The Baby Shower
- Episode aired May 16, 1991
- TV-PG
- 23m
Kramer convinces Jerry to get illegal cable. Elaine holds a baby shower for a former girlfriend of George, on whom he wants revenge for a callous incident.Kramer convinces Jerry to get illegal cable. Elaine holds a baby shower for a former girlfriend of George, on whom he wants revenge for a callous incident.Kramer convinces Jerry to get illegal cable. Elaine holds a baby shower for a former girlfriend of George, on whom he wants revenge for a callous incident.
- Stewardess
- (as Marla Fries)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first time Kramer (Michael Richards) says "Giddy up!"
- GoofsJerry (Jerry Seinfeld) doesn't have cable in this episode - all he has is over-the-air channels with poor reception. In the previous episode, The Deal (1991), he had cable with all the channels including "The Naked Channel".
- Quotes
[last lines]
Jerry Seinfeld: What do you do at the end of a date, when you know you don't want to see this person ever again for the rest of your life? What do you say? What do you say? It doesn't... No matter what you say, it's a lie. "I'll see you around." See you around. If you're around, and I'm around, I'll see you around that area. You'll be around other people, you won't be around me, but you will be around. "Take care now." Ever say that to somebody? "Take care now." Take care... Now. Because I'm not gonna be taking care of you. So you should take care now. "Take care, take care." What does that mean? "Take care." "Take off." Isn't that what you really want to say? "Take off now." Get out of here.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Mike & Mike: Episode dated 6 May 2015 (2015)
- SoundtracksSeinfeld Theme Song
Written by Jonathan Wolff
Perhaps the biggest gripe I have is the very anti-climactic resolution used to tie up George's story. It begins brilliantly and is developed well, ending up with George wearing his chocolate covered shirt and walking over to confront his problem. Unfortunately, the following scenes lack any real conviction, comedy or sufficient use of the character's personality. I also have a major gripe with the dream sequence which simply does not work and seems completely out of place in a show like Seinfeld. Taken in context of the entire episode, it just seems like a random signature of the writer included for the sake of it.
I found the way in which Charles managed to juggle three plots and eventually make them collide to be more of a hit than a miss, but it's clear that because of limited space, each separate plot doesn't get enough time to be at all memorable. The stand-up scenes too are less successful than others from the series; I really enjoyed the opening segment on switching channels, but everything else failed to strike even a smile. Elaine's plot I couldn't have cared less about, and for me it seemed to serve as a cheap way to intertwine the plots. Unlike the previous episode, she is definitely under-used here.
What I loved most about the show however was the involvement of Jerry, Kramer and the cable-guys. Even though Kramer's motivation for Jerry to get cable is unclear, it still provides some of the best scenes of the episode usually thanks to Richards' brilliant performance.
Overall, probably the worst episode I've seen so far, but not without it's silver lining.
- Otoboke
- Feb 5, 2008