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October 3, 2008
SOMETHING I LOVE
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One of my favorite little aspects of SEINFELD is the way that Newman is conceived. Whenever he sees Jerry, he tenses up and stares at him with a glare of pure hatred. But, somewhat less familiar are scenes like these - every time someone walks into the room, Newman is sitting perfectly still, thinking. And what is that in front of him? Army men? Toy dinosaurs? Meanwhile Kramer always enters in mid-sentence, completely absorbed in his latest wild scheme.
This episode is "The Millennium," when Kramer and Newman plan competing Millennium parties two years in advance. Newman got the jump on things, booking a revolving restaurant and Christopher Cross. However Newman allows Kramer to participate in his party because he has a lot of cubed ice ("That's good stuff," Newman notes).
From this point the scheme becomes a lot less interesting: I wish, instead of having the party hinge on whether or not Jerry is invited, they had just gone on planning it.
But, if you will, please notice that Newman has a poster for Butter on his wall. And a Hot Dog Phone.
I love this show.
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having been inundating myself with seinfeld lately, this makes my day.
the newman/kramer dynamic is just too hilarious. i just recently watched the episode in the 9th season i think where jerry has to have 2 separate blood transfusions. the first one being from kramer was bad enough, but when he wakes up in the hospital for the second time then newman walks in with that creepy look about him and a recently-given-blood bandage on his arm... so funnY!!!!!!
Posted by: bethan at October 7, 2008 10:03 PM