William Irwin has edited an anthology of scholarly essays on philosophy in Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing.

Volumes on the philosophy underpinning such television shows as Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Buffy the Vampire Slayer propelled the series into the limelight, and have invited many imitators since, including The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series and The University Press of Kentucky's own Philosophy titles.

Saluga has appeared on several television programs, including Seinfeld, and is co-author of Bill Saluga's Name Game Book ( ISBN 0-553-20754-7 ).

In commentary from the final season DVD, Jerry Seinfeld outlines that he and Jason Alexander spoke about this scene being in Monk's Cafe, with George saying " That was brutal " in reference to the four's stint in jail.

" Seinfeld: a show about something " Cambridge University.

" Also, in an episode of the television show Seinfeld, George receives the nickname ' Koko ' because he was observed flailing his arms about like a gorilla while holding a banana.

In the Seinfeld episode (" The Wink "), after George Costanza accidentally gets one of his co-workers in the Yankees organization fired, the fictional George Steinbrenner goes on a long rant to George about the many people he has had to let go over the years.

He commented on the 2007 federal election campaign with an article in the Australian Financial Review, in which he said Australia was having a " Seinfeld election, a show about nothing ".

He appeared on Seinfeld as Gary Fogel, a man who lies about having cancer (" The Scofflaw ") and later dies in a car accident.

Upon recognizing Seinfeld, Yeganeh went into a profanity-filled rant about how the show had " ruined " his business and demanded an apology.

Critics compared the show unfavorably to Seinfeld and Ellen, noting the similarities all three series had in depicting friends conversing about their lives.

The popular sitcom Seinfeld, famously " about nothing ," was also diametrically opposed to very special episodes.

One commentator called it " Kleinfeld: the campaign about nothing " ( a reference to the television sitcom Seinfeld ).

Jerry and George conceive and pitch an idea for a " show about nothing " in a storyline that closely mirrors the premise of Seinfeld and the development of the idea for the show by Seinfeld and Larry David.

When asked about why the character Jerry hates Newman, Jerry Seinfeld explained it in the Season 3 DVD inside look of the show:

In the pilot, Kramer has a dog called Ralph, included so a stand-up routine Seinfeld had written about dogs could be used.

* The opening scene in which Jerry and George talk about the placement of a shirt button is repeated almost word for word in the final scene of " The Finale ", the final episode of Seinfeld ( with George remarking about having that conversation before ).

When David came up with using the idea for an episode of Seinfeld, he did not talk about it with Seinfeld for a considerable time, because he thought the episode was impossible for him to pitch.

Seinfeld claimed that what was noteworthy about " The Contest " was the " Dovetailing " of the stories.

* In the Seinfeld episode " The Dinner Party " Jerry talks about when he found a hair in his Farina cereal when he was younger.

A Seinfeld episode depicted Yankee fan Frank Costanza as more upset about the Buhner trade than about the supposed death of his own son George.

The fifth season ( 1993 – 1994 ) of the sitcom Seinfeld included a story arc involving Kramer wanting to write a coffee table book about coffee tables.

BBC Four is notable for first showing Larry David's Seinfeld follow-up, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Armando Iannucci's cutting political satire, The Thick of It, The Chaser's War on Everything, Flight of the Conchords, Mad Men and Danish thriller, The Killing.

* Hibbs, Thomas S. ( 2000 ), Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture from The Exorcist to Seinfeld, Dallas, TX: Spence Publishing Company.

Some entries include " The Jerry Problem and the Socratic Problem ," " George's Failed Zest for Happiness: An Aristotelian Analysis ," " Elaine's Moral Character ," " Kramer the ' Seducer '," " Making Something Out of Nothing: Seinfeld, Sophistry and the Tao ," " Seinfeld, Subjectivity, and Sartre ," " Mr. Peterman, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Me ," and " Minimally Decent Samaritans and Uncommon Law.

On the " Notes About Nothing " featurette on the DVD package, the series creator and star Jerry Seinfeld says that Louis-Dreyfus's ability to eat a peanut M & M without breaking the peanut aptly describes the actress: " She cracks you up without breaking your nuts.

NCIS and Justified routinely shows characters with a bottle of the product, and on occasion television shows have made references to it, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( episode " Beer Bad "), The Sopranos ( season 3, episode 10 ), Seinfeld ( season 7, episode " The Hot Tub ", also season 5's episode " The Dinner Party " shows George holding a bottle ), Trigun, True Blood ( season 3, episode " Beautifully Broken "), " Frasier " ( season 2, episode " Roz in the Doghouse "), " A Very Peculiar Practice " ( season 2, episode " May the Force Be with You "), and Will & Grace ( season 7 ), and " Married ... with Children " ( season 8, episode " Nooner or Nothing ").

Many aspiring comedians who dream of becoming the next Russell Peters and Jerry Seinfeld never see the inside of a movie or television studio, but rather spend most of their careers doing stand-up in comedy clubs and other small venues, hoping to be discovered.

In 1996, Elwes made his first television appearance as David Lookner on the sitcom Seinfeld.

Kane was a regular on the 1986 NBC series All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990 – 1991 NBC series American Dreamer, guest-starred on a 1994 episode of Seinfeld and had a supporting role in the short-lived 1996 – 1997 sitcom Pearl, which starred Rhea Perlman.

Arthur Mathews has described Seinfeld as a major influence on the comedy of Father Ted, with himself and Linehan being " big fans " of the show.

At the time, that financial benefit of a piece of the show's lucrative back end profits had only been given out to stars who had ownership rights in a show, like Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Cosby.

The final episode aired on May 25, 1999 with a 90-minute finale, which was the fourth highest rated comedy series finale of the 1990s, behind Cheers, The Cosby Show and Seinfeld.

In the United States, Home Improvement started to air in broadcast syndication in September 1995, distributed via Buena Vista Television ( now Disney-ABC Domestic Television ) and continued to be syndicated until 2007 ; in a manner similar to Seinfeld and The Simpsons after they began airing in broadcast syndication, episodes of Home Improvement were not aired in order of their production code number or original airdate.

In 1997, Spader guest starred in an episode of Seinfeld as an angry recovering alcoholic who refuses to apologize to George for making fun of him.

He is best known for his role as George Costanza on Seinfeld, appearing from 1989 to 1998.

Before Seinfeld, he starred in a short-lived CBS sitcom called Everything's Relative in 1987 which lasted six episodes.

Alexander also appeared in the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, along with the other three principal Seinfeld cast members.

Also in the episode, he is repeatedly harassed by a man named George – his character's name on Seinfeld.

Voight made a cameo appearance as himself on the Seinfeld episode " The Mom & Pop Store " airing November 17, 1994, in which George Costanza buys a car that appears to be owned by Jon Voight.

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Thomas Hibbs suggested that the show Seinfeld is a manifestation of nihilism in television.

The view presented in Seinfeld is arguably consistent with the philosophy of nihilism, the idea that life is pointless, and from which arises a feeling of the absurd that characterizes the show's ironic humor.

Despite being seen on Seinfeld, the model did not sell as well as expected, although several companies have since adapted the design.

This gave rise to the term Seinfeld curse: the failure of a sitcom starring one of the three, despite the conventional wisdom that each person's Seinfeld popularity should almost guarantee a strong, built-in audience for the actor's new show.

Shows specifically cited regarding the Seinfeld curse are Julia Louis-Dreyfus ' Watching Ellie, Jason Alexander's Bob Patterson and Listen Up !, and Michael Richards ' The Michael Richards Show.

On the November 1, 2007, episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld mentioned the possibility of shooting one last scene, after they leave prison.

Early in March 2009, it was announced that the Seinfeld cast would reunite for the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.