{"id":434048,"date":"2023-08-27T17:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T17:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=434048"},"modified":"2023-08-27T17:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T17:36:03","slug":"keith-hernandez-explains-how-he-charmed-jason-alexander-from-seinfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/keith-hernandez-explains-how-he-charmed-jason-alexander-from-seinfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Hernandez Explains How He Charmed Jason Alexander From &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets legend-turned-broadcaster Keith Hernandez recalled his early 1990s guest appearance on the venerable NBC comedy to Vulture and talked about his interactions with the actors. He makes a noteworthy cameo in the season three episode &#8220;The Boyfriend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Keith Hernandez Explains How He Charmed Jason Alexander From &#8220;Seinfeld&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Over the course of its nine seasons, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seinfeld\">Seinfeld<\/a> featured a steady stream of guest stars, including Monica before Friends and a too interrogative bookman.<\/p>\n<p>However, the sitcom&#8217;s third season may have featured the most memorable swing: Former MLB star Keith Hernandez played, well, former MLB star Keith Hernandez, who becomes involved with just about every character after a chance encounter with Jerry and George in a locker room of a sports team. The triple play of pathways for the mustachioed Mets legend appears in &#8220;The Boyfriend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice interview, pretty boy. In conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/devonsaysrelax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@devonsaysrelax<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keithhernandez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@keithhernandez<\/a> answers all of our questions about Seinfeld <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uQPVvViWzt\">https:\/\/t.co\/uQPVvViWzt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vulture (@vulture) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vulture\/status\/1694375854380327397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarry [David] was very friendly and welcoming. Jerry [Seinfeld] was a little sheepish but welcoming. Julia Louis-Dreyfus was about three months pregnant with her first child, I believe. She probably wasn\u2019t feeling that great, but she was wonderful to work with. Jason Alexander was a little standoffish most of the week,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael Richards was very inquisitive about baseball. He knew nothing about it and questioned me throughout the week. He was interested in the lifestyle and what my profession contained. It was wonderful. He was very sweet, a nice man.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch Keith Hernandez Speak On How He Won Over \u2018Standoffish\u2019 \u2018Seinfeld\u2019 Star With Guest Role (Video) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1a21FpJqCr\">https:\/\/t.co\/1a21FpJqCr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dDBShl4zuK\">pic.twitter.com\/dDBShl4zuK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSO\/status\/1695180295731912749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hernandez believes that by displaying respectable acting skills, he may have left an effect on Alexander, who played George Costanza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe probably had to work his way through bit roles, and here I come as a guest star, and who am I? A retired baseball player? I\u2019m just speculating. But it all changed when we had to do the complete run-through in chronological order in front of the NBC executives on Friday night,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Main cast of Seinfeld \ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc41\u200d\ud83d\udde8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wjaBoXSIaQ\">pic.twitter.com\/wjaBoXSIaQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Unveiled Face (@unveiledface1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unveiledface1\/status\/1694219929031954434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to pass their litmus test and censors, and I didn\u2019t make any mistakes. Jason came up to me with a big smile and shook my hand and said, \u2018Nice going.\u2019 From that point on, he was wonderful. I guess I had to prove myself. I realized I couldn\u2019t hold them up and be terrible and not memorize lines. I had a lot of lines. It was a very, very stressful week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But he understood that the program had allowed him to break out of the city&#8217;s cultural elite&#8217;s sports cocoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf2d one of the funniest scenes on Seinfeld <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NmCqpSLWWe\">pic.twitter.com\/NmCqpSLWWe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Rabbit (@wierdusoccultus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wierdusoccultus\/status\/1694761511686684828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gave me legs. It kept me out there, and people knew who I was. I was living in Manhattan and at Elaine\u2019s [bar] all the time. That crowd was writers, actors, and people in the movie and Broadway industries,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Seinfeld\u2019 threw me right in with them. I had such a wonderful experience in my retirement up at Elaine\u2019s with various people I was able to rub elbows with. I\u2019m just a little kid from a beach town in Northern California, and here I am, having dinner with Sophia Loren one night, Clint Eastwood across the table, and chatting up Elia Kazan. Like, are you kidding?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That \u00a0show is one of the greatest experiences of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s a Seinfeld reference. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lrqvp8fONz\">pic.twitter.com\/lrqvp8fONz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chadi Bakhta (@chadi_bakhta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadi_bakhta\/status\/1695462142516809971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Hernandez, Larry David believes that &#8220;The Boyfriend,&#8221; which aired in February 1992, was a significant turning point in Seinfeld&#8217;s career. Seinfeld, who was overcome with emotion upon meeting his baseball idol, has stated that &#8220;The Boyfriend&#8221; is one of his favorite episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez, who has covered the Mets for SNY for 18 seasons as a commentator, even finds a positive similarity with himself. &#8220;Seinfeld gave me an extra life,&#8221; he claims. \u201cWhen I retired, I thought I would be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Miss Universe Demi Leigh Mimics Husband Tim Tebow\u2019s Florida Speech\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/miss-universe-demi-leigh-mimics-husband-tim-tebows-florida-speech\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Miss Universe Demi Leigh Mimics Husband Tim Tebow\u2019s Florida Speech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets legend-turned-broadcaster Keith Hernandez recalled his early 1990s guest appearance on the venerable NBC comedy to Vulture and talked about his interactions with the actors. 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