Review of The Rye

Seinfeld: The Rye (1996)
Season 7, Episode 11
10/10
Oh my - the marble rye mugging - with ongoing repercussions!
3 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Wonderful episode! Best part was Jerry's encounter with the late Frances Bavier as 90ish Mabel Choate! That bit of mugging the poor woman for the bread (to cover up for the loaf Frank took back from Susan's parents when they failed to put it out for dinner, she bought the last loaf & she wouldn't resell to Jerry even for $50) really bit Jerry & his family in the rear as time went on. First in "The Cadillac" it turns out she changed her crucial vote to impeach Morty as president of the condo association in FL (she recalled Jerry's "shut up you old bag!" line whilst he mugged her - that line was verbatim super bully Biff Tannen from the original "Back to the Future" film BTW). Then in "The Finale Part II" this act causes her to be one of many character - or lack of - witnesses the prosecution calls up to testify during the trial. Actually I'd think $6 would be a tad high to pay for marble rye - even in NYC in the late 1990's. Flash forward to 2020 just outside of Philly: fresh marble rye usually is no more than $3 - doubt it would be $6 in NYC or LA even today. One thing's for sure: whenever I see marble rye (which I enjoy) I remember this episode. Liked the word play of Kramer's Beefarino - an obvious spoof of Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee's Beefaroni.
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