3 Times 'Seinfeld' Actors Broke Character (And Jerry's Favorite)

3Jerry Seinfeld Losing His S–t During “The Library”

Although the iconic Dreyfus moment may have existed in a blooper, it seems some of these slip-ups made their way to the small screen – namely in 1991’s “The Library.” Appearing as a part of Seinfeld‘s third season, the episode centers around Jerry finding himself facing the consequences of a truly unthinkable crime he (allegedly) committed nearly two decades earlier  – forgetting to return a copy of The Tropic of Cancer to the library when he was in high school circa 1971. I know, reader. Take a moment to process. It’s hard to know our heroes have done such terrible, terrible things. 

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This gaffe was so egregious the overlords at the New York Public Library took it upon themselves to send in the big guns – investigator Lt. Bookman played by Philip Baker Hall — to interrogate the literary scofflaw about his unconscionable behavior, a scene Seinfeld says he struggled to film because of its absolute absurdity. 

“It was just so ridiculous that he was interrogating me in my own apartment about a book,” Seinfeld recalled in a Q and A for Netflix, where the series reappeared last month after a several-month streaming hiatus. “I just kept cracking up.” 

Jerry says he struggled to keep it together so much that it took him approximately eight tries to get it right simply “because I messed that up a ton.” The final cut, he says, is an amalgamation of several of those attempts, with his laughter still poking its head into the scene, ala Kramer in every episode … and also like, as a fever-dream turkey. 

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3 Times 'Seinfeld' Actors Broke Character (And Jerry's Favorite)
Source: Pinoy Daily News