Remembering Mets History (1992) Keith Hernandez Stars on Television's Seinfeld Sitcom
February 12th, 1992: In the two part Seinfeld episode "The Boyfriend" former Mets star Keith Hernandez, two years into his retirement stars in a classic performance which gave him television sit-com fame. Hernandez had never seen the show before & had never acted before. He thought he was getting minimal lines but saw thee script & panicked. He called his friend the actress Marsha Mason to give him some advice & she instructed him to memorize lines. The shows star Jerry Steinfeld, a real life Mets fan, spots Keith in a locker room where Keith notices who Jerry telling him he enjoys his comedy. The two exchange phone numbers then later in Keith's car, Jerry contemplates shaking Hernandez's hand which he does saying to himself "I've been on the tonight show". Keith then asks Jerry if he's seen the film JFK & asks for his friend Elaine's phone number. Jerry takes out Elaine canceling the movie outing with Jerry which makes him je...