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SeinCity
by
Major Houlihan
All
OZ characters represented herein are the property of HBO, Rysher
Entertainment,
and Levinson/Fontana Pictures. Seinfeld is property of
Columbia
Tri-Star and Castle Rock Entertainment (I guess, somebody let me
know).
SCENE
ONE: OPENING CREDITS. Fade in to the interior of the Oswald Maximum
Security
State Penitentiary, where a long line of new inmates shuffles
toward
a table monitored by two prison guards. JERRY, GEORGE, and KRAMER
follow
each other closely, awaiting their regulation prison uniforms and
other
accessories.
JERRY:
(in front of the other two, shifting his weight from foot to foot) I
don't
see why you guys are so bent out of shape. It's only a year. It'll go
by
like that. (Snaps fingers)
The
line moves some more. GEORGE and KRAMER look particularly anxious and
study
their new surroundings with trepidation.
JERRY:
(calm) Of course, you can't count weekends, because they go by so
quickly
regardless of where you are. Then there are the offical bank
holidays
and various religious observances...so it won't even feel like a
year.
At best, six months.
KRAMER:
(hands in pockets, a shifty glance eyeing the rough-looking fellow
behind
him) Say, Jerry, did you ever notice that every month has at least
one
holiday except August? What's up with that? You know, August really
should
have a holiday. At least one, Jerry!
GEORGE:
(softly) May doesn't have a holiday.
INMATE
BEHIND KRAMER: Mother's Day is in May.
All
three turn their heads around to look at INMATE. They nod politely and
face
forward again.
JERRY:
There's that, and there's also May Day.
GEORGE:
May Day? What kind of a holiday is called May Day?
JERRY:
(shrugs) I don't know, George. All I know is that it's on my calendar
every
year.
GEORGE:
(shaking his head) May Day. That's not a holiday, that's a distress
signal!
KRAMER:
(taps GEORGE on shoulder) Say, George, maybe we can get the prison
here
to institute Festivus in August. You know, to even out the calendar?
GEORGE:
(gritting his teeth) Would you knock it off with the Festivus talk?
You
want the people in here to think we're a bunch a loony tunes?
JERRY:
Who do you plan on impressing here, George?
GEORGE
lets out an exhaustive noise and the line moves some more. A few
seconds
pass before the conversation is resurrected.
GEORGE:
(shyly) Uh, Jerry?
JERRY:
Yeesss?
GEORGE:
Um, when we get into the actual prison...could you, uh...
JERRY:
Could I what? Lend you my soap on a rope?
GEORGE:
(annoyed) No! Could you, uh, pretend...to be my...you know.
JERRY:
(turns and looks at GEORGE with an amused look) Do I know?
GEORGE:
(uncomfortable with saying it out loud) You know. (winks)
JERRY:
Your accountant?
GEORGE:
(explodes) My boyfriend! Boyfriend, boyfriend! I want you to be my
boyfriend!
The
line erupts into catcalls and wolf whistles. A guard steps forward to
calm
everybody down. George, realizing what he has said at so high a volume,
turns
beet red and wishes to die right there.
JERRY:
(clearly relishing his friend's embarrassment) Ah, I don't think so.
GEORGE:
What? Why not?
JERRY:
(whispering) You're not my type.
GEORGE:
Jerry, come on! (quieter) You have to do this for me. If people
think
we're, uh, together, they'll leave us alone and we don't have to worry
about
that particular aspect of prison life, if you catch my drift.
KRAMER:
He's got a point, Jerry. I mean, look at George. He's short,
wishy-washy,
and has delicate skin. Everybody will want him to be their
bitch.
GEORGE
is easily discouraged by that thought.
GEORGE:
(incredulous) Delicate skin? I have delicate skin?
KRAMER:
Oh, yeah. Alabaster.
JERRY
reaches the front of the line and is handed his things. GEORGE, like a
robot,
holds his hands out, collects his stuff, and follows JERRY. KRAMER
holds
up the lone roll of toilet paper given to him and squeals in horror.
SCENE
TWO: JERRY is lounging in the lower bunk of his new pod in EmCity,
which
he shares with GEORGE. GEORGE is elsewhere at the moment and JERRY is
reading
a magazine when KRAMER bursts through his pod door in his usual
manner.
KRAMER:
(nods) Hey.
JERRY:
Hey.
KRAMER:
Got any Double Crunch?
JERRY
reaches under his bunk for a box of cereal and hands it to KRAMER, who
tears
into it immediately and stuffs a handful of the sweet cereal puffs in
his
mouth. JERRY watches with obvious disgust.
JERRY:
Enjoying it?
KRAMER:
(frowns and crunches) Needs milk.
JERRY
goes back to his magazine.
KRAMER:
Hey, you mind if I hang out here for a while? There's a couple of
guys
coming over to talk some business with me.
JERRY:
(looks up) A couple of guys?
KRAMER:
Yup.
JERRY:
Coming here?
KRAMER:
(winks) Right.
JERRY:
To my pod?
KRAMER
winks again and nods enthusiastically.
JERRY:
And this can't happen where you live now?
KRAMER:
(suddenly indignant) Jerry, I can't have these people knowing where
I
am! There are murderers in this building! I can't have that!
JERRY:
Uh, Kramer, this place isn't very large, and there are windows in all
the
cells. (JERRY gestures to his own to make a point) I don't think your
whereabouts
will be secret for very long.
KRAMER
stuffs another handful of cereal in his mouth and leans in one corner
of
the pod. Just then GEORGE, wrapped in a large towel and dripping wet,
bursts
into the pod.
GEORGE:
(frightened for his own existence) HIDE ME!
JERRY:
(sitting up) What happened to you?
GEORGE
scrambles to get into his bunk, stepping on JERRY'S face in the
process.
GEORGE:
I don't have time to go into details. There are two very scary,
well-muscled
men heading this way and I don't want them to find me!
KRAMER:
Ooh, George, did one of them have tattoos on his arms and a cross
pendant?
GEORGE
dives under the covers and curls into a ball.
GEORGE:
(voice muffled) Shut up! I'm not here, and I'm not George!
JERRY:
I suppose that's a good thing.
Seconds
later, CHUCK PANCAMO and a fellow WISEGUY saunter into Jerry's pod.
CHUCK
is clenching his fists and looks as if he is about to tear the place
apart.
JERRY stands to greet them.
JERRY:
(arms open wide) Gentlemen, welcome to Shangri-La! (JERRY quickly
bends
down and retrieves a bottle from underneath his bunk) Snapple?
WISEGUY:
No, thanks.
CHUCK:
You seen a short, naked man run by here?
KRAMER
rips the Snapple from JERRY's hand and takes a long drink, his mouth
still
full of cereal.
JERRY:
(playing dumb) Bald, obnoxious, with alabaster skin?
CHUCK:
That's the guy. We caught him pissing in the shower. (CHUCK moves
closer
to the bunk) I gotta use that shower, too, you know, and I don't like
it
when some pudgy prag uses it as a toilet.
JERRY:
(showing mock concern and bravado) Well, I guess I'll just have to
teach
that little bitch a lesson when I see him next!
CHUCK:
Oh, he's your prag?
JERRY:
Well, I'm never one to brag about my prag.
CHUCK
nods, a bit puzzled, and eyes the lump on the top bunk that is GEORGE.
CHUCK:
That him?
JERRY:
(glances at a cowering GEORGE, then lowers his voice) Oh, no. That's
the
new guy. He's, uh, Art Vandelay.
GEORGE
stiffens.
CHUCK:
Vandelay? What's he in for?
JERRY:
(steering the wiseguys to the pod exit) What isn't he in for? I've
heard
tell that he was an architect...
KRAMER:
(eager to be in on the charade) That's right. He designed one of his
buildings
to collapse just like that! (KRAMER snaps his fingers without
realizing
that's still holding some cereal. Sweet puffs explode in his hand)
JERRY:
(somber) What a mess. It took half the National Guard to subdue him,
and
of all the luck he's my roommate. (JERRY leans in closer to CHUCK) But
we
need to be really quiet while he's having his nap. He can get cranky, and
I
don't think any of us want that.
CHUCK:
(wide-eyed and worried) Right, right. We wouldn't want that. We'll
see
you around, and if you see Piss Boy around here, tell him I'm looking
for
him.
The
wiseguys make a hasty exit. JERRY waits until they are out of sight
before
slapping GEORGE'S hump.
JERRY:
You can't hold it in for two lousy seconds?
GEORGE:
(still undercover) I had to go! There was a drain. (sits upright,
still
soaked) And why is it that I have to be your bitch?
JERRY:
(smiling) Because I called it first. You should be thanking me, too,
for
saving your sweet alabaster butt.
GEORGE:
(mumbling) Shut up.
There's
a knock on the pod door, and RYAN O'REILY, carrying a paper bag, and
CHRIS
KELLER enter.
KRAMER:
Hey.
RYAN:
Hey.
CHRIS:
Hey.
GEORGE:
Hey.
JERRY:
(sulking back on his bunk) Yeah, whatever.
RYAN:
(pointing to the cereal) That Double Crunch?
KRAMER
hands RYAN the box, blind to the look of anguish on JERRY'S face.
KRAMER:
Help yourself.
RYAN
and CHRIS tear into the cereal while JERRY kicks a bulky object
underneath
his bunk, hoping the rest of his possessions don't get doled out.
RYAN:
So, Kramer. You got what I need?
KRAMER:
(playing it cool) Oh, yes I do, my friend. (pats shirt pocket) You?
RYAN
smiles and reaches into the bag for a roll of toilet tissue and hands
it
to Kramer, who responds by surrendering two Cuban cigars, which RYAN and
CHRIS
immediately put in their mouths.
GEORGE:
(nearly apoplectic) Cubans? You smuggled Cuban cigars into prison?
How
the hell did you do that?
KRAMER:
(winks) Oh, I have my ways. I know how to hide things.
CHRIS
ponders this statement and takes the cigar out of his mouth.
JERRY:
This is why you needed my pod? To get toilet paper?
KRAMER:
Not just any toilet paper, Jerry. This is the quilted kind. (shrinks
in
horror) I can't use that stuff they gave us here. It's abrasive, Jerry.
Abrasive!
JERRY:
(rising) Well, if this little exchange is over, gentlemen, I need to
go.
GEORGE:
Where?
JERRY:
Oh, I promised I'd call Elaine down at Parker Women's.
RYAN:
Elaine, that's the girl that was arrested with you?
JERRY:
Yeah.
CHRIS:
(smiling wickedly) Oh yeah, I seen her on TV. She's hot.
GEORGE:
(confused) What? Don't tell me you go for girls? I thought this
place
had prerequisites.
CHRIS
saunters closer to the bunk. GEORGE presses himself against the wall
in
fear.
CHRIS:
I like lots of people, Piss Boy.
GEORGE
gasps and dives back under the covers. CHRIS and RYAN enjoy a good
laugh
at his expense.
RYAN:
All right. C'mon Kramer, we'll move this party over to my pod and we
can
discuss that other business deal.
JERRY:
(curious) Other deal?
KRAMER:
(excited) Oh, yeah. We're all going into business putting out a line
of
clothing based on prison wear. Striped pants, shirts with numbers on
them...it'll
be the next new thing. Hey, you remember that girl I used to
date?
The one who designed the puffy shirt?
JERRY:
(incredulous) The Low Talker?
KRAMER
nods.
JERRY:
I remember her well. I remember that her testimony at our trial
helped
put us here in the first place.
KRAMER:
(unfazed) Yeah, well we're gonna get her to make the clothes for
us...and,
and Ryan here is gonna get them marketed on the outside.
JERRY:
(to RYAN) So, you were in the fashion business?
RYAN:
(smiling) Naw, but I got contacts.
GEORGE:
Oh? (interested) Do these, uh, contacts have access to some more
quilted
toilet paper?
RYAN:
Depends on what you got to trade, Piss Boy.
GEORGE
bristles at the new nickname, which he clearly dislikes, but decides
not
to rile these seasoned inmates.
GEORGE:
Well, uh, I got Snapple.
JERRY
rolls his eyes; it's really his Snapple. RYAN and CHRIS look at each
other
and laugh, then walk away, KRAMER in tow. A beat later, JERRY leaves
for
the phone.
GEORGE:
(calling after them, agitated, still clutching his bedsheets) Hey,
hey!
It's not funny, you know! I am not one to be mocked. I used to date
Marisa
Tomei! I even killed my fiance!
SCENE
THREE: Split-screen features a two-way phone conversation between
JERRY
and ELAINE, who is incarcerated at Parker Women's Correctional
Facility.
ELAINE is dressed in a drab gray jumpsuit and glancing about her
surroundings
with obvious disgust.
ELAINE:
So, I ask the guard if there's a chance I could get something in a
dark
blue. I mean, I look amazing in dark blue. This thing (she gestures to
her
clothing), I might as well wear a potato sack.
JERRY:
(bored) Uh-huh. Hey, you might not want to consider dressing too
attractively,
given where you are.
ELAINE:
(pondering the thought) Oh, that. (laughs) Well, I tell you, as long
as
I've been without sex, straddling the fence is starting to appeal to me
all
the more.
JERRY:
You've only been in prison for four days.
ELAINE:
Well, it's four days too long for me, and I don't think I can make
it
another three hundred and sixty-one.
JERRY:
(slyly) Are you still queen of the castle?
ELAINE:
The queen was overthrown the first night, are you kidding?
(brightening)
Hey, you wanna get married?
JERRY:
What?
ELAINE:
Maybe if we got married we could have conjugal visits.
JERRY
scratches his chin. The idea does have merit.
JERRY:
Interesting, interesting. But why me? Why don't you ask Puddy?
ELAINE:
(cringing) Puddy, yeesh. He's dating that girl Marla now. You
remember,
the closet organizer.
JERRY:
(shocked) The Virgin? Puddy's dating my virgin.
ELAINE:
(sour, recalling the JFK, Jr. incident) My sources say that nickname
is
sorely outdated, my friend.
A
FEMALE GUARD approaches Elaine.
FEMALE
GUARD: (gruffly) Benes, you got visitors.
ELAINE
cups her hand over the receiver, curious to know who would be
visiting
her.
ELAINE:
(to JERRY) I'll call you back.
ELAINE
hangs up without saying goodbye and follows GUARD.
SCENE
FOUR: At the cafeteria, KRAMER and JERRY are eating lunch alone when
RYAN
joins them.
RYAN:
Where's Piss Boy?
JERRY:
Oh, he decided he wasn't hungry. He's sulking in our pod trying to
think
of a way to get people to call him by a different nickname.
RYAN:
(somewhat disappointed) But I like Piss Boy. What name's he thinking
about?
JERRY:
T-Bone.
RYAN:
We already got a T-Bone here. Only he ain't called that because he
likes
steak.
JERRY
and KRAMER both think about it and collectively shudder.
RYAN:
(to KRAMER) Anyway, it's all set. All we do is send the designs to
your
ladyfriend, and she'll have the samples by the end of the week.
KRAMER:
(nodding) Giddyup.
JERRY:
(pushing away his sandwich) Just like that? After we single-handed
ruined
her career, and she's going to help now?
RYAN:
It took some convincing.
JERRY:
What did she say?
RYAN:
(wrinkles his brow) You know, I'm not sure. My buddies said they
couldn't
understand a word.
SCENE
FIVE: GEORGE is walking from the library back to his pod, a paperback
in
hand. Various inmates pass by greeting him as "Piss Boy". GEORGE
sucks it
all
in and waves nonchalantly, pretending it doesn't bother him. He is
almost
to the stairs when KENNY WANGLER calls him from behind.
KENNY:
Yo! I hear you're Seinfeld's prag.
GEORGE:
(smirking, as if relishing a shrewd thought) Actually, my friend (he
places
a hand on KENNY's shoulder then quickly retracts it after the dirty
look
given to him), it's the other way around. Sometimes I allow Jerry to
tell
it differently. You know, to make him feel special.
KENNY:
(could care less) Whatever. Here (hands GEORGE a folded note). Tell
Jerry
to give this to his roommate, Vandelay. I hear he's the one to call to
get
a job like this done.
Curious,
GEORGE starts to unfold the note but KENNY grabs his wrist.
KENNY:
I said it's for Vandelay. (turns to leave) And try not to get it wet.
GEORGE
mimics the young inmate and waits until he is gone before opening the
note,
becoming shocked as he reads.
SCENE
SIX: Elsewhere in the cafeteria, CHUCK and the WISEGUYS are eating.
CHUCK:
(wolfing down his dinner) I tell ya, when I get my hands on Piss Boy,
I'm
gonna tear off his arms and legs and use him as a planter.
JOEY:
He's got nice hands, though. I wonder if he was a hand model.
CHUCK
throws him a disgusted look.
CHUCK:
Anyways, keep an eye on that Seinfeld, so long as Vandelay is nowhere
in
site.
JOEY:
I heard Vandelay once destroyed an entire crack house full of
gangstas.
Killed every last one of them.
WISEGUY:
Well, I overheard the Christians talking about how he used to
design
abortion clinics with asbestos in the walls so all the doctors would
get
cancer and die, and nobody would be the wiser.
Further
discussion of "Vandelay's" misdeeds continues, while one table away
VERN
SCHILLINGER sits with the ARYAN BROTHERHOOD, eavesdropping.
SCENE
SEVEN: Back at Parker Women's, ELAINE is led into the visiting area
and
set down before a plexiglass panel by the FEMALE GUARD.
FEMALE
GUARD: There's quite a few people, so we'll bring 'em in one at a
time.
ELAINE,
who wasn't expecting visitors, let alone one person, is still
perplexed.
A montage of guests follows.
RUSSELL
DALYRIMPLE, former head of NBC Programming, is first. He is
disheveled
and looks as if he has been pulled from the East River.
RUSSELL:
(shyly) So there I was, stranded on this desert island after I fell
off
the Greenpeace boat. I ate nothing but coconuts for four years, with
just
my thoughts of you sustaining my sanity...
ELAINE:
(trying to be polite) Well, that's just sweet. Now, who are you
again?
ROY,
the artist cured by the Junior Mint, is next. He holds up a dark
painting
of Elaine in prison.
ROY:
I just had to come by and thank you, Elaine. Your incarceration is the
best
thing that happened to my career. I've sold just about all of my
paintings
in the Elaine series.
ELAINE:
(scrunching her face at the likeness of her) Uh, thanks.
ROY:
(holding up a box of candy) I brought you some Junior Mints. Maybe you
could
trade them for cigarettes or something.
The
TV GUIDE COLLECTOR who created the Elaine mannequin is next. He arrives
with
an armful of TV Guides.
TV
GUIDE COLLECTOR: I tell you, my heart just broke when I found out you
were
here. But don't you worry, I'm going to save every single copy of TV
Guide
for you that comes out until you're released.
ELAINE:
(eyeing the guard, waiting for this hell to end) You do that.
The
MAESTRO is next. He plays a rather violent-sounding concerto for her on
a
tape player.
MAESTRO:
I composed it last week. I call it 'Elaine's Prison Attack in G
Minor'.
ELAINE:
(disgusted) Love-ly.
MAESTRO:
(elated) The world tour begins in two days!
J.
PETERMAN is ELAINE'S last visitor. ELAINE is actually happy to see him.
ELAINE:
Mr. Peterman! How nice of you to come see me. I hope this, uh, whole
thing
with the prison won't have an effect on my job.
PETERMAN:
Quite the contrary, Elaine. Your incarceration could prove to be a
boon
for us. I would be insane to let an opportunity like this pass by,
seeing
as how I have someone on the inside.
ELAINE:
(doesn't follow him) Uh, inside?
PETERMAN:
Of course! (leans into the glass and speaks lower into the phone)
J.
Peterman is going to produce a new line of prison-inspired clothing.
Striped
jumpsuits, shirts with those numbers on them...we'll take Paris by
storm!
ELAINE
nods sagely, all the while thinking PETERMAN is off his tree.
PETERMAN:
And I want you to write all the catalog descriptions. I'm sure by
now
you have a feel for the life of the wanton female inmate...
ELAINE:
(interrupting) I've been here for four days --
PETERMAN:
(ignoring her)...and I want to make everything sound as realistic
as
possible. Don't spare the lingo they use here in the slammer. (chuckles
to
himself) Oh, and if you've already dabbled in the love that dare not
speak
it name, throw in some of that, too.
ELAINE
rolls her eyes and hangs up the phone.
SCENE
EIGHT: Several INMATES are gathered around the television watching
Miss
Sally. JERRY finds a vacant seat next to GEORGE, who is wearing a
Yankees
ballcap pulled over his face.
JERRY:
How's my sweet little prag doing?
GEORGE
casts JERRY a glare that says, "Bite me."
GEORGE:
Do you mind? I'm keeping a low profile. I've got wiseguys after me,
and
now the gangstas want me to arrange to have people killed on the
outside.
JERRY:
What are you talking about?
GEORGE:
(hands JERRY the note) Somebody gave me this. Apparently the legend
of
Art Vandelay has grown to epic proportions. He's like a cross between the
Equalizer
and Hannibal Lecter.
JERRY
glances at the note and his interest is piqued.
JERRY:
So, what are you going to do?
GEORGE:
ME? You're the one who started this whole Vandelay in prison
business.
JERRY:
Ah, yes, but Vandelay is your creation, and I think you owe it to the
good
people of this prison who wish to use Vandelay's services to murder
people
on the outside to tell the truth.
JERRY
grins while GEORGE snatches the note back and sulks. Everyone else
around
them is too engrossed in Miss Sally's antics to pay attention.
AUGUSTUS
HILL, for one, is completely smitten as Miss Sally banters with
hand
puppets Pecky and Nooter.
AUGUSTUS:
Man, what I wouldn't give to be a puppet for five minutes.
TOBIAS
BEECHER: You know Vandelay used to go out with her.
A
chorus of disbelieving voice rises and GEORGE just shakes his head.
GEORGE:
(muttering to himself) Terrific, not only does the man not exist,
but
he has a better love life than I ever had.
TOBIAS:
It's true, and you know what else? He once slept with Marisa Tomei!
Upon
this revelation, GEORGE is clearly fed up, and he stands and blocks the
television.
GEORGE:
Okay, that's it! It's enough that the fictional Art Vandelay has
taken
on a life of his own, but I'll be damned if he's going to take my
life!
(ignoring the catcalls and curses to sit down) Marisa Tomei was mine,
baby!
Tell 'em, Jerry. Tell 'em how Marisa likes short, stocky men.
JERRY:
You never slept with Marisa Tomei, George. Didn't you say she socked
you
in the jaw when she found out you were engaged?
GEORGE
is at a loss for words. He just stands there dumbfounded while
inmates
yell at him to move. At this time CHUCK and the WISEGUYS round a
corner
and appear.
CHUCK:
Hey, it's Piss Boy! Get him!
The
WISEGUYS charge for GEORGE, who runs off screaming. JERRY sits back down
to
watch Miss Sally.
JERRY:
(to AUGUSTUS) Say, wasn't she in Rochelle, Rochelle?
SCENE
NINE: Back at Parker Women's, where ELAINE is working at her new job
filing
papers in the main office. TIM MCMANUS emerges from the warden's
office
with an armful of files.
ELAINE:
Excuse me? (waves to get TIM'S attention) Uh, hi. I heard that
you're
in charge of the cell block where my, uh, boyfriend is staying.
TIM:
(quite taken with ELAINE) Your boyfriend is in OZ?
ELAINE:
(shrugging, acting giddy) Yeah, well it's an interesting story, too
long
to get into now. (clears throat) I was wondering if you had a minute,
because
I wanted to discuss arranging a proxy wedding with him.
TIM:
Sure, we can talk if you like. Doubt it'll do you much good, though.
ELAINE:
Why's that?
TIM:
Well, we do allow marriages for our prisoners under special
circumstances,
but currently conjugal visits have been barred at OZ.
ELAINE
looks as if she has been told she will never have sex again.
ELAINE:
What? How can that be? The women here are allowed conjugals!
TIM:
They are, but I'm sure many of the women here have husbands who aren't
in
OZ.
ELAINE:
So, if I were to marry somebody who wasn't in prison right now, I
could
have conjugal visits?
TIM:
(smiling) It would appear so.
ELAINE
gives TIM the once over and smiles, deciding whether or not he is
sponge
worthy.
SCENE
TEN: GEORGE skids around a corner and runs for dear life down a
corridor.
He passes an open door, where an arm reaches out, grabs him by the
collar
and pulls him inside. GEORGE discovers himself in the gymnasium,
alone
with SCHILLINGER and the ARYAN BROTHERHOOD. SCHILLINGER backs him into
the
wall.
GEORGE:
(trying very hard not to wet himself, thereby perpetuating the
nickname)
Uh, hi.
SCHILLINGER:
We understand you're a friend of Art Vandelay. (crowds in
closer
with the rest of the BROTHERHOOD) We understand he's also a very
difficult
man to find.
GEORGE:
I-I can explain that, you see, there really isn't--
SCHILLINGER:
(cuts him off) A man like Art Vandelay could be a real asset to
the
Aryan Brotherhood, if what I hear is true. He could be a real feather in
my
cap. You be sure to tell that to Art next time you see him. Tell him Vern
Schillinger
wants a meeting.
SCHILLINGER
leans even closer to GEORGE, who is pressed so closely against
the
wall that he could almost fall through it.
SCHILLINGER:
Are you of the pure white race, boy?
GEORGE:
(swallows hard, lying through his teeth) Yes.
An
evil grin curls SCHILLINGER'S lips.
SCHILLINGER:
A true Aryan brother wouldn't do something as disgusting as
piss
in the same shower used by the brotherhood, Sweet Pea.
The
BROTHERHOOD closes in on GEORGE.
SCENE
ELEVEN: JERRY is back in his pod, reading a magazine and lounging on
his
lower bunk. RYAN enters the pod, a la Kramer.
RYAN:
(straightening his shirt) Hey.
JERRY:
(not looking up) Hey.
RYAN:
Got any Double Crunch?
His
head still buried in the magazine, JERRY reaches underneath his bunk and
surrenders
the cereal. He looks up then to discover that Kramer is really
Ryan
and he does a double take. RYAN tears into the box of cereal and stuffs
a
handful of sweet puffs in his mouth.
RYAN:
(mouthful of cereal) Hey, you need the rest of this? My brother Cyril
likes
this stuff, too.
JERRY:
(waving him away) Take it, take it all. But that's it. The food court
is
closed.
The
pod door opens and GEORGE, looking as if he endured a tornado, stumbles
inside.
JERRY begins to ask what happened, but GEORGE simply holds up his
hand,
climbs up into his bunk and passes out. RYAN, acting as if stuff like
this
happens all the time, digs for another handful of cereal.
JERRY:
(to RYAN) So, how's your little fashion escapade coming along? Do you
really
think you can operate and market a line of prisonwear from in here?
RYAN:
(winking) You'd be surprised, my friend.
SCENE
TWELVE: This is a montage of brief flashback scenes depicting the
adventures
in prisonwear. First, we see RYAN bribing one the GUARDS with a
Cuban
cigar to take a manila envelope with the designs. Next, the GUARD
knocks
on the door of THE LOW TALKER, who clearly looks afraid for her life.
Next,
THE LOW TALKER is busy at her sewing machine creating the sample
clothing
under the serveillance of some intimidating thugs in RYAN'S gang.
Next,
one of the thugs is passing through security at Oswald with a box with
the
finished products. He is then led to a private conference room, where he
has
a scheduled visit with KRAMER, who takes the box, but not without some
trepidation.
The thug leaves, and J. PETERMAN walks into the conference room
with
a box. He and KRAMER trade.
SCENE
THIRTEEN: Back in JERRY'S pod.
RYAN:
Yeah, it's great to have contacts on the outside. (holds up the cereal
box)
Hey, where do you get all this great stuff?
JERRY:
(not to be outdone) Well, let's just say I have some contacts myself.
SCENE
FOURTEEN: Miami, MORT and HELEN SEINFELD'S home. MORT is reading the
newspaper
and HELEN is on her way out the door with her purse.
HELEN:
I'll be at the grocery store. Jerry wants more cereal.
SCENE
FIFTEEN: Back in JERRY'S pod. KRAMER bursts through the door with the
package.
RYAN:
(to KRAMER) So? What did he think?
KRAMER:
(excited) He loved them! We're going to take Paris by storm!
RYAN
and KRAMER high-five each other. KRAMER hurts his hand.
JERRY:
What's in the box?
KRAMER
tears open the package to reveal several rolls of quilted toilet
paper,
which he and RYAN scoop up greedily.
KRAMER:
And there's more where this came from, baby!
JERRY
leans in for a closer look and grabs a roll, staving off a look from
RYAN.
JERRY:
Consider it payment for the cereal, all right? Hey, that's J.
Peterman's
logo. He's going to produce your prisonwear?
KRAMER:
You know it, Jerry.
JERRY:
Oh, man, that reminds me. I need to see McManus about Elaine.
JERRY
hurries out while RYAN and KRAMER continue to unpack the toilet paper.
KRAMER:
(to RYAN) You know what I'm thinking next? Those heavy ball and
chain
anklets. Great for weddings, don't you think?
SCENE
SIXTEEN: There is a knock on TIM MCMANUS'S office door and JERRY peers
his
head inside. He sees TIM with FATHER RAY, officer DIANE WITTLESEY and
SISTER
PETER MARIE.
JERRY:
Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. McManus. I didn't know you were busy. I'll come
back.
TIM:
Oh, no, Jerry. Come in. I need a favor from you.
JERRY:
(surprised) From me?
TIM:
(waving JERRY further inside) It's kind of a last-minute thing, I know,
but
I'm hoping you can help. You see, I'm getting married...
JERRY:
(eyeing DIANE, assuming she's the bride) Oh, that's great!
Congratulations.
That's kind of strange, because I was about to ask you--
TIM:
(interrupting) Anyway, it's a proxy wedding, and I'm short a witness.
Could
you stand in for him?
JERRY
finds the whole thing odd, seeing as how DIANE is standing right
there,
but he agrees and takes his place next to TIM. SISTER PETER MARIE
stands
next to DIANE and FATHER RAY begins the ceremony.
FATHER
RAY: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join Tim McManus
with
Elaine Benes in the bonds of holy matrimony...
JERRY'S
jaw drops to the floor.
SCENE
SEVENTEEN: Several inmates are gathered around the television,
watching
the news and waiting for Miss Sally's show. Among them are GEORGE
and
JERRY, who sit in front. GEORGE peers over his shoulder from time to
time
to see SCHILLINGER staring at him intently.
JERRY:
So you didn't tell him that Vandelay doesn't exist?
GEORGE:
(weary) No, it's kind of hard to explain such things when four guys
are
pinning you to the ground while the fifth pulls down your pants and
brands
a swastika on your ass.
JERRY:
(wincing) Wow. It's amazing you can still sit down.
GEORGE
shifts uncomfortably in his seat.
GEORGE:
Yeah. I really wish I had my wallet to sit on. (sarcastically)
Anyway,
if it's any consolation to me, I did receive an apology for having
my
alabaster skin charred.
JERRY
has no response to that. He nods slowly until something on the
television
catches his eye.
JERRY:
(to AUGUSTUS, sitting next to him) Hey, let me see those for a sec.
AUGUSTUS
hands over the headphones and GEORGE and JERRY each take an ear.
Cut
to the television screen, where a NEWS REPORTER is standing in front of
Oswald.
REPORTER:
...and in a very controversial move this afternoon, Tim McManus,
who
runs the cell block in Oswald known as Emerald City, wed an inmate at
Parker
Women's State Penitentiary. Elaine Benes, one of the New York Four,
was
arrested and convicted...
GEORGE:
(shocked beyond belief) Elaine! Elaine married that guy! What the
hell
was she thinking?
AUGUSTUS:
(shrugging) Guess ol' McManus is sponge worthy.
Jeers
all around. JERRY shushes everyone to hear the reporter continue.
REPORTER:
In a related story, a massive letter and petition campaign has
begun
with the express purpose of requesting clemency for one Art Vandelay,
who
is believed by many never to received a fair trial...
CHRIS
KELLER: That's right, Vandelay. You show them who's boss!
The
INMATES, save for JERRY and GEORGE, erupt in supportive cheers. GEORGE
once
again leaps up in front of the television.
GEORGE:
Oh, for the love of everything sacred, people! There is no Art
Vandelay!
He's fiction. I made him up as an alias to pick up girls on the
outside.
CHRIS
KELLER: What the hell are you talking about? Vandelay's as real as you
and
me.
SCHILLINGER:
That's right. He's a true credit to the Aryan race, and I don't
appreciate
anyone who besmirches his good name.
TOBIAS
BEECHER: (tapping his chest) Who do you think did litigation work for
his
architectural firm, huh?
GEORGE:
(looking around in disbelief) What? Are you people insane? I made
him
up.
SIMON
ADEBESI: Hey, Seinfeld! Look's like your prag is short a prong.
Everybody
laughs. Jerry nods politely while GEORGE continues his downward
spiral
into insanity.
GEORGE:
(face reddening) You people are all morons!
Two
OFFICERS arrive on the scene and notice GEORGE about to explode.
FIRST
OFFICER: Okay, what's going on here?
GEORGE:
(eyes like saucers) Tell them, officers! Tell them there's no Art
Vandelay.
I'm Art Vandelay.
The
OFFICERS look at the crowd for confirmation. Nobody says a word.
CYRIL
O'REILY (to his brother RYAN, softly) I thought you said his name was
Piss
Boy.
SECOND
OFFICER: Okay, that's enough. Come on, Piss Boy.
The
OFFICERS grab GEORGE by the arms and drag him away as the crows
applauds.
JERRY watched helplessly.
JERRY:
(calling after him) I'll save you some Snapple, my sweet little prag!
GEORGE:
(voice fading in the distance) Shut up! You're my prag! My prag!
SCENE
EIGHTEEN: GEORGE is thrown naked into the Hole. He stumbles for a few
steps
and lands on his hands. We cut to the point of view of the door
slamming
shut in front of him, granting us a view of GEORGE'S head through
the
sliding window.
GEORGE:
(his face filling the small window) Hey, what is this? Lemme me out!
I
have to go to the bathroom. I'm not kidding, how am I supposed to go?
There's
no drain in here. There's no drain! CLOSING CREDITS.
SCENE
NINETEEN: END TEASER. JERRY and KRAMER are in line at the cafeteria,
waiting
for breakfast. The line is long and winding, but moving quickly.
JERRY:
Man, George is going to be in the hole for the entire month. You
think
he'll be all right?
KRAMER:
Oh, he'll be fine. Estelle and Frank sent him a care package. Ryan
said
he'd take care of it.
SCENE
TWENTY: Quick cut to the O'REILY pod where RYAN and CYRIL are rifling
through
GEORGE'S care package and splitting the goodies.
SCENE
TWENTY-ONE: Back in line, JERRY and KRAMER move forward.
KRAMER:
(slyly) Sooo, you talk to Elaine?
JERRY:
Yeah, she just had her "honeymoon." (sighs)
KRAMER:
Well, I hope she and Tim are happy.
JERRY:
Oh, they will be, until Elaine gets out and files for divorce.
KRAMER
nods. It's likely to happen.
JERRY:
I hear there's a new guy working the kitchen.
KRAMER:
He seems to be efficient. This line is moving.
Seconds
later we hear the familiar cry NO SOUP FOR YOU! KRAMER and JERRY
look
at each other.
JERRY:
No!
KRAMER:
It couldn't be.
An
INMATE walks past them, obviously peeved at being refused dinner. JERRY
taps
the shoulder of CHRIS KELLER, who is standing in front of him.
JERRY:
(to CHRIS) Hey, who's that? I haven't seen him before.
CHRIS:
What? Are you messing with my head, Seinfeld? You don't even know
your
own roommate, Vandelay?
JERRY
and KRAMER watch VANDELAY walk past, their mouths agape.
THE
END
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