The Burning

Ha ha watch out for the tractor. Best story ever I think

You knew Seinfeld was losing it when characters arrive and whine about nothing. All through Season's 9 it seemed redundant.

In early seasons they whined a bit, but it seemed natural.

Elaine complaining about Christian music is silly. Plus why did they see a catholic guy? Catholic and basic Christians are under the same umbrella, but they are different in a few ways. They should have seen a pastor instead.

March 27th 2023rd

What is this episode about?: Elaine is making a huge deal out of Puddy being a basic Christian.

Kramer acts out diseases.

Jerry tries to find out about the tractor story.

George goes out in showmanship while Kruger goes around 3 times "it was all him".

The Story and the Production Overview: An okay episode. I think with over 4 meaningless stories, it's hard to flesh out all 4 and make them more interesting.

The tractor segment was the best part. George with a lazy boss was also cool. Everyrthing else who cares,

highlight: Jerry on the phone. *beep beep beep*.

Laugh meter: 5

What can be learned?: Lazy boss means either slack off or burn

Verdict: Let it buuuuurn...

I'm not minded by good-natured fun about religion or race etc but this episode went too far.. they clearly went out of their way to disparage Christianity and belittle Jesus Christ our Savior. By creating a character\priest who cares less about another person's salvation then even puddy is such a shocking betrayal.. eternity is a daunting idea for human beings since we are all finite, not infinite like our Creator and to belittle and trivialize the fact of hell being eternal torment is inexcusable. Imagine if they did something like that with Islam.. But, to undermine the basic tenets of Christianity by glorifying self-professed so-called believers who flagrantly ignore the commands of Jesus to love others and share the truth of the Gospel!. It's horrific.

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One of the funniest Season 9 Seinfeld episodes, "The Burning" has some of the best dialog in the series. And some of the best plot lines: Elaine's dilemma with Puddy's religious belief (Patrick Warburton's deadpan at its best); Kramer's acting out diseases for medical students; George's crazy employer Mr. Kruger (very funny Daniel von Bargen) and George's "going out on a high note"; best of all, Jerry's girlfriend and the mysterious "tractor story" (the resolution of that one is classic Seinfeld). When George asks him what a gander is, Jerry says that a gander is a goose who had "the old switcheroo" pulled on her. Incredibly silly stuff, but hilarious from start to finish.

There are so many hilarious things here, I don't know where to start. First of all we have George, trying to impress the board where he works, but realizes that when he says something clever, he must get up and leave to intensify the effect. His crazy boss decides that this is the way for him to act as well. Meanwhile. Elaine finds out that Puddy is religious and when she asks him if that is true he wants to carry on a relationship with her, despite the fact that she is going to hell. When they go to a priest he delivers bad news for Puddy. The topper is Kramer who along with his friend go to a medical school to pretend they have diseases so the interns can diagnose. Kramer draws gonorrhea. His use of the word adds all kinds of hilarity and the fight ensues later is hilarious. One the two or three better episodes.