Jerry's gal is a masseuse from Legally Blonde, who won't give him a massage, but gives one to Kramer, right across the hall!, and who hates George, which makes George love her, and he neglects and rejects Karen, the rizzoto girl. Elaine is dating Joel Rifkin and Kramer goes to the Giants game with them.
Our Commentary
Beautiful OCB and CCB enclose this beautiful episode. Great stuff with multiple names for little Stewart Rivkin, the murderer who lived near Ander. Rizzoto girl is beautiful as is Stiffler's mom/Legally Blonde woman, who somehow is like 25 years younger in this ep than in both of those movies. The entire whore/masseusse, rape/forcible massage, is hilarious. The OJ Rivkin choice is basking and glowing in irony. Finally, George is at his best, in rare form, as Jerry would say, with his obsession with Jodi Foster, sweetharts, sweeties, and every other derogatory remark to women during their initial dinner, and his final decision to go with Ms. Foster over Rizzoto, and the final scene of where George likes her b/c she dislikes him so much. Overall, a beauty of an ep. Adam - Great episode. Which I'm actually putting on my Top 50. OHHH! OHHH! That's it!
EPISODE GUIDE from Jerry Seinfeld: The Entire Domain by Kathleen Tracy
73."The Masseuse" (November 18, 1993)
SUMMARY Jerry is dating a masseuse who won't give him a massage. George is obsessed with her because she
can't stand him. Elaine is dating a man with the same name as notorious killer Joel Rifkin and wants him to
change it.
DIRECTOR Tom Cherones
TELEPLAY Peter Mehlman
GUEST CAST John Glen Bishop (Ticket Man); Anthony Cistaro (Joel Rifkin); Jennifer Coolidge (Jody); Lisa
Edelstein (Karen); Hiram Kasten (Michael); Lisa Pescia (Lisa)
Stats
2nd Siyum
Dates/Boyfriends/Girlfriends JERRY
Jody the Masseuse Girls Who Broke Up With Jerry
Jody the Masseuse - Forceable massage
GEORGE
Karen (2nd Time) Girls Who Broke Up With George
Karen (2nd Time) - Chooses Jody
ELAINE
Joel Rifkin
George’s Idiot Things
Instead of shutting up and having sex with Karen, he insists on discussing whether Jody liked him or not
Chooses Jodi over Karen
Errors
In 3:4 The Dog (October 9, 1991), Elaine shouldn’t know how Jerry throws up, she’s only been there for 6 years and he last threw up 13 years ago from 5:9 The Masseuse (June 29, 1980) OR Elaine should know and call Jerry’s bluff because she did see him throw up in 1987. See 3rd Siyum below however)
Errors Corrected
It is possible that Elaine actually saw the dry heaves, which can be mistaken for throwing up, as Jerry explains to George in 5:9 The Masseuse. In case you were confused, as I was, here are the relevant episodes with their relevant information: 3:4 The Dog = Broadcast October 9, 1991, Elaine has been here since 1986, making it 6 years, '86-'91, so sometime within that span of years, both George and Elaine thought that they had seen Jerry throw up; 5:13 The Dinner Party = Broadcast February 3, 1994, Jerry mentions not throwing up since June 29th, 1980, and says 14 years down the drain; 5:9 The Masseuse = Jerry says he hasn't thrown up since June 29, 1980, which he calculates to be 13 years, and the time before that, June 29, 1972, where George was present and therefore did see an actual Jerry vomiting. George then tells Jerry that he saw him vomit in 1987, but Jerry corrects him, saying it was the dry heaves. This leaves us with a possible error or the possibility that Elaine had also seen Jerry doing the dry heaves and Jerry happens to throw up similarly to his dry heaving, thus making George think that Jerry vomited in 1987, when it was the dry heaves, b/c he actually did see him throw up in 1980.
