S/O Simpsons Art Vandalay

[mrshandy]

Any Seinfield fans? I was watching a Nats game on TV the other day and the announcers during the break were saying who the fan of the game or something like that. It was chosen by fans online. Well, the winner was Art Vandalay and the pic was some middle aged guy wearing a Nats jersey and drinking a beer. Ha!

It was funny since the announcers clearly had no idea (or didn't let on) that they got the joke or knew it was a Seinfield reference.

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lol!

"Oh, this is just my friend Harry Fong!"

and

[darkling_glory]

Jul 25, 2014 13:41:29 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

hes an importer AND exporter

I thought he was an architect? :-P

I love Seinfeld and am baffled when people say they don't like it. Baffled, Jerry!

[LoveTrains]

I also love Seinfeld.

[LoveTrains]

Jul 25, 2014 14:13:16 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

Jul 25, 2014 13:41:29 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

hes an importer AND exporter

I thought he was an architect? :-P

I love Seinfeld and am baffled when people say they don't like it. Baffled, Jerry!

My husband hates Seinfeld. It's a point of contention in our marriage.

[darkling_glory]

Huh. Was architect just a fake job he used? Like marine biologist?

This is going to bother me!

[darkling_glory]

Jul 25, 2014 14:27:10 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Jul 25, 2014 14:24:25 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

Huh. Was architect just a fake job he used? Like marine biologist?

This is going to bother me!

architect was a fake job he had or wanted. he granted the scholarship from susane's estate to a kid that wanted to be an architect  

You are awesome.

[mbcdefg]

Jul 25, 2014 14:18:54 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Jul 25, 2014 14:13:16 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

I thought he was an architect? :-P

I love Seinfeld and am baffled when people say they don't like it. Baffled, Jerry!

Art Vandelay is first referenced in the episode "The Stake Out", in which George and Jerry need an excuse to give to a woman as to why they are waiting in the lobby of the office building where she works. Their excuse is that they were meeting Art Vandelay, an importer-exporter who works in the same building, for lunch. In one instance ("The Boyfriend"), George tells the unemployment office he is close to getting a job at "Vandelay Industries", a latex manufacturer. The name is also used as a fake boyfriend of Elaine. Here, Art is an importer/exporter and used as a cover story for when George is going on a date with Marisa Tomei, claiming that George and Elaine are meeting to discuss a problem with her boyfriend so that Susan does not think that George is having an affair ("The Cadillac"). George also uses the pseudonym when interviewing for a job with Elaine's boss in "The Red Dot". When asked which authors he reads, the answer is "Art Vandelay" from New York. In "The Serenity Now", George calls up fake customers, one of whom is "Mr. Vandelay", pretending to get computer orders. In "The Bizarro Jerry", George goes to an office and asks for Mr. Vandelay as part of a setup to approach an attractive secretary. Finally, in "The Puerto Rican Day", George pretends to be Vandelay (along with Jerry as Kal Varnsen and Kramer as H.E. Pennypacker) to try to sneak into an open house to watch a Mets game that they had left because the team was getting blown out. In the episode "The Finale", the name of the presiding judge is actually Arthur Vandelay, much to George's amazement. George says he thinks it is "good luck" that that is the judge's name, though this turns out not to be true.

[downtoearth]

 The other night DH and I were arguing about something and he asked something about why it my errands took so long or what I was goofing off doing and I replied, "Well if you must know, I was having dinner with Art Vandelay to see about being a VP at Vandelay Enterprises" and the fight was instantly over.

(heart)Seinfeld

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Then he regretted the scholarship because the kid expressed interest in being a city planner.

Other names considered in the lobby during The Stakeout:

"Bert Harbinson"
"It sounds made up"
"Art Core.....velay"

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I always order the Art Vandelay burrito at Moe's and smile.

[mmp]

Jul 25, 2014 14:27:10 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Jul 25, 2014 14:24:25 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

Huh. Was architect just a fake job he used? Like marine biologist?

This is going to bother me!

architect was a fake job he had or wanted. he granted the scholarship from susane's estate to a kid that wanted to be an architect  

Also, when he was with Duncan and Lois, said he worked on the Guggenheim.

My students made up a two hundred question Seinfeld trivia test for me. I missed three. Lol. I am a loser. 

[mbcdefg]

Jul 25, 2014 14:55:09 GMT -5 overture said:

Other names considered in the lobby during The Stakeout:

"Bert Harbinson"
"It sounds made up"
"Art Core.....velay"

I like Kramer's AEs ... H.E. Pennypacker and Dr. Van Nostrand

www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/the-brilliant-aliases-of-seinfeld#3o818g

[mbcdefg]

Jul 25, 2014 15:08:25 GMT -5 mmp said:

Jul 25, 2014 14:27:10 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

architect was a fake job he had or wanted. he granted the scholarship from susane's estate to a kid that wanted to be an architect  

Also, when he was with Duncan and Lois, said he worked on the Guggenheim.

My students made up a two hundred question Seinfeld trivia test for me. I missed three. Lol. I am a loser. 

MH and I will spontaneously say to each other, "OhTheBigRaaaace!"

Also, if we're walking into someone's house while carrying a birthday present or a hostess gift, I'll ask him if he'd like to carry it so that he gets credit for The Big Salad.

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"rightrightrightrightriiiight"