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Jerry Seinfeld Jason Alexander. Episode 20 - The Junior Mint. Seinfeld Season 4 Episode 20 The Junior Mint. See All Cast & Crew. The Bubble Boy. The Couch. The Movie. The Airport. The Lip Reader. The Jimmy. The Fusilli Jerry. The Parking Spot. The Pick The Watch. Matt's Top 2. 0The Boyfriend. The Pilot. The Hamptons. The Cheever Letters. The Outing The Library. The Pen. The Contest. The Label Maker. The Marine Biologist. The Implant. The Doorman. The Fusilli Jerry. The Alternate Side. The Kiss Hello. The Race. The Opposite. The Chinese Restaurant. The Junior Mint Seinfeld Cast MembersThe Couch. The Soup. It's weird, because Frank is a role so thoroughly owned by Stiller, so ingrained on the public consciousness, what with the serenity now and the airing of grievances and so on. The scenes were re- shot with Stiller for syndication, but Randolph's performance is an option on the DVD, and I went for it (checking out Stiller's performance later), just to see if he was as spectacularly wrong for the part as I remember. And he was. Nothing against John Randolph—he's going up against my having seen Stiller's performance dozens of times, and it's an impossible battle to win. His two biggest problems are that he looks too old for the part, not implausibly so, but it's still noticeable. And he's too damn nice. Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Seinfeld: Julia. The Junior Mint, The Invitations, Summer of George. Frank is supposed to be irrational, almost insane in his fixations; this guy is just grumpy because George wrecked his car. And he's, like, doing charity work! The whole thing didn't make a lick of sense to me. The Junior Mint; The Implant; The Opera; The Cheever Letters; The Marine Biologist; The Hamptons. Please welcome our first Seinfeld cast member to the show. Jerry Seinfeld George Castanza. Jason Alexander Elaine. The Junior Mint Seinfeld Cast Then And NowEven the re- shot scenes with Stiller seem out of place because Frank's being given awards for being nice and shit. It starts with George taking the handicap spot at the mall—Kramer assures him handicapped people never drive. But when the check comes, where are they? Even he can't justify that one. Of course, that blows up in their faces, and George's dad's car is irreversibly vandalized as a result. Jerry and Elaine are less to blame for this whole storyline, but Jerry does get to have some fun by suggesting they use Elaine as a shield, because men won't hit women. The scene would be great dialogue- free just to have a look at that marvelously square flatscreen TV (ah, 1. Jerry and Elaine's awkwardness as the Drake, whom they have repeatedly professed to love, cries in front of them is amazing to watch. Soon George is in on it, looking to make some money getting the TV back to offset the miniscule amount he spent on a new wheelchair for a handicapped person he injured. But the Drakette is giving the TV to charity. I just can't accept that he'd be winning awards for his humanitarian episodes! Luckily, when season five rolls around and Stiller puts his stamp on the role, the writers really get a handle on his character. You can't have him existing without explaining the bundle of personality disorders that is George Costanza. Sure, his mother goes part of the way to explaining that, but that's not enough! Another problem is that the final punchline falls flat. Kramer suggests George park in front of a hydrant when they go back to the mall to return the TV; OK, it's the obvious gag and brings everything full circle. I guess they had to do it. But really, they should have ended with the sight of the handicapped woman George injured (and Kramer briefly dated) rolling down a hill screaming because George spent $5,9. If that's not classic Seinfeld, then I don't wanna know you. Grade: A- . And it has the cute storyline about Jerry's no- name girlfriend, where the writers can sneak in a lot of female anatomy names past censors. But I must have seen this episode a half dozen times, and I still don't really get what all the fuss is about. I like it, but to me, it's an average episode at best. Still, let's get to the funny. I think the best thing about . I could pretty much watch a show centered around Jerry Seinfeld saying the made- up word . All of the other words Jerry presumes for his mysteriously- named girl aren't bad, but . The idea of him trying to guess her name feels like something you'd see on a David Spade sitcom nowadays, but they do wring one good joke out of it: both Kramer and George introducing themselves to her and leaving before they get her name. George even seems aware of it, which is so confusing it makes the laugh even bigger. I remember, the first time I saw the episode (I imagine I was 1. I had no idea what . Really, it is quite a clever way to end the whole thing—not with a screamingly obvious name but one that gets you thinking for a second and makes the payoff that much better. But who knows if that's actually her name? It seems like quite a connection for schoolyard bullies to be making, but hey, they can be inventive. The second- best thing about . There are his complaints that he didn't like Home Alone 2 because he hadn't seen the original (. Then, there's him crying, in what I assume was a potshot being taken against two of the biggest movies of the early 9. He's not the first; he won't be the last. But I always preferred Brenda Fricker in Home Alone 2. But the main plot, with Elaine's fat/thin ex- boyfriend and Kramer eating the junior mints? It never did much for me. I like Kramer's enthusiasm for the mints (Dr. Siegel, who recurs a bunch of times on this show, agrees that they're refreshing) and I like Jerry eventually caving to say that yes, they are delicious. But the story of the mints saving Roy the artist's life never comes together in a satisfying, Seinfeldian way. It's more just your standard goofy sitcom plot. Maybe that's because this episode was the first credit for Andy Robin. He'd get many more, mostly in seasons 7- 9. But there is one other great entry in Seinfeld callousness: George buying Roy's art because he thinks he's going to die, then actively trying to prevent Jerry from saving his life by reporting the junior mint so he can collect on a dead artist's work. Standard goofy sitcom plot or not, there'll always be a few gems like that. Grade: B+. And they succeed admirably! When Jerry is moaning that the smell is like a living entity following them around that can't be killed, you really believe him. You can almost see the damn thing. Really, it's a very simple plot for Seinfeld. The car stinks, they stink, and they can't get rid of it. There's even an extended, silent cleaning montage, and it's pretty rare for this show to do something like that. But it's necessary because of the simplicity of the idea. As Kramer puts it, so wonderfully: . Seinfeld's politics on the lesbian thing are a little 1. The joke survives because George thinks he drove Susan to lesbianism, and he's so horrible he just might have. On the flipside, Kramer ignites a relationship with Susan's girlfriend, Mona, who has never before been with a man. When asked how he pulled that off, Kramer says it's simple. Susan finally looks completely comfortable with another woman, and he has to go and ruin that too. So the joke works, even if I felt a little uncomfortable. Maybe my sensitivity meter is too high on this issue for whatever reason. Either way, George's conversations with Susan are a joy to behold, especially since Susan is getting to reclaim a little dignity back. In the episodes where she was annoyed at George or (even weirder) horny around him, it made her look a little silly. But she's very cool when she shuts down his awkward babbling in their first scene. I'm the first guy in the pool; who do you think you're talking to? Also in this episode, she lends him money she knows she'll never get back, mocks his renting Rochelle, Rochelle and leaves with . Even more so than their last break- up, she's completely out of bounds to him. Plus, being George Costanza, nothing turns him on more than lesbianism. But I am so glad that the writers didn't get them back together again. For one, that would have been even more dismissive of gay women if George being a vaguely charming little potato- head was enough to get her in the sack (he even says, . For two, that joke had been done already, and happily, they had the dignity to wait a few more seasons before trying it again (spoiler alert!). But the actual resolution with George's crazy ex- girlfriend Allison shooting Susan a sexy glance is almost as silly. I never understood where Allison even came from anyway. She just showed up in an episode and was obsessed with George all of a sudden. So it makes even less sense that she'd suddenly make eyes at Susan. The writers are looking for a cute way to wrap things up, but it just doesn't work at all. Still, it could have been worse. At least Susan basically gets to keep her dignity. For now. Grade: A- Stray observations: George thinks really good- looking women walk too fast. The other might not have been intentional, but Jerry draws a triangle free- hand on a napkin; Roy in . Lot of melons and shapes. Everyone's squeezing and smelling. Anthony, I think I'd have a problem with.? Because they don't want us. You gotta respect that! Frank will bring up that trade of Jay Buhner later, for sure. He also mentions Willie Mc. Gee, Frank Mc. Griff, and Doug Drabek. And people wonder why the Yankees didn't win a title between 1.
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