Jerry Seinfeld (character)

:For the actor, see Jerry Seinfeld.

Pseudonym

Jerry Seinfeld, like the other main characters on Seinfeld used a pseudonym in order to get himself out of various sticky situations. Jerry's is Kel Varnsen: the arch-rival of H.E. Pennypacker (Kramer's pseudonym) and a wealthy developer/industrialist. Notably, both of them plus Art Vandelay (George's pseudonym) appear in the episode "The Puerto Rican Day". Jerry, as Kel Varnsen, also answered his phone posing as Vandelay Industries in order to aid George's unemployment fraud. It was widely postulated that Jerry's alias was actually "Kal" both to honor his father whose name was Kalman and as an homage to Superman, whose Kryptonian name was "Kal-El", but it was revealed on the Seinfeld 4th season DVD that the name is spelled "Kel." Jerry also played an associate of George's "O'Brien", named Dylan Murphy, a man who immigrated to America from Ireland when he was a boy. Dylan cited a cereal famine as the reason for immigration.

Related Topics:
Pseudonym - Unemployment - Fraud - Krypton - Cereal - Famine

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