The Merv Griffin Show (Seinfeld)

"The Merv Griffin Show"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.	Season 9 Episode 6
Directed by	Andy Ackerman
Written by	Bruce Eric Kaplan
Production code	906
Original air date	November 6, 1997
Guest appearance(s)
Wayne Knight as Newman John O'Hurley as J. Peterman Rick Hall as Vet Jim Fowler as Himself Julia Pennington as Celia Arabella Field as Miranda Brent Hinkley as Lou Wayne Wilderson as Walter Carol Kiernan as Mother Brandon Kaplan as Child Ruth Cohen as Ruthie Cohen (uncredited) Jerry Stiller as Frank Costanza (uncredited) Estelle Harris as Estelle Costanza (uncredited)
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"The Merv Griffin Show" is the 162nd episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the sixth episode of the ninth and final season. It aired on November 6, 1997 and appeared on DVD 10 years later.

The working title for this episode was "The Merv Griffin Set". It is one of the few episodes in which Jerry's apartment is not seen.

Kramer stumbles across the set of the old Merv Griffin Show in a large contracting dumpster on the street. George's girlfriend, Miranda, is disgusted when George runs over some pigeons with his car. George believes that pigeons and humans have a deal (pigeons are to move out of the way when humans approach, and humans will overlook the pigeons' statue defecation), and that the pigeons have broken that deal. Jerry is intrigued with his new girlfriend's (Celia played by Julia Pennington) antique toy collection that she won't let him touch. Elaine's new co-worker is a "sidler" (Brent Hinkley): he moves silently behind people. He causes Elaine to spill coffee on her jacket that creates a stain that looks like Fidel Castro.

Kramer takes the discarded set pieces and perfectly recreates The Merv Griffin Show set in his apartment. He pretends that the show is still on the air and acts as the new host, even using the show's theme when "guests" come onto the set, conducting interviews with everyone who enters his apartment. Kramer even stops interviews and cuts to a "commercial break" where he sips on a Diet Coke and eats from a bag of chips, before exclaiming "We're back!" Elaine schemes to "out-sidle the sidler" who might be "sidling her out of a job", by wearing wrestling shoes. While George swerves to avoid a pigeon, he instead hits a squirrel. Jerry schemes for an opportunity to play with Celia's toys. Kramer adds Newman as a co-host for his "show" to help relieve the pressure of being a host. On his "show", Jerry says he has finally found a way to play with the toys, by accidentally drugging his girlfriend with sleep inducing medication; Kramer is shocked by Jerry's scheme.

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