"Seinfeld" The Stakeout (1990)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Tom Cherones

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Seinfeld" (1990)

Original Air Date:

31 May 1990 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Jerry and George stake out the lobby of an office building to find a woman Jerry met at a party but whose name and phone number he didn't get. |

Plot Keywords:

Scrabble Game | Scrabble | Made Up Word | Neurotic | Eccentric

Cast

Jerry Seinfeld	...	Jerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Elaine Benes
Michael Richards	...	Kramer
Jason Alexander	...	George
Lynn Clark	...	Vanessa
Philip Bruns	...	Dad (as Phil Bruns)
Liz Sheridan	...	Mom
Maud Winchester	...	Pamela
William Fair	...	Roger
Ron Steelman	...	Artie
Joe George	...	Uncle Mac
Ellen Gerstein	...	Carol
Janet Rotblatt	...	Woman

Runtime:

23 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:PG (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Ren-Mar Studios - 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Shapiro/West Productions

Trivia:

In an early draft of the script, Morty was named "Leon" and Helen was referred to as "Mother".

Goofs:

Continuity: In the video store scene, the sticker on the top of the adult VHS tape Elaine is holding appears and disappears throughout the scene.

Quotes:

George Costanza: Don't get worked up, because you're going to know the whole story the minute she walks off the plane.
Jerry: Really, how?
George Costanza: Because it's all in the greeting. If she puts the bags down before she greets you, that's a good sign.
Jerry: Right.
George Costanza: Anything in the lip area is good.
Jerry: Lip area, yeah.
George Costanza: A hug, definitely good.
Jerry: Hug is good. Although what if its one of those hugs, where the shoulders are touching, and the hips are 8 feet apart.
George Costanza: Those are brutal.
Jerry: You know how they do that.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Cocoon: The Return (1988)

more quotes from that episode

JERRY's monologue: There's something about a cheque that, to a man, is not masculine. I don't know exactly what it is... I think to a man, a cheque is like a note from your mother that says ''I don't have any money, but if you'll contact these people, I'm sure they'll stick up for me... If you just trust me this one time I don't have any money but I have these... I wrote on these; is this of any value at all?'' _______________________

JERRY: (To Vanessa) So, you're a lawyer... VANESSA: Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft. JERRY: (To himself, quickly) Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft. Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft...

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JERRY: "Quone"? No, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to challenge that. HELEN: ...32... KRAMER: No, you don't have to challenge that. That's a word. That's a *definite* word. JERRY: I am challenging... KRAMER: Quone: to quone something.

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ELAINE: Couldn't agree more. JERRY: Good. ELAINE: Good. JERRY: Good. ELAINE: Great! JERRY: Great? Where do you get "great"?