Why The Frogger Episode Of Seinfeld Was So Difficult To Film

Jerry Seinfeld didn’t want the scene of George navigating Frogger across the street to be average. Instead, he wanted it to look as though George was in a real-life game of Frogger. However, this took much time, effort, and creative thinking that went beyond the typical filming process for “Seinfeld.”

“It was obviously a really hard production thing to do, but it was also one of those ones where you know you can’t compromise at all because not getting it 100% right, it’s just not gonna really look like anything,” said writer Gregg Kavet in a behind-the-scenes interview.

Yellow tape was placed over the white lines on the street to make it look more authentic to the game. Next, rehearsal was held with 30 stunt drivers, all traveling at the same speed. A camera was then placed on a track above the street to follow Jason Alexander as he veered left, right, back, and front through the vehicles. As for the truck at the end, the crash was very much real.

“That truck was going quite fast, and he [Alexander] waited until a very late moment and dove out of the way onto a mattress,” said Kavet.

In fact, Alexander said a few pieces of wood flew very close to his head. Still, there are no hard feelings toward the episode. On Twitter, he even applauded a clever Lego recreation of “The Frogger.”