Writer:	Marjorie Gross, Carol Leifer
Director:	Andy Ackerman
Star:	Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer),  Jerry Seinfeld (Himself),  Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine Marie Benes (not in pilot)),  Jason Alexander (George Louis Costanza)
Recurring Role:	Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza),  John O'Hurley (J. Peterman)
Guest Star:	Vonnie C. Rhee (Sunny),  Craig Thomas (Player #1),  Michael McDonald (Player #2),  Lou DiMaggio (Stagehand),  Jason Beck (Umpire),  Bob Shaw (Cabbie),  Johnny Silver (Vendor #1),  William Bastiani (Vendor #2),  Alexandra Bokyun Chun (Lotus),  Adelaide Miller (Gennice),  Bette Midler (Herself),  June Kyoto Lu (Ruby),  Amy Hill (Kim)

First appearence of the character J. Peterman. (edit) We learn in this episode that Frank, who suffers from horrible foot odor, never takes his shoes off. George has mentioned several times that his father wears shoes in the pool, this could be why. (edit) The first episode that doesn't open with Jerry doing a monologue. "The Engagement," "The Postponement," "The Cadillac (1)," "The Cadillac (2)," and "The Bottle Deposit (2)" are other episodes which don't have monologues in the Larry David era. Perhaps they were experimenting with how it would work when the no stand up introduction would happen in the season 8 opener "The Foundation." (edit) Elaine says "...they're the BEST, Jerry, the BEST" - just like Kenny Bania always says. (edit) "Rochelle Rochelle" was the movie George wanted to see in Season 4's "The Movie." He later rented the video in "The Smelly Car" (also Season 4), and it was stolen out of Jerry's car. Finally, it's made into a Broadway musical in this episode. (edit)

Kramer: You know, maybe in Korean 'dog' isn't an insult. Could be like the word 'fox' to us. Oh, she's a DOG! (edit) Kramer: It's macaroni Midler! (edit) Kramer: Oh, understudies are a very shifty bunch. The substitute teachers of the theater world. (edit) George: When you're talking about a movie like "Beaches," moving from the chair to the couch…that's quite a voyage. (edit) Bette: If I don't get a Black and White cookie I'm not going to be very pleasant to be around.
Kramer: Now that's impossible. (edit)

Goof: During the softball game, George knocks over Bette Midler, trying to score a run. The umpire yells "Safe!" but if you look closely, George never touches home plate. (edit) Elaine cries because she can't get the manicures at her favorite place anymore. Confrontations wouldn't help in such a situation and she knows she's defeated. She's done a little crying in similar situations at other points in the series, though not as much as in this episode. In this case the over-the-top sobbing was just a setup for her to meet Peterman. (edit) Musicals often have characters joining in on big songs that involve lyrics with their own name in it. Just because she was singing it at the hospital doesn't mean it was one of her solo numbers. (edit) Kramer doesn't ask for the cookie because the guy on the other line heard Bette ask for it. She's a singer...she projects her voice. (edit) Bette sings a song in the hospital to Kramer that includes the line, "Rochelle, Rochelle." However, at the end of the episode, the announcer says that the part of Rochelle will be played by Genisse -- meaning that it was originally Bette's role. Why would the character of Rochelle sing a song that refers to herself in the third person? (edit)

Jerry: So, your Grandmother dies, and you don't cry, but a hotdog makes you lose control.

The line 'A hot dog makes her lose control' is from the theme song of The Patty Duke Show. (edit) :
This episode was in part, a parody of the Nancy Kerrigan and Tanya Harding incident. It was especially obvious at the end when Jerry's girlfriend was crying and complaining about her shoelaces during the performance. (edit)