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Jerry is disgraced when his clown patterned check bounces and is displayed outside the local bodega. Elaine starts dating a man who shaves his head but when he's depressed when he finds out he's going bald. George hooks up with a convict through the foundation and things go surprisingly well. Kramer buys a chicken in the hope of fresh eggs but when it turns out to be a Rooster, he trains it to cock-fight. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Jennifer Crittenden

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:: Barney Martin (Morty Seinfeld); Liz Sheridan (Helen Seinfeld)

Guest Star:: Ray Proscia (Guard); Al White (Detective Udewitz); Paul Perri (Detective Banner); Kathryn Joosten (Betsy); Andrea Bendewald (Celia); Miguel Sandoval (Marcelino); John Michael Higgins (Kurt)

In the 2nd. scene,when Kramer leaves,he's still with the napkin on his neck. edit »
George gets excited by the prospect of eventually having a conjugal visit with Celia. In the "The Postponement," Jerry tells George that the only sex he'd have better than "make-up sex," is "conjugal visit sex." In fact, that's proven wrong in this episode, when George discovers "fugitive sex." edit »
If you look closely at the walls in the scene with the cock fight, you can find a poster advertising "Budcheladas." There is a beverage made with beer and tomato or clamato juice called "Michelada" that is customary around Mexico City, where people are not very used to drinking beer. The owner of the store (Marcelino) is Hispanic, so this would seem to be an a promotion of Budweiser beer aimed at some segment of the Hispanic population. (People in Northern Mexico drink more beer than people in the Central and Southern Mexican states, and the majority of the migration from Mexico to the U.S. comes from the Central and Southern regions of Mexico.) edit »
At the cockfight, Elaine mentions to Jerry that it's 3:30am. However, while they're at the fight, Kurt stops by at George's place. What's he doing showing up in the middle of the night? Furthermore, when they show the outside of the building, it's clearly daytime. edit »
At the cockfight, Elaine reveals that she's considering accepting Kurt's marriage proposal. However, she doesn't see Kurt again until the scene at the prison, in which she's already wearing the engagement ring. When did she accept the proposal? edit »

This episode has two similar plots:
Jerry really gets into the cock-fight (Jerry lives through little-Jerry).
George tells Kurt that he has to live like it's the last months of your life (George is living through Kurt.) edit »
At the beginning of the episode, the camera is pulled back just enough to reveal the actual name of the restaurant (Tom's Restaurant) where Seinfeld, George, Kramer, and Elaine always meet. Normally, it is just seen as Restaurant. edit »
Viewer Ben Nuckols offers this wild theory about this episode: Here's a wild theory. I think there might have been a TV industry "inside joke" in "The Little Jerry," which was on in syndication this week. I knew I recognized the name of John Michael Higgins, who plays Kurt, from somewhere, and I finally figured it out. He played David Letterman in the HBO movie "The Late Shift." I checked the Internet Movie Database to be sure. Of course, he looks completely different with his head shaved. Here's the connection: when "The Late Shift" came out, the real David Letterman complained that the actor playing him had red hair. Higgins was scheduled to be a guest on Letterman's show, but he was bumped, some say due to Letterman's distaste for his portrayal in the picture. Now, do you suppose it's a coincidence that Higgins was cast as a character whose hair was a central issue? Elaine glamorizes the hair color by describing it as "chestnut with auburn highlights." Do you think Seinfeld was taking a lighthearted stab at his buddy Letterman? Offer any comments to Ben at this email address (for as long as it remains valid): bgn3f@virginia.edu. edit »

(At the cockfight)
Jerry: Celia didn't want to come?
George: Nah, she's not really into sports. edit »
Jerry: (about getting married) Your life's gonna totally change.
Elaine: Jerry, it's one in the morning; I'm at a cockfight; what am I clinging to? edit »
Jerry: Kramer, cockfighting is illegal.
Kramer: Only in the United States.
Jerry: It's inhumane.
Kramer: Jerry, it's not what you think.
Jerry: It's two roosters pecking at each other!
Kramer: What? I thought they had gloves and helmets. You know, like American Gladiators. edit »
Kramer: Just because Big Jerry Seinfeld's a has-been doesn't make Little Jerry Seinfeld a never-was! edit »
Jerry: Little Jerry ran from here to Newman's in under 30 seconds.
George: Is that good?
Jerry: (shrugs) I don't know. edit »

Marcelino: "85 cent" when Jerry is buying Juicy-Fruit
This is a reference to the 1993 film "Falling Down" starring Michael Douglas. In the film Douglas is in a food shop in California buying a soda, the owner charges him 85 cent for a soda and he becomes furios about the price and destroys the store. edit »
Elaine: It's chestnut with auburn highlights.
This is the identical description that Rebecca uses when she describes her hair color to Woody's lovesick cousin, played by Harry Connick, Jr in the 1992 Cheers episode "A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff." edit »

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The Little Jerry
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"Little Jerry, Kramer, Stop the Fight, Tamales" The best episode ever!!! Exactly why I watch this show!!! ...Continue »
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In order for Jerry to get his bad check taken down from the wall of the bodega, he gets Kramer's non-egg laying rooster to cockfight on behalf of the bodega owner. George dates a convict. Elaine's boyfriend becomes desperate when he learns he's becoming ...Continue »
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