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I Visited Jerry’s ‘Seinfeld’ Apartment, Aka A Time Machine To 1996 — PHOTOS
Seinfeld remains one of TV history's greatest sitcoms. To celebrate Hulu's June 24 launch of all episodes in the iconic series, the website recreated Jerry Seinfeld's New York City apartment at Milk Studios in Manhattan. The pop-up installation, which remains open to the public until June 28, gives fans a chance to walk through Seinfeld's Season 8 apartment, browse scripts from some of its most memorable episodes (including "The Summer of George," which I'll forever defend as the cream of the crop), shoot their own George Costanza-like boudoir photo on the sexy velvet couch featured in "The Package," and check out memorabilia like the Festivus pole and the actual diner booth where Jerry, George, and Elaine plotted world domination.
But, really, it's all about Seinfeld's apartment — sitting on that oh-so-'90s aqua couch and perusing his favorite cereals. Everything about his living quarters screams '90s, but here are 11 of the most awesome nostalgic finds I spotted in Seinfeld's sweet digs.
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Jerry's Old-Timey Phone
Today’s children will never understand the satisfying sensation associated with pushing actual buttons on a house phone. They’ll never hear all those bleeps as they dial a number or be forced to sit no farther than an inch away from the phone for fear that it will fall off the coffee table and break. Although Seinfeld would get “hip” to the times and invest in a huge portable phone, he spent many an episode gabbing on this classic black phone.
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Home Computer
Did Seinfeld even know how to turn on his home computer? You have to remember that a Compaq Deskpro like this one was hot stuff back in the mid to late ’90s and — fancy schmancy — his featured compartments for both hard and floppy disks.
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Rolodex
Imagine how difficult it must have been for a famous comedian to meet and date scores of beautiful women and to then have to keep track of their phone numbers. Enter the rolodex — the most important set of cards in a single person’s life back in the ’90s.
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'Pretty Woman' & Tetris
I like to think of Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer kicking back on one of their rare nights in with a little vino and Pretty Woman. After observing the remarkable resemblance George holds to this Jason Alexander fellow (remember? He played Edward’s jerk friend Philip Stuckey), he’d insist that he isn’t that bald, grab Jerry’s copy of Tetris, and storm over to the computer to play. The perfect ’90s night.
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Board Games
Obviously, Kramer would win every game of Trivial Pursuit. Elaine would argue about the accuracy of certain answers, and George would, again, huff and puff and opt for Tetris instead. Also: What the hell is Balderdash?
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Awesomely 'Badd' CD Collection
I’ve never thought of Jerry as a musical person, but he apparently has eclectic tastes in tunes that range from Thelonious Monk and Neil Young to the most ’90s boy band you don’t remember: Color Me Badd of “I Wanna Sex You Up” fame. Which of Seinfeld’s lucky 66 girlfriends do you suspect got the Color Me Badd and candlelight dinner treatment?
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Dishwasher-Less Kitchen
It is any wonder why Jerry ate 99 percent of his meals at Monk’s Cafe? His kitchen was adorable and featured of-the-moment transparent cabinets and what was considered at the time a sophisticated wine rack, but how the heck did anyone live without a dishwasher?
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Retro Fridge
No stainless steel here — but it was pretty exciting to have a water and ice dispenser built into your refrigerator, so don’t knock Jerry’s fridge too much. You could barely fit a week’s worth of meals in this one, but I’m guessing that wasn’t much of a concern for a single comedian who only ever ate breakfast at home.
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Retro Bike
Jerry was the original city-dwelling hipster who I assume took his bike out for a ride at some point, though there was little evidence of his bike-riding prowess in the series. Fun fact: this Klein bicycle was hot in the ’80s and ’90s and widespread distribution of the bicycle ceased in 2007 — so you can call it a modern classic.
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Keith Hernandez Mets Photograph
Keith Hernandez is Jerry’s idol, which explains why this framed photo of him appears in his apartment. In real life, the first baseman led the Mets to victory in the 1986 World Series, so Jerry was just one of thousands of baseball fans who continued to respect the famed player well into the ’90s. Of course, on Seinfeld, hilarity ensues after Hernandez meets and falls for Elaine —which is totally plausible because who wouldn’t fall for Elaine?
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'TIME' Magazine
Jerry’s coffee table was sometimes littered with magazines — TIME magazine’s Spring 1995 Special Issue: Welcome to Cyberspace was a must have for all forward-thinking ’90s folks. Imagine: without cyberspace, we would have to settle for purchasing 100 VHS Seinfeld tapes — instead of streaming them on Hulu. How far we’ve come.
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