Does any sitcom understand the universal human urge to be a slacker as well as "Seinfeld"? The classic NBC show played around with the careers of its four main characters often throughout its super-popular run, revealing them to be a bunch of half-assers, quiet quitters, and lazy opportunists, all while making their avoidance of work look admirable. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld's show understood a universal truth that felt pretty daring coming out of the Reagan-era '80s: Work is super annoying and we shouldn't have to do it.

No character embodied the show's eye-rolling approach to careerism as well as Jason Alexander's George. George started the show with a fairly stable job in the real estate business (though he was originally going to be a comedian), and later scored a plum gig organizing travel for the New York Yankees. Between those two jobs, though, writers seemed to realize that Alexander was never better than when he was playing George as a vindictive, overconfident (yet misanthropic), self-righteous failure. His string of quickly shot-down career opportunities in some of the show's middle seasons are pure comedy gold, and they often intertwine with the lives of the people in his life -- including Seinfeld, Julia Louis Dreyfuss' Elaine, and Michael Richards' Kramer -- in bizarre, outrageously funny ways. Here are five of the most entertaining jobs George fumbled across all nine seasons of "Seinfeld."