"The Doll" | |
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Seinfeld episode | |
Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 16 |
Directed by | Andy Ackerman |
Written by | Tom Gammill & Max Pross |
Production code | 716 |
Original air date | February 22, 1996 |
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"The Doll" is the 127th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 17th episode for the seventh season. It aired on February 22, 1996.
While performing in Memphis, Jerry meets Susan's old roommate, Sally Weaver (Kathy Griffin), who gives him a package that she wants him to deliver to the soon-to-be-married George and Susan, telling him to be careful with it. While on the plane, Jerry, because he has to be careful with the package, is forced to put his own bag in the overhead compartment and, in the process, a bottle of barbecue sauce in his bag is broken. Upon his arrival in New York, Jerry reveals to his friends that the bottle was decorated with a picture of a man who looked like Charles Grodin, on whose television show he would be appearing, and that he had planned to present Grodin with the bottle on the show. He also gives George the "delicate" package, which turns out to be a welcome mat.
Meanwhile, Frank Costanza turns George's old bedroom into a billiard room—"The Place to Be"—and Kramer challenges him to a game of billiards, only to discover that the space is a bit tight. Frank later invites the Maestro to get a picture of a man who might be his long lost cousin Carlo in Tuscany. Once there, he plays with them and shows them an old conductor's trick: he takes off his pants when he sits down so he doesn't lose the crease in the pants before his performance. After he leaves for the bathroom, he leaves his conductor's baton which Kramer then uses as a pool stick to win the game. During the game, George's mother walks in to find all three men with their pants off, Maestro conducting to recorded music, Kramer leaning over Frank's back guiding Frank's pool shot, and she exclaims "Oh my God!".