Seinfeld: The Understudy

Episode score 8.0 Great

The Understudy

  • 110.
  • Season: 6
  • Episode: 24
  • First Aired: 5/18/1995
  • Prod Code: 621
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TRIVIA

  • The actual J. Peterman Catalogue is based in Lexington, Kentucky and not New York City. 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 »
  • 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 »
  • When Bette asks for the cookie, Karmer doesn't even ask for the cookie and says that they don't have any. How did he know that they didn't have any. Is Karmer physic. edit »
  • How the hell could the costume department of a big Broadway production forget to tie up the star's shoes in Rochelle Rochelle? And the shoes didn't JUST come undone, the tongues were wide open!...ER edit »
  • George also is left handed, yet is playing baseball right handed. edit »
  • When the K-man is holding Bette in his arms on the baseball field, he sings to Bette Midler "you are the wind beneath my wings" - his voice is clearly dubbed over. Maybe it didn't come out well in the original scene. edit »
  • In this episode, Jerry uses his right hand to throw. Isn't he a lefty? edit »
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QUOTES

  • 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 »
  • Jerry: (to the understudy) So you don't cry when your grandmother dies? But a hot-dog makes you lose control? edit »
  • Jerry: Just once I would like to tell someone they stink. You know what? I didn't like the show. I didn't like you. It just really stunk. The whole thing real bad. Stinkaroo. Thanks for the tickets though. edit »
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NOTES

  • 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 »
  • Frank uses his move "stopping short" w/ his former Korean girlfriend. This is the same move Kramer uses on Frank's wife Estelle in "The Fusilli Jerry" edit »
  • According to Kenny Kramer, Jack Luceno is Michael Richard's double when shooting is done in NYC. edit »
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ALLUSIONS

  • 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 »
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    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 »
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