S03E01 - The Note
No: 18 | Season: 3 Episode: 1 | Air Date: 18-Sep-1991 | Production #301
I think it moved.Summary
Jerry and George's massages end up being more pain than pleasure when Jerry has a misunderstanding with the masseusse and George gets his massage from a man. Jerry and George get Jerry's dentist friend into trouble when they ask him for doctor's notes for physical therapy. Meanwhile, Kramer is convinced he's seen Joe DiMaggio in a neighbourhood donut shop.
Director and Writers
Director: Tom Cherones
Writers: Larry David
Quotes
Kramer: Why can't Joe DiMaggio have a donut like everyone else?
George: I can't get a massage from a man.
George: I've always been a stall man.
Roy: Don't mind her.
Jerry: Oh please, I love her.
George: I've just met her, but I'm very impressed.
George: It was imperceptible, but I felt it!
George: I've shifted, this was a move!
Notes and Trivia
This episode featured a different version of the theme song, the first change since the pilot. Back-up singers were now heard scatting over the theme. The singers were added by composer Jonathan Wolff at Seinfeld's request. However, NBC and Castle Rock did not like the change and requested that the original version be restored.
This episode marks the first time Kramer comes into the diner.
The song played during the closing credits is Les Brown's "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" sung by Betty Bonney.
Very bad cut from when Jerry and George go to the Physical Therapist and George sees Raymond. He begins to turn to Jerry, but then there's a cut to his head already 45 degrees ahead of where it was before.
George unbuttons his pants a first time when he's lying on his stomach, then later when the masseur asks him to take them off, George stands up and his pants are buttoned again.
In the final scene, as Jerry asks Kramer, "Did he say anything?" you can clearly see Jerry's left hand is empty at the left side of the screen. In the next shot, a blue container mysteriously appears in his left hand.
In the final scene of the episode at Monk's, where the four are watching Joe DiMaggio dunk his donuts, when Kramer starts to bang on the table and yell Julia Louis-Dreyfus almost loses it as she's laughing so hard. If you watch closely she actually looks right into the camera as she is trying to keep herself from laughing too much. She is probably thinking the scene will get cut for a re-take.
The character Roy was originally named "Lloyd" in the script. He still listed as "Lloyd" in the closing credits.
Joshua Liebling, who plays Billy (the son of the masseuse), is Seinfeld's real-life nephew.
George also says "I think it moved" in "The Mango", after eating a piece of Kramer's mango.
Goofs
When Kramer starts to bang on the table and yelp, Julia Louis-Dreyfus can be seen breaking character by laughing and looking at the camera.
Cast
| Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Elaine Benes |
| Michael Richards | Kramer |
| Jason Alexander | George Costanza |
| Ralph Bruneau | Roy |
| Terri Hanauer | Julianna |
| Jeff Lester | Raymond |
| Flo Di Re | Receptionist |
| Liz Georges | Pam |
| Paul Rogers | Man in Waiting Room |
| Dale Raoul | Dental Patient |
| Joshua Liebling | Billy |