"Seinfeld" The Contest (1992)

User Rating:

9.4/10   

Director:

Tom Cherones

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Seinfeld" (1990)

Original Air Date:

18 November 1992 (Season 4, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

After George is caught masturbating by his mother, the four main characters devise a contest to see...

Plot Keywords:

Caught Masturbating | Self Discipline | Neurotic | Eccentric | Stand Up Comedian

Cast

Jerry Seinfeld	...	Jerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Elaine Benes
Michael Richards	...	Kramer
Jason Alexander	...	George Costanza
Estelle Harris	...	Estelle Costanza
Jane Leeves	...	Marla Penny
Ilana Levine	...	Joyce
Rachel Sweet	...	Shelly
Andrea Parker	...	Nurse

Runtime:

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:

The word "masturbation" (the subject of the episode) is never mentioned. The script originally did use the word but Seinfeld and David realized that the episode would be funnier and less controversial without it. David's claims that if NBC had rejected the episode he would have quit. NBC received only 31 complaints from viewers.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Jerry and Marla are making out on the couch someone walks past the bathroom window.

Quotes:

Jerry Seinfeld: It's like shaving.
Elaine Benes: Oh what a bunch of baloney! I shave my legs!
Cosmo Kramer: [while eating] Not everyday

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008) (TV)

The greatest episode of Seinfeld

George's mother is forced to hospital after she throws her back out when she falls down after catching him doing "you know." When George says he'll never do it again, Jerry challenges him to a contest of being "master of your domains", when he accepts, Elaine and Kramer want in on the action, or rather the lack of it.

Things get worse when Kramer discovers that the women across the street is walking around with nothing on. Jerry is in the contest and dating a virgin leads him to say the hilarious rant,,, 'I can't take it anymore! She's driving me crazy! I can't sleep, I can't leave the house, and I' here, I'm climbin' the walls. Meanwhile, I'm dating a virgin, I'm in this contest - something's gotta give'

'The contest' is comedy at it's finest

Are you 'master of your domain'.