Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:34 AM
Having nearly kicked the bucket a few times has given me freedom: the freedom to say exactly what I mean, for better or for worse.
- Christopher Reeve (pre-kicking the bucket)
Christopher Reeve has died. So it goes, as they say on Tralfamadore.
The comedian Jerry Seinfeld is the world's greatest, and richest, Superman fan. He made sure that each episode had some reference
to Superman tucked away somewhere. If you were bored or
deranged, you could look out for them. To save you the time,
here's the Top 5 Seinfeld/Superman moments, brought to you by The London News Review...
GEORGE: You know what this is to do with? The
man in the cape. I bet you he is mixed up in this.
I don't trust men in capes.
JERRY: You can't cast aspersions on someone
just because they're wearing a cape. Superman
wore a cape. And I'll be damned if I stand by and
let you say anything bad about him...
GEORGE: Alright, Superman's the exception.
JERRY: The jokes kept bouncing off her like Superman.
ELAINE: Bizarro Jerry?
JERRY: Yeah, like Bizarro Superman, Superman's
exact opposite, who lives in the backwards Bizarro
World. Up is down, down is up, he says hello when
he leaves, goodbye when he arrives.
ELAINE: Shouldn't he say badbye? Isn't that the
opposite of goodbye?
JERRY: No, it's still goodbye.
ELAINE: Does he live underwater?
JERRY: No.
ELAINE: Is he black?
JERRY: Look, just forget the whole thing.
JERRY: I think Superman probably has a very good
sense of humor.
GEORGE: I never heard him say anything really
funny.
JERRY: It's tough to do a good deed. Let's look at
your professional good-deed doers, your Lone
Rangers, your Supermen, your Batmen, your
Spidermen. They're all wearing disguises, masks
over their faces, secret identities. They don't want
people to know them because they cause too
much aggravation. "Superman, yeah thanks for
saving my life, but did you have to come through
my wall? I'm renting here. They've got a security
deposit. Now what am I supposed to do?"
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