Andy Ackerman Movies
- 1998
This TV sitcom offers a forum for the brash and belligerent Bronx Becker (Ted Danson), an opinionated doctor who not only holds forth in his office but also in the local diner run by Regina Costa, aka Reggie (Terry Farrell) where his pessimistic rant ranges over such topics as talkshows, "white trash," used cars, and "parasitic car salesmen." "If you care about your wife and kids," Becker tells one overweight patient, "I want you to remember this one word: salad." But there's also a soft side to Dr. John Becker, as revealed in his treatment of an HIV-positive boy, M.J. Johnson (Robert Bailey Jr.). Filmed in Los Angeles, the series premiered November 2, 1998 on CBS. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- 1998
An mishap involving Kramer (Michael Richards) during the annual Puerto Rican Day parade is the reason that this particular Seinfeld episode was withdrawn from NBC's rerun package (it did, however, make a return appearance in syndication four years later). Elsewhere, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) worries about not getting home to see 60 Minutes, a vital part of her "weekend wind-down." George (Jason Alexander) is tormented by a laser pointer while trying to make a joke during the "Hindenburg" movie. And Kramer resorts to using a phony name during an urgent call of nature. But never mind all that: can the Mets pull out of an 8-0 downslide? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) hires a maid named Cindy (Angela Featherstone), with whom he soon begins having an affair -- trouble is, little cleaning is taking place any longer, and she still demands payment for services rendered. Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) "inherits" the phone number of a recently deceased woman, leading to unexpected consequences vis-à-vis the dead woman's grandson. George (Jason Alexander) tries to adopt a nickname, but "T-Bone" has been spoken for. And Kramer (Michael Richards) ends up "working the streets," in more ways than one. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Visiting a pizza place he used to frequent in years gone by, George (Jason Alexander) goes into full obsessive mode over his extremely high score in the old "Frogger" video game. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) has trouble with his new "sentence-finisher" date Lisi (Julia Campbell). Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) tries to cut out all socializing, only to find herself addicted to the four o'clock sugar rush. And Kramer (Michael Richards) has bad news: the most recent victim of a serial killer who is plaguing Riverside Park looked a lot like Jerry (can it be a vendetta?). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) confronts Uncle Leo (Len Lesser), who claims "senior citizens' rights" when he shoplifts at a bookstore. Meanwhile, George (Jason Alexander) learns the terrible consequences of taking a big book to the store's bathroom. Kramer (Michael Richards) and Newman (Wayne Knight) combine their talents to open a rickshaw service in the heart of New York (all they need now is a rickshaw). And Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) strives to avoid the designation "office skank" by pretending she is dating the man she made out with at a party, Zach (Jonathan Penner), who also happens to have a drug habit. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
George (Jason Alexander) proposes an unusual test that will allow Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) to determine whether or not Puddy (Patrick Warburton) is religious. Puddy's response is a dire warning about eternal hellfire that results in many a sleepless night for Elaine. Meanwhile, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) doesn't recognize his girlfriend Sophie's (Cindy Ambuehl) voice, and the feeling is mutual. Kramer (Michael Richards) and his pal Mickey (Danny Woodburn) pick up contagious diseases from their latest acting gig. And what's the deal with "The Tractor Story?" ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Once Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) buys an expensive Wizard organizer for his dad, he finds himself trapped in a vicious cycle. Kramer (Michael Richards) figures he'll never have to work again after a Hollywood producer options his coffee-table book...about coffee tables. Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is involved in an interracial romance -- but is she the "different" race, or is he? And George (Jason Alexander) resorts to a lie (notify the media!) to get out of a commitment to the Susan Ross Foundation. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Kramer (Michael Richards) seeks out a secret hiding place for his new strongbox, but none of them are secret enough. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) hopes that a pair of cufflinks will help him break the ice with Jerry Lewis at an upcoming Friar's Club roast. Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is obsessed -- loudly so -- by a "mystery man." And George (Jason Alexander) can't get rid of his newest girlfriend, Maura (Alex Kapp Horner), no matter how badly he behaves (and we know how bad that can be!). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
In her efforts to "understand" a New Yorker cartoon, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) takes up cartooning herself -- but her boss, Peterman (John O'Hurley), knows a Ziggy rip-off when he sees one. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) is aghast when performance artist Sally Weaver (Kathy Griffin) puts on her latest one-woman show: "Jerry Seinfeld -- The Devil." George (Jason Alexander) likes his girlfriend, but for the life of him can't figure out why (can it be that she looks like Jerry?). And looming over all this is the brutal honesty of Kramer (Michael Richards) -- which benefits no one, himself included. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
Kramer (Michael Richards) and Newman (Wayne Knight) reverse the peepholes on their apartment doors, leading to the usual landlord troubles (usual for Seinfeld, that is). Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) doesn't like carrying his girlfriend's stuff around, but that's nothing compared to his ill feelings toward so-called friend Joe Mayo (Pat Finn). Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) suffers mightily when Puddy (Patrick Warburton) wears a "man fur coat." And George (Jason Alexander) enjoys a new massage chair so much that he "forgets" the chair is a gift for someone else. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
It's all about automobiles on this week's Seinfeld. Puddy (Patrick Warburton) has been promoted to car salesman, and Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) plans to take advantage of this turn of events. Kramer (Michael Richards) subjects a used car to his tortuous "daily routine" during a test drive. George (Jason Alexander) goes ballistic when a Twix bar refuses to drop out of the vending machine in an auto-dealership garage. And Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) breaks up with Puddy once again. (Well, maybe it's not all about automobiles this week.) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
"Serenity now" are the control words that George's dad, Frank (Jerry Stiller), is supposed to utter every time his blood pressure rises. Conversely, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) finally learns how to lose his temper -- and it isn't pretty. In other developments George (Jason Alexander) is invited to join Frank's latest business enterprise, selling computers -- bringing him in very close contact with his old enemy Lloyd Braun (Matt McCoy). Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) discovers her "shiksappeal" when a young Jewish boy tongue-kisses her during his bar mitzvah. And Kramer (Michael Richards) takes on "Anytown, U.S.A." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
After an unfortunate encounter with an Exacto knife, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) receives an infusion of Kramer's blood -- and he isn't keen on being regarded as a "blood brother." George (Jason Alexander) finds both his appetite and his libido increasing thanks to some vanilla-scented incense. Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) works overtime to prove she is responsible enough to watch her friend's child -- then wishes she hadn't. Phrases key to the action include "pinch weasel" and "free love buffet"; and as a bonus, Lloyd Bridges returns as octogenarian health freak Izzy Mandelbaum. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
The ninth and final season of Seinfeld begins with Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) enthusing over NBC's interest in his concept for a situation comedy "about nothing." However, he's less than enthusiastic over the omnipresence of his eternal nemesis, second-rate comedian Kenny Bania (Steve Hytner). Meanwhile, Kramer (Michael Richards) discovers that butter makes a great after shave lotion -- but Newman (Wayne Knight) is spooked by the smell. George (Jason Alexander) lands a new job only because he's still using a cane long after his hospital stay. And Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) sets out on a month-long trip to Europe with the redoubtable Puddy (Patrick Warburton). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
"The voice" is actually "the stomach" in this episode -- that is, the weird nocturnal noises emanating from the stomach of Claire (Sara Rose Peterson), the latest girlfriend of Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld). Elsewhere, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) can't get Puddy (Patrick Warburton) off her mind, or out of her bed. George (Jason Alexander) parlays his phony handicap into a one-year contract with his new employer (Gordon Jump). And Kramer (Michael Richards) hires a college intern (Jarrad Paul) to help him organize "Kramerica Industries." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) smells a "million dollar idea" when a restauranteur notices that she only eats the tops of muffins. George (Jason Alexander) begins wearing the clothes found in a bag left in his care by a tourist who never returned. Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) shaves his chest to impress his girlfriend, but Kramer (Michael Richards) -- who for reasons made clear in the episode is currently posing as Elaine's boss, Peterman -- thinks Jerry is making a big mistake. This is the also the episode in which Steinbrenner trades George with "Tyler Chicken." (It was supposed to have been you-know-what chicken, but the NBC legal department got nervous.) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
In the closing episode of Seinfeld's eighth season, George (Jason Alexander) decides to take the summer off after getting his severance package from the Yankees. Kramer (Michael Richards) lands a job as a seat-filler at the Tony Awards, leading to a potentially nasty situation with an angry Raquel Welch. As it turns out, however, it is Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who bears the full brunt of Raquel's wrath. And Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) is about to collapse from exhaustion, thanks to his girlfriend (and no, it's not what you think). Season eight ends as it began, in the hospital. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Yes, this is the one in which George's current girlfriend uses the phrase "yada yada" -- and drives George (Jason Alexander) crazy by leaving out the important details between the "yadas."Tim Whatley, Jerry's dentist (played by Malcolm in the Middle's Bryan Cranston) converts to Judaism, and Jerry suspects that his only motivation may be the ability to get away with telling Jewish jokes. Meanwhile, Kramer (Michael Richards) and his actor friend Mickey (Danny Woodburn) fight over which girl they'll get on a double date. And Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) thoroughly louses up the chances for her married friends Beth (Debra Messing) and Arnie (Stephen Caffrey) to adopt a child. This is also the episode in which real life marrieds Robert Wagner and Jill St. John turn up at the end (as Mickey's parents, Dr. Abbott and Mrs. Abbott) and accuse Jerry of being an "Anti-Dentite."
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- 1997
Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) thinks it's a good thing that he is number one on his girlfriend's speed dial -- but it isn't. Apprehensive about the approaching millennium, Kramer (Michael Richards) decides to hold his New Year's Eve party two years early. George (Jason Alexander) connives to get fired by the Yankees so he can accept what he thinks is a better job with the Mets. And Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) discovers that changing clothing stores after receiving bad service doesn't solve much of anything. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Classic alert! When Kramer (Michael Richards) asks Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) to "pick up some Cubans" from his cigar salesman, he wasn't expecting real Cubans -- or even real Dominicans. Elsewhere, George (Jason Alexander) has his curiosity aroused when a woman mistakes him for a guy named Neil. Jerry enters into an athletic competition with an 80-year-old health freak named Izzy Mandelbaum (Lloyd Bridges). And Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) loses more than a boyfriend when she declares her hatred for The English Patient. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
When George (Jason Alexander) finds the perfect place for a nap -- under a desk at the Yankee Stadium offices -- he persuades Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) to phone in a bomb threat to get Steinbrenner out of the office. The result? Steinbrenner hires George to handle the "terrorist's" demands for "Fitted Hat Day." Meanwhile Kramer (Michael Richards) starts swimming in the East River, with decidedly aromatic results; and Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) misunderstands when her new boyfriend sends her a mattress. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) has another fateful run-in -- several fateful run-ins, as it turns out -- with Mike Moffit (Lee Arenberg), the man who once called him a phony. Kramer (Michael Richards) gets into a fight which may prove beneficial for Jerry. Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) doesn't know what she's in for when her co-worker Peggy (Megan Cole) insists upon calling her "Susie." And George (Jason Alexander) runs away from his current girlfriend rather than give her the opportunity to break up with him. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Try though he might, Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) cannot overcome the fact that his girlfriend, Jenna (Kristen Davis), has used a toothbrush that he'd pulled from his toilet. George (Jason Alexander) loses his keys -- and also a key ring that Steinbrenner has given him -- near a pothole. Kramer (Michael Richards) adopts a stretch of highway, but his "child" proves to be a major disappointment. And Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) moves into a janitor's closet in hopes of getting a Chinese meal delivered. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
Kramer (Michael Richards) has a too-close encounter with the Van Buren Boys -- a life-threatening moment that Peterman (John O'Hurley) offers to purchase for his autobiography, which is being ghostwritten by Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) falls for a girl named Ellen (Christine Taylor), whom no one else warms up to. And George (Jason Alexander) may need a whole lot of aid and comfort after a contretemps involving the Susan Ross Foundation's first scholarship. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1997
"Little Jerry Seinfeld" is the name Kramer (Michael Richards) has bestowed on his new pet rooster -- and though Kramer had really wanted a hen, Little Jerry proves to be a dynamite cockfighter. This may prove to be advantageous for Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), who has become a pariah for giving a bad check to vengeful store owner Marcelino (Miguel Sandoval). Meanwhile, on behalf of the Susan Ross Foundation, George visits a woman's prison and falls for an inmate named Celia (Andrea Bendewald). And as for Elaine, her current boyfriend, Kurt (John Michael Higgins), has this problem with his hair.... ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
