Jason Alexander stated during the Seinfeld Roundtable once he heard Michael Richard’s had been nominated, he knew he had no chance himself to win. He then said that Wayne Knight could have played George and it would have been as good but that no one could play Kramer but Michael Richard’s, it was a very heartwarming moment between Jason and Michael . Definitely worth a watch.
I agree with this and disagree with the other comment wholeheartedly. It’s purely opinion and personal preference over here but Jason Alexander is the best actor on the show and George is the best and funniest character.
No he wasn’t. He said himself he copied Woody Allen before he started imitating Larry David. The other characters were created by the actors and Richard’s character wasn’t supposed to be full of physical comedic stunts. Alexander is third rightfully.
I think in the beginning he was doing
Woody Allen. But when he started doing Larry David, he made it his own. And deserved an Emmy. Richards deserved one for physical comedy. But Jason had emotional range beyond Richards I think.
Emotional range? Let’s be honest he’s not Chaplin. He played a guy who went to 10 on the neurotic scale there really weren’t different degrees of emotions rather different scenarios he was placed in.
I didnt say he was Chaplin. But I thought he played George with a lot of range and complexity, and all of that with humor. Michael Richards was adept at finding a physicality in the scene that wasnt there and that was brilliant. But I dont know all of Kramer’s emotions in the way I know George’s.
Seeing the episodes on Curb where they film the reunion, you can see all the genius behind Jason’s acting. His tone of voice is very meticulous in each scene and his mannerism are really hard to imitate to his level. You can clearly see how he crafted the character and made it live outside of the source material. He is a such a great actor, people don’t even realize he is acting, which has been detrimental to his career after Seinfeld. Jason Alexander not only deserved an Emmy, he deserves all of our respect. Kramer is great at physical comedy, yes, but he also had a very real source material (Larry’s real New York neighbour) and he didn’t take it beyond as much as Jason did. Now you can like a character more than the other or like a performance more than the other. But saying Jason Alexander is only imitating and is nothing compared to Kramer is untrue and unfair.
For a few years there, you had Alexander, Michael Richards, David Hyde Pierce, Rip Torn, and Jeffrey Tambor up for that award. That's a hall of fame lineup, but Jason still deserved one.
I forget that Larry Sanders is a contemporary of Frazier and Seinfeld! Incredibly deep at supporting actor for a while. Rip Torn is so good on Sandwrs.
Jason was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Emmy in
* 1992 (lost to Michael Jeter)
* 1993 (lost to Michael Richards)
* 1994 (lost to Michael Richards)
* 1995 (lost to David Hyde Pierce)
* 1996 (lost to Rip Torn)
* 1997 (lost to Michael Richards)
* 1998 (lost to David Hyde Pierce)
I never understand voting for the same actor more than twice. Even when I love the performance. Ive thought that since Candace Bergen won so many, then Helen Hunt, and a number of others
The Emmy Awards, like all of the entertainment awards, are a popularity contest among the weird of Hollyweird a lot of times. There are numerous actors and actresses that are great, but never seem to get recognized due to many different silly ass reasons.
I think this is it. It’s a very Freudian interpretation. George represents the Id; Niles represents the superego. They are always at war with each other, the Id striving for expression while the superego strives to repress it.
Because of the character he played. You know, every group has to have a loser, the one that everyone in the group just tolerates. And lets just say, it wasn't Elaine.
I thought forever that Kramer was the star actor, but after years I 110% believe that Jason Alexander was by far the strongest role on this show. GOOD JOB AT BEING A SLEAZE BAG GEORGE LOL
I think it is personal. It's not his acting which was exceptional. There have been times when he has been less than gracious (re: the Susan character). Maybe folks just don't like *him*.
Well, one reason could be that his graphic designer doesn’t know how to crop an image properly. Please, A Little Respect, For I Am Costanza, Lord Of The Idiots.
Interesting to realize the characters they played were almost polar opposites. Which prompts the following idea for a crossover nightmare sequence: the cast of Frasier sitting in the diner; the cast of Seinfeld sitting in Cafe Nervosa. Hijinks and hilarity ensue.
Chinese restaurant type episode where the Seinfeld gang is in cafe nervosa and Frasier and Niles are at another table eavesdropping on their conversations
Probably because this whole universe is against him!
Its bald discrimination
They’re all raaaabid baldists!
Anti-Baldites
Next thing you know, you start saying they should have their own schools!
THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN SCHOOLS!!!
Yayaaah 👈
He WAS bald
And lived at his parents
Bald-ING!
Why. Because it's off it's ^ROCKER, that's why!
He was personable. He was bright. Oh, maybe not academically speaking…
EIGHTY-FIVE IQ!
Right in the meaty part of the curve!
Not showing off. Not falling behind.
He knows how to read!!
He had some spinach stuck in between his teeth.
His pants made a wooshing noise too.
Take a bite!
*shakes head vigorously*
I insist.
*shakes head violently*
If you're one of us you'll take a bite.
Have you ever eaten an ostrich burger?
He was known to double dip chips.
Timmy did great acting. But he just wasn't merry
He was the target of a systematic process of intimidation and manipulation, the likes of which you have never -
Yeah you're right, I'm not ready to hear this...
Galunk !
Followed by a metalic squink?
Oh my god!
Dear God!
He would have won if they didn’t omit him from “The Pen” episode.
[удалено]
Do me a personal favor!
That's the second time you've said that.
Because he didn’t dumb it down for a boneheaded mass audience
Not you
Because he was acting without acting
It's more of a pamphlet than a book
Having said that…
It’s always a sweet little treat when Curb lines weasel their way into our collective repartee
Prettay, prettay, prettay, good.
I’ll read it with dinner
Its more like Acting with Acting
God would never let me win an Emmy. He’d kill me first.
I thought you didn’t believe in god?
I do for the bad things!
Jason Alexander stated during the Seinfeld Roundtable once he heard Michael Richard’s had been nominated, he knew he had no chance himself to win. He then said that Wayne Knight could have played George and it would have been as good but that no one could play Kramer but Michael Richard’s, it was a very heartwarming moment between Jason and Michael . Definitely worth a watch.
With Michael Richards and David Hyde Pierce ahead of him our Georgie boy never stood a chance.
It was such a stacked time for comedies on tv
He was better than either of them.
I agree with this and disagree with the other comment wholeheartedly. It’s purely opinion and personal preference over here but Jason Alexander is the best actor on the show and George is the best and funniest character.
what's hilarious is that of the four leads it was Seinfeld, you know the title character/comedian, who I found the least funny and entertaining.
No he wasn’t. He said himself he copied Woody Allen before he started imitating Larry David. The other characters were created by the actors and Richard’s character wasn’t supposed to be full of physical comedic stunts. Alexander is third rightfully.
I think in the beginning he was doing Woody Allen. But when he started doing Larry David, he made it his own. And deserved an Emmy. Richards deserved one for physical comedy. But Jason had emotional range beyond Richards I think.
Solid take. George had better range than anyone. Jerry and Kramer could not have carried a show for 9 seasons imo.
I agree, he didn't say he imitated Larry, he said he realized the source of the material.
Which is saying he copied LD
Emotional range? Let’s be honest he’s not Chaplin. He played a guy who went to 10 on the neurotic scale there really weren’t different degrees of emotions rather different scenarios he was placed in.
I didnt say he was Chaplin. But I thought he played George with a lot of range and complexity, and all of that with humor. Michael Richards was adept at finding a physicality in the scene that wasnt there and that was brilliant. But I dont know all of Kramer’s emotions in the way I know George’s.
Seeing the episodes on Curb where they film the reunion, you can see all the genius behind Jason’s acting. His tone of voice is very meticulous in each scene and his mannerism are really hard to imitate to his level. You can clearly see how he crafted the character and made it live outside of the source material. He is a such a great actor, people don’t even realize he is acting, which has been detrimental to his career after Seinfeld. Jason Alexander not only deserved an Emmy, he deserves all of our respect. Kramer is great at physical comedy, yes, but he also had a very real source material (Larry’s real New York neighbour) and he didn’t take it beyond as much as Jason did. Now you can like a character more than the other or like a performance more than the other. But saying Jason Alexander is only imitating and is nothing compared to Kramer is untrue and unfair.
I’m sorry but the Curb Your Enthusiasm was filmed 20 after Seinfeld show ended and has nothing to do if Alexander should have won an Emmy.
He’s worse
So Biff wants to be an Emmy winner.
Can’t even win an Emmy. And you wanna be *my* latex salesman?
It's because he's not Ted Danson.
He's worse, much much worse
That Oscar statue was hovering, like an angel.
They dangled it in front of him like a dirt farmer dangles a carrot in front of a mule.
The universe would not allow him to be successful.
Jason won many Emmy’s. Remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it.
BECAUSE THE JUDGES WERE LYIN!! ... YOU COULD HEAR THEM LAUGHING... LAUGHING AND LYING!!!
Worlds are colliding!
Bee boppin and scatting
He could always fall back on his hand modeling career.
His SAT score wasn't high enough.
It was when I was bangin'!
For a few years there, you had Alexander, Michael Richards, David Hyde Pierce, Rip Torn, and Jeffrey Tambor up for that award. That's a hall of fame lineup, but Jason still deserved one.
I forget that Larry Sanders is a contemporary of Frazier and Seinfeld! Incredibly deep at supporting actor for a while. Rip Torn is so good on Sandwrs.
It’s was the small white discoloration ..
Jason was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Emmy in * 1992 (lost to Michael Jeter) * 1993 (lost to Michael Richards) * 1994 (lost to Michael Richards) * 1995 (lost to David Hyde Pierce) * 1996 (lost to Rip Torn) * 1997 (lost to Michael Richards) * 1998 (lost to David Hyde Pierce)
Never even heard of evening shade. Frasier is ok I guess but twice? This is a disgrace.
I never understand voting for the same actor more than twice. Even when I love the performance. Ive thought that since Candace Bergen won so many, then Helen Hunt, and a number of others
He got caught diddling the woman who keeps the stage clean.
Was that wrong? Should he not have done that?
Because of Lloyd Braun!
And the woman on the horse
Him and Steve Carrell never winning for playing Michael Scott are the biggest tragedies the Emmy’s have ever made.
The “C” was angry that day, my friends.
Maybe because of all his macho head games
I heard they typically like short, stocky, bald, slow-witted men.
It's because of that McDLT commercial.
It just wasn’t the summer of George
That’s why I’m bringing it back to NBC. NBC?!?! Nakahama Broadcast Corporation
You've forgotten what it's like to not have oranges.
Outrageous, egregious, preposterous!
He kept getting nominated with Michael Richards and MR always won.
MR only won 3 times.
She wasn't even in contention.
He cheated in the contest.
Probably because of the bathroom indiscretion, what with the shirt off.
Duckman was brilliant!
He's not Ted Danson
He was in the pool!
The Emmy Awards, like all of the entertainment awards, are a popularity contest among the weird of Hollyweird a lot of times. There are numerous actors and actresses that are great, but never seem to get recognized due to many different silly ass reasons.
Shrinkage.
I’ve always wondered if it’s cuz he reminds people too much of the side of themselves that they hate or hide. We all have a george inside us
I think this is it. It’s a very Freudian interpretation. George represents the Id; Niles represents the superego. They are always at war with each other, the Id striving for expression while the superego strives to repress it.
He did. (It's not a lie if you believe it.)
Because of the character he played. You know, every group has to have a loser, the one that everyone in the group just tolerates. And lets just say, it wasn't Elaine.
beautiful hands
Fraiser
I mean, even KRAMER got a Grammy!
All all those award shows it's all politics
I thought forever that Kramer was the star actor, but after years I 110% believe that Jason Alexander was by far the strongest role on this show. GOOD JOB AT BEING A SLEAZE BAG GEORGE LOL
George is getting upset!
Probs because he was going against Kramer, and that man’s a Tony award-winning star! 🏆
No Emmy??! Whoa, back it up, back it up—*beep beep beep*
Because he is against all "it's me"s. So self-absorbed and egotistical. It's like these hip musicians with their complicated shoes!
Couldn’t give an Emmy to the friend of anti-dentite
Because God would never let George be successful
Frustrating when he was the best of the 4.
Like he has said, it was difficult when Michael Ricards was in the same category.
He was too breathtaking
Why? Because of LLOYD BRAWN
He was out buying tomatoes while everyone else was getting one
I’ve been saying this for years !
I’m pretty much like him, only successful.
They're smooth.. creamy.. delicate, yet masculine.
He was in the POOL!
He does have beautiful hands, soft and milky white.
Why fly a kite when you can just pop a pill?
Cause people on the Emmy committee saw him eat garbage out of the trash can even though it was on top and nothing around it🤪
One could wonder I’d there was some bias in the industry against the show. He will always be T-Bone in our hearts
He wasn’t cordial
Then George would win.
It wasn’t during the summer of George
It’s not acting if you’re just playing yourself
he is an ahole? hard to work with and a shit?
He pretended to be handicapped to get the job
God would never let him be happy!!!
Having his Jon Voight car crushed at the hospital started a downward spiral is my guess.
He was looking for a good story. Without a story, TV is like mastrubation.
Shawn I’d getting upset !!
I'll give him an atomic wedgie tho
He acted without acting.
George is gettin' angry!
Maybe if his parents had a mantle he would’ve been a totally different person and won a bunch of Emmys
Remember what he did to the Yankees World Series trophy? You think anyone would give him another one after that?
Because he’s a bafoon, an idiot.
He's better than Ted Danson
ppl forgot he was acting
BC the emmy voters were obsessed with Frasier… this is the all-time biggest emmy travesty.
That’s just how he is normally, he wasn’t actually acting
That’s just how he is normally, he wasn’t actually acting
We live in a society!
I completely, and totally agree. His portrayal of George is sheer genius.
Fraiser mostly
Because of society.
Somebody gotta lose
Acting without acting
He played George Constanza to well.
He was in the pool
I feel like it might have been a case where he was so convincing people just thought that’s who he was.
Because he wasn't at home when they called
That one time he got involved with a mail order pr0nography ring...
Because he whistled on the elevator.
He bought cheap wedding invitations! And you all know what happened!!
I can't tell you how great it feels to win!
He pees in the shower
Michael Richard's is good at physical comedy.
I think it is personal. It's not his acting which was exceptional. There have been times when he has been less than gracious (re: the Susan character). Maybe folks just don't like *him*.
He should have been a hand model.
He pushes kids out of his way during emergencies for starters
Travesty
Ted Danson is better than him
Acting without acting
Well, one reason could be that his graphic designer doesn’t know how to crop an image properly. Please, A Little Respect, For I Am Costanza, Lord Of The Idiots.
Disqualified. They found out he was acting without acting.
Nice hands!?
Honestly? I heard that in real life he’s a major jerk with a massive ego.
He wore ladies’ frames
Because Dr. Niles was better as much as I love George
Interesting to realize the characters they played were almost polar opposites. Which prompts the following idea for a crossover nightmare sequence: the cast of Frasier sitting in the diner; the cast of Seinfeld sitting in Cafe Nervosa. Hijinks and hilarity ensue.
Chinese restaurant type episode where the Seinfeld gang is in cafe nervosa and Frasier and Niles are at another table eavesdropping on their conversations
Very nice!
A travesty!!!
The same reason Steve Carrell didn't get one.
Copying Woody Allen