S09E17 - The Bookstore
No: 173 | Season: 9 Episode: 17 | Air Date: 9-Apr-1998 | Production #917
Summary
Jerry is disturbed when spots Uncle Leo shoplifting. George takes a book into a bookstore's bathroom, and is outraged when they force him to buy it. Kramer and Newman plan to bring rickshaws to New York. Meanwhile, Elaine embarrasses herself again at the annual Peterman party - this time by making out with a stranger.
Director and Writers
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writers: Spike Feresten
Quotes
Co-Worker: So Elaine, you gonna dance this year?
Elaine: Maybe....all over your face!
George: They made me buy it! A hundred bucks this thing cost me!
Jerry: (about the book George took into the bathroom) That book has been on a wild ride.
George: If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books.
George: Well you just lost a lot of business because I love to read!
Jerry: (to Kramer and Newman) To the Idiotmobile!
Elaine: We made out at the table like our plane was going down.
(In Jerry's dark room)
Newman: Goodnight ... Jerry.
Jerry: Goodnight Newman.
Jerry: (pointing the finger at George for shoplifting) That Guy! Swarm! Swarm!
Notes and Trivia
This episode marks the second appearance of the character "Rebecca DeMornay", the worker at the homeless shelter. In this episode, she refuses to take George's book that was flagged for being in the bathroom. She also appeared in "The Muffin Tops" and was upset with Elaine for donating only the muffin stumps to the homeless.
When Kramer says, "I once met a horse named Rusty', he is referring to the flatulent horse that pulled the carriage in the episode "The Rye".
This is the only episode in which we see one of Jerry's bicycles get any use -- Kramer rides it around Jerry's apartment in the opening scenes.
The music playing when Peterman wows the crowd with his dancing is the exact same song to which Elaine danced in "The Little Kicks", "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind and Fire.
When Newman careens down the hill in the rickshaw, he's actually rolling down Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. You can see the One Wilshire building in the background for a few frames, after he collides with Zach. Also, a white Los Angeles taxi is seen in the background.
When Jerry had that dream of Leo in jail, it is a reference to "Cape Fear", including the same music played in the background.
Goofs
In one of the opening scenes that feature Kramer doing a series of random things in Jerry's apartment, Kramer has attached a hose to the kitchen sink and is apparently putting out a fire in one of the back rooms. As he pulls on the hose, the sink and counter are clearly moving.
As Zach is being run over by the rickshaw, production company trucks, traffic cones and set police are visible in background.
It looks like the same beer stein we saw in Elaine's apartment (when she is on the phone with Jerry) is also beside the bookstore's cash register.
Cast
Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Elaine Benes |
Michael Richards | Cosmo Kramer |
Jason Alexander | George Costanza |
Wayne Knight | Newman |
Barney Martin | Morty |
Liz Sheridan | Helen |
John O'Hurley | J. Peterman |
Len Lesser | Uncle Leo |
Jonathan Penner | Zach |
Ted Rooney | Crichton |
Jon Gries | Rusty |
Sonya Eddy | Rebecca DeMornay |
Merrin Dungey | Cashier |
Kevin Ruf | Security Guard |
Heather Morgan | Server |
Lauren Bowles | Waitress |
Mark Daniel Cade | Walter |
Joe Goddbiff | Hobo Joe (as Sloppy Joe) |
Norman Brenner | Man in Party (uncredited) |
Ruth Cohen | Ruthie Cohen |
Johann John Jean | Officer Phelps (uncredited) |
Pete Pastore | Cabbie |
Andrew Patrick Ralston | Diner Customer (uncredited) |
Lesley Robins | Zach's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
Frank Sackett | Brentano's Employee (uncredited) |