In a 1994 episode of Seinfeld called "The Opposite," the hapless George Costanza, unemployed and living with his parents, decides that all of his instincts are wrong. So in every new situation ...

Mr. Sfraga’s Vandelay Contracting Corp. — whose namesake appears to be Art Vandelay, the fake entrepreneur whom George Constanza frequently cited on “Seinfeld” — was a vehicle for lining ...