Jerry becomes apprehensive when he and George buy stock and the price falls while the person who suggested the stock is in hospital and can't tell them when to sell.Jerry becomes apprehensive when he and George buy stock and the price falls while the person who suggested the stock is in hospital and can't tell them when to sell.Jerry becomes apprehensive when he and George buy stock and the price falls while the person who suggested the stock is in hospital and can't tell them when to sell.
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- TriviaThis episode is notable for the fact that it's one of the few where George (Jason Alexander) ends up on top after the events of the episode have transpired.
- GoofsAt the end of the episode, George (Jason Alexander) is smoking in the restaurant but in another episode, Kramer (Michael Richards) gets kicked out of the restaurant for smoking.
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Jerry Seinfeld: Went out to dinner the other night. Check came at the end of the meal, as it always does. Never liked the "check at the end of the meal" system, because money's a very different thing before and after you eat. Before you eat, money has no value. You don't care about money when you're hungry. You sit down in a restaurant and you're like the ruler of an empire... "More drinks! Appetizers! Quickly, quickly! It will be the greatest meal of our lives." Then after the meal, you know, you got the pants open, you got the napkins destroyed, cigarette butt in the mashed potatoes. Then the check comes at that moment. People are always upset, you know. They're mystified by the check. They're... "What is this? How could this be?" They start passing it around the table. "Does this look right to you? We're not hungry now. Why are we buying all this food?"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Seinfeld: Highlights of a Hundred (1995)
- SoundtracksSeinfeld Theme Song
Written by Jonathan Wolff
As a matter of fact, George is the instigator of this show's main incident: having learned of a valuable investment to make in the stock market, he convinces Jerry and Elaine to join him in the adventure. Unfortunately, his informer winds up in a coma, meaning no one knows when to sell their shares. Meanwhile, Jerry also has to think about the weekend he is going to spend in Vermont with Vanessa (the woman he met in The Stakeout), Elaine has a problem with her boyfriend's cats and Kramer... well, he's just Kramer.
The Stock Tip is the standout achievement of Season One, especially for how it neatly weaves the opening sequence into the overall plot: generally, Jerry's stand-up monologue at the start of every episode has no relevance whatsoever to that show's events, whereas subsequent bits reflect what has just happened; this time, though, a digression on paying checks when you're eating out is smoothly linked to George's behavior later in the story, providing a perfect example of the series' "no hugs, no learning" rule. Other juicy bits include a conversation about Superman's apparent lack of humor and Kramer spying on a woman at from Jerry's apartment (the latter's comment? "Yeah, I'm sure you're what she's looking for, too: complete stranger leering through a pair of binoculars, ten stores up").
In short, a superb way to end the first year of Seinfeld and, alongside the previous four episodes, a great appetizer for the standard-length eight seasons that followed.
- MaxBorg89
- Nov 10, 2007
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