The Dinner Party

Season 5, Episode 13, Aired
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The gang struggles to find gifts for a dinner party. Jerry and Elaine stop at a bakery to get a cake, but they forget to take a number and lose the chocolate pastry and the one they get has a hair on it. Kramer and George try to get the wine but must get change for a $100 dollar bill and wait for a double-parker to return to his car.moreless
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  • A baked good.

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    By cactusjack39, Sep 15, 2010 Report Abuse
    To start off, I want to say that George is crazy. He would have gotten his teeth kicked in had he had any guts, but being the cheap, coward that he is, he runs away from a fight he started. Kramer was of course his normal self as he had his antics continue. Jerry and Eliane were funny together in the bakery, but I thought the entire process was too long. I was getting hungry seeing all of the baked goods. Overall, the episode had some good writing, good comedy, and decent plots. It was really entertaining and one of the better episodes. Thank you.moreless

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  • The gang goes through a series of misfortunes on the way to a dinner party

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    By oceanic6, May 17, 2010 Report Abuse
    On the way to a dinner party, Jerry and Elaine stop off at a bakery and get held up when the bakery runs out of chocolate Babkas. Meanwhile, George and Kramer stop off at a liquor store to buy a bottle of wine and have a hard time picking one out, let alone paying for it....

    Part of this episode's success is due to the combination of Larry David's writing and Tom Cherones' direction. Both of whom know exactly what makes a good episode and made this one classic. Both of them left the show before their time was up but thankfully David was substituted with the talent of many top writers and Andy Ackerman took the role of the key director.

    This episode makes use of the famous Seinfeld technique of having a thin plot leaving the four main actors to pad out the rest of it with hilarious observations, conversations and actions. The Jerry/Elaine and the George/Kramer plots are both very pleasing and contain genuine Seinfeld madness and hilarity with great acting but the nervous; Pepsi - drinking, tradition - hating and Gore-Tex - wearing George is the MVP for this episode.

    Praise goes to the detailed sets that effectively capture a cold and busy New York even though it's filmed in hot and sleepy California. The Dinner Party is an above par episode of Seinfeld and will have you laughing from the silly start to the ironic conclusion.moreless

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    By ugi777fort, Mar 10, 2009 Report Abuse
    What an amazing episode possibly my favorite Seinfeld of all time. There are many stories in this episode. George if all annoyed that every time there is a dinner invitation there is something that has to go along with it. He gets an enormous gortex coat which causes a small argument. he gets double parked spills wine has to give away his coat has to but several things to get change for a hundred admits he is scared of Elaine. Jerry eats a black and white cookie and vomits ending his vomit streak and tells a dramatic tale about a bad experience with a hair. Kramer get hypothermia and Elaine gets her toe broken and runs into an old friend who she ends up arguing with about a numbermoreless

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  • Silly But Funny

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    By OnePerCentClub, Sep 06, 2007 Report Abuse
    Though I dont think this was one of Seinfelds best, it was funny. I cant believe how these four can get into trouble with the littlest thing.

    Elaine loves to make a big thing out of nothing. The scene
    she makes because of the babka. She has to get her way. But
    she was a little annoying in this episode.

    George and Kramer were hilarious. George and his ugly jacket, he looked like a ballon! And he had to pay for what he broke.

    Jerry... He followed Elaines lead, like he was being protected by her. It was funny when he didnt want to throw up.

    I loved the end. Why didnt they just go in and have fun? No,
    they had to let it out on the poor hostess. LGmoreless

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  • Dinner Party

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    By CTUBauer24, Apr 17, 2007 Report Abuse
    In this episode Jerry George Kramer and Elaine try to find a cake and wine to take to a dinner party Jerry and Elaine are dropped off at the bakery to get a cake mean while George and Kramer go get the wine but while in the store some one blocks them in and they can not get out because someone double parked because of this jerry and Elaine are stuck at the bakery and they are wondering were the others are the is a funny episode to watch I really enjoy both stories and thought the were very funny.moreless

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    • It's shown in this episode that Kramer gets hypothermia easily but he had no problem swimming in freezing weather back in "The Pez Dispenser". Edit
    • Goof: While Jerry is eating the black and white cookie, the chocolate part is on the left and the vanilla on the right, with Jerry eating it from the top. In the next shot however, the vanilla and chocolate have switched places, yet the bites have still been taken out of the top. Edit
    • Goof: Elaine and Jerry forget to take a number at the bakery, and several other customers take numbers before they can. Without taking a number first, they argue with another couple, saying that they should be entitled to their number. When that couple's number is called, it's #47. When Jerry and Elaine are called, many of the patrons have already left, yet they hold #49. Firstly, there is no way that Jerry and Elaine hold #49, as more than two people took numbers after the woman holding #47. Secondly, if only two numbers have passed, where are the rest of the customers? Edit

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    • The "British Saddam Hussein" is voiced by Larry David. The original recording of the voice was considered incomprehensible due to the actor's thick Middle Eastern accent and was dubbed over by Larry. Saddam originally asked Kramer and George for directions. Edit

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    • (after Jerry throws up) Elaine: How was it? Jerry: Good as it gets. Edit
    • George: (talking about Elaine) I'm a little scared of her. Edit
    • Jerry: The key to eating a black and white cookie, Elaine, is you want to get some black and some white in each bite. Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate. And yet, still, somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only look to the cookie. All our problems would be solved. Edit

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    • Jerry: I think I got David Duke and Farrakhan down there. Jerry is referring to the fact that the black and white cookie is upsetting his stomach. David Duke (white) and Louis Farrakhan (black) are both known to be anti-Semitic, in other words, a black and a white attacking a Jew (Jerry). Edit

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