Once again, Kramer and Elaine are meaningless. The ep is all about George and Jerry. George leaves messages on his gal's answering machine and must switch the tape with Jerry, even though she thinks its a riot. Meanwhile, Jerry and his gal are having some problems over a commercial about dockers pants. Typical.
Our Commentary
OCB and CCB hilarious, but more importantly, the first truly great ep. We were laughing from beginning to end. We have first gr8 George "stupid thing" and Jerry obsessing over stupid details against gals. Elaine is hardly in the ep, but does a fine job. Kramer is a lot better than last time. Nice Kramer shirt and jacket without that stupid ass hat and a Kramer comic bit, as well as better voice and mannerisms make Kramer slowly rise out of the grave. Gr8 stuff of Tippytoe, Tippytoe and brilliant LD writing of linking and full circle things. Adam says, good ep, solid performance, good beads, but he still thinks Kramer stinks.
EPISODE GUIDE from Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain by Kathleen Tracy
9."The Phone Message" (February 13, 1991)
SUMMARY After a misunderstanding, George leaves a series of nasty messages on his girlfriend's answering
machine. When he realizes his mistake, he plots with Jerry to retrieve the messages before she can hear them. Jerry
and his girlfriend have a disagreement about a TV commercial for Dockers pants.
DIRECTOR Tom Cherones
TELEPLAY Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld
GUEST CAST Gretchen German (Donna); Tory Polone (Carol)
Stats
2nd Siyum
Dates/Boyfriends/Girlfriends JERRY
Donna Girls Who Broke Up With Jerry
Donna - Telling everyone that she liked the Khaki commercial
GEORGE
Carol
George's Idiot Things
Can't drink coffee, keeps me up
Kramer Comic Bits
"Hey, you ever notice how cars here in New York, they never get out of the way of ambulances anymore. Someone's in a life-and-death situation, and we're thinking 'Well, sorry buddy, you should've thought of that when you were eating cheese omelettes and sausages for breakfast every morning for the last thirty years.'"
