All the talkers

The episode revolved around Elaine having broken up her friend's relationships not once but twice. I may have this backwards but everytime Elaine would call her friend she had put up with this guy talking on and on (the long talker) before letting Elaine talk to her friend. Elaine would call her friend and hang up if the guy answered making him think that was having an affair. He broke up with her and she started dating the high talker. She then broke with him because of something Elaine said and then her friend started dating Kramer who then wouldn't let Elaine talk to her friend. Episode ended with the friend on a bridge about to jump off and being saved by the man in the cape (Frank Costanza's Lawyer). Got it? Whew!

Jon Ames

It is backwards - First Elaine's friend dated the high talker (The Pledge Drive), then the long talker (The Chinese Woman). Her friend (Noreen) was jumping off the bridge because she missed her period after having sex with Kramer who became more fertile when he no longer wore underwear.

Yes, Farfel the dog was a puppet who advertised Nestle's chocolate, but he wasn't a Paul Winchell puppet. I tried a quick websearch and came up with the name Danny O'Day in connection with Farfel, but I'm not sure that's right.

As a food, farfel is scraps of matza. Matza is the cracker that Jews eat during the Passover holiday instead of bread. Farfel is used as a sort of crouton.

                                     Mark L. Levinson
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We just got Susan's death in Israel.  It was handled better
than I'd expected.  Jason Alexander did a fine job showing
George nearly (but not quite) shocked out of his usual
behavior.  Seinfeld and Michael Richards managed not to
get in the way.  The writers didn't know what to do with
Elaine, though, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus couldn't cover for
them.  One moment Elaine wanted to be a bridesmaid, and the
next moment she was helping George think of ways to get the
wedding called off.  Her reaction to the death was just plain
lame.
                                    Mark L. Levinson
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