Examples of Current events revisited

Besides the Tonya Harding/aspiring understudy bit and the Johnny Cochrane/Jackie Childs thang, current affairs are often replayed in the show's context as a shadow of the real events, and are often some of the most clever set pieces on the program. I'm not talking about the Dinkins/Giuliani yogurt episode (since that involved the actual candidates and was not, as far as I know, based on anything real.)

Using your sharp powers of analogy (now don't get fuzzy on me), who can think of any other instances of current events "revisited" by Seinfeld and company? Mr. Pitt and the Poland Spring bit doesn't count, since I don't consider Hitler in 1939 "current".

[email] (Mitchell Virchick P225) wrote:

The non-fat yogurt scandal was also a real event, although I doubt it was a campaigne issue. I'm not sure if it was national but there were several instances of independent shops and chains selling yogurt as fat-free when in actuality it contained 2 to 3 % fat by weight.

In article , Mitchell Virchick P225 writes:

Cochrane/Jackie Childs thang, current affairs are often replayed in the show's context as a shadow of the real events, and are often some of the most clever set pieces on the program. I'm not talking about the Dinkins/Giuliani yogurt episode (since that involved the actual candidates and was not, as far as I know, based on anything real.)

think of any other instances of current events "revisited" by Seinfeld and company? Mr. Pitt and the Poland Spring bit doesn't count, since I don't consider Hitler in 1939 "current".

Although this might not seem current at first glance, I feel the references to the JFK assassination in the Keith Hernandez spitting incident episode qualify, since the episode was originally broadcast in light of Oliver Stone's movie JFK. There's an obvious reference in the episode itself when Hernandez asks Jerry to the movies and says something like "have you seen JFK?" --ljw

In article , [email] writes:

Then there was last night's (May 3) episode - the Kennedy auction. (BTW, the golf clubs actually went for 7 figures)

And don't forget "The Big Salad" when Kramer and the ex-ballplayer who murdered his dry cleaner took off in a white Bronco.

writes:

I think two sets of golf clubs were sold at the Onassis auction. One set for $400,000 and another for $410,000. Some other golf-related stuff sold for small change ($10,000 etc).

How could the Seinfeld writers end up so far off the mark? Why didn't they revise the episode and put in the actual amounts? It just seems sooooo unrealistic compared to "reality."

On Sat, 4 May 1996 [email] wrote:

 The show was recorded a bit before the actual auction. The estimated bid
was $700-$900. How could the Kennedys end up so far off the mark? $20,000 is
a good guess, but who could've known that the actual set of MacGregor woods
would go for $772,500? Also, the clubs in the episode looked new, and it was
a coplete set. In actuality, the clubs were quite vintage and there was a
set of five woods. I forget what the other clubs went for. You really
shouldn't go nitpicking every little thing about Seinfeld. It usually starts
a mass-nitpicking of every little detail.
 One more thing. Why would J. Peterman want to go play golf with a set of
$20,000 clubs? I would imagine he'd use his own set.
				-Ed
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In article , Ed Ruane wrote:

Just an added bit of trivia...the clubs were bought by none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger. $772,000 and he's family!

Michelle

[email] wrote: :

Not only that, but the actor who plays Newman was in JFK as one of Costner's staff.

Dave

I thought of the "Cadillac" episode when I saw this. Wonder how many presidents they're going to fit in this season?

• Nixon
• JFK
• LBJ

Did I miss any ?

Mitchell Virchick P225 wrote: {snip}

The 'Hot Coffee Scalding a Body Part' was definitely a current event.

1. The white Bronco chase at the end of the Big Salad. 2. The bra doesn't fit scene in The Caddy. 3. The subplot with Jerry's girlfriend in the Bette Midler episode was a takeoff on the Tanya Harding incident.

On Wed, 1 May 1996 [email] wrote:

The episode (whose title currently escapes me) with Poppy and the whole debate of when a pizza becomes a pizza was a pretty clever parody of the whole abortion debate. Of course, that's not an "event" in the strict sense, but it is inescapably a part of the current political culture. Also, last night's episode with the auction of JFK's stuff occurred just a few days after Jackie O's belongings were auctioned off. Of course, I don't know if this was necessarily intended, as presumably the script was written a few weeks ago, but the timing is remarkable.

And in completely unrelated news, did anyone else notice that the appearance of Sue Ellen Mischke (sp?) is tied to golf-related themes? First "The Caddy", and then last night with the golf clubs- just wondering...

-Jeff Kessler Duke '98

Mitchell Virchick P225 ([email]) wrote:

Well, last Thursday, Elaine picked up JFK's golf clubs from Jackie O's auction. That's pretty current :)

Fred