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red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:29 PM Apr 2017

What's your favorite episode of Seinfeld?

Last edited Fri Apr 14, 2017, 04:19 PM - Edit history (1)

So many great ones to choose from, including:
- Mulva
- The Summer of George
- The Contest
- The Serenity Now
- The Merv Griffin Show
- The Butter Shave
- The Frogger
- The Soup Nazi
- The Chicken Roaster
- The Van Buren Boys
- The Pothole
- The Bizarro Jerry
- The Little Kicks
- The Foundation
- The Little Jerry
- The Strike (Festivus)
- The Reverse Peephole
and so many more

My favorite is the one where Jerry and Elaine are afraid of "Crazy Joe" DeVola, and, at the end of the episode, they all go to the opera - (I have no idea what the title of this one is)

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What's your favorite episode of Seinfeld? (Original Post) red dog 1 Apr 2017 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #1
Then why even click??? I don't get it. ret5hd Apr 2017 #2
you are right, deleted Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #3
the wager is a great one. i also like the one with the guy from breaking bad unblock Apr 2017 #4
Love them all! Cattledog Apr 2017 #5
I agree....I love them all too red dog 1 Apr 2017 #10
Never understood his style of humor.... physioex Apr 2017 #6
I agree with you as far as Seinfeld "the comedian" is concerned, red dog 1 Apr 2017 #8
The one where George did that thing? trof Apr 2017 #7
The one where Elaine danced was called "The Little Kicks" red dog 1 Apr 2017 #9
Aside: I used to have your call sign. trof Apr 2017 #11
Interesting! red dog 1 Apr 2017 #12
Never had that 'pleasure'. trof Apr 2017 #14
Army National Guard? red dog 1 Apr 2017 #15
Air. 106th Tac Recon Sqdrn ALANG B'ham, AL RF-84/F Photo: trof Apr 2017 #21
Outstanding photo, thanks red dog 1 Apr 2017 #22
The Contest Generic Brad Apr 2017 #13
The Contest was a good one red dog 1 Apr 2017 #16
George, but he admitted to cheating CanonRay Apr 2017 #33
Bubble Boy Zorro Apr 2017 #17
"Bubble Boy" was great! red dog 1 Apr 2017 #18
That may be my favorite. It was a part of a great episode arc, too. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2017 #24
The Library was pretty funny! Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2017 #19
I remember that one red dog 1 Apr 2017 #20
My favorite ghostsinthemachine Apr 2017 #34
The Contest PennyK Apr 2017 #23
Yada Yada Yada... n/t billh58 Apr 2017 #25
The "Merv Griffin" episode. Miles Archer Apr 2017 #26
I love that one too! red dog 1 Apr 2017 #28
"The Marine Biologist!" yallerdawg Apr 2017 #27
When George whipped out that golf ball, I just lost it. catbyte Apr 2017 #30
Usually George lied about his profession by saying that he was an architect, red dog 1 Apr 2017 #31
Used to be, after doing a number of job applications... yallerdawg Apr 2017 #36
That's where I'm employed on Facebook catbyte Apr 2017 #39
"The Betrayal." It's the episode that started out at the end & ended up at the beginning. catbyte Apr 2017 #29
That was a great episode. red dog 1 Apr 2017 #35
The whole episode was so clever. I loved how Kramer's "big sucker" got big again catbyte Apr 2017 #38
Yeah, Kramer's big sucker getting bigger was memorable, red dog 1 Apr 2017 #40
The Contest CanonRay Apr 2017 #32
The Sponge SeattleVet Apr 2017 #37
Loved that one too! Phentex Apr 2017 #44
I found it on youtube Phentex Apr 2017 #46
That's easy: "The Puffy Shirt" longship Apr 2017 #41
poppy enid602 Apr 2017 #42
"Poppy is a little sloppy" is how Jerry later put it red dog 1 Apr 2017 #43
Can you spare a square? Phentex Apr 2017 #45
Is this a new TV show? whistler162 Apr 2017 #47

Response to red dog 1 (Original post)

unblock

(52,253 posts)
4. the wager is a great one. i also like the one with the guy from breaking bad
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:33 PM
Apr 2017

bryan cranston as the dentist who converted to judaism for the jokes.

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
10. I agree....I love them all too
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:53 PM
Apr 2017

including the two-part "The Finale"...(which was at the end of the 9th season)

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
8. I agree with you as far as Seinfeld "the comedian" is concerned,
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:44 PM
Apr 2017

but the TV show, "Seinfeld" was outstanding, imo.

trof

(54,256 posts)
7. The one where George did that thing?
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:41 PM
Apr 2017

And then Kramer changed the locks?
And Jerry thought it was the lox?
And Neuman didn't know?
And Elaine danced?

That one.
Oh yeah.

trof

(54,256 posts)
11. Aside: I used to have your call sign.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:53 PM
Apr 2017

Back in my fighter pilot days.
"Red Dog lead, Red Dog 2"
"Go ahead 2"
"Bandits at 2, a little low. See 'em?"
"Roger 2. Follow my break."
"I'm on ya'".

trof

(54,256 posts)
21. Air. 106th Tac Recon Sqdrn ALANG B'ham, AL RF-84/F Photo:
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 06:40 PM
Apr 2017


Recon fighter
Two .50 cal. machine guns in each wing stub
What fun

"We killum with fillum"

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
18. "Bubble Boy" was great!
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 04:16 PM
Apr 2017

I think James Belushi played the Bubble Boy's father, who drove a Yoo-Hoo truck.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,841 posts)
24. That may be my favorite. It was a part of a great episode arc, too.
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 12:58 PM
Apr 2017

The Cheever Letters follows this.

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
20. I remember that one
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 05:58 PM
Apr 2017

That library cop showed up at Jerry's door because he never returned the book he loaned to George back in high school ("Tropic of Cancer"?)

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
34. My favorite
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 02:16 PM
Apr 2017

Mr Bookman! "A library cop named Bookman? That's like a guy selling ice cream named Cone". Kramer. Loved him. Loved the librarian too. In a real life Seinfeld moment, I love librarians and have some nice times with a couple, so this episode has that. But those moments are ever present.


. Mr Bookman, "like a pitbull on a poodle"... Funniest scene in the series. I loved every episode and still watch daily even though I can do dialogue perfectly.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
26. The "Merv Griffin" episode.
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 01:51 PM
Apr 2017

I grew up in a household that had the Merv Griffin show playing daily. It was also one of the more surreal episodes.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
27. "The Marine Biologist!"
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 01:56 PM
Apr 2017

"The sea was angry that day, my friends..."

Couldn't stop laughing for hours! Pure perfection!

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
31. Usually George lied about his profession by saying that he was an architect,
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 02:11 PM
Apr 2017

but this time, to impress a date, he said he was a marine biologist.

Walking with his date along the beach, a crowd of people were standing around watching a whale in trouble not far from shore, and one of them yelled out "Anyone here a marine biologist?"

Later, telling Jerry, Elaine & Kramer the rest of the story, he said that the whale's blow-hole was "clogged up with something", which turned out to be the "Titliest" golf ball that Kramer had hit out into the ocean earlier that day.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
36. Used to be, after doing a number of job applications...
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 02:20 PM
Apr 2017

I would start adding in "Vandelay Industries" just for kicks!

Sometimes you just know they ain't gonna be calling anyone on your application!

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
35. That was a great episode.
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 02:19 PM
Apr 2017

The Betrayal was the "backwards" episode where the gang flew to India to attend Sue Ellen Mischke's wedding (George was afraid he'd catch something if he used an Indian bathroom)

catbyte

(34,403 posts)
38. The whole episode was so clever. I loved how Kramer's "big sucker" got big again
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:30 PM
Apr 2017

as the episode went on. George also wouldn't take his boots off, right? They made him taller and he didn't want his girlfriend to know he was short. Timberlands?

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
40. Yeah, Kramer's big sucker getting bigger was memorable,
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:44 PM
Apr 2017

Also part of that episode, Kramer & his friend FDR exchange wishes that the other would drop dead.

longship

(40,416 posts)
41. That's easy: "The Puffy Shirt"
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:49 PM
Apr 2017

But there are so many great Seinfeld episodes.

The series with network executive played by Bob Balaban falling in love with Julia Louise-Dreyfus is priceless. Also, that's the autobiographic "Show About Nothing" episodes. The actor playing Kramer steals George's snacks.

"Shrinkage" episode, if only for that one line.

"Man hands" for rather obvious special effects.

And, of course, "The Soup Nazi".

But none of those rise to the level of "Puffy Shirt" for utter, hilarious mayhem. George's rather short lived hand model career is part of the story line.

enid602

(8,620 posts)
42. poppy
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:56 PM
Apr 2017

Definitely 'Poppy's Pizza;' when Poppy neglects to wash his hands before returning to the kitchen to prepare Jerry's pizza.

red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
43. "Poppy is a little sloppy" is how Jerry later put it
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 04:40 PM
Apr 2017

Poppy was played by Reni Santoni, who played a young Carl Reiner in the autobiographical 1967 movie "Enter Laughing"..which is a hilarious movie about Carl Reiner's early days.
(Carl Reiner directed it)

It had a great cast too, including:
- Jose Ferrer
- Elaine may
- Jack Gilford
- Shelley Winters
- Michael J. Pollard
- Don Rickles
- Janet Margolin


Excellent pick!

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