# Worst episode of Seinfeld is... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843 "2019-04-21T08:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/41 "2019-04-23T03:38:18Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Seconding(thirding?)“The Dog” and “The Baby Shower.” I feel like people view the early seasons of Seinfeld the same way they view the early seasons of Saturday Night Live. They only remember the highlights and forget there were some real stinkers. [The NY Daily News came up with a list of the best and worst Seinfeld episodes](https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/back-best-worst-seinfeld-episodes-article-1.348771) and they mention both “The Dog” and “The Baby Shower” in their bottom 5: 1. The Busboy (Episode 17, Season 2) 2. The Dog (Episode 21, Season 3) 3. The Baby Shower (Episode 15, Season 2) 4. The Big Salad (Episode 88, Season 6) 5. The Trip (Episodes 41 and 42, Season 4) I actually kind of liked “The Trip” (where Kramer goes to L.A.). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/42 "2019-04-23T04:06:52Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > The aesthetics of the interior of their [Florida] home killed it for me, made the experience stuffy, and I’m not one who usually takes much notice in things like that. I don’t know if they were trying to be ridiculous or what. Like I could see having wallpaper like that in your bathroom. In the living quarters though? I have NO doubt that Del Boca Vista is decorated in 80’s Attempted Nautical with shells and gulls, in a Coral ‘n’ Seafoam color scheme. Heck, we stayed in a condo on the Gulf Coast that looked even more cliché than that. In 2018. The “bathroom wallpaper in the living quarters” was everywhere. ::shudder:: After a week of that “decor”, I’d developed [a Jack Klompus accent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Vm_ksWreM), and couldn’t stop saying things like “Whaddya think? That I’ve never used an astronaut pen, or ridden in a Cadillac before? Believe me, I’ve pulled up to many an Early Bird Special in a Cadillac.” (Is there anything more subjective than comedy? After reading this thread, I think not) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/43 "2019-04-23T04:40:56Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > [The NY Daily News came up with a list of the best and worst Seinfeld episodes](https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/back-best-worst-seinfeld-episodes-article-1.348771) and they mention both “The Dog” and “The Baby Shower” in their bottom 5: > > 1. The Busboy (Episode 17, Season 2) > > 2. The Dog (Episode 21, Season 3) > > 3. The Baby Shower (Episode 15, Season 2) > > 4. The Big Salad (Episode 88, Season 6) > > 5. The Trip (Episodes 41 and 42, Season 4) > > I actually kind of liked “The Trip” (where Kramer goes to L.A.). Scratching my head over “The Trip” being the worst episode. More like the best episode. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/44 "2019-04-23T09:50:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’ve never seen a single whole episode, but I enjoyed reading the thread. Is that weird? 😕 We can be weird together, then. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/45 "2019-04-23T10:17:38Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > The Pen is byfar the worst. To this day, whenever someone says ‘Stella’, I find myself saying in return, “[STELLLLAAAAAA . . .](https://youtu.be/TeH_5IP1AHo?t=10)”. I’ve embarrassed myself more than once. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/46 "2019-04-23T12:23:49Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > To this day, whenever someone says ‘Stella’, I find myself saying in return, “[STELLLLAAAAAA . . .](https://youtu.be/TeH_5IP1AHo?t=10)”. I’ve embarrassed myself more than once. Me too; all the time. Don’t get me started on the mention of ponies, pirates, muffins and a myriad of other things. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/47 "2019-04-23T15:03:02Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Scratching my head over “The Trip” being the worst episode. More like the best episode. I get “The Trip” being number 1. It’s a pretty divisive episode. I’m scratching my head over “The Big Salad” being number 2. I don’t remember anything particularly good or bad about that one. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/48 "2019-04-23T16:30:08Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I get “The Trip” being number 1. It’s a pretty divisive episode. I’m scratching my head over “The Big Salad” being number 2. I don’t remember anything particularly good or bad about that one. I consider _The Trip_ to be great just for Kramer’s line “Hey, how did you know about the guy in the park?”. My nominee for worst episode is the one with Michael Chiklis as Jerry’s “friend”. I think it was the first season, which has very few highlights. ETA: Nope, it was Season 3, _The Stranded_. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/49 "2019-04-23T18:45:56Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Yeah, season nine was a desperate search for ideas but it did have Serenity Now and the Merv Griffin Show among others. Festivus as well. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/50 "2019-04-23T20:58:17Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > I consider _The Trip_ to be great just for Kramer’s line “Hey, how did you know about the guy in the park?” The first time I watched that episode, I actually looked up the transcript on line to make sure I’d heard him correctly. :eek: I seldom laugh out loud at TV sitcoms, but that line had me roaring! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/51 "2019-04-23T20:59:11Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Not the assassination itself, but Oliver Stone’s _ **JFK** _, which had recently come out. I couldn’t help but laugh when I realized they were parodying the movie. Also the fact that Wayne Knight was in “JFK”, and in that very scene. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/52 "2019-04-23T21:06:46Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Also the fact that Wayne Knight was in “JFK”, and in that very scene. “Back … and to the left!” :eek: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Th-s3dbboJQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Magic Bullet (JFK, 1991)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th-s3dbboJQ) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/53 "2019-04-23T22:36:21Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Me too; all the time. Don’t get me started on the mention of ponies, pirates, muffins and a myriad of other things. I had pony. My sister had pony. My cousin had pony. STELLAAAAAAAAAAA!!! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/54 "2019-04-24T02:42:09Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > **“The Voice”** > > The one that centers around Jerry making a character out of his stomach. > > “Helllooo…” Can’t remember the details but I remember it being so annoying that Jerry’s girlfriend of the week wound up leaving him for over it. (Because he couldn’t stop doing the voice.) The voice irritated his girlfriend so much because he was mocking her navel when she was asleep. He had to choose between her and the voice, and he chose the voice. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/55 "2019-04-24T02:45:06Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > The show was never intended to be ‘about nothing’. It’s a misconception that’s become deeply established. It sure seemed to me that it was about nothing… :dubious: 😕 Funny as hell, but never really \*about \*anything! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/56 "2019-04-24T02:48:31Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > The final season got skimpy. I’d say the New Yorker cartoon one where they just ignored the fact that the cartoons aren’t like that, and are often very funny. Desperate. “The pig says ‘My wife is a slut’?!?” :dubious: 😕 I was looking at a bunch of _ **New Yorker** _ cartoons the other day. Didn’t laugh at any of them. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/57 "2019-04-24T03:45:34Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “The pig says ‘My wife is a slut’?!?” :dubious: 😕 > > I was looking at a bunch of _ **New Yorker** _ cartoons the other day. Didn’t laugh at any of them. ☹ There’s one in every crowd. OK I’ll give you one of my all time favorites; A little girl and little Boy are playing. She says: “Ok We can play Doctor. You be the Doctor and I’ll be the Secretary of Health and Human Services.” The caption contest in the back is often hilarious too. Did that experience make you a fan of the final season? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/58 "2019-04-24T04:30:08Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > There’s one in every crowd. > > OK I’ll give you one of my all time favorites; A little girl and little Boy are playing. She says: “Ok We can play Doctor. You be the Doctor and I’ll be the Secretary of Health and Human Services.” > > The caption contest in the back is often hilarious too. > > Did that experience make you a fan of the final season? I could tell they were running out of steam in the final season, but that line about the pig never fails to make me laugh! 😛 Your joke is pretty good, but can you explain the one about the interoffice e-mails for me? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/59 "2019-04-24T11:20:57Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > My nominee for worst episode is the one with Michael Chiklis as Jerry’s “friend”. I think it was the first season, which has very few highlights. > > ETA: Nope, it was Season 3, _The Stranded_. I went through the same thought process (“This episode is a clunker from the first season – nope, it’s from season 3”) when I considered the episode “The Fix-Up” (where Elaine and Jerry set up George on a blind date with Janice from “Friends”). ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843/60 "2019-04-24T16:03:12Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The voice irritated his girlfriend so much because he was mocking her navel when she was asleep. He had to choose between her and the voice, and he chose the voice. And the funniest part was after Jerry chose the voice, his friends were tired of the voice. So he lost the girl and the gag. YouTube video of Jerry breaking up with her by using the voice, then his friends being tired of it: [https://youtu.be/bjmgzLVuWLU?t=134](https://youtu.be/bjmgzLVuWLU?t=134) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-episode-of-seinfeld-is/832843.md?page=4)