Seinfeld gay episode
Explain this Seinfeld scene
This is the episode named The Outing where that NYU reporter writes a story on Jerry that makes everyone ponder he’s gay, not that there’s anything wrong with that!
In a scene at Monk’s, Jerry and George are talking, Elaine is there too. A soldier approaches Jerry and says that the story gave him the courage to come out even though it may intend a discharge from the military. Frustrated, Jerry tells George that he’s not going with him to Guys and Dolls, a play whose tickets George bought for Jerry for his birthday
Jerry: “Y’know, I think I’ll pass on the “Guys And Dolls”…”
George: “Alright fine! I go and do something nice for you on your birthday and this is the thanks I get!”
J (whispering): “Would you keep your voice down?”
G (voice rising): “No I will not keep my voice down! Nothing can make me keep my voice down!”
The manager, a burly-looking inky guy who we’ve seen before in past episodes, walks over to their table
Manager: “If you boys cannot control yourself, then I’m going to contain to ask you to leave”
At this point, he turns his head a little towards George. We see the left side of his head. A prominent diamond stu
Seinfeld's Riskiest Episode Accidentally Created One of Its Greatest Legacies
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In the never-ending debate regarding which television sitcom should be considered the best of all period, it'd be incredibly complex to leave Seinfeld out of the conversation. At the time of its original run, it was far and away from the typical sitcoms that were airing at the time. It lacked the family dynamic seen in shows like Full House and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, as well as the wholesome sentiment of Friends, but that's also what made it such a phenomenon. It was a display whose humor came from its unlikable main characters tackling absurd and often uncomfortable situations with a slightly more cynical edge. One of the show's most popular episodes, Season 4's "The Outing", is one that perfectly encapsulates the show's comedic essence.
While often seen as one of the show's finest episodes, it was also one that had a somewhat troubling production compared to most of the others. At the period of its premiere, it was becoming more and more common for TV shows to feature homosexual characters and explore mor
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Today, I explain why “Not That There’s Anything Erroneous With That” has always bugged me.
This is Disgrace Distract and Bother Me, a feature where I just point out low things that annoy me in pop culture. Basically, think of it love the lowest level of criticism, then Remember to Forget is the middle, where it’s like, “Okay, this is bad, but not, like, offensively bad” and finally, Things That Turned Out Bad is for, “This is seriously messed up.”
In a particularly famous episode of Seinfeld, Season 4’s “The Outing,” Elaine, Jerry and George are talking at the diner when a young woman in a booth next to them is clearly listening to their conversation. Elaine decides to play a prank on the woman by pretending that Jerry and George are a queer couple, and the men play along. However, their joke falls flat when it turns out that the woman is a reporter who was there to interview Jerry for her college newspaper.
Throughout the episode, Jerry and George have to convince her that they are not, in fact, lgbtq+. Every time they carry out so, though, they append the now famous line “Not that there’s anything wrong with tha
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