The Cadillac 

In this hour-long episode, Jerry performs the biggest show of his life in Atlantic City. He receives a rather generous pay check for the event, and decides to buy his father a Cadillac. ... See full summary »

Director:

Andy Ackerman

Writers:

Larry David (created by), Jerry Seinfeld (created by)

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
Marisa Tomei	...	Herself
Liz Sheridan	...	Helen
Barney Martin	...	Morty
Heidi Swedberg	...	Susan Ross
Walter Olkewicz	...	Nick
Annabelle Gurwitch	...	Katy
Sandy Baron	...	Jack Klompus
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Evelyn (as Ann Guilbert)
Frances Bay	...	Mrs. Choate
Bill Macy	...	Herb
Jesse White	...	Ralph

Storyline

In this hour-long episode, Jerry performs the biggest show of his life in Atlantic City. He receives a rather generous pay check for the event, and decides to buy his father a Cadillac. Unfortunately, doing so puts Morty in the hot seat with the condo board of directors, where he serves as president. Morty is accused of stealing money from the board, and ultimately gets removed from his post as president and kicked out of the condo. Meanwhile, thanks to Elaine, George can score a date with "My Cousin Vinny" star Marisa Tomei but Elaine objects because of George's engagement with Susan. Kramer turns the tables on the cable company when they want to disconnect his service.

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Plot Keywords:

kissing | association meeting | impeachment | punched in the face | central park manhattan new york city | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 1996 (USA)

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shapiro/West Productions, Castle Rock Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

The soundtrack and the dramatic walk out of the condo at the end of the episode is a parody of the end of the movie, Nixon (1995), released the year before.

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Goofs

When Kramer drops his groceries in the chase the pineapple comes to rest prominently at the front. In the next shot, head on, it has disappeared.

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Quotes

Jerry Seinfeld: Well, what d'you think?
Morty: Look at this! Look at this! You bought a Cadillac?
Jerry Seinfeld: I bought it for you. It's yours.
Morty: You what? You bought me a Cadillac?
Jerry Seinfeld: I bought you a Cadillac, here you go.
Helen: Are you out of your mind?
Jerry Seinfeld: What?
Morty: You don't want it? Are you kidding?
Helen: He's not buying us a Cadillac.
Morty: What are you, nuts?
[...]

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Connections

Features Only You (1994)

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Soundtracks

Seinfeld Theme Song
Written by Jonathan Wolff

User Reviews

Greatness!

This was the first episode of Seinfeld I had watched in full and it happened to be an hour long special! It was such a load of fun and full of laughs, even though I didn't really know the characters too well. Plus we get to see Marisa Tomei make a cameo appearance out of nowhere!

The story revolves around a few things, the main part being that Jerry buys his father a Cadillac after landing a fortune at a big gig. But those at the condo where his father lives, and is the President of, believe he has used funds from the office to buy it.

Meanwhile, George becomes obsessed with Marisa Tomei and Kramer has a hilarious run-in with a cable guy. The chase is just fantastic! There are plenty of gags here and I recommend anyone new to Seinfeld watch this episode to get a feel for it. 9/10