Festivus for the Rest of Us! The Hidden Gems and Interesting Facts About the Sitcom Seinfeld

Sixteen Hello’s and That’s All Folks

With nearly anything and everything, there has to be an opposing force. For every good guy in a workplace, there has to be the bad guy. A comedy sitcom like Seinfeld was no exception. Newman, played by actor Wayne Knight, was the antagonist of Seinfeld’s character.

When you have an antagonizing neighbor, an actual human interaction with that person is near impossible. A simple hello may be hard to utter to that neighbor that you cannot stand. Wayne Knight absolutely played the role of the obnoxious neighbor to annoying perfection. If you really paid attention to the series, Jerry only said “hello” to Newman 16 times throughout the series. Instead, he typically greeted him with a disgruntled, “Newman“.