12/21/2023 0 Comments Costanza playnow![]() ![]() ![]() “What the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for?!” he yells at the Yankees owner (in a tone that every living human has for sure heard their father use while watching a game on TV that he doesn’t realize is tape-delayed). When George Steinbrenner pays Frank and Estelle Costanza a visit to tell them that he fears their son is dead, Frank is distracted by a bigger, well, grievance. Seinfeld ( and the rest of the Davidverse) has always reflected the neuroses of everyday sports fans with precision, and in the show’s seventh season, it delivered a lasting image about a lopsided trade. When the news of Jerry Stiller’s death broke this morning, the word Festivus trended on Twitter, for obvious reasons. ![]() In his memory, the Ringer staff remembers Stiller’s greatest moments as Frank. But among all of that, he’ll forever be known as Frank Costanza, the loud, hilariously embittered father of George on Seinfeld. The father of Ben Stiller, Jerry had a long, generations-spanning career-from variety show fame with his wife, Anne Meara, to Hollywood to the small screen. Early Monday morning, Jerry Stiller died of natural causes at the age of 92. ![]()
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