But I Don't Wanna Be A Secondary Character! - A Seinfeld Podcast

Be sure to fill in our confidential 2 minute fan survey below, we’d love to know your thoughts on the podcast so we can make it even better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2VLH6MV—This week Ivan, Stacie and Stephen laugh at car-jacking victims and sleep with witnesses as they talk about the secondary characters from the very last Seinfeld episode, The Finale. Topics covered include anabolic lemons, Schadenfreude, the genius of 2000 film 'Chopper', M*A*S*H, and Staind's musical legacy; Seinfeldisms (from 5:27), Seinfeld News (from 8:14), episode trivia (from 17:07); secondaries James Kimbrough (from 21:36). District Attorney Hoyt (from 32:02), Officer Matt Vogel (from 47:42), Howie the car-jacking victim (from 51:42), Judge Arthur Vandelay (from 55:30) and The Ketchup Couple (1:04:00). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out!—Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Fin

Are you looking for a brand new conversation podcast with some interesting guests? Well, you’ve found it. My name is Ivan Puggioni, and I am one of the voices from acclaimed Seinfeld podcast ‘But I Don’t Wanna Be A Secondary Character!’. I am back for Season 3 of ‘In Melbourne Last Week’, a podcast where I speak to everyday people who do extraordinary things, from Melbourne and everywhere else. This season’s main themes include adversity and survival, but there are also some more lighthearted topics to break it up. New episodes release every Monday from December 2nd 2019. You can listen to new and previous episodes below, or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get your podcasts. Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/in-melbourne-last-week -------Want to say hello? Get in touch! Email me at inmelbournelastweek@gmail.comFacebookTwitterInstagram

Be sure to fill in our confidential 2 minute fan survey below, we’d love to know your thoughts on the podcast so we can make it even better:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2VLH6MV -- This week Ivan and Stephen convert to the Lithuanian Orthodox religion and give each other slinkys as they talk about the secondary characters from season 5's The Conversion. Topics covered include the real translation of "Kavorka", another dig at Friends, being recruited by Scientology and the Freemasons, "Latty-Ortho"; Seinfeldisms (from 3:58), Seinfeld News (from 6:26), episode trivia (from 9:35); secondaries George's episode girlfriend Tawny (from 14:56), Sister Roberta (from 20:15), the older priest (from 27:05), Jerry's episode girlfriend Sasha (35:25) and Elaine's episode boyfriend the podiatrist (from 42:33). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! — Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the sh

Be sure to fill in our confidential 2 minute fan survey below, we’d love to know your thoughts on the podcast so we can make it even better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2VLH6MV -- This week Ivan and Stephen call each other phonies as they talk about the secondaries from season 3's The Parking Space. Topics covered include the confusing this episode with The Parking Garage, the best parking method, tall poppy syndrome, NYC road rage; Seinfeldisms (from 3:00), Seinfeld News (from 3:53), episode trivia (from 12:27); secondaries Mike (from 16:45), Sid (from 28:30), Matthew and his mother (from 30:31), the Truck Driver (37:41) and Sheila (from 38:48). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! — Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get yo

Be sure to fill in our confidential 2 minute fan survey below, we’d love to know your thoughts on the podcast so we can make it even better:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2VLH6MV -- This week Ivan, Stephen and Stacie apologise for past mistakes and install garbage disposals in their showers as they talk about the secondaries from season 9's The Apology. Topics covered include a poignant Seinfeldism, Rum and Raisin ice cream, and the reality of recovering from substance abuse; Seinfeldisms (from 5:49), Seinfeld News (from 8:17), episode trivia (from 16:36); secondaries Jason 'Stanky' Hanky (from 18:36), Jerry's episode girlfriend/nudist Melissa, (from 34:03), germaphobe Peggy (from 43:21) and Jason's Sponsor (from 49:59). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! — Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email

Be sure to fill in our confidential 2 minute fan survey below, we’d love to know your thoughts on the podcast so we can make it even better:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2VLH6MV—This week Ivan and Stacie shave one half of their faces and hide from Crazy Joe Davola as they continue on from last week’s The Pitch to talk about part two of the hour long special, The Ticket! They talk about Regurgitator’s song ‘Fat Cop’, Stacie’s love for Uncle Leo, Ivan’s love for Kramer/Newman schemes, and Batman villain Egghead; Seinfeldisms (from 6:21), Seinfeld News (from 9:33); secondaries including Stacie’s take on some of last week’s characters as well as Uncle Leo (from 21:12), The Judge presiding over Newman’s case (from 28:51), The Court Cop (from 35:46), and the Cop at Monk’s (from 40:04). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out!--Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find u

Be sure to fill in our confidential 2 minute fan survey below, we’d love to know your thoughts on the podcast so we can make it even better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2VLH6MV -- This week Ivan and Stephen swap a faulty radar detector and have no integrity as they talk about the secondaries from Season 4’s The Pitch! They chat about Joe Ebola, NBC/ABC, and the Friendlyjordies/Clive Palmer lawsuit; Seinfeldisms (3:49), Seinfeld News (5:16), episode trivia (9:59); secondary characters Dr. Reston (15:39), NBC executives Stu and Jay (22:15), Russell Dalrymple (29:11) and Newman (33:59). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! — Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfel

This week we pass off Dominicans as Cubans and out-Neil Neil as we talk about the secondaries from Season 8’s The English Patient! We chat about Ivan's engagement, how crap the Transformers film franchise is, Jerry's new billionaire status, and Hot Shots: Party Duex; Seinfeldisms (3:09), Seinfeld News (5:29), episode trivia (16:13); secondary characters Elaine's episode boyfriend Blaine (18:58), George's episode girlfriend Danielle (24:12), all the Izzy Mandelbaums (30:07), Earl Haffler (40:09) and Guillermo (42:20). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out!—Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’,—Seinfeld News Hailee Steinfeld's new songSeinfeld's new comedy Bil

This week we weren't able to record our latest episode as Stephen wasn't feeling well (is it lupus?!), so we are dragging another episode out From The Vault! We relive our 50th episode (Season 4's The Contest), which was recorded at Seinfeld themed George's Bar in Melbourne in 2018. We will be back next week for Season 8's The English Patient! ---------Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’, — Ivan’s other podcast ‘In Melbourne Last Week’ will return for Season 3 in December 2019, listen to his previous episodes on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify, with this RSS feed for other podcast services, or on the show's website.

This week we get plastic surgery and get addicted to sex as we talk about the secondaries from Season 3’s The Nose Job! We chat about getting rich from Netflix, choosing sex over morality and the experimentation of this episode; Seinfeldisms (3:15), Seinfeld News (4:11), episode trivia (12:08); secondary characters the Newstand Owner (15:31), George's episode girlfriend Audrey (17:02), Jerry's episode girlfriend Isabel (25:10) and The Landlord (34:00). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! — Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’, — Seinfeld News Netflix acquire Seinfeld streaming rights from 2021Seinfeld drops into Las Vegas comedy clubCurb Your Enthusiasm f

This week we lose our eyebrows and get a rash as we talk about the secondaries from Season 8’s The Package! We talk about Sliding Doors, poos and wees, pun wi-fi names, healing the world's divisions, shortening our synopses, Basic Instinct, Phil Hartman's legacy, and how this episode would be received in 2019; Seinfeldisms (2:40), Seinfeld News (7:10), episode trivia (18:23); secondary characters Dr. Berg (24:31), Shiela (30:30), Ron (36:19), Dr. Stern (45:39), Dr. Resnik (46:44) and The Mailman (50:27). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! --Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going.Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’, here. --Seinfeld NewsJohn O'Hurley's unhappiness about Holywood's liberal slan

This week we postpone our wedding to the first day of Spring and confess to a loud mouthed rabbi as we talk about the secondaries from Season 7’s The Postponement! We talk about somehow reaching #1 in Australia for TV podcasts, The Best Toilet Ever, Ivan and Stephen singing Foreigner’s ‘Cold As Ice’, and Ivan’s 10 Worst Episodes; Seinfeldisms (from 2:47), Seinfeld News (from 7:01), episode trivia (from 13:51), secondary characters including Rabbi Kirschbaum (from 20:12) and the Cinema Usher (from 29:48). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out!--Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going.Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts.Follow Stephen’s Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’, here.--Seinfeld News JLD is interviewed by NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ https:/

***Hey listeners, we just wanted to let you know that in this week’s episode there are references to suicide and self harm around the 36th to 44th minute of this episode. If you feel that you may be affected by this then please skip this part of the episode, or just skip the episode altogether, we don’t mind*** This week we slip Mickeys into our boss’ drink and pour cement into a washing machine as we (and Stacie for a second week in a row!) discuss the secondary characters from our final Season 2 episode, The Revenge! We talk about Ivan holding his ’shaft’ again, the actor who played Vic being in Ace Ventura, Stacie explaining Newman’s situation incredibly well, and Mimi from The Drew Carey Show; Seinfeldisms (from 3:24), Seinfeld News (from 3:46), episode trivia (from 13:18); secondaries including George’s misogynistic boss Rick Levitan (from 17:06), Vic the Laundromat Owner (from 27:33), the first (offscreen) incarnation of Newman (from 36:18), and George’s loud co worker Glenda (from 44:20). Where will th

This week we hide our bank codes and we dine as we (and Stacie!) talk about the secondaries from Season 7’s The Secret Code! We talk about Stacie finally having her own mic with STA-ble audio, Ivan gripping his ‘cylindrical shaft’ AKA his microphone, ‘The Bull and the Cucks’, Ivan identifying with Leapin’ Larry in a poignant way, and a hip-hop a hippity hippity hop!; Seinfeld News (from 6:35), episode trivia (from 17:10), secondary characters including Fred (from 19:17), Leapin’ Larry (from 27:06), Momma Peterman (from 39:30), and the Fire Captain (from 48:28). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! -- Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’, here. -- S

This week we run out of things from the Jerk Store and write living wills as we discuss the secondary characters from Season 8’s The Comeback! We talk about this episode having a HUGE plot synopsis, Nick Kyrgios’ bad attitude, Pete Sampras’ ‘ball’ trick, Milos and Patty’s complicated relationship in HUGE and confusing detail, and comas; Seinfeld News (from 3:26), episode trivia (from 11:43); secondaries including Milos and Patty (from 13:58), Reilly (from 38:34), mysterious video store clerk Vincent (from 42:43), and Kramer’s new lawyer Shellbach (from 47:14) Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! -- Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s new Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’, here. —

This week we unintentionally take credit for someone else’s lunch order and date our enemy’s ex girlfriend as we talk about the secondaries from Season 6’s The Big Salad. We talk about having no Seinfeldisms, recording the episode a couple of weeks in advance, JLD for 2020, Ryan Styles being mistaken for Judge Reinhold, and a lot about Frasier; Seinfeld News (from 5:04), episode trivia (from 14:17); secondaries including Julie (from 17:33), Margaret (from 23:27), Steve Gendason (from 31:38), the creepy Store Clerk (from 39:52), and poor little Bobby Pinkus (from 43:15). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! -- Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s new Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’,

This week we wait out marriages and wear painted on jeans as we talk about the secondaries from the penultimate Season 7 episode, The Wait Out! We talk about Seinfeld pop art, terrible driving, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls being worse than the first one, Will and Grace being a great sitcom, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, and scary childhood dreams; Seinfeldisms (from 1:44), Seinfeld News (from 3:37), episode trivia (from 12:13); secondaries including Jerry’s love interest Beth and Elaine’s love interest David (from 15:59), Ms Zanfino (from 36:40), her son Joey (from 39:04), and a bit about Mickey Abbott (from 42:59). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! -- Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’

This week we question the existence of pigmen and dedicate the episode to the late Charles Levin as we talk about the secondaries from Season 5’s The Bris. We talk about Eddie Murphy, the rain that started pouring while recording, why trying to storm Area 51 is a bad idea, what a bris is, and the Mohel going too far in this episode; Seinfeldisms (from 3:41), Seinfeld News (from 8:14), episode trivia (from 18:37); secondaries including Levin’s character The Mohel (from 24:24), Stan and Myra (from 32:32), Mrs Sweedler (from 36:54), and the Pigman (from 40:06), as well as Listener Mail (from 45:32). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! -- Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s new Seinfeld Face

This week we give away our Armani suits for a meal at Mendy’s and say ‘Pardon?’ as we talk about the secondaries from Season 6’s The Soup! We talk about the late Charles Levin, OzBargain, Chariots of Fire, when to pull the ‘I have a boyfriend’ card during a bad date, and the dark side of Kenny Bania; Seinfeldisms (from 4:10), Seinfeld News (from 7:16), episode trivia (from 16:41); secondaries including Simon (from 18:09), Kelly (from 25:28), a little bit about Kenny Bania (from 38:47), and Hildy (from 41:50), as well as Listener Mail (from 48:18). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! -- Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s new Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’, here. -- Seinfeld Ne

This week we cheat on our barbers and become Pensky material as we talk about the secondaries from Season 5’s The Barber! We chat about Ivan's Italian roots, renaming the studio to Vandelay Studios, Ron Jeremy's "PhD", and the pod becoming a semi crime drama/thriller; Seinfeldisms (from 2:56), Seinfeld News (from 6:55), episode trivia (from 19:40); secondaries including Enzo (from 22:31), his nephew Gino (from 31:41), Mr Pensky (from 39:03), and George’s episode boss Mr Tuttle (from 46:55, as well as Listener Mail (from 52:25). Where will the episode and/or any of the secondaries appear in our list of the greatest episodes and characters of all time? Listen and find out! If you wanna hear a couple of mates on a podcast talk about funny stuff in front of a simulated campfire with sound effects and all, listen to ‘The Campfire with Parkers and Daly’ on their website here or on your podcast app. -- Big thanks to Brandon from Adelaide for requesting this episode, you can be like him and support us on Patreon