"Jerry's own father, Kal, inspired his love of comedy." "Jerry described him as "a very funny guy." "He was more a shpritzy kind of funny guy, a great joke teller." "He was a salesman, and that's a similar type of life." "You're not really doing any legitimate kind of work you're just making a living talking people into things." "That isn't much different from what a comic does."" ""The Pony Remark" features a pair of new performers to the Seinfeld ensemble." "The first is Barney Martin, who auditioned for the role of Morty Seinfeld on October 15, 1990." "At 12:45 p.m. if you were curious." "In the first draft, Jerry's mom is called Adele even though this doesn't match with the character's name in "The Stake Out."" "It was changed back to Helen before the episode went into production." "Barney Martin was born on March 3, 1923." "He has worked in show business for over 40 years." "Some of his best-remembered big screen appearances include roles in:" "Arthur and The Producers." "He's also appeared in shows such as:" "Life Goes On, Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere." "Martin was a New York City police officer who went into entertainment after adding jokes to various speeches that he made for deputy police commissioners." "In an early draft of "The Pony Remark" Jerry cites his bar mitzvah as the greatest moment of his life." "Morty's prior work for Harry Fleming comes up again in the series." "In the fifth season episode, "The Raincoats" we learn that the beltless trench coat is called "The Executive."" "For a short time, Morty and Kramer go into business selling the leftover stock to a vintage clothing store." "This is the first reference to Jerry's Uncle Leo and Cousin Jeffrey." "Though mentioned occasionally Jerry's cousin, Jeffrey, never appears on-screen." "KRAMER ENTRANCE COUNTER: #12" "In the fourth season of Seinfeld Jerry and George sell NBC the idea for a sitcom based on Jerry's own life." "There is even a character based on Kramer." "The actors who audition for the Kramer role are asked to read dialogue directly taken from this scene involving his apartment full of levels." "This bet between Kramer and Jerry is the first indication of Kramer's gambling addiction." "Director Tom Cherones suggested that Elaine sit at a smaller table." "The second addition to the Seinfeld acting ensemble is Len Lesser who played Uncle Leo for the remainder of the series." "Len Lesser auditioned for the role of Uncle Leo on October 22, 1990." "Lesser had spent most of his 50 years in show business playing gangster roles in films such as:" "The Outlaw Josey Wales and Kelly's Heroes." "He's also appeared regularly on shows such as Everybody Loves Raymond, Son of the Beach and Bonanza." "Uncle Leo prides himself on Cousin Jeffrey's job with the Parks Department." "New York's Central Park spans 2 1 /2 miles in the heart of Manhattan stretching from 59th to 110th Streets and from 5th to 8th Avenue." "Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed the park in 1858." "It was the nation's first major park built entirely for public use." "Mickey Mantle, a legendary, switch-hitting outfielder played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968." "He wore number 7 on his pinstripe jersey and hit 536 home runs in his career." "Tom Cherones received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing of a Comedy Series for his work on this episode." ""The Pony Remark" also garnered writing nominations for Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld." "A trotter is a standardbred horse that moves with a diagonal gait." "The left front and right rear legs move in tandem." "The same is true of the right front and left rear." "The one-mile Yonkers Trot is one of North American's top trotting races." "In fact, it is the second leg of the three Trotting Triple Crown races." "In Trot Races, any trotter who breaks into a gallop during the race must be returned to its correct gait and lose ground or be disqualified from the race." "Rozsika Halmos (Manya) had previously appeared in the films:" "The In-Laws, Best Defense and F.I.S. T." "Cocreators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld had learned some lessons during the break between the first and second seasons." "Jerry explained in an interview that:" ""We had to learn to tell the story quickly or we'd have these characters yammering on forever which is exactly what we'd do if we weren't forced to do it in 22 minutes."" "The scripts for the first two seasons were published in a book." "Published by HarperPerennial The Seinfeld Scripts also included a photo from each episode." "KRAMER ENTRANCE COUNTER: #13" "As he exits, Morty calls Kramer "Mr. Kramer."" "The inference is that "Kramer" is the character's last name." "Despite this, many fans of the show's first five seasons still weren't sure." "It wasn't until the season six episode, "The Switch" that Kramer's full name is revealed." "At some point during the early seasons it was planned that Kramer would become a millionaire." "The story line never surfaced." "Kramer's main source of income was never fully revealed." "Jerry's guilt about the pony remark is clearer in the first draft." ""I'm a murderer." "I killed her." "Sure as if I'd pulled the trigger."" "The cast first read "The Pony Remark" script on Wednesday October 24, 1990." "The standup interstitials were filmed on October 29." "The rest of the episode was filmed on Tuesday, October 30." "Seinfeld would stick to this Wednesday to Tuesday schedule for most of its 180 episodes." "The cast would usually assemble to read the script on Wednesday mornings and rehearse in the afternoon." "Rehearsal would continue on Thursday and Friday." "Friday afternoon would end with a run through of the episode for writers and producers and network execs." "A run through is basically a performance of the show on the sets." "Often, the sets were still being constructed or dressed and the cast may not even have been entirely chosen." "Following the run through, the network and studio executives assembled in Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld's office to offer notes and suggestions on what they had just seen." "Depending on the amount of work required the writers would spend varying amounts of the weekend revising the script." "By Monday, the revised script would be rehearsed with the full technical crew including the camera and sound department personnel." "Additional camera rehearsals were executed Tuesday afternoons." "During that time, the cast would have their hair, makeup and wardrobe prepared for filming." "Audiences would begin to arrive at 6:30 Tuesday night with the performance of the show beginning at 7:30 p.m." "According to a USA Today interview Jerry's earliest routine involved being left-handed in a right-handed world:" ""I talked about how the world always uses left in a negative connotation:" "'T wo left feet." "They left.'" "That was my first stage laugh." "'They left." '" "Oswald is a reference to Lee Harvey Oswald." "On November 22, 1963 Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy." "Two days later, Oswald was killed by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby." "According to eyewitnesses, so few people showed up at Oswald's funeral that seven reporters assigned to cover the event had to serve as pallbearers." "The service itself took about 10 minutes." "This scene marks the first appearance of George in "The Pony Remark."" "It was around this episode that the cast alerted Larry David and the writers that they were hoping to have more to do in each episode." "Elaine's interest in Manya's apartment was added during rehearsals." "This scene originally ended with Jerry saying:" ""I know the first thing I'm going to do when I'm dead." "I'm going to find out what happened to that soft gray sweatshirt I had with the hood."" "George replies, "That was a nice sweatshirt."" "The man speaking in this scene is Milt Oberman." "Oberman has appeared in many television sitcoms including:" "The Golden Girls, The Jeffersons and Soap." "Most airlines require the following information for a passenger to be eligible for a bereavement fare:" "The name of the deceased and your relationship to that person." "The name, address, and phone number of the funeral home and the date of the service." "And for refunds after air travel, a copy of the death certificate." "Bereavement fares are only given to parents and grandparents (including stepparents and in-laws)." "A spouse, children, aunts, uncles, siblings (including stepsiblings and in-laws) and nieces and nephews." "David Fresco (Isaac) is one of the most credited actors to ever appear on Seinfeld." "Fresco's TV and film work includes roles in:" "The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mission.:" "Impossible, Murder One and the Jim Carrey film, Liar Liar." "Fresco had difficulty with some of his lines in this episode." "The outtakes of these scenes can be found elsewhere in this DVD set." "David Fresco died in 1997." "Though Cousin Jeffrey never appears we do learn that from this episode on he lives on West End Avenue." "Jerry and George played softball together again in Seinfeld' s sixth season finale, "The Understudy."" "The guys did not play for Friends O'Clyde in that episode but for the Improv softball team." "At one point Jerry's last line to Elaine in this scene was:" ""What are you laughing about?" "You're gonna be next."" ""The Pony Remark" premiered on NBC on January 30, 1991." "It received a Nielsen rating of 10.7 and an audience share of 16." "15.3 million people tuned in to watch the show that night."