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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, and Jason Alexander in Seinfeld (1989)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Elaine Benes

The Burning

Seinfeld

Julia Louis-Dreyfus credited as playing...

Elaine Benes

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  • Elaine Benes: Do you believe in God?
  • David Puddy: Yes.
  • Elaine Benes: Oh! So you're pretty religious?
  • David Puddy: I try.
  • Elaine Benes: So is it a problem that I'm not really religious?
  • David Puddy: Not for me.
  • Elaine Benes: Why not?
  • David Puddy: I'm not the one going to Hell.
  • Elaine Benes: Here's one. I borrowed Puddy's car, and all the presets on his radio were Christian-rock stations.
  • George Costanza: I like Christian rock. It's very positive. It's not like those real musicians who think they're so cool and hip.
  • Elaine Benes: So you think that Puddy actually believes in something?
  • Jerry Seinfeld: It's a used car. He probably never changed the presets.
  • Elaine Benes: Yes, he is lazy.
  • Jerry Seinfeld: Plus, he probably doesn't know how to program the buttons.
  • Elaine Benes: Yes, he is dumb.
  • Jerry Seinfeld: So you prefer dumb and lazy to religious?
  • Elaine Benes: Dumb and lazy I understand.
  • Cosmo Kramer: Well, I've got gonorrhea.
  • Elaine Benes: That sounds about right.
  • Elaine Benes: Well, I'm going to Hell.
  • Jerry Seinfeld: That sounds about right. Hey, did you hear the one about the guy in Hell with the coffee and the donuts?
  • Elaine Benes: Jerry, I'm not in the mood.
  • George Costanza: [to the waitress] I'll have some coffee and a donut.
  • Father Curtis: Let me see if I understand this. You're concerned that he isn't concerned that you're going to hell, and you feel that she's too bossy.
  • David Puddy: Yes.
  • Elaine: Yeah, that's right.
  • Father Curtis: Well, oftentimes in cases of interfaith marriages, couples have difficulty...
  • Elaine: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No one's getting married here.
  • Father Curtis: You aren't?
  • David Puddy: Naw.
  • Father Curtis: Oh
  • Elaine: We're just, you know, havin' a good time.
  • Father Curtis: Oh. Well then it's simple. You're both going to hell.
  • David Puddy: No way. This is BOGUS.
  • Jerry: No no, he's pretending he's got gonorrhea so med students can diagnose it.
  • Cosmo Kramer: And it's a waste of my talent. It's just a little burning. Mickey, he got bacterial meningitis.
  • George Costanza: Well I guess there are no small diseases, only small actors.
  • [Kramer, Elaine and Jerry laugh]
  • George Costanza: Alright, that's it for me. goodnight everybody.
  • [exits]
  • Elaine: What was that?
  • Jerry: Showmanship. George is trying to get out on a high note.
  • Jerry: Hey, so Sophie gave me the "It's me" on the phone today.
  • Elaine: "It's me?" Isn't it a little premature?
  • Jerry: I thought so.
  • Elaine: Hah. She's not a me. *I'm* a me.
  • David Puddy: Elaine, they forgot to deliver your paper today. Why don't you just take that one.
  • Elaine Benes: But that belongs to Mr. potato guy. That's his.
  • David Puddy: Come on, get it.
  • Elaine Benes: Well if you want it, you get it.
  • David Puddy: Sorry. Thou shalt not steal.
  • Elaine Benes: Oh, but it's okay for me?
  • David Puddy: What do you care? You know where you're going.

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