--- description: Toupee gets second billing at his stand-up shows, says Seinfeld star title: Video: Jason Alexander Explains Toupee Decision image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e69d147bfa427ca/698682a81eebf7841c36f845/alexander-1280x720.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Late-Night Highlight: Jason Alexander Explains His Reappearing Hair by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 2:05 PM CUT  Jason Alexander talks about his obvious toupee on the 'Late Late Show' with Craig Ferguson Jason Alexander talks about his obvious toupee on the 'Late Late Show' with Craig FergusonCBS, 'Late Late Show' by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 2:05 PM CUT Jason Alexander’s head has undergone some changes recently. More specifically, his signature baldness has been replaced with a toupee — to the [strong reactions](http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/08/jason-alexanders-hair-is-terrifying/ "undefined") of some. The [_Seinfeld_ ](http://search.time.com/?site=time&q=Seinfeld "undefined")star addressed the issue on _The Late Late Show_ with Craig Ferguson last night when the host called Alexander out on his vanity. “I do standup comedy, a show called ‘Jason Alexander — An Evening With Jason Alexander and His Hair’. And so the hair has billing and an agent and so I had to wear it on your show,” Alexander joked. Ferguson was quick to call his hair “fantastic,” and Alexander let him in on a little secret: it “cost a bloody fortune.” Here’s a toupee mashup that includes a scene of Jason Alexander in a famous _Seinfeld_ clip where he’s wearing another — we’re assuming much cheaper — toupee: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7170/late-night-highlight-jason-alexander-wearing-a-toupee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7170/late-night-highlight-jason-alexander-wearing-a-toupee/"},"headline":"Late-Night Highlight: Jason Alexander Explains His Reappearing Hair","datePublished":"2014-02-12T14:05:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:24:00.814Z","description":"Toupee gets second billing at his stand-up shows, says Seinfeld star","url":"https://time.com/7170/late-night-highlight-jason-alexander-wearing-a-toupee/","keywords":["Television","Seinfeld","Late late show"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e69d147bfa427ca/698682a81eebf7841c36f845/alexander-1280x720.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e69d147bfa427ca/698682a81eebf7841c36f845/alexander-1280x720.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jason Alexander talks about his obvious toupee on the 'Late Late Show' with Craig Ferguson","caption":"Jason Alexander talks about his obvious toupee on the 'Late Late Show' with Craig Ferguson","creditText":"CBS, 'Late Late Show'","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7170/late-night-highlight-jason-alexander-wearing-a-toupee/","name":"Late-Night Highlight: Jason Alexander Explains His Reappearing Hair"}}]}] ```