# Your Favorite "Seinfeld" Episode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301 "2010-07-28T12:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/41 "2010-07-29T15:22:53Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > And the side story is Elaine’s head is so big a pigeon couldn’t get out of the way in time and crashes into it. I’d forgotten about that one. Wasn’t that the story where Elaine meets a “bad breaker-upper” and dates him solely to see what he’ll do when she dumped him? IIRC, he tells Elaine that she’s got a big head, which she laughs off at first, but then she has a series of bizarre incidents concerning the size of her head - the bird hits it, a cab driver says he can’t see out the rear-view mirror and asks her to crouch down. Etc. Another one I just thought of was the very infamous storyline in which a very engaged George dates Marisa Tomei. The fantasy moments George has about Marisa are priceless. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/42 "2010-07-29T15:42:14Z")
_Wheelchair Wendy_ is one of the funniest half hours in history. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/43 "2010-07-29T16:45:07Z")
Nobody mentioned the “mansierre” yet? - ---
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/44 "2010-07-29T16:54:40Z")
> [@Rrose\_Selavy](#): > > Nobody mentioned the “mansierre” yet?- BRO! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/45 "2010-07-29T17:16:32Z")
I would have to go with George as the Marine Biologist episode because the button of the episode is inspired. “Is it a Titleist.” I hope the thread author takes all the nominations and makes a poll. [Hijack]Do Jerry, George, Elaine, and Cosmo all not have any brothers or sisters? I think I have seen all the episodes and I just don’t remember any references to siblings.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/46 "2010-07-29T17:27:17Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Hijack]Do Jerry, George, Elaine, and Cosmo all not have any brothers or sisters? I think I have seen all the episodes and I just don’t remember any references to siblings.[/hijack] In one episode (The Chinese Restaurant, also the only one without Kramer, IIRC) Jerry mentions a sister that is never heard of again…and I think Elaine might have mentioned a brother once, but if she did, it was the same thing, a season 1 or 2 episode with a passing reference and never brought back up. George has always been an only child. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/47 "2010-07-29T17:27:50Z")
If none of them have siblings, maybe that’s why they’re all so self-centered. Wasn’t there a mention of Elaine having a sister sometime? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/48 "2010-07-29T17:28:03Z")
The Hamptons. Obviously the “shrinkage” moment is funny and memorable, but the idea of Kramer poaching lobsters without realizing what he was doing was illegal always cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/49 "2010-07-29T17:38:56Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > > [@notfrommensa](#): > > > > [Hijack]Do Jerry, George, Elaine, and Cosmo all not have any brothers or sisters? I think I have seen all the episodes and I just don’t remember any references to siblings.[/hijack] > > In one episode (The Chinese Restaurant, also the only one without Kramer, IIRC) Jerry mentions a sister that is never heard of again…and I think Elaine might have mentioned a brother once, but if she did, it was the same thing, a season 1 or 2 episode with a passing reference and never brought back up. **George has always been an only child.** George mentioned a brother in the parallel parking episode (where the guy tries to pull in nose first while George is backing up). But never mentioned again after that. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/50 "2010-07-29T17:40:39Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > > [@notfrommensa](#): > > > > [Hijack]Do Jerry, George, Elaine, and Cosmo all not have any brothers or sisters? I think I have seen all the episodes and I just don’t remember any references to siblings.[/hijack] > > In one episode (The Chinese Restaurant, also the only one without Kramer, IIRC) Jerry mentions a sister that is never heard of again…and I think Elaine might have mentioned a brother once, but if she did, it was the same thing, a season 1 or 2 episode with a passing reference and never brought back up. George has always been an only child. Actually, in the early episodes, George said he had a a brother. Wikipedia isn’t specific, only saying the brother was [mentioned](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Costanza) multiple times. ETA: Just found one reference online somewhere - in the episode “The Psychic”, George says his brother impregnated a woman named Pauline. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/51 "2010-07-29T17:48:58Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > > [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > > > It’s too hard to pick a favorite. From about season 3 on, they’re all great. > > > > Kind of related, but does anyone else like Curb Your Enthusiasm too? I thought it was funny how they all wanted to make up for the Seinfeld finale and Larry David kept defending it. > > I love Curb Your Enthusiasm. Some of the plots are rehashed, but I see it as the show that Seinfeld could have been if there were more freedom under censorship. That’s what I tell people, it’s like a rated R Seinfeld. I like how it goes back to topics that were on Seinfeld without having to tiptoe around them a bit. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/52 "2010-07-29T17:51:02Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > The Hamptons. Obviously the “shrinkage” moment is funny and memorable, but the idea of Kramer poaching lobsters without realizing what he was doing was illegal always cracks me up. This episode has one of my favorite lines. Elaine: I don’t know how you guys walk around with those things. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/53 "2010-07-29T18:24:34Z")
They’re real and they’re spectacular. I think of that line every time I see Teri Hatcher. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/54 "2010-07-29T19:28:26Z")
Kenny Rogers Roasters - Jerry & Kramer trade apartments. “There’s a big red sun in my window and it’s shaped like a chicken!!!” ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/55 "2010-07-29T19:33:42Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > > > The Hamptons. Obviously the “shrinkage” moment is funny and memorable, but the idea of Kramer poaching lobsters without realizing what he was doing was illegal always cracks me up. > > This episode has one of my favorite lines. > > Elaine: I don’t know how you guys walk around with those things. My favorite line from that exchange: Elaine (with a look of horror): “It shrinks?” Jerry: “Like a frightened turtle!” ---
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/56 "2010-07-29T21:46:20Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Kenny Rogers Roasters - Jerry & Kramer trade apartments. > > “There’s a big red sun in my window and it’s shaped like a chicken!!!” That’s also the episode where after a sleepless night with all the red light and noises Jerry says in a Kramer-esque way “Oh, I’m _stressed_!” Cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/57 "2010-07-29T22:55:00Z")
“Mr. Marbles?” ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/58 "2010-07-30T00:02:16Z")
Elaine did have a sibling in theory because didn’t her brother/sister flip out when she slipped the nip? “HERE’S YOUR CHRISTMAS CARD!” ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301/59 "2010-07-30T00:21:43Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > **The Opposite** , where George does everything 180-degrees differently than what his impulses tell him to do. With Steinbrenner’s death, I was reminded of the interview George gave that got him the Yankees job: **George Steinbrenner:** Nice to meet you. **George Costanza** : Well, I wish I could say the same, but I must say, with all due respect, I find it very hard to see the logic behind some of the moves you have made with this fine organization. In the past twenty years, you have caused myself, and the city of New York, a good deal of distress as we have watched you take our beloved Yankees and reduced them to a laughing stock, all for the glorification of your massive ego. **George Steinbrenner** : Hire this man! ---
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> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > The Hamptons. Obviously the “shrinkage” moment is funny and memorable, but the idea of Kramer poaching lobsters without realizing what he was doing was illegal always cracks me up. I read an interview with Seinfeld where he said his proudest moment was introducing the work and the concept of shrinkage to the public. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-seinfeld-episode/548301.md?page=4)