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Post by msdemos on May 5, 2019 23:06:03 GMT
For those familiar with the "Bizarro World" episode of Seinfeld, "The Bizarro Jerry" (season 8, episode 3), anybody know why the 'Bizarro Newman' character was named "Vargas" (I know, I know......why were ANY of the names used that were chosen for the Bizarro World counterparts, "Kevin" for Jerry, "Feldman" for Kramer, "Gene" for George)? All of the other Bizarro World names, however, seem to make some kind of (odd) sense, but the "Vargas" ( Wikipedia has the name as "Vargus", most others have it as "Vargas") name, just doesn't quite jibe (in my opinion). Anybody know why that particular name (or any of the other Bizarro names, for that matter) were chosen ??  SAVE FERRIS
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Post by Nora on May 6, 2019 1:30:34 GMT
good question, made me realize i dont know
vargas is a common spanish name. cannot figure iut the connection to newman or jerry..
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on May 6, 2019 1:58:52 GMT
For those familiar with the "Bizarro World" episode of Seinfeld, "The Bizarro Jerry" (season 8, episode 3), anybody know why the 'Bizarro Newman' character was named "Vargas" (I know, I know......why were ANY of the names used that were chosen for the Bizarro World counterparts, "Kevin" for Jerry, "Feldman" for Kramer, "Gene" for George)? All of the other Bizarro World names, however, seem to make some kind of (odd) sense, but the "Vargas" ( Wikipedia has the name as "Vargus", most others have it as "Vargas") name, just doesn't quite jibe (in my opinion). Anybody know why that (or any of the other Bizarro names, for that matter) were chosen ?? SAVE FERRIS Any reason you feel the need to dig so deep?
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Post by DarkManX on May 6, 2019 4:20:04 GMT
I was always more curious as to why we never saw Bizarro Elaine.
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Post by poelzig on May 6, 2019 7:49:52 GMT
Kevin for Jerry was the one that seems most out of place to me. Gene for George is the only one that made sense really.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on May 6, 2019 8:22:59 GMT
I was always more curious as to why we never saw Bizarro Elaine. I think you did. Bizarro Elaine was Elaine, but she didn't realize it soon enough
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Post by Fox in the Snow on May 6, 2019 12:25:33 GMT
For those familiar with the "Bizarro World" episode of Seinfeld, "The Bizarro Jerry" (season 8, episode 3), anybody know why the 'Bizarro Newman' character was named "Vargas" (I know, I know......why were ANY of the names used that were chosen for the Bizarro World counterparts, "Kevin" for Jerry, "Feldman" for Kramer, "Gene" for George)? All of the other Bizarro World names, however, seem to make some kind of (odd) sense, but the "Vargas" ( Wikipedia has the name as "Vargus", most others have it as "Vargas") name, just doesn't quite jibe (in my opinion). Anybody know why that (or any of the other Bizarro names, for that matter) were chosen ?? SAVE FERRIS Any reason you feel the need to dig so deep? Curiosity
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Post by Vits on May 6, 2019 18:41:11 GMT
I thought about it back then as well. I guess that, just like with KRAMER, they chose a last name with the same amount of syllables. Actually, VARGAS has the same number of letters, unlike FELDMAN. Kevin for Jerry was the one that seems most out of place to me. I noticed that too the 1st time I saw the episode... but then I remembered that it wasn't the 1st episode he appeared in. Gene for George is the only one that made sense really. Nah... Using a name that starts with the same 2 letters and ends with the same letter is too on-the-nose. |
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Post by poelzig on May 6, 2019 19:47:05 GMT
I thought about it back then as well. I guess that, just like with KRAMER, they chose a last name with the same amount of syllables. Actually, VARGAS has the same number of letters, unlike FELDMAN. Kevin for Jerry was the one that seems most out of place to me. I noticed that too the 1st time I saw the episode... but then I remembered that it wasn't the 1st episode he appeared in. Gene for George is the only one that made sense really. Nah... Using a name that starts with the same 2 letters and ends with the same letter is too on-the-nose. So you remembered Kevin first appeared in the previous episode from a whole week earlier? WOW!!! Nice detective work my friend. Even in syndication episodes are more often than not shown in order so..... Nah.... Gene was the only one that made sense. The others were too random.
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Post by Vits on May 6, 2019 19:57:52 GMT
So you remembered Kevin first appeared in the previous episode from a whole week earlier? WOW!!! Nice detective work my friend. Even in syndication episodes are more often than not shown in order so..... But it wasn't constantly present in my head while watching the episode.
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Post by gbone on May 6, 2019 22:47:28 GMT
David Mandel, the writer of the episode, worked on Saturday Night Live (1975) the week Bob Saget was hosting. Mandel looked like one of Saget's friends and would therefore call him "Feldman" instead of "Mandel" repeatedly. When Mandel was struggling to come up with a name for Bizarro Kramer (played by Pat Kilbane) he remembered this incident and used Saget's nickname.
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on May 9, 2019 1:06:52 GMT
I was always more curious as to why we never saw Bizarro Elaine. Bizarro Elaine disappeared the moment she found out about the ballet tickets. |
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