S07E03 - The Maestro

No: 113  |   Season: 7   Episode: 3  |   Air Date: 5-Oct-1995  |   Production #703

You put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on? I didnYou put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on. Why'd you put the balm on?

Summary

George is feeling the pressures of his relationship with Susan and decides that he needs to help a security guard that works at her uncle's store. Kramer's friend "Maestro", makes a comment about getting a rental property in Tuscany that makes Jerry decide to do some research. Elaine begins dating the "Maestro." Kramer's out of court settlement in his lawsuit against the coffee house, free coffee at any location around the world, gets him "hopped up on the caffeine." Jerry asks Poppy about Tuscany and is referred to Poppy's cousin, who makes him an offer he can't refuse.

Director and Writers

Director: Andy Ackerman
Writers: Larry David

Quotes

Elaine: Did you know that Mozart died while he was writing The Requiem?
Jerry: Yeah, everyone knows that; it was in Amadeus.

Jackie Chiles: You put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on. Why'd you put the balm on?

Notes and Trivia

Ted Lange, Michael Dorn and Michael Boatman are among the actors that auditioned for the part of Jackie Chiles.

Phil Morris makes his debut as recurring character Jackie Chiles. He had previously worked with the Seinfeld as the spokesman for Dinkins in an alternate ending of Season Five's "The Non-Fat Yogurt" episode. Since Giuliani won the election, his scenes never aired.

Goofs

When the waiter comes over and Elaine and the Maestro set their wine glasses down, the wine is still in the next shot. Then, the distance between the glasses keeps changing without anyone touching them.

When Jerry asks Mr. Ciccio if there are any houses to rent, Ciccio has just exhaled a large puff of cigar smoke. In the next shot, the air is clear.

Notice when George is asking the security guard about having a chair. If you look in the background you'll see the same guy walk by twice from the right to the left.

Cast

Jerry SeinfeldJerry Seinfeld
Julia Louis-DreyfusElaine Benes
Michael RichardsCosmo Kramer
Jason AlexanderGeorge Costanza
Heidi SwedbergSusan Ross
Phil MorrisJackie Chiles
Mark MetcalfMaestro
Gary YatesSecurity Guard
Paul MichaelCiccio
James NoahNed
Tim BagleyManager
Richard McGonagleMr. Star
Kenneth RyanMr. Burns
Kymberly NewberryMs. Jordan (as Kymberly S. Newberry)
David WendelmanWaiter
Norman BrennerMan in Store (uncredited)
Carol BrownCustomer in Coffeeshop (uncredited)
Ruth CohenRuthie Cohen
Deck McKenzieCustomer Being Robbed (uncredited)