Seinfeld: The Stall

Episode score 7.8 Good

The Stall

  • 76.
  • Season: 5
  • Episode: 12
  • First Aired: 1/6/1994
  • Prod Code: 512
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While in a bathroom stall, Elaine needs some toilet paper, but the woman in the next stall refuses to give her a piece. The woman is Jerry's girlfriend whose voice Kramer recognizes from a telephone sex line. Elaine's boyfriend, whose face she just loves, takes George & Kramer rock climbing. After his accident, Elaine isn't sure his face will be the same. Add a recap »

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CAST AND CREW

Writers:
Larry Charles
Director:
Tom Cherones
Stars:
Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer)
Jerry Seinfeld (Himself)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine Marie Benes (not in pilot))
Jason Alexander (George Louis Costanza)
Guest Star:
Jami Gertz (Jane)
Dan Cortese (Tony)
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TRIVIA

  • In this episode, Kramer refers to "Monks" by name. Usually they just say, "the coffee shop". edit »
  • George and Kramer seem to be good friends with Tony even though he's never appeared before or since this episode. edit »
  • Elaine tells Jerry that she will never forget the voice of the woman (Jane) who refused to share the toilet paper. Yet right after this, Elaine picks up the phone and overhears Kramer talking to the sex-phone operator, who we later learn is really Jane. Why didn't Elaine recognize her voice?
    Kramer recognizes her by her voice, so we know that she must sound the same in person as she does over the phone. edit »
  • After rock climbing with Tony, George and Kramer show up at Jerry's while Elaine is there. She asks how rock climbig went with Tony. Kramer and George are wearing the same climbing clothes and when they tell Elaine about Tony's fall, she goes running out immediatly to check on his condition. The next scene shows Elaine and Tony (face all bandaged up) on the couch and she asks him over and over if the doctors mentioned anything about "radical reconstructive surgery" and so forth. He claims that he's been out of it for 2 days and doesn't remember what the doctors said. If he's been out of it for 2 days, why are George and Kramer wearing the same rock climbing clothes??? edit »
  • There is something weird about the sequencing at the beginning of this episode. Elaine is in Jerry's apartment and she says she has to go downtown and that Jerry is going to give her a ride. Kramer is also there when they leave. As Jerry and Elaine are driving he says to her "you can't keep Tony waiting", implying that Elaine is going to meet him right then. In the next scene Tony and George are sitting in the coffee shop and Kramer comes in, and he is wearing the same shirt that he had on at Jerry's leading me to believe it is not long after. If Elaine was going to meet Tony why is he sitting in the coffee shop with George? edit »
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NOTES

  • This episode gives us the only look at the bathroom in Monk's Coffee Shop. edit »
  • Viewer Jeff Holland that this is the first episode where Jerry actually uses his computer. He uses it at least once more, during the last season. And on a related note, while the computer in the background has been an Apple Macintosh, some viewers have said that they spotted a copy of Windows 95 lurking in the background in future episodes. edit »
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  • Jerry: (about Tony) George is like a schoolgirl around him. edit »
  • George: It's a different world when you're with a cool guy. edit »
  • George: (trying to be cool with Tony) I am down. I am totally down. Mark me down. edit »
  • Jerry: (reacting to Jane's bad experience in the bathroom) Who does she think she is? How dare she! You want me to get the manager? Too bad they don't have those old ladies walking around with the flashlights anymore… flush her out. edit »
  • Jerry: (eating popcorn) Mmm… I love this artificial flavoring. I like it better than butter. I think it's more consistent. edit »
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