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Morty Seinfeld

posted 15 years ago by cryptical70
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I am sure many fans of the movie will notice that Jerry Seinfeld's TV dad plays Liza's dad in the movie. (Barney Martin aka Morty Seinfeld).

Since Liza and her dad live in Queens perhaps their neighbors were Frank & Estelle Costanza!!

[–] JR541 15 years ago

I like to think of is as Linda's dad playing the part of Morty Seinfeld. Not the other way around.

He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?

[–] cryptical70 15 years ago

That's true although most people know Barney Martin from Seinfeld.

[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

I've seen every "Seinfeld," but strangely enough, it didn't dawn on me that Jerry's dad played Liza's dad here until I read your post. Could Jerry and Liza be siblings? Now that is a comic goldmine!

[–] stephan-128 15 years ago

he was ver yfunny in this. when i saw him in seinfeld i thought "oh, that's great casting, he was so funny in Arthur."

[–] guer0071 14 years ago

MY WALLET'S GONE!! MY WALLET'S GONE!!

[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

morty!

'A piece of WHAT, Emmet? THE LAND? WHAT AM I A FARMER?!'-Wynn Duffy

[–] DmitriKnipper (199) 2 years ago

That's a show. There's your show.

[–] harryfyhr 11 years ago

I was just watching "The Millennium" episode of Seinfeld.
Kramer and Newman is arguing about who is gonna have the
New Year's party.

Newman says he started planning his "Newmanninum party" in 1978.

I put a deposit down on that revolving restaurant that overlooks
Time Square.
And I booked Christopher Cross!

And later Kramer says something about
being caught between the moon and New York City...

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badgers? badgers!? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGERS!!!

[–] fredunger 11 years ago

Not only that, but the guy in the coffee shop that they keep yelling to "Eat your roll!" is Elaine's father on Seinfeld, Lawrence Tierney.

[–] harryfyhr 11 years ago

Newman says he started planning his "Newmanninum party" in 1978.

Now we KNOW Newman is a liar!

Nobody knew who Christopher Cross was before he won an Oscar in 1982

(Ok,maybe they did,but not in the context of the Seinfeld episode joke ;) )

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badgers? badgers!? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGERS!!!

[–] 11 years ago

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[–] heyteegs (1207) 4 years ago

Barney Martin played Liza's husband when I saw her on Broadway in Chicago in 1975. She took over for an ailing Gwen Verdon.