Seinfeld fans: Name an underrated episode of Seinfeld

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Sure, everybody knows about The Soup Nazi or The Contest.

But for fans of Seinfeld, were there any episodes which you liked that didn't get as much attention?

Personally, I liked the episode called "The Gum". The synopsis from TV.com:

http://www.tv.com/seinfeld/the-gum/episode/2360/summary.html

Kramer is active in the re-opening of an old movie theater. He also is keeping an eye on a friend, Lloyd, who's recovering from a nervous breakdown. Lloyd has a pack of Chinese gum that Kramer insists everyone tries. George thinks the cashier short-changed him and meets a former neighbor (who's had a breakdown) and his daughter, Deena. George lets his former neighbor look at his car. Elaine tries to avoid interacting with Lloyd, loses a button from her blouse and reveals herself to Lloyd and Kramer. Because of Elaine's lie, Jerry must wear glasses while around Lloyd. Deena tells George that she thinks he is showing signs of being on the verge of a breakdown. George's car, once owned by "Jon Voight" in "The Mom & Pop Store", catches fire. Elaine shows more to Lloyd. Jerry gets more gum. George keeps trying to convince Deena he's not crazy.

I think the funniest part of this episode is how George goes to lengths to convince Deena he isn't crazy, but the more he says, the crazier he sounds. And at the end, George has to wear an outfit of King Henry VIII from an old film institute for the opening of the movie theater, and he sees Deena, and the last thing you see is him running down the street yelling, "I got this from the insitute! The institute!"

[rockymountaindem]

1. Bookman n/t

[MrCoffee]

3. you put on a pair of shoes when you walk into the New York Public Library, fella.

[driver8]

4. One of the greatest episodes, ever!

BOOKMAN: You took this book out in 1971.


JERRY: Yes, and I returned it in 1971.


BOOKMAN: Yeah, '71. That was my first year on the job. Bad year for libraries.

Bad year for America. Hippies burning library cards, Abby Hoffman

telling everybody to steal books. I don't judge a man by the length of

his hair or the kind of music he listens to. Rock was never my bag. But

you put on a pair of shoes when you walk into the New York Public

Library, fella.


JERRY: Look, Mr. Bookman. I--I returned that book. I remember it very

specifically.


BOOKMAN: You're a comedian, you make people laugh.


JERRY: I try.


BOOKMAN: You think this is all a big joke, don't you?


JERRY: No, I don't.


BOOKMAN: I saw you on T.V. once; I remembered your name--from my list. I looked

it up. Sure enough, it checked out. You think because you're a celebrity

that somehow the law doesn't apply to you, that you're above the law?


JERRY: Certainly not.


BOOKMAN: Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y'know that little stamp,

the one that says "New York Public Library"? Well that may not mean

anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot.

Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before:

Flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're

thinking. What's this guy making such a big stink about old library

books? Well, let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without

libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change

the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right

now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees

and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers?

Doesn't HE deserve better? Look. If you think this is about overdue

fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that

kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped! Or: maybe

that turns you on, Seinfeld; maybe that's how y'get your kicks. You and

your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time

is over. Y'got seven days, Seinfeld. That is one week!

[undeterred]

2. I like the one where Susan dies from licking the envelopes

and George is just happy to get out of getting married.

[graywarrior]

5. Any episode with Susan's parents and George.

[Courtesy Flush]

6. George walks out on a girl just before sex

Because he has to take a shit, and her apartment is small, with the only bathroom opening onto the bedroom.

[Mike Daniels]

38. That was the Chinese Restaurant episode

Probably the first example of how Seinfeld was going to break the boundaries of the televison genre.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. "Merv Griffin"...the all-time greatest episode EVER, I.M.H.O.

The "Merv" episode...much like the earlier "Bubble Boy"...was one of the few that lived up to and exceeded all of the hype surrounding the series.

:toast:

[Orrex]

11. Mike Douglas, maybe?

:shrug:

[LibraLiz1973]

28. OMG the Merv episode is a CLASSIC

[ghostsofgiants]

8. The one where Elaine dates a Communist.

And anything involving J. Peterman.

[LynneSin]

9. I love the episode where a doctor lists Elaine as being difficult....

...and no matter where Elaine tries to go to get her rash checked out, the doctor get's her records and knows she's difficult and the refuses to do anything about her rash.

And the other one was where Jerry dated the Dermatologist and ragged on her because she claimed she 'saved people's lives" but Jerry totally forgot about skin cancer.

[suninvited]

15. That is my favorite episode

along with the other stories in the same episode about George and the photoshop girl, and Jerry's busted stereo and postal fraud. I don't know how they fit so much into that one episode, but it is hilarious.

[Arugula Latte]

40. "Pimple Popper!"

:rofl:

[Initech]

10. The one where George wont give away his ATM code.

That scene where Kramer is trying to guess the code is a fucking classic.

[Zavulon]

12. The one in which Elaine can't stand "The Emglish Patient" and the Mendelbaums keep saying

"It's go time."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. That's another favorite one of mine!

I still wish they had made a movie out of "Sack Lunch." I guarantee it would have been better than "The English Patient."

[Arugula Latte]

41. "Just DIE already!"

[AllieB]

50. Mandelbaum! Mandelbaum!

"You think you're better than me? It's go time!"

[AwakeAtLast]

14. "Chinese Restaurant" - no contest

"Seinfeld, four!" :rofl:

[Mojambo]

20. "Cartwright! Caaaaaartwright!"

[KamaAina]

16. The one where George gets a rug and Elaine yanks it off his head

and throws it out the window.

At the very end you see a homeless guy walking down the street wearing George's rug!

[Kat45]

17. The Bizarro Jerry and The Pothole

Two of my favorites--several excellent stories in one episode. There's the story of Elaine hanging out with the "bizarro Jerrys," George getting "an in" to the world of beautiful models, and of course Jerry's dates with "man hands."

As for "The Pothole":

<Elaine wants to have some Chinese food delivered, but lives just outside the delivery zone. In order to fool the delivery man, she pretends that the janitor closet in the building across the street is her apartment. The trouble is the landlady mistakes her for the janitor. Kramer joins the "adopt a highway" program, but his methods are a little unorthodox. Jerry's new girlfriend uses a toothbrush that had fallen into the toilet, which causes him more trouble than he could have imagined. George loses his keys, and by the time he finds them, they're buried at the bottom of recently filled pothole.>

:rofl:

[ok_cpu]

18. The Raincoats

Meant to reply to the OP, but anyway... :hi:

In this two-part episode, Jerry's parents are visiting before leaving for France. Jerry has a hard time connecting with his new girlfriend Rachel because his parents are spending so much time in his apartment. George uses the trip to get out of volunteering for the Big Brother program, but is stunned to learn that his Little Brother is searching for his dad in France. Kramer and Morty team up to sell Morty's old belt-less trench coat "The Executive" to a vintage clothing store. Elaine's creepy new boyfriend is a "close talker" who enjoys spending time with Jerry's parents.

[Mojambo]

19. The Dinner Party is a masterpiece of the Seinfeld form.

The gang struggles to find gifts for a dinner party. Jerry and Elaine stop at a bakery to get a cake, but they forget to take a number and lose the chocolate pastry and the one they get has a hair on it. Kramer and George try to get the wine but must get change for a $100 dollar bill and wait for a double-parker to return to his car.

Nothing happens.

And George's riff on whether chickens have individual personalities is pure Larry David gold. Gold baby!

[pokerfan]

21. Any episode with Puddy

Elaine's hallway. The door opens, Puddy steps out in his bathrobe. There's a newspaper in front of the door across from Elaine's.

Puddy: Elaine, they forgot to deliver your paper today. Why don't you just grab that one.

Elaine: 'Cause that belongs to Mr. Potato Guy, that's his.

Puddy: C'mon, get it.

Elaine: Well if you want it, you get it.

Puddy: Sorry, thou shalt not steal.

Elaine: Oh, but it's ok for me?

Puddy: What do you care, you know where you're going.

Elaine: Alright, that is it! I can't live like this.

Puddy: Nah.

Elaine: C'mon.

Puddy: Alright, what did I do?

Elaine: David, I'm going to hell! The worst place in the world! With devils and those caves and the ragged clothing! And the heat! My god, the heat! I mean, what do you think about all that?

Puddy: Gonna be rough.

Elaine: Uh, you should be trying to save me!

Puddy: Don't boss me! This is why you're going to hell.

Elaine: I am not going to hell and if you think I'm going to hell, you should care that I'm going to hell even though I am not.

Puddy: You stole my Jesus fish, didn't you?

Elaine: Yeah, that's right!

Elaine places her hands beside her head, index fingers raised as 'horns' and she emits a gutteral growling sound.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

22. "The Chinese Woman."

"Did you say 'ridicurous'"? :rofl:

[bigwillq]

23. HA! "The Gum" was just on

last week, and yes, that's a very funny one! :rofl:

I love that show. It took me two years to "get it", and once I did I thought it was one of the greatest shows ever. :rofl:

[bullwinkle428]

24. My choice has to be "The Bris", where Kramer encounters a "Pigman" in the hospital...

KRAMER

The pig-man! I saw a pig-man! He was just lying there and then he

woke up. He looked up at me and made this horrible sound (MAKES

SOUND).

George

Kramer, what the hell are you talking about?

KRAMER

I'm talking about the pigman, George. I went into the wrong room

and there he was.

George

A pigman?

KRAMER

Yes, a pigman. Half pig, half man.

*************************************************

The scene may not sound all that great on paper, but Michael Richards' expressions and delivery totally make that scene - it still has me rolling after seeing that episode at least a dozen times in syndication over the years!

[Mojambo]

32. Good choice!

Very underrated episode.

The Mohel was hilarious in that one.

[Bennyboy]

25. "Shrinkage!'

"I was in the pool!"

"We saw Jane topless" and the lobsters....

[Initech]

26. Another good one - the episode where Elaine hosts a Jamaican marathon runner

"This son of a bitch is ice cold!" :rofl:

[BlueJazz]

27. Kenny Rogers Fried Chicken.

Newman: Number 67, right here, right here!

Jerry: Hello Newman.

Newman: Hello Jerry.

Seth: And don't forget your steamed broccoli.

Jerry: Hold it, Newman, you wouldn't eat broccoli if it was deep fried in

chocolate sauce.

Newman: I love broccoli, its good for you.

Jerry: Really? Then maybe you'd like to have a piece?



Newman: Gladly.



Newman: Vile weed!

Jerry: It's Kramer isn't it? The greasy door knob the constant licking of

the fingers, he's hooked to the chicken isn't he?

Newman: Yes, now please. Someone, honey mustard.





Kramer: Newman, what took you so long, oh hey buddy.

Jerry: Expecting Newman? That's funny because I happened to find him at

Kenny Roger's Roasters.

Kramer: Kenny Roger's? Whew, boy, I hate that place.

Jerry: He was buying quite a load of chicken almost for two people, as long

as one of them is not him.

Kramer: Oh hey Elaine stopped by, yea dropped off that Bob Sacamano hat, oh

she's upset at him, oh yes siree. Yea well thanks for stopping by.

Jerry: I sure do miss my apartment maybe I'll switch back.

Kramer: Oh you don't want to think about that no sir. Otherwise I'd have no

choice but to put that banner back up and run that Roger's right out

of town.

Jerry: I don't think you will. As a matter of fact I'll save you the trouble,

I'll do it myself.

Kramer: Yea, yea go ahead put the banner up doesn't matter to me.

Jerry: Alright.

Kramer: No Jerry! I need that chicken, I gotta have that chicken, you leave

those roasters alone, Kenny never hurt anybody.

Jerry: You got a little problem.

Kramer: Oh I got a big problem Jerry!

[LibraLiz1973]

29. The Trip- Part 1 & 2 (Though I am partial to part 2)

George: Jerry, would you do me a favor, close the window.

JERRY SEARCHES FOR THE HANDLE, BUT CAN'T FIND ONE

Jerry: Hey, get out of here...hey officer, he's fooling around back here.

Cop: Cut it up back there.

[LibraLiz1973]

30. The Summer of George

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Summer_of_George


“ Mr. Costanza. Your legs have sustained extensive trauma. Apparently your body was in the state of advanced atrophy, due to a period of extreme inactivity. But with a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck, I think there's a good chance you may, one day, walk again. ”
—Doctor

[LibraLiz1973]

31. I am also VERY partial to the series finale

I HATED it the night it ran for the first time.
Over the years, I have come to love it. It's absolutely hilarious
and ends the show perfectly. The show was about nothing & the ending
stayed true to the show

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MECtoQ9YL3Q

Jerry: So what is the deal with the yard? I mean when I was a kid my mother wanted me to play in the yard. But of

course she didn't have to worry about my next door neighbor Tommy sticking a shiv in my thigh. And what's with the lockdown? Why do we have to be locked in our cells? Are we that bad that we have to be sent to prison, in prison?

You would think the weightlifting and the sodomy is enough. So, anyone from Cellblock D?

Prisoner 1: I am.

Jerry: I'll talk slower. I'm kidding - I love Cellblock D. My friend George is in Cellblock D. What are you in for,sir?

Prisoner 2: Murder one.

Jerry: Murder one? Oooooo, watch out everybody. Better be nice to you. I'm only kidding sir - lighten up. How about

you, what are you in for?

Prisoner 3: Grand theft auto.

Jerry: Grand theft auto - don't steal any of my jokes.

Prisoner 3: You suck - I'm gonna cut you.

Jerry: Hey, I don't come down to where you work, and knock the license plate out of your hand.

[Kat45]

34. Even better, they had the exact same conversation they had in the very first episode

The one George and Jerry had about the buttons when they were all sitting in the jail cell together.

[LibraLiz1973]

43. Exactly. The ending ended up being so "true" to the entire show

that I think it was as perfect as we were going to get.

I think people that hoped that things would be "resolved" must not have been watching the same show all those years.
If Elaine & Jerry got back together and everyone ended on a high note, it would have been to "pat" and typical.


"I don't know how, or under what circumstances, the four of you found each other, but your callous indifference and utter disregard for everything that is good and decent has rocked the very foundation upon which our society is built."
- Judge Art Vandelay, in "The Finale"

[LibraLiz1973]

33. "The Junk Mail"

George, seeing Jerry's van shaking: "What is that? That van's a-rockin'."
Jerry: "Don't go a-knockin'."
Estelle, after George opens the van door: "Oh, my god!"
George, seeing his parents being "intimate": "Oh, my god!"
Frankie: "Now you gotta sell this van."
Jerry: "Oh, yeah."

[Mike Daniels]

39. I loved how every attempt to use sex to upset someone generally blew up in the character's face

Jerry and George trying to use a menage a trois to turn off a suitor only to have the suitor be "into it".

George hoping to upset his parents suggests to a cousin that they try being a couple and finds that the cousin is cool with the idea.

George after learning that being gay wasn't going to get rid of his girlfriend then tells her he's a porn star named "Buck Naked". Of course, this gets the date more interested vs. turning her off.

Just a few examples.

[Enthusiast]

35. I loved that one!

One of the best!

[AllegroRondo]

36. The one where Jerry and George are "outed" as a gay couple

not that theres anything wrong with that....

Jerry tries to convince his parents and current girlfriend that he's not really gay, while George tries to convince his current girlfriend that he IS gay to break up with her.

[flvegan]

42. I saw that one last night.

Absolute brilliance!

[LibraLiz1973]

44. When the phone allows her to hear everything he says

I about peed my pants.

[CreekDog]

37. The Mansiere

"The bro" was too ethnic. :rofl:

[carlyhippy]

45. I saw this one just last night....the astronaut pen gift

Jerry and Elaine visit Jerry's parents in Florida. He admires a space pen and is forced to take it from one of the parent's neighbors. Elaine sleeps on the sofa sleeper in extreme heat, has a backache, is given some muscle relaxers, Jerry gets black eyes from scuba diving, they all attend a banquet for Jerry's dad....Elaine is fried out of her mind, she keeps screaming STELLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAA

funny stuff.

[BlueIris]

46. The one where George eats garbage.

Reminds me of one of my first "meet the boyfriend's parents" dinners.

[last_texas_dem]

47. The one where Kramer keeps getting "wrong number" calls for MoviePhone

So he decides to attempt to "be" MoviePhone, but isn't so great at deciphering the touch-tone sounds!

"You've selected... Agent Zero?!?"

"You've selected... Brown-Eyed Girl?!?"

"Why don't you just TELL me the name of the movie you want to see?!?"

[no name no slogan]

51. 555-FILK for the win!

NT

[Auggie]

48. The Festivus episode. And the The Airing of Grievances... genius.

[YankeyMCC]

49. The no-kissing rule

When Jerry tries to implemented a 'no kissing' greeting rule.

Another favorite is the Dinner Party one, which has one of the best lines from George something like "I guarantee you that if I go in there and put down a bottle of Pepsi and box of Ho-Hos people will be coming up to me all night to thank me."

[Xipe Totec]

52. There's no such thing nt

[AllieB]

53. The Fusilli Jerry aka 'The Assman'

Kramer gets his new license plates from the DMV, but the plates say "ASSMAN." Kramer makes a statue of Jerry out of fusilli pasta and Frank, in a freak accident, falls on it and has to visit the proctologist. Kramer realizes that the doctor is the true owner of the license plates. This is also the episode where Jerry is disturbed when he finds out his mechanic used his "move" on Elaine while making love to her.

[pokerfan]

54. Moops

GEORGE: All right BB. Let's just play... Who invaded Spain in the 8th century?

DONALD (Bubble Boy): THAT'S A JOKE. THE MOORS.

GEORGE: Oh, Noooo, I'm so sorry. It's the MOOPS. The correct answer is, The MOOPS.

DONALD: MOOPS? LET ME SEE THAT. THAT'S NOT MOOPS YOU JERK, IT'S MOORS. IT'S A MISPRINT.

GEORGE: I'm sorry the card says MOOPS.

DONALD: IT DOESN'T MATTER. I'S THE MOORS. THERE'S NO MOOPS.

GEORGE: It's MOOPS.

DONALD: MOORS.

GEORGE: MOOPS,

DONALD: MOORS!