I got a tie. It’s either the J. Peterman Reality Tour episode, or the one where Elaine goes into the deep jungle into some temple (I think it was riffing off of Apocalypse Now) to find Peterman. And Peterman emerges from the shadows and says menacingly, “Elaine.”
My favorites are either the one where Kramer puts the set from the Merv Griffin Show in his apartment or then one that starts with everyone returning from a wedding in India and then goes backwards to show what happened ("You can stuff your sorrys in a sack!"
I haven’t seen too many Seinfeld episodes. I absolutely love the one where George’s dad talks about the made-up holiday of Festivus .
I wanted to see the Feats of Strength soooo bad.
“As I laid blows upon him, I realized there had to be a better way !!!”
I was a big fan of the Tropic of Cancer episode with Jerry & George in high school.
Another favorite…
“There must have been a SECOND SPITTER.”
*cut to a shaky camera shot of a bush*
All classics…and who couldn’t forget the one where his date has “Man Hands”?
the one where they go to India and do the whole episode backwards.
good times.
The one where Kramer and Newman play a high-stakes game of Risk… on the subway.
KRAMER: “The Ukraine is weak, Newman… you must conquer it.”
IRATE UKRANIAN WALKS OVER
UKRANIAN: “THE UKRAINE IS NOT WEAK!”
*Smacks board, pieces go flying*
Kramer and the butter
Elaines Dance
Pick nose or scratch nose???
Moviefone
Man Hands
Bizarro Jerry
The Contest
I do like the backwards episode quite a bit. Great cameo of Mike McShane as Franklin Delano Romanowski.
“I WISH I DON’T DROP DEAD!”
“Hey, shut up!”
“Hey, YOU shut up!”
“Ahh, drop dead!”
“Can’t-stand-ya. CAN’T-STAND-YA!”
Oh, and the one where Elaine leaves the filthy message on Jerry’s tape recorder, mostly because my imagination as to what she said on the tape. I’d love to hear Julie Louis-Dreyfus say “I wanna take my tongue and sllllllide it across your asshole.”
The Wigmaster episode remains my favorite thanks to Kramer’s transformation into a pimp, which to this day, remains of the funniest, most imaginative things I’ve seen on TV.
And having Mel Torme sing to/with Kramer is freakin’ hillarious as well.
The Contest, The Bro/Manzier, Festivus, Bizarro-Jerry, Man Hands, Spongeworthy, War: What Is It Good For, the close talker (Judge Reinhold), Tippy Toe, the spitting incident ("That is one magic loogie!", Putty ("We’re the devils!!! THE DEVILS!!!"
Any Kramer-centric episode is automatic gold.
The Merv Griffin set
Movie Phone
Renting out his dresser drawers to small Asian men
Bathing in butter
And, of course, the entire arc in Los Angeles with Kramer accused of murder, George trying to pitch ideas to George Wendt & Corbin Bernsen, Jerry on the Tonight Show, George not wanting his sheets tucked in at the hotel, Fred Savage…classic
Quite a few mentioned already, how about The Frogger?
The fucking bet. Two words: “I’m out!!!”
Any episode with George’s father. Best side-character ever!
It’s too hard to pick a favorite episode!
When the hell is this show coming out on DVD?!
SERENITY NOW!!
I think I’ve got to go with “Bubble Boy.” Damn that was funny when George was playing Trivial Pursuit ("I’m sorry, the card says Moops". My second favorite would be the one where Jerry asks George to help him with the “roommate switch.”
I think that my fave episode had to be “The Dealership”. George and Jerry’s discussion on what nougat is cracked me up and the Candy lineup was just one of the most hilarious things EVER. Also, it was a great episode for David Puddy “High Five…now on the flip side!”
I also love the one when a Kenny’s Roasters opens with a red neon light outside Kramer’s window. For some reason him and Jerry switch apartments and Jerry turns into Kramer.
Also, I don’t remember what episode it was, but it starts with Jerry and George sitting across from each other in the diner. They both have mustaches and they decide to shave them. Later, in Jerry’s apartment Kramer comes in and he has a mustache. He looks at Jerry and George and Jerry says “Yeah, we’re not doing the…” and Kramer runs out the door and returns seconds later, mustache-free. That’s one of my favorite moments ever.