I just saw this episode last night, and we were wondering how they actually got the doll? Did a Seinfeld fan have it in their collection and think "Hey, this looks like Mrs Costanza, I'll send it to the producers"? Or did they write the story and then get the doll custom made? Or what happened?
The doll of George's mother
S07E17 The DollretroOct 20, 2002, 3:27 AM ET7 years later5 posts by 5 posters
❓ Question
Fans discuss how the doll that resembles George's mother was obtained for the episode, with speculation about whether it was custom-made or found from a fan's collection.
5 posts
Probably the latter
Cheers, Telsa
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And what's the story behind Mr. Marbles?
-B.
<<<And what's the story behind Mr. Marbles?>>>
Tune in to "Mr. Marbles: The E! True Hollywood Story" (check your local listings).
^^^^^^ "Art is often hailed as the grandest expression of human spirit, but we know now ... that the grandest expression of human spirit is whatever it takes for a man or woman to rush back into a burning building to save more people."
Ventriloquists' dummies are always spooky.
Following up on Sally Weaver episodes, I noted that the "we like magic" line in "The Cartoon" has been cut in syndication. And from
<http://www.tvtome.com/Seinfeld/season9.html#ep169>
comes this interesting tidbit:
"NOTE: Viewer Jason Diersman notes that in Kathy Griffin's real life HBO comedy special she had a bit about how Jerry Seinfeld was rude to her when they were taping the first episode she appeared on, "The Doll". This is possibly the genesis for the premise of this episode?"
In other news of stand-up comedy, here's a recent San Francisco Chronicle article on Jerry and "Comedian".
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/20/PK158480.DTL>
- Mark