The Pony Remark

Last night I saw 'The Pony Remark" for the first time, I have wanted to see it ever since I saw the scene "I didn't know she had a pony..........." in a clip episode. Luckily I taped it so I can watch it over & over-That scene around the dinner table is the funniest thing I have ever seen. I was laughing and grinning all evening like a mad person. How did those actors sit there with a straight face when Jerry gave that speech ? Does anyone agree with me? ( or is it the fact that I recently left a country packed with ponies to come to a non-pony country myself , that makes this so funny for me?)

I thought it was hysterical as well. "Of all the pictures of immigrants in boats coming into the New York Harbor...I never saw one of them sitting on a pony! Why would anyone come here if they had a pony?! Who leaves a country packed with ponies to come to a non-pony country? It doesn't make sense!". Hilarious!

I think this is the earliest episode in which it can be said definitely that the actors playing our "Seinfeld Four!" had found their characters. A classic episode in its own right. (I got it on tape too, so I'll see how much of the "pony dialogue" I can get transcribed, having just noticed that someone posted some of it.)

{Here's the situation. Jerry & Elaine at Manya & Isaac's seated at dinner table with Uncle Leo, Mr. & Mrs. Seinfeld, others. Neglected to get the names of the writer and director.}

Mrs. Seinfeld: So. Did you hear Claire's getting married?

Manya: Yea-uh.

Mr. Seinfeld: I hear the fellow owns a couple of racehorses. You know, trotters. Like at Yonkers.

Jerry: Horses. They're like big riding dogs.

Elaine: What about ponies, huh? What kind of abnormal animal is that? And those kids who had their own ponies . . . .

Jerry: Oh, I know. I hated those kids. In fact, I hate anyone that ever had a pony when they were growing up.

Manya: I had a pony.

Jerry: Well, I didn't--uh--really mean a pony per se--

Manya: Vhen I vas a little girl in Poland, ve all had ponies. My sister had pony. My cousin had pony. So what's wrong with that?

Jerry: Nothing. Nothing at all. I was just merely expressing--

Mrs. Seinfeld: Should we have . . . some coffee? Who's having coffee?

Manya: He was a beautiful pony. And I loved him.

Jerry: Well, I'm sure you did. Who wouldn't love a pony? Who wouldn't love a person that had a pony?

Manya: You! You said so!

Jerry: No. See, we didn't have ponies. I'm sure at that time in Poland they were very common. They were . . . probably like compact cars.

Manya: That's it. I had enough.

{Exit Manya.}

Isaac: Have your coffee everybody. She's a little upset. It's been an emotional day.

{Exit Isaac. Now for Jerry's finale.}

I didn't know she had a pony. How was I to know she had a pony? Who figures an immigrant's going to have a pony? Do you know what the odds are on that? I mean in all the pictures I saw of immigrants on boats, comin' in to New York Harbor, I never saw one of them sittin' on a pony. W-why would anyone come here if they had a pony? Who leaves a country packed with ponies to come to a non-pony country? It doesn't make sense. Am I wrong?