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For Jason Alexander, it’s all about shrinkage
Boston Herald ^ | January 7, 2010

Posted on 01/07/2010 5:36:50 AM PST by Gamecock

It’s the Winter of George!

Chubby “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander plans to drop some pounds this year, so he’s signed on as a spokesguy for Jenny Craig.

“It’s like someone’s clubbing me over the head it’s so obvious I should be doing this,” the funnyguy told People. “It was a deadly combination of ‘I’m fat’ and they work,” he said of the program and why he’s committed to it.

The former KFC spokesperson says he was drawn to the weight loss program after watching footage of his recent appearances in film and television.

“I just got to a point where when I would look at the ‘Seinfeld’ reunion stuff (on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’) or one of these other projects that I had done, I said, ‘I don’t like the way that guy looks. That guy is not attractive in any way, shape or form to me,’ ” he said. “It made me go, ‘Oh, yuck!’ ”

George Costanza’s alter ego hopes to lose between 30 and 40 pounds to get back to his “Seinfeld” weight. Apparently, his wife’s two pregnancies netted the papa 15 pounds per birth.

Alexander also isn’t intimidated by the fact that he’s one of the few men to promote Jenny Craig.

In fact, he was inspired by his predecessor Valerie Bertinelli, who flaunted her hot bikini bod on the cover of People last April.

“It’s hard for me to think of the Jenny Craig program - or any weight loss program - as a female thing,” he said. “I’m trying not only to do it for myself but I’m encouraging other guys to come on board and say we can do this. This will work for us, and we can do this and deal with the problem.”

No fattening soup for you!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: georgekostanza; seinfeld; shrinkage

1 posted on 01/07/2010 5:36:50 AM PST by Gamecock
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To: MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; countess; ...

JERRY: Yeah, you liked him. What happened with him?

ELAINE: Yeah I did. He was very talented. He was, ah just, I don’t know a little too...

JERRY: Artsy?

ELAINE: Fat.

JERRY: Oh. (unh - very quiet sigh)

ELAINE: He was a fat, starving artist, y’know. That’s very rare.


2 posted on 01/07/2010 5:39:44 AM PST by Gamecock (We always have reasons for doing what we do.)
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To: Gamecock

His leg muscles have atrophied, but with a little luck, and a lot of hard work, he may be able to one day walk again.


3 posted on 01/07/2010 5:40:25 AM PST by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load.)
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GEORGE: Hey, at least I was a camp waiter.

JERRY: (Scoffing) Camp.

GEORGE: It was a fat camp. Those kids depended on me.


4 posted on 01/07/2010 5:41:10 AM PST by Gamecock (We always have reasons for doing what we do.)
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To: Gamecock

The best of Soup Nazi episode....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lfZg-apSA


5 posted on 01/07/2010 5:51:26 AM PST by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Gamecock

lol.

I wanna lose weight.

I challenge Jared! Show me the money! I mean weightloss! heh.


6 posted on 01/07/2010 6:15:16 AM PST by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards,com)
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To: Gamecock

the actor who played Newman dropped quite a lot of weight and now looks nothing like his former character.


7 posted on 01/07/2010 6:18:25 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: newfreep

Actually,we got soup from the “Nazi”in NYC. The episode was
no far from the truth!


8 posted on 01/07/2010 6:19:07 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Gamecock; Larry Lucido; Cagey; MotleyGirl70

New ad-

George: This Jenny Craig yogurt is *bleeping* good!


9 posted on 01/07/2010 6:31:42 AM PST by earlJam
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To: Gamecock

He ate too many “liberal cupcakes” drinking from the Kool-Aid trough.


10 posted on 01/07/2010 7:33:30 AM PST by Pilated
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To: Dr. Ursus
LOL!

I remember an article on the end of Seinfeld, they talked to the “real soup Nazi” and he said something like this (funniest thing EVER)...

‘I am so glad the show is ending, and I hope everyone associated with it burns in Hell. They ruined by life. My customers are afraid of me now, but they just do not understand... THE LINE MUST MOVE!’

11 posted on 01/07/2010 7:42:22 AM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be RE-distributed?)
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To: allmendream

Yea,they ruined his life.That’s why he sells his soup in
malls for 18.00 dollars a quart! I must admit it was quite
an experience being in the line.We did get free bread!


12 posted on 01/07/2010 7:47:32 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Gamecock

Slippery Pete: Well, I need a battery for this kind of a job. Can I at least steal a battery?
George Costanza: Fine. Steal the battery. Now, all right, here is the Frogger. This is the front door, and this is the outlet.
Slippery Pete: What’s that?
George Costanza: The outlet?
Slippery Pete: Mm-hmm.
George Costanza: That’s where the electricity comes out.
Slippery Pete: Oh, you mean the holes.


13 posted on 01/07/2010 7:56:04 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Bush at his worst was still better than Obama at his best.)
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To: Gamecock

I never got into Seinfeld, but saw Alexander in the MONK episode “The Other Detective” and thought he did a great job as a henpecked son. Will have to see some of his other stuff.


14 posted on 01/07/2010 9:00:32 AM PST by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: Gamecock; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; earlJam; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan; Taffini; jdm; ...

He’s still a bit of a fat head when it comes to politics. Maybe if he lays off sex for a while he’ll smarten up....


15 posted on 01/07/2010 9:13:33 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Gamecock
Another Festivus miracle!


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

16 posted on 01/07/2010 9:53:35 AM PST by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Gamecock

Aww, thanks for the ping. I missed out on the Seinfeldian fun! Wait...

It was the non-fat yogurt that got him!

Kramer- Hey, chubbs...
Jerry- You call me chubbs once more and you’re walking home.


17 posted on 01/07/2010 10:45:17 AM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: Gamecock
Whoopie doo, another Rich Fat Socialist Obama Lover.
18 posted on 01/07/2010 10:50:19 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (It wasn't the eight years of Bush - Cheney, It was the last two years of Pelosi - Reid.)
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