The Jimmy (16 Mar. 1995)

The gang has various encounters with a man named Jimmy, who talks about himself in the 3rd person. Elaine asks Jimmy to go to the benefit for the Able Mentally Challenged Adults ... See full summary »

Director:

Andy Ackerman

Writers:

Larry David (creator), Jerry Seinfeld (creator),

Stars:

Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Jerry Seinfeld	...	Jerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Elaine Benes
Michael Richards	...	Cosmo Kramer
Jason Alexander	...	George Costanza
Anthony Starke	...	Jimmy
Bryan Cranston	...	Tim Whatley
Richard Herd	...	Wilhelm
Robert Katims	...	Deensfrei
Mel Tormé	...	Himself
Alison Armitage	...	Cheryl
Jimmy Bridges	...	Paramedic (as J.D. Bridges)
Elan Carter	...	Receptionist
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peggy Lane	...	Office Worker (scenes deleted)

Storyline

The gang has various encounters with a man named Jimmy, who talks about himself in the 3rd person. Elaine asks Jimmy to go to the benefit for the Able Mentally Challenged Adults organization starring Mel Torme. Thanks to Jimmy's shoes and getting too much Novocaine at Whatley's office, Kramer is mistaken for a mentally challenged man when he encounters the head of the AMCA. Jerry suspects Tim Whatley and his assistant are using patients for sexual pleasures when he finds pornographic magazines in Whatley's waiting room and thinks that he was violated while under the gas. George cuts a deal with Jimmy to sell Jimmy's shoes, but Jimmy gets injured thanks to Kramer's drooling. The deal, plus some spicy chicken, also helps Wilhelm accuse George of stealing some of the Yankee's batting equipment.

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Plot Keywords:

dentist | penthouse magazine | mental retardation | kung pao chicken | hygienist

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 March 1995 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shapiro/West Productions, Castle Rock Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Starting with this episode, George would occasionally refer to himself in the third person.

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Goofs

When the visitor at the dentist's looks at the centerfold of the Penthouse magazine, he rotates the magazine to look at the picture upright. However, he intuitively turned his head the wrong way. This reveals that he was not looking at a two-page photograph.

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Quotes

Cosmo Kramer: [talking about Dr. Whatley's dentistry practice in a slurred voice] He's got a new policy. Adults only. It's great. You don't have to watch your language.
Jerry: You feel the need to use a lot of obscenities at the dentist?
Cosmo Kramer: When they pull that needle out, I let the ex-ple-tives fly!

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Connections

Featured in Father Ted: Unintelligent Design (2011)

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Soundtracks

"When You're Smiling"
(uncredited)
Performed by Mel Tormé

User Reviews

"George is getting upset!"

Season 6, Episode 18, "The Jimmy"

"The Jimmy" shows better than any other episode just how different season 6 was from seasons 4 and 5. While the earlier seasons relied heavily on the four main characters, the interactions between them in very limited settings, and their dealings with various social situations, season 6 began to rely on more supporting characters, more locations, more physical comedy and gags, and more outlandish situations.

None of which really takes anything away from the quality. While the scripts are less tight, the show is also less wordy and as a result constantly funny. "The Jimmy" is in fact one of the funniest Seinfeld episodes ever, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander are both in top form and Bryan Cranston makes yet another memorable appearance as jerkass dentist Tim Whatley. Classic.