S08E22 - The Summer of George
No: 156 | Season: 8 Episode: 22 | Air Date: 15-May-1997 | Production #822
Summary
Receiving three months pay as a severance package from the Yankees, George decides to make the most of his summer. Jerry asks out a waitress, but when she accepts, he's surprised to learn that she already has a live-in boyfriend. Elaine has trouble dealing with a female co-worker, but the situation is perceived by others as a "catfight". Kramer gets a job filling seats at the Tony Awards, and ends up receiving an award himself.
Director and Writers
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writers: Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer
Quotes
George: This was supposed to be the "Summer of George!"
(using George's 'mumbling under breath' escape at the Mump's)
Jerry: The one with the... the flavman
Jerry: So, has the summer of George begun? Or are you still decomposing?
George: Decompressing.
Kramer: I can't describe how great it is to win.
Jerry: That's because you didn't win.
Jerry: (in George's mind) What's the deal with airline peanuts?
Kramer: Jerry, you got any Tums?
Jerry: Stomach ache?
Kramer: I drank too much water in the shower.
Peterman: Woof!
Elaine: Do you mean 'reeyar'?
Notes and Trivia
If you look at the awning outside Jerry's building; the building's name "The Shelley" has been painted over to hide the fact that it's filmed in California not New York City.
In this episode when Jerry is wearing just towels with his girlfriend, she asks him if he shaved his chest. Of course in the previous episode "Muffin Tops" Jerry did shave his chest.
In the scene where George is watching the Tony Awards and eating snacks, we get to see most of the contents of the built-in fridge in his armchair: Mug Root Beer, Sprite, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Pepsi and fun-size Three Musketeers.
A new contract for Season 9 was signed around the time of this airing that would pay Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards $600,000 each per episode. Until this time they had been receiving $160,000 each per episode. Jerry Seinfeld, as star, co-creator and producer would continue to receive approximately $1 million.
Writer Dave Mandel makes an appearance as the guy who asks George if he wants to play frolf (frisbee-golf).
When Kramer is at Sardi's, he says, "So I said to him, Arthur, Artie come on, why does the salesman have to die? Change the title! The Life of a Salesman. That's what people want to see." This is a reference to the 1949 play Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller.
Goofs
In the scene where George is phoning Jerry to see what's happening, Kramer has his jacket buttoned. However when he leaves it is suddenly unbuttoned.
Cast
Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Elaine Benes |
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza |
Raquel Welch | Raquel Welch |
John O'Hurley | J. Peterman |
Molly Shannon | Sam |
Amanda Peet | Lanette |
Joe Urla | Dugan |
Victor Raider-Wexler | Doctor |
Peter Dennis | Lew |
Tucker Smallwood | Malcolm |
Wayne Wilderson | Walter |
Blake Gibbons | Lyle |
Adrian Sparks | Man |
Jane A. Johnston | Woman |
Lauren Bowles | Waitress |
Sue Goodman | Clerk |
Neil Flynn | Cop #1 |
Tom Bailey | Cop #2 |
Denise Bessette | Therapist |
David Mandel | Himself (as Dave Mandel) |
Ruth Cohen | Ruthie Cohen |
Rick Corcoran | Orderly (uncredited) |
George Doty IV | Man in Restaurant (uncredited) |
Judy Kerr | Woman in Restaurant (uncredited) |
Jim Marcos | Man in Cafe |
Pete G. Papanickolas | Man in Cafe |
Karen Wilkie | Woman in Cafe (uncredited) |