Lawrence also had a problem with the audience laughing whenever he said his lines. He thought that they were making fun of him, forgetting that he signed up for a role in a *comedy* 🤣🤣
“Can I say one thing to you? And I say this with an unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality... it’s fabulous.” That line is such a Larry David line - I guarantee he wrote that.
Patton Oswalt tells a story in his book about how there was a screening once of Citizen Kane at the New Beverly theater that Tierney aimlessly wandered into the middle of and just sat there talking back to the screen at full volume for like 20 minutes. truly "wandered into", because some assistant had to come into the theater to get Tierney after he couldn't figure out where he'd gotten to. like he was a resident of a care home out on a day trip.
@@AnimeAftermath Kiddy fiddling, and this cretin also wrote on SM about BJs for minors. Where have you been? It's no laughing matter. HW is a very sick place!
Kevin Hoang yes reportedly Tierney, “Was a brawler up until the end of his career, provoking almost all of the younger actors he worked with on Reservoir Dogs (1992) and actually having nearly come to blows with director Quentin Tarantino”. From IMDb.
When he guest starred on the Simpsons the limo driver that brought him to the recording session flat-out refused to come back for him If you're a Simpsons fan listen to the audio commentary for his episode, season 7's Marge Be Not Proud, there's some great Tierney stories there
He was a nutty ex-raging- alcoholic who fought in seemingly every bar and saloon he ever went in. He knew jails. And, mimicking his movie- HOODLUM, he was actually (albeit, off-screen) inside an apartment where at the moment he walked in, according to his story to the investigators in the p.d., a woman came flying out thru an open window. He claimed she did it during an act of committing suicide..and the police never charged him. In HOODLUM, he actually threw the woman out through the open window. I have a rule: If you have been in a room where someone jumped out of a window and you have Lawrence Tierney's personality and track record, I want nothing to do with you, lol.
Everyone comes across like such a dweeb, he got caught nabbing something from the set that loads of people do, and made a joke when he got caught. Oh the horror.
There's an extra feature on the tenth anniversary edition of the Reservoir Dogs DVD that is a tribute to Lawrence Tierney. It is basically the cast talking about how nutty Lawrence was. He apparently lifted some worthless table centerpiece vase from a restaurant where he and Chris Penn were dining. When Chris asked him about it he said he didn't take it. So maybe the guy just had a klepto streak on top of all of his other problems.
It's been said that Lawrence Tierney was a real pain-in-the-ass during the making of "Reservoir Dogs." In fact, he so struggled with the script's poetic dialogue that his scenes took longer to film. Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and other members of the cast have some interesting stories to tell about Tierney, who really left a mark on those he encountered (physically and metaphorically).
Lawrence Tierney was terrific as Elaine's dad -- he would have been fantastic as a running character on Seinfeld! Too bad he was too nuts to the rest of the cast! Would have been great!!
Tierney sounds like a terror to work with. When he did an episode of The Simpsons, he was described as the craziest guest star they ever had on that show as well.
@Wolfgang H Jason said there was no reason not to have him back, but they even felt he stole something off the set. He was untrustworthy and his personality was bizarre. They would have otherwise it seems.
@Wolfgang H He would have been a great recurring character; if not a few times a year. Assume they had reasons, but then again the show did survive without him on board.
“Which one of you two is the funny guy?” “He’s the funny guy”. “We had a funny guy with us in Korea, a tail gunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. There’s nothing funny about that”. Hilariously chilling!
He played the security guard at the Shop-N-Save during a Christmas episode of the Simpsons. His voice is so distinctive that if you see the episode, you'll think of his Seinfeld character right away.
I would love to talk to a guy like that. When I was in high school (1984) I worked in the mailroom of a law firm on Park Ave, in the “Pan Am” building, Rogers & Wells, and one of the mailroom guys, we called him “Pops” (Aaron B) was a navigator on a B17 during WWII, and the boss was a vet of WWII and Korea, He was quiet, really didn’t talk, but anyhow, I would help him (Pops) do the mail sorting and stamping with the Pitney Bowes machines, and he was a bit more talkative, and the stories he would tell me of his mission, and how he came to meet his beloved wife Irmagard. I would love when they would ask me to help him out, I loved to hear his stories and he would tell me about the technology of the aircraft.
When they met on the Reservoir Dogs set Bunker kept looking at Tierney. The others wondered what was going on, and they explained they were wondering if Bunker was responsible for some of the numerous scars on Tierney's skull after a brawl in the 50's.
An actor has nothing to do with the character it's playing. Also, comparing Richards with Tierney, who has dozens of stories about his poor demeanor on set, is just asinine. To compare anyone with Tierney's behavior is imbeciIe.
haha that's right he was the security guard for Shop-N-Save, it's so obvious, but I just never really made the connection in my mind before. Anyways this episode was hilarious.
I really liked L.T. after meeting him. I found him honest down to earth. He could have a normal conversation laugh and joke with the average person. Our nearly ninety minute talk ended with a hand shake and him saying, I like you kid!
I like how Tierney just fucked with them. Palming a big ass knife and walking around set with it? Epic! He was perfect for this role and one time was enough. You can’t top it and having him in other episodes there’s no way it would have been as good.
I just want to write that my name is Josh and i want to write that Seinfeld is my favorite half hour sitcom. I just want to write that reruns of Seinfeld came to the Comedy Central channel in October 2021.
That guy Lawrence is absolutely an amazing actor. He put the whole show couple notches up. If only they had the guts to keep him.. may be put him in a metal cage or something, LOL
So Jerry's wearing his new suede jacket inside out, and Alton Benes says to him "you're not walking down the street with us looking like that, that's for damn sure". So why didn't Jerry just decide to keep his jacket inside out, and walk about a half block behind Elaine and her dad? The pink, candycane lining is have silk, half linen and half cotton. How can you go wrong?
@alex8711, no, that came from one of the writers when he had his first meeting. Larry David thought he had taken a box of raisins on the table and it turned out he hadn't.
@VerySeriousChannel I know. I actually had heard about that or read it somewhere. So when I heard the cast of Seinfeld also saying how nuts he was, it made me laugh.
During the filming of Reservoir Dogs, Lawrence Tierney tried to shoot his nephew! Tarantino had to bail him out of jail in order to finish the movie. Tierney had a long history with law enforcement, and none of it was good.
Maybe he likes taking other people's stuff. A high percentage of the world's population live their lives by taking instead of producing. They're called low achievers. I reckon he just wanted a nostalgic souvenir. Big deal.
Maybe he really did have some bizarre idea of doing exactly what he said, whipping out the knife and making Psycho sounds while hacking towards Jerry, or he could just be a bit klepto a la Winona Ryder
Lawrence also had a problem with the audience laughing whenever he said his lines. He thought that they were making fun of him, forgetting that he signed up for a role in a *comedy* 🤣🤣
What's your source on this? This stuff is fascinating!!
He was old school. Real real real old school.
@@ricarleiteActor's Studio.
"We'll say we're frightened, and we have to go home!"
“Can I say one thing to you? And I say this with an unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality... it’s fabulous.”
That line is such a Larry David line - I guarantee he wrote that.
He wrote the whole episode
He’s in da batroom.
Patton Oswalt tells a story in his book about how there was a screening once of Citizen Kane at the New Beverly theater that Tierney aimlessly wandered into the middle of and just sat there talking back to the screen at full volume for like 20 minutes. truly "wandered into", because some assistant had to come into the theater to get Tierney after he couldn't figure out where he'd gotten to. like he was a resident of a care home out on a day trip.
He may have been
20 minutes nobody interrupted this man talking to the screen. Bullshit.
Did Oswalt write anything about his own bad stuff, I doubt it. He is one sick SoB.
@@29brenduslol okay, I have to ask... where did that come from?
@@AnimeAftermath Kiddy fiddling, and this cretin also wrote on SM about BJs for minors. Where have you been? It's no laughing matter. HW is a very sick place!
Apparently Tarantino also said that Tierney was extremely difficult to work with in Reservoir Dogs.
Kevin Hoang yes reportedly Tierney, “Was a brawler up until the end of his career, provoking almost all of the younger actors he worked with on Reservoir Dogs (1992) and actually having nearly come to blows with director Quentin Tarantino”. From IMDb.
He shot his cousin during shooting of the film 🤷🏼
When he guest starred on the Simpsons the limo driver that brought him to the recording session flat-out refused to come back for him
If you're a Simpsons fan listen to the audio commentary for his episode, season 7's Marge Be Not Proud, there's some great Tierney stories there
He was a nutty ex-raging- alcoholic who fought in seemingly every bar and saloon he ever went in.
He knew jails.
And, mimicking his movie-
HOODLUM, he was actually (albeit, off-screen) inside an apartment where at the moment he walked in, according to his story to the investigators in the p.d., a woman came flying out thru an open window.
He claimed she did it during an act of committing suicide..and the police never charged him.
In HOODLUM, he actually threw the woman out through the open window.
I have a rule: If you have been in a room where someone jumped out of a window and you have Lawrence Tierney's personality and track record, I want nothing to do with you, lol.
Everyone comes across like such a dweeb, he got caught nabbing something from the set that loads of people do, and made a joke when he got caught. Oh the horror.
There's an extra feature on the tenth anniversary edition of the Reservoir Dogs DVD that is a tribute to Lawrence Tierney. It is basically the cast talking about how nutty Lawrence was. He apparently lifted some worthless table centerpiece vase from a restaurant where he and Chris Penn were dining. When Chris asked him about it he said he didn't take it. So maybe the guy just had a klepto streak on top of all of his other problems.
Just a criminal basically
Maybe this?
ruclips.net/video/T2ohXTtJP7A/видео.html
Tierney was a maniac of legendary proportions
and still Jerry goes up to him and asks for the knife. 😁
I wouldn't have had him back either, and this is in my top ten seinfeld episodes. you can't have someone creating such a tense atmosphere constantly
“....but he was a good guy” 😂
It's been said that Lawrence Tierney was a real pain-in-the-ass during the making of "Reservoir Dogs." In fact, he so struggled with the script's poetic dialogue that his scenes took longer to film. Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and other members of the cast have some interesting stories to tell about Tierney, who really left a mark on those he encountered (physically and metaphorically).
is there any article about him and quentin together? Tarantino is nuts by himself with someone like ttierney, shit would be funny af.
KALOKAGATHOS RUclips search, "Lawrence Tierney - One Big Teddy Bear." Good inside stuff there!
Matthew Alexander Lemma
Guy Incognito sounds like chevy chase
Worth it though, nobody could play his character type like him
Lawrence Tierney was terrific as Elaine's dad -- he would have been fantastic as a running character on Seinfeld! Too bad he was too nuts to the rest of the cast! Would have been great!!
He has been crazy since way back
yeah, but he would have murdered a few people here and there each appearance
Tierney sounds like a terror to work with. When he did an episode of The Simpsons, he was described as the craziest guest star they ever had on that show as well.
That would've been great to have George's dad and Elaine's dad meet and swap war stories and wrestle afterwards in feats of strength.
Frank could have cooked up Alton a special dish...
A reign of blows lol
he would have murdered jerry stiller
Alton, you couldn’t blow a tailgunner’s brains out all over the Pacific if you had a hot date with a babe.. I lost my train of thought.
Oh my god, what I wouldn't give for him to have been as regular a character as Jerry or George's parents.
They would have had him back but he was crazy and they found him frightening to be around in real life.
Well said and well put ! The late Mr Tierney was his own worst enemy !
@Wolfgang H Jason Alexander said it in an interview. He was there. Julia pretty much said the same.
@Wolfgang H Jason said there was no reason not to have him back, but they even felt he stole something off the set. He was untrustworthy and his personality was bizarre. They would have otherwise it seems.
@Wolfgang H He would have been a great recurring character; if not a few times a year. Assume they had reasons, but then again the show did survive without him on board.
Yo, this is literally the craziest Seinfeld story of all time. Props to Jerry for having no fear.
“Which one of you two is the funny guy?”
“He’s the funny guy”.
“We had a funny guy with us in Korea, a tail gunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. There’s nothing funny about that”. Hilariously chilling!
He played the security guard at the Shop-N-Save during a Christmas episode of the Simpsons. His voice is so distinctive that if you see the episode, you'll think of his Seinfeld character right away.
The episode where Bart steals a video game?
@@billblaski9523 indeed.
'''Ahh stinkin'' piece a crap''
ruclips.net/video/fRgmnNsBM4o/видео.html
And...I wasn't about to ask him for it back. lol
I love how Michael Richards talks about Tierney like Tierney is crazy lol
He was. Watch the interviews the cast of Reservoir Dogs gave on Tierney. Especially from Chris Penn.
@@bishopaz of course Kramer is crazy, but Michael's such a nice guy. So disciplined and never goes out of character when filming.
@@arun1584a he's saying that Tierney was crazy, in real life. Not the character of Kramer.
Yes. Michael Richards is also crazy.
@@schmassbinder One episode doesn't make a person crazy except on the minds of crazy buffoons.
I think Tom is being way to nice in his description of Tierney. Julia though, what charming blunt honesty 😂
I knew Larry. He was a nice guy. Yes he was loony too.
Lawrence Tierney, Master of the house.
Just saw Les Mis and when they got to the Master of the House song, I thought of this episode and snickered.
I would love to talk to a guy like that. When I was in high school (1984) I worked in the mailroom of a law firm on Park Ave, in the “Pan Am” building, Rogers & Wells, and one of the mailroom guys, we called him “Pops” (Aaron B) was a navigator on a B17 during WWII, and the boss was a vet of WWII and Korea, He was quiet, really didn’t talk, but anyhow, I would help him (Pops) do the mail sorting and stamping with the Pitney Bowes machines, and he was a bit more talkative, and the stories he would tell me of his mission, and how he came to meet his beloved wife Irmagard. I would love when they would ask me to help him out, I loved to hear his stories and he would tell me about the technology of the aircraft.
He's just a very dedicated method actor.
Method acting shouldn’t prompt an entire cast and crew to fear for their lives.
I keep forgetting that Lawrence Tierney was also in one of my favorite Simpsons episodes, the one where Bart gets caught shoplifting.
The shopping mall security? I had no idea! Good catch!
I think he was from the Try and Save.
If you listen to the commentary on the DVD, the Simpsons staff were all scared of him too!
Pipe down choir boy
Crazy to me that Larry David dated Richard Yates’ daughter.
Would love to hear Tierney do the "Psycho sound" while waving a fucking knife.
I took a university writing workshop with Monica Yates (Richard's daughter) in the late '70s. She didn't like me either.
love how all these Seinfeld vids have 0 dislikes ... such an amazing show !
Lol, now all the videos all across the RUclips verse have 0 dislikes 🤣
Pipe down chorus boy!
Tierney brawled with Eddie Bunker once in the 50s-60s, according to Eddie
When they met on the Reservoir Dogs set Bunker kept looking at Tierney. The others wondered what was going on, and they explained they were wondering if Bunker was responsible for some of the numerous scars on Tierney's skull after a brawl in the 50's.
Eirik W ever hear the story chris penn had of him? lol with the bbq and lawn chairs? fuckin funny
shinzantetsu yeah haha
@ReaktorLeak Good good good
It was a standout cameo performance though. Reason it's still remembered.
"My way or the highway! Hmph!" "Lets go to werk!" 😡👍🏻
1:48 that bit was so funny
Hey, it's that guy that plays the security guard on The Simpsons episode where Bart steals Bonestorm.
Yes
Get two. I'm not sharing with Kaitlyn.
Now we know where the names "mr. white and mr.pink" came from
When even the actor who plays Kramer says to "keep an eye" on you because HE thinks you're acting suspicious you know you've got problems.
I'm like ice. If I don't like you, you've got problems.
An actor has nothing to do with the character it's playing. Also, comparing Richards with Tierney, who has dozens of stories about his poor demeanor on set, is just asinine. To compare anyone with Tierney's behavior is imbeciIe.
Yeah, there was a box of knives there before.
WOW. You really have to be a Seinfeld fan to get that reference!
"Did he steal the knives?"
Tierney was a lot on the Simpsons too apparently
Come on, it was worth it to bring him back.
"What the hell do you call this?!" #lol When I first watched this episode, I thought my grandfather had returned from the beyond.
“Wait a minute. ..What da hell do you call this?”
I am Obsessed about how much money he spent on that jacket
Elaines dads character apparently used to joke about stabbing Seinfeld
Why the hell would they have sharpened knives laying around unsupervised?
Elaine really is hot.
I've waited 7 & a half years to respond to this. Still not sure what to say..
@@davidkeene64
I know it's been over a year since you've commented here, but just say whatever first comes to mind. Say what's in your heart.
@@leniobarcelos2264 David is no longer with us
@@davidkeene64 R.I.P David
They should have brought him back. It would have been worth it to deal with his craziness.
Agreed. It's such a great character that had so many amazing possibilities.
Seinfeld could have easily been renamed 'the jacket sitcom'
Man, Jerry is something else!
Elaine's dad is really, really funny:) Wish they'd made him a regular character.
Unblemished record of staunch of heterosexuality --> dates a girl who looks like ur best friend
haha that's right he was the security guard for Shop-N-Save, it's so obvious, but I just never really made the connection in my mind before.
Anyways this episode was hilarious.
I really liked L.T. after meeting him. I found him honest down to earth. He could have a normal conversation laugh and joke with the average person. Our nearly ninety minute talk ended with a hand shake and him saying, I like you kid!
"Master of the house doling out the charm, ready with a handshake and an open palm.."
I like how Tierney just fucked with them. Palming a big ass knife and walking around set with it? Epic! He was perfect for this role and one time was enough. You can’t top it and having him in other episodes there’s no way it would have been as good.
One wild guy since way back, look him up and you will see. Just Wild. (Stay on his good side)
I don't know . . . I've seen suede brushes work miracles.
Lawrence Tierney disliked this
I’d like to ask the people who disliked this video, why? What were they expecting to find here that has disappointed them?
Lawrence was like my father. He would call six of son's candy ass. Lmao
@Yaybels EXACTLY!!! Finally someone who knows what I'm talking about.
oh yeah, that's where else I've seen him!
I just want to write that my name is Josh and i want to write that Seinfeld is my favorite half hour sitcom. I just want to write that reruns of Seinfeld came to the Comedy Central channel in October 2021.
Ashamed he did that, it would of been great to have Elaine's father in more eposides becasue with him meeting her boyfreinds and such :)
Classic !
That guy Lawrence is absolutely an amazing actor. He put the whole show couple notches up. If only they had the guts to keep him.. may be put him in a metal cage or something, LOL
So Jerry's wearing his new suede jacket inside out, and Alton Benes says to him "you're not walking down the street with us looking like that, that's for damn sure". So why didn't Jerry just decide to keep his jacket inside out, and walk about a half block behind Elaine and her dad? The pink, candycane lining is have silk, half linen and half cotton. How can you go wrong?
@alex8711, no, that came from one of the writers when he had his first meeting. Larry David thought he had taken a box of raisins on the table and it turned out he hadn't.
And the rest of the names are lifted,from "The Taking of Pelham 123"
I think Tierney was just a kleptomaniac, Chris Penn said he took the vase from a restaurant table and shoved it in his jacket.
Too bad we didn't get to hear Jerry commenting on the incident with the knife.
InvaderPet, Amazing the things you'll run into on random comment sections.
He grew up with my Dad... he had a wonderful sense of humor
Those Bastards!!!
@VerySeriousChannel I know. I actually had heard about that or read it somewhere. So when I heard the cast of Seinfeld also saying how nuts he was, it made me laugh.
😵💫He’s always scared the crap out of me
They should have read Lawrence Tierney's wikipedia page beforehand , he had a loooong history of violent aggression
WTF?! Wikipedia didn't even exist in the 90s.
@@STO_1601 True, but his extensive police record did and that's the info on wikipedia
They're making too much of the knife thing.
Imagine stealing something from your workplace & then threatening your boss when you get caught
it's not normal. why would you steal a knife?
some ppl go nuts with old age.
he must've been too unstable because they never brought him back.
Bet Lawrence Tierney was really a funny guy to hang out with. Pendant, those bastards!!
+doc2skate We had a funny guy back in Korea...
Tail Gunner...they blew his brains out all over the Pacific.
He's a reasonable man but he's INSANE
The old guy play on a episode of tales from the dark side......
Hope your well.
Shut up.
Watch his early movies and you can see Tierney is just being Tierney. 👍👍👍
Wow
You mean to tell me that isn't george lucas?!!!
The two best episodes from season 2 were the Chinese restaurant and the Jacket.
that's hilarious
You're Mr. Pink.
I’m surprised that Tierney wasn’t straight-up fired and recast after the knife incident. That was anything but professional behavior on his part.
what song was george singing when he met elaine's father?
Something from Les Miserables
Larry David is actually uncle junior
Did they ever show in subsequent episodes, the block of knives with ONE MISSING?
I think he must have been forced to leave the knife on the set after being caught trying to take it.
@alex8711 I was wondering about that
During the filming of Reservoir Dogs, Lawrence Tierney tried to shoot his nephew! Tarantino had to bail him out of jail in order to finish the movie. Tierney had a long history with law enforcement, and none of it was good.
He wasn't a nice guy at all.
Rampage Clover Yeah he was, have u ever met him? He was nuts, but had a good heart
You mean when he's not hitting people? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Tierney#Off-screen_troubles
Toby?
or whatever his name was
All jokes aside I think they took it a little far Laurence was not gonna kill Anyone
I wonder who'd win in a fight, Alton Benes or Frank Costanza? 🤔
im confused,,,why would he steal a knife its worthless,,,,why didnt he simply not ask jerry if he could have it who would refuse
Maybe he likes taking other people's stuff. A high percentage of the world's population live their lives by taking instead of producing. They're called low achievers. I reckon he just wanted a nostalgic souvenir. Big deal.
Maybe he really did have some bizarre idea of doing exactly what he said, whipping out the knife and making Psycho sounds while hacking towards Jerry, or he could just be a bit klepto a la Winona Ryder
There are guys who steal as a nervous habit when he has absolutely no reason to.
Could be early-onset dementia brought on by years of alcoholism.