Seinfeld things which are inconsistent

May 13, 2002, 4:26 PM ET11 posts by 5 postersalt.tv.seinfeld
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Fans discuss continuity errors and inconsistencies across Seinfeld episodes, including discrepancies about movies watched, George's childhood home details, and bedroom furniture changes.

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crisalt.tv.seinfeld

After watching all the episodes in order recently I wondered if there were any errors fans have caught debating early episodes where the later ones countered certain statements the characters made.

There is a lie that is never revealed in the entire series run regarding Jerry and George seeing the movie 'Prognoses Negative' (The Dog 3.4)(usually the lies all manifest themselves somewhere along the way)and this would have made Elaine extremely mad that they she wouldn't have seen it as well but, they both go anyway because 'Ponce De Leon' is sold out. In The Movie (4.14) George and Elaine are waiting to see 'Checkmate' and discuss the movie 'Ponce De Leone' which they were supposed to see together in The Dog but it was sold out so they ended up talking at Monk's instead. Elaine never saw the movie that I can recall and neither did George. Although, Elaine does see movies occasionally with other people (The English Patient 8.17) there's nothing showing that either of them saw it with anyone else. Too nitpicky, huh?;)

What are some others though?

one disappointing error was a great comment that george made once about how different his life would have been if he grew up in a house with a mantle. turns out he did grow up in a house with a mantle because in an earlier episode (the one where he try's to recover the statue to replace the one he had broken years earlier when he took it off the mantle to sing Macarthur Park! "cris" wrote in message news:[email]...

Movie discrepency-- Could have seen the movie "off camera"(at another time). Mantle--- Not necessarily his childhood home. Could have moved to the mantle house as a teen.

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i noticed one in Cigar Store Indian when he has sex in his parents bed and then in a later episode you see his parents room and there are 2 twin beds.

EastCoastGuyzcrisalt.tv.seinfeld

Here is a theory: His mother proclaimed she couldn't sleep in there now since she knew George had sex in their bed. So perhaps they went out and got new beds. George's father being cheap noticed that he could get a better deal on the twin beds at Macy's since they were having a special sale from the bed department. Now that I think of it, I think George's father would buy the beds from one of those warehouse bed places.

cris wrote:

crisEastCoastGuyzalt.tv.seinfeld

EastCoastGuyz wrote in message news:...

Oh, good catch! missed it;)

There is another with George in The Lip Reader where he says that he's never said "I lOve You" to anyone but a dog, but in a previous ep he said he hadn't said it at all.

Aldis Rapsyscrisalt.tv.seinfeld

Regarding the beds---At this point in their marriage, Frank and the little woman are having difficulties. Especially after catching Frank in a "bro" (MANSSIER!), seperate beds were the way to go.

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cris wrote:

You just have to watch carefully. It's something inborn, I can't pass it on to anyone. :-)

I didn't catch the change in beds. Thanks for pointing it out.

East

"EastCoastGuyz" wrote in message news:[email]...

Close but... in The Money Frank tells Kramer he and Estelle have had separate beds for 30 years because of her "jimmy arms".

-TF

So the real question is, why did they have a queen size bed that time?

"I think you have something there." - Jerry

East

Tod Friendly wrote:

The mantle might have been in another home or apartment they lived in for a short time. MacArthur Park was a popular tune around the time George would have been in perhaps 5th or 6th grade. Did George go to school in Queens?

East

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