Kramer is overprotective of a friend who had a breakdown after dating elaine. This episode features and popularized the holiday of festivus. He also is keeping an eye on a friend, lloyd, whos recovering from a nervous. Kramer is active in the reopening of an old movie theater. Newman lives in apartment 5e, on the same floor as jerry and kramer. Jan, 2004 in the episode, elaine goes walking down the street with her breasts popping out. Oct 28, 2016 the episode opens with a monologue on gum in which seinfeld says, i think gum is, is one of the weirdest human inventions. How many seinfeld episodes make a reference to gum. Set predominantly in an apartment block on new york citys upper west side, the show features a. The soup nazi comes with jerry seinfeld, director andy ackerman and writer spike feresten, while the pool guy features the first two with writer david mandel. Lets go behind the scenes to determine why such a show was so successful. Kramer is lloyd brauns mentor for the time being, and.
The serenity now 1997, and is a neighbor and nemesis of george costanza jason alexander. Seinfeld s07e10 the gum kramer is active in the reopening of an old movie theater. Wardrobe mishaps make it seem like lloyds exgirlfriend elaine is coming on to him, kramer forces jerry to wear glasses for lloyds sake, and an old friend. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series seinfeld. There are 301 quizzes and 3,010 trivia questions in this category. He also is keeping an eye on a friend, lloyd, whos recoveri. The best seinfeld episodes about jewish food the nosher. Seinfeld is an american television sitcom created by jerry seinfeld and larry david. First, elaine loses a button on her shirt, exposing herself to lloyd and giving him the wrong idea. Episodes like this one that are fine, but not fantastic, just get lodged in the general memory because of the writers good eye. The episode opens with a monologue on gum in which seinfeld says, i think gum is, is one of the weirdest human inventions. S07e10 the gum seinfeld episode guide seinfeld quotes. Both the gum and the doll feature writers tom gammill and max pross, while the secret code presents writers alec berg and jeff schaffer.
Critically acclaimed and genredefining us sitcom about a group of neurotic friends. If you need to find specific seinfeld script information, youve come to the right location. And the part where kramer eats the hotdog, and where elaine loses her button. This button situation occurs in the gum episode of season seven. Then, jerry finds himself going with lloyd to buy chinese gum. Thats because it includes what is perhaps the most talked about seinfeld show, the soup nazi. All 169 seinfeld episodes, ranked from worst to best. Lloyd has a pack of chinese gum that kramer insists everyone tries. The gum so here i am all excited to rewatch the sponge and it turns out just okay. The episode lll revolves around this chewing gum that some guy is selling thanks staley8. Llyod braun runs into george, kramer and jerry at monks.
In addition, series creator larry david makes a rare onscreen appearance in an uncredited role as a gum salesman. Seinfeld the gum tv episode 1995 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Llyod has a pack of chinese chewing gum which kramer makes everyone have a piece of. Originally airing december 14, 1995, the gum was the tenth episode of the shows. Oct 09, 2017 we all know seinfeld was one of the most jewish television shows of all time.
Its very broad, and kramer is bizarrely hyperactive even for kramer throughout the episode without any explanation. The only other gum reference i can think of offhand is in the shrinkage episode. Created by jerry seinfeld and larry david, the series upended every conceivable norm that society could throw its way over the course of nine seasons. This is the first episode where the character of lloyd braun is played by matt mccoy. To make matters worse, elaine has a confrontation with a florist hosing down the sidewalk in this episode, resulting in a wet shirt. Then this episode, which i barely remembered, had me on the floor. The 12 most underrated seinfeld episodes vanity fair.
Aug 21, 2016 082016 rob cesternino and akiva wienerkur continue their journey to watch every seinfeld episode as they discuss season 7, episode 10, the gum. Revealing herself to everyone around town, the usually puttogether elaine is a mess here. The longrunning joke on seinfeld is that kramer never has a job. The doodle the doodle is one of those near perfect seinfeld episode where every plot weaves together to form a perfect halfhour. Larry david appears as a window guy who sells george a pack of gum. Nbcs seinfeld aired its first episode 30 years ago today, on july 5, 1989. Kramer tells jerry and george that lloyd braun matt mccoy had a nervous breakdown and was previously in an institution. There was the chinese gum episode, and the overdue library book episode licorice gum. This was the tenth episode of the ninth and final season. When lloyd braun comes back from the psychiatric hospital, kramer takes him under his wing and convinces jerry to buy gum from him and wear glasses that dont belong to him to prove that lloyd isnt crazy. Kramer becomes active in getting an old theater reopened. George bursts into jerrys room while jerrys gf rachel was changing.
Seinfeld characters 29 quizzes seinfeld episodes 187. Jerry seinfeld is the lead character and played as a fictionalized version of himself. With jerry seinfeld, julia louisdreyfus, michael richards, jason alexander. December 14, 1995 kramer is overprotective of a friend who had a breakdown after dating elaine.
Home series seinfeld absolute order season 1 episode 120 the gum kramer is active in the reopening of an old movie theater. Jerry and his pals george, elaine and kramer can find trouble anywhere. For his performance in this episode jerry seinfeld received a 1996 emmy nomination for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series. The strike is the 166th episode of the nbc sitcom seinfeld. When caught by jerry george says he was in the pool and wanted some gum. The episode was the tenth episode of the shows seventh season.
In the episode, elaine goes walking down the street with her breasts popping out. For us airdates of foreign shows, click through to the futon. To correct episode titles click through the episode and submit corrections via the specific list. In the show, newman is a mail carrier who lives at 129 west 81st street, new york city, the same apartment building as jerry seinfeld and cosmo kramer. It is the title of the 116th episode of the nbc sitcom seinfeld, which was the 6th episode of the 7th season. Seinfeld episodes are very highly rated even number 50 has an 8. It first aired in the united states on november 2, 1995.
The episode follows kramer and lloyd brauns efforts to reopen the alex theatre while an overprotective kramer tries to keep lloyd, recently recovered from a mental breakdown, from doubting his own sanity. Even though jerry was the only actual member of the tribe among the four highly neurotic, questionably moral main characters, and even though he didnt often explicitly mention his religion, the nineseason long series was bursting at the seams with jewish cultural referencesnot least of which included food. The gum is the 120th episode of nbc sitcom seinfeld. Seinfeld was a tv sitcom series that was purported to be about nothing. Lloyd has a pack of chinese gum, that kramer insists everyone tries. Seinfeld is a show about nothing, similar to the selfparodying show within a show of fourthseason episode the pilot. Elaine has tickets for a historical clothing exhibit and realizes that she has no female friends. The show hasnt lost an ounce of its comedic luster in the time since. Kramer also befriends one of georges old friends, lloyd, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown. Top 15 seinfeld food related episodes eating the road. He also is keeping an eye on a friend, lloyd, whos recovering from a nervous breakdown. In seinfelds early years, the show presented the absurdity of normal, everyday situations. Their trials and tribulations of life on new york citys upper west side can center on lost parking spots, forgotten names, regifting and doubledipping.
Whats the seinfeld episode where elaine goes outside with. The nonfat yogurt 1993, this episode, and season 9, episode 3, seinfeld. Newman is a recurring character on seinfeld, played by wayne knight from 1991 until the shows finale in 1998. George thinks the cashier shortchanged him and meets a former neighbor whos had a breakdown and his daughter, deena. Sounds simple enough in theory, but in the script, elaine joked about shooting herself in the head and referred to the kennedy, imitating the. The stranded 1991, he also accuses a cashier of shorting him after he buys cold medication. Sounds simple enough in theory, but in the script, elaine joked about shooting herself in. The gum kramer is active in the reopening of an old movie theater. But the sight of jerry in those thick lenses is just beautiful.
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