[1] Christine Dunford was cast as Leslie, Charles commented "she just came in; gave a great reading. Red shirt! 14:00. Is that irony? Subscribe to the Seinfeld ONLY Podcast on iTunes[/caption] After escaping the Russian gulag, Rob and Akiva’s cable guy hooked up their TV’s with illegal cable so they could re-watch the next episode in the Seinfeld series for their weekly post show recap. Jan 27, 2016 - Explore J BP's board "Seinfeld (The Baby Shower) 2", followed by 595 people on Pinterest. As Jerry is sleeping on the plane he dreams of r… Jerry's friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander) once had a terrible date with Leslie and confronts her at the shower. Bill: My name is Bill. The episode's first broadcast in the United States on May 16, 1991 gained a Nielsen rating of 12.4/21 and was negatively received by critics. Jerry: Excuse me. When Jerry goes out of town, Elaine uses his apartment for the baby shower of a woman George once dated. The other three characters are called Elaine Benes, Cosmo Kramer and George Costanza. Production #204. "The Baby Shower" is the tenth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and the show's 15th episode overall. [14] The episode was ranked third on a list of Seinfeld's "Not-so-top episodes", compiled by the New York Daily News. He's an amazing man. The main protagonist in this show is called Jerry Seinfeld and he's a stand up comedian, Jerry Seinfeld is play by him self and the character is based off himself. The Entire Seinfeld Cast – A Definitive List. Larry Charles wrote the episode, which was directed by Tom Cherones, and was partly based on a friend of his who was pregnant but did not want to experience childbirth. Signaler un abus. At this point in our show business history, I don't think we knew anybody". Kramer: Man, it's the nineties...it's Hammer time! [1] A number of scenes were changed or cut during production of the episode. Seinfeld - The Baby Shower (1991) S02 | E10 Jerry's cable TV installer (Vic Polizos) shows up on the day Elaine is using his apartment for a baby shower. Watch Seinfeld: The Baby Shower from Season 2 at TVGuide.com Join / Sign Up Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Season:02,Episode:10 Año 1991; Género CC,Series,Widescreen; Duración 00:23:00; Clasificacion PG; Record. [3], Don Perry guest starred as an airplane passenger next to Jerry, when he wakes up from his nightmare. "; this scene had to be filmed multiple times, as it was hard for Seinfeld not to laugh when Richards stated the line. Seinfeld - Season 1 - The Baby Shower ACT I [At night club] JERRY: Men flip around the television more than women, I think. [3] He had been unable to write for the show's first season, as Charles had been writing for The Arsenio Hall Show during its production. "The Chinese Restaurant" is the 11th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld ' s second season on NBC, and is the show's 16th episode overall.The episode revolves around protagonist Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) and his friends Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and George Costanza (Jason Alexander) waiting for a table at a Chinese restaurant, on their way to see a one-night showing of a movie. [3], "The Baby Shower" was first broadcast in the United States on NBC on May 16, 1991. [5][6] The episode was partly based on a friend of Charles, who was pregnant but did not want to experience childbirth and therefore asked the doctor to anesthetize her. [3] Some dialogue was removed from the scene, as Kramer initially told Jerry Benjamin Franklin would have wanted free cable. George is excited, as he expects the baby shower to be the perfect opportunity to confront Leslie, the woman who gave him the worst date of his life by pouring Bosco chocolate sauce on his red-collared shirt while doing performance art. Seinfeld: The Baby Shower. Bosco, the chocolate that stained George's sweater, is his ATM password in a later episode. Elaine holds a baby shower for her friend Leslie at Jerry's apartment, while he is performing in Buffalo. Air Date: 16-May-1991  |   [3] Charles also felt the episode defined the Kramer character more, as it is the first episode in which Kramer speaks out against the system. Follow. He escaped the Gulag! [1] The Leslie character was largely based on Karen Finley and Johanna Went, two performance artists who both used foods in their acts, Charles considered them "a ripe target for satire". Can I get something to drink?Flight Attendant: I'm afraid not.Jerry: What's with this airline? Season: 2   In early drafts of the script, the episode opened with Kramer telling Jerry about the Russian cable installers. This unpleasant scene is the final straw and the guests leave hurriedly. … All of the characters' storylines intersect in the final scenes, an element that the writing staff would continue to use in later episodes. George is excited, as the baby shower is an opportunity to confront the woman who gave him the worst date of his life by pouring Bosco chocolate sauce on his red collared shirt while doing performance art. He had been unable to write for the show's first season, as Charles had been writing for [7] In audio commentary he recorded for the Seinfeld: Volume 1 DVD set, Charles noted how he established three of the episode's four storylines in one scene, in which the characters eat and talk at Monk's Cafe. Browse more videos. Seinfeld Bloopers Season 3 - Jerry Seinfeld, Jason … 15:17. [3] In the first draft of the script Elaine and Jerry would realize ahead of time that the baby shower and the cable installation would take place at the same time. Episode: 10  |   Christine Dunford who plays "Leslie" the woman for whom the baby shower is given, later plays the haughty "Saleswoman" in "The Pie". [3], "The Baby Shower" met with negative responses from critics. How would Seinfeld look like in a world taken over by the coronavirus? Read about The Baby Shower by Seinfeld and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. [3] It was filmed in front of a live audience on November 20. Seinfeld is a sitcom that originally started back in 1989 and has a main cast of four characters. Watch Seinfeld - Season 2 - Episode 10: The Baby Shower - Comedia Episode: Elaine needs to use Jerry's apartment to hold a baby shower for a woman that once dated George. Traduire les commentaires en Français. [1] Charles thought this was very ironic. Pedagogy in Action > Library > Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning > Examples > Seinfeld: The Baby Shower Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University Author Profile [3] A technique called "Poor Man's Process" was used during the car scene with George and Jerry;[1] one or two crew members would shake the car to give the impression that it was moving, though it never actually was. See more ideas about seinfeld, baby shower, best sitcoms ever. [3][4] Charles frequently had difficulty with writing Jerry's stand-up material; therefore, in "The Baby Shower", Seinfeld used some of his own material. Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Christine Dunford (as Leslie). That's the red shirt! [9] Behind the car, two lights on a wheeled stand were placed to give the impression that there was a car behind it. Playing next. [9] Other crew members would move lights around the set to simulate street lights or headlights of other cars. Kramer and the two Russians crash the shower to install the cable, start to eat all the food and get into a heated argument. I might be the last person you ever see. by Marty | posted in: Characters | 0. [15], "A look back at the best - and worst - Seinfeld episodes", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Baby_Shower_(Seinfeld)&oldid=1013920743, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 March 2021, at 05:18. 5,0 sur 5 étoiles A Great Show! It's like Epstein-Barr with a twist of Lyme disease. "The Baby Shower" is the tenth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and the show's 15th episode overall. One of the other party guests (Margaret Reed as Mary) confronts Jerry because he never called her back after a date. When George and Jerry arrive, George cannot muster the courage to tell Leslie off and instead awkwardly tries to curry her favor. As he lays dying, trying to open the door, Vic Polizos gives the final gunshot to finish him off. I'll never be able to forgive myself until I do.Jerry: And if you do?George: I still won't be able to forgive myself, but at least it won't be about this. The episode was the first episode written by Charles, who would remain with the show through the fifth season. 2 personnes ont trouvé cela utile . Jerry has to go out of town for a show, so he lets Elaine use the apartment. This was changed as the writers felt it would be better left as a surprise. [3] Vic Polizos and James Lashly guest-starred as the Russian cable installers. "The Baby Shower" is the tenth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and the show's 15th episode overall. Elaine holds a baby shower for her friend Leslie at Jerry's apartment, while Jerry is performing in Buffalo. However, he is irate when the charge turns out to be several times what Kramer told him it would be. Jerry: Explain to me how this baby shower thing works.Elaine: What do you wanna know?Jerry: Well, I mean, does it ever erupt into a drunken orgy of violence?Elaine: Rarely. Cast Members in Every Episode Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer Jason Alexander as George Costanza 3 years ago | 93 views. Mike Flaherty and Mary Kaye Schilling of Entertainment Weekly graded the episode with a D, stating "After a promising opening, this baby quickly degenerates into heavy-handed farce". [3] Additional dialogue between the baby shower guests regarding turning off men was also cut. [3] Charles had met Seinfeld co-creator Larry David and Richards when he was part of the writing staff of the ABC sketch show Fridays and David and Richards were part of the show's ensemble cast. Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University Author Profile. This is a clip from Seinfeld in which Kramer tries to talk Jerry into installing illegal cable. Find movie and film cast and crew information for Seinfeld : The Baby Shower (1991) - Tom Cherones, Andy Ackerman on AllMovie For me "The Baby Shower", "The Chinese Restaurant" and above all "The Deal" from series 2 are truly great episodes, but really, if you "get" Seinfeld at all, the whole thing is just a montage of Greatest Hits En lire plus. The Cast of Seinfeld After Seinfeld _ Jerry, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander. Meanwhile, Jerry is convinced by his neighbour Kramer (Michael Richards) to install illegal cable television. George: Every woman on the face of the Earth has complete control of my life and yet, I want them all. Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Seinfeld : The Baby Shower (1991) - Tom Cherones, Andy Ackerman on AllMovie - Upon Kramer's advice, Jerry decides to get an… This material is replicated on a number of sites as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service Project. [13] It received a Nielsen rating of 12.4 and an audience share of 21, indicating that 12.4% of American households watched the episode, and that 21% of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into it. Kramer: Look, will you at least let me bring the guy over? Dan The Nerd. NBC | Air Date: May 16, 1991. [1] "The Baby Shower" also is one of the few episodes of season two in which the primary storylines of all four characters come together in the final scene. Jerry: Sometimes the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason. [5] Charles explained that the writing staff of the show considered it a challenge to weave together loose ideas into one episode. Kramer: (to Jerry) I'm offering you 53 channels, movies, sports, nudity, and it's free for life! Seinfeld Season 2 (The Pony Remark, The Busboy, The Baby Shower, The Jacket) Inside Looks. Report. namevlakd. The main story line in Seinfeld is based on real life experiences from the writers life, the writer for Seinfeld … This turns out to be a dream squence. Browse more videos. Jerry is tormented with guilt and fear over the illegal cable. He's like the Sakharov of cable guys. Jerry is worried about the illegality of such a move and tells Kramer, "No." (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); When Kramer enters Jerry's apartment during the baby shower and Elaine asks him Who's this guy, the camera cuts to another angle and you see Kramer in the background talking, but the audio is of Elaine speaking, not Kramer. Starring: Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander. Kramer: Yeah, I eat the whole apple. [1] Charles recalled the dream sequence as "one of the most ambiguous scenes we did [in season two]" and felt it was very Tarantino-like. However, the party goes awry when Kramer shows up to install illegal cable, Jerry's trip is cancelled, and George intends to confront the mother-to-be for mistreating him on their date years earlier. [1] In addition, the episode also establishes Elaine's interest in the Kennedys, a plot element that would return later in the season four episode "The Virgin". George: She doesn't deserve a baby shower. [3] Margaret Reed, best known for her role on the soap opera As the World Turns, appeared as Mary Cantardi, a woman who screams at Jerry for not calling her back after a date. What have you done to my little cable boy? [9] A cheap plastic sticker was put on Jerry's television screen to give the impression that it was broken. Writers: Larry Charles. Jerry: Oh, fire engines, ambulances all along the runway. Summary. Kramer refers to the cable guy as "the Sakharov of cable guys". All of this happens as Michael Richards watches in horror. In the episode, Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) throws a baby shower for her friend Leslie (Christine Dunford) at Jerry's (Jerry Seinfeld) apartment, while he is out of town. The show stars Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself who is the main protagonist and focuses on his personal life with three of his friends – George Costanza (Jason Alexander), former girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and neighbor across the hall Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards). [3] The episode was a combination of loose storylines that had been brought to the writers table. "The Baby Shower" is the tenth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, and the show's 15th episode overall. With Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander. The core, stem, seeds, everything. Well, Jerry would probably disinfect everything. Summary: When Jerry goes out of town, Elaine uses his apartment for the baby shower of a woman George once dated. On the way out of the bathroom the angry woman bumps Leslie and her dessert into George, adding a chocolate cake stain to the Bosco stain already on the shirt. This line was not in the original script, but was added because Perry, as Charles explained, "just had the right look". "The Baby Shower" was written by Larry Charles and directed by Tom Cherones, who directed all of season two's episodes. Cable boy. The opening stand up piece in this episode by Jerry about "Men hunt and women nest" is used again in an actual show Jerry was shown to do in S05E20 "The Fire". Jerry changes his mind about the cable hook-up, but agrees to pay the Russians the full price for their trouble. Directed by Andy Ackerman. Jerry is frustrated by his television's bad reception, and is convinced by Kramer to have cable illegally installed by two Russians (Vic Polizos and James Lashly). Of course, Andrei Sakharov was a genius Russian scientist who spent his life designing nuclear weapons for Russia. He's a Russian immigrant. [10][11] Norman Brenner, who worked as Richards' stand-in on the show for all its nine seasons,[12] appears as an extra in the first scene of the episode, standing at the counter at Monk's Cafe. George becomes upset when Susan's cousin names her baby with the name he planned to use for his first child; Jerry questions his girlfriend's style. People might not have noticed, as she is a brunette in Season 2 and a blonde in season 5. Elaine: My roommate has Lyme disease.Jerry: I thought she had Epstein-Barr syndrome?Elaine: She has this in addition to Epstein-Barr. The opening stand up piece in this episode by Jerry about "Men hunt and women nest" is used again in an actual show Jerry was shown to do in S05E20 "The Fire". Jerry is frustrated by his television's bad reception, and is convinced by Kramerto have cable illegally installed by two Russians. Entertainment TV. [3] Perry states that he might be the last person Jerry will see alive. George reflects that she was "unequivocally the worst date of my life." And then, when we landed safely, they all seemed so...disappointed. [3] The scene in which Mary Cantardi, a woman Jerry went out with once but never called afterwards, makes a scene at the baby shower was not in the original script, but was added during rehearsals to give Seinfeld more involvement in the final scene. [2] The episode was the first episode written by Charles, who would remain with the show through the fifth season. Synopsis and Cast; Calendar; Synopsis. [1], As Charles was always trying to find elements that were unusual in sitcoms, the episode had a scene in which Jerry dreams he is interrogated by the FBI for his illegal cable hookup, and is killed by their gunfire while trying to escape. Kramer: Cable boy. Jerry Seinfeld (1954- ) Seinfeld: The Baby Shower (1991) [Jerry Seinfeld]: Gunned down by FBI agents as he tries to run away after he gets in trouble with them for stealing cable. Director: Tom Cherones Jerry: What you're suggesting is illegal.Kramer: It's not illegal!Jerry: It's against the law.Kramer: Well, yeah. Privacy Policy | Website Terms of Service. [1], "The Baby Shower" was first read by the show's cast on November 14, 1990. [1][8] In "The Busboy", which had been filmed earlier, the four storylines also intersected in the final scene, but the episode aired as the final episode of season two. Christine Dunford who plays "Leslie" the woman for whom the baby shower is given, later plays the haughty "Saleswoman" in "The Pie". No: 15  |   Jerry: Red shirt! His show is canceled due to bad weather, and George picks up Jerry at the airport so that he can encounter Leslie at the baby shower while wearing the red shirt. [1] At the end of the dream Kramer holds Jerry in his arm, stating "what have you done to my little cable boy? I'm gonna tell that woman exactly what I think of her. Kramer sells Jerry on the idea on getting an illegal cable hookup. "The Baby Shower" was written by Larry Charles and directed by Tom Cherones, who directed all of season two's episodes. 11:22 en 1206 WTVHD // View complete calendar. A little trivia… aside from the four main characters, the cast member featured in the most episodes was Ruth Cohen, aka, the cashier at Monk’s coffee shop. Jerry is confronted by a nosey, obnoxious doorman at Elaine's boss's building. She deserves Rosemary's Baby. 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