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ALTERNATIVE CELEBRATIONS: Pole for the holidays Celebrating the holidays with a diverse group of friends can get tricky. That's where Festivus, the "holiday for the rest of us," comes in. Invented in 1966 by a Reader's Digest editor but made popular through a 1997 "Seinfeld" episode, the fictional celebration has been brought to life by fervent supporters across the country - including Clarkston native Blake Coe. According to the "Seinfeld" episode, Festivus is celebrated on Dec. 23 and is marked by a tinsel-free aluminum pole, feats of strength - like wrestling - and the airing of grievances, during which followers...

Well, it's a show about nothing. MIDI - IT'S MY PARTY Nobody knows what their party believes No one can figure it out But we know they hate George Bush That's something each day they shout Time to join in mocking their Seinfeld Party Their Seinfeld Party...their Seinfeld Party It's simply nothing that they are about Once they believed that our country was great We'd not hear them whine and pout But losing's driven them nuts Of that do not have a doubt Time to join in mocking their Seinfeld Party Their Seinfeld Party...their Seinfeld Party It's simply nothing that...

Seinfeld was a television marvel. Perhaps the most successful situation comedy series of all time, it ran from 1989 to 1998, and has become an omnipresent aspect of our lives as it continually runs in syndication and lives on in best-selling DVD box sets, making fortunes in the hundred millions for both of its co-creators. But there is yet another facet of Seinfeld at which we can marvel: the cast of characters on the show weirdly foreshadowed the rise to prominence of a large component of the dominant urban liberal wing of the Democratic Party. With a nod to Brian...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The food retailer who inspired Seinfeld's super-strict "Soup Nazi" character is expanding into Canada. Soup Kitchen International Inc., which operates The Original Soup Man outlets in the United States, has signed an agreement with a development group to open 100 franchise units in Canada over the next seven years. The group, Original SoupMan Canada, is made up of Canadian investors and led by CEO, Brian McAsey, an Ottawa-based lawyer. Fans of the Seinfeld TV show are familiar with the bossy soup store chef, a character based on Al Yeganeh, founder of the original Soup Kitchen International restaurant...

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

Actor Who Played Jerry Seinfeld's Dad Dies Barney Martin was one of three actors who played the part of Jerry's dad on 'Seinfeld.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOS ANGELES (March 24) - Barney Martin, a former New York City detective who went into show business and became best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's father Morty on the comedian's hit television series, has died. He was 82. Martin died of cancer Monday at his Studio City home, according to his publicist, Jennifer Glassman. Born March 3, 1923, in the New York City borough of Queens, Martin served as a navigator in the Air Force...

'Festivus' Shares Space With Fla. Nativity December 22, 2004 11:59 PM EST BARTOW, Fla. - When a church group put a nativity scene on public property, officials warned it might open the door to other religious - and not-so-religious - displays. They were right. Since the nativity was erected in Polk County, displays have gone up honoring Zoroastrianism and the fake holiday Festivus, featured on the TV show "Seinfeld." The Polk County Commission voted 4-1 Wednesday to permit the nativity scene to remain across the street from the courthouse, as well as to make that area a "public forum" open...

why do people keep banning me everytime I put up interesting articles? I work for a website I think some of you are familiar with called phantirath weekly world news and each time we put somthing up on FR no matter how conservative it is it keeps getting banned. Whats the matter with it?! Damn man what are you marxist socialists communists? I just got a call this mroning from a Juwish friend of mine who said that you banned an important article about Zionism and Noam Federman and about how we were to support israel. I thought you guys...

Festivis episode of Seinfeld ("The Break") on TBS Thursday night, 9:00PM EST.

For a good start to the weekend, please post opinions and thoughts on your favorite Seinfeld episode.

I look around me everyday and I see beautiful women. It could be very tempting to go out and date them. Going out every weekend to the clubs and picking up an assortment of chicks like so many kinds of chocolates in a Valentine's Day gift. But I will not! It has taken me years, but I am finally getting over the lasting effects of "Seinfeld." Yes, "Seinfeld." What is considered the greatest show/sitcom of all time has also been the biggest plague/curse on my life. Students currently attending the University are part of the "Seinfeld" generation. Society has branded...

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The Center for Consumer Freedom warns in our latest ad -- featuring the actor who played the "Soup Nazi" on Seinfeld -- that if calorie cops have their way, you could be forced into the Salad Line! (To see the ad, click here.) While this fictional food cop measures each customer's weight to determine what, if anything, restaurant-goers can enjoy, there is actually a real-world food "Czarina" taking away treats from Texas schoolchildren. She's just one of the food fascists who think you're too dumb to make your own choices. If these diet scolds have their way, we may all...

LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. is planning a management shake-up at its fourth-place ABC network to stem a ratings slide and placate dissatisfied investors. The moves include the departure of Lloyd Braun, who has served as chairman of the ABC Entertainment Television Group since 2002, according to company sources familiar with the matter. Meanwhile, Anne Sweeney, a rising star credited with expanding the reach of Disney's non-sports cable networks, will likely be given a more prominent role at the struggling network, sources said. The changes are seen as an effort to buy more time for a Disney recovery...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, known for his long-running show "about nothing," gave nothing but rain checks to fans at a sold-out show Saturday. When they arrived for the 7 p.m. show at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, they learned that Seinfeld had postponed his performance until Nov. 13, citing circumstances beyond his control. Seinfeld's representatives did not give specifics. "He's playing a practical joke on us," one fan said when she heard the news. Others holding some of the 3,200, $45 to $75 tickets went straight to being miffed. "That's ridiculous," said Steven Scherer, who had spent heavily on...

Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza on the hit comedy, intends to visit Israel on February 24, in order to promote the One Voice peace initiative. Alexander will attend a press conference with One Voice founder Daniel Lubetzky officially launching a binational referendum among Israelis and Palestinians about what concessions they would be willing to make for peace. Describing himself as "a Jew with warm feelings for Israel," Alexander said he hopes his visit would "attract attention to the silent majority among Israelis and Palestinians who want peace."

Social conservatives are working overtime to argue that gay marriage would imperil straight matrimony. They say that if Jack and Joe were united, till death do them part, they would jeopardize husbands and wives, from sea to shining sea. "We will lose marriage in this nation," without constitutionally limiting it to heterosexuals, warns Family Research Council president Tony Perkins. The Traditional Values Coalition, meanwhile, sees "same-sex marriage as a way of destroying the concept of marriage altogether." It would be far easier to take these claims seriously if gay-marriage critics spent as much energy denouncing irresponsible heterosexuals whose behavior undermines...

A Dutch football club has banned one of its fans for posing for a photograph with the local mayor with his penis hanging out. Mayor Wim Deetman did not realise the ADO Den Haag fan was exposing himself when he agreed to have his picture taken with him. He had just come from a meeting with club directors and gladly posed arm in arm with the fan who was clutching a bottle of beer. It was only later, when the picture was circulated on the internet, that Mayor Deetman realised he had been set up. He is now taking legal...

Actor Jason Alexander, who is best known for playing George Contanza on NBC's Seinfeld, announced on Sunday that he intends to come to Israel as early as February, in order to promote the One Voice grassroots peace initiative. The initiative seeks to find common ground between the 'silent majority' of Israelis and Palestinians on a two-state solution to the conflict. The program has also been endorsed by boxer Muhammad Ali, and actors Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito, and Rhea Perlman. In an interview with Channel 2, Alexander described himself as a "lover of Israel," and that he...

Posted on Fri, May. 30, 2003 Kneel! It's the King of Rude Larry David's vulgar. He's cranky. And he can't change a tire. Finally, a hero for our time! By Douglas Perry Star-Telegram Staff Writer Larry David is a man who sticks to his principles, regardless of the bizarre outcome. I want to be Larry David. Yes, that's right, the annoying guy on HBO. Sure, David is bald and schlubby. True, few people like him -- and a lot of people downright can't stand him. But it's worth all that. And not because the Seinfeld co-creator is worth about a...