Seinfeld
Summary
Years before he would become famous for playing Spence Olchin onThe King of Queens , Patton Oswalt booked his first performing gig onSeinfeld , and his on - put nerves were directly quench by one of the main cast of characters members . Oswalt is n’t the only actor who got their start on the show about nothing , asSeinfeldhas feature many guest starsbefore they were made it big , fromThe White Lotus ' Jennifer Coolidge toGilmore Girls ' Lauren Graham and Scott Peterson .
Seinfeldwould be just one of the manyTV shows Patton Oswalt appeared in , as the actor found himself star in several pop meshwork sitcoms , includingTwo and a Half Men , Parks and Recreation , andBrooklyn Nine - Nine . The comedic actor has also go on to have an extremely successful vox - acting vocation , with his most notable character being Remy , the crumb with big dreams of becoming a chef , inRatatouille . But before any of that , Oswalt started out playing an unnamed character inSeinfeld .
Jennifer Coolidge appeared on Seinfeld , but the story of her getting the part may be more interesting than her fictitious character ’s chronicle in the installment .
Patton Oswalt Said Jason Alexander Helped Him Loosen Up On The Seinfeld Set
Oswalt Played A Video Store Clerk In George’s Storyline
While someSeinfeldguest histrion become fabled , from Larry Thomas ' Soup Nazi to Philip Baker Hall ’s Mr. Bookman , Patton Oswalt had a bit part as an unnamed television memory shop clerk in time of year 6 , installment 5 , " The lounge " . In the episode , George ( Jason Alexander ) unwittingly finds himself in his girlfriend ’s Holy Scripture nine and is desperately seek to rentBreakfast at Tiffany’sin lieu of read the rule book .
Patton Oswalt ’s salesclerk is an employee at the fourth television shop George visits , but the movie has been charter . George unsuccessfully begs the clerk to call the borrower and see if they ’re finished with it , but Oswalt decline and help another customer . With Oswalt ’s back turned , George peek at his information processing system , gets the tenant ’s information , and takes matters into his own hands .
Patton Oswalt would later appear on season 3 , episode 2 of Jerry Seinfeld ’s talk show , Comedians in Cars generate Coffee .
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Even though Oswalt only had a few lines , it ’s understandable that he was nervous , as this was his first acting problem , and on one of television receiver ’s biggest situation comedy , no less . Oswalt toldNetflixhow thankful he was to Jason Alexander for breaking the tension on set . The comic said :
" Jason Alexander was in the scene with me and I will always be in his debt because right before we germinate , he leaned in and say ' Still not too late to be fired , Patton . ' It made me express joy so hard it so break the tension , and then I loosened up , and I ’ve been act ever since . "
Alexander was clear joke , and this storey of chumminess break the latent hostility for Oswalt , who was able-bodied to untie up and perform the scene . Though some famous guest stars hadnegative experience onSeinfeld , Oswalt was not one of them , and his calling only grew from there .
Seinfeld stars Jerry Seinfeld as a stand-up comedian whose life in New York City is made even more chaotic by his quirky group of friends who join him in wrestling with life’s most perplexing yet often trivial questions. Often described as “a show about nothing,” Seinfeld mines the humor in life’s mundane situations like waiting in line, searching for a lost item, or the trials and tribulations of dating. Co-starring is Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Jerry’s ex-girlfriend and current platonic pal, Elaine Benes; Jason Alexander as George Costanza, Jerry’s neurotic hard-luck best friend; and Michael Richards as Jerry’s eccentric neighbor, Kramer.
Oswalt’s Retail Experience Helped Him Impress Seinfeld Co-Creator Larry David
The Video Store Clerk Obviously Did Not Want To Help George
While Patton Oswalt was just start out in his acting vocation when he was project onSeinfeld , he managed to instill the sitcom ’s co - creator , Larry David . Oswalt recall try out right away for David and Jerry Seinfeld right away , and tell theLife is Shortpodcast ,
" You do this in retail when you get a s**t customer . You will subconsciously do that small look around . Like , ' Who can I hock this guy to ? ' And then also , you will say your lines in the phase of a interrogation … I did n’t realize I was doing that . "
Like many histrion before him , Oswalt had his fairish share of previous customer service experience , which was so deep-rooted in him that he inadvertently channeled the defeat of a retail employee into his audition as the video clerk . This render up in the sequence too , as the last matter Oswalt ’s picture store clerk wants is to look at with George Costanza . David foot up on Patton Oswalt ’s realistic acting right off , and from that smallSeinfeldpart on , a mavin was carry .
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Seinfeld stars Jerry Seinfeld as a brook - up comedian whose life in New York City is made even more chaotic by his quirky group of friends who join him in wrestling with life ’s most puzzling yet often trivial interrogation . Often described as " a show about nothing , " Seinfeld mines the humour in life ’s mundane spot like waiting in line , search for a lost particular , or the trials and visitation of dating . Co - star is Julia Louis - Dreyfus as Jerry ’s ex - girlfriend and current platonic pal , Elaine Benes ; Jason Alexander as George Costanza , Jerry ’s psychoneurotic punishing - luck good protagonist ; and Michael Richards as Jerry ’s eccentric neighbor , Kramer .
