"Entertainment Weekly honoured Seinfeld in its 1991 Program Awards." "The then little-seen show earned second place in the 1991 Program of the Year category." "The first place winner was Roseanne starring another stand-up comedian, Roseanne Arnold." "Lake George is part of the Adirondacks mountain region in northern New York state." "Larry David based this scene and much of George's story in "The Revenge" on his experiences as a frustrated writer on Saturday Night Live during its '84-85 season." "He walked up to the then executive producer and screamed, "I quit!"" ""When I got home, I realized that maybe this wasn't really a good idea." "I went back on Monday and pretended the whole thing never happened."" "The table read for "The Revenge" was held on Wednesday, February 13, 1991." "It was filmed in front of an audience on Wednesday, February 20, 1991." "Filming usually occurred on Tuesdays, but this week it was delayed due to the President's Day holiday on Monday." "KRAMER ENTRANCE COUNTER: #31" "This is the first mention of the very popular recurring character Newman." "In the script, the name is spelled "Neuman."" "Though he is suicidal due to unemployment the United States Postal Service would hire Newman between "The Revenge" and the fourth season episode "The Old Man."" "Jerry originally replied to Kramer, "You'll frighten them." "Then when the detergent comes in, they'll tense up." "You gotta be relaxed to be clean."" "An apartment hallway scene featuring George and Kramer followed this scene in an early draft of the script." "In it, George comes by to tell Jerry he quit, but only finds Kramer." "Kramer notices that George is only wearing one shoe and George replies, "Man's best friend."" "The scene was there to explain George's seemingly random arrival at the laundromat to find Jerry." "But at some point it was realized that George could just say Kramer told him, and the scene was cut." "George being barred from the bathroom was inspired by writer Larry Charles' use of the private bathroom in Larry and Jerry's office, much to their annoyance." "At the laundromat, George originally shared a few other anecdotes about his boss which helped inspire him to quit." "In one incident, George hands his boss, Rick Levitan, a check." "Levitan promptly takes out his lighter and burns the check in front of George claiming that the real estate offer was too low." "A second source of George's pain is that Levitan propositioned Ava in front of him while George was still going out with her." ""The Revenge" was the first episode to be written by Larry David without Jerry Seinfeld though the two collaborated on rewriting every episode produced until the eighth season." "Jerry believed that the secret to the duo's writing dynamic was quite simple." ""There's really got to be a balance of power that you have to strike that is comfortable." "It's a very delicate thing, and we've been very lucky that we work well together."" "This scene originally took place in the coffee shop." "George didn't become a general manager for a baseball team but three years later, he became the assistant to the travelling secretary for the New York Yankees." "He got the job in the fifth season finale "The Opposite."" "Jerry Seinfeld recalls seeing Larry David perform as a stand-up years before the two collaborated as writers." ""He sometimes didn't have patience for difficult audiences and there were a lot of them." "His material was so brilliant and he was so funny that the comedians would come to watch." "I never saw him on stage when he wasn't funny." "Even when he wasn't doing well, it would be funny."" "Larry Charles also recalls watching David perform onstage:" ""He seemed like he was going to get up and be a monologist but, actually, he's a really gifted mimic." "Does great voices and characters." "He'd go from talking very autobiographically and then launch into these fantasies and elaborate scenarios where he'd play multiple parts."" "In 2003, members of a projectionists' union in Chicago allegedly ignited explosive gases during movies." "The action, intended to intimidate theatre owners in 10 states sent theatregoers fleeing in panic through dark theatres." "George Costanza would probably not have had much luck working as a projectionist without union backing." "In an early draft, George brings up Regis Philbin and asks Jerry how he became a talk show host." "Jerry replies that they all start out in a small city." "George thinks, then asks, "Say I go to the small city, then what?"" "Jerry replies, "Same problem." "You still gotta walk in to the building and say you want to be a talk show host."" "Jerry was always quick to acknowledge the role Larry David played on the show." ""Our senses of humour dovetail in such a way that the words sound right coming out of my mouth but most of the time, they're his words." "I'd say 90 percent of the show comes from Larry."" "While this was true of the situation comedy part of the show at least 90 percent of the stand-up material used on Seinfeld came from Jerry." "Larry David understands how important performing stand-up is for Jerry Seinfeld." ""Jerry doesn't function well when he's been away from the stage for too long." "He's like a man in prison who hasn't had sex in a long time."" "Though the decision to return to work as if nothing happened doesn't prove successful for George, it did work for Larry David." "He stayed at Saturday Night Live for the remainder of that season." "Deck McKenzie played Bill." "McKenzie was Jerry's stand-in during most of Seinfeld' s nine years." "Teri Austin had previously played Ava in "The Stranded" three episodes earlier." "Due to scheduling conflicts "The Stranded" did not air until eight months after "The Revenge."" "This meant that George's office affair had ended before it had even begun." "Fred Applegate (Rick Levitan) has also starred in the TV series Woops!" "as well as FM and 9 to 5." "Back in 1989, FM was one of the shows NBC executives chose to put on the fall schedule instead of Seinfeld." "It lasted only ten episodes." "Whoops!" "Applegate has made many notable guest appearances on other programs including Newhart  Night Court and Growing Pains." "A mickey is short for a Mickey Finn which produces rapid loss of consciousness." "A mickey is made up of chloral hydrate and is traditionally placed in alcoholic beverages unknowingly." "One theory is that Mickey Finn was the name of Chicago gangster in the early 20th century." "Along with a loss of consciousness, chloral hydrate also can irritate gastrointestinal functions inhibit breathing and affect the beating of the heart." "Peter Lorre was a famous Hollywood character actor during the 1930s, '40s and '50s." "With a distinctive appearance and voice Lorre often played shady characters who were as disturbing as they were evil." "Lorre's vast cinematic resume includes M  The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Maltese Falcon  Casablanca, Arsenic and Old Lace and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." "Lorre died of a stroke in 1964." "KRAMER ENTRANCE COUNTER: #32" "Significant changes were made to this scene during the production week." "In the table draft, Harold the super from "The Apartment" was to have appeared and been part of the Newman suicide story." "Harold explained that Newman told everybody that an awning broke his fall and it was a miracle he survived." "Harold then exits saying he has to go with Manny to the dentist because he's scared." "Mr. Papanickolas was named after Pete Papanickolas who worked on the production crew." "John Capodice (Vic) has been in over a hundred film and television series." "Prior to appearing on Seinfeld, he had been in Moonlighting Ryan's Hope and the film See No Evil, Hear No Evil." "Following his work in "The Revenge" Capodice had roles in Dream On, Six Feet Under and the soap opera General Hospital." "James Bond, the fictional British spy created by Ian Fleming is known for his license to kill when acting on behalf of his country." "In another version of this scene, George describes Levitan as "the one who looks like he could give birth to lizards."" "In the original version of this scene Elaine mentions that she and Ava had an argument over the fur coat (as seen in the episode "The Stranded")." "After recalling this, George gets cold feet then sees Rick and Ava laughing together and decides he can do it after all." "Lex Luthor is the arch-nemesis of DC comic book character, Superman." "Since Jerry loved all things Superman Luthor would appear in several more episodes over the next seven seasons of Seinfeld." "Michael Richards loved doing physical comedy but he wasn't always sure TV was the perfect way to do it." ""Film is my primary interest." "I like the medium." "I like the way you can really take your time." "That's so important when you're doing physical humour."" "Patrika Darbo (Glenda) would appear again as a woman whom Newman flirts with in the fifth season episode "The Sniffing Accountant."" "Darbo is perhaps best known for her five-year run in the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives." "She's not just a familiar face to soap fans." "Her extensive TV and film work prior to Seinfeld include roles in Riptide, Growing Pains and Troop Beverly Hills." "Following her appearance in "The Revenge" she appeared in Grace under Fire and In the Line of Fire." "She also had a starring role as Roseanne Arnold in Roseanne and Tom.:" "Behind the Scenes TV movie." "Jason Alexander thinks that Julia's job on Seinfeld was usually the hardest of the four cast members." ""It's all guys writing the scripts and they're not particularly adept at writing women." "So Julia does a lot at taking less than ideal women's material and really running with it." "The show is really about being one of the guys and here's this adorable woman who is one of the guys." "She can dish it out as well as take it."" "In a way, she is attractive enough to men to be interesting and yet not threatening to women."" "In an early draft, Elaine sneezes twice when the first sneeze doesn't capture Levitan's attention." "Elaine's comment about people not saying "God bless you" became a story in its own right." "In the third season episode "The Good Samaritan" George ends up having an affair with a woman after saying "God bless you" to her." "Julia knew how fortunate she was to be involved in a show like Seinfeld." ""We enjoy working on the show." "It's an incredible amount of fun, I can't tell you the amount of fun." "It all just came together and that doesn't happen a lot." "Usually, there are little glitches, maybe it's not well written or you don't like certain people in the cast but here all the factors came together." "It's brilliantly written, and that is hard to come across." "It's a wonderful luxury for an actor."" "Castle Rock executive Glenn Padnick's laughter is particularly audible after Julia's "naked, naked, naked" line." "Michael Richards learned at an early age that he could generate laughs by causing himself pain." ""I loved physical comedy so much that I used to run into trees no matter how much it hurt, and fall down much to the delight of my friends."" "In laundry terms, a gentle cycle agitates and spins clothes slowly to protect delicate fabrics." "Michael Richards had his own experience as a stand-up comic, but with a difference." ""I was more like a comic actor imitating a stand-up comedian, doing different characters voices and faces that transformed very rapidly in front of your eyes."" "Julia Louis-Dreyfus was aware that Kramer was going to be a breakout character early on." ""Kramer is the zaniest." "In a lot of ways, he's the guy we know the least about and he's capable of the most."" "Stone washing refers to the use of pumice stone to abrade a garment and locally remove indigo dye from denim." ""If Kramer came in through the ceiling with a parachute, nobody would question it." "Kramer's capable of anything, and that's what makes him so exciting."" "Larry David became executive producer in the second season of Seinfeld." "But, despite the earlier credit he was essentially running the show from the first four-episode season." ""The network didn't trust me, I guess with good reason." "My parents didn't trust me." "Why should the network?"" "Larry David became a stand-up after starting out in a Greenwich Village club on its "Hootenanny Night."" "His previous work included stints as a bra salesman a chauffeur, a cabbie and a paralegal." "KRAMER ENTRANCE COUNTER - #33" "Many of Kramer's vintage shirts were found in garage sales and at retro L.A. stores such as Polkadots and Moonbeams." "Elaine's clothes in the early seasons came from LA boutiques Janice McCarty and Atlas." "Believe it or not, Newman was originally meant to appear on camera in this episode." "Auditions were held to find the role." "Tim Russ, later of Star Trek.:" "Voyager, read for the role which eventually went to William Thomas, Jr." "Thomas, Jr. has also appeared on Hope and Gloria, Frank's Place and The Cosby Show as well as the film The Mambo Kings." "In his only onscreen scene, "Neuman" describes his miraculous survival from his suicide dive to Jerry and Kramer." "He explains that the awning material is "very, uh, elastic."" "Jerry and Kramer are very sceptical." ""Because you would think if someone fell from the roof that the whole thing would collapse."" "Over the course of production, it was decided to make "Neuman" an off-camera character and Larry David provided his voice for the first broadcast." "Wayne Knight re-recorded all of the character's lines for syndication." "You can hear Knight's version by using the additional audio option on this episode's sub-menu." "To promote the second season, Jerry Seinfeld commented that he liked "to get ideas that make people go:" "'T here is no story out there." "It is not about anything.' That is funny to us."" "Larry David added, "What you think is conversation is really a story, it is deceptive."" "George's last line in the original draft was, "What about a comedian?" "I'm funny." "Don't you think I'm funny?"" "As he says this, Jerry exits with Kramer." "This episode originally aired on NBC on April 18, 1991." "It received a Nielsen rating 14.4 and an audience share of 24." "Audience research in 1991 showed that in all the major markets in the country  Seinfeld scored its highest ratings in St. Louis." "St. Louis." "There's More than Meets the Arch. ®"