SEINFELD is tame compared to much of the overtly sexual garbage on TV today, but I agree with the consensus of many critics that it was the last truly great and well-written shows television ever saw. I don't care too much for the earlier seasons because of how slow-paced they were, how little action there was, and how limited the sets were; but once the show's production values improved, the settings expanded, more writers were added, and more happened in each episode with each of the four main characters having a storyline, then the show became great.
But anyway, to answer your question RB, I recently invested in DVDs of SEINFELD since it looked as if TBS was dropping it from their lineup altogether (and like M*A*S*H, SEINFELD is a show I can't go a day without), and among the features on the DVDs are "Notes About Nothing," which are subtitle tracks that give you trivia throughout the episodes; when watching this episode on DVD with the Notes About Nothing Turned on, it mentioned that the old man hassling George was Everett Greenbaum, and how he used to write for shows like THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW and M*A*S*H, but that he also become something of a character actor later in life.
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