the contest: TV guide description

S04E11 The ContestretroMay 17, 1993, 4:13 PM ET6 months later4 posts by 4 postersalt.tv.seinfeld
❓ Question

Fans discuss the TV Guide description of "The Contest" episode, with one recalling a summary about entering a contest of self-denial and another noting a station's suggestive "touching" advertisement.

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Paul Silberbushalt.tv.seinfeld

does anyone know how (or even still have it) "The Contest" was summarized in TV Guide?

just curious.

...paul
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Don Kirkby↩ Paul Silberbushalt.tv.seinfeld

I believe it was something along the lines of:

Jerry and his friends enter a contest of self-denial.

My memory might be a little fuzzy. NTTAWWT!

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Mary Ellen Foster↩ Paul Silberbushalt.tv.seinfeld

Well, I don't know that, but I was at home in Halifax when it was rerun, and the local station advertised it as "The most *touching* episode of Seinfeld yet."

*GROAN*

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Jill Elizabeth Fuller↩ Paul Silberbushalt.tv.seinfeld

This reminds me: the first time "The Airplane" episode was aired, my TV guide encapsulated: Elaine sits next to a corpse on the plane.

Weird, huh?

Unless there's an additional airplane episode, somebody screwed up. Does anyone else remember this description? Can we trace the origin of this mistake?

Jill