"Seinfeld" The Cheever Letters (1992)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Tom Cherones

Writers:

Larry David (creator) &
Jerry Seinfeld (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Seinfeld" (1990)

Original Air Date:

27 October 1992 (Season 4, Episode 8)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Jerry offends Elaine's assistant. Kramer makes a contact for Cuban cigars. A box of letters from John Cheever is all that remains after Susan's father's cabin burns down. |

Plot Keywords:

Neurotic | Eccentric | Stand Up Comedian | Friendship | Neighbor

Cast

Jerry Seinfeld	...	Jerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Elaine Benes
Michael Richards	...	Kramer
Jason Alexander	...	George Costanza
Heidi Swedberg	...	Susan Biddle Ross
Warren Frost	...	Mr. Ross
Grace Zabriskie	...	Mrs. Ross
Lisa Malkiewicz	...	Sandra
Miguel Pérez	...	Luis (as Miguel Perez)
Vanessa Marquez	...	Receptionist
Timothy Omundson	...	Ricky Ross
Patricia Lee Willson	...	Sara Ross
David Blackwood	...	Doorman

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:PG (video rating)

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

Elaine's final punchline ("...and they're all laid out for me") received such a loud and long response from the studio audience that it had to be shortened and lowered in editing.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jerry tells George about his girlfriend Sandra's dirty talking, the ketchup bottle is sitting on the table. In the next cut, it's automatically in George's hand.

The Cheever Letters is a brilliant little episode, that always has me in stitches, as it has some of my favorite quotes in it!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

(plot). Jerry offends Elaine's assistant with the "panty remark". Kramer makes a new contact for his Cuban cigars. A box of letters from John Cheever is all that remains after the Ross cabin burns down!.

The Cheever Letters is a brilliant little episode, that always has me in stitches, as it has some of my favorite quotes in it!. I laughed my ass of when George told Susan's father his thoughts about the cigars he gave him, and the scene where everyone finds out that Susan's father was gay and in love with john Cheever was an absolute scream!, plus it's extremely well written by Larry David&Tom Leopold and Directed by Tom Cherones!. Susan's father (Warren Frost) reaction when George told him his cabin burned down was just plain hilarious, and this is also extremely well made as well, plus Jerry's stand up's were hilarious as usual. The ending is one of the best in Seinfeld history as Elaine really gave it to Jerry, as that was so hilarious, and I loved the Convo between George and Jerry in the restaurant about what jerry said to Elaine's assistant, plus it has so many famous moments in it as well!. Well I don't want to spoil anything more for you if you Haven't seen it, so I'll just say this, Go see it now please if you haven't, you won't regret it trust me!. ***** out of 5

Favorite quotes.

(Susan's father to George): How are you enjoying those Cigars I gave you?. George: Oh the Cigars, Ha ha, I'm sucking them down, I'm puffing my brains out yeah.

Susan: Daddy about the Cabin...Dad: What about it?. Susan: Well the thing is.. Dad: What, what is it?. Susan: Well The Cabin is kind of... George: Burned. Dad: Burned!?. Susan: There was a fire and it..George: Burned. Dad: The Cabin burned?. George: Yeah Burned. Dad: Was anything found did it all burn to the ground?, did they find anything?. Susan: No nothing. Wife: Nothing Ha ha. George: But you know Mr. Ross, if you look at the situation, what with your Cigars and everything, it's really rather ironic, or one might even say in a sense, comical,really think about it!.

Jerry: So were drinking, and she starts rubbing my leg. George: Wow what did you do?. Jerry: have you ever told a woman to stop touching your leg?. George: Yeah right. Jerry: I mean, I know it's the wrong thing to do, I know it's wrong, but I can't get that hand off my leg!, I mean I'm looking at the hand, thinking that hand should not be on my leg!, but I can't get my brain to make my mouth to say the words, would you mind?. George: Yet woman have no problem, getting there hand's off, how do they do that?. Jerry: I don't know they're working on a whole other level. George: All right so go ahead. Jerry: So then we go back to my apartment. George: Woah,whoa!. Jerry: So were fooling around there you know it's getting a little passionate, and she starts with the dirty talking. George: All right, all right, hold on, time out,whoa,whoa, what did she say?. Jerry: You know the usual. George: Know I don't know, how do I know the usual?. Jerry: Typical things. George: What's typical?, give me some typical. Jerry: She says *whispers into his ear (George squirts Ketchup). George: That's very dirty, that's absolutely filthy. Jerry: And then she starts talking about her panties. George: I'm gonna need some water here. Jerry: So I said something. George: OK, what did you say?. Jerry: Now bear in mind I am just trying to catch up. George: Of course. Jerry: OK so she's talking about her panties, so i said... you mean the the Panties your mother laid out for you.

(Ending). Jerry: Alright look, we gotta get back to work, we just had a big breakthrough here. Elaine: OK I'll leave you two alone. Jerry: OK. Elaine: Maybe I'll go visit my mother, she just bought me some new panties, and there all laid out for me.