I was just wondering if anybody knows what episode caused this guy to faint THREE times while eating dinner and watching Seinfeld!
Aiquoc
Question about that guy who fainted while watching Seinfeld
Oct 30, 19974 posts by 4 posters
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Yes it is...
"A MALADY IS NAMED AFTER SEINFELD
Researchers writing in the current issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis have reported on the discovery of a link between hard laughter and a drop in blood pressure that can produce fainting spells in some individuals. As reported in today's (Thursday) New York Daily News, the doctors have called the condition "Seinfeld Syncope" and, in their report, refer to one 62-year-old man who lost consciousness while watching Seinfeld and eating dinner -- and fell face-first into his meal. Seinfeld's writers are reportedly trying to figure out a way to work the malady into a story line."
It really happened. There was an article on this in the New York Daily News today.
Warning: "Seinfeld" may be hazardous to your health.
Viewers switching on the hit comedy series tonight should
know that a medical journal is reporting that the antics of
Jerry, Kramer, Elaine and George have been linked with a
dramatic drop in blood pressure and fainting. But be
particularly wary of George. Doctors are calling the condition "Seinfeld Syncope."
Writing in the current issue of Catheterization and
Cardiovascular Diagnosis, a trio of neurologists reports
that one of their patients has actually lost consciousness
from laughter "provoked while watching the television
show 'Seinfeld.' " The 62-year-old man once even fell
face-first into his dinner and had to be rescued by his
wife. Dr. Andrew Eisenhauer, who practices at the Lahey
Hitchcock Medical Center in Burlington, Mass., tells us
that the patient experienced Seinfeld Syncope "almost
uniformly after hysterical laughter." The chief culprit? Dr.
Eisenhauer said that what made his patient really black out
were the schemes of Jason Alexander's self-absorbed
character, George Costanza. "The Costanza character made him laugh the most," said
Eisenhauer. A spokesman for the show said that Seinfeld himself is
flattered and amused by the report, which accords the
Massapequa, L.I., native a medical status not unlike that
of French author Stendahl, who gave his name to
Stendahl Syndrome, a form of vertigo brought on by
overwhelming beauty. The show's writers are already figuring out how to work
the Jerry-related malady into a story line. (They've already
based one episode on the true story of an "Entertainment
Tonight" viewer whose seizures were linked with host
Mary Hart.) Let's hope they don't make it so funny that people
afflicted with Seinfeld Syncope actually kick the bucket.
Then again, maybe the writers on the "Seinfeld" team are
slipping. Eisenhauer reports that his patient has been
watching the new season's episodes and hasn't fainted
once. Says the doctor: "Either the show's no longer funny
or we fixed him."Dave wrote: