Never Seen Before Seinfeld

A couple months ago I watched another Seinfeld rerun that I actually had never seen before. Since I've been watching Seinfeld for at least 10 years, this doesn't happen too often. It was a pretty good episode, so I don't know why it hasn't been played more. Seems like there are episodes that get played over and over while other episodes get hardly any playing.

The main plot of this episode was Elaine's secret sexy message that she left on Jerry's tape as it was recording one of his standup routines. She meant it as a joke, but Jerry, George, and Kramer were mesmerized by it, and Jerry tried to track down this mystery woman. Elaine lets George in on the secret, which caused George to start thinking he was falling in love with Elaine. At the end, George finally tells Jerry about the tape and his feelings. Kramer also learns the truth about the tape. Elaine then realizes that her powers of erotic talk were probably too strong. The other two minor plots were George's purchase of a Chinese hair growth cream and Kramer's new camcorder.

This was the only episode that I remember George getting the hots for Elaine. Needless to say, this was a little disturbing to both Jerry and Elaine. I guess the writers had George come to his senses, and forget about such a relationship. Perhaps that's why this episode was never shown much. It may have been a little disturbing for many people...

But it was a solid and funny episode, and I'm glad I finally saw it.

Isosceles Kramer

One Seinfeld classic that was on a week or two ago was the one where they were picking up an engagement gift for the Drake (Got to love the Drake), and Kramer talks George into parking in a handicap spot. When they return from shopping, they learn that a lady in a wheelchair was hurt when she was trying to get around their car (Incidentally, Mimi from Drew Carey played a shoppper who informed Jerry of what happened.) A mob then proceeded to trash George's car, the car he borrowed from his father.

Kramer feels sorry for the woman, visits her in the hospital, and falls in love with her. He then talks George into pitching in for a new wheelchair for her. Meanwhile, Jerry and Elaine learn that the Drake and his fiancee are breaking up. Their gift, a big screen TV, was not returned and instead the fiancee gives it away.

Two little interesting pieces from this episode:

First, at the start, somehow Jerry and Kramer start talking about isosceles triangles, and Kramer mentions how he loves the name:

I love the name Isosceles. If I had a kid, I would name him Isosceles Kramer.

I guess this stuck into my mind since I've been studying names (see my posts from last year). It does follow at least one of my naming rules: uniqueness. However, it has too many syllables. That kid's nickname would likely be Iso or something strange like that. So I can't give the name Isosceles my stamp of approval.

BTW, I've given some more thought on George's favorite name, Seven. At first, I thought it was pretty close to a good name. However, it does have a major flaw that I didn't see back then. It's too close to the very common name Steven. Add a T and you have Steven. Too many people would think someone just accidentally left off the T. Also, people who quickly glanced at the name, might see Steven and not Seven.

Back to the wheelchair episode, the other little interesting thing in this episode was that this wheelchair lady broke up with Kramer. Kramer tells Jerry that she called him a hipster dufus. It's just one of many tiny humorous sayings that came out of the series.

President's Funeral and a Civil War Widow

President Reagan's death and funeral was given a lot of publicity this week. It was the last state funeral for a president since LBJ in January 1973. Since then, the only ex-president who has passed away has been Nixon. I suppose he didn't deserve a state funeral. As I was looking back at the history of presidents, I noticed Truman died just a month before LBJ on December 26, 1972. I hope Truman also received a state funeral. I would put Truman above LBJ on the list of top presidents.

Another interesting person died in the last month. It was the last widow of the Confederate Army. When I first heard this on the news, I was in disbelief. The Civil War ended almost 140 years ago. How could anyone connected to that war still be alive at the start of 2004?

It turns out that this women was 21 when she married this Civil War veteran in 1928. The man was 81 at the time of marriage. She was 97 this year when she died. So yes, she was a Civil War widow. Believe it or not!

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