S9.E13

The Cartoon

Name: The Cartoon
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1998-01-29
Duration: 23 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards

Episode aired Jan 29, 1998
TV-PG
23m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, and Michael Richards in Seinfeld (1989)

Comedy

Sally Weaver makes fun of Jerry. George's new girlfriend looks just like Jerry. Kramer takes a vow of silence. Elaine gets a job drawing cartoons for the New Yorker.Sally Weaver makes fun of Jerry. George's new girlfriend looks just like Jerry. Kramer takes a vow of silence. Elaine gets a job drawing cartoons for the New Yorker.Sally Weaver makes fun of Jerry. George's new girlfriend looks just like Jerry. Kramer takes a vow of silence. Elaine gets a job drawing cartoons for the New Yorker.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Featured reviews

10bevo-13678

Sally

I like the cartoon with the pig in it and how Elaine stole it

7Hitchcoc

Not Quite There This Time

The premise is that Jerry's new girlfriend du jour looks like him is the central focus of this episode. She really doesn't but when she talks and acts, she has taken on many of his mannerisms. The whole "twins" thing carries through the episode. Kramer can't keeps his mouth shut and alienates people, including an aspiring actress, and vows an oath of silence. Much of the comedy here involves his trying to remain quiet. As this is happening, Elaine finds a New Yorker cartoon that makes no sense to her. She ultimately gets a job in the New Yorker comics department. It is funny to a point but then begins to fizzle. There are some funny things, but it is disjointed.

5dominicparis

Not the best by any stretch

Any reviewer that says this is one of the best Seinfeld episodes and that Seinfeld series 9 is one of the best DOES NOT have a clue about Seinfeld. This episode is far from being up there with any of the best and most Seinfeld fans will tell you that.

3gabrielrjensen

Kathy Griffin is awfully unfunny

Kathy Griffin literally makes this episode awful.

Altho it is funny how she is the same in this episode as she is in real life🤷‍♂️

7ThunderKing6

Carrot top variant

Not talking is easy. People make it sound difficult. No pun intended.

This review was completed on the month of March that is the third month of the year of number day 26th of so-called year 2023rd in the 21st century.

What is this episode about?: George dates a Jerry Seinfeld variant.

Elaine draws an unfunny cartoon.

Kramer is speechless.

Jerry feuds with a carrot top variant.

The Story and the production overview: An alright episode. Elaine's boring unfunny story brings the show down a bit.

Everyone else did very well.

Highlight: Nothing worth mentioning.

Girlfriend attractiveness level: I will not say.

Laugh meter: 4

What can we learn?: Learn to be funny

Verdict: an ok episode.

Trivia
The Sally Weaver storyline in this episode was inspired by Kathy Griffin's HBO stand-up special, in which she ridiculed Jerry Seinfeld, alleging he was rude to her during her appearance in The Doll (1996). Seinfeld was so amused by this routine that he showed a clip of it during the audience warm-up before tapings and incorporated it into this.

Goofs
After George leaves Jerry's apartment, with the woman he is dating, Janet, Jerry shoves Kramer across the kitchen, and the freezer door swings open. Later, the freezer door is shut, even though nobody closed it.

Quotes
Mr. Elinoff: Miss Benes, cartoons are like gossamer, and one doesn't dissect gossamer.
Elaine Benes: Well, you don't have to dissect it if you could just tell me why this is supposed to be funny.
Mr. Elinoff: Oh, it's merely a commentary on contemporary mores.
Elaine Benes: But what is the comment?
Mr. Elinoff: It's a slice of life.
Elaine Benes: No, it isn't.
Mr. Elinoff: A pun?
Elaine Benes: I don't think so.
Mr. Elinoff: Vorshtein?
Elaine Benes: That's not a word. You have no idea what this means.
Mr. Elinoff: No.
Elaine Benes: Then why did you print it?
Mr. Elinoff: I like the kitty.