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{{quote|(paraphrasing) ''Jason Alexander'': This is ridiculous. This could never happen to someone, and even if it did, no one would react that way.
''Larry David'': What are you talking about? It happened to me, and that's exactly how I reacted! }}
** Kramer was based on David's neighbor Kenny Kramer.
*** This was even parodied in the series: In "The Muffin Tops", Kramer starts his own bus tour, proclaiming himself to be the ''real'' J. Peterman (to differentiate himself from the anecdotes he supplied to J. Peterman's autobiography). This mirrors real life, as Kenny Kramer has run Kramer's Reality Tour and Kramer's Reality Road Show, the gimmick being that he's the ''real life'' Kramer.
** In addition, Bob Balaban's recurring role of Russell Dalrymple, the fictitious president of NBC who works with Jerry and George on a television pilot and later becomes Elaine's love interest, was modeled on then NBC Entertainment president Warren Littlefield, who had allowed David and Seinfeld to produce the ''Seinfeld'' pilot.
** The famous Soup Nazi was based on a real soup kitchen owner in New York. He did not take it well, and banned the entire cast and crew of the show from ever coming to his kitchen.
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