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George thinks he's had a heart attack. The doctor tells him otherwise, but he might want to get his tonsils and adenoids removed. Elaine is interested in the doctor and he is interested in her tongue. George not wanting to deal with the cost and the procedure decides to take Kramer's advice of going to see a naturalist, which only makes the situation worse. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Larry Charles

Director:: Tom Cherones

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

Recurring Role:: Larry David (Screaming B-movie actor)

Guest Star:: Heather James (Waitress); Sharon McKnight (Nurse); Pat Hazell (Man in other bed); Jimmy Woodward (Driver); John Fleck (Attendant); John Posey (Dr. Fein); Stephen Tobolowsky (Tor)

You can see Jerry begin to crack up after George calls him a "Jerk off". edit »
Jerry was afraid that the joke might've been about Johnny Carson and/or The Tonight Show, which is where Jerry Seinfeld made his TV debut in real life, according to "The Seinfeld Story". edit »
In this episode George says that he is 32, and in "The Stranded" (which took place around the same time period) Jerry tells Elaine that he is 36. Meanwhile how many times did Jerry and George say they grew up together? Jerry even says in one of the later seasons that him and George are only 4 months apart. Now that's a goof, and also I think the story of where they grew up changed a few times too, I mean was it Brooklyn or Long Island? edit »
How could Jerry be lactose intolerant if his favourite food is cereal? In later episodes we see Jerry in his apartment eating cereal with milk. edit »

This is a rare episode where Jerry's apartment is shown but only Jerry is seen in it while the other three aren't. edit »
This episode marks Kramer's first mention of his friend, who is never seen, Bob Sacamano. edit »
This was voted as the best episode of Season 1&2 on imdb.com's Seinfeld episode contest. edit »
When George is in the hospital and the doc says he didn't have a heart attack, he thinks nothing is wrong with him, and the doc says: "I wouldn't go that far..." So George says, "What is it? Meningitis? Scoleosis?? Lupus??? Is it Lupus????"
He says "Is it Lupus????" again once more, in exactly the same manner, while visiting Elaine's friend the psychic in "The Suicide". edit »
Viewer Keith Plenert notes that writer and executive producer Larry David is the screaming B-movie actor on Jerry's TV at the beginning of the episode, while Jerry is drifting off to sleep on the couch. "LIKE FLAMING GLOBES..............FLAMING GLOBES!!!!!" edit »

Jerry: That's it! Flaming globes of Sigmund! Flaming globes of Sigmund! That's my note! That's what I thought was so funny? That's not funny. There's nothing funny about that. edit »
Elaine: A kiss? With the tongue? The glossa with the bumps and the papillae? Yuck, I don't think so. edit »
Jerry: Couch grass and cramp bark? You know, I think that's what killed Curly. edit »
George: Why can't I have a heart attack? I'm allowed. edit »
Jerry: (reading his note) 'Fax me some halibut.' Is that funny? Is that a joke? edit »

Regarding Tor's lack of real medical knowledge, Jerry thinks to himself, "you're not a doctor, but you play one in real life." This is a play on the '70s advertisments for aspirin where Robert Young, the star of Marcus Welby, M.D., declared, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV," implying that was enough to trust his medical judgment. A similar campaign in the late '80s featured Chris Robinson, who played Dr. Rick Webber (#2) on the ABC soap General Hospital. edit »

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George thinks he's having a heart attack and Kramer takes him to a "hollistic" healer which of course causes further problems. Elaine dates a fetishist doctor. ...Continue »
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