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I am re-watching the episode from the very beginning immediately after finishing the entire thing and I am noticing these striking similarities between early and latter days like this one from The Chinese Restaurant: George comments he's not very hungry and Jerry goes oh-yeah? on him and says:"I'm counting your shrimps!" - many many seasons later, George is gluttonning over shrimps at a meeting table at the Yankee's and someone goes:"hey George: the ocean called: there's running out of shrimps!" I think that episode was called The Comeback...

So, is that an intentional one? Is there another hint somewhere about George's shrimpophagophelia in particular?

On Aug 26, 12:07 pm, "Alexis Machine" wrote:

Doubt it was intentional unless the original writers had an awful lot of foresight or the latter writers just decided to attempt an obscure reference that no one would likely catch. I guess it is possible though.

I guess only the writer who came up for that idea in the latter episode could tell us... Are there any of them hanging around on this newsgroup?

"LDB.JR" wrote in message news:[email]... On Aug 26, 12:07 pm, "Alexis Machine" wrote:

Doubt it was intentional unless the original writers had an awful lot of foresight or the latter writers just decided to attempt an obscure reference that no one would likely catch. I guess it is possible though.

"Alexis Machine" wrote in message news:g919o0$[email]...

The two words that best describe this: Larry David.

Have you seen Larry David's show that followed Seinfeld, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"? If not, I urge you to go to your community library and borrow the DVDs for the 5 seasons.

Larry David has shrimpophageophilia. There is yet another episode in Curb where he and a colleague order Chinese take out, the other guy gets Larry's shrimp order, and when they switch back, Larry counts the remaining shrimp to verify the other guy took some.

And of course, George's character is based on Larry David.

Excellent: thanks a million - that's very interesting.

"Dimitrios Paskoudniakis" wrote in message news:[email]...

In article , "Alexis Machine" wrote:

Larry David's shrimpophageophilia notwithstanding, I always interpreted this scene from the Chinese Restaurant (George only offers $6 to bribe the host while suggesting that Jerry and Elaine pony up $7 each) as further establishing George's habit of rarely agreeing to pay his full share of cost with regard to the group's expenses. Other examples include sharing a cab without splitting the fare, buying a gift massage chair at a discount and then keeping it, the argument over the change after purchasing movie tickets, the suggestion of bringing Pepsi rather than a bottle of wine to a dinner party ....

The writers seemed to drive home the point that George seemed "very careful with money."

• Mark

...the multiple events in the early seasons (as early as the second episode) where he changes his mind on the tip and snatches a money bill back. The cheap poison envelopes, of course, and all that at times he was holding a steady job.

I wouldn't say he's a miser: he does splurge on himself occaisonally (like that messy dessert at the tennis game): I'd rather say George "has a hungry eye": he cannot see a chance to keep or eat without taking it, even if it's an eclair in the garbage bin. Counter-arguments to that are very rare but do exist: like when Kramer is trying to make him taste that fruit (I forgot which) and he keeps pushing it away till Jerry tells him he really ought to give it a try.

Unlike Newman, however, this "hungry eye" is out of a lowness of character rather than "pure evil".... :oD God, I love that show :oD

"Mark Mellin" wrote in message news:[email]...

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:48:58 +0400, "Alexis Machine" wrote:

Mango. He had just had an "equipment failure" and just one bite of it was "like getting a B12 shot." He left shortly thereafter.

No no there's another "taste-that-fruit" incident several seasons before the mango fix you mentioned. I think it was some sort of citrus fruit: I remember it's larger than an orange, I just can't remember the name: when George finally says yes, Kramer rushes to his apartement and comes back with a dishful of fruit pieces ready with a toothpick each.

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

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:23:07 +0400, "Alexis Machine" wrote:

Cantaloupe, then.

Indeed! Thanks!

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

Incidentally, from the "more than you wanted to know" department, according to Alton Brown ("Good Eats" on the Food Network), what we in North America refer to as cantaloupe, is really muskmelon (a commonly used synonym). Apparently a true European cantaloupe bears little resemblence to the muskmelon. Nevertheless...

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:46:24 +0400, "Alexis Machine" wrote:

Unlike the K-man, I've never been too keen on fruits so y'all go ahead and enjoy it without me.

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

To me, the epitome of George was this scene where he says to his date "I, uh, couldn't help but notice you didn't give me back the change from the toll booth."