When Newman is first shown in the car with the model, he says "brains AND beauty". Then later in the episode (or earlier, you might say) when he's making his birthday wish and sees her on the Cosmo magazine, the cover says "Brains and Beauty", apparently as the name of the article she's in in the magazine. Cool huh? Also, Pinter is the name of the man who directed a backwards play called Betrayal. Yet another cool allusion.
The Betrayal--Did anyone see what I saw?
S09E08 The BetrayalliveNov 21, 1997the next day7 posts by 6 posters
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Fans discuss clever details in The Betrayal episode, including the "Brains and Beauty" callback and the Harold Pinter reference, with debate over which magazine appeared in earlier episodes.
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In , "Casey M. Campbell" writes:
Interestingly enough, it was not Cosmo-(Kramer)-politan, but Vogue. The very magazine that prompted George to 'use his body like an amusement park' in "The Contest".
[email] (Dave) wrote:
George jerks off to Glamour.
WT
"if the truth will set you free and knowledge is power, what the hell am I doing watching so much TV?"
Correct. And thanks to you and Kevin Welch for noticing my error. (his response was a bit more delicate.)
Dave ([email]) wrote:
I thought that was Glamour Magazine.
Dave, You disappoint me my friend. ;-) George was using his body like an amusement park with Glamour magazine, not Vogue.
lauri
On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 01:29:37 -0500, "Casey M. Campbell" wrote:
The mag did not say "Brains and Beauty". Watch it again.