S04E08 - The Cheever Letters
No: 48 | Season: 4 Episode: 8 | Air Date: 28-Oct-1992 | Production #408
Summary
Jerry and George begin to work on the pilot for the series they pitched to NBC. Jerry says the wrong thing while "messing" around with one of Elaine's co-workers. George & Susan tell her father about the cabin fire, he becomes distraught and letters saved from the fire soon explain why. Kramer goes to the Cuban Embassy in search of cigars and makes a deal.
Director and Writers
Director: Tom Cherones
Writers: Larry David
Quotes
George: Time is what he's indicating here.
George: I'm gonna need some water here!
Notes and Trivia
John Cheever was indeed bisexual. His stories in novels often revolved around the conflicts and secrets of upper middle-class families in the suburbs of New York.
At the end of this episode, Elaine's line "I gotta go visit my mother, I just got new panties, and she laid them out for me!" received such a loud and long response from the studio audience that it had to be shortened and lowered in editing.
Goofs
George calls the Cheever book he is reading "The Falconer", however the title is actually just "Falconer."
When Jerry tells George about his girlfriend Sandra's dirty talking, the ketchup bottle is sitting on the table. In the next cut, it's automatically in George's hand.
When George and Susan are having dinner with Susan's parents, the clock on the mantle reads 8:20 throughout the scene.
At the very beginning, George and Jerry have colored notebooks to begin writing their script. Jerry starts out with a pink notebook, but later he has the blue notebook.
Cast
Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Elaine Benes |
Michael Richards | Kramer |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza |
Heidi Swedberg | Susan Ross |
Warren Frost | Mr. Ross |
Grace Zabriskie | Mrs. Ross |
Lisa Malkiewicz | Sandra |
Miguel P | Luis (as Miguel Perez) |
Vanessa Marquez | Receptionist |
Timothy Omundson | Ricky |
Patricia Lee Willson | Sara |
David Blackwood | Doorman |