The Junk Mail

"The Junk Mail"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.	Season 9 Episode 5
Directed by	Andy Ackerman
Written by	Spike Feresten
Production code	905
Original air date	October 30, 1997
Guest appearance(s)
Wayne Knight as Newman Jerry Stiller as Frank Costanza Estelle Harris as Estelle Costanza Patrick Warburton as David Puddy Laurie Taylor-Williams as Rhisa Dana Gould as Frankie Richard Kuhlman as Man Wilford Brimley as Postmaster General Henry Atkins Toby Huss as Jack Montrose Hagins as Old Woman Peggy Blow as Mail Clerk Clement Blake as Dirt Person #1 D.A. Johnson as Dirt Person #2 Ruth Cohen as Ruthie Cohen (uncredited) Renee McClellan as Post Office Customer (uncredited)
Season 9 episodes
September 1997 – May 1998 "The Butter Shave" "The Voice" "The Serenity Now" "The Blood" "The Junk Mail" "The Merv Griffin Show" "The Slicer" "The Betrayal" "The Apology" "The Strike" "The Dealership" "The Reverse Peephole" "The Cartoon" "The Strongbox" "The Wizard" "The Burning" "The Bookstore" "The Frogger" "The Maid" "The Puerto Rican Day" "The Chronicle (Part 1)" "The Chronicle (Part 2)" "The Finale (Part 1)" "The Finale (Part 2)"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Junk Mail" is the 161st episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It was the fifth episode of the ninth and final season. The episode aired on October 30, 1997.

Jerry's childhood friend Frankie Merman (Dana Gould) promises to get Jerry a new car as a thank you for a show he did for Frankie's car dealership. George prepares for his weekly call to his parents. Kramer plans his revenge on Pottery Barn because of the overabundance of catalogs they've sent him in the past month. Elaine is back with David Puddy, but after having a "love at first sight" encounter with diner patron Jack (Toby Huss), she plans to keep Puddy in reserve until she finds out if the new guy can "handle the workload".

Kramer gets deluged with more catalogs and plans to stop the mail. George's parents cut him short on his weekly phone call. The "car" Jerry gets is a van and not the Saab he'd hoped for. Frankie reminds him of the childhood dream they had where they got a van and toured the country. Jerry doesn't want the van, but doesn't want to hurt Frankie's feelings by refusing to take it. (Frankie's childhood nickname was "Fragile Frankie" due to his penchant for emotional extremes, a trait that does not appear to have changed in adulthood.) George pops in on his parents and reminds his parents that they didn't call him back, but they have to leave right away. Kramer bricks up his mailbox, but that doesn't stop his mail from being delivered to Jerry's mailbox.

Jerry plans to sell the van; Kramer helps him out by composing a classified ad that cites "interesting trades considered." Kramer goes to the post office to cancel his mail permanently. Newman confesses to him that no one really needs mail but that there is a greater conspiracy at work.

George demands to know what's going on with his parents; they tell him they are cutting him loose. George isn't ready for abandonment; he plans to date his cousin Rhisa as a means of getting his parents involved in his life. While going through an old VHS tape, Jerry discovers an old commercial that features Jack as "The Wiz," a mascot for the electronics store of the same name. Meanwhile, Kramer wants Jerry's van and offers Anthony Quinn's old T-shirt as an "interesting trade".

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