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Newman was created as a counterpoint to the Jerry character, though the reason for their animosity is never revealed. Seinfeld once described Newman as the Lex Luthor to his Superman. [2] Knight has described him as "pure evil", [3] as did Jerry in the episode "The Big Salad" when he says "I've looked into his eyes. He's pure evil."
Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. In television, he played recurring roles such as Newman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001).
The episode features the first on-screen appearance of Newman, portrayed by Wayne Knight. He had previously been portrayed, in voice only, by Larry David in the seventh episode of the second season, " The Revenge ", where ironically enough Newman attempts suicide himself by threatening to jump off the roof of the building.
A catchphrase of Jerry's is that he greets him with a contemptuous disdainful "Hello, Newman" each time they meet. In "The Raincoats", Helen Seinfeld addresses Newman with the same tone. In "The Revenge", only Newman's voice is heard, which was originally voiced by Larry David and rerecorded for syndication. Newman often speaks in an ...
The original broadcast occurred on the same night Frank Sinatra died. The 9-1-1 call was received at 9:14 pm, and the ambulance made it over to his house in just four minutes, then arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 9:35 pm. Beverly Hills fire chief Mike Smollen attributed it to the streets being empty as many people were inside watching ...
The Seinfeld alum, 74, discussed the book in a rare TV interview on the Tuesday, June 4, episode of Today, telling host Hoda Kotb that he hopes people’s main takeaway from the memoir is that he ...
His "Seinfeld" work came in three episodes in 1993-94 playing a co-worker of Elaine Benes, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Kasten and his wife, Diana Kastenbaum moved to Batavia in 2012 so she ...
Seinfeld, who writes all his material in long-hand, keeps his bound yellow legal pad so close to him that he proudly reaches for it on demand and holds it up to the screen at the end of the interview.