Inconsistancy in "The Cadillac"?

S07E14 The Cadillac (1)retroMay 7, 199715 months later7 posts by 5 posters
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Fans discuss whether Kramer's cable situation in "The Cadillac" is consistent with "The Baby Shower," debating whether he had illegal service or a company error that was later corrected.

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Craig Cavaliere

In "The Cadillac", the cable guy came to Kramer's because he was getting free premium channels. In "The Baby Shower" Kramer has an illegal hook-up and wants Jerry to get one. It could have been that Kramer decided to get a legal hook-up and everything is ok, but one only knows.

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No, what it was, I think, is that the cable company made a mistake and gave him free cable, and they needed to get into his apartment to re-connect his box.

AREXnunzio

In article , [email] wrote:

I think you are right. Something comes to mind about Kramer just turning it on and there it was-arguing with Jerry that "they gave it to me Jerry, _they gave it to me_..::shuddder shudder::" If it were highjacked cable, the company could get a court order to go in there, or just disconnect him at the distribution panel of the drop.

But hey, its television...

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Kramer was getting Showtime and HBO for free, and the plaza cable guy wanted to take it out. He wasn't mad about them taking it out, but he was mad about times when he had to wait all day long for the cable guy to show up, so it was "payback time."

"The Cadillac" is a two part one. In the second episode, the big Plaza Cable guy stands outside of Kramer's door and apoligizes. Kramer comes outside, and they hug and apoligize to eachother.

Daniel

Daniel Baker -- Network Operations Administrator - NeoSoft, Inc. [email] [email] Phone: +1 713 968 5800 Fax: +1 713 968 5801 Powered by Coca Cola Classic

In article , [email] (Daniel Baker) wrote:

Ahh yes, saw the second part last night... I wonder what I was thinking of..after so many years they all tend to flow together..

Nope, he was just getting a few premium channels. I believe it was HBO and Showtime. UPN reran that show last night at 10pm CST.

Daniel

Daniel Baker -- Network Operations Administrator - NeoSoft, Inc. [email] [email] Phone: +1 713 968 5800 Fax: +1 713 968 5801 Powered by Coca Cola Classic

Not really an inconsistency: an illegal hookup can be found out, the scrambling algorithm changed, etc. At that point, once used to having cable, Kramer just got it legit.

Craig Cavaliere wrote in article ...

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