The Drake & Josh Star You Likely Forgot Appeared On Seinfeld

Drake Bell, the former teen idol who formed one half of "Drake & Josh" with Josh Peck in the mid-2000s, did indeed have a role on "Seinfeld," albeit a small one. His IMDb credits confirm that he appeared in Season 9, Episode 18, "The Frogger," in which George Costanza (Jason Alexander) discovers that his high school high score on the titular video game cabinet at Mario's Pizza Parlor has survived the ensuing years — arguably the greatest accomplishment of this man's entire life. You can see a young Bell in the episode as Kenny, a boy who's seen playing the "Frogger" arcade game, only to lose after following George's advice. 

A decade later, he would become a household name among the younger set, many of whom were probably too young to have watched "Seinfeld," while the people who watched "Seinfeld" during its NBC run were as a group too old to watch "Drake & Josh" – so outside of a slender Venn diagram overlap, this connection becomes an esoteric piece of TV lore that many fans forget about.

In 2018, Bell appeared on Butch Hartman's "Speech Bubble" (on YouTube) and he spoke a bit about his experience as a "Seinfeld" character. He didn't go into too much detail, but he did remember his single line on the show: "Thanks a lot, Mister," which he managed to deliver again with aplomb. Bell is not the only connection between "Drake & Josh" and "Seinfeld," however. Larry Thomas, best known as the infamous Soup Nazi, also appeared on "Drake & Josh" Season 1, Episode 4, "Two Idiots and a Baby," in the role of Mr. Galloway (via IMDb).