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Seinfeld- The Understudy

James — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:45:52 +0000

This episode centers around Jerry, George, and Jerrys girllfriends who injure Bette Midler, and Elaine spying on koreans in a nail salon. Although it wasnt the main focus of this episode I found the portion that involved Elaine and the Korean Nail salon to be the funniest, I think this may be because it seems very true to like in that you really have no idea what people are saying when they are speaking another language around you, and they could very well be speaking about you, although in this case it was more then a little obvious that they were insulting Elaine. Another thing about this portion that I found funny is that Georges father had a strange personal history when it came to Korea, this in additon to his other peculiarities.

Although i felt that was the best part of the episode most of the episode focused on the story involving Jerry and George who during a softball game happens to injure Bette Midler, because of tis and the fact that Jerry is dating her understudy for her latest show people believe that it was done intentionally begin to harass them. Meanwhile Kramer, who is infatuated with Bette Midler, begins to spend all his time caring for her eventually moving her into his apartment because he feels that the hospital isn’t safe for her. Overall this episode wasn’t one of the best that I’ve seen, while some parts were very good, Elaine in the nail salon< some dragged on, Kramer and Bette Middler.

Seinfeld- The Face Painter

James — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:45:41 +0000

The only way I could describe this episode is that it feels as if it didn’t happen, meaning that I don’t feel as if i watched anything, yes there were a few funny parts but overall i wasn’t entertained. One reason for this is that i didn’t like the fact that unlike the other episodes it didn’t really connect to the other ones from this season. Another part that I didn’t like is that each character really didn’t really have his or her own storyline, they all seemed to be the same one involving the Ranger-Devils tickets and Puddy painting his face. the painting of Puddys face leads me to another part of the episode that didn’t really connect and that is Puddy scarring the Priest from El Salvador while he was walking home from the game, first off it really didn’t make sense that he would start yelling about the Devils to a random Priest, and two the story didn’t go anywhere, all that led to was Elaine somehow finding out about the Priest believing he saw the devil and Elaine visiting the Priest in the last scene. Another portion of this episode that I found to be pointless is the one which involved George and his girlfriend, this is because like every other episode I am sure that she will be gone by the next since it seems like none of Georges or Jerrys relations ships last more the one episode, the two of them seem to have an unending supply of women.

Seinfeld- The Fusilli Jerry

James — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:02:21 +0000

This episode centers around Jerry and ” his move” during which he believes his friend David Puddy stole from him after he told him about it and is now using on Elaine, because of this Jerry Goes to Puddy and demands that he stop using it. Meanwhile George is looking for a new “move” because he says that his girlfriend appears bored during sex, the only problem is is that when he tries to use it on her says it feels like aliens are poking at her, later on george does get the move down only to have her discover that he wrote notes on his hands on how to do it which she finds sick.

While Jerrry, Elaine and George are dealing with the move Kramer has ended up with license plates that say “assman”, because of this while he is driving Georges mother home after having cosmetic surgery on her eyes people are yelling assman at the car wich she takes to mean that they are yelling at the car because she is in it, Kramer then stops short and reaches accross her chest which she thinks is a pass towards her. because she thinks Kramer is after her she tells her Husband Frank, who she is separated to, he becomes enraged and goes searching for Kramer, not so much because it is his wife but because he stole his move, what ends up happening is that Frank ends up fighting with Kramer only to fall on a Fusilli model of Jerry and to end up in the office of a proctologist, the real “assman”.

I Overall felt that this episode was quick and that there were a few things that could have been left out, for one there is a part where elaine asks puddy about how much he would charge to fix shocks on a saab for Jerry since he isn’t talking to Puddy. to me it seemed to be little more then filller, it wasn’t very funny and I didn’t really feel that it was needed.

Seinfeld- The Diplomats Club

James — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:01:39 +0000

This episode was but ok to me it seemed long. one thing that i felt was useless was a portion that involved Kramer in the airport waiting for Jerry and betting on arrivals and departures with a Businessman from texas, loosing all his money and needing Newman to bring in David Berkowitz’s Mailbag as collateral. I felt that this portion really went nowhere it brought up a Kramers gambling problem which apparently has lasted for years, yet is unknown of to the audience. Another part of this portion of the episode that I found annoying is that while i could overlook the fact that it didn’t go anywhere it was hard to ignore that it was unfunny and annoying, Kramer getting overly excited while betting does little more then make his character even more unbearable.

Although one portion of this episode drove me crazy the other parts seem to make up for it, first of which is the situation of Elaine and Mr Pitt. Elaine was about to quit only to find out that he had put her in his will, this ends up falling through when Mr Pitt goes to the drug store to buy cold medication to have Jerry recommend one to him that interferes with his medication, mr pitt later sees Jerry on TV and knowing that Elaine knows him thinks that Elaine is plotting to kill him, this causes Mr Pitt to fire her. i like this part because yes it is funny but mostly because i felt that the character of Mr Pitt hasn’t been funny since elaine accidentally made him out to look like Hitler, since then he has been pointless.

Seinfeld- The Doodle

James — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:01:13 +0000

This episode follows several different story’ the first of which is Jerrys apartment being overrun withe fleas, when this happens Jerry is forced to have his apartment fumigated , his only problem is that his parents are supposed to stay with him while they visit from Florida. The solution to Jerrys problem is that Elaine is Given a free two bedroom room at the Plaza hotel and Jerry talks her into letting his parents have it, they then proceed to run up the bill by ordering room service, massages, x-rated pay-per view, and by damaging the room with the Help of Uncle Leo and Jerrys Grandmother. This outrageous bill causes Elaine to not get a job because the company she was interviewing for was paying for the room. Meanwhile Georges finds out his girlfriend finds looks unimportant which first bothers him but once she tells him that she wouldn’t mind if he draped himself in velvet, one of Georges dreams.

Overall i found this episode to be enjoyable, I found it especially funny watching Jerrys parents in the hotel room simply because you don’t see it coming because at first they are more or less against staying in the room because it is “too nice”, only to later go all out and order as much as they could. In addition to the change of character it just seemed to be out of character to see older people acting as they did, it was as if you were watching your grandparents. Another part of the episode that I found funny is the aversion to food that had already been in somebody’s mouth, I found that it was funny that nobody but George and Jerry had reservations about eating sucked on pecans or the pit of an eaten peach.

Seinfeld- The Jimmy

James — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:43:25 +0000

This episode once again has Jerry’s Dentist and friend Tim Whatley in it, In this episode Jerry while waiting in his waiting room Jerry sees that he has penthouse magazines for him to read, and he later finds out from Kramer that there is now an adults only policy in his office. In addition to this while Kramer is on his way home he ends up sharing a taxi with a man who runs a group for people with mental disabilities who invites Kramer to a benefit dinner for the group as a guest of honor because he believes he is disabled, this is because Kramer is wearing an odd looking form of training shoe and he is speaking strangly and drooling from all the Novocain he received at the dentist, this in addition to Kramers normal personality. Later on while Jerry is at the dentist He wakes up to find both Tim and the nurse Putting their clothes back on and he believes that his shirt was untucked, The episode ends with Kramer reading an article from penthouse where the writer who is a dentist describes “having some fun” with an unknowing patient.

I found this episode to be very good although I believe that that a story line involving george and the Yankees could have been dropped. I would have to say that my favorite storyline what the one that involved Jerry and Tim Whatley and i probably found the last scene of the show which involved Jerry and the Penthouse article to be the funniest of the show. Another thing that I found different about this episode is that it had a famous guest, Mel torne, but i liked that it didn’t spend too much time on him so that the whole episode revolved around him like some shows do.

Seinfeld 100th Episode Special

James — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:52:39 +0000

This episode was little more then a hour long clip show of the past 99 episodes, and although it wasn’t a “real” episode it was entertaining which i believe was due to several different things that were done. the first thing that made this episode enjoyable was the fact that it used a conversation from a earlier episode between Jerry and George which talked about their idea for a show about nothing to tie it together. The way they tied it together is that between every few groups of clips they would cut to the clip of them talking. Another way that they tired them together is that instead of having a huge chunk of completely random clips they made it so that each group of clips would have something in common such as a group on relationships which focussed on exactly what the title says, a group on “ambition” which focussed on the characters jobs, and a group called “off the record” which consisted on completely random ,but memorable, moments throughout the first five and .a half seasons of the show. Overall I found the episode enjoyable overall and I liked the fact that it kept some order to the clips, but more then anything this episode pointed out that Seinfeld really is a show about nothing.

Seinfeld-The Doorman

James — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:39:58 +0000

Although this episode Follows two separate story lines i find the one surrounding George and Kramer to be the funniest by far. In this part of the episode Georges father is staying at his apartment and one night in front of George and Kramer he takes his shirt off to reveal that he has breasts. Once Kramer sees this he gets the idea to created a bra made for a man, or how he puts it the “Bro”. Meanwhile George becomes worried that he will end up looking like his father . I found this part of the episode to be funny for several reason, for one it was the most far-fetched, and although i usually don’t like the episodes where that is the case I found this one to be very good. another part of this episode that I liked is that for once Kramer actually serves a purpose, instead of simply being in the way or being part of a storyline that goes nowhere he is actually a central character. I also found George’s neurotic behavior to be very entertaining, especially the scene where he is in the car and he is attempting to ask his mother the size of his grandmothers breasts because he is afraid that the answer to that question will let him know wether or not he has to worry if he will end up looking like his father, without coming out and saying it directly. I found the scenes with Jerry as a doorman as slow and they didn’t really seem very funny and Elaine seemed to be a useless character.

Seinfeld- The Kiss Hello

James — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:42:06 +0000

This episode is mainly about Elaine’s Friend Wendy and about what one would consider common courtesy. this episode begins when George happen’s to be introduced to Wendy on the street and he asks her if she could look at his arm since she is a physical therapist, she agrees but when george cancels the appointment he is charged because she has a policy of charging for appointments if they are cancelled less then 24 hours before. This policy annoys George but since he already has an appointment for the next day (which he cannot cancel because of the policy) he goes back only to find that wendy has cancelled on him which causes george to ring up the fact that he should therefore be owed the cost of a visit. I like how this part of the episode points out something that people encounter daily but don’t usually try and argue.

Another part of the episode that I feel points out a minor annoyance in like is when Elaine is in the car with Wendy coming home from a trip Skiing and Wendy drops Elaine off three blocks from her home. I like how this points out the fact that even though it is rude and probably wrong of Wendy to do this she has every right to do so, just as George has every right to hold Wendy to the same rules that she holds her patients to and what one would consider common courtesy.

Seinfeld-The Beard

James — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:22:05 +0000

This episode begins with Elaine pretending to be the girlfriend of a gay friend of hers, Jerry Lying to a police woman he just began dating about wether or not he watches melrose place, and george going on a date with a bald woman.

In this episode Elaine after pretending to be the girlfriend of a gay friend of hers would like to attempt to “convert” him so that she can date him. this at first works and he agrees to try it only to soon dump her. I felt that this storyline was uneven, i felt that it spent too much time with Elaine talking about how much she would like to date him and not enough time on how the relationship was and how it ended. Another storyline that I felt spent too much time on the build up and not enough on the result is the situation with george and the bald woman. The first 10 minutes of the episode seemed to be devoted to George trying to find out what the woman looked like only to spend about 2 minutes on his reaction when he found out that she was bald. In addition to the lack of time spent on the reaction too little time was spent on georges reaction when she dumped him.

The role of Kramer in this episode I feel is very similar to his role in other episodes, unnecessary. Kramer seems to do little more then annoy and take time away from more important, and funny, plots.