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155 THE
BUTTER SHAVE Season premiere
Air Date: Sept. 25, 97
Not fully
recovered from "The Summer of George", George is using a cane to get around.
Jerry might have another shot at NBC, through an appearance on a NBC Showcase
that might lead to another pilot. He's also annoyed that lame comic Kenny
Bania's act is working, only because he is following Jerry's act, a time-slot
hit. Bania scores with big laughs & also gets one of Jerry's ex-girlfriends.
George gets a job interview. Elaine is on vacation for a month in Europe with
David Puddy. Kramer finds butter is a better protection for his skin after
shaving. George is hired for the job because of his use of the cane -they think
he is handicapped & of course he takes full advantage of the situation.
Kramer's ends up spreading butter it all over his body. Unfortunately he lays
out in the sun where he begins to cook. Newman finds the smell of a cooked
Kramer appealing. Jerry is informed that Bania is going to follow him on the NBC
showcase. Jerry plans to sabotage his own act, surmising that Kenny's act will
also bomb, but Kenny gets the last laugh.
156 THE
VOICE
Air Date: Oct. 2, 97
Since
George's employer found out that he isn't really handicapped, his boss attempts
to fire him. However his one year contract with Play Now states that as long as
he shows up he'll be paid. Jerry & George mock the sounds that Jerry's
girlfriend Claire's stomach makes during the night. Because of the "bump into"
Jerry tells Elaine that she is destined to backslide into her relationship with
David Puddy, she bets him that she won't. Kramer is tired of seeing all his
ideas implemented by other people, so he hires an intern to take care of the day
to day chores that keep him from realizing his ideas. No matter what the
obstacle, George endeavors to occupy his office. Jerry tells Claire about the
voice & she leaves him. Play Now tries to negotiate with George, but he
won't give in. Later, he offers his office & one of their rubber balls to
allow Kramer to test his oil tank bladder idea. Jerry continues to cash in on
his bet with Elaine, who just can't seem to keep away from Puddy. The big test
takes place at George's workplace where Jerry plans to meet Claire. They try to
warn her about the falling oil-ball, but all she hears is the voice. The lawsuit
that is filed by Claire puts Play Now out of business & George out of a his
contract.
157 THE
SERENITY NOW
Air Date: Oct. 9, 97
Frank is
supposed to say "serenity now" to calm his blood pressure. Jerry's girlfriend
comments that she has never seen him get mad. Kramer offers to help George fix
his parent's screen door. They remove the old door & Kramer takes it with
him. Frank is selling computers & wants to bring George into his business,
however, George with be competing against Lloyd Braun. At his bar mitzvah,
Lippman's boy takes advantage of Elaine by using his tongue while kissing her.
When Jerry learns how to get mad, it releases all his other feelings, including
caring which results in a wedding proposal to Elaine. Kramer installs the screen
door & ends up fighting with the neighborhood kids of "Anytown, USA."
Elaine's "shiksappeal" results in both Lippmans denouncing their religion. Lloyd
tells George about the negative side effects of continually using the phrase
"serenity now". George releases his own feelings infront of Jerry which has an
impact on emotional Jerry. Elaine seeks help from a rabbi to see if she can
reduce her "shiksappeal". The side effects of "serenity now" make Kramer lose-it
& destroy all of George's computers.
158 THE
BLOOD
Air Date: Oct. 16, 97
Jerry's
parents are concerned about his lack of exercise. Elaine visits her friend
Vivian & is disappointed when Vivian implies that she isn't responsible
enough to watch her son Jimmy. George's girlfriend lights some vanilla scented
incense. The overpowering scent makes him hungry. He decides he needs to add
food as a part of his sex life. His girlfriend tolerates some food items, but
not the "salted cured meats." He also comes up with a way to separate pudding
skin from the pudding, creating pudding skin singles. Kramer has been storing
his blood at a blood bank that begins to raise their rates. In retaliation he
decides that he is going to store the blood himself. Jerry starts a purification
program to improve his diet. Vivian decides that Kramer would be a good choice
for a baby-sitter; however, Elaine intercepts him en-route & proves her
responsibility. Jerry, becomes the victim of an Exacto knife wound & winds
up with three pints of Kramer blood. Jerry is disturbed by the infusion of
Kramer blood. Especially when Kramer calls him a blood brother. George decides
that adding television to his equation will make food & sex even better.
Jerry's parents buy him sessions with a personal trainer, Izzy, who's going to
help him work off his spare tire. Elaine hates her new responsibility, so she
tries to make herself appear irresponsible. George's girlfriend doesn't like
television in the equation, the "free love buffet" is over. Elaine tries to get
out of being responsible, by using George as a "pinch weasel"; however, he may
have found the woman of his dreams. Kramer borrows Jerry's air conditioned car
to return his blood to the bank. The car overheats because the radiator is bone
dry, but not for long. Jerry's last workout with Izzy results in another
transfusion of blood, only this time it's not Kramer's.
159 THE
JUNK MAIL
Air Date: Oct. 23, 97
Jerry's
childhood friend "Fragile" Frankie promises to get Jerry a new car because of a
show he did for Frankie's car dealership. George prepares for his weekly call to
his parents. Kramer plans his revenge on a company because of the over abundance
of catalogs they've sent him in the past month. Elaine is back with Puddy, but
meets the man of her dreams at the diner & plans to keep Puddy in reserve
until she finds out if the new guy can "handle the workload." Kramer gets
deluged with more catalogs & plans to stop the mail. George's parents cut
him short on his weekly phone call. Jerry gets a van & not the Saab he'd
hoped for. Frankie reminds him of the childhood dream they had where they got a
van a toured the country. George pops in on his parents & reminds his
parent's they didn't call him back, but they have to leave right away. Kramer
bricks up his mail box, but that doesn't stop his mail from being delivered.
Jerry plans to sell the van, Kramer helps him out with the ad copy that cites
interesting trades considered. Kramer goes to the post office to permanently
cancel his mail. Newman confesses to him that no-one really needs their mail but
that there is a greater conspiracy at work. George demands to know what's going
on with his parents; they tell him they are cutting him loose. George isn't
ready for abandonment, he plans to date his cousin as a means of getting his
parents involved in his life. Jerry determines that the appeal Elaine finds in
her new boyfriend comes from some old commercial that he appeared in. Kramer
wants Jerry's van & offers Anthony Quinn's old tee-shirt as an interesting
trade. Elaine wants Puddy back, but is rejected by him. Kramer uses the van to
launch his anti-postal campaign. George's cousin is into their relationship;
however, George schemes to have his parents catch him making out with her.
Kramer is captured & enlightened by the postmaster general. Elaine's
boyfriend gets his second piece of good news in one day, his TV career has been
revitalized & she is taking him back. Jerry must sell the van after seeing
what they saw.
160 THE
MERV GRIFFIN SHOW
Air Date: Nov. 6, 97
Kramer
discovers the set of the old Merv Griffin Show in a dumpster. George's
girlfriend, Miranda, is disgusted when George runs over some pigeons with his
car. The pigeons have broken their deal with the humans. Jerry is fascinated
with his girlfriend's old toy collection that she won't let him near. Elaine's
new co-worker is a real sideler, he causes her to spill coffee that creates a
stain that looks like Fidel Castro. Kramer reconstructs the set in his apartment
& begins to conduct interviews of everyone who enters his apartment. Elaine
schemes to out-sidle the sideler who might be sidling her out of a job. While
George swerves to avoid a pigeon, he hits a squirrel. Jerry schemes for an
opportunity to play with the toys. Kramer adds Newman as a co-host for his show
to help relieve the pressure of being a host. Miranda insists that George pay
for the special surgery required to fix the squirrel. Elaine gives Tic Tacs to
the sideler to make him noisy, unfortunately the sound reminds Peterman of an
old Haitian torture. Jerry & George execute a turkey, wine & home movie
scheme in an effort to play with the toys. Elaine is disgusted by this
unconscionable behavior, until she hears about the Easy-Bake Oven. Kramer
decides to change the format of the show, to "Scandals & Animals." On the
show, Jerry's girlfriend finds out about the schemes & animal expert Jim
Fowler is there with a hawk. George brings the squirrel over to the set to get
Jim Fowler's opinion. Hawks like to eat squirrels.
161 THE
SLICER
Air Date: Nov. 13, 97
Elaine is
having nightmares & sleeplessness nights due to her neighbor's
inconsideracy. The neighbor is out of the country & has left her alarm clock
set for 3:30 a.m.. George gets a dream job at a very badly run company, his new
boss seems familiar to him, then a photo in the boss's office reminds him of
"the boom box incident." Fearing that he might lose his new position, George
listens to Kramer's advice & plots to get hold of the photograph & get
it retouched. Kramer's dissatisfied with the meat he is getting with his
sandwiches, so he obtains a meat slicer. Kramer suggests Elaine that she short
circuit her neighbor's apartment & blow the circuit breaker. Jerry is going
to go out on a date with a doctor that Elaine recommended, but the date is
annoying when the doctor can only talk about saving lives. The photo lab screws
up the retouching by eliminating the boss from the photograph & not George.
Jerry discovers the doctor is dermatologist. George recommends a carefully
orchestrated revenge date. Kramer uses the meat slicer to help Elaine feed the
neighbor's cat; the power outage shut off the automatic feeder. Jerry's revenge
date goes well, until he is reminded of the phrase "skin cancer." Elaine is
still using the slicer & finds it very handy, until she tries to even her
high heels. George goes back to the photo shop to find they put the boss back in
the photograph as a cartoon. He now needs to obtain a new bare-chested photo of
his boss or find a new job, perhaps the Coast Guard. Jerry's doctor date would
provide the perfect opportunity for him as she does skin cancer screenings.
Elaine keeps the slicer problem from Kramer by threatening him with seeing some
circus clowns. Later, Kramer goes to her apartment to pick up the slicer; she
fixes it & quickly shoves it out the door. Kramer sees the dinged up blade
& tries to get back into her apartment, but he takes the knob of the door.
Jerry has developed an allergic reaction to something as hives have broken out
on his neck. Elaine discovers she is trapped inside her apartment. Jerry goes
down to George's workplace & confronts the doctor about his hives. She
leaves & Kramer, in his white meat slicing coat, steps in as the skin cancer
doctor & spots a growth on George's boss. George gets his bare-chested
photo. Kramer wants to come clean about the growth; George tells him he will
tell his boss to see another doctor. George's boss doesn't think it is a
problem, a ten-year-old photo of him shows the mole, it hasn't changed. He also
relates to George the story about the dumb guy on the beach with the boom box.
He mentions to George (as others have) that he sure has lost a lot of hair in
the past ten years. Despite all of that, he gets to keep the job. Later, the
guys keep Elaine company as they wait for the locksmith to come & open her
apartment.
162THE
BETRAYAL
Air Date: Nov. 20, 97
NOTE: This episode was shown backwards in the following
fashion: all scenes were shown normally, but they were shown in reverse order
with a caption indicating the time frame of the scene in relation to the
previous scene. Essentially the punch-line was delivered & the setup was
shown later. The description for the episode, reflects the order in which the
scenes appear. An intriguing concept that forced the viewer to pay closer
attention than normal.
Jerry, George & Elaine return from
their trip to India that they don't want to talk about. Sue Ellen calls the
wedding off & Nina doesn't want George or Jerry. George finds out that Jerry
slept with Nina & Elaine slept with the groom. Kramer & FDR settle their
score, a snowball with something extra. Jerry "schnapps" Elaine to find out why
George is so bitter with him. Kramer tries to out wish FDR. Elaine, Jerry,
George & Nina arrive in India, where Elaine discovers that the groom is
someone she slept with & that they are the only people from the U.S. who are
attending the ceremony. Kramer is angry at Newman because he didn't use his
birthday wish to save Kramer from FDR. George "schnapps" Elaine to find out the
secret Elaine is keeping about Jerry & Nina. Elaine buys tickets to India to
spite Sue Ellen by showing up at her wedding. Kramer tries to get Newman to use
his birthday wish to protect Kramer from Newman. Elaine finds that Jerry &
Nina have just slept together. Elaine meets the parents of Sue Ellen's fiancé
who try to convince her not to go to India for the wedding; after all they
aren't even going. Jerry & Nina suffer an awkward pause in their
conversation. Kramer confronts FDR about his birthday wish. Elaine's mail from
India is an "unvitation" to Sue Ellen's wedding in India to someone whose name
seems familiar to her. George asks Jerry to call Nina about setting them up on a
date & realizes he must where his Timberlands every time he sees her. Jerry
& George are walking down the street & they run into Nina & old
girlfriend of Jerry's whom he never slept with. Kramer attends FDR's birthday
& FDR gives him an evil eye right before blowing out the candles on his
cake. Elaine receives an item in the mail from India. Two years earlier, Jerry
tells George & Susan that Nina might be the one; Kramer nails FDR in the
back of the head with a snowball; Elaine is dating an Indian man named Peter
(Pinter). Eleven years earlier, new resident Jerry tells his neighbor across the
hall, Kramer, that what's mine is yours.
163THE
APOLOGY
Air Date: Dec. 11, 97
Jerry's
girlfriend walks around his apartment naked. An old friend of the gang named
Jason is going through Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) & is currently working on
step 9, where you make amends to individuals for past wrongs. George is anxious
to receive Jason's apology for the humiliating neck-hole incident. Elaine is
offended when her co-worker, Peggy, can't tolerate Elaine's germs, but easily
tolerates the germs of other people. Kramer discovers he's been taking too long
in the shower, so he tries to make some changes to his shower routine. Jerry
comes to realize there is good naked & bad naked, when he sees his
girlfriend coughing. Jason fails to apologize to George so George confronts him
later, only to be humiliated some more. Kramer decides to live in the shower.
Jason's sponsor recommends that George attend a meeting of Rage-oholics
Anonymous (RA). After doing his dishes in the shower, Kramer decides he needs to
add a garbage disposal to bathtub. Puddy tells Elaine why her co-worker doesn't
like her germs, she's a "germ-o-phobe," like he used to be ten years ago. Jerry
convinces his girlfriend to put on her clothes; however, he can only picture her
naked & unfortunately she can only do the same with him. Kramer cooks up a
meal that he serves to Elaine, Puddy & the recovering Peggy, only they all
react badly when they find he made the meal in the shower. Jason tries to
apologize to George, but it isn't quite what George had in mind so they both go
into a rage.
164THE
STRIKE
Air Date: Dec. 18, 97
At Tim
Whatley's Hanukkah party George is offended by Whatley's gift to him, a donation
in his name to a charity. Jerry meets an attractive woman with whom he sets up a
date. George is also reminded of the Festivus holiday his father created many
years ago. Elaine's quest to get her free sub sandwich is ruined when she
realizes she used her punch card at the party to give her fake number to a guy
in a denim vest. Kramer gets word he can return to his job at the bagel place
after an 11 year strike. Jerry meets his date, Gwen, but it turns out she is
two-faced. Sometimes Gwen looks great, other times she's plain; it all depends
on the angle & the lighting. George decides to use the Whatley approach when
giving out Christmas gifts; however, he makes up his own charity called the
"Human Fund." Kramer is intrigued by the concept of the Festivus holiday &
contacts Frank, who becomes excited at the prospect of rekindling "Festivus for
the rest-of-us." Kramer asks to get the 23rd of December off, when he can't get
it, he resumes the strike. George passes out his gifts & reaps great
rewards. Kruger gives George a check for $20,000 to the "Human Fund" & later
accounting informs him the charity doesn't exist. Because of Kramer's comments,
Gwen thinks Jerry is two timing her with an ugly woman. George tries to convince
Kruger that he passed out the fake gift cards because he didn't want to be
ridiculed for the holiday his family traditionally celebrates, Festivus. To
prove it, George brings Kruger to his father's Festivus dinner, where everyone
comes together.
165THE
DEALERSHIP
Air Date: Jan. 8, 98
Jerry's
getting an insider deal from Puddy, who's been promoted to a car salesman.
Kramer takes the car Jerry is planning to buy for a test drive with another
salesman. Puddy offers Jerry a "high five." Kramer decides to give the car a
full test of a Kramer daily routine. George seeks out something to eat..... At
the vending machine, the Twix bar hangs. Elaine & Puddy have a fight &
break up. Jerry's insider deal is off. George confronts a mechanic about eating
his Twix bar. George tries to complain about the mechanic, but gets into a
debate about candy bars. Jerry tries to put Elaine & Puddy "in a
relationship today." George sets up a candy bar lineup, to implicate the
mechanic, only to find his lineup being eaten. Elaine & Puddy get back
together & Jerry is going to get his deal, until Puddy says "high five me"
to Jerry, one time too many. Kramer & the salesman, with the dealership in
sight & the tank way below empty decide to "go for it" instead.
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166THE
REVERSE PEEPHOLE
Air Date: Jan. 15, 98
Puddy is
wearing a fur coat ("man fur"). Kramer & Newman are going to reverse the
peepholes on their doors. The landlord wants to evict Newman, because he is an
agitator. Jerry decides to go wallet-less. George is opposed to the idea, he
keeps everything in his wallet. Jerry, George, Elaine & "man furred" Puddy
go to Joe Mayo's party. Elaine decides to throw "Dr. Zauis" (Puddy's coat) out
the window. Newman admits to Kramer that he is sleeping with the landlord's
wife. Kramer & Newman find Puddy's coat hanging in a tree. Jerry complains
about having to carry all his girlfriend's stuff & Elaine tells him about
Peterman's small men's carry-all. "It's not a purse, it's European." Elaine
finds out that Newman has Puddy's coat & she invites Newman to her
apartment. Despite Elaine's come-ons, Newman won't give up the coat, he has
given it to the landlord's wife. The landlord confronts Kramer, when he
discovers the fur coat. Kramer says that it belongs to Jerry. Kramer convinces
Jerry to wear the coat in front of the landlord. Out on the street, George's
wallet explodes. Jerry goes out on the street in the fur coat, where his "purse"
is stolen & the landlord finds out the truth about the coat. Puddy gets a
new "8 ball" coat.
167THE
CARTOON
Air Date: Jan. 29, 98
Kramer's
brutal honesty, gets Jerry in trouble with Susan's old college roommate, Sally
Weaver. Elaine obsesses over the meaning of a cartoon that appears in The New
Yorker. Elaine & later Kramer comments that George's new girlfriend looks a
lot like Jerry. Kramer makes an important like decision, the only way to keep
his mouth shut, is to stop talking. Sally opens her new one woman show about
"Jerry Seinfeld- the Devil." Elaine gets her the opportunity to do her own
cartoon for the magazine. Jerry confronts Sally about her show. Elaine's first
comic appears in The New Yorker. Peterman thinks it's great, until he realizes
it is a Ziggy & he can prove it. George's girlfriend gets gum in her hair.
To remove the gum, she cuts her hair, her new hairstyle looks exactly like
Jerry's. George runs out of the apartment screaming. Sally's new cable show is
on & Jerry is convinced she'll have nothing to talk about. He was so wrong.
George decides to take a few days off from his relationship with Jerry.
168THE
STRONG BOX
Air Date: Feb. 20, 5
George tries
to break up with his girlfriend, only she doesn't agree. Jerry purchases cuff
links worn by Jerry Lewis in Cinderfella. He plans to use them as a conversation
starter with Lewis when he goes to an upcoming roast at the Friar's Club. A
mystery-man intrigues Elaine. With robberies occurring in the building, Kramer
has obtained a strong box to hold his valuables. George decides that cheating on
his girlfriend might be his ticket out. Kramer hides the key to his stong box at
Phil's, his neighbor. Elaine's mystery man turns out to be poor & on
welfare. Jerry needs his cufflinks for the roast, only to find out that Kramer
has locked them in his strong box. The key to the strong box was hidden in the
parrot's food dish, but the parrot is now dead & buried in a pet cemetery.
George tries getting caught with another woman, only both women agree that they
can work with George through this incident. Elaine discovers that Glenn is, in
fact, married. Kramer & Jerry go to the pet cemetery to exhume the key, only
Jerry is caught by his neighbor.
169THE
WIZARD
Air Date: Feb. 26, 98
Jerry buys
his dad a $200 Wizard organizer for a birthday present. Susan's parents inform
George that the Foundation is having an event this weekend, but George can't
attend, he has to close on his house in the Hamptons. Jerry & George debate
about the race of Elaine's new boyfriend & that intrigues her (is he
black?). Kramer announces his retirement, a Hollywood big shot has optioned his
coffee table book about coffee tables. In Florida, Jerry discovers that Kramer
has moved down there to join the other retirees. Susan's parents ask Elaine
about George's house in the Hamptons. Of course, George is caught in a lie.
Morty decides that Kramer should run for condo board president. When Elaine's
boyfriend says they are an interracial couple, she is convinced he is black.
George keeps building on his lie as he picks up the Rosses & takes them on
their ride to the Hamptons. Kramer suggests buying each member of the board one
of those Wizard tip calculators. Kramer says that Bob Saccamando's father can
get Wizards for a good price. Elaine & her boyfriend discover that each is
not the race they thought the other was. Saccamando's father comes through with
knock-off tip calculators called Willards, they are defective & the election
is lost. George & the Rosses finally reach the Hamptons, where the truth
wins out.
170THE
BURNING
Air Date: March 19, 98
Because of
the presets she discovers on his car radio, Elaine thinks that Puddy is
religious. Jerry suggests that during meetings with Kruger, George use the old
showmanship trick of leaving on a high note. Kramer & Mickey get an acting
gig playing sick for some medical students. Jerry's girlfriend, Sophie, calls
him with the familiar "it's me" greeting only he doesn't recognize her voice.
For their acting job, Mickey gets bacterial meningitis & Kramer has
gonorrhea. Elaine confirms that Puddy is religious. Kramer picks up on the
showmanship idea & really plays up his gonorrhea part. Jerry calls Sophie,
but she doesn't recognize Jerry's voice & thinks he is someone else; Jerry
discovers that she hasn't told him about the tractor story. Puddy doesn't have a
problem with Elaine not being religious, after all he is not the one who's
"going to hell." Kruger throws everyone off the project because they are boring,
so now George is the only other member of the project team. Kramer receives rave
reviews for his portrayal of gonorrhea, but now he feels he has been typecast so
he takes Mickey's ailment. Sophie tries to tell Jerry the tractor story, but he
tells her not to worry about it, thinking that it refers to the scar on her leg.
Kramer & Mickey come in arguing about getting gonorrhea & Sophie clears
it up for both of them. With that, Jerry leaves on a high note. Meanwhile, back
at the project meeting, Kruger decides to leave George on a high note.
171THE
BOOKSTORE
Air Date: April 9, 98
Jerry and
George are at a bookstore when Jerry spots Uncle Leo shoplifting. George takes a
large book into the bathroom with him. Elaine is at the annual Peterman party,
where everyone is anxious to know if she is going to dance again. The bookstore
makes George buy the book that he took into the bathroom. At the party, Elaine
and a man named Zach got drunk and made out at their table. George suggests that
she tell everyone that she and Zach are dating, that way she won't be known as
the "office skank." Kramer and Newman plan to implement Kramer's idea for
running a rickshaw service in the city. Jerry confronts Uncle Leo about the
stolen book. Uncle Leo claims it is a right as a senior citizen to steal. Kramer
and Newman attempt to interview potential rickshaw pullers from a collection of
homeless men; however, their first candidate takes off with the rickshaw. George
tries to return his book, but is told the book has been flagged as having been
in the bathroom. Jerry rats out Uncle Leo at the bookstore.
Elaine finds out Zach is seeing another woman and plans to use the cheating
angle to protect her reputation. Jerry tries to talk with Uncle Leo, but the
only thing Uncle Leo tells him is that he never forgets when he's been betrayed.
George discovers his book has been flagged in all the databases as a bathroom
book. Elaine's plan goes awry when Peterman demands that she help Zach get off
the "yam yam" by helping him to quit cold turkey. George tries to donate his
book to charity, but even they won't take the marked book. While pulling the
rickshaw uphill, Kramer lets it go and the results are disastrous for Elaine's
recovered "boyfriend" Zach. George plans to steal a good copy of the book, so he
can return it to get his money back. Jerry turns George in to the store manager
who has been told that the store needs to make a good example out of a
shoplifter, any shoplifter, as long as they catch him in the act.
172THE
FROGGER
Air Date: April 23, 98
Elaine is
tired of all of the forced socializing at work, so she calls in the sick the
following day. Jerry & George are going to their old high-school hangout for
one last slice of pizza. At the pizza parlor, George discovers he still has the
high score on the old Frogger video game. Elaine's co-workers give her a cake to
celebrate her return to work from being sick, she refuses to take part in any
future celebrations. George decides to buy the Frogger machine, but Jerry asks
him how he is going to move it and keep it plugged in to preserve the high
score. So George works to find a solution to his Frogger problem. Elaine misses
the 4 o'clock sugar rush she had gotten used to from all the celebrations, so
she decides to raid Peterman's refrigerator, where she finds a piece of cake
which turns out to be worth $29,000 because of its historical significance. The
cake comes from the 1937 wedding of King Edward VIII.
Elaine tries to even out Peterman's slice of cake, but gets swept up in the
moment and finishes it off. George tries to coordinate the movement of Frogger
machine. Elaine looks for a replacement for Peterman's cake, Kramer suggests an
Entemann's cake. Peterman has his piece of cake appraised at $2.19. When George
finds out that his Frogger game is running on battery power and only has about
three minutes of power remaining it's up to George to get the Frogger machine
across the street to a power supply. Later, Peterman shows Elaine surveillance
videotape of her eating and "dancing" with the slice of cake; he is convinced
that the age of the cake and its effect on her digestive system are all the
punishment she needs.
173THE
MAID
Air Date: April 30, 98
George
searches for a nickname and decides on "T-bone". Jerry has hired a maid to clean
his apartment but Elaine suspects there is more than cleaning going on. Kramer's
girlfriend is moving downtown (10 minutes by subway) to a different way of life.
Kramer tells Elaine he is having a fax sent to her apartment, only Elaine
informs him that she doesn't have a fax machine. George makes a play for being
called "T-bone" at work, but a coworker gets the honor. Elaine gets home to find
57 messages waiting for her, most of them attempted faxes for Kramer. Elaine
catches Jerry kissing the maid & Jerry confesses that he has a personal and
work relationship with his maid named Cindy. Kramer tells Elaine that he signed
up for a food delivery service & they're going to fax him menus for all the
restaurants for the next year. Elaine gets a new number and with it a new area
code. Kramer and his girlfriend are having a relationship by phone. George wants
his nickname and confronts his coworker, Kruger sees George's gestures through a
window and it reminds him of "Koko the Monkey." Elaine finds out a woman in her
building has died, she had a telephone number with a 212 area code. When Cindy
takes her fee but leaves without cleaning anything, Jerry wonders what he's paid
for. Kramer calls him "a john".
Kramer returns from visiting his girlfriend and reports the oddities he saw
there. The gang tries to communicate while sitting at Monk's counter. Jerry's
maid tells George that there is woman at the cleaning service named Koko. George
sees this as an opportunity to get out from under this nickname. Jerry breaks up
with Cindy & fires her. Kramer breaks up with his girlfriend and she throws
him out. He gets lost downtown and calls on Jerry for help. While going to
rescue Kramer, Jerry is confronted by his Cindy's pimp-like boss. He says that
Jerry must pay Cindy. Jerry spots Cindy walking down the street and tries to pay
her but gets busted by the police. Cindy's boss then picks up Kramer and it
might lead to a new career in cleaning. George gets out from under being "Koko,"
only to get another nickname, "Gammy."
174THE
PUERTO RICAN DAY
Air Date: May 7, 98
The gang
tries to get back into town after leaving a ballgame early. On the highway they
run into trouble with a maroon Volkswagen Golf. Stuck in traffic from the Puerto
Rican day parade, Elaine worries about getting home and seeing 60 Minutes as
part of her weekend wind down. Kramer spots a way out if Jerry can worm his way
over to the right. They almost make it over until they reencounter the maroon
Golf. Elaine bails out of the car to find alternate transportation. George bails
out of the car when he spots a theater screening the Hindenburg movie. George's
attempt to be funny at the movie is going to be undermined by a guy with one of
those funny laser pointers. Kramer cuts a deal with the maroon Golf they are go
to get access to the short cut when Jerry makes an apology wave. George returns
to the car with the red dot of a laser pointer appearing all over parts of his
body.
Elaine seeks an alternate way home while Kramer seeks a bathroom. Elaine
works her way over to the parade route and looks for a way across. She leads a
group of people on an escape route underneath a reviewing stand ala The Poseidon
Adventure. Kramer spots an apartment for sale and poses as H.E Pennypacker, a
wealthy industrialist, to get access to the bathroom. Jerry, going by the alias
Kal Varnsen goes to the apartment to watch the end of the ballgame on TV. Kramer
accidentally sets the Puerto Rican flag on fire and a mob of people, led by the
armoire stealing tough guys. Art Vandelay (George) seeks the use of a bathroom
and runs into Varnsen. Pennypacker joins them on the run from the mob. Varnsen
wants know who's watching the "Saab factory". The mob is watching it; however,
they leave it in a precarious position.
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175THE CLIP
SHOW
Air Date: May 14, 98
Jerry,
Elaine, George & Kramer plan to go to the movie, but Jerry takes out a
little time to look at nine years of memories. Featuring relationships (getting
in & out) and a series of bloopers.
NOTE: Shown as a 45 minute special prior to the Series
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