Last night in the re-run of "The Puffy Shirt" the mountain bike hanging in Jerry's apartment was Blue and White, other episodes it has been green, What's up with that!!! Anyone else notice these slight inconsistancies??
The Mountain Bike!!
S05E02 The Puffy ShirtretroOct 8, 19963 years later8 posts by 8 posters
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Viewers notice the mountain bike in Jerry's apartment changes color between episodes and discuss whether it's product placement or continuity errors.
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In article , [email] wrote:
The Mountain Bike in Jerry's apartment has changed. Originally he had a green Klein. Then he had a blue and silver Cannondale. People can buy new bikes,but I think they went back to the green bike. They might have a financial deal with one of those companies.
[email] wrote:
SEeinfeld has become nothing but a half-hour advertisment for various products...try not to care about products constantly changing.....if you mention it, you're just helping the advertiser's cause.....if we do that, the show will cease to be funny but will be more an ad than ever....
Just my opinion....
Actually, the way I hear it (from someone at Specialized), Michael Richards (Kramer) has a friend who is with Klein and so they hung that bike there. For a season or two, the Cannondale made it onto the hook. Then the Klein re-appeared (probably thru a contract re-negotiation... ;) ).
ThatBobGuy
In article , [email] wrote:
Klein is better than Cannondale anyday. . . Good choice on their parts.
[email] (Jerry A Morelli) wrote:
Yeah! Campy �ber Shimano, too!
When I tuned in for the first time to Seinfeld, I noticed the Klein and the Mac, and I was excited already! These are great products that are definitely beyond the mainstream. Now all they need is a medium format Hasselblad camera, a Lynn turntable, and monster Krell amps!
Charlie
I think the producers do thing like that on purpose so really attentive viewers can catch them and then complain about them in newsgroups.
As an avid cyclist and bike industry follower, I've noticed a deeper irony to the mountain bike "issue" in Seinfeld.
Originally it was a Cannondale. Cannondale had, however, allegedly violated an MIT student's patent on building bicycles out of oversized aluminum when they first started building bicycles (early '80s). The student was one Gary Klein, founder of Klein Bicycles (now owned by Trek). I always hoped that the replacement of the Cannondale with a Klein was Gary's way of getting back (I don't think a settlement was ever reached).
Anyway...Klein's are IMHO much nicer frames than Cannondales...
-Ralph Maurer