S06E03 - The Pledge Drive
No: 89 | Season: 6 Episode: 3 | Air Date: 6-Oct-1994 | Production #603
Summary
Jerry comments that a friend was hitting on him and Elaine tries to find out if what was true, but gets the voice of the woman and her current boyfriend confused. Elaine's boss eats his Snickers bar with a knife and fork and idea that soon catches on. George thinks a waitress gave him the finger. Jerry gets caught throwing away a thank you card. Jerry cashes some old birthday checks from his grandmother. Jerry's working a PBS pledge drive and gets George to bring a Yankee to appear with him, while en-route to the studio, someone gives George the finger.
Director and Writers
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writers: Tom Gammill
Quotes
Noreen: Great. I'm going out with a man who sounds like a woman.
Elaine: Well, he looks like a man.
Jerry: (to George) Yea, go do your thing where you lie to everyone.
Jerry: I saw someone on the street eating M&M's with a spoon.
George: If my parents had a mantle, I might be a completely different person.
Notes and Trivia
Lauren Bowles who plays the waitress that gave George "the finger" is Julia Louis-Dreyfus's half-sister. She also appeared in "The Big Salad", "The Foundation", "The English Patient", "The Summer of George", "The Reverse Peephole" and "The Bookstore".
In "The Statue" George says that his parents had this exact statue on their mantle. However, in this episode he says that if his parents had a mantle when he was growing up he might be a completely different person.
During the pledge drive, Jerry mentions "programs like Ken Burns' Baseball". This is a reference to the 1994 PBS miniseries called "Baseball" produced by Ken Burns.
Goofs
When Kristin picks up her jacket to go to the office, she puts one arm into a sleeve. It then cuts to a different angle and her jacket is completely on and she is putting on her purse.
Jerry wouldn't have been able to cash the older checks. Once checks are six months old they are stale-dated.
Before Mr. Pitt starts eating his chocolate bar, he cuts a single slice but when the camera switches to a wider shot, the chocolate bar is suddenly cut into several slices.
Cast
Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Elaine Benes |
Michael Richards | Kramer |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza |
Len Lesser | Uncle Leo |
Ian Abercrombie | Justin Pitt |
Kelly Coffield Park | Noreen |
Billye Ree Wallace | Nana |
Brian Reddy | Dan |
Rebecca Staab | Kristin |
Danny Tartabull | Danny Tartabull |
Tom Wright | Executive |
James Reynolds | Banker |
Lauren Bowles | Waitress |
F.J. Rio | Street Tough |
Thom Vernon | Driver |
Ruth Cohen | Ruthie Cohen |
Lisa Guerrero | PBS Telethon Producer |
Darin Henry | PBS Phone Volunteer (uncredited) |
Gregory Pellico | Pledge Drive Volunteer (uncredited) |
Jeffrey Yerkes | PBS Phone Volunteer (uncredited) |