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Top 10 Celebs Who Played Themselves on Seinfeld


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this list we’re only including
celebrities that a were already famous
prior to appearing on the show and be
played themselves so guys like Jon
Lovitz
who had a hilarious cameo but was
actually playing a character named Gary
Fogle are not eligible I never actually
had cancer obvious number 10 Al Roker
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long time NBC weatherman and TV
personality Al Roker sure made his one
and only Seinfeld cameo count he
appeared in the season 5 episode the
cigar store Indian and in a parody of a
situation that occurred earlier rips a
sandwich out of Jerry’s hands after he
gets stuck in a set of closing subway
doors he then proceeds to sit down in
front of Elaine and offer up a snarky
quip I have to catch the next train
of course when Elaine tells him Jerry
isn’t her boyfriend he gets a little
creepy thankfully it’s all in good fun
given that it’s scripted Oh Al Roker
Fred Savage may not be the celebrity he
once was but that doesn’t mean he isn’t
worthy of a spot on our list the former
Wonder Years star made a hilarious cameo
in the season 4 episode the trip during
his brief move to LA
kramer runs into savage at a cafe
sensing an opportunity to share his
movie with an actual Hollywood star
Kramer approaches the young actor albeit
in a terrifyingly awkward manner I mean
I may look weird but I’m just like you
I’m just a regular guy I’m just trying
to make it in this business
he proceeds to scare the living
daylights out of Savage babbling
incoherently about how he’s just a
regular guy Savage understandably freaks
out and then runs away it might have
been a simple misunderstanding but good
number eight rudy giuliani I’ve been
watching my diet very carefully I
exercise regularly my only indulgence I
guess would be that I eat a lot of
frozen yogurt despite being a sitcom
Seinfeld never shied away from
incorporating real events into its plots
particularly when they involved New York
City an example would be the 1993 New
York City mayoral election between Rudy
Giuliani and David Dinkins the event was
referenced in the season 5 episode the
nonfat yogurt in that episode
Giuliani made a cameo appearance in
which he denounced a chain of frozen
yogurt shops for false advertising I
pledge to you now that if I’m elected
mayor as my first order of business I’ll
appoint a special task force to
investigate this matter though it is a
relatively small role it nevertheless
makes for a pretty cool anecdote one
which most people would kill to have in
their back pocket that Mayor Giuliani
will do everything possible to cleanse
the city of this falsified nonfat yogurt
number 7 George Wendt changing the
setting down it George Wendt best known
for playing norm on the long-running NBC
sitcom shears had a small but memorable
role in Seinfeld’s fourth season George
Costanza strikes up a conversation with
him in Corbin Bernsen a valet Law Fame
while accompanying Jerry to the set of
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno I
actually just had two meaningful
intelligent conversations with Corbin
Bernsen and George Wendt really yeah
while George believes the conversation
to be a pleasant and interesting one for
all parties involved he later learns
from the mouths of his two conversation
partners no less that they thought of
him as some nut another notch in the
lost column for old George Costanza
actually a few moments ago I ran into a
nut back there
and maybe we should think about you know
not doing the show in a bar number six
Raquel Welch I don’t move my arms what I
dance that’s my signature easily one of
the most memorable celebrity cameos in
the show’s history Raquel Welch played a
mean spirited version of herself in the
summer of George after Kramer mistakenly
receives a Tony Award for a musical he
had nothing to do with he naturally
begins flaunting his newfound albeit
fake success around town when the
producers of the musical in question
find out they give him an ultimatum fire
Raquel Welch will return the Tony let’s
just say it doesn’t end well for Kramer
well you’re fired because you don’t use
your arms and you tap dance you like a
career out there later in that same
episode Welch gets into a catfight with
Elaine much to the enjoyment of a couple
of police officers all in all a totally
bonkers episode now what are you doing
nothing I just wasn’t moving my heart
number five David Letterman canceled but
I was supposed to be on tomorrow night
yeah but then you know some people were
telling me about that little flap out
there at the junior high school assembly
legendary late-night talk show host
David Letterman had a brief but notable
Seinfeld cameo in the show’s eighth
season the episode begins with Carrie
agreed to do some stand-up at his old
junior high school on career day but
ultimately gets bumped by a zoo worker
I’m getting bumped you’re bumping me
from career day his agent is furious and
books him a two-hour assembly to make up
for it unfortunately when he finally
gets to perform the kids boo him Jerry
had originally been scheduled to perform
on Late Show with David Letterman
but when Letterman learns he bombed in
front of the kids he calls Jerry to
inform him he’s no longer invited short
sweet hilarious classic Letterman number
four Marisa Tomei have I told you how
much I love you today perhaps the most
unlikely celebrity cameo in Seinfeld
history if only because she was cast as
one of George’s love interests Marisa
Tomei ultimately delivered a hilarious
performance after learning that one of
Elaine’s friends would have set him up
with Marisa Tomei had he not gotten
engaged
George becomes obsessed with scoring a
date with the Academy Award winner she
said I was just a touch she loved short
stocky balding funny men however when he
finally does it doesn’t end the way he
hopes in fact it ends with Tomei
punching him in the face
well we suppose he deserved it he was
number three Bette Midler what is it
it’s macaroni Midler
when she appeared in the season six
episode the understudy Bette Midler
essentially took over the show with her
performance from chirping George during
a charity softball game – singing show
tunes in a hospital bed next to Kramer
Midler played a version of herself not
seen before or since
so get out on my face I’m having
adventures all over the place Rochelle
Russia Seinfeld always did a good job of
casting established actors and having
them play exaggerated and/or ridiculous
versions of themselves but Midler’s
cameo is without a doubt one of the most
memorable it is over-the-top
totally outlandish and freaking
hilarious get some talent then you can
leave it to Seinfeld to whip up a plot
that involves a used Chrysler LeBaron a
chewed up pencil and actor Jon Voight
and somehow make it work the Academy
Award winner appears on screen for no
more than 20 seconds and yet somehow
managed to sneak into our top two how
can this be you ask well for starters
his blinkin you’ll miss it cameo
involves him doing two things hailing a
cab and biting Kramer on the arm and
while we love seeing famous actors
grabbing taxis as much as the next guy
it’s his animalistic response to
Kramer’s bizarre request that earns him
such a high spot on our list in voice
defense Kramer did look pretty deranged
before we unveil our number one pick
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well arguments in the Good Samaritan
trial ended today the jury has been in
deliberation for four and a half hours
now number one Keith Hernandez excuse me
I don’t want to disturb you I’m Keith
Hernandez I just want to tell you what a
big fan I am I love your comedy he may
not have been the only baseball player
to make a cameo appearance during
Seinfeld’s nine season run we’re looking
at you Jeter but he was definitely the
funniest after his playing career was
over
Hernandez appeared in a handful of films
and TV shows most notable of which was a
two-episode arc on everyone’s favorite
show about nothing plus a brief return
in the finale in his the boyfriend
storyline from season three he managed
to make Jerry feel awkward incurred the
wrath of both Kramer and Newman and date
Elaine of course we should mention that
Kramer and Newman’s hatred of him was
ultimately unfounded a magic loogie we
think not is one magic loogie
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