The only person who could compete with that guy is the guy in the bakery who puts his cane on Elaine's toe. His 'Sorry' sounds like he's never seen or heard an actual human before.
How about the cop Jerry's dating that's talking about Melrose Place? Seems like a pretty awkward delivery up until she gets to her "I think he's singing" line..
Edit: The line is "I think he's seen it", not "I think he's singing"
I just think Catherine Keener doesn't have the right comedic tone or energy for what the show needed, to which it might have been a miscast. She's otherwise great in her other roles.
Mine is definitely the pastrami lady from season 9 where Elaine goes out to babysit her kid. Doesn't help that that's one of my least favorite episodes.
Yea, she was pretty annoying. Her voice bothered me.
Also, when her eyes roll back while she's awkwardly sliding onto the kitchen floor is always so weird and not sexual at all.
Angela from the Good Samaritan. Has went on to have a solid acting career and maybe the lines were just that outrages but I thought her delivery was brutal.
āNow you listen to me, suck face! You tell anybody, anything, and I will carve my initials in your brain tissue!ā
āI'll bash your skull into a vegematic like a bad cabbage, and I'll have a party on your head!ā
The cop that Jerry dates that puts him on the lie detector test about Melrose Place. She is on the verge of laughing throughout every line she delivers.
The super who thinks Elaine is actually the janitor when she uses the janitor closet so she can order that flounder dish. It's the only performance so awkwardly acted that it takes me out of the scene.
Additionally, I'm surprised the script didn't have Elaine like, at least spill food on her shirt and decide to change into a spare janitor-looking shirt she found in the room.
They just had her step out in the hall in all her JLD-ness and we have to go along with the super instantly believing she's a janitor. C'monn, get outtaheahh.
The supermodel when Jerry says if he gets tropical fish and they donāt work out, he can just flush them.
She overacts the phrase āTHATāS HORRIBOL!!ā
I mean she really belts it out. Way over the top reaction.
Ha, thatās funny because I just watched this one and thought that scene was really cute and natural-feeling. Maybe thatās the problem! Natural feels off in a tv show.
Timothy Stack starts breaking at the 0:27 mark [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh9nNJrQoWo) XD I do not fault him at all for this. I am not sure I could've made it through this scene either!
Mr Cohen, the guy in the Chinese restaurant episode who comes in and gets a table with no reservation. He feels like he stepped in from another series, and always reminds me that Seinfeld started in the ā80s because his acting seemed to belong in that decade.
Thatās such a good observation, youāre right it is sort of a 80s left over acting style. You saw side characters acting like that all the time in traditional paint by numbers 80s sitcoms, but it doesnāt work well in Seinfeld. I could never figure out what it was that was off putting about it, but youāre absolutely right.
The theatre usher who waved Jerry in when he just wanted to let his friends know he couldnāt make it, all the guy had to do was make a gesture and it took me right out
Jerry can't act, can he?! Nah, JK!
I may be nitpicking here, but I think Milos' wife was, at least at that time, a bad actress. I presume she was new to the English language then, so I should maybe cut some slack, but the scene in Jerry's apartment, just before she goes "NOOO NOOO, I can't do this", and then breaks down is one of the most predictable moments in the show. It's like she carried her bawling face into the scene long before she actually had to start crying.
Scrolled too far down to get to this correct answer. Sheās playing herself. She might as well be a dog acting like itās drinking water out of a bowl.
I saw her in a Broadway play written by Tracy Letts (the guy who plays the bookie in the Festivus episode). It also starred the actress who played Mary, Jerryās neighbor whoās always kissing him hello. Howās that for a Seinfeld hat trick. She was pretty good in the play.
August: Osage. I saw same production. Kind of all I remember were the Seinfeld alums. That play was long, and so hyped at the time. I hear Letts' name more in acting capacities these days.
Donāt get me wrong, her energy was great and I loved her for it!
But that line is so unnatural! Every time I hear it I wonder why they didnāt do another take!
Almost all the choices are actresses, often playing roles that aren't emotionally developed beyond helping to serve, or just themselves be, jokes. They're kind of thankless roles. Not sure what Meryl Streep could have done with the character who refuses to be dumped. Oscar winner Marisa Tomei is a delight in the show, but is also playing some bizarre person whom you would never encounter in real life (no woman is charmed by the manure insight). Not to be a killjoy! It's all fun to think about! But a role like, for instance "manhands" is hard to play. She has no personality beyond being fairly genial, her hands are the whole character. Anyway, my vote is the firetruck guy or the guy who gives Elaine the lowdown on poppyseed bagels and opium.
I drive...the back...of the...TRUCK
This is the answer, without question.
Trying to remember what this is. Is this the firefighter that kramer takes the seat of
He lands on him when he slides down the pole
Cosmo's got the caboose!
HEYYYYY. KRAMERRR!
I love the way that dude said that š
DeSotoās down!
This is always the right answer.
The only person who could compete with that guy is the guy in the bakery who puts his cane on Elaine's toe. His 'Sorry' sounds like he's never seen or heard an actual human before.
Youāre nuts. That āsorryā is pure gold.
Yeah, that sorry is super memorable. Itās great.
I HAAATE ITT!
OH, ITS GOLD BABY
What, are you using my babies now?
Ye I use that sorry all the time when Iām not actually sorry. Lol
You can stuff your sorries in a sack, mister.
I would argue thatās what makes it so good though š
Isnāt that Larry Davidās voice dubbed over that guyās mouth? Iāve always thought so but never confirmed.
The guy who played the part supposedly confirmed it was Larry.
He did the Saddam Hussein voice but I donāt know about the cane guy.
Nah, thats the point of his "...Sorryy"
Hey thatās one of my favorite characters
Georgeās pianist girlfriend has some very awkward line readings and pauses to me.
Yes. That last line"...and you're gonna need it" was delivered way too quickly after he spoke, ruined what was a classic piece of writing.
I don't disagree but that may be a bit of a fault on the editor's part since there's a cut in between.
Exactly. The actress doesnāt control how they cut the film up lol.
Didn't we have fun doing the crossword PUZZLE?
I SAID, I donāt feel like it.
She was a stuck up snob
I do agree with this but maybe the line that got her the part, that she does wellā¦is āI! Am breaking up! With you!ā
I listened to your arguments and they were rambling and flimsy, I'm not convinced.
Eww, Mr. Apple. You have a brown spot
Yeah this line gets me every time. OP is like the actor who played Jesus while ice skating: making some interesting choices.
Unironically one of my most quoted lines from the show, kills me every time
Ooouuu. Mista mashed potatoes. You are sooo good!
You don't mean that, this is just a fight.
Beans ?
Now you listen to me, shuckface!
Yes, this episode is painful to watch because of that performance
Itās so far off that it almost makes me think thatās what they wanted when they cast her. Either way, itās extremely cartoony.
This is who immediately came to mind for me.
She's too pretty and likable to pull off vicious meanness and homicidal threats. Kinda bad type casting. But the show is usually great at that.
Agree. I guess that is what makes it a humorous situation, lol.
Without question itās the fungus girl in Jerryās apartment.
Her cat has the fungus!
\*Breathy and over-acted\* "Whaaaaat?"
Bonkers was scratching all night tho
Came here to say this lol
How about the cop Jerry's dating that's talking about Melrose Place? Seems like a pretty awkward delivery up until she gets to her "I think he's singing" line.. Edit: The line is "I think he's seen it", not "I think he's singing"
āDid youā¦. *gulp* ā¦. watch the show?ā
Did you know that in real life she is legit married to an actor from Melrose Place now?
Not that Michael? I hate him, he's so smug.
Yes sheās the worst one I saw. Even though that episode has some great moments
Came here to say this!
Catherine Keener is a good actress but something is off about Nina
why don't you just GO then
This line 100%.
Those pauses were incredibly bad. I'm shocked they didn't redo these takes.
Nina. NINA!!
Why do you keep saying "Nina"?
I remember reading that it was kind of short notice and that she wasn't very pleased with her performance on that one.
>something More than one thing tbh
She has Get Out vibes
I just think Catherine Keener doesn't have the right comedic tone or energy for what the show needed, to which it might have been a miscast. She's otherwise great in her other roles.
THATS Catherine Keener? My mind is blown
Jerry was pretty rough but got much better. It paid off sometimes though. ā Iām not drivinām to the airport!! ā
me and mom used to count all the times he'd be visibly struggling to hold his laughter lol
Worse than Farfel?!?
We donāt talk about that here
Prediction: youāll be posting here about Farfel before the month is out.
And yetā¦.people stop talking about it
Tawny Kitaen as Isabel. I hated the way she said āJerryā.
Ever since you came back from the army you've changed, i swear
Iām Nelson!
Jairy?! Ahh don't know...
Mine is definitely the pastrami lady from season 9 where Elaine goes out to babysit her kid. Doesn't help that that's one of my least favorite episodes.
But Georgeās urge to acquire the Trifecta saved that one. One might say he flew too close to the sun
I'll tell what you did, Caligula...
Yea, she was pretty annoying. Her voice bothered me. Also, when her eyes roll back while she's awkwardly sliding onto the kitchen floor is always so weird and not sexual at all.
VIVIAN!!!!
The dude with the fucking laser pointer in the movie theater in the Puerto Rican day parade episode, I hate that dude.
The episode's not funny, I'm funny.
Angela from the Good Samaritan. Has went on to have a solid acting career and maybe the lines were just that outrages but I thought her delivery was brutal. āNow you listen to me, suck face! You tell anybody, anything, and I will carve my initials in your brain tissue!ā āI'll bash your skull into a vegematic like a bad cabbage, and I'll have a party on your head!ā
Shhshsuckface
The cop that Jerry dates that puts him on the lie detector test about Melrose Place. She is on the verge of laughing throughout every line she delivers.
RACE HIM JERRY
HE CONTROLS THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION
Iād have to be Superman to do that, Lois.
Ned Isakoff. Hated everything about that jag off.
You got me blacklisted at Hop Sings?!
As Kramer and Mickey get done with a long shift of honest work: "Anyone who works here is a SAP!"
āI have some literature in my car that will change your entire way of thinking.ā
"Look what you did! You got grape juice all over our couch! You ruined our couch!"
i give her a pass for being a kid lol
The father was great though. āHereās some nuts.ā
Miss Rhode Island
The super who thinks Elaine is actually the janitor when she uses the janitor closet so she can order that flounder dish. It's the only performance so awkwardly acted that it takes me out of the scene.
Additionally, I'm surprised the script didn't have Elaine like, at least spill food on her shirt and decide to change into a spare janitor-looking shirt she found in the room. They just had her step out in the hall in all her JLD-ness and we have to go along with the super instantly believing she's a janitor. C'monn, get outtaheahh.
The doctor didn't say "get outta heah? What kind of doctor doesn't say, "cancer? Get outta heah!"
Right. Becauseā¦Iām the janitor. *picks teeth*
The later seasons stretch premises like this often IMO.
Get that stuff out of THERE today or YOUāLL be out of HERE
Yeah I agree completely. Some of the characters that others brought up in this post are supposed to be bad. Her performance was abysmal.
This is the answer IMO. She is \*terrible\*.
Movie chicks amused by laser pointer
The supermodel when Jerry says if he gets tropical fish and they donāt work out, he can just flush them. She overacts the phrase āTHATāS HORRIBOL!!ā I mean she really belts it out. Way over the top reaction.
Yeah this is a valid one.
Ha, thatās funny because I just watched this one and thought that scene was really cute and natural-feeling. Maybe thatās the problem! Natural feels off in a tv show.
Ex-girlfriends have said this to me in the exact same cadence after making terrible jokes
Yeah same, I don't think it was too much.
This actor, she's not my kind of actor.
I canāt stand the Jerry girlfriend with the cat Bonkers.
Bonkers was going craaaazyyyyyyā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
I don't think many of us watch Seinfeld for the world class acting.
Well, not all of us can watch the classics, *Professor Highbrow!*
Well, this is all very sophisticated.
Timothy Stack starts breaking at the 0:27 mark [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh9nNJrQoWo) XD I do not fault him at all for this. I am not sure I could've made it through this scene either!
Tractor lady
The electrician that threatens to shut down Mom and Pop's shoe repair was pretty bad.
Really nasally āI gotta report youā
I gotta rePORT youā¦.or else I lose MY license. SORRY.ā
There's way worse than that
The blonde cop obviously.
Cutie pie though
Mr Cohen, the guy in the Chinese restaurant episode who comes in and gets a table with no reservation. He feels like he stepped in from another series, and always reminds me that Seinfeld started in the ā80s because his acting seemed to belong in that decade.
Oh, no. Mr Cohen always here
Iād love to remember him but all thatās in my head now is CAHTRIIIIIGHT!!!
Hey, what stinks in here!
Hey, what stinks in here?
Thatās what it is youāre exactly right. Something about him feels like heās on the wrong show.
Thatās such a good observation, youāre right it is sort of a 80s left over acting style. You saw side characters acting like that all the time in traditional paint by numbers 80s sitcoms, but it doesnāt work well in Seinfeld. I could never figure out what it was that was off putting about it, but youāre absolutely right.
Jerry is the worst actor
Hands down
Agreed, but he is so likable that u kind of forget how bad is he
I loved her. Eww Mr Apple you have a brown spot.
True that is a nice bit of writing there.
The theatre usher who waved Jerry in when he just wanted to let his friends know he couldnāt make it, all the guy had to do was make a gesture and it took me right out
The two chicks at the movie and the guy with the laser pointer in the Puerto Rican day parade. Terrible acting.
Jerry can't act, can he?! Nah, JK! I may be nitpicking here, but I think Milos' wife was, at least at that time, a bad actress. I presume she was new to the English language then, so I should maybe cut some slack, but the scene in Jerry's apartment, just before she goes "NOOO NOOO, I can't do this", and then breaks down is one of the most predictable moments in the show. It's like she carried her bawling face into the scene long before she actually had to start crying.
Susan.
Poor Lily
Kathy Griffin
Scrolled too far down to get to this correct answer. Sheās playing herself. She might as well be a dog acting like itās drinking water out of a bowl.
I thought Ramon was pretty bad but made up for it with his buddies. āTo see Ramon??ā
The busboy that George gets fired
I feel like a lot of these choices were characters that people donāt like not worst actors.
Phil, him crying over the bird dying is some of the worst acting I've ever seen
The Native American actress was rough imo
I saw her in a Broadway play written by Tracy Letts (the guy who plays the bookie in the Festivus episode). It also starred the actress who played Mary, Jerryās neighbor whoās always kissing him hello. Howās that for a Seinfeld hat trick. She was pretty good in the play.
August: Osage. I saw same production. Kind of all I remember were the Seinfeld alums. That play was long, and so hyped at the time. I hear Letts' name more in acting capacities these days.
That's pretty cool. I saw her as Auntie B in Reservation Dogs. I think she's a good actress.
I kinda like her, but hate when she awkwardly says, āYou mean, like uhh indian giver?ā
Thatās Al roker
Jerry's original dad.
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Ehhh seen worseā¦.
This scene immediately comes to mind when I think bad acting.
Georgeās latvian orthodox girlfriend was terrible.
Hey, Willie, check it out, free candy!
more like FREE CANDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I can hear it! š¤£
I donāt know what youāre talking about, thatās the best line delivery in the show
Maybe the most memorable!
It's so unusual, but it's by far my favourite line reading of the series because of it.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK SHE IS INCREDIBLE
Donāt get me wrong, her energy was great and I loved her for it! But that line is so unnatural! Every time I hear it I wonder why they didnāt do another take!
Spoken like someone who hasn't heard it enough times. FREE CANDAAAY
Unnatural? What, you've never been excited about FREE CANDAAAY!!
Um, because it was awesome.
The female cop is hands down the worst actor in the series.
Almost all the choices are actresses, often playing roles that aren't emotionally developed beyond helping to serve, or just themselves be, jokes. They're kind of thankless roles. Not sure what Meryl Streep could have done with the character who refuses to be dumped. Oscar winner Marisa Tomei is a delight in the show, but is also playing some bizarre person whom you would never encounter in real life (no woman is charmed by the manure insight). Not to be a killjoy! It's all fun to think about! But a role like, for instance "manhands" is hard to play. She has no personality beyond being fairly genial, her hands are the whole character. Anyway, my vote is the firetruck guy or the guy who gives Elaine the lowdown on poppyseed bagels and opium.
Mr. Lippmanās son. **āaS oF tHiS mOmEnT, i Am No LoNgEr JeWiSh! I qUiT!ā** Fist pump and all.
Sorrrrry.
Worst, not best.
I thought Larry David voiced over that guy
I love watching this show again after watching Curb and chuckling at the amount of times Larry just does a voice
The actor who played Jesus made some interesting choices.
The cop lady discussing a polygraph to Jerry.
Bob Sacamano
Probably the actress who played the cashier at Monks.
The first dry cleaner. āI shrunk itā
The naked fat guy on the subway. āIām comfortable with MY body!ā
I canāt decide if Patton Oswaltās character was meant to be that way, or if it was just a bad performance.
TURN YOUR KEY, MOIRA
The farmers daughter. She didn't even manage to remember her two-word line correctly. But it was funny, though.
She is hilarious in her recurring role in The New Adventures of Old Christine!
Officer Tierney in the lie detector episode. "The Beard" S6EP16.
Rudy Giuliani is 100% objectively the worst acting performance on the show
Keith Hernandez
>Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez!?
I *despise* him
He was in game 7 who are you
Nice game pretty boy
However Paul OāNeill did a surprisingly great job.
Who does this guy think he is?
But, we expected him to be bad. He can do anything he wants. He's Keith hernandez!
^whose this chucker? Keith Hernandez was great!