The Smelly Car

Season 4, Episode 21, Aired
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A restaurant valet with terrible BO leaves an unfathomably strong odour in Jerry's car. Meanwhile, George is intrigued when he learns that his ex-girlfriend, Susan has become a lesbian.
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  • A valet with awful BO stinks up Jerry's car, and the BO suddenly attaches to Jerry, George, and Elaine after they've all been in the car. Since they can't get rid of the smell, Elaine's boyfriend is repeadedly rejecting her and Jerry can't clean the car.moreless

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    This is one of my favorite episodes of Seinfeld. The car stinks and I laughed when Jerry says it's "destroying the lives of everyone in it's path." I also liked the "It still smells!" lines. The side plot wasn't too bad with Susan having turned into a lesbian, and when Kramer interferes in the situation, I like George's remark to it. The "Rochelle Rochelle" film is brought up again in this episode from "The Movie." The story of a car having a presumably permanent stench from a stupid valet's BO is fantastic, and how it effects everyone who's been in the car.moreless

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    By Canogaparkcindy, Apr 11, 2009 Report Abuse
    Well after a couple of episodes of Susan being absent, we learn at the video store that she is a lesbian because of George. And George basically freaks over it. And Susan finds another reason to be mad at Kramer. Kramer steals Susan's girlfriend. I know scandalous right? But that wasn't the funny part. The funny part is when Elaine & Jerry are trying to get the stench from the car away and also from themselves. I love how they go through these makeovers. At the end, it was priceless, Jerry lets some hobo steal his car and he wont even take it. One of my favorites of the season.moreless

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    • Kramer makes a reference to New York Yankees owner George Steinbenner in a rant about how many players Steinbenner has traded over the years. One of the players he references is Fred McGriff who was traded on December 9, 1982 to the Toronto Blue Jays by the New York Yankees. McGriff would go on to have a steller 19-year career and hit 493 HRs and he never played for the Yankees. Edit
    • Elaine asks Jerry what it means when a man says he has to "get up early", however, she knew all about it earlier this season in "The Virgin", where she wises up Marla about men suddenly becoming "farmers" (having to get up early after having had sex). Edit
    • George says that Susan told him that her girlfriend had never been with a man. However, George and Susan's conversation was quite short, and never touched on the subject of Susan's girlfriend. Edit

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    • George: (finding out that his former girlfriend is a lesbian) Y'know, the funny thing is, somehow I find her more appealing now… It's like if I knew she was a lesbian when we went out, I never would've broken up with her. Edit
    • Jerry: (to the restaurateur, who thinks Jerry has the BO) Well, then go out and smell the car, see which smells worse. Edit
    • George: Someone stole the video right out of the car! Jerry: Someone stole Rochelle, Rochelle? Restaurateur: Well, you left the window open. Jerry: We had to air out the car. Edit

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    • Jerry: It's a presence, it's the beast! This line is taken from William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. Edit

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