J. Peterman (Seinfeld character)

J. Peterman is perhaps best known as the eccentric owner of the J. Peterman catalog sales company and Elaine's boss on the television show, Seinfeld. However, J. (John) Peterman and the J. Peterman catalog are real—although the real-life J. Peterman Company is based not in New York City, but in Lexington, Kentucky. J. Peterman talks like the character in the show and, as portrayed on the show, the catalog is spiced with tangential prose in the descriptions of the products—hard-to-find clothing and accessories.

Related Topics:
Elaine's - Seinfeld - New York City - Lexington, Kentucky

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The J. Peterman of Seinfeld fame was portrayed by John O'Hurley. After a somewhat serendipitous series of events—a boom, a bust, a buy-out, a buy-back and, finally, a meeting between Peterman and O'Hurley which the latter likened to "Bruno Magli meeting O.J. Simpson"—the fictional J. Peterman now sits on the real J. Peterman board of directors.

Related Topics:
John O'Hurley - Bruno Magli - O.J. Simpson

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See also: Minor characters in Seinfeld

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