"But a different sort of trader still lurked about..."
Season 7 is regarded as one of the best of the series. While I prefer the earlier years to the later, this was a strong episode of Seinfeld during the bastardization of character-driven comedy to its cheap-shotted concluding weeks.
Any episode that gives Uncle Leo deserves a strong rating. Len Lesser's portrayal of the annoying relative deserved an Emmy and continues to get him work even to this day. The conversations with Jerry at the diner show just what Seinfeld is all about.
I didn't like the shower head storyline, although it did produce some funny moments. The salesman in the back of the van was great, and the idea of Newman and Kramer showering with the same equipment elephants use is hilarious. Elaine's storyline sucked, and that dropped this episode's rating from the 9's to the 8's.
Frank Costanza yelling at Morty Seinfeld on the phone is yet another classic moment from the show.moreless
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Episode Summary
Elaine gets a physical for a pending trip with Peterman to Africa. Her physical test results show positive for opium, so Peterman fires her. Jerry parent's are in seclusion in New York while biding time until they can move back to Florida. George tries to convince his parents to move to Florida. The shower heads in Jerry's building are being replaced with a new low-flow model; Newman finds a source for black market shower heads. The Seinfelds tell the Costanzas that there is no room for them in Florida that gives Frank all the incentive he needs to move. George is delighted. Elaine finds the cause of her opium addiction and finds a donor for her next physical. Jerry makes a joke on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at the expense of Uncle Leo and he pays the price for making fun of the family.moreless
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Michael Richards
Cosmo Kramer
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Jerry Seinfeld
Himself
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Elaine Marie Benes (not in pilot)
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Trivia
ADD TRIVIA- In the final scene where Kramer is being blasted by his new shower head, he is never really in the stream of water. Michael Richards would have been game, I'm sure, but they probably did it that way to keep the camera from getting hit with reflected spray. Edit
- When Mrs. Seinfeld is trying to pick a glass for Elaine's urine sample, we get a close-up view of Jerry's cereal boxes. All identifiable labels are of Post cereals (Honey-Combs, Grape-Nuts, Post Bran Flakes, etc.). Clearly, Post Cereals paid for these product placements. Edit
- When Jerry picks up the phone to talk to his Dad, the antenna is down but in the next shot it's up. Edit
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Notes
ADD NOTES- Julia Louis-Dreyfus was again unable to control her laughter in a scene with Michael Richards. During the scene where Peterman throws Kramer out of Elaine's office and slams the door on his head, Julia kept her eyes locked on the file cabinet by the door to avoid distraction from Michael's antics. Edit
- The discussion between Estelle and Frank and Morty and Helen about the availability of condos at Del Boco Vista is purposely reminiscent of Jerry's conversation with the Maestro about the available homes in Tuscany. Edit
- On 19 Feb 96 as part of the Late Show With David Letterman: Video Special II, Jerry and Jason appear doing a scene about sandwiches. David Letterman interrupts their dialog and put his two cents in, then Paul Shaffer arrives and takes Dave back to their show. After they leave Jerry quips to Jason, "What the opposite of Must See TV?" He then points to where Dave and Paul were standing. Edit
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Quotes
ADD QUOTES- Frank: (to Jerry's dad) This is Frank Costanza. You think you can keep us out of Florida? We're moving in lock, stock and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool. We're gonna be in the clubhouse. We're gonna be all over that shuffleboard court. And I dare you to keep me out! Edit
- Newman: Now here's the lowdown. Through a certain connection, I've been able to locate some black market shower heads. They're all made in the former Yugoslavia. And from what I hear, the Serbs are fanatic about their showers. Jerry: Not from the footage I've seen. Edit
- Kramer: If I don't have a good shower, I am not myself. I feel weak and ineffectual. I'm not Kramer. Edit
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Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- Jerry: (to Uncle Leo, after he complains that the cook must be an anti-Semite because his hamburger was overcooked) Anyway, the point I was making before Goebbels made your hamburger is a man like you could be dating women twenty years younger. This is a reference to Joseph Goebbels, a German politician and Nazi propaganda leader during World War II. Goebbels was one of Adolph Hitler's closest associates and a well-known anti-Semite. Edit
- Kramer and Newman buying black market shower heads, all laid out on a cloth, is reminiscent of the movie Taxi Driver (1976) in which Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) buys hand guns in the same fashion. Edit
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