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Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 17, “The Wife.” Upcoming Schedule (Subject To Change) #82–83 – “The Raincoats” – Questions deadline: Tues, Dec 8th @ 3pm ET #84 – “The Fire” – Questions deadline: Tues, Dec 15th @ 3pm ET #85 – “The Hamptons” – Questions deadline: Tues, Dec 22nd @ 3pm ET #86 – “The Opposite” – Questions deadline: Tues, Dec 29th @ 3pm ET Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes   Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 16, “The Stand-In.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur didn’t offer this podcast cigarettes to stunt it’s growth, as their recap grew to nearly two hours this week covering “The Stand-In”, which first aired February 24, 1994 as part of season five. The episode was written by the Larry David and introduced the great recurring character Mickey. There was some Seinfeld news for Akiva to share this week. There was a Twitter poll done to determine the greatest Seinfeld character. Kramer won the poll with 34%, followed by Jerry at 29%, Elaine at 23% and George in last at 14%. Rob was shocked to see George in last, thinking he’d be first. Rob did his own Twitter poll asking which is the better Poppie moment, him peeing on Jerry’s couch, or not washing his hands. In the short time the poll was up, Poppie peeing on the couch was winning 59% to 41%. This week, Jerry has perhaps the simplest storyline. His friend Fulton is in the hospital and looking for someone to cheer him up, though when he first goes by, he bombs. He even told him the Pachyderm story that all the gang found so funny, but it got no laughs. In his last trip to cheer up Fulton, he decides to do his act, which works with so much success, Fulton ends up dying in his bed. The plot for Elaine this week revolves around Jerry setting her up with his friend Phil Totola. Jerry thinks they’re a great match, and their date went well until the end, when Phil decided to “take it out” in his car at the end of the date. Elaine admonishes Jerry later for setting them up. When George hears the story, he wonders why he hasn’t tried this yet. Phil talks to Jerry later, and he’s unsure of why it didn’t work out, but Jerry just lets it go. George has perhaps the biggest story in the episode. He is dating a woman named Daphne who he finds boring, but since their mutual friend Al tries to warn Daphne that George isn’t good for her, he stays with her for spite. During one of their dates, he tries to get a conversation started about eggs, but she just responds that “eggs are eggs”. Despite this, George is ready to marry her just to prove Al wrong. In the end, she dumps George to get together with the Pachyderm. Kramer’s story is about he and his little person friend Mickey, who have jobs as stand ins for the soap opera All My Children. Mickey is concerned that the kid he stands in for is growing too fast. Kramer recommends lifts, and Mickey finally agrees to it, though he’s worried other little people on the show would be offended by him “heightening”. When everyone wonders what is different about Mickey, another little person Johnny goes through his locker and finds the shoe lifts. He tells everyone else, and Mickey ends up ostracized, leading to him pouncing on Kramer for recommending such a bad idea. Rob and Akiva had several great tangents this week. They had a discussion about what TV shows they are watching. With the new baby to look after, Rob had a chance to catch up on Man in the High Castle, Master of None and The Leftovers. Later, they wanted to do some research on prisons, and if the inmates could pick their best cellmate on an app and call it Prison-der, or Prinder. They briefly talked about Star Wars because the character Tammy played one of the Ewoks. Akiva still hasn’t seen any of them, and doesn’t plan on seeing the seventh, to which Rob wondered if Akiva was doing this as a badge of honor. In discussing the Pachyderm story, Rob wondered how those hit by the pizza Pachyderm drops didn’t get third degree burns. They also discussed if it would be better to have a kid busy with sports, or one doing the acting thing. Their final tangent was about their many correspondents, and how listeners should prepare to throw their hat in the ring to be their expert on any number of subjects. In 2015, there were a few things that would be different about this episode. “Taking it out” would be done via a picture text or Instagram, and nowadays little people on TV have garnered more respect. Akiva found it hard to rank this episode, as it had some messy plotlines, but some iconic moments, like the “took it out” conversation. He ultimately ranked it at 140, while Rob thought it could be just a bit better ranked. There were several emails this week. Jackie mentioned in the comments how difficult it is to get an email in when they record the episode so far in advance from it dropping. Rob recommended getting the email in before Wednesdays, as they typically record that day. Johnny De Silveira wondered if either had dated someone in their past longer than they should have. Both agreed they haven’t but those they’ve dated might have something to say. He also

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 15, “The Pie.”   Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Rob Cesternino didn’t need his mannequin look-alike to fill in on the podcast this week despite baby number two’s arrival. Akiva Wienerkur would never shake off an opportunity for pie, let alone an opportunity to breakdown Seinfeld’s “The Pie” with Rob this week. “The Pie” first aired February 17, 1994 as part of season five. The episode was written by Tom Gammill and Max Pross. Akiva had some Seinfeld related news this week. In honor of Rob’s new arrival Anthony Joseph, Akiva went through and listed all Seinfeld characters and actors with either of those names. Some of the highlights included Crazy Joe Davola and Tony the mimbo. The main storyline is about Jerry and his new girlfriend Audrey. In the opening scene, she puzzles Jerry by refusing to try a piece of his pie, merely shaking him off rather than coming up with an excuse as to why she doesn’t want it. Elaine thought Jerry should just dump her when she hears what happened. Later on, when he sees a lady at the diner decline pie from her friend, he finds out how she turned it down for some perspective. Jerry decides to confront Audrey about denying the pie, but she wouldn’t explain herself. Their relationship further deteriorates later on at Audrey’s father Poppie’s restaurant. Poppie will turn up in several more episodes throughout the series. Jerry notices Poppie come out of the stall in the bathroom and head back to the kitchen without washing his hands. When Audrey tries to get Jerry to try the dinner, he shakes her off in the same manner she did with the pie. Later on, Kramer notices Audrey at Monk’s eating the apple pie by herself, further flummoxing Jerry, so he confronts her later. As he’s there, the Board of Health comes in and inexplicably makes Poppie come with them. Akiva noted that Jerry was not the one to call the Board of Health. Both Rob and Akiva are confused as to why the health inspector essentially arrested Poppie. The “B” story revolves around George needing to buy a new suit for a job interview. The price is way out of his range, but the saleswoman tells him about an unadvertised sale next week. He spends the next several days staking out the suit, making sure no one buys it. When a man of similar size also draws an interest, George does all he can to throw the man off the scent, from telling him the wrong dates of the sale, to hiding it on another rack to ultimately snake the suit out from under him. Once George buys the suit, he quickly learns the fabric causes an annoying swishing sound when he walks. At a lunch interview for this job, desert is served, and George notices that the chef is the man he snaked the suit from, and he’s looking out evilly as pie is delivered to the table. George shakes off trying the pie, leading to him not getting hired, but the others who did eat it ended up violently ill. Akiva thought George didn’t eat the pie merely so he wouldn’t be one-upped by the chef. The guys agreed that George should have used some sort of dietary excuse for denying the pie, since he’s such a master liar. Elaine was the focus of the “C” plot this week. Kramer first noticed a mannequin at the suit store that looked exactly like her. She tried to get to the bottom of who made this, though no one from the store could give her an answer. She later goes back to steal it, since the mannequin is now wearing revealing lingerie. A scene toward the end of the episode shows that Ricky, the strange man who made the flower bouquet out of the TV Guide in “The Cigar Store Indian” is responsible. He is working at a mannequin factory and was the one who designed it. Kramer had the shortest storyline, having developed an itchy back from the worn fabric on his couch, and nothing helps relieve the itch. None of the gang will scratch his back for him, but he meets a woman with long fingernails at the diner and starts dating her because of her expert back scratching. The relationship comes to an end shortly after the itch has been sufficiently scratched. Rob pointed out that this was only a part of the show to get Kramer some airtime. Rob and Akiva went on several tangents throughout the podcast. Rob gave Akiva a recommendation to watch the 1980s romantic comedy Mannequin. They promised not to spend too much time discussing the reboot, but Rob did want to make the mannequin a man this time. Akiva remarked later on that he’d certainly prefer to try this movie before he’d try a chocolate covered doughnut. They also spent some time discussing how Kramer’s new girlfriend with the long nails is only working at Monk’s this one episode, and how the normal cash

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 14, “The Marine Biologist.” Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 13, “The Dinner Party.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur always look to the cookie, but never more so than in this week’s episode, as they recap “The Dinner Party”. The episode first aired February 3, 1994 as part of season five, and was written by Larry David. There was no Seinfeld news this week, but Akiva did point out that the final ten episodes of season five might be his best stretch of episodes in the series run. He also recommended watching Nathan For You on Comedy Central, but will not pay the listeners as he did with Review. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about the moon landing, flimsily tying into the episode through a small part where George references it. The episode opens at Jerry’s apartment with Elaine complaining about someone saying “Happy New Year” in February, with Jerry concurring. Rob and Akiva agreed that Happy New Year should be out after January 10. They continue to chit chat, talking about how cold it was. George walks in with a puffy Gore-Tex jacket that Elaine and Jerry make fun of, both slapping the puffy part back and forth. Elaine mentions they need to stop and pick up wine for the dinner party they’re all attending. George finds it foolish, adding most people would rather have Pepsi, causing Elaine to remind him they are grown ups. The four are on their way to the dinner party, and Kramer’s heater isn’t working. George protests having to get a cake in addition to the wine, instead thinking they could just get some Ring Dings at the liquor store. After Kramer drops Elaine and Jerry at the bakery, he and George struggle to find a parking spot, so George suggests double parking. Kramer objects, not wanting to get anymore parking tickets. At the bakery, Jerry notices a black and white cookie and goes on a diatribe about the racial equality the cookie brings. Jerry and Elaine forget to grab a number in line, and decide to ask the people who jumped ahead to switch numbers, but the couple is rude about it. Elaine realizes she knows them, and that they are going to the same party. Rob wondered why they didn’t just ask the couple to just also order their dessert for them, instead of switching tickets. The couple’s number is called, and they order the very same chocolate babka Elaine wanted. When Elaine threatens to tell the party how rude they are, the woman points out they’ll be there first and tell everyone how rude Elaine is. Meanwhile, Kramer and George try to buy the wine, but the clerk won’t take George’s $100 bill. They go out to the newsstand to break the bill, but the newsstand guy makes George buy more than gum to do it, causing Kramer to pick out a newspaper, Clark bar and a Penthouse Forum Magazine. Jerry and Elaine now have to pick a new dessert since the chocolate babka is now gone. They go with the lesser cinnamon babka, and it turns out it has a hair on it. They are forced to take a new number rather than swap it out. While they wait in line, Jerry eats his black and white cookie, going on about it’s symbolism. After paying for the wine, George and Kramer see that someone has double parked, blocking them in their spot. George can’t believe that they can put a man on the moon, but people are still stupid enough to double park and not leave a note. Back at the bakery, Elaine is complaining that they are waiting for the new babka, but Jerry tells a traumatic story about freaking out and running for hours after finding a hair in his farina . As George and Kramer still wait for the double parker, George expresses how he’s scared to deal with Elaine, talking about how Elaine once pulled a hat down over his head when she was mad at him. Kramer can’t take the cold anymore, so they go back in the liquor store. Elaine is continuing to complain about waiting, telling Jerry she’s going to wrap George’s hood of his big coat around his head and suffocate him. Jerry isn’t really listening, as the cookie has made him sick. He’s worried that his streak of not throwing up since 1980 will come to an end. He comments that there is civil unrest in his stomach. A guy with a cane presses it down on Elaine’s toe when he turned around, then gives a half hearted sorry. Jerry finally rushes to the bathroom to end his streak. As George and Kramer wait in the liquor store, the clerk tells them they have to get out if they aren’t getting anything else. As they leave, George’s giant coat knocks over a bunch of bottles of wine, and he has to give up the coat to pay the clerk back. While outside, the double parker shows up, and it looks to George like Saddam Hussein, who tells them they should be wearing a coat. Rob remarked that it’s highly implausible that Saddam would be in Ameri

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 12, “The Stall.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur packed their tuna and salmon salad sandwiches as they attempt to reach the Seinfeld summit that is “The Finale”. This week, they breakdown “The Stall”, which first aired February 3, 1994 as part of season five, and was written by the great Larry Charles, who noted in an interview that he always seems to be involved with bathroom humor. There was of course a bit of Seinfeld news for Akiva to share this week. Jamie Gertz, who plays Jane in this episode, just celebrated her 50th birthday. With Scene It and Tweet of the Week a thing of the past, the guys jump right into the recap. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about whales that Rob noted had nothing to do with this episode. The episode opens with Elaine in the bathroom stall at the movies, where there is no toilet paper. When she asks the woman next to her for some, the lady replies she can’t spare a square, leading to an argument between the two. When Elaine gets back to her seat with her new boyfriend Tony, she explains what happened to her. He’s mostly interested in why she didn’t bring him his popcorn. Meanwhile the woman who refused the toilet paper gets to her seat, and she happens to be Jerry’s new girlfriend. Jerry mostly blows off her side of the story, since he’s more interested in the artificial flavor of the popcorn. The next day, Jerry is on his computer when Kramer comes in to ask to use his phone in his bedroom. Jerry jokes to not call a 976 number, but Kramer actually is calling one of them. Elaine is there talking about her bathroom experience at the movie, and Jerry quickly tries to cover up for Jane. She notes that she’ll never forget her “flinty” voice, which troubles Jerry since they are all going on a double date that weekend. When Elaine picks up the phone, she hears Kramer talking dirty with the phone sex lady, claiming his name is Andre. Jerry thought the phone sex lady’s voice sounded familiar. Jerry and Elaine are driving, and she reminds him to defrost his freezer. Rob wondered why she cared about this. While talking about her new boyfriend, Jerry refers to him as hunky Tony, accusing her of dating a “mimbo”. They then both joke about how George has a nonsexual crush on Tony. At the diner, George is staring starry eyed at Tony while he tells a story about telling someone to “step off”. George comes up with their next extreme outing, and recommends bowling, while Tony counters with rock climbing, and they should go “manana”. George says he has to have a boil lanced manana, but when Kramer agrees to go, George also says he’s “down”, and he’ll even make sandwiches. Back at Jerry’s, Elaine makes fun of George for thinking he can rock climb, while Jerry calls George Tony’s sidekick. George is fine being the sidekick because Tony is so cool. He admonishes Kramer for cutting in on his day with Tony, which causes Kramer to tell George he’s in love with Tony. When Kramer answers the phone, he thinks he recognizes Jane’s voice from somewhere. In the next scene, Kramer and George are on the side of a cliff. Kramer is breezing around yodeling, while George is clutching the side for his life. Tony, who is below them climbing up, asks George to secure the rope then throw him a sandwich. George doesn’t get the first part done right, and Tony goes falling. Akiva thought you’d have to assume Tony was dead at this point. While eating pizza with Jane at his apartment, she won’t share a napkin with him. When Elaine buzzes up he quickly decides to give her many pieces of gum to help disguise her voice. After she leaves, Elaine comments on the gum, to which Jerry says it’s embarrassing and might have to break up with her. When Kramer and George sheepishly show up, they divulge that Tony fell off the cliff. Elaine only wants to know if there was damage to his face, then runs out to see him in the hospital. Later on at Tony’s, Elaine asks how his face will heal, but nothing else. Rob pointed out that Tony is a bit of a Puddy type. Akiva agreed they are similar, but Tony is a bit more “fratty”. When George stops by, Tony tells him to “step off”, with Elaine reiterating he step off, shoving him out the door. Back at Jerry’s, Jerry tells Jane it’s too bad they can’t go out with Elaine and Tony after Tony’s accident. Kramer comes in and instantly recognizes Jane’s voice, as it’s “tattooed in his brain”. As he leaves, Jane asks to split a cab uptown, and Kramer says a line he used when talking on the 976 line, “what about the driver?”. When she leaves, Kramer tells Jerry that

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 11, “The Conversion.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur cancelled their podiatrist appointments so the could get together for another Seinfeld recap. This week, they discussed “The Conversion”, which first aired December 16, 1993 as part of season five. The episode was written by Bruce Kirschbaum, who claimed he made up the Latvian Orthodox religion, though it does actually exist. There was some related news that Akiva shared this week. First, Larry David appeared on Saturday Night Live to impersonate presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Also, Jerry topped the Forbes Magazine list of highest paid comedians over the past year, topping such current acts as Kevin Hart and Louis C.K. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about how doctors put their diplomas on the wall, and how they always make you take off your pants, regardless of the appointment. The episode opens with George having dinner with his new girlfriend Sasha, so smitten with her he’s even agreed to spring for the lobster. When she tells him she has to break it off because he isn’t from the same religion, he balks at her still ordering the lobster, but lets her get it anyway. In the next scene, Jerry and Elaine are in the hall outside Jerry’s talking about her new podiatrist boyfriend, with Jerry downplaying his importance versus MDs. Rob remarked how the show has frequently lowers the value of those in the medical profession who forewent med school. Before going inside, Jerry says hello to a woman Tawni he’s dating that is subletting the apartment down the hall. In Jerry’s apartment, George is somehow in there laying on the couch, bemoaning his being dumped by yet another woman. When he explains that she can’t date him because he’s not Latvian Orthodox, Elaine recommends he just convert religions to keep dating her. George likes the idea, and when he leaves, Jerry tells Elaine this will all be her fault when it doesn’t work out. Jerry and Tawni are kissing on the couch in her apartment when Jerry needs to go wash his hands. In the bathroom, he notices the medicine cabinet partially open, so he decides to snoop. He notices a tube of fungal cream, but Tawni soon knocks at the door, so he scampers out. At the diner, Jerry, Kramer and Elaine are trying to figure out what the cream could be for. Elaine is sure to tell Jerry she thinks it was wrong to snoop, while Kramer says he always peeks in people’s medicine cabinets. The scene cuts to George with the Latvian priests discussing his intent to join the church. He fakes his way through the interview, but they send him on his way with a bunch of giant books to study for his conversion test. Kramer is there with him, and has an intriguing run in with a budding nun, Sister Roberta. Later on at Jerry’s, George is excited about his plan, and confirms to Jerry that he will not tell his parents of his conversion. While talking, Jerry decides he needs to get another look at this fungal tube, hoping it could not be hers. The scene cuts to Elaine at her apartment with the podiatrist, where she asks him about fungi, before referring to him as just a podiatrist, which angers him. There is another cut to George in the bathroom, and Estelle and Frank are knocking and yelling for him to get out. Sister Roberta randomly shows up at Kramer’s to give him another toy she found, obviously intrigued by him. Jerry has made his way back into Tawni’s bathroom to check on the fungal cream, but has to pocket it when she comes in with soap for him. Back at Jerry’s, he’s helping George study for his test when Elaine comes in to tell them she got in a fight with the podiatrist. George decides to write cheat notes on his hand for help. Jerry gives Elaine the tube to bring to the podiatrist, but with the fight they had, she’s not sure he’ll talk to her. George is with the Latvian priests, having just passed the conversion test. Kramer comes along to share with the priest how Sister Roberta is so in to him, she may leave the church. The priest tells him he must have the kavorka, the lure of the animal. He gives Kramer a remedy for this, involving garlic and vinegar. Rob and Akiva wondered why Kramer would care if this woman would leave the church for him. In the next scene, Jerry knocks at Kramer’s door after smelling something foul, letting Kramer know he’s smelling up the whole building. Meanwhile, some women who know Estelle notice George’s name on the sign out front for his conversion. The scene cuts to Frank and Estelle yelling at George because of this, even thinking they should get a lawyer to get George out of this. Jerry is at Tawni’s, who shares that she was up all night because her cat’s fungal cream is missing. George is at hi

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 10, “The Cigar Store Indian.” After getting the stain out of their coffee table and organizing their TV Guide collection, Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur sat down to discuss another episode of Seinfeld. This week, they broke down “The Cigar Store Indian”, which first aired December 9, 1993 as part of season five. The episode was written by Tom Gammill and Max Pross. After reading the Seinfeld tweet of the week about political candidate Bernie Sanders sounding like Larry David’s impression of George Steinbrenner, Rob played an audio clip confirming the similarity. No other news and no Scene It question this week. Jerry’s standup bit is about how Dads’ style tend to stay stuck in whatever year was their best year when they were younger. The episode opens at George’s parents house. First Kramer uses the guest soap, then Jerry puts his cup directly on the coffee table without a coaster. George freaks out, since he’s not allowed to have “parties” while his parents are gone on vacation. He has to bring the table in to have it refinished, but Elaine needs to get home for her poker game. She needs something to read, so Jerry gives her Frank’s TV guide. On the subway, Kramer is telling Elaine about his idea for a coffee table book about coffee tables. He also mentions how the next stop has a gyro stand that if timed right, he can run and get one then get back on the train. Akiva debunked this as a possibility, since the doors don’t stay open that long. Rob tasked the listeners to time the subway doors. Kramer runs out to get the gyro, but the doors close on his arm, and someone snags the gyro right from his hand. A nerdy man strikes up a conversation when he notices Elaine reading the TV Guide. When she gets off the train, she leaves the TV Guide, and the man grabs it and notices Frank’s address on it. Jerry and George are at the furniture store, and Jerry wants to buy Elaine a gift as an excuse to go to the poker game and see her friend Winona, since he has a crush on her. He decides to get a wooden cigar store Indian. Rob and Akiva thought doing such an insensitive thing would be a better storyline for George instead of Jerry. While waiting, a saleswoman starts talking with George about how there are no cool guys in this neighborhood, so she’s surprised he’s there. Confident George comes out for this conversation. At Elaine’s, she and her girlfriends are all playing poker when Jerry shows up with the Indian. The note attached is littered with inappropriate jokes about Native American heritage, causing Winona to leave. Back at George’s parents, he’s brought the saleswoman Sylvia back there for a rendezvous. Rob wondered why this woman would just come back and have sex with George just like that. In the next scene, Jerry is at Winona’s trying to apologize. Meanwhile, Kramer came by Elaine’s to get his bowling ball and accepts taking the Indian when Elaine wants to get rid of it. Cut back to Jerry and Winona, he invites her out to eat in an effort to further make up for it. He asks a mailman where the nearest Chinese restaurant is, but the man was Asian and took offense to being asked, further upsetting Winona. When Kramer rides by in a taxi, he makes some insensitive Native American noises to bring attention to the wooden Indian. Back at George’s parents, Jerry is complaining about being considered racist. Frank and Estelle come in, with Frank noticing his TV Guide is not there right away. Estelle yells from the bedroom, then comes out with an empty condom wrapper. George owns up to having sex in their bed, and Jerry immediately bails out on George. Akiva and Rob thought George could have come up with a good excuse to get out of this, and wished that the premise of Frank grounding George would have been expanded. Jerry and Winona are at her place deciding to go out to dinner. Jerry overcorrects his lack of PC consciousness, and can’t say anything without thinking it’s offensive. He notices the TV Guide and she lets him take it to give to Frank. In the next scene, Kramer comes in asking if Elaine talked to her boss about the coffee table book idea, which she hadn’t. He heads out to try and sell the Cigar Store Indian. Back at the Costanza’s, Frank is still upset about the TV Guide when the nerdy man from the subway shows up with the TV Guide cut up to look like a bouquet of flowers. He comes right in and starts talking TV with them. Meanwhile, Elaine is on the subway and notices she’s at the stop where the gyros are sold. She knocks an older lady out of the way on her quest to make it there and back in time. Later on, Jerry and Winona are at Jerry’s, and Winona asks for the TV Guide back. Jerry argues wit

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 9, “The Masseuse.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur were looser than cream corn, ready to recap the next episode in their run through the entire Seinfeld series. This week, they cover “The Masseuse” which first aired November 18, 1993 as part of season five, and was written by friend of the podcast Peter Mehlman. It was a slow news week, but Akiva still delivered a few Seinfeld related tweets to make due. Amir Bloominfeld from College Humor wondered how Seinfeld got such good ratings if Jerry wasn’t tweeting about it. Chris Regan asked if the Pope has taken the real Kramer Seinfeld tour yet. Rob noted that Jerry Seinfeld was a guest on the Mets broadcast last week talking about the upcoming playoff excitement. No Scene It question this week, so Akiva remains at 8-6. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about serial killers always being known as quiet. The episode opens with Jerry on the phone with Elaine talking about Jerry’s impressive throw up streak, and how her current boyfriend has not thrown up for years himself. He also happens to share the same name as a famous serial killer, Joel Rifkin. Elaine faces some ribbing from her coworkers about this after hanging up with Jerry. In the next scene, Elaine and Jerry are taking about how she wishes Joel would change his name. Kramer comes in and answers how many people the serial killer Joel Rifkin killed, then pops back in when Elaine offers an extra ticket to the Giants game. Jerry mentions how George is back together with Karen, who he is going on a double date with, since George thinks he shines in this setting. He mentions his girlfriend Jodi (Jennifer Coolidge, Stiffler’s mom) is a masseuse, but hasn’t given him a massage yet. On the double date, George is telling a funny story, but Jodi is not into it, looking annoyed by George. Meanwhile, Jerry keeps dropping hints about how badly he needs a massage. After dinner, Jodi remarks how much she doesn’t like George while Jerry still keeps trying to get a massage. Back at the restaurant, George is obsessed about whether Jodi liked him or not. Karen gets frustrated by this, as he’s giving her no attention. Elaine and Joel are at Elaine’s, and she is startled when he puts her hands on her neck for a massage. She starts talking about different names from this football program she’s reading, trying to get Joel interested in changing his name, even suggesting OJ. Rob and Akiva talked about how ironic it was to suggest OJ to not have the name of a killer. At the diner, George and Jerry are talking about their double date from last night. Jerry is still complaining about not getting a massage, while George is prying to find out if Jodi liked him or not. Jerry confirms she did not like him, to which George can’t believe it. Jerry comes back home and runs into Jodi in the hallway, having just given Kramer a massage. Rob and Akiva felt this is another Kramer violation of the “bro code”. George comes up and continues to try to get back in Jodi’s good graces by carrying her massage table down to the cab, even helping her hail one. Back up in Jerry’s apartment, Kramer keeps going on about the massage, and Jerry bans him from it, since he hasn’t had one himself. At Giants stadium, Joel shows Elaine a picture of his mom, and mentions he’s adopted. Elaine is spooked by this, since Kramer had pointed out that a lot of serial killers are adopted. Kramer is at the will call window but doesn’t have an ID, so they call for Joel Rifkin over the loudspeaker, causing everyone in the stadium to look alarmed. Kramer comes in to Jerry’s, complaining about his back from the seats at the Giants game. He tries to convince Jerry to let him have a massage to no avail. Meanwhile George and Karen are at the diner, where George is going on about Jodi not liking him, with Karen wanting him to just drop it. Elaine and Joel are discussing the name change, even reading off a list of choices. Neither like the other’s choices, leading to them fiercely arguing with each other. Back at Jerry’s, he breaks out her massage table to try and force a massage, but she’s not liking it. Rob and Akiva thought this scene was a bit too aggressive. George and Karen are in the middle of kissing when George stops to talk about Jodi not liking him. Karen has had enough, but George can’t let it go. When Karen says she now hates him, George was okay with it, that he’s used to it. Jodi is frantically packing up her table while Jerry criticizes her for being a massage tease. George bursts in, wanting to talk to Jodi because her hating him so much has made her irresistible to him, and he runs after her when she leaves. The episode ends with another standup bit about mas

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 8, “The Barber.”   Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur cancelled their haircut appointments with Enzo so they could bring you the latest Seinfeld recap. This week, they breakdown “The Barber”, which first aired November 11, 1993 as part of season five. The episode was written by Andy Robin. In Seinfeld news, Akiva shared an article from 538 that detailed how there is an increasing number of babies being born with the name Seven. Unlike what most would think, most of them are boys. This week brought an end to Akiva’s winning streak in Scene It, as he couldn’t come up with the answer from “The Finale” episode, sliding in the standings to 8-6. Before delving into the episode, Rob shared how he’s had barbers as well as dental hygienists that he’s tried to avoid over the years. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about the chair at the barber shop being too fancy. The episode opens with George interviewing for a job at a rest stop supply company. The interview is going well, with Mr. Tuttle the interviewer even praising George for his ability to understand everything so well. When Tuttle explains George is perfect for the job, he adds “of course…”, but gets a phone call and never finishes the thought. At the diner, George is describing the interview to Jerry and Elaine, and they offer their sarcastic interpretation of what might have followed the “of course”. Kramer comes in with a new haircut, praising Gino who cut it, while teasing Jerry for sticking with Gino’s elderly Uncle Enzo for his cuts. Akiva noted that the actor playing Enzo has gone on to the alternate side. Elaine is in charge of a bachelor auction and has signed Jerry up for it, so she suggested he have Gino cut his hair, since she’s never liked his haircuts he usually gets. Kramer points out Enzo has the day off, making it the perfect time. He also wonders why Elaine didn’t ask him to be in the auction, since he could raise enough money to cure polio. Jerry heads down to the barber shop to get a cut from Gino, but Enzo happens to be there, insisting Jerry sit in his chair. After the cut, we see Jerry with a ridiculous cut, that George likened to a five year olds. When Kramer sees the haircut, he knows right away it wasn’t a Gino, promising to get him to fix it. George meanwhile has decided he will just show up for work and see how it goes, having no problem with the chance it could lead to embarrassment. George shows up at the job and accepts a small office to avoid having them check with human resources about where to put him. Rob pointed out how it was a good move for George to take the smaller office anyway, if only to avoid office politics. They give George the Pensky file, but he has no idea what to do with it, so he spends his first day doing nothing. Akiva assumed with the internet, most office workers do the same amount of work as George did. At the diner with Jerry, George recalls all he did this week at his new job, which really only entailed giving a toast at a coworker’s birthday party. Elaine comes in, and when she sees Jerry’s haircut, she burst into laughter, then quickly panics because he will look so bad for the auction. The scene cuts to Kramer getting a shave from Gino, telling him how Jerry needs him to help. When Enzo walks in, Gino quickly changes the subject to Edward Scissorhands. Rob and Akiva discuss the movie, and how it could do well in theaters today, but decided against recasting the movie. In the next scene, Jerry goes to Gino’s apartment for a secret cut. As Gino is cutting his hair, complementing him, Enzo knocks at the door, causing Jerry to hide in Gino’s bedroom. Enzo just came over to tell him how much he loved Edward Scissorhands, and notices some hair on the floor, looking very suspiciously at Gino. Akiva and Rob wondered why Gino would cut hair over a carpet and not the kitchen, and why they didn’t finish the haircut after Enzo leaves. At Jerry’s, he and Kramer are discussing how Enzo almost caught them. Elaine comes in and decides she has to take Kramer for the auction since Jerry’s hair wasn’t fixed. The scene cuts to Newman at Enzo’s getting a cut, with Enzo passively insulting Jerry and applauding Newman’s loyalty. Gino hurries out to warn Jerry, and Enzo offers Newman free haircuts to bring him a sample of Jerry’s hair. Back at George’s new office, Mr. Pensky comes in to check on George, and is remarkably impressed with George’s “work” on the file. He offers George a job, but he too leaves George on a cliffhanger with a “however”. Gino meanwhile is at Jerry’s ready to tell him about Newman when Newman comes in asking to use his bathro

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Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 6, “The Lip Reader.” Seinfeld Post Show Recap: The Lip Reader Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur lost out on their opportunities to be the next great ball men at the US Open, but that didn’t stop them from bringing you the latest Seinfeld episode recap. This week they break down “The Lip Reader”, which first aired October 28, 1993 as part of season five. The episode was written by Carol Leifer, who would be a part of the writing team for the next few seasons. Akiva had a few bits of Seinfeld news to share this week. First, the New York Post ran an article about how more people think that a cure for cancer would come sooner than reruns of Seinfeld stop airing on TV. Also, Jason Alexander will be joining the cast of the new Fox sitcom The Grinder, starring Fred Savage and Rob Lowe. Rob presented Akiva with this week’s Seinfeld Scene It question, to which Akiva had no trouble extending his win streak, bringing his record to 7-5. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about tennis, and how strange the shushing and scoring are. The episode opens with Jerry and George at the US Open, with Jerry transfixed on an attractive woman line judge. George referred to her as a BL (beautiful lineswoman). Jerry thought he might just go up and talk to her, but George advised against such a bold move, not wanting Jerry to leave him and the others who wouldn’t approach a woman cold. George asks if Jerry is going to Todd’s party, as he is bringing a date. Jerry advised against bringing a date, saying he’s better off to mingle. Rob and Akiva debated the best way to attend a party, though both agreed they’re not big party goers. Meanwhile, Elaine is at work discussing how she doesn’t want to take a care service, since they talk her ear off the whole trip. After the match ends, George heads for the snack bar while Jerry walks up to Laura the lineswoman. Kramer is watching the tennis match at Jerry’s, and sees the camera pan in on George eating a banana split, with the ice cream smeared all over his face. Elaine took the car service, and the driver will not stop talking, so much so that Elaine feigns losing her hearing. She blows her cover when she overhears that Tom Hanks will be the driver’s next pick up. Back to Jerry, he tries talking to the lineswoman, though she doesn’t acknowledge him at first. When he gets mad and sarcastically asks if she’s deaf, she responds with “bingo”. Later he’s back at his apartment telling Kramer about meeting the deaf woman, learning that Kramer knows sign language. Elaine starts talking about what she can do to make it up to the car service driver, and Kramer recommends she get him concert tickets from his friend Pete who can get a deal. Akiva noted that nowadays people are spoiled, so giving something like tickets doesn’t go over well. Kramer asks Jerry to talk to Laura to see if she can line him up with a chance to be one of the ball boys. Akiva asked Rob if he’d be a ball boy, and he would not. Akiva also shared that he turned down a chance to be a ball boy for the Miami Heat because of his dislike for Pat Riley teams. Elaine mentions how a friend saw George on TV, to which Kramer confirms that they showed him with ice cream all over his face. In the next scene, George is at the diner with his girlfriend, who is breaking up with him. She gives him the “it’s not you, it’s me” line, and George admonishes her for using his line to break up, berating her to admit that it was in fact him at fault. Back at Jerry’s, George explains what happened with Gwen the ex girlfriend, and realizes that the ice cream incident may have caused it, since he would break up with someone for that. Akiva thought that this would have to be the reason she broke it off, though the episode didn’t indicate. Elaine asks George if he’s still going to Todd’s party, since Gwen will be there, thinking that since she broke it off, he should stay home. Jerry disagrees, thinking that George needs to go since he was dumped. George tags along with Jerry and Laura to dinner, where Laura shows that she can read lips of people across the room. George gets the great idea to bring her to the party to spy on Gwen and see if she says anything about him. He and Jerry find various ways to cover their mouth to make this plan, but she notices, and agrees to do it. After dinner in the car, Jerry asks if six o’clock is a good time to pick her up, but she mistakes him for asking for sex. The scene cuts to Kramer trying out with the ball boys, and he is crushing it. Later on, Jerry is explaining this to George, who is worried she will make the same mistake when reading Gwen’s lips. Akiva asked Rob if he’d have a good reason

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Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 4, “The Sniffing Accountant.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur put down their dental tape and brassiere research books for their weekly recap of Seinfeld. This week, they talk about “The Sniffing Accountant”, which first aired October 7, 1993 as part of the fifth season. Akiva of course had some Seinfeld news this week. Someone dubbed a Kanye West clip from the MTV Video Awards with the Seinfeld theme music and laugh track. He also continued with his Seinfeld tweet of the week. @cbgrande said “How much power could we generate if we burned all our old and unused Seinfeld clips”. @jamiegriffith80 says “The Contest, Opposite and Marine Biologist are all classics, but for me, there’s no greater episode than The Sniffing Accountant”. Rob had his Seinfeld Scene It trivia question of the week for Akiva, who had no trouble bettering his record to 5-5. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about when you are a grownup, the government closely mirrors your parents, and references Leave It To Beaver’s Eddie Haskell as the accountant when you are audited. The episode opens at Monks, with them sitting at the side table. Rob and Akiva questioned if they use that shot when they don’t have access to extras. Jerry is wearing a strange sweater and Elaine is talking about her new relationship with writer Jake Jarmel. They met because Jake came up to feel the fabric of her shirt, a move she found impressive. As they continue talking, they bring up how Elaine’s accountant is handling a CD investment for Jerry, Kramer and Newman. Rob and Akiva debated the liquidity of the money they invested, considering a CD is a low risk investment where the money is locked up. Rob also pointed out how Jerry’s real life accountant had bilked him out of $50,000 from getting involved with drugs. Barry the accountant stops by Monks to say hello, and while talking with them, he sniffles quite a bit, then rushes off to the bathroom. This behavior set Jerry off to think he could possibly have a cocaine problem. George is at his parents house listening to his dad tell him of a job opportunity he lined up for George as a bra salesman. Frank has Estelle bring out one of her bras for George to study as he explains the difference in cup sizes. When George accidentally gets catsup on Estelle’s bra, she yells at him. Rob found this scene had little substance, but both he and Akiva found it very funny. Back at Jerry’s, Jerry tells Kramer of the potential drug issue with Barry the accountant. During this conversation, Jerry decides he has to get rid of the itchy sweater, so he gives it to Kramer. In the next scene, Elaine is praising Jake for cooking and cleaning in her apartment. Things turn when she notices he didn’t use any exclamation points in the message telling her a friend had her baby. The argument turns so sour that Jake leaves. Back at Jerry’s, Elaine is wolfing down ice cream right out of the container as she tells the exclamation point story. Kramer comes in checking about the sniffing accountant, and calls his office to learn he is currently in South America, a hotbed for the cocaine trade. Newman comes in, and we he learns Barry is in South America, they all agree to stakeout Barry. While on the stakeout, Newman and Jerry are waiting for Kramer to conduct some reconnaissance, discussing how certain days have a feel, and the difference between dental floss and dental tape. Rob and Akiva took a moment to discuss what days have the most feel. Meanwhile, Kramer sits down next to Barry at the bar wearing the strange sweater, smoking a cigarette while pounding his beer. A waitress slams him in the head with the bar shelf as she opens it. As he tries to goat Barry into a discussion about drugs, Barry doesn’t bite. When Barry starts sniffling and heads to the bathroom, Kramer tries to tell him he’s “hip to it”, but Barry doesn’t understand. While Barry’s in the bathroom, Kramer kicks the door down and takes a polaroid. In the next scene, George is at his interview to be a bra salesman. He tells Farkus the interviewer a great story about his lifelong love for bras, impressing him so much he’s hired on the spot. As he leaves, he notices an attractive woman, so he tries to move of feeling the fabric of her jacket, though the results are far worse. The lady calls for Farkus, and informs him that if he wants to hire George, he’s out of a job himself. Akiva felt this scene would have taken place in a bad episode of Caroline in the City. Elaine is in her office talking with Mr. Lippman. He informs her that she’s edited Jake’s story with too many exclamation points. Akiva and Rob debated whether Elaine added these in the story to get back at Jake Jarmel.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 3, “The Glasses.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur have perfect vision as they recap a Seinfeld episode each week. This week, they recap “The Glasses”, which first aired October 7, 1993 as part of season five. The episode was written by Tom Gammill and Max Pross. Rob mentioned how this season saw a big increase on the show’s writing staff. In Seinfeld news, Jerry Seinfeld’s son had his lemonade stand for charity shut down on Long Island. Also, Akiva pointed out that a U2 podcast recently had all four members of the band on it, reminding Rob that their quest to have Jerry and Larry on shouldn’t end. Akiva also wanted to introduce a new segment where he reads a Seinfeld related tweet. This week, noted comedian Kumail Nanjiani tweeted how he is going to start a new podcast called Fear the Seinfeld. Rob brought back the Scene it trivia question after skipping last week. Akiva was correct this week, closing back in on .500 at 4-5. Jerry’s opening stand-up is a bit about how the nighttime persona often makes decisions that adversely effect the daytime persona. The episode opens with Jerry and Elaine staring out Jerry’s window, commenting how they could spit on people from there. Kramer comes in to tell Jerry he’s found the air conditioner her wanted. George comes in wearing goggles because he thinks someone stole his glasses at the gym. Kramer tells George he knows a guy who can get him a discount, just like he did for Jerry with the a/c. At the glasses store with Jerry and Elaine, George is asking them for advice on frames. As Elaine is trying to hurry George along in the process, a man with a dog comes in, but the dog bites her leg when she goes to pet it. George wants to go out and confront the guy, but gets distracted as he thinks he sees Jerry’s new girlfriend kissing his cousin Jeffrey. When he comes back in, Jerry gets the information out of George while Elaine writhes in pain on the floor. After Jerry and Elaine leave to have her leg treated at the hospital, George tries to get his discount, but the guy doesn’t give it to George, but does encourage him to pick a woman’s frame. At the hospital, Elaine is getting bandaged up, while also telling Jerry there is no way George saw Amy kissing Jeffrey. Jerry defends George, saying that he is a great squinter. Elaine is alarmed that the doctor sends her off without getting a rabies shot. At Jerry’s apartment, he is sitting on the couch with Amy, questioning her about her whereabouts yesterday. Akiva thought Jerry didn’t need to be so direct about it. Amy isn’t happy about this jealous side of Jerry, but agrees to go out again, as long as he finally gets an a/c for his apartment. Later on, Jerry is telling George how Amy denied it, questioning George’s credibility. George swears by it, citing his great squinting ability. Jerry is reluctant about this, but George suddenly spots a dime on the floor across the apartment, further confusing Jerry. Elaine comes in, and explains that she took so long to come up because there was a dog in the way. Both Jerry and George warn her that she really should get a rabies shot. Kramer comes in to another big applause. Rob and Akiva both think that the extra long audience ovations will have to come to an end soon. George immediately gets on Kramer’s case for Dwayne not giving him the discount, and Kramer assures him he’ll take care of it. George goes to get an apple out of the refrigerator, but accidentally bites into an onion. He continues to eat it to keep up the rouse that he has no trouble seeing. Kramer tells Jerry he could find out if Amy really was with Jeffrey by taking her to Jeffrey’s apartment when he goes to get the tickets. Back at the eye glass store, Kramer lays into Dwayne about not giving the discount, even taunting him with a candy bar. Dwayne agrees to give the discount to shut Kramer up. When George gets the glasses, he realizes they are lady’s frames, to which Jerry mercilessly makes fun of him. Kramer comes in to Jerry’s with the air conditioner and plops it in the window, though it doesn’t fit. Elaine is sitting at the table, getting increasingly agitated reading about the symptoms of rabies. Kramer tells her how you can die from rabies and she should really get a shot. Rob and Akiva pointed out that this sequence was a bit choppy, especially when Elaine drinks the water and starts foaming. Elaine goes back to the hospital finally to get the shot. She’s back at the apartment cooling off in front of the a/c, telling Jerry she really doesn’t think Amy was canoodling with Jeffrey. She spots the dog who bit her and shouts at the owner, saying she is coming down to talk. Kramer comes in, and when he shuts the door, the a

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 5, Episode 2, “The Puffy Shirt.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur want to be pirates, but also want to bring you the most extensive recap of each Seinfeld episode each week. This week they breakdown “The Puffy Shirt”, the second episode of season five, which first aired September 23, 1993 and was written by the Larry David. Forgoing Seinfeld news, Akiva and Rob jump right into the recap. Jerry’s opening stand-up is a bit about moving back in with your parents. The episode opens with George talking to Jerry about having to move back in with his folks. Rob and Akiva pointed out how they really develop the Frank and Estelle Costanza characters this season. Kramer comes in talking about how George should just borrow money or move in with Jerry or him instead. In the next scene, George is moving his stuff into his parents’ house. After commenting on how much stuff George has, Estelle tries to get them all to eat bologna sandwiches, but is rebuffed strongly. Rob and Akiva talked at length about the decline in bologna’s popularity, wondering why so, when it is essentially the same thing as hot dogs. When Jerry and Kramer go to leave, George realizes the ramifications of having moved back in with his folks. Jerry and Elaine are out at dinner with Kramer and his new girlfriend Leslie, who is an extremely low talker. Throughout the dinner, Jerry and Elaine have to just nod along to what she says, ultimately leading to Jerry agreeing to wearing this ridiculous pirate like shirt she has designed on his upcoming appearance on The Today Show for a charity appearance that Elaine is heading up. While out to dinner with his parents, George is thwarting off suggestions from Estelle to take a civil service test while Frank simultaneously talks about his silver dollar collection. Fed up by all this, George decides to get away for a few minutes. As he’s walking away, he bumps into a woman who immediately notices he has great hands, telling him she is an agent for hand models and should call her. At Jerry’s apartment, George is showing Jerry his hands, but Jerry doesn’t see anything special. Kramer comes and pranks George with a joy buzzer, which causes George to panic so much that he puts on some oven mitts and walks out . After George leaves, Kramer tells Jerry how excited Leslie is that he will wear the puffy shirt on his Today appearance. Jerry realizes he inadvertently agreed to wear it when Leslie was low talking at the restaurant. He then utters the famous line, “I don’t want to be a pirate!”. The next day, George is manicuring his hands in his parents’ living room. Estelle is over the moon about it all, while Frank is cutting the idea down. She offers George some Jello, but Frank yells about there being fruit in it, while Estelle yells that George likes the bananas. George scolds them, saying the stress is bad for the epidermis, and decides to take the Jello to his room. In the green room at The Today Show, Kramer is there smoking a cigar while Jerry laments wearing the puffy shirt. When Elaine comes in, she laughs at the shirt, then panics when she realizes Jerry agreed to wear it on the show. Meanwhile, George is on set for his first hand model shoot, where they are all telling him his hands are some of the best they’ve ever seen. When Jerry sits down with Bryant Gumbel, Bryant can’t get to the interview about the charity as he is in hysterics over the puffy shirt. Jerry gets quite defensive, revealing that he had no idea he agreed to wear this ridiculous shirt. As he says it, we hear Leslie offstage scream about him slamming the shirt. Back with George at the photo shoot, a woman on set is really taken with him because of his hands, and wants to date him. Back in the green room, Leslie the low talker is now screaming at Jerry for ruining her career. George comes in excited about the modeling, and when he notices the shirt, he starts laughing at Jerry. Leslie hears this and shoves George, who careens hands first into a hot iron, burning his hands, putting an end to his hand model career. Rob and Akiva debated why you would even need to iron a puffy shirt. At the diner, George has bandages on both hands, needing Elaine to feed him. Jerry is troubled because he is now hearing pirate themed heckles at all of his shows now. Elaine was subsequently fired from the charity due to Jerry’s appearance. Kramer shares that he broke it off with Leslie because he can’t be with someone who’s life in shambles. Lastly, we learn that the puffy shirts have all been donated to the homeless. Jerry’s closing standup is a bit about how to properly get someone to speak up. Rob shared his solution to the bologna conundrum. He thought that changing the name to American salami might help boos

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4qiPSJo3pQ Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss the Season 4 Finale, Episode 23, “The Pilot.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur are ready for a wet and wild end to Seinfeld’s forth season, as they bring you the recap of “The Pilot”, which first aired on May 20, 1993. Rob shared how this episode aired on the same night as the Cheers series finale, causing an even bigger ratings spike than usual. Akiva had a short snippet of news about Jeff Garlin indicating there’s a 51% chance that there will be another season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Jerry’s opening standup is a familiar bit about how people are more afraid of public speaking than death. The episode opens with Kramer arguing with Jerry about why he can’t play himself in the pilot. Rob and Akiva both agreed that the real Kenny Kramer must have done the same thing in real life. Jerry points out that he can’t act either, so they don’t need two main characters played by people who can’t act. They each try to give their best fake laughs to no avail. They are waiting to hear from Russell, who is out with Elaine. She is trying to let him down easy, though he is obsessed with her. She points out that he is a powerful executive that can get any woman he wants, and she just doesn’t like TV. If he worked for something like Greenpeace, it would be different. Back at Jerry’s, he is admonishing George for wearing sweatpants out in public. Rob and Akiva both agreed that nowadays it’s much more acceptable to wear workout gear. NBC calls to let them know they will be casting the show, much to the chagrin of George. We learn why George is upset about things getting started in the next scene with his therapist. He tells her it’s because he is scared of success, and he feels God doesn’t want him to be happy. Before he leaves, she points out a discoloration on George’s lip, causing him to yell at her for furthering his anxiety. Jerry doesn’t see anything when George asks him about his lip, but the cab driver does. At the end of the scene, the camera pans in on the man washing the car window, and it’s Crazy Joe Devola. At NBC, George is showing all the executives the discoloration on his lip, soliciting advice from any avenue he can. They start the auditions, and George is excited about this actor auditioning for the George role, though he is nothing like him. Rob described the actor as “the most 90s MFer we’ve seen on the show”. The next guy auditioning for George, played by Jeremy Piven, fits the George character perfectly, since he’s bald, neurotic and schlubby. When an attractive woman comes in to audition for the Elaine part, Jerry jumps right in to flirt/read lines with her, but George doesn’t like her, so she’s sent out. There is a montage of actors auditioning for Kramer, and one in particular seems to hit all the beats. When he leaves, George notices that he took the box of raisins from the table on his way out. Next, Kramer comes in pretending to be Martin Von Nostran, there for the audition. The executives recognize him from the Calvin Klein add. As the audition goes along pretty poorly, Kramer is struck with the sudden urge to go to the bathroom, so he runs right out of the room. Back at the diner, Elaine and Jerry are discussing how obsessed Russell is with Elaine. Elaine notices that all the waitresses at Monks happen to be top heavy, which has her question their hiring practices. Meanwhile, George is at the doctor having his lip looked at. The doctor is noncommittal about whether its cancer, but George is wanting some reassurance. After his doctor visit, George is talking about it with Jerry, he blows George off, telling him to just die with dignity. Kramer comes in to tell them what happened after he ran out of the audition. He had to run all the way back to the apartment, and on the way, he was mugged. By the time he got home, his urge to go went away, and now he’s backed up. Elaine then comes in as George is talking about the busty waitresses at the diner. Elaine decides that she is going to perform a sting operation by applying for a job while wearing a baggy shirt to see what they do. The phone rings and it’s the actress playing the Elaine part wanting to meet up with Jerry to discuss the show. At dinner, Jerry learns that she wants to take the method approach, and asks to be called Elaine from now on. Later on, Kramer is sitting with the actor hired to play the Kramer role, telling him all about himself, including what type of love making positions he prefers. Elaine walks into the diner to apply, but is told right away that they aren’t hiring, setting Elaine off to the Equal Employment offices. In the next scene, they are filming the pilot, and George decides to give

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 22, “The Handicap Spot.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur don’t actually love the Drake, but they do love bringing you their expert insight on all the Seinfeld episodes each week. This time they discuss “The Handicap Spot”, which first aired May 13, 1993 as part of season four. Before the news, Rob mentioned how this episode had the first appearance of Frank Costanza, though on some outlets, it has the first actor hired for the part rather than Jerry Stiller. Akiva’s news centered around the closing of Larry David’s hit Broadway play A Fish in the Dark. Larry mentioned in an article how there is no chance he will go back on stage to reprise the role. Rob’s Seinfeld Scene It trivia question was one from an episode not yet covered, and Akiva missed another one, dropping his record to 3-3. Jerry’s opening standup was a bit about how being single makes you like a dictator of your life. The episode opens at Jerry’s apartment with George asking Elaine why attractive women walk so fast. She responds that “we” don’t always walk fast. When Jerry comes in, Elaine asks to go along to The Drake’s engagement party, while Jerry is trying to impress her with his perfectly drawn triangle. George takes the opportunity to complain about having to buy a present for every little event. When Kramer comes in, he gives Jerry his due on the triangle, even saying he would name his child Isosceles. They all end up agreeing to chip in for The Drake’s gift. In order to all get out to the engagement party in one car, they need to borrow George’s dad’s car, but have to come up with a complicated plan to still secure Frank’s premium parking spot he currently has. When they get to the mall with Frank’s car, there are no spots, so Kramer suggests they just park it in the handicapped spot. Jerry and Elaine protest, but George gets talked into it. Rob suggested that such a move would be even more frowned upon today than in 1993. After buying a big screen TV for The Drake, they head back to the car only to discover that a handicapped person got hurt trying to get their wheelchair up a steep incline, having to park way out in regular parking. A mob has formed around Frank’s car, waiting to get the people who illegally parked. The gang decides to go to a random coffee shop until it all blows over. When they head back to the car, the mob is gone, but Frank’s car has been battered to bits. In the next scene, George goes to his parents to tell his dad about the car, making up an elaborate story to which Frank is so mad, he doesn’t seem to care, slapping George in the head for the mistake. Back at Jerry’s, Kramer shares how he went to meet the woman in the wheelchair, and has fallen in love. He tells them they need to all chip in to buy her a new wheelchair, since it was totaled. Elaine and Jerry agreed they won’t since they objected to parking in the spot, leaving George the only one on the hook with Kramer for this. Kramer and George go to a wheelchair store to buy a new one for the woman, and learn that the top model runs $6200. George inquires about one less expensive, so they end up with a used model for much cheaper. Meanwhile, Jerry and Elaine head out to The Drake’s to visit, but when they get there, they learn The Drake and Drakette have broken up, leaving them wondering if they can get the big screen back. After getting back from The Drake’s, Elaine is upset because The Drake let his ex keep the gifts, so they don’t get it back. Jerry joins in on the vitriol, claiming he now hates The Drake. When Elaine calls The ex-Drakette, she tells her Elaine that she gave the gifts to charity. Kramer comes in and tells them he gave Lola the new/used wheelchair and she was delighted. Later on, Frank Costanza is receiving an award for raising money for a charity, but the police barge in to arrest him for his car being parked in a handicapped spot. Back at Jerry’s, George explains what happened, and shares how he will repay his dad by becoming his butler, a suggestion that Estelle Costanza’s friend recommended. Kramer comes in and informs them that Lola dumped him, calling him a hipster doofus and telling him to drop dead. This upsets George since he spent $240 for this wheelchair. The scene cuts to Lola flying backward down a hill as the used wheelchair ended up being faulty. Next, George is at his parents performing his butler duties. When Frank hears that this woman was given a faulty wheelchair, he orders George to pick up a big screen TV and deliver it to the woman. George and Kramer go in to the ex-Drakette’s place to pick it up, with Jerry and Elaine waiting in the van so they can all bring it back to return to the store in

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 21, “The Smelly Car.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur had their tomato sauce baths ready as they hopped right into “The Smelly Car” on this week’s Seinfeld Post Show Recap. “The Smelly Car” first aired April 15, 1993 as part of season four. Akiva had a unique Seinfeld news story to share this week about the statistical data of the show. Some of the data broken down in the Slate Magazine article was percentage of lines per character and how many scenes per episode do certain seasons average. Akiva had Rob guess the top eleven side characters in terms of how many lines they have on the show. Rob was able to name everyone on the list with no trouble. Akiva did not have luck on the Seinfeld Scene It trivia question, even though it was from a covered episode. With the end of his win streak, his record drops to 3-2. Jerry’s opening standup was a bit about doggy bags at restaurants. The episode opens with Jerry and Elaine outside a restaurant waiting for the valet to bring the car around. When they get into the car, they both notice a strong and fowl odor, deciding that it’s B.O. from the valet driver, with the “O” detaching from the “B”. Akiva and Rob pondered a few other scenarios that could have brought about this smell. After dinner, Elaine is at her boyfriend Carl’s apartment kissing on the couch, when he smells the awful smell in her hair, prompting him to end the night early. In the next scene, George and Kramer are at the video store, George returning a copy of Rochelle, Rochelle. George notices lesbians holding hands, and when they turn around, it’s his old girlfriend Susan. After the awkward conversation with Susan, George learns he would have to pay an extra two dollars for not rewinding the video, so Kramer recommends keeping it an extra day, since it would cost him less. At Jerry’s apartment, he and Elaine are discussing how the odor in the car seems to have gotten stronger overnight. Elaine mentions how Carl said he had to get up early, to which Jerry confirmed he must have been lying, since men would always trade sleep for sex. Kramer comes in complaining about the Yankees, and soon notices that Jerry smells bad. Jerry and Elaine realize that the smell in the car has transferred to their hair and clothes. Later on, Jerry and George are in the car on their way to complain to the restaurant about the smell. George is debating whether he actually drove Susan away from men, noting that he now finds her more attractive because of all of this. At the restaurant, Jerry forces the maître de to get in the car and smell it, which causes him to agree for the restaurant to pay for half of the cleaning bill. George realized that his video tape on the dashboard has been stolen, since they had to leave the windows open. Elaine is back at Carl’s explaining the stench. She assures him that she’s washed several times over, but he still notices the smell in her hair. Back at the video store, George asked Susan to meet him there so he can find out if he drove her away from men. She finds the question and his follow up questions ridiculous, then she tells him he smells as she leaves. When he tells the clerk he lost the video, he’s saddled with a $98 bill. Akiva and Rob discussed how they experienced no hassle when they’ve lost Netflix DVDs. In the next scene, Susan’s girlfriend Mona rendezvous’ with Kramer, who has won her over. Jerry is at the car dealership hearing the extensive cleaning they are about to do. At the same time, Elaine is at a hair salon hearing the long list of treatment they intend to do to rid her hair of the odor. After both Elaine’s hair and Jerry’s car are cleaned, the “beast” odor still remains. Jerry is so fed up with this, he decides he is going to sell his car for whatever he can get. They hear banging on Kramer’s door and realize that it’s Susan, there because he has stolen Mona away from her. Kramer explains to George and Jerry how he and Mona hit it off because she is a golf instructor and helped him with his swing at the video store. Later at the diner, George is having lunch with Susan, giving her a pep talk about how great a catch she is. The woman George dated after Susan walks by, and she and Susan exchange a glance. At the car dealership, Kramer is explaining how things were going great with Mona until she suddenly had to leave. Jerry realizes it was because Kramer was wearing Jerry’s jacket that was carrying the stench. The car salesman immediately tells Jerry he can’t sell the car after getting in and smelling it. The last scene has Jerry abandoning the car in a seedy neighborhood, and when a vagrant gets in to steal it, he’s overwhelmed by the smell. J

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 20, “The Junior Mint.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur couldn’t get Mulva or Bipple to make a guest appearance, but they had plenty to say about “The Junior Mint”, which was this week’s episode covered on Seinfeld Post Show Recaps. “The Junior Mint” first aired March 17, 1993 as part of the iconic season four. In Akiva’s weekly Seinfeld news breakdown, he brought up how he could use a news jingle to bring in the segment. He first talked about an article he read about the show’s popularity, and how an attempt to bring Seinfeld to Germany didn’t work out well in translation. He speculated this could be why the rights were bought by Hulu rather than Netflix, since Netflix has a wider reach internationally. In the Seinfeld Scene It trivia segment, Rob pulled a question about this week’s episode, so Akiva extended his win streak to three. Jerry’s opening standup is about committing adultery, which Rob and Akiva agreed had nothing to do with this episode. The episode starts with Jerry telling George how he met this woman in the produce aisle, which Jerry contends is the most sensual part of the grocery store. The only problem is he can’t remember her name. George mentions how he’s come into $1900 from a childhood savings account he had long forgot about. Instead of saving it, he wants to make a big score since it’s found money. Kramer swoops in to pick up some gloves Jerry got him for staining his floors, but it turns out they are too thick. George meanwhile asks Jerry if he can watch Home Alone at his apartment, since it makes him feel like he’s out and about if he watches it there. Akiva and Rob enjoyed the bit, but both agreed it didn’t tie into other storylines of the episode. Elaine comes in to the apartment to a huge standing ovation from the audience. She asks Jerry to come to the hospital and pretend to be her boyfriend, so she can visit an old boyfriend who is having surgery. She had broken it off with this artist because he was overweight. Kramer decides to come with, so he can pick up a bunch of latex gloves for the staining. At the hospital, Elaine and Jerry go to see Roy, Elaine’s former boyfriend. She immediately notices he has lost a bunch of weight, causing her to abandon the plan of Jerry acting as her current boyfriend. Meanwhile, Kramer routes around the hospital, finally finding a large stash of rubber gloves. When the doctor comes in to go over the surgery details, Kramer questions him about retractors, since he saw a news segment about them the night prior. The doctor invites him to observe the surgery, to which Kramer eagerly accepts and tries to get Jerry to come along, since it’s so exciting to see inside bones and guts spilling out. Rob mentioned an email from Thomas, a listener in medical school who has offered to be the SPSR medical correspondent. Jerry makes his way back to his apartment, where he sees George is crying while watching Home Alone. Jerry tells him to pull it together, or they’ll have to stop being friends. He tells George how Elaine wants Jerry to buy some of Roy’s art to cheer him up, then suggests George use his $1900 to purchase some. In the next scene, Jerry is sitting on his couch with the woman from the grocery store, and he’s trying to figure out her name by talking about how kids used to make fun of his name in school. She mentions that her name rhymes with a female body part, but doesn’t reveal what the name is. George and Jerry are at the diner going over any words that rhyme with female body parts, with “Mulva” the closest thing to a real name they come up with. They decide Jerry can just search through her purse for a license or credit card. Kramer comes in and asks Jerry to come with him to the surgery, since his date for it fell through. Jerry agrees to go, saying, “let’s go watch them cut this fat bastard up”. Rob mentioned how Jerry was delighted to have this mean spirited line stay in the episode to highlight how despicable they all really are. Jerry and Kramer are at the surgery, and Kramer has brought a box of Junior Mints like he’s at the movie theater. Akiva and Rob both agree that they are too squeamish to actually watch a live surgery. Kramer insists that Jerry share in the candy, since they are so refreshing. While forcing some Jerry’s way, Jerry pushes Kramer’s hand back at him, causing the candy to fly up in the air and right into the open incision of Roy. Afterward, Jerry is telling George about the Junior Mint during the surgery, and Kramer comes in to further discuss. Elaine walks in and tells them that surgery went well, but something is wrong with Roy that the doctors can’t figure out. Kramer and Je

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 19, “The Implant.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur always make sure to talk into your good ear when they bring you a new Seinfeld recap each week. This week they break down “The Implant”, which first aired February 25, 1993 as part of season four. In the current Seinfeld news, the show celebrated it’s 26th anniversary this past week. Also the Brooklyn Cyclones had their second annual Seinfeld Night, where they renamed the stadium Kramerica Industries Park for the night. Kenny Kramer and Bania showed up for the festivities, where there were puffy shirts, a Constanza trash eating contest, and soup from the Soup Nazi, among other things. Rob had a question from the Seinfeld Scene box for Akiva that somewhat tied into the current episode, and Akiva answered without a problem upping his record to 2-1. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about the health club that sort of contradicts what he does in the episode. The episode starts with Jerry and Sidra at the gym having a flirty conversation. Rob and Akiva pointed out the outfits at this gym clearly wouldn’t hold up in 2015. Elaine wanders up shortly after Sidra walks off, quick to point out to Jerry that she thinks Sidra’s breasts are fake, and wonders why Jerry’s interested in her since she thought he was a “leg man”. Jerry is concerned by this revelation, asking Elaine to confirm this for him in the locker room, because he wouldn’t want to date her if they are fake. Rob and Akiva couldn’t believe that any man would be so strongly against this. Elaine tells Jerry to just find out for himself after a few more dates, but Jerry describes how George is how he’s had nine dates with Betsy (played by Megan Mullally) but can’t really get things going, partly because he can never seem to sit on her right side when getting intimate, since he needs to go to his left. In the next scene, George is at Betsy’s apartment, trying to position himself on the couch so he can be on her right, but she also needs to be on the right because of her poor hearing in her right ear. George goes as far as shoving her to the left in order to get his spot, but is a problem since she now can’t hear what he’s saying. When the phone rings, George tries to convince her not to answer it, saying it’s can’t be an emergency, however it ends up being one, as Betsy learns that her aunt died. While in the sauna, Elaine notices Sidra take off her towel, convincing Elaine that they are fake. Back at Jerry’s, she confirms her findings, which causes Jerry to want to be out on the relationship. Kramer comes in, sharing how he thinks he saw Salman Rushdie at the gym. The scene cuts to Jerry, Kramer and George in the sauna. They are convincing George to go to the funeral with Betsy, since he could be the consolation guy, which is worth like 10 dates in one. George is lamenting the cost of traveling, but they figure out he can get a death in the family discount, so he’s going to do it. In the next scene, Elaine is back in the sauna, where Sidra is talking with someone else about how Jerry broke it off with her to get back together with his mentally ill ex-girlfriend. Elaine can’t help but chime in, asking further questions. When Sidra asks to shake Elaine’s hand, Elaine trips as she is walking over, her hands falling straight into Sidra’s breasts. Back at Jerry’s, Elaine now shares that she thinks the breast are real, after accidentally touching them. Akiva wondered if Elaine planned this, but Rob felt that this was merely an accident, and Elaine had concluded the operation prior. Jerry is not so sure he can trust Elaine’s opinion on this, despite the fact that Elaine is a woman and has her own to compare real or fake, and is adamant that they’re real and spectacular. Kramer and George are at the airport trying to get the death in the family fare, but the airline requires a death certificate in order to process the discount. Rob felt this episode probably upped the number of people trying to get a discount like this. In the next scene at the gym, Kramer and Jerry notice Sidra and the man Kramer thinks is Salman Rushdie talking. Next, in the sauna, Kramer notices the man and strikes up conversation trying to determine if it’s Rushdie, uttering his corny joke about it being like a sauna in there. Meanwhile, George is at the funeral reception with Betsy, where he is indulging in the food spread available, but also trying to determine how to get the death certificate for his discount. As he is eating chips, Betsy’s brother Timmy notices George double dip the chip and jumps all over him for it. George is defiant about it, deliberately double dipping, causing Timmy to start a fight. Sidra is at Je

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 18, “The Old Man.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur aren’t going to be dipping their heads in oil, but the did get together once again to recap the latest episode for Seinfeld: A Post Show Recap. This week, they break down “The Old Man”, which first aired February 18, 1993 as part of season four. As always, there was a bit of current Seinfeld news this week. Rob took Hulu for a spin to watch this week’s episode, and enjoyed having the option, and even thought that the commercial interruptions weren’t terribly frequent. His one complaint was about the less than great video quality. Akiva shared that it was Larry David’s 68th birthday the day they taped the podcast. Also, he went further in depth about some of the media rankings of Seinfeld shows. The list done for New York Magazine that Akiva had noticed was missing an episode turned out to be completely different than Akiva’s, ranking many of Akiva’s least favorites fairly high. He did point out that Vanity Fair’s list was much more in tune with his opinions. Before answering the Seinfeld Scene It trivia question, Akiva thought to point out that the questions should really be about episodes they already watched, but Rob vetoed that quickly. Akiva was correct in guessing this week despite it being from a later season, bringing his record to 1-1. Jerry’s opening stand-up is a bit about life expectancies being so much higher than a thousand years ago. The episode opens with George lamenting his lot in life to Jerry at the diner, deciding that he wants to date a woman who doesn’t speak English, while Jerry suggests dating a mute. Elaine comes in, suggesting George could find some fulfillment from helping the elderly like she’s doing. He seems keen on the idea, while Jerry scoffs at it. Rob pointed out that this episode had a lot of great lines in it despite lacking a great plot. Elaine ends up convincing both Jerry and George to volunteer for the organization she’s joined. At Jerry’s apartment, Kramer comes in and quickly admonishes Jerry and George for volunteering, calling it all a scam. Rob thought this line didn’t end up paying off, with Akiva thinking it’d been funnier to have Kramer afraid of old people. Newman then comes in, and he and Kramer share their plan to sell used records, asking Jerry for his old records to help the cause. George is prompted to ask Newman what he does for a living, and Newman goes on a rant about how postal workers go crazy because the mail never stops. Rob explained to Akiva that this theory is where the saying “going postal” comes from. In the next scene at the record store, Kramer and Newman are floored when they are only offered $5 for all of Jerry’s records. Rob shared that he’s sold some DVDs and video games during some tighter times in his youth, while Akiva had never, since he hates money. Meanwhile, Jerry shows up at old man Sid’s apartment that the agency assigned him, but the old man doesn’t want him there, yelling at him throughout the whole visit. Before leaving, Jerry learns that Sid is getting rid of all his records, prompting him to offer Kramer and Newman to come take them off his hands. George is at the diner with the old man he was assigned, peppering him with questions about how he deals with oncoming death. The old man explains that he just doesn’t care about that, and when George keeps with the questions, he finally walks out on George, leaving him with the bill. As Elaine walks in to visit with her old lady, she immediately gasps, since the lady has a giant goiter on her neck. Elaine does her best to not look horrified, but not very well. Jerry, George and Elaine all recap how their visits went, and all three want out of their situations. Kramer and Newman come in, with Kramer telling Jerry he embarrassed him with having such cheap records. Jerry shares that his old man Sid has a ton of great records that they can just have, so they all head over there. At Sid’s apartment, George is immediately entranced by Sid’s helper from Senegal, finding his woman who doesn’t speak English, and tells her that he wants to dip his head in oil and rub it all over her. As Newman and Kramer start to gather up the records, Sid starts yelling at them, ultimately kicking Kramer in the rear end. During the tussle, he also bites Kramer’s arm. When Kramer flings his arm free, Sid’s false teeth fly through the kitchen, ultimately getting crunched in the garbage disposal when George turns it on thinking it was a light. Jerry gathers them all up so they can take Sid to a dentist to fix the teeth. Outside, they all pile into the taxi, but realize that Sid is not with them. Meanwhile, Elaine is with her old lady

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 17, “The Outing.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur have spent the last year, and plan to spend the next two and a half more recapping each and every Seinfeld episode, not that there is anything wrong with that. This week, they’ll discuss “The Outing” which first aired February 11, 1993 as part of season four. This was one of the more famous episodes because the subject matter at the time was not talked about. Akiva starts off the show by sharing a bit of current news in the Seinfeld universe. In addition to the show being released on Hulu, the one and only Soup Nazi showed up at the replica apartment that was on display in New York City this week. He also is currently appearing in a Pepsi Max commercial in Israel as his character. Lastly, a reporter who ranked all the episodes this week accidentally left out one, convincing Akiva that his rankings list will remain the “go-to”. Rob wanted to introduce a new segment to the show this week, asking a Seinfeld Scene It question to Akiva each week. Akiva got this week’s question incorrect, affirming his claim that this isn’t the Seinfeld Know-It-Alls. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about birthdays being a celebration of not dying. The episode opens with George on a date with a woman Allison who can’t go on living without George. In the next scene, George is telling this story to Elaine, then they discuss how Elaine is getting Jerry a two line phone and George is getting him tickets to Guys and Dolls for his birthday. Jerry comes back from the payphone where he was setting up an interview with a college reporter. They have some random conversation about ugly people. While talking, Elaine figures out that the woman at the table next to them is eavesdropping, so she spices up the conversation by fake outing Jerry and George as being gay. George plays along, but Jerry is reluctant. Back at the apartment, George is excited to share that if he were a porn star, his name would be Buck Naked. He asks Jerry what he thinks about his sweater, and Jerry hates it. When the reporter Sharon comes up for the interview, Jerry recognizes her, but not as the woman eavesdropping at the diner. As they are talking, she asks to talk to George too, which doesn’t seem out of the ordinary because they are co-writing a script for NBC. After a few petty arguments between Jerry and George, Sharon remarks that she and her boyfriend are the same way. When she asks them if their parents “know”, Jerry finally puts it together that she was the one they were feeding the fake story about being gay. Sharon scrambles out of there, with Jerry and George trying anything to refute this. In the next scene, Elaine offers to talk to Sharon to set the story straight. Kramer comes in with a two line phone for Jerry’s birthday, ruining Elaine’s present idea. When Sharon calls, she tells him that she won’t report that they are gay, but when he puts her on hold to take George’s call, she overhears him sarcastically say that they “fooled” her into thinking they are straight. Jerry learns that she heard him on the other line when George confirms he heard him when he switched over to talk to Sharon. Elaine goes to fix things with Sharon, but it goes terribly when Elaine refuses to take her coat off. Next, Jerry is opening his birthday gifts, and balks at George’s since it tickets to a Broadway show. George points out that the show is called Guys and Dolls, not Guys and Guys. Elaine, having to find a new gift since Kramer gave him the two line phone, gets him the collective works of Bette Midler. Jerry notices a couple guys pointing at him, and they learn that Sharon did report they were gay, then the Associated Press ran the story as well. Jerry is upset, adding “not that there’s anything wrong with that”. Kramer comes in, upset that they didn’t share their secret with him. George picks up the phone and it’s Jerry’s mom, who thinks this confirms the story she read, adding “not that there’s anything wrong with that”. His dad comments that Jerry’s gay because Helen made him wear culottes. After George hangs up, he runs out of the apartment yelling about his mom finding out this information. There is a shot for shot remake of his mom in a hospital bed, there from hearing the news about George being gay. Rob thought this was the best scene of the episode. At the diner, Jerry decides he is going to skip out on Guys and Dolls. A military man walks up to Jerry and tells him that in light of his story, he is going to come out of the closet himself. After, Jerry and George are loudly arguing, causing the manager to tell them to quiet down. Rob found this scene to be a head scratcher, feeling i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5F8g1SgpuU Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 16, “The Shoes.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur would never snub the podcast listeners, as they continue into year two of churning out the Seinfeld recap podcast week after week. This time, they tackle “The Shoes” (another episode title Rob would change), which first aired February 4, 1993 as part of season four. Akiva mentioned how this episode was the first Seinfeld to air on NBC’s highly touted “Must See TV” Thursday, following Cheers. The move immediately vaulted the show into the upper echelon of the ratings. As always, Akiva had some news. Hulu will have a replica of Jerry’s apartment set up in New York City in honor of the show’s release on the site. Other than that, there has been more chatter about Jerry’s comments pertaining to comedy in this politically correct world. Rob read a story about how Keith Hernandez still receives about $3000 a year in residuals for his appearances on the show. Jerry’s opening standup was about the timetable for when sex should happen when dating. The episode opens with Jerry and George making great headway on their pilot script, cracking each other up. They realize that they haven’t introduced the Elaine character into the script, and when they try to write some lines, they come up empty. Kramer then comes in to tell Jerry how he saw an old girlfriend of his, and decided to snub her because she wouldn’t even hug Jerry after three dates. Neither Rob nor Akiva had ever snubbed anyone, but both had purposely pretended not to see a person they know. Jerry was quite honored by Kramer’s gesture. At the diner, Elaine is reading the script, then throws it back at Jerry since there was no mention of her character. Jerry explains that he and George just couldn’t write from a woman’s perspective. Gail, Jerry’s former romance walks in to ask Jerry about Kramer snubbing her. Before leaving, she asks Elaine about her shoes. When she hears they’re from a fancy store Botticellis, she makes an exaggerated comment about that, upsetting Elaine. When Jerry doesn’t understand why she’s upset, he explains to her that is why she wasn’t in the script. Meanwhile, George is at his therapy appointment where he is excited about everything, until he asks her if she read his script. When she tells him she thought it wasn’t funny, George loses it, telling her the diploma on her wall was a joke, and it must be funny if NBC thinks it is. When George meets up with Elaine and Jerry, he scolds Elaine for ever setting him up with the therapist. Kramer comes in and tells them that he saw Gail again, but this time, he gave her a big kiss, winning her over from the snub. He mentions to Elaine about her shoes, further aggravating her that Gail would be talking about them. In the next scene, Elaine storms down to the restaurant Gail works at to yell at her for talking about her shoes. During the busy lunch hour, Gail has no time for the conversation, and while leaving, Elaine accidentally sneezes on a plate of past primavera, which ends up being Russell from NBC’s order. Soon after, Jerry and George go up to see Russell at his apartment because he was feeling sick after his pasta primavera. George mentions how his cousin works in a restaurant where they do unspeakable things to the bouillabaisse. Rob wondered why George would choose to mention this. As Russell is telling them his thoughts on the script, he excuses himself repeatedly to throw up. While waiting for Russell to get out of the bathroom, Jerry and George chit chat about random things when Russell’s 15 year old daughter comes in, played by Denise Richards. As she is kneeling over the couch, Jerry notices her cleavage and nudges George to see. George lingers far too long looking and gets caught by Russell. Akiva and Rob both agreed that leering at a 15 year old, no matter how old the actress actually is, would not fly in 2015, and wondered how it could fly in 1993. Kramer comes in with Gail, and she asks Jerry what’s up with Elaine bombarding her at the restaurant. When she heads into Kramer’s apartment, Kramer shares that she is so wild that it’s really wearing him out. When he leaves, Jerry gets a call from his agent letting him know NBC cancelled the pilot. They immediately plot an idea to catch Russell leering in the same situation, wondering if Gail would go along with this plan, but Elaine wants to be the one to be leered at. Gail agreed to let them know when Russell shows up, as long as Elaine gives her the shoes. At the restaurant, Gail calls Jerry when she notices Russell, and they come right down and start talking to him, George explaining that he wasn’t leering, that it was just in h

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 15, “The Visa.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur avoided being very bad men this week by continuing their quest to recap every Seinfeld episode. This week they covered “The Visa”, which first aired January 27th, 1993 as part of season four. Akiva as always had some Seinfeld news. He and Rob discussed how it’s remarkable that every week there is plenty of relevant Seinfeld news. A YouTube clip of Jason Alexander was getting a lot buzz this week, and it was a topic that Akiva had an early scoop on the podcast weeks ago. Jason talked about Heidi Swedberg, who played Susan, being a bad fit for the show. In other news, Julia Louis-Dreyfus was on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry. Akiva noted that the Entourage movie did quite poorly in the box office, lining up with what they both expected. Lastly, Rob mentioned how Jerry was on Colin Cowherd’s sports talk radio sharing his view on political correctness getting out of hand and could lead to the death of comedy. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about lawyers, tying into the storyline of Cheryl Fong, the lawyer helping Ping the delivery biker. The episode opens with George talking with an attractive woman named Cheryl at Monks while waiting for Jerry and Elaine to show up. He is hitting it off well, making her laugh the whole time. She asks George if his friends are as funny as he is, to which he blanches and says no. Elaine and Jerry come in, talking about how she still needs to bring Jerry his mail she picked up while he was away for a few weeks. George ends up with Cheryl’s number, but scoffs at the win since he was so funny, he can only lose ground going forward. Jerry notices Babu busing tables, and we learn that Jerry got him the job, plus a place to live in his building. Jerry and Elaine invite George and Cheryl to double with he and Elaine, but George declines, not wanting Cheryl to see how funny Jerry is. Jerry shares that Kramer didn’t pick up his mail because he has been at a baseball fantasy camp. George thinks this is ridiculous, since Kramer’s life is a fantasy that people would want to live like him for a week. Rob asked Akiva if he’s ever thought of going to a baseball fantasy camp. Akiva hasn’t had interest, while Rob has, but questioned if he would be good enough at baseball to partake, thinking he’d be perfect for a Mets announcer fantasy camp. In the next scene, George and Cheryl are eating at Isabella’s, the restaurant Jerry had said he didn’t want to go to. As they are toasting each other, Jerry and Elaine walk in, much to George’s chagrin. At dinner, each time Jerry cracks a joke, George gets more defensive. When Elaine learns Cheryl’s a lawyer, she asks about the lawsuit from Ping she’s facing. Cheryl shares that she is Ping’s cousin, and is the lawyer on his behalf. When Cheryl leaves the table, George demands Jerry stop being funny, but Elaine thinks Jerry can’t not be funny. When Cheryl comes back, Jerry is acting very serious, which only intrigues Cheryl more. Next, at Jerry’s apartment, Elaine is telling Jerry how Cheryl decided she was so nice that she dropped the lawsuit. Kramer ends up back from fantasy camp early, since he started a bench clearing brawl where he accidentally punched out Mickey Mantle, causing them to cancel the camp. There is a ruckus in the hallway, and we hear Babu being taken away by immigration because he didn’t renew his visa in time. Rob and Akiva thought Jerry should have fudged the story to lessen the blame on him. When Jerry starts going through his mail, he notices the letter from immigration was accidentally delivered to him. George comes up, and Jerry asks him to have Cheryl help clear Babu. George agrees, as long as Jerry continues to not be funny until George consummates the relationship. When Jerry does meet with Cheryl, he keeps up the dower act, and Cheryl agrees to help Babu. Jerry and Elaine go down to the detention cell to visit Babu. He tells Babu the whole story, angering Babu when he learns Jerry had the letter. Meanwhile, George is in the car with Cheryl, who is telling him she’s developed feelings for Jerry. George loses it, telling Cheryl his whole setup to keep Jerry from being funny, which turns her off from them both. Back at Jerry’s, he and Elaine are talking when they overhear noise coming from Babu’s apartment. It turns out to be his brother, who shares that Babu has been deported back to Pakistan. Before leaving, the brother turns down the Snapple Elaine offers because it’s too fruity. Ping shows up with some delivery, and they learn that Cheryl has reopened the case and is doubling the damages. Kramer had gone to Mickey Mantle’s restaurant in the city to apologize, b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAvq35PgFT4 Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 14, “The Movie.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur skipped out on Rochelle, Rochelle so they could bring you their latest recap in their quest to cover every Seinfeld episode. This week, they’ll break down “The Movie”, which first aired January 6, 1993 as part of season four. Rob felt that a better title would have been “The Movie Theatre”. In the news, Jerry was giving an interview where he talked about how they were going to do an episode of the show in Claymation, but backed out because it was already done prior on the show Home Improvement. Jerry’s opening standup was a classic bit about how the employees in a movie theater are only under the age of 18, or over 80. The episode opens with Jerry at the Improv, where he learns his set is being pushed back, deterring his plans to go see the movie Checkmate, and to bounce from club to club to work on his set for his upcoming Letterman appearance. On his way out, Jerry ducks an obnoxious comedian named Buckles, who will play a factor throughout the episode. Rob and Akiva take some time to give a synopsis of the fake movie Checkmate (which they completely make up). Meanwhile, George is standing in line outside the theater waiting to buy everyone’s tickets. When the guy in front of him says he doesn’t have tickets, George assumes he’s in the right line, though it would turn out he wasn’t. Rob and Akiva both agreed that George isn’t to blame for this because of checking with the guy in front of him. Jerry learns at the next club that his set was not 9:50, but 9:15, and Buckles had taken his spot when he wasn’t there. Elaine meets George at the theater, excited for Checkmate. Kramer shows up soon after, itching to get a hot dog over at Papaya King, but time is short, and Elaine does not want to save seats. They realize that they are in the wrong line, and George learns the show is sold out, upsetting Elaine because she doesn’t want to see it in the twin theater down the street. Jerry is in the taxi with Buckles, on his way to tell the gang that he is going to skip the movie. Buckles continues to annoy him, and asks to keep a trench coat in his closet for him. Rob pointed out that Buckles is the kind of character the show would have had in the first couple seasons. George and Elaine are waiting in the next line, debating on whether she should give George $20, or wait to pay him when she gets change, putting George’s cheapness to the test. Elaine ends up having to save seats, really getting into the process. Meanwhile, George goes back to the other theater to let Kramer know the scoop. Akiva and Rob pointed out that the fast scene cutting made for difficult note taking on the episode. George describes Jerry to the ticket taker lady, but she hasn’t seen him. Just after George checks on him, Jerry gets out of the cab and is let right in to the theater to meet up with the gang. Another quick cut shows Elaine losing the battle of saving the seats. Kramer comes back and describes Jerry, but she only describes George as a Humpty Dumpty with a melon head. Back to Elaine, a woman behind her is talking loudly, but the lady doesn’t find it rude since its just the previews. Akiva thought it was not polite for the lady to have done that, since their was no other way to see a preview in 1993. When George tries to get back in to the theater they have tickets at, the ticket taker won’t let him through without a stub, so he reluctantly uses Jerry’s ticket. When he gets in, he starts whisper shouting for Elaine, getting shushed profusely, prompting him run out the back exit. Akiva shared how he once was shushed during Titanic when he tripped over some feet coming back from the bathroom. This prompted Rob to find an app that tells you when the best time to use the bathroom during particular movies, which of course there was one. Jerry just misses Kramer as he gets back in a cab. George tries to get back in the theater and has to give the ticket taker Kramer’s ticket since he can’t find that stub either. Elaine continues to struggle watching Checkmate, so she leaves to ask the counter person if they’ve seen any of the others, getting popcorn while she’s there. George scraps all his plans and sits in on Rochelle, Rochelle, only to have a very tall person sit directly in front of him. Jerry ends up back at the comedy club, but Buckles just got off stage and Jerry doesn’t want to hollow such a hack, so he goes with Buckles to see Rochelle, Rochelle. As Jerry settles in at the theater, he hears Elaine scoff at the movie, then George hears Jerry call out for Elaine. They all agree the movie stinks and they head outside to meet up. The episode ends with

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 13, “The Pick.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur made sure not to miss any buttons as they convened to recap the next episode in the Seinfeld series. This time, they talked about “The Pick”, which first aired December 16, 1992 as part of season four. The guys spent a lengthy amount of time discussing an idea for a Back to the Future reboot before getting into the Seinfeld news, and went on several tangents throughout the podcast as well. They have cast Anna Kendrick in the Marty McFly role and bandied about several names to fill the Doc Brown role, including Chris Tucker, Peter Dinklage and Zach Galifianakis. There was a little bit of news this week. Wednesday, June 24th will be the day Seinfeld comes to Hulu. Also, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jerry Seinfeld participated in David Letterman’s final Top 10 list on The Late Show. Rob noted that next week’s episode will drop right around the one year anniversary of the podcast. Jerry does a standup bit about modeling and how they tend to overshadow the product being sold. The episode opens with George at Jerry’s apartment lamenting his breakup with Susan. Jerry and Elaine remind him that he didn’t even like her when they were together. While George talks about how he’ll spend the rest of his life in his disgusting apartment with no underwear, Elaine suggests seeing a psychiatrist to help. Elaine notices Jerry got a Christmas card from the model Tia with her photo on it, which prompts her to want to do the same thing when Kramer offers to take the picture for her. Elaine talks about her religious boyfriend, which Rob and Akiva believed was only added to the script as a precursor to him admonishing her for the nipple picture. Rob also noted another useless storyline where Kramer is obsessed about Jerry’s cereal selection. The scene wraps with George singing a sad song, to which Jerry tells him it’s time to go. In the next scene, Jerry is at his apartment with Tia talking about getting a tropical fish tank when he notices her perfume smells a lot like Kramer’s idea of The Beach. When Kramer comes in for a dust buster, Jerry does his best to keep them separated, but can’t keep Kramer from recognizing the smell. It takes him a few beats to notice, but when he does he is incensed, thinking he missed out on being a fragrance mogul. George decides to meet with Elaine’s psychiatrist friend, however he can’t get through the session because he’s obsessed with getting his jacket zipper unstuck. Meanwhile, Elaine is showing Jerry her Christmas card she had Kramer do when he notices that her nipple is showing, leaving her mortified. They show it to Kramer, who does a double take, and Jerry ultimately decides that they need Newman to determine if the nipple is that easy to see. Newman pops in, points out the nipple and leaves. The psychiatrist is now trying to help George with the zipper, and she gets so aggravated by it, she abruptly ends the session. In the next scene, Jerry is in his car scratching the side of his nose. Tia is in a cab next to him, and from her angle it looks as though he’s picking deep in his nose. Her cab drives off with Tia looking disgusted, with Jerry screaming “it was not a pick!”. Back at Jerry’s apartment, he is telling George about Tia thinking he picked his nose. George tells him it’s not a big deal, but says he’d never date a woman if he caught her doing that. He added that Moses probably picked, since he wandered the desert with that dry air. Elaine comes in complaining about her coworkers calling her “Nip” now that they’ve seen the Christmas card. George tries to complain to Elaine about not being on her Christmas card list, and she shoves his face into her chest, saying “here’s your Christmas card”. Rob called it the joke of the episode. Kramer comes back in for more cereal and notices that Elaine is wearing his scent. When Jerry calls Tia’s agency to track her down, they learn she’s at the Calvin Klein offices. They all decide to head down there, Jerry to shame Tia for bailing on him and Kramer to argue with Calvin Klein about stealing his fragrance. In the next scene, George is meeting with Susan at the diner, trying to convince her to take him back. He goes on about how he’s a rock, he can change. He talks about how Louis Pasteur and his wife supported each other without having anything in common, and they could be like them. Susan ultimately agrees to take him back. Out in the lobby at Calvin Klein, Jerry confronts Tia about ducking his phone calls, causing quite the scene. Next we see Elaine, where she is defending herself to her religious boyfriend over the nipple picture, telling him he’s the one who&#821

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 12, “The Airport.” Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur may be riding coach, but they are taking you on a first class trip back to recap “The Airport”, which first aired November 25, 1992 as part of Seinfeld’s season four. The episode was directed by Larry Charles, which Rob thought was easy to tell since his style is so much different than the other writers. Also, this may or may not be their 50th Seinfeld podcast so far. There was a bit of news in the Seinfeld world this week. The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York did an improv Seinfeld episode they titled “The Leaning Susan”, where “Kramer” comes up with a way to lean comfortably when waiting around in the department store. Akiva felt it was worth the watch. Jerry starts things off with some standup about how small everything at the airport is. The episode opens with Jerry and Elaine in a rental car going to the St Louis airport, where Jerry had a show and Elaine was visiting her sister. We learn that George will be picking them up since he lost a bet to Jerry about his jumping ability. This reminded Rob of a letter he got from Uber letting him know he’d make a great driver for them. At the rental car place, Jerry and Elaine debate how much to tip the baggage handler. Because Elaine thinks it’s all a scam when the handler suggests $5 a bag, he sends her bag to Hawaii, while Jerry’s went to the right destination. As they are running through the airport to get to their gate, Jerry tells Elaine to stop running like a girl. They learn their flight is cancelled, but there are two spots on another flight, one in first class, one in coach. Jerry decides he’ll get the first class seat, since she’s never flown first class, thus wouldn’t know what she’s missing. Once seated, Elaine tries to come up into first class to check it out, but she is brushed back to coach quickly. Akiva pointed out that typically the star of a sitcom has a series of follies befall them, but they decided that Jerry should ultimately start having things go his way, as a way to be in contrast to George. Elaine is stuck next to a man who is carrying all his bags with him, taking up much of her space. Meanwhile, Jerry is sitting next to a beautiful model. Kramer and George are driving to that airport, George hell bent on making it a perfect pickup. Kramer picks the wrong route, leaving them stuck in traffic. Kramer is also upset by this since he wanted a chance to check out the duty free shop at the airport. Rob pointed out that duty free shops are reserved only for those on international flights. Back on the plane, Jerry learns that this model Tia was recently in an add in Esquire, where she is scantily clad. Elaine needs to use the bathroom, but the gentleman with all the bags is asleep, and she struggles getting around him. Back to George and Kramer, they are at the airport where George is trying to get a copy of Time Magazine, since Jerry may have mentioned him in an article. As he grabs the last copy, there is a criminal who also wants a copy, and he happens to be on the cover for being captured. Rob wondered why they would have this lunatic both be obsessed with Time, while also being on the cover. In their argument about who should get the magazine, the criminal calls George a blurb when George tries to claim he deserves it since there is a blurb about him in it. Akiva questioned why this criminal would be on a regular flight and not banished to a private plane since he would be considered dangerous. When Elaine finally gets to the bathroom, a man (played by Larry Charles himself) is getting out after stinking it up. Akiva enjoyed how they contrasted all the good things happening to Jerry in first class with all the bad things happening to Elaine in coach. Meanwhile, Kramer notices a man he recognizes, realizing that it’s his old roommate that still owes Kramer money. Back in coach, Elaine can’t get back to her seat because the meal cart is blocking the isle. George and Kramer have a plan for Kramer to get his money back from his old roommate. They are going to buy plane tickets on George’s credit card so he can get the miles and Kramer can find Grossbard to get his money back from him. Rob and Akiva debated whether one could still get the miles after getting a refund. Once Elaine gets back to her seat, she learns that she can’t have a meal since she wasn’t in her seat when they came around. Back to Kramer and George, Kramer confronts Grossbard, but he doesn’t seem to recognize Kramer. Rob felt he was trying to pretend he didn&#8217

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JF0b-3_-I Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 9, “The Opera.” Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Nobody put the kibosh on Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur this week as they recapped the next episode in the Seinfeld series. This week, they discussed “The Opera”, which first aired November 4th, 1992 as part of season four. There was big news in the Seinfeld world this week. Hulu bought the digital rights to the series for an astounding $180 million. Akiva thought that this could really bring the show to a wider international audience. Rob mentioned this will help listeners to watch the episode they’re covering each week with ease. In more news, Jerry made his final appearance on his good buddy David Letterman’s Late Show. Jason Alexander was on The Late Late Show, where he recorded a version of his famous outgoing message of “Believe it or Not” for Kat Dennings from Two Broke Girls. Jerry’s opening stand-up is a bit about how men are interchangeable since tuxedos all look the same. The episode begins with Joe Devola leaving Jerry a message threatening to put the kibosh on him for ruining the NBC deal of Joe’s. Rob and Akiva took some time to discuss a few plot holes surrounding the Joe Devola storyline, ultimately deciding it’s all one big “shut up Akiva” situation (” shut up Akiva” is in reference to when either of them get a little too nitpicky on the storyline). Jerry and Kramer come into Jerry’s apartment talking about the opera they are all going to, but Jerry is trying to get out of it. Elaine shows up to get the tickets, explaining she is going to surprise Joey with them. She refers to Joey as quite cultured, and the scene cut to Crazy Joe lifting waits while sobbing and blasting opera music. Rob shared that he agrees that the “pop in” is a terrible thing, but maybe not for Joe since he encourages intruders. Jerry finally listens to the threatening answering machine message and frantically asks Kramer what he should do, who says not to bother calling the cops. Akiva and Rob pointed out another example of the show disparaging law enforcement. Jerry calls Joe Devola back, leaving a message trying to explain that it is all one big misunderstanding. There was an interlude where Rob and Akiva planned and acted out fictitious interviews with Jerry and Larry. In actuality, Rob does believe that getting a guest like Susan, Crazy Joe Devola, or the like could be a possibility. Years ago, he had met the actor who plays The Soup Nazi at a Seinfeld related event, and he seemed to be accessible. The next scene cuts to Joe Devola’s apartment as Elaine is coming for her surprise pop in. His door was wide open, so she walks in and discovers dozens of photos of her hanging on the wall. Devola surprises her as he ducks out of his dark room, explaining that he took the photos himself with a telephoto lens. When she explains that the opera tickets fell through, he slams the front door shut with his head. Elaine worms her way out of the situation by spraying him in the face with cherry binaca from her purse. Rob thought it would have been funnier if the viewers knew it was binaca when she did it, because it seemed dark for her to mace him. In the next scene, Jerry is in his tuxedo talking on the phone with the police about Joe Devola’s threatening message, learning that they can’t do anything for him. George shows up, and his tux is way too small, having dusted it off from a wedding he wore it to six years ago where he was thrown out for cursing during his toast. Kramer hits his head again attempting to come into the apartment, since Jerry had the door locked to keep out Crazy Joe Devola. He is not dressed in black tie, instead going with a 1950s Ozzie Nelson look. He explained to Jerry and George that people dress up for the opera, just not him. Kramer mentions to George that they can scalp the extra tickets since Susan isn’t going with, much to the delight of George’s cheap ears. Later, Jerry and Elaine are waiting in the line to get into Pagliacci, and Jerry gets in an argument with a man who takes his quarter that he dropped. Rob once again mentioned that he prefers scenes like this, that are actually about nothing, opposed to the life and death storyline of Devola trying to kill them. The scene cuts to Crazy Joe Devola in full clown gear, taking down three thugs in the park for teasing him. Back to the opera line, George and Kramer are taking a $500 offer for the two tickets, but Kramer wants $1000. George decides to sell his extra ticket on his own after Kramer refused to take the $500. Back with Jer

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 8, “The Cheever Letters.” Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur didn’t use a short week as an excuse to procrastinate as they knocked out another recap in their quest to cover the entire run of the Seinfeld series for Post Show Recaps. This week, they covered “The Cheever Letters”, which first aired October 28, 1992 as part of the forth season. Akiva felt the episode title was one of the worst. He and Rob discussed better alternatives, ultimately coming up with “The Dirty Talk” as a replacement. There was a bit of current Seinfeld news this week. Jerry did an interview where he talked about YouTube being a content garbage can, and how show business should be reserved for talent, and not just anyone with an internet connection. Rob felt that Jerry’s age may have him a bit out of touch with today’s way of doing things. Jerry’s standup is a bit about how offices are like a stationary store with all the supplies that get stolen. The episode opens with Jerry and George talking over the events of the cabin burning down. Rob and Akiva noted this was in leiu of a “previously on” to bring the audience up to speed. The episode opens with Jerry and George finally working on writing the pilot, and its going quite poorly, with them using every excuse to procrastinate. When Jerry calls Elaine, her assistant talks on and on, prompting him to complain to Elaine about it. Elaine brings it up to the assistant right after, so she knows it was Jerry who complained. She exclaims that she can’t work like this, and quits. In the next scene, Kramer comes in clamoring to George for more cigars from Susan’s dad. George explains how that’s not going to happen since Kramer burned down the cabin with the original cigars. Kramer says that he needs something to trade the golf pros because he can’t go back to playing public courses. George and Susan are at dinner with her parents, who are making their first appearance on the show. Mr. Ross starts asking about the cigars, then the cabin. George does his best to suck up to Mr. Ross, though can’t hide his discomfort. Rob and Akiva enjoyed how Mr. and Mrs. Ross cut each other down throughout, adding to the awkwardness. Jerry and Elaine are at Jerry’s trying to fix Sandra quitting because of Jerry’s complaint. He calls Sandra to explain that he’s a comedian and Elaine thought he was being sarcastic when he said it was a real treat talking to her. Sandra understands, and asks Jerry out for drinks, to which he reluctantly agrees. The scene cuts back to the Ross house, where Mr Ross is talking about how important the cabin is. George finally blurts out the cabin burned down after beating around the bush enough. Mr. Ross is distraught by this, and solemnly walks out of the room while Mrs. Ross cackles in delight, since she hated the cabin. After their date, Jerry and Sandra are back at Jerry’s fooling around. We see her storm out of his bedroom, upset about something Jerry says while talking dirty. He begs her not to tell Elaine about this, but she indicates that wont be the case. Later on, Jerry is at the diner explaining what happened on the date with Sandra to George. She started making advances while out, so they went back to his place. While fooling around, she started the dirty talk, which he had a difficult time keeping up with. When she started talking about her panties, Jerry responded with “you mean the panties your mother laid out for you”. George can’t believe he said something so abnormal. Jerry and George finally get back to working on the pilot, but Kramer comes in, which they welcome with open arms for a change. When George confirms that he won’t ask Mr. Ross for more cigars, Kramer decides to take matters into his own hands. Rob pointed out how difficult it is to write as a team, and these two lazy guys have it even worse. Still blocked, Jerry and George decide to go to the movies for inspiration. Elaine calls to talk about how Sandra is coming back to work, though now Jerry is trying to convince Elaine to not take her back, so she won’t tell Elaine about the embarrassing encounter. Kramer is now at the Cuban embassy trying to convince them to give him some cigars. One of the diplomats there likes Kramer’s jacket, calling back a season three bit, and offers to trade cigars for it. In the next scene, Jerry and George go to the Ross apt to bring back some sunglasses. An insurance person shows up with a box recovered from the fire. In it is a bunch of letters that John cheever wrote to Mr. Ross, indicating they

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Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 6, “The Watch.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur both had Jimmy Sherman fix their watches down on Columbus and 85th so they’d be on time to recap the latest episode in their run through the entire Seinfeld series. This week, they tackled “The Watch”, which is the conclusion episode to the storyline from last week’s “The Wallet”. “The Watch” first aired on September 30, 1992 as part of season four. Akiva had a bit of Seinfeld news to share this week. The rapper Wale, who’s album reached number one on the charts, had Jerry Seinfeld as a guest on it, since the album is titled “The Album About Nothing”. Jerry speaks the intro before each track, and there are clips of the show throughout the songs. After an extensive “previously on”, which Rob thought was way too long, Jerry had a standup bit about terrible gifts people give. The episode picks up right where “The Wallet” left off, with Jerry out to dinner with his parents and Uncle Leo. Helen keeps trying to get Jerry to pick up their waitress, arguing that she’s beautiful, while Jerry argues that she’s just pretty. Meanwhile, George, on a date with Susan, learns that Russell Dalrymple said the hell with them for passing on the first offer. George wonders what kind of maniac would just say no, and throws Jerry under the bus, citing it was his idea to pass. Rob felt, just like in Survivor, you always say yes at first, even if the answer changes. Rob and Akiva also concluded that passing on NBC’s offer could not have been part of Larry and Jerry’s real pilot story. In the next scene, we see Kramer’s apartment for the first time. He and Elaine are prepping to meet with Dr. Reston, since he is pretending to be her boyfriend to get her out of dating the doctor. He calls Dr. Reston to confirm their dating, but he is quickly manipulated into going to see Reston at his office. Jerry is still at the restaurant, prompting Rob to wonder how all the side stories develop over time, while time stands still at the restaurant. Morty is trying to pay for the dinner, despite not having his wallet. Jerry calls him on it, very curious how Morty will pull this off. When Jerry heads to the bathroom, he tries to make a deal with Uncle Leo for the watch. Akiva and Rob commented on how terribly every negotiation in this episode went. George meanwhile is outside Russell’s building, desperate to talk to him before Monday. Back at the restaurant, Jerry ultimately pays for the dinner, even though Morty tries to say he’ll pay the restaurant later. Back at Russell’s, he is having dinner with his wife Cynthia, and neither is pleased that George is there. George explains that Jerry gave him Russell’s address when asked. When Cynthia is looking for the TV Guide, George mentions he could tell her what’s on any station at any time. Rob and Akiva questioned when the fall of the TV Guide magazine was, deciding that the internet and the cable/satellite menus all played a part in phasing that out. George desperately pleads to get the original pilot offer back on the table, but learns that another writing team has accepted an offer from NBC instead. He ends up talking the price down to $8,000, which Russell reluctantly accepts. Rob felt that Russell probably thought $8000 was so cheap, there’s no risk in giving them the opportunity. Kramer is at Dr. Reston’s office to discuss his relationship with Elaine. Elaine is down on the street waiting for Kramer, when Joe Devola walks up singing a show tune, and she starts to sing along with him. They flirt a bit, with her having no idea that he is actually the crazy person who kicked Kramer in the head. Akiva and Rob both thought there was no way that Elaine wouldn’t know who Crazy Joe Devola is. Back at the restaurant bathroom, Uncle Leo is driving up the price on the watch, ultimately taking $350 for it. Rob and Akiva quibble over how there are many cheaper options for Jerry to replace this watch, but decided that it doesn’t work for them to be too nitpicky. After a thorough shrinking, Kramer walks away from Dr. Reston having agreed to let the doctor have Elaine back, admitting that he isn’t with Elaine anyway. He goes as far as lighting some cigars for them to share. Back at the restaurant, Jerry finally decides to give his number to the waitress, and learns that she has a terrible laugh when he makes a corny joke about fish. As Kramer leaves the office, he narrowly misses running into Crazy Joe Devola, who is on his way up to meet with Dr. Reston, where he tells him all about the woman he just met (Elaine). There is a Jerry standup bit about how psychiatrist visits are only 50 minutes and not an hour. Akiva always thought

  Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 5, “The Wallet.” Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Watch”. Send in your questions by [email protected] . Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfeldITunes where you can rate and review the podcast. Follow them on twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Subscribe to Post Show Recaps [saf]

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episodes 3 & 4, “The Pitch” and “The Ticket.” Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur aren’t getting Ted Danson money, but they are ready for a second double recap in as many weeks as they continue on covering the Seinfeld series. This time, they’ll break down “The Pitch” and “The Ticket”, which both first aired September 16, 1992 as part of season four. Akiva shared some Seinfeld news before delving into the episode. There was an article in the New York Post about another lost episode that was pulled by NBC for some jokes about race that were deemed controversial. Jerry’s opening standup was a bit about Colonial Williamsburg that Rob noted had nothing to do with the episode premise. The episode opens at a comedy club with Jerry and George talking about toilet paper in historical times. As they are talking, two executives from NBC approach Jerry about their interest in having him develop a sitcom. The next day, George is suggesting several ideas to Jerry for what the show could be, like Jerry as a gymnastics coach or an antique store owner. Kramer suggests he do a show about circus freaks. Newman comes in to trade his helmet for Kramer’s radar detector. When Jerry points out that Kramer is getting the short end of the deal, Kramer tells Jerry the detector didn’t work anyway. Jerry and George go to Monks, still discussing ideas for the show. During a random conversation about salsa, it occurs to George that this type of mundane talking should be the premise of his show, a show about nothing. George thinks there could be characters based on them, Kramer and Elaine. At first Jerry’s not buying it, but starts to warm to the idea as the discussion unfolds. When Jerry talks with Kramer about the idea, Kramer balks, saying he’d only approve a Kramer character if he can play himself. Rob and Akiva mentioned how the real life Kramer must have felt apprehensive about a character based on him since they referred to Kramer as Kessler in the pilot episode. While talking about the show idea, Newman comes in and tells Kramer the radar detector didn’t work and he got a ticket, and now he’ll have bad karma for trading a worthless item. Jerry and George are waiting In the lobby at NBC, and George starts to get very nervous for the impending meeting. While they are waiting, Jerry notices “Crazy” Joe Devola in the hallway. During an awkward conversation, Jerry accidentally mentions Kramer’s party, learning that Devola wasn’t actually invited. At the pitch meeting, things are going well. George makes up that he wrote La Cosina as a way to prove that he belongs there. Jerry doesn’t miss the opportunity to further inquire about this, throwing him under the bus. As Jerry describes their idea to the executives, George takes over the conversation, turning belligerent about the “nothing” idea when they question it. Back at Monks, Jerry lays into George about how it would take a team of psychiatrists to fix whatever is wrong with him. As an aside, George mentions how he found the woman executive Susan attractive, further incensing Jerry. The next scene is Elaine in Europe with her psychiatrist/boyfriend, who is thinking about a patient (Joe Devola) who might be without his medication. Akiva mentioned how these scenes with Elaine were thrown in since Julia Louis-Dreyfus was on hiatus for maternity leave. Back at Jerry’s apartment, Jerry tells Kramer about his slip to Devola, instantly alarming Kramer. George comes in with Susan, who is almost immediately thrown up on by Kramer after he drank expired milk. At Monks, Jerry and George are discussing how the show must be dead now that Kramer has thrown up on Susan. Kramer comes in wearing the helmet, which has a dent in it. He shares how Crazy Joe Devola ran up and kicked him in the head saying “that’s what I think of your party”. Kramer tells Jerry that Devola said Jerry’s next. The end of “The Pitch” is a standup bit from Jerry about how there is no greeting card to apologize for throwing up on someone. Rob and Akiva debated the etiquette in how long to keep a greeting card after getting one. “The Ticket” begins with Jerry in his apartment, and Kramer walks in with one pant leg off. George comes in and hands Kramer a dry cleaning bill for throwing up on Susan. Kramer yells out “Yo Yo Ma”, then answers the phone in Italian, prompting Jerry to make him go to the doctor for the kick to the head. The phone call was from NBC, who wants a follow up meeting. As Jerry and George are on their way to NBC, Jerry notices his watch isn’t working, so he throws it in the garbage. As he does this, Uncle Leo walks up to them with a long story that Jerry has

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 4, Episode 1, “The Trip”. Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Rob Cesternino’s trip to New York is over, but he and Akiva Wienerkur are buckled in and ready for their trip through Seinfeld’s season four. This week, they’ll talk about the two part season premiere, “The Trip”, which first aired August 12 and 19, 1992, and was written by Larry Charles. Akiva shared that the early start to the seasonwas due to NBC running the summer Olympics in Barcelona, and needed to have some big premieres directly after it to capitalize on advertising. There were two bits of current news in the Seinfeld universe. First, Roger McDowell, the alleged second spitter in “The Boyfriend”, recently told a reporter he still gets a check for $13.52 every time the episode airs. Also, the rights to Seinfeld are being shopped to Yahoo, Amazon and Hulu, and the bidding is rumored to be north of 90 million dollars. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about people moving across the country. The episode opens with Jerry and George at the coffee shop where George reveals that he knew Kramer was going to Los Angeles, but actually kept it a secret. Jerry invites George to LA with him when he goes for his The Tonight Show appearance, thinking they can track down Kramer while there. Rob noted that George’s complicated preparation process for the trip was a bit broad and unlike George. Kramer is in LA, and we see him mentoring a group of young actors when a security guard promptly throws him off the set for loitering. He heads back to his rundown apartment and has a conversation with his washed up actress neighbor, who wants to go have frozen yogurt with him sometime. In the next scene, some LA police officers are investigating a murder scene. Akiva pointed out that one of the cops would later go on to play Jake Jarmel in “The Opposite”. At the airport, Jerry and George have trouble getting through the security line, with Jerry repeatedly setting off the metal detectors and George carrying a big bottle of moisturizer. There is another Jerry standup, this time a bit about how the people riding in the carts at the airport are the closest thing this country has to royalty. In the next scene, Kramer is at an audition, where they are casting for four different jobs, a horror movie, an infomercial, a rock video and an exercise tape. Kramer meets a woman named Chelsea at this audition and they go out to coffee, where he shows her the treatment he wrote called “The Keys”, hoping she can pass it along to her manager. While at the coffee shop he notices Fred Savage, and has an awkward interaction that prompts Fred to run out of the place to avoid further conversation. Akiva shared a fun fact that the woman playing Chelsea now runs a celebrity Pilates class. Jerry and George are in their hotel room in LA, with Jerry on the phone trying to track down Kramer. Rob wondered who Jerry was talking to, whether it was the Murphy Brown production staff or the police. Meanwhile, George is having a long conversation with Lupe the chambermaid about making sure the bed sheets are not tucked. Jerry asks her if she noticed a crumpled piece of paper on the night stand, since he crafted one of his jokes for The Tonight Show on it, but she had thrown it away. After she leaves, George defends Lupe when Jerry gets upset about her throwing the paper away. Akiva felt Lupe couldn’t possibly know to keep a crumpled up piece of paper when her job is to clean the room. In the next scene, the cops are investigating another murder, and we see that it’s Kramer’s new friend Chelsea. While searching the scene, one of the officers finds Kramer’s “The Keys” treatment “on her person”. At The Tonight Show, George has conversations with Corbin Bernsen and George Wendt about some ideas he has for their respective shows. When they have their interviews, they both comment how there are always “whack jobs” coming to them with dumb ideas for the show. The scene cuts back and forth from the TV interviews to the police interviewing Kramer’s neighbor and the burnout who he hitched a ride from in the last episode. Rob and Akiva both enjoyed the callback of this character from last season’s finale. Jerry performs his act on the show, and struggles mightily with the wording of his bit because Lupe threw out his paper he used to craft it. As they are leaving the set, they see a news report citing Kramer as the prime suspect for the recent murder spree. There is a Jerry standup bit where he talks about the chalk outline drawer on the police force. Back to the episode, Jerry and George decide to call the police to profess his innocence. Rob noted that the mundane conversation they have about bad breath a

Listen to the Podcast: Before heading into the 4th season of Seinfeld, Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur rank the 11 shows that aired on Thursday nights on NBC with Seinfeld and Friends, as well as Akiva’s 31 favorite cereals. Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Before delving into Seinfeld‘s season four, Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur devoted this episode to some of Akiva’s rankings. First, the guys go through and rank 11 of the short lived sitcoms that called theThursday time slots surrounding Friends and Seinfeld home. And because of overwhelming requests on Twitter, Akiva will give a quick ranking of his 31 favorite cereals. There were many sitcoms that NBC trotted out for their Must See TVThursday juggernaut. Though many of these shows brought in over 20 million viewers, most of them saw ratings drop drastically after they were given the opportunity to carry a different night on the schedule. The shows discussed were: Madman of the People, airing 16 episodes from 1994-1995. The Single Guy, airing 43 episodes from 1995-1997. Caroline in the City, airing 97 episodes from 1995-2000. Hope and Gloria, airing 35 episodes from 1995-1996 Boston Common, airing 32 episodes from 1996-1997 Suddenly Susan, airing 93 episodes from 1996-2000 The Naked Truth, airing 51 episodes from 1995-1998 Just Shoot Me, airing 149 episodes from 1997-2003 Fired Up, airing 28 episodes from 1997-1998 Union Square, airing 14 episodes from 1997-1998 Veronica’s Closet, airing 65 episodes from 1997-2000 Akiva spent the last ten minutes of the podcast giving a rapid fire order of his favorite cereals. Because he doesn’t eat chocolate, some classics like Coco Puffs and Coco Pebbles didn’t crack the list. Lucky Charms isn’t kosher, so it won’t make the list, though Rob felt that it should make no one’s list. A few notables were Life, Berry Berry Kix, Rice Crispies, Wheaties, Apple Jacks, and Raisin Bran. There was a fast turnaround to the recap of season four’s first episode “The Trip”, as it’s available now at postshowrecaps.com. Email your suggestions on this and of course send in your questions by [email protected] . Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfeldITunes where you can rate and review the podcast. Follow them on twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. Subscribe to Post Show Recaps [saf]

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Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 3, Episode 22, “The Parking Space”. A pack of wild teenagers chasing them down didn’t stop Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur from getting together to recap the next episode in the Seinfeld series. This week, they break down “The Parking Space”, which first aired April 22, 1992 as the penultimate episode of season three. It was written by Larry David and Greg Daniels. Daniels is a legendary comedy writer, most famous for The Office, Parks and Recreation, The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live. Akiva had a bit of news, some Seinfeld related and some not. First, he shared his disappointment in the passing of Harris Wittels, a podcaster, writer and comedian who was a part of some groundbreaking shows. Next he had a story about the defendant in the murder trial of the American Sniper who claimed an insanity defense that the prosecutor tried to prove was crafted from watching his favorite television shows, one being Seinfeld. Lastly, a viewer discovered that reruns of Seinfeld on TBS move 2.5% faster to add in more commercial time. The show opens with a classic Jerry bit comparing compact parking spaces to jeans that are too tight. The episode starts with Jerry and Kramer talking about where Jerry’s car is. Kramer can’t let it go when Jerry teases him about not telling him, actually begging Jerry to tell him. When he learns that George and Elaine took it to a flea market, Kramer is offended that he wasn’t invited. George and Elaine are driving Jerry’s car, with George wearing a new fedora hat he bought at the flea market. He and Elaine discuss how great it was in the 1920s when men wore hats all the time. Akiva felt that women today would probably prefer just to see a bald head, versus wondering if a hat is covering baldness. When Elaine moves the rearview mirror to look at her sunglasses, it distracts George, and he runs over a pothole, causing the car to now make a strange noise. Back at Jerry’s apartment, Kramer is still upset about being left out, and explains to Jerry that once someone crosses him, he’s like ice. We learn that Mike (Moffit according to Wikipedia) was coming over to watch a boxing match. Kramer shares that Mike thinks Jerry is a phony, which really bothers Jerry. Rob thought that Kramer shared this merely because he’s a big gossip, and that George should be considered more of a phony than Jerry. Elaine and George pull up to a great spot in front of Jerry’s building. He spends way too much time pontificating the art of parallel parking that someone noses into the parking spot at the same time as he starts to back in. When he gets out to argue, we see that the driver who went in head first is Mike Moffit. When Elaine goes up to tell Jerry what is going on, she acts flustered, asking for some Hennigans to calm her nerves. She makes up this elaborate story about being chased by teenagers all the way into the city, then at the end, tells him they hit a pothole and now there is a funny sound. So blown away from the story, Jerry pays no mind to the car hitting the pothole. Jerry, Elaine and Kramer join George and Mike down on the street, where neither is backing down from claiming the spot. When Mike sees Jerry, his greeting is way over the top. Rob pointed out that Mike was the real phony here. Elaine tells George that the plan worked, and Jerry isn’t worried about the car. Kramer confronts them about not inviting him to the flea market, to which George asks if he’s supposed to invite everyone he knows every time him goes somewhere. Mike interjects with a rude comment about George’s hat. Akiva said that Mike should definitely be in the top five “jerks” of Seinfeld sub characters. Jerry starts talking to Elaine and George about the wild teenagers, uncovering the holes in the story, to which George caves and tells the truth. As the debate about the parking spot continues unresolved, a big truck full of ice cream is trying to get through, causing neutral parties to have to move each car out, then back to their original spots after the truck gets through. Many onlookers, including Newman and Sid the parker weigh in with their opinions on who deserves the spot. Newman favors George’s approach, and in their discussion, notices George’s hat and wants to try it on. Because George is talking to a beautiful woman and doesn’t want her to see his bald head, he refuses. This turns the woman off, and she walks away. Not able to help himself, Jerry confronts Mike about calling him a phony. Mike tries to play it off by saying he meant phony as a positive, like how people say something good is “bad”. Realizing that the boxing match has started, Jerry runs up to the apartment, only to see that the fight has ended. Rob and Akiva assumed because the

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Listen to the Podcast: Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur got together for another Seinfeld recap, this time, covering “The Limo”, which first aired on February 26, 1992. There was little news to cover, but Akiva did share that Montreal Expos fans were not happy with how he thought of the team when he and Rob discussed Gary Carter last week. Jerry’s opening standup was about how the airport is a reason for a restaurant to charge exuberant amounts. Rob and Akiva both are leery of buying any food at the airport, and not just because of the price. The episode begins with Jerry at the airport waiting for George to pick him up, though his car broke down and now they both need a ride. They notice a limo driver holding a sign for “O’Brien”, who Jerry learned is stuck in Chicago. George talks Jerry into pretending to be O’Brien so they can take the cab home. Akiva liked this plan, assuming the person isn’t as controversial as O’Brien. When in the limo, George says something inappropriate to test if the driver can hear them. Rob wondered why George didn’t just ask the driver to stop at McDonalds or something, rather than risk getting punched for his rude comment. After George calls his mother on the phone there, Jerry calls Elaine to invite her and Kramer with them, since they think they are going to the Knicks game. When the driver pulls off an unexpected exit, they learn that they are picking up the “other members of their party”, Eva and Tim. Jerry and George panic, and decide that George will hide his face until they figure out if the other two know what he looks like. When they learn that they don’t, George pretends to wake up from a nap. Rob pointed out that the actor playing Tim is Peter Krause, from Parenthood and Six Feet Under fame. While talking, all they learn that O’Brien is the writer of a book called The Big Game. Kramer and Elaine are waiting to be picked up by the limo, talking about how strange it is that they want to be called O’Brien and Murphy. Rob felt that these scenes with Kramer and Elaine outside were a bit clunky. The episode is broken up by some standup from Jerry about riding in limos. Akiva had a story about riding in a limo when he got engaged to his wife. Back to the episode , Eva is talking about how she memorized O’Brien’s whole book, and how it had such an impact on her life. Jerry and George learn that O’Brien is supposed to be giving a speech tonight. When Eva shows him the transcript, they learn that O’Brien is a leader in the world of white supremacy. When a tire blows in the limo, Tim and Eva pull out guns, thinking that someone is trying to infiltrate. Rob was not on board with this scene, being that Seinfeld is supposed to be a show about nothing, and this was too heavy. The scene cuts to a news reporter with protestors waiting outside Madison Square Garden for O’Brien. Akiva shared that he’s been to many protests while in high school. Back in the limo, George is getting into the idea that Eva worships him, and Jerry has to remind him that she’s a Nazi. They want to make a run for it, but George has a bad hamstring and can’t. He decides he’ll call the police, but Tim comes back in, foiling that plan. When George asks Tim for privacy, Tim says they have to get to the speech. George arrogantly reminds Tim that he is a leader of hate mongering, and deserves respect. Rob thought this was the funniest moment of the episode. Jerry and George decide that once they get into the city, they’ll make a run for it when there’s people around. Kramer comes to the conclusion that Jerry is actually this Nazi O’Brien, and Elaine comes to Jerry’s defense. Rob felt Elaine standing up for Jerry so vehemently meant that she must still be in love with him. When the limo picks them up, Kramer accidentally calls them by the opposite name. Kramer picks up the ringing phone, which turns out to be O’Brien himself, which unravels the whole story. When Tim and Eva point guns at them, they all try to blame each other. When forced out of the limo, the protestors rush them. The episode ends with a news clip of George exclaiming he is not O’Brien. Jerry’s last standup is about how there must have been an official and a casual heil. Before getting to the emails, Rob shared that they had a special guest, Marc Jaffe, the writer who came up with the original idea and outline of the episode. Marc shared that he used to be a standup comedian, and reached out to Jerry after watching the first few episodes of the show, knowing it was a perfect fit. Akiva had learned that Marc’s wife was a Moyle, and wondered if the Seinfeld episode was based on that. She had become one after that though. Rob next asked about his bo

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjsmSeKc1sU Listen to the Podcast: Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur sat down to recap the next episode as they go through the entire Seinfeld series. “The Fix Up” first aired during the third season on February 5, 1992. Rob and Akiva disagreed with how good the episode was, with Akiva feeling it wasn’t that good, while Rob has always really liked it. The only bit of current news in the Seinfeld universe was an all time sitcom episode ranking, with “The Chinese Restaurant” topping the list. Akiva was blown away by this, considering he had it at 79. Akiva did share how he recently attended a Shiva, which reminded him of something out of Seinfeld. The opening standup from Jerry is a piece about a conductor at a symphony, which had nothing to do with the episode itself. Rob noted that Jerry was dressed in vest and collared shirt, but not a suit jacket. The episode opens with Jerry and George eating at a restaurant, with George sharing how he thinks he’ll never meet a woman. Also, Elaine is having dinner with her friend Cynthia at a different restaurant, and Cynthia is bemoaning never meeting a good man, and she’s looking for one who has nothing. Cynthia is the actress better known for her role as Janice on Friends. Back to George, he shares that he wants to be hopeless, so he won’t care anymore. Rob likened this philosophy to that Jets fans should have, leading to a number one draft pick. In the next scene, Jerry and Elaine talk about their respective dinners, both realizing that they could fix up their sad sack friends with each other. Rob and Akiva discussed how they both have set people up, with Rob having success, and Akiva having an 0 for 4 record. The one hiccup that Jerry and Elaine have is that Elaine thinks Cynthia is too good for George, which causes Jerry to uncharacteristically defend him. He tells her how George is fast, strong, and he can bait a hook to help sell him. They agree to set them up, both fully knowing that it will probably end in disaster. When Jerry talks with George about this fix up, George is not on board at first, thinking it’s one step above a prostitute. George hears him out though, but not without asking an array of questions about her physical appearance first. When Elaine tries to sell Cynthia on George, she first asks what he does for a living, learning that George is currently unemployed. After hearing that George is short, stalky and bald(ing), she still agrees to go out with him. Later, George shows up at Jerry’s apartment, excited about his phone conversation with Cynthia, adding that he didn’t even need his notes halfway through. Elaine comes in, and George wonders if Cynthia talked told her about their conversation. When he learns Cynthia didn’t say anything, he is disappointed, ready to scrap the whole thing. Kramer comes in with a paper bag full of condoms from Bob Sacamano. Rob enjoyed Kramer’s devilish smile when Jerry asked what he plans to do with all of them. He tries to push the condoms on them, but Jerry and Elaine decline. George decides to take one, just in case. There is a mid episode standup bit about how difficult it is to buy condoms at the pharmacy. According to Rob, this was a very outdated reference. Back to the episode, Jerry and Elaine are talking, wondering how George and Cynthia’s date went. They both receive calls at the same time, so they switch over to hear the details of the date. They both share that they ended up having sex, with George quite happy about it all, and Cynthia not so much. The next scene is with Jerry and Elaine on the phone, but they can’t share their details, as they both promised they wouldn’t. A few days later, George is upset because Cynthia won’t return his calls, feeling like she was just using him. Akiva and Rob wondered why, concluding that she was probably embarrassed from sleeping with him on the first date. Jerry is upset with this snubbing, and is going to call her up. George tries to wrestle the phone away, and while tussling, Kramer comes in and breaks it up, making them shake hands. Rob particularly enjoyed this scene for it’s inane fun. Before he leaves, Kramer warns them not to use the condoms he gave them because they were defective. In the next scene, Cynthia is on the phone with Elaine, explaining that she missed her period. When Elaine shows up at Jerry’s, he immediate gets on her case about Cynthia blowing off George, which causes a slap fight between the two that Kramer comes in and breaks up. He tells them that they shouldn’t be doing this, and it’s obvious that they still love each other. Elaine blurts out that Cynthia didn’t call because she’s panicking for missing her period. She doesn’t realize that Georg

Listen to the Podcast: Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur didn’t need to fast for three days, so they got some Drake’s coffee cake and sat down to discuss the latest episode in their run through the entire Seinfeld series. This week’s episode was “The Suicide”, which first aired January 29, 1992. There was only some sad news in the Seinfeld universe this week, as Taylor Negron, a recognizable character actor and a guest star in “The Smelly Car”, died from cancer. Rob and Akiva both felt it was time to come up with a nicer phrase than “fun fact” for actors who have passed away, and will now go with “visiting the alternate side” or “eating at Reggie’s Diner”. They wasted no time jumping right into the episode. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about having a physical that loosely tied into the Elaine storyline of the episode. The episode opens with Jerry walking his garbage down the hallway, where he sees George, and promptly asks him to take the garbage down for him. George quickly says he’ll do it, but for two bucks. When George won’t take 50 cents for the job, Jerry leaves the garbage bag at Kramer’s door. Before going back in Jerry’s apartment, the girlfriend of Jerry’s other neighbor comes out, leading to a flirting exchange about Drake’s coffee cake. When her boyfriend comes out, he seems very annoyed that Jerry is talking to his girlfriend Gina. George shares that he’s going on vacation to the Cayman Islands, even though he has no job. He also tells Jerry about a dream he had where he was doing standup. After describing the dream in great detail, Elaine suggests that George go to a psychic she knows to help interpret it. Elaine meanwhile, is having to fast for the next three days for a test to determine if she has ulcers. There is a knock at Jerry’s door, and it’s Gina, who tells them that her boyfriend Martin has tried to kill himself and is in the hospital. The next scene is Jerry with Gina at the hospital visiting Martin, who’s in a coma. Gina shares with Jerry that Martin was jealous of Jerry, and for good reason because she thinks about Jerry a lot. Throughout the visit, she tries to hook up with him right in front of Martin in the coma. Rob felt that Gina is a drama seeker, trying to get caught for the excitement of it. When Jerry resists her passes, she questions his manhood, but he “respects the coma”, and won’t do it. When Kramer learns Martin is in a coma, he is worried because Martin has his vacuum. He goes as far to suggest that it should be Dr. Kevorkian time for Martin. Rob and Akiva discussed how the loose talk about suicide throughout the episode might not be so politically correct in 2015. In the next scene, George and Elaine are at the psychic’s house. She is nine month’s pregnant and smoking cigarettes, which Elaine takes issue with. The psychic intrigues George by knowing about George’s ex girlfriend Audrey and her nose. Because of this, George is worried when she shares a vision of trouble for him on his upcoming vacation. Elaine can’t let go the fact this pregnant psychic is smoking, which causes them to be kicked out before George can find out what will go wrong on his trip. There is another Jerry standup bit mid episode about psychics. Akiva and Rob take some time to talk about psychics getting official licenses, and how that might help their validity. Back to the episode, Gina is in Jerry’s apartment, where she has used his toothbrush. Akiva was certain that the germ freak Jerry would be throwing that toothbrush out right away. As Jerry and Gina go to leave, he is worried to walk together, since Newman, who is friend’s with Martin, might spot them and spill the story. She again questions his manhood, so they walk out together, only to bump into Newman coming out of Kramer’s apartment. The first interaction with Jerry and Newman has the classic, “hello Jerry, hello Newman”. Akiva remarked that the Newman character burst on the Seinfeld scene fully formed. Jerry, George and Elaine are all at the hospital again. George is still fretting about the Cayman Islands trip, and Elaine is increasingly going crazy from fasting for three days. Kramer and Newman are in Martin’s room, and Kramer gets in Martin’s face, yelling at him for his vacuum back, even though Martin is still in a coma. When Jerry comes in, he tries to convince Newman to not say anything about he and Gina. He had even brought an extra coffee cake to bribe Newman with. When the starved Elaine steals the coffee cake from Newman, the ruckus wakes up Martin, and Newman gives up Jerry. Still at the hospital, George notices the psychic in the delivery room when walking down the hall, s

Listen to the Podcast: Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed Despite their addiction to recapping the whole Seinfeld series, Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur trudge on and will not need an intervention before recapping “The Pez Dispenser”. This was the 14th episode of the third season, first airing on January 15, 1992. Rob was particularly happy with this one, while Akiva referred to it, as well as the next several upcoming episodes as interchangeable with ones from any future season. There was a bit of current news in the Seinfeld universe, with Howard Stern interviewing Larry David about his upcoming Broadway play, as well as all things Seinfeld. Akiva reported that there was no new information divulged, actually covering much of the topics in the Bill Simmons interview. Jerry’s opening standup is a bit about how women apply perfume. Rob found it different that Jerry was not wearing a suit jacket, but a sweater vest on stage. The first scene at Jerry’s apartment, has George going on about how great his new girlfriend Noel is. He does have issues with having no “hand” in the relationship. Rob and Akiva both shared that they don’t have “hand” in their marriages. George asks Jerry to go to her next piano recital in order to show Noel how he is around his friends, in hopes of taking back the hand in the relationship. Kramer comes in asking everyone to smell his arm, which smells like the beach after his polar bear plunge. He is infatuated with the smell, thinking it would make an excellent perfume. Rob and Akiva both agreed that taking the polar bear plunge is an exercise for crazy people. Kramer then gives Jerry a Pez dispenser, which he picked up at a flea market. They tease George because he thinks a flea market actually has fleas there. At the recital, George warns Elaine and Jerry about behaving themselves and what the right etiquette is for things like applauding. Akiva shared a story about an excruciating time at a piano recital when he was younger that was in his bottom ten life experiences. When the recital starts, Jerry puts the Pez dispenser on Elaine’s leg, which causes her to laugh uncontrollably, much to George’s chagrin. Rob likened the scenario to being at a somber place like church, where laughing is discouraged. Having to step outside to regroup, Elaine bumps into John, a bartender from one of Jerry’s comedy clubs. They talk about a mutual comedian friend Richie, who is hooked on drugs and in need of an intervention. John says that it would only work if Jerry were there, because Richie really respects him. When the concert ends, all three are outside of Noel’s dressing room, where George is upset at Elaine’s disruption. Elaine shares her encounter with John to Jerry, but George wants them to “cut to the chase”, since he has this Noel situation to deal with. Jerry agrees to host the intervention after hearing the story. When they go into Noel’s dressing room, she is distraught about the laughing during the recital, feeling it ruined the whole show. Jerry jokingly adds how rude it was for someone to do that. Elaine counters that a mentally unstable person must have done something to cause this woman to laugh, and that she’d apologize if she could, which causes George to start a slap fight with Elaine as Noel walks to the other room. George invites Noel out to dinner, but she is too upset to go, and grouchily sends George on his way. Back at Monks, Jerry shares a story about how Kramer indirectly turned Richie to drugs when they were all on a softball team together, by convincing Richie to dump Gatorade on the coach, who later died from pneumonia. Rob added that this story was based on a real life occurrence of Jerry and Larry. They go back to Jerry’s house, where he tells Kramer about the intervention, who wants in. Jerry gives him a name of someone in the cologne business to pitch his idea about the beach. George comes up quite upset over the impending breakup coming after a rough phone conversation with Noel, despite him having made notes for talking points. Kramer gives him the idea of a preemptive breakup, since George has nothing to lose anyway. George follows through with this idea, breaking it off. He makes a point to ensure she knows he is the one breaking it off, which seems to turn her on, changing their whole dynamic. Rob thought this was an excellent scene. In the next scene, Kramer is at Steve D’Giff’s office, pitching his beach cologne idea, and is not impressed with making something that smells like dead fish and seaweed. The scene cuts to Jerry’s apartment, where the intervention is about to happen. John is there hitting on Elaine with his nose plugged with tissue for his chronic nose bleeds, Kramer brings his polar bear crew, and George shows up unannounced with Noel, who he decided to stay with since he now has hand. While waiting for Richie to show up, there is some random

Listen to the Podcast: Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur didn’t need to be handcuffed to a bed to cover the next Seinfeld episode in Post Show Recap’s coverage of the entire series. This week they talked about “The Subway” which first aired January 8, 1992. Akiva thought this was a classic episode, and really enjoyed that each of the four characters got a substantial storyline. Rob agreed that it was an interesting episode, but he didn’t find it as hilarious as some others they’ve covered so far. Before delving into the episode, Rob checked in with Akiva about his offer to pay $1.29 to anyone who watched all nine episodes and hated his favorite show of 2014, Review. With the quick turnaround between last week’s episode dropping and the taping of “The Subway”, no one had a chance to email him, so they decided to revisit the topic next week. Rob had a chance to watch it, and agreed with Akiva that it was great. Jerry’s opening standup ties into the episode well, with a bit about the bumper cars at the amusement park. the episode starts off in the coffee shop, with Kramer giving Jerry extensive directions on how to get to Coney Island so he can retrieve his stolen car that was found, though it was for not because he can just take one train right there. George was heading off to a job interview, which Jerry took as an opportunity to rib George, comparing him to the hard on his luck character Biff Loman from Death of a Salesman. George learns that Elaine is going to be the “best man” at a lesbian wedding, wondering which one will be the groom, and if that is politically incorrect to ask. Rob confirmed that it was a politically incorrect thing to ask, adding that in 1992, attending a lesbian wedding would be an unheard of concept. When they all get on the train together, Kramer shares that he is headed to city hall so he can pay his many parking tickets, including one for having no doors on his car. Jerry is concerned that when they split off separately, he’ll fall asleep on the long train ride out to get his car. Before they separate, a blind man playing a violin comes by, and George explains to him that he doesn’t carry change in the pants he’s wearing, remarking to the gang that he thinks the man isn’t blind. Akiva pointed out it’s another jab at George for being cheap. Jerry meanwhile is trying to convince George to skip the job interview and accompany him to Coney Island. When everyone goes their separate ways, we see Jerry sitting alone, across from a large man reading the newspaper. Rob shared that he was the great Mr. Carosi, the manager of the Malibu Sands Beach Club from Saved By the Bell. Akiva pointed out that he is also the voice of Pumbaa from The Lion King. George, on his train, is sitting across from a well dressed, attractive woman who catches his eye. Kramer has an epic physical scene where he attempts to find a seat on his train to no avail. The scene cuts back to Jerry, who falls asleep in his seat, just as he feared. Back to George, the attractive lady starts talking to him what he does for a living as he’s reading the paper. He of course feeds her a bunch of lies about working in the stock market. Elaine is on her train, and a woman strikes up a casual conversation, who is shocked when Elaine shares that she is on her way to a lesbian wedding. Kramer meanwhile, overhears some guys talking about a sure bet on a horserace. The guys tell the memorable story about this horse loving “the slop”, and how his mother was a mudder and his father was a mudder. Jerry wakes up to see the large man across from him is now naked, with all other passengers huddled far away from them. Jerry is very open about how unpleasant the man’s body is for him to be riding naked. Elaine’s train has stopped, and she has an intense inner monologue to keep from freaking out. Back at George’s train, he is invited to the hotel room of the attractive woman, so he skips out on the job interview, taking the bait. On his way off the train, he gets stuck in the doors, needing the woman to pull him out. At the hotel room with the attractive lady, she tells George to get comfortable while she changes. George settles on taking his shoes off and sitting on the bed. Rob and Akiva both felt that they would at least take off their blazer and loosen the tie if they were asked to get comfortable. When the lady comes out, she’s in a negligee. In the next scene, Kramer is at the Off Track Betting Parlor, retelling the story of this long shot horse to one of the gamblers. The scene cuts back to Jerry and the naked man, who are discussing the upcoming season for the Mets, talking casually, despite the man being naked. Rob shared that the Mets of 1992 were dubbed the worst team money coul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTsTFTIvwJw Listen to the Podcast: Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes | Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed In true Festivus fashion, Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur demonstrated their feats of strength by getting together to recap the next episode in the Seinfeld run, despite being smack dab in the middle of a busy Hanukkah and Christmas season. This time, they tackled “The Red Dot”, which was the 12th episode in season three, first airing December 11, 1991. Akiva pointed out that this episode was one of only a few with a holiday theme. There was some Seinfeld in the news this week, as Jerry did some standup on Jimmy Fallon where he talked about consolidating the excess junk in his house. Akiva is a big fan of this philosophy, while Rob would like to be able to do this, but just can’t bear throwing something out he might need later. Another bit of news this week was Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee posting another episode with Kramer playing the president of Crackle, which did not keep Akiva’s interest. Also, Rob went to a local Long Island bagel shop this week while visiting family that had a real soup Nazi vibe. Jerry’s opening standup was about the knife store in the mall, which fell a bit flat and didn’t really tie into the episode. The episode opens at a Pendant Publishing holiday party, where the real Mr. Lippman finally makes an appearance. Akiva noted that he was actually credited in the episode as Mr. Breckman. George and Jerry are there and debating how the Statue of Liberty was hauled to America. Jerry tells George not to say anything about Elaine’s new office fling, who also happens to be “off the wagon” as a recovering alcoholic. They then debate whether being sober is “on” or “off” the wagon, as George thinks it’s being “on the wagon” to be sober. When Elaine comes up to them, she tells George that there is a job opening as a reader that she has set him up with. Soon after, Dick, Elaine’s new fling comes up and has a cantankerous conversation with Jerry. Elaine has Jerry look after her vodka cranberry drink while she takes George to Mr. Lippman, but when Jerry sets it down, Dick walks off with that instead of his nonalcoholic version. He’ll later be seen pounding more drinks, falling completely off the wagon. Cutting to George and Elaine with Lippman, Lippman asks George who he reads, but George can only come up with a sports writer named Mike Lupica. Lippman wants to know more, so George makes up Art Vandelay, a beatnik writer from The Village. Akiva thought that George’s lies like this are some of the best running jokes throughout the series. In the next scene, George and Jerry are browsing a department store so George can get Elaine a thank you present for getting him the job. He notices a cashmere sweater marked down to $85 from $650, and only because there is a small red dot blemishing it. He tries to convince Jerry that the dot is not noticeable, but Jerry tells him he sees a cheap man holding a sweater trying to get away with something. Rob thought this sequence didn’t hold up with the rest of the plot. Akiva agreed, adding that George is too cheap to spend $85 on a present for anyone. Back at Jerry’s apartment, Elaine tells Jerry she thinks Dick is back off the wagon, and Jerry tells her she can be sure by seeing if she can smell it on him. Rob and Akiva debated whether you can smell alcohol on someone, determining that alcoholics go to great measures to mask the smell. When Kramer comes in, they ask him to take a drink of “Hennigans” Jerry has in his cabinet so they can see if he smells of it, which they determine they cannot. Kramer enjoys himself with the scotch, making up fake commercials about being a “no smell, no tell” drink. Rob and Akiva really enjoyed this scene, noting that it was the only part of the episode Kramer was in. George comes in with the sweater for Elaine, which she loves. As she is putting it on, Kramer notices the red dot while lounging on the couch and immediately points it out. George plays it off like he didn’t know. Next, George is at Pendant Publishing, working late when the cleaning lady comes by. Later in the coffee shop, George shares with Jerry that he and the cleaning lady strike up a conversation, with George breaking out the bottle of Hennigans that he took from Jerry’s, which led to them sleeping together in the office. Rob wonders if it’s a fantasy of people to sleep with a cleaning lady, and Akiva points out that George seems to have a thing for women in those job types, since he sleeps with his secretary and a housekeeper later in the series. In the next scene back at Jerry’s apartment, Elaine is trying to blame Jerry for turning Dick into an alcoholic, which he did not do. She also tries to find o