Jacopo Peterman

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Jacopo Peterman with Elaine Benes

Jacopo Peterman (normally referred to as J. Peterman or simply Peterman) is a secondary character on the television show Seinfeld. He is the eccentric owner of the J. Peterman catalog sales company and is also Elaine Benes' boss when she worked for his company. She meets him in The Understudy, the last episode of season six. The character is played by John O'Hurley.

John Peterman and his catalog called J.Peterman are real. Although the company is based in Lexington, Kentucky, not New York City, John Peterman talks like the character in the show and the catalog is spiced with tangential prose in the descriptions of the products—hard-to-find clothing and accessories (just as portrayed on the show).

Quotes

Elaine: I don't even know where I'm going.

Jacopo Peterman: That's the best way to get someplace you've never been.

Mr. Peterman: I'm afraid it's your urine, Elaine. You've tested positive for opium.

Elaine: [astonished] Opium?

Mr. Peterman: That's right. White Lotus. Yam-yam. Shanghai Sally.

Elaine: Mr. Peterman, you speak Burmanese?

Jacopo Peterman: No Elaine, that was just gibberish.

Elaine: ...and this is the urban sombrero...

Jacopo Peterman: ...the horror! (a reference to either the Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness or to the film based on it, Apocalypse Now)

External links

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