The Summer of George
- Episode aired May 15, 1997
- TV-PG
- 23m
Unemployed again, George decides to have a "memorable" summer. Jerry's new girlfriend has another dude. Kramer wins a Tony Award. A new woman at work is hostile towards Elaine.Unemployed again, George decides to have a "memorable" summer. Jerry's new girlfriend has another dude. Kramer wins a Tony Award. A new woman at work is hostile towards Elaine.Unemployed again, George decides to have a "memorable" summer. Jerry's new girlfriend has another dude. Kramer wins a Tony Award. A new woman at work is hostile towards Elaine.
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Did you know
- TriviaIn this episode Kramer (Michael Richards) has to fire Raquel Welch from the fictional musical, Scarsdale Surprise. This story was based on Andrew Lloyd Webber firing Faye Dunaway from Sunset Boulevard.
- GoofsWhen Kramer comes in to ask for Tums and Jerry responds it is on top of the refrigerator, Kramer picks up a pack a Alka-Seltzer.
- Quotes
George Costanza: I can't believe the Yankees really fired me.
Jerry Seinfeld: You had a good run. Took 'em to the World Series.
George Costanza: I gotta give the players most of the credit for that.
Jerry Seinfeld: Don't sell yourself short. You made all those flight arrangements, hotels, buses.
George Costanza: No, I don't know who was doing that.
Jerry Seinfeld: So when you actually did work, what is it that you did?
George Costanza: I tell you, they had a pastry cart you wouldn't believe.
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Where once the show had a real acerbic edge and had pushed the envelope in terms of some of the subjects it had come up with, this season goes further from that again, only by a few steps but further for sure. The social observational aspect is still the core of the show but it s much more cheerful and less routed in bitterness. George is the best example of this as his adventures are more extreme – still George but less concerned with the minutiae of life than he has been before, a factor helped by the freedom he has within his plots. This expansive approach makes the show much more accessible I suppose and it is still funny but I did miss the rather sharp edge that I had found in some of the early/middle seasons when the show was at its best.
There are still some classic episodes in here though along with plenty of clips that would make a "best of" reel and, like I said, it is still very funny for the most part. As I have always loved Kramer as a character, it isn't a massive problem for me that the plots now mostly resemble the exaggerated nonsense that he has always gotten into, but I did still miss the sharp edge that the material used to have. The cast don't seem to mind. In particular Seinfeld welcomes the wacky tone and does well with it, likewise Alexander and Louis-Dreyfus seem to enjoy more expression and nonsense than before. Richards of course benefits and the show uses him and his various supporting oddballs to good effect. This season also produces quite a few one-off appearances from people who have since gone on to become more familiar (eg the janitor from Scrubs is in it as a cop for about 1 minute).
Season 8 is a change from the best of the show but it is still an enjoyable and funny season. The wackiness does rather overwhelm but it is done with imagination and wit and it does work and does produce moments and episodes that stand among the best of the show as a whole. It is to the show's credit that even one of its less great seasons is still pretty darn strong.
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- 245 West 44th Street, New York, USA(Exterior - Majestic Theatre)
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