10 Things You Only Notice Rewatching Seinfeld
8. Two Frank Costanzas
It's strange that a show as immensely popular as Seinfeld can have so many inconsistencies. Whether that be casting, character names, or characters in general, the revising of these aspects is something that's as synonymous as comedy is with the show, and there aren't too many better examples of this ever-shifting cast of clientele than in the case of George's two fathers.
And no, this wasn't Seinfeld being progressive for its time, to those unversed in the show's rules of deplorability. This, in actuality, was a mistake in casting and one that had crucial reparations made in order to cast Jerry Stiller as the now iconic Frank Costanza.
Originally played by John Randolph before the fourth - and most definitive - season of Seinfeld, with the lack of tenacity, wit and melodrama imbued by the latter, Randolph's tenure at Seinfeld was homogenised to a single episode with the reason being that he just didn't have the flair that was later found in an actor like Jerry Stiller.
Randolph was passable as George Costanza's father, but in hindsight, he's a vastly more perplexing choice in terms of acting talent upon re-watching Seinfeld.