Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
The comedian's grandfather Simon Seinfeld was a 15-year-old tailor from Austria when he arrived at Ellis Island in 1903.
The New York Times and the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation traced the path of Seinfeld's family through passenger manifests, census records and naturalization papers. The foundation is giving Jerry Seinfeld a family heritage award on May 19.
George: Yeah! Look at me! I was free and clear! I was living the dream! I was stripped to the waist, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery!
Jerry: Before we go any further, I'd just like to point out how disturbing it is that you equate eating a block of cheese with some sort of bachelor paradise.
George: Don't you see? I'm back in.
Jerry: All because of Wrath of Khan?
George: Yes!
Jerry: Well, it was the best of those movies.
George: KHAAAAAAAANNNN!