night host Samantha Bee: “Car-based comedy!” Last night, journalist Masha Gessen returned to Bee’s program, “Full Frontal” in a 1984 Russian Lada for a segment called “Comedians in Cars with Dissidents Getting Coffee,” a riff on Jerry Seinfeld’s popular web series. The…
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The Schmooze Gen. McMaster Gave A Shout-Out To George Costanza — And Jason Alexander Responded
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s pick for national security adviser, once paid an unexpected homage to George Costanza. Jake Tapper unearthed a clip of McMaster making a Seinfeld reference while discussing military strategy back in 2015. “The time that Lt Gen McMaster compared Rapid Decisive Operations to George Costanza leaving on a high note,”…
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The Schmooze Jason Alexander Hates That Steve Bannon Made a Fortune Off ‘Seinfeld’
Once upon a time, Steve Bannon, former executive of the far-right news site Breitbart News and appointed chief strategist to Donald Trump, bought a piece of the hit television show “Seinfeld.” In what would later turn out to be an incredibly lucrative move, Bannon was hired by Westinghouse Electric to help determine what they should…
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Culture Jason Alexander Talks Broadway, Israel, and Killing Susan
Jason Alexander is the star of stage, screen and Festivus. Of late, too, he has been a major trending topic on the Internet, all because of some poisoned envelopes. Alexander played George Costanza for nine seasons on Seinfeld. In season seven, he was engaged to Susan (Heidi Swedberg), who sadly met the grim reaper while…
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The Schmooze Jason Alexander Re-Records Epic ‘Seinfeld’ Voicemail for Kat Dennings
At some point or another — for better or for worse — we’ve all felt like George Costanza. Kat Dennings took that to a whole new level when she admitted that her voicemail message for the past two years has been George’s famous “Believe it or not,” message from “Seinfeld.” During an appearance on “The Late…
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The Schmooze Behold, the Super Bowl ‘Seinfeld’ Reunion
(JTA) — The rumored Seinfeld reunion finally happened! Teased in a spot during the Super Bowl, Jerry Seinfeld’s latest episode of his web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” featured Seinfeld and Jason Alexander reprising their roles from the hit show. A decade and a half later, George is still just as easy to dislike, especially…
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The Schmooze Jerry Seinfeld Confirms ‘Seinfeld’ Reunion — Sort Of
Stop what your’re doing right now and start watching “Seinfeld” re-reruns. The rumors are true — well sort of. Jerry Seinfeld has confirmed that the “secret project” he alluded to during a Reddit AMA earlier this month is in fact a reunion of your favorite show, Variety reports. In an appearance on the “Boomer &…
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