(a note to readers before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms below) This George-ian line inspired the name of the episode at the end of which we find George on a hospital stretcher when he says this line. Hospital and stretcher explain much of the quiet around here since my last post. It's a testament to the nature… Continue reading “This was supposed to be the ‘Summer of George’!”
Category: The Notes
Post-It type posts that usually intervene old and new Seinfeld-ism posts. Translation: I came up with something (hopefully) cool to stick out there while I get a new Seinfeld-ism done.
“Well, we can’t all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.”
(A note to readers before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms below...) Kramer was reading Jerry's VCR manual while lying like a bump on the log of Jerry's couch in this episode (see "The Strike" in Season 9). Jerry questioned why he was doing this. This was Kramer's reply. His words need no explanation. Fit them in where… Continue reading “Well, we can’t all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow.”
“Who is this? Uncle Leo?”
(A note to readers, before you read on to more Seinfeld-isms, below) Even when the name comes up indirectly, as in Jerry's mocking George over the phone here--it's funny. Hearing his name is funny because Uncle Leo was just plain funny, the actor himself as well as the words the writers put in his mouth. In honor… Continue reading “Who is this? Uncle Leo?”
“Good for the tuna.”
(A note to readers, before you read on...) Smirking, George dropped the above line on Jerry when Jerry pointed out that salmon swim against the current, while tuna swim with it--George's smirk coming from wanting to get on with the conversation at hand, not detour into trivial things. You might think that of what's below, mumbling George's… Continue reading “Good for the tuna.”
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