#3: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire.

George Costanza. He's narcissistic, greedy, selfish, and vain. He is, in some way, the epitome of the our innermost thoughts, feelings, and desires. George is the perfect example of, "I just said what you all were thinking." He's blunt. He's politically incorrect. He's imcompetent. But among all these traits that are shunned in our "perfect" eyes, among all of these terribly despicable qualities, one stood out in my mind. George Costanza is just a huge liar.

After watching "The Pitch" and "The Catch" that George Costanza is really an enormously deceitful character. The entire incident with the gig at NBC explained to me that he is a man who is in dire need of approval, attention and success. The way he latched onto Jerry and took complete control over the meeting with his insane rants was maddening. He takes what could be a great opportunity for Jerry and nearly burns it to a crisp. He went on lying about his broadway plays and his impressive career without even considering his friend's feelings. Another example was in "The Fatigues". Here, George had already lied his way to a front office job with the New York Yankees. But in addition to that he goes and worsens his situation by putting on his reseme that he is an expert in risk management. After faking an eye exam, he steals an audio version of his risk management text book so that his perpetual lying spree may be maintained a little easier. After this ridiculous attempt fails, he then coaxes a woman to do the job for him by persuading her that he's a good mentor. This sly ruse nearly ends his tenure with the Yankees when he has to give a presentation about his knowledge on risk management when his folder gets swapped with a comedy sketch on Ovaltine.

George's constant, and habitual lying nearly bites him in the butt a couple of times but he always (so far) has been able to get away with it. As far as comparing Jason Alexander's character to another current character on TV, I don't think you can. I don't watch enough TV to know but I don't think there's anyone close to the constant lying and manipulative man that is George Costanza.