The Stand In

"The Stand In"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 16
Directed by	Tom Cherones
Written by	Larry David
Production code	516
Original air date	February 24, 1994
Guest appearance(s)
Danny Woodburn as Mickey Abbott Mark Tymchyshyn as Phil Tutola Karla Tamburrelli as Daphne Debbie Lee Carrington as Tammy W. Earl Brown as Al Michael Rivkin as Fulton Joe Gieb as Johnny Layne Beamer as Father Thomas Dekker as Son Jerome Betler as Director
Season 5 episodes
September 1993 – May 1994 "The Mango" "The Puffy Shirt" "The Glasses" "The Sniffing Accountant" "The Bris" "The Lip Reader" "The Non-Fat Yogurt" "The Barber" "The Masseuse" "The Cigar Store Indian" "The Conversion" "The Stall" "The Dinner Party" "The Marine Biologist" "The Pie" "The Stand In" "The Wife" "The Raincoats (Part 1)" "The Raincoats (Part 2)" "The Fire" "The Hamptons" "The Opposite"
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"The Stand In" is the 80th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 16th episode for the fifth season. It aired on February 24, 1994.

Riding on a bus Jerry and George meet a friend, Al Netche, who tells them another friend, Fulton, is in a hospital, and that Jerry may want to visit him as he might need a "good laugh." George feels bored when he has nothing to talk about with his girlfriend, Daphne, and he wants to break up. Later, Daphne tells George that Al encouraged her to end the relationship as George doesn't commit and may end up hurting her. George decides to postpone the break-up and sustain the relationship just for spite, to prove Al wrong.

Kramer has got a job as a stand-in actor, in the series All My Children, along with his friend Mickey Abbott (Danny Woodburn), a "little person" who is offended by the term "midget". Mickey, however, is worried about keeping his role as the young actor he stands in for is rapidly growing. Kramer suggests Mickey use "lifts" to increase his height, to which Mickey reluctantly agrees. Jerry later sets up a date for Elaine with his friend, Phil Totola.

Jerry visits Fulton in the hospital where he tells a story about a guy "Pachyderm" and the hot pizza slices he was juggling, but Fulton doesn't laugh. Phil arrives at the hospital to make Fulton laugh, but to no avail. Meanwhile, other "little" actors notice something different on Mickey as he plans to date Tammy, a little woman. Johnny Bigiano, another small actor who envies Mickey for being a stand-in for some famous child actors, sets to find out what is going on with him.

Jerry feels added pressure to be funny after his first visit to the hospital coincides with a deterioration in Fulton's condition. He offers to do his act with new material. Elaine had a good evening with Phil, including the Pachyderm story, until Phil suddenly takes "it out".

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