Earlier in the week, the acting and comedy world lost Jerry Stiller, who died at the age of 92. Stiller was featured in a number of roles throughout his acting career, but, perhaps, his most notable role came when he portrayed Frank Costanza in the hit sitcom Seinfeld from 1989 to 1998.
In honor of Stiller and to reflect on, arguably, one of the most memorable sitcoms in television history, the afternoon crew of WGR Sports Radio 550 decided to conduct the WGR Seinfeld Draft on Friday!
This draft featured both Mike Schopp and "Sneaky Joe" DiBiase from the Dunn Tire Studios in Amherst, while Chris "Bulldog" Parker was broadcasting from his attic studios at home. In addition, the guys welcomed in one half of the Howard and Jeremy Show to make some picks and join in on the fun, Jeremy White!
Did we also mention that Howard Simon is first cousins with Jason Alexander, a.k.a. George Costanza?
If you remember from the summer of 2017, the afternoon crew held the WGR Sitcom Draft, where Seinfeld went second overall to Bulldog after Maryalice Demler from WGRZ-TV in Buffalo went with Cheers at the first overall selection.
The rules are simple: pick the best characters from the show and fill up the board.
Follow along with the festivities by using the hashtag #SeinfeldDraft on Twitter, or you can track all of the picks made below:
Tune in for the festivities beginning at 4 p.m. on WGR.
Round 1:
1.) Joe DiBiase (@SneakyJoeWGR): Cosmo Kramer
2.) Mike Schopp (@Schopptalk): Elaine Benes
3.) Bulldog (@Bulldogwgr): George Costanza
4.) Jeremy White (@JeremyWGR): Jerry Seinfeld
Round 2:
5.) White: Frank Costanza
6.) Bulldog: Newman
7.) Schopp: Estelle Costanza
8.) DiBiase: David Puddy
Round 3:
9.) White: J. Peterman
10.) Bulldog: Uncle Leo
11.) Schopp: George Steinbrenner
12.) DiBiase: Morty Seinfeld
Round 4:
13.) DiBiase: Kenny Bania
14.) Schopp: Dr. Tim Whatley
15.) Bulldog: Sidra Holland
16.) White: Mickey Abbott
Round 5:
17.) White: Joe Bookman
18.) Bulldog: Keith Hernandez
19.) Schopp: The Soup Nazi
20.) DiBiase: Jackie Chiles
Round 6:
21.) DiBiase: Mr. Pitt
22.) Schopp: Mr. Lippman
23.) Bulldog: The Mohel
24.) White: The Doorman
Round 7:
25.) White: Rachel Goldstein
26.) Bulldog: Gennice Graham
27.) Schopp: Cartwright
28.) DiBiase: Sid Fields
Round 8:
29.) DiBiase: Babhu Bhat
30.) Schopp: Marisa Tomei
31.) Bulldog: Naked guy on the subway
32.) White: Dolores
LIGHTNING ROUND:
Round 9:
33.) White: Alton Benes
34.) Bulldog: Helen Seinfeld
35.) Schopp: Jimmy
36.) DiBiase: Jean-Paul
Round 10:
37.) DiBiase: Tony the Mechanic
38.) Schopp: Manya
39.) Bulldog: The "God Bless You" husband
40.) White: Izzy Mandelbaum
So now it's your turn to decide: Who won the #SeinfeldDraft?#StayConnected
— WGR 550 (@WGR550) May 15, 2020
