The Puerto Rican Day (7 May 1998)

Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine get stuck in standstill traffic due to the massive Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Director:

Andy Ackerman

Writers:

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

Stars:

Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jerry Seinfeld	...	Jerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Elaine Benes
Michael Richards	...	Cosmo Kramer
Jason Alexander	...	George Costanza
Mario Joyner	...	Lamar
Dayton Callie	...	Cabbie
James Karen	...	Mr. Canterman
Helen Carey	...	Mrs. Nyhart
Yul Vazquez	...	Bob (as Yul Vasquez)
John Paragon	...	Cedric
Jenica Bergere	...	Leslie
Monica Allison	...	Gail
Marcelo Tubert	...	Father
Armando Molina	...	Amigo
Tom Agna	...	Gary

Storyline

On their way back into the city Elaine, George, Kramer and Jerry find themselves stuck in traffic owing to the Puerto Rican day parade. An impatient Elaine abandons them and tries to get a cab but it's no faster. George gives up as well, hopping out of Jerry's car and going to a movie but has an encounter with someone who has a laser pointer. Kramer and Jerry have a running encounter with someone in a maroon Golf. When Kramer needs to find a restroom, a visit to an apartment that's for sale seems to do the trick.

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Plot Keywords:

parade | laser pointer | foot chase | stuck in traffic | flag desecration | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 May 1998 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shapiro/West Productions, Castle Rock Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode, as it was the last scripted episode by the regular post-Larry David writers, before the finale(where Larry David again stepped up as writer for the first time in several seasons), had a record number of writers, totalling 10, including all the regular writers from the last seasons. The on-screen writing credits were credited in alphabetical order, without any ampersand(&) or 'and', dividing the writing into groups of team writers. Normally the absence of either ampersand(&) or 'and' between writing credits means 'and', but in this case it was/should have been on-screen divided with ampersand(&), as all the writers worked together on the script as a team, celebrating what would be their finale as writers for the show.

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Goofs

After Elaine gets out of the car, there's some stock footage of New York City traffic. The lettering on the taxis are reversed, indicating that the film has been flipped from left to right.

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Quotes

[Kramer accidentally lights the Puerto Rican flag on fire and tries to stomp it out]
Man: [yells] Hey! There's a guy burning the Puerto Rican flag!
Cedric: That's not very nice.
Cosmo Kramer: It was an accident.
Bob: Do you know what day this is? Because *I* know what day this is, *they* know what day this is, so I was wondering
[yells]
Bob: if you know what day this is!
Cedric: Because it's Puerto Rican Day!

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Connections

Featured in Seinfeld: The Chronicle (1998)

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