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Seinfeld: The Chicken Roaster

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George reveals a strategy to guarantee a second date with women - leaving an object behind at their place. However, this strategy gets Elaine into trouble, when George leaves behind a sable hat she shouldn't have charged to the Peterman expense account. Meanwhile, the red neon sign of a new Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurant beams directly into Kramer's apartment. Jerry and Kramer then switch apartments, and end up switching personalities as well. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Jeff Schaffer Alec Berg

Director:: Andy Ackerman

Stars:: Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer); Jason Alexander (George Louis Costanza); Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine Marie Benes (not in pilot)); Jerry Seinfeld (Himself)

Recurring Role:: Wayne Knight (Newman); John O'Hurley (J. Peterman)

Guest Star:: Christopher Aguilar (Burmese Boy); Wesley Leong (Clerk); Michael D. Roberts (Ipswich); Kymberly Kalil (Heather); Mark Roberts (Seth)

Right after Jerry and Elaine leave to buy the hat, Kramer picks up the ice-cream container and a split-second later it's gone. edit »
Jerry says that Bob Saccamano sells Russian hats in Battery Park but Kramer says that Bob always sits in a chair by a window saying "My Name is Bob" back in season two's "The Heart Attack". edit »
When Kramer makes himself cereal, pours in tomato juice, and subsequently throws it out, the cereal box moves to different locations on the countertop in nearly every switch of camera angle.

Additionally, after Kramer splats the tomatoe juice laden cereal on the wall, he attempts to clean it up (poorly of course). At the next scene cut - the wall is spotless. edit »
When Jerry comes home and sees the red dot on his door, he figures out that it is coming from Kramers peep hole across the hall, so do we all know how peep holes work, the light would be spread out into a much larger dot, and also would be the same level as the peep hole on Kramers door, not as seen lower. Now they could have solved this goof, by airing the show after the reverse peephole episode. edit »
Elaine hates real fur. She wouldn't have bought George that hat.

Elaine has previously *claimed* to hate real fur, but in the episode where Puddy has a fur coat she says that she no longer has the energy to fight that fight. edit »

This episode was nominated for the 1998 WGA Award (TV) for Episodic Comedy. edit »
Wayne Knight receives the "With" credit. edit »
Look closely at Kramer as Newman says "Nice place you got here, Kramer. A guy could really get some thinking done." Kramer is unwrapping his apparently fragile noodle figurines (first introduced in "The Fusilli Jerry"), despite the fact that he was only moving across the hall. edit »

Jerry: (referring to the rat fur being all over the restaurant) That's not gonna be good for business.
Seth: That's not gonna be good for anybody. edit »
Jerry: (about Kramer) The greasy doorknob, the constant licking of the fingers. He's hooked on this chicken, isn't he? edit »
Elaine: This is the Urban Sombrero. I put it on the cover of our last catalog.
Mr. Peterman: The horror! The horror! edit »
Kramer: Why don't we just switch apartments?
Jerry: Or I could sleep in the park. edit »
George: She's got a little Marisa Tomei thing going on.
Jerry: Ah. Too bad you've got a little George Costanza thing going on. edit »

When George explains his strategy for guaranteeing a second date, Jerry remarks, "Why don't you just show up there in a big wooden horse?!" This is a reference to the "Trojan Horse" in Homer�s The Odyssey. edit »
Jerry: As soon as Seth gets a real job, you two are going back in that chicken supernova!
Jerry is referring to a supernova, which is an event where a massive star explodes. A supernova is so bright it can be seen in the light of day. The most recent supernova was Supernova 1987a, which exploded in Febuary of 1987. edit »
Mr. Peterman: "The horror, the horror"
The quote is actually originally from the book "Heart of Darkness", by Joseph Conrad. This is the book that the story in the film "Apocalypse Now" was taken from. edit »
Jerry: I'm afraid it's going to come to life in the middle of the night and kill me.
Mr Marbles has got to be a reference to Chuckie in the 1988 film "Child's Play." edit »
Peterman: "you're an errand girl sent by grocers to collect a bill," and later "the horror, the horror"

At the end of this episode, when Elaine finds Peterman in the Burmese jungle, he gives the above quote, and later when she shows him the Urban Sombrero, he says "the horror, the horror". Both quotes are from the 1979 film masterpiece "Apocalypse Now," where Peterman is paraphrasing dialog of Marlon Brando's Col. Kurtz character. edit »

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The Bottom Line: "Out of character"
Good episode. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
Kenny! ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
a very underrated episode ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
one of my favs ...Continue »
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