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Kramer QuoteMost of my favorite Seinfeld quotes come from George. But I just recently came across a rerun with Tony the male bimbo, (mimbo) and Erica the phone sex lady. This episode had a pretty hilarious quote from Kramer as he was trying to convince Jerry that his girl friend, Jane, was Erica. The exchange between Kramer and Jerry was so intriguing that I'm wondering if it wasn't spoofing some movie or something. It starts off with Jerry telling Kramer:
You're crazy
Kramer counters: Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind
Jerry then says: That's impossible
Kramer counters again: Is it? Or is is so possible that your head is spinning like a top.
It can't be says Jerry.
Then finally, Kramer ends it with: Can it? Or is your entire world just crashing down all around you.
Jerry's girl friend also had an interesting connection with Elaine. The episode started with Elaine begging Jane for a square of toilet paper in the stalls of a theater restroom. Jane couldn't "spare a square" and Elaine couldn't believe it. At the very end of the show, Elaine finally recognizes her voice at the time Jerry was convinced Jane was Erica, and Elaine gets her revenge.
Also in this episode, George had some hilarious scenes with Tony the mimbo (or the cool guy). It was hilarious to see George so desparately trying to be friends with the "cool guy". The rock climb and Tony's fall due to George's obsession in trying to impress Tony with his sandwiches was another example of great writing.
Rock Climbing and DVDs
Speaking of rock climbing, I just finished watching Mission Impossible 2 on my new portable DVD player. The DVD had a bunch of special features with background about how they did the stunts in the movie. My favorite stunt was Tom Cruise climbing the giant cliff in Arizona. There were some unbelievable footage of Cruise climbing, seemingly 2000 feet high with no ropes. Cruise's character then did some truely unbelievable stunts like jumping 15 feet to another cliff edge where he slips and just barely grabs the ledge. He then hangs with one hand, twists and grabs a rock with the other hand where he hangs in an iron cross position. He then swings his body and uses his leg to make it up the cliff, after which, he soon reaches the top.
From the background on this stunt, it was revealed that Cruise actually did all of this cliff stunts including the 15 foot jump. Unfortunately, they didn't show exactly what he did at the high altitude, and what ropes they actually had. But from the footage, it sure looked like Cruise had a lot of high climbing with no ropes.
I think I'll stick with the indoor rock climbing. This makes me want to go back to Vegas to give the 75-foot Gameworks rock another try. Last May, I made it up that rock and rang the bell. But if it wasn't for the rope and the belay, I would be history. There was no one-arm hanging into an iron cross. Perhaps I'll do better the next time. Probably not too many people think about going to Vegas just to climb a giant indoor rock....
Portable DVD Player?
BTW, you might be thinking the portable DVD player is a little out of character for this site "Cheap Thoughts". Actually, I didn't buy it. I earned it by giving a presentation in an IC design tool user conference. This gave me extra motivation for giving the presentation since I've been living without a DVD player.
I had been considering a DVD player since they've come down in price by so much. However, I have one little complication. I still have an old TV with only RF inputs. Most all DVD players only have S-video or Composite video output. I do have a VCR that can accept these inputs, but I read on the net that the copy protection systems they put into DVDs and DVD players makes it impossible to get clear picture buy hooking a DVD player to a TV through a VCR. But I no longer have to worry about this now that I have a portable DVD player with a 7 inch LCD screen. You may think a 7-inch screen is small, but a 7-inch screen at 2 feet away can look the same as a 35-inch screen 10 feet away. Big screens in my opinion are overrated.....
