| Episode |
Movie/TV Show |
Comments |
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Cocoon II: The
Return |
Jerry and Elaine, in a video rental
shop trying to decide which movie to ren, make some clever comments
about this film. |
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I Love Lucy |
Jerry mentions to his girlfriend,
Donna, that he has never seen a single episode of "I Love Lucy." |
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Dragnet |
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The Helsinki
Formula |
As Elaine is flipping through the
channels on Jerry's TV, she passes by the one on which this fictitious
movie, starring Robert Vaughn, is airing. |
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Plan 9 From
Outer Space |
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Prognosis Negative |
This is the movie of choice for Jerry,
George, and Elaine. After much dickering, Jerry and George wind
up seeing it without Elaine, behind her back while she watches the
dog of the sick airline passenger which was entrusted to Jerry. |
| Ponce DeLeon |
If Jerry, George,
and Elaine can't all see "Prognosis Negative" together,
then this one is the alternatvie. |
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JFK |
After their first "date,"
Jerry and Keith Hernandez make plans for a second meeting - to see
"JFK." |
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Home Alone |
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Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo |
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Tiny Toons |
Jerry watches this show in order to
distract himself from sexual thoughts during the "contest." |
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Rochelle, Rochelle |
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| Checkmate |
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| Ponce DeLeon |
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Home Alone |
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| Home Alone 2 |
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Rochelle, Rochelle |
George is in a video rental shop returning
"Rochelle, Rochelle" ("A young girl's strange, erotic
journey from Milan to Minsk.") |
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The Today Show |
Jerry appears on this show with Bryant
Gumbel, wearing the puffy shirt. |
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The Godfather |
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Edward Scissorhands |
This film is mentioned throughout
the episode by Kramer's barber, Gino. |
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I Love Lucy
The Lucy Show
Here's Lucy |
Rickey, the guy Elaine meets on the
subway, mentions that on a particular Tuesday one could have watched
six hours of Lucy. |
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Schindler's
List |
Jerry, not having been intimate with
his girlfriend Rachel in quite some time, winds up making out with
her during the film. |
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Ken Burn's "Baseball" |
This series will be broadcasted during
the pledge drive that Jerry hosts. |
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Breakfast At
Tiffany's |
George joins a book club, but can't
handle the reading of Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
So he schemes to watch a video of the film. |
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The Crying Game |
George comments to Jerry about how
the sight of his father's large breasts caused him great mental
anguish. "It was like my own personal 'Crying Game.'"
he laments. |
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Beaches |
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Firestorm |
Jerry and George plan to see this
movie, but George's fiancee, Susan, really doesn't want to see it.
So Jerry goes without him. |
| The Muted Heart |
George sees this movie with Susan
instead of "Firestorm." |
| Mad About You |
George and Susan watch this show at
two points in this episode. |
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Plan 9 From
Outer Space |
Jerry and Kramer see this flick, however
Kramer gets kicked out for having a cafe latte tucked into his shirt. |
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Midnight Express |
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Firestorm |
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| Mountain High |
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| Chow Fun |
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| Chunnel |
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| Agent Zero |
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| Brown-Eyed Girl |
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Spartacus |
Kramer is involved in the restoration
of an old moviehouse, the Alex Theatre, whose inaugural presentation
is a rare archival print of this classic film. |
124&125-The
Cadillac (1) & (2) |
Chunnel |
As he makes a hasty departure in a
taxi, Kramer shouts to the cable repairman, "'Chunnel's' on
HBO tonight. Why don't you stop by?" |
| My Cousin Vinny |
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| Only You |
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Star Wars |
A male acquaintance of Elaine, Todd
Gack, bets her that Dustin Hoffman was in "Star Wars,"
and winds up having to take her to dinner. |
| Means To An
End |
Jerry's girlfriend, Nicki, uses her
persuasiveness to get the management to shomehow find them two tickets
to a sold out show. |
| Blame It On
The Rain |
Elaine and Todd wind up seeing this
film, instead of their first choice, the sold-out "Means To
An End." |
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Star Trek II:
The Wrath of Khan |
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| Star Trek III:
The Search for Spock |
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Death Blow |
Jerry, Kramer, and Kramer's friend
Brody go to a premiere of this film, during which Brody proceeds
to videotape the movie for bootleg purposes. He falls ill, and persuades
a reluctant Jerry to finish the taping in his absence - and impressing
Brody with its quality |
| Cry, Cry Again |
This is a French "art" film,
of which Kramer's friend Brody expects Jerry to make a bootleg videotape.
Instead, Kramer does the work. Seeing the poor quality of Kramer's
effort, Jerry doesn't want to be associated with it. However, in
full director fashion, he demands a reshoot and insists upon total
control over the taping - including three cameras. That plan doesn't
materialize, so Kramer's version - parts of which are taped over
with footage of Elaine doing her atrocious dancing - is handed over
to Brody, and it finds its way onto the street. |
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The Super-Terrific
Happy Hour |
Jerry keeps receiving miniscule royalty
checks for a one-second clip of him which appears in the opening
credits of this fictitious Japanese comedy show. |
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Apocalypse Now
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When Elaine goes to Burma to visit Peterman, their encounter is a reference of the Sheen-Brando encounter. (thanks to Jay Just) |
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Godfather Part 2 |
Jerry says "In my home, Elaine,
where I come to sleep and play with my toys" Reference to Godfather
Part 2; Michael "In my home! In my bedroom, were my wife sleeps!
Where my children come and play with their toys." (Thanks to
J E) |
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Weekend At Bernie's
II |
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| The Other Side
of Darkness |
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| The Pain and
the Yearning |
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The English
Patient |
Everyone is wowed by this movie except
Elaine. |
| Sack Lunch |
Elaine would rather see this movie
than "The English Patient." Commenting on its poster,
she wonders if the pictured family is shrunken down or if it's just
a very large sack. |
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The Omen |
George mentions that he was up to
4 A.M. watching the "Omen" trilogy - causing him to suffer
from a lack of sleep. |
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Striptease |
In her conversation with an adoption-agency
caseworker, Elaine relates an incident in which she and the prospective
adoptive parents went to see this movie. Her recollection of how
the father-to-be yelled at her to shut up because she was whispering
puts the kibosh on the adoption. |
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Citizen Kane |
George shows Jerry his private bathroom
at Play Now. Upon his entry Jerry refers to it as "Zanadu"
which is the name for Charles Foster Kane's massive home in the
film "Citizen Kane" |
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The Net |
George's father goes into business
selling computers because of a "provocative movie" he
saw on cable TV, "The Net." He says that it featured "that
girl from 'The Bus'" - presumably meaning Sandra Bullock in
"Speed." |
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Last Tango in
Paris |
Jerry is under
that impression that George saw this movie with boyhood pal, Whitey
Fisk, a "summer Jerry." But George admits to him that
Fisk was made-up, and that he didn't see "Last Tango in Paris."
"Too bad," Jerry reflects. "It was erotic."
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The Lion King |
Elaine mentions
to Jerry that she has a new co-worker, Lou Filerman, who sidled
her in her office. She was sitting there making a cup of soup
and singing "Hakuna Matata" from this movie. |
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The Good, the
Bad and the Ugly |
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| The Outlaw Josey
Wales |
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Thelma &
Louise |
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Godfather
Part 2 |
Kramer "Well, Fredo
was weak and stupid! He shouldn't have eaten that key!" references
Michael in the Godfather Part 2 "Yeah -- you felt it was because
of some lack of trust of confidence -- but it's -- it's, because
I admire you and I love you that I kept things secret from you.
That's why at his moment you're the only one I completely trust.
Fredo -- ah, he's got a good heart--but he's weak, and he's stupid,
and this is life and death. Tom, you're my brother. |
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Titanic |
George indicates
to Jerry that after hitting his high note with a witty remark
to his Kruger colleagues - about smoothing a statue's over-smoothed
head down to nothing, sticking a pumpkin under its arm, and changing
its nameplate to Ichabod Crane - he left and saw "Titanic."
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Blimp: The Hindenburg
Story |
George makes a
sarcastic remark - "That's gotta hurt!" - at the point
at which the airship blows up, to strangers at a showing of this
fictitious film. When he tries the same line at a second showing,
he is thwarted by a guy with a laser pointer. |