Jon Favreau learns in 30 seconds how much of a tool George is while it takes the average Seinfeld viewer the first three seasons to figure that out lol
If I remember correctly, Larry David was getting annoyed with Jerry because of this. He was like "don't weaken the look, Cranston. Jerry, stop laughing!".
Clue trails like this are one of my fave parts of another set of book series by Matthew Reilly. He loves to leave tiny breadcrumb hints like a lot of cow feed right there from the start in front of both the heroes and the reader. A name in a list, a time that seemingly means nothing for 98% of the book. But when that final piece slots in and you realize you had the info you needed all along... no feeling like it in the world. So I adored watching Reacher continue tugging at that odd string no matter how annoyed it made the people around him.