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Seinfeld: The Lip Reader

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Jerry is smitten with a line judge at the US Open, but after he gets her attention, he finds out she is deaf. Elaine has a problem not communicating with a limo driver. George wants to use Jerry's girlfriend to read the lips of his ex-girlfriend to find out what she is saying about him. While she is reading the lips, Kramer does the translation, that gets George in more trouble. Kramer becomes a ball man at the Open, when Monica Seles returns to tennis. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Carol Leifer

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:: Wayne Knight (Newman)

Guest Star:: Dylan Haggerty (Young Man); Veralyn Jones (Renee); Marlee Matlin (Laura); Linda Kash (Gwen); Jerry Sroka (Todd); Christopher Darga (Driver); Bret Anthony (Teen)

When George and Jerry are hiding their mouths from Laura to discuss using her lip reading ability, George locks his hands and lifts his arms to block her view. Strangely, only Jerry and the viewing audience are blocked from seeing his mouth move. From Laura's angle, she can clearly see it. edit »
During the ending credits, Kramer is the ballboy�man. He is sitting right next to the net. However, in the very next scene, it shows the whole court, NOT showing Kramer! This only means that it was just a videotape they showed. edit »
We are meant to believe that Laura (Marlee Matlin) misread "sweep together" as "sleep together", but she didn't. She correctly signs "sweep" (a vertical palm sweeping across a horizontal palm). The mistake couldn't have been Kramer's either, since it was supposed to be a lip-reading mistake, not a sign-reading mistake (the signs for "sweep" and "sleep" could never be confused).
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When Newman is saying that "when you control the mail, you control information" thing to Jerry, you can see that Jerry laughs (altough he's giving his back to the camera) edit »
If the U.S. Open tennis tournament is going on, the time of year would be late August into early September (championship matches are played Labor Day weekend). The Metallica reference is made probably to emphasize that Elaine gave the driver tickets to a band that played very LOUD. edit »

This episode was nominated for the 1994 Eddie Award for Best Edited Half Hour Series for Television. Marlee Matlin was nominated for the 1994 Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for playing "Laura" in this episode. edit »
When George is on TV eating the ice cream, Larry David is the voice of the second announcer. He says "Hey buddy they've got a new invention, it's called a napkin." He is also the voice of the dispatcher that tells the limo driver he's to pick up Tom Hanks. Both uncredited. edit »

Jerry: (after Kramer tackles Monica Seles) Thus ends the great ball man experiment. edit »
Ball Boy: Hey pops, isn't there a better way to spend your twilight years?
Kramer: I may be old, but I'm spry. edit »
Jerry: So she sees you with hot fudge on your face and she ends it? Do you really think she'd be that superficial?
George: Why not? I would be. edit »
Jerry: (to Kramer) You want to be a ball man? Go ahead and break the ball barrier. edit »
George: You're giving me the "it's not you, it's me" routine? I invented "it's not you, it's me." Nobody tells me it's them, not me. If it's anybody, it's me.
Gwen: All right, George, it's you.
George: You're damn right it's me. edit »

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The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Jerry is smitten with a line judge at the US Open, but after he gets her attention, he finds out she is deaf. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Jerry is smitten with a line judge at the US Open, but after he gets her attention, he finds out she is deaf. ...Continue »
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Lips don't Lie! ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Series classic"
�It�s not you�it�s me!� George gets dumped and has Jerry�s new girlfriend, a deaf woman who reads lip, eavesdrop on his ex�s conversation to find out why she really dumped him. ...Continue »
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