The Trip: Part 1
- Episode aired Aug 12, 1992
- PG
- 23m
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When Jerry is asked to appear on The Tonight Show in Los Angeles, George accompanies him to look for Kramer.When Jerry is asked to appear on The Tonight Show in Los Angeles, George accompanies him to look for Kramer.When Jerry is asked to appear on The Tonight Show in Los Angeles, George accompanies him to look for Kramer.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Elaine Benes
- (credit only)
Ruth Cohen
- Ruthie Cohen
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaFirst appearance of Ruth Cohen as the later self named cashier Ruthie Cohen in the diner Monk's. Ruth would go on to become the most frequent character on the show besides the main four, due to that she was present in basically every scene at Monk's from this episode and forward, although not always seen, depending on what camera angles were used in the diner. She however only received on-screen credit a few times, when she had a couple of lines of dialogue during the last seasons.
- GoofsAfter Kramer makes a call to Candice Bergen, Helene stops him in the hallway and tells him she was in a The Three Stooges short called "Sappy Pappies" from 1934. The Three Stooges never made a short with that title. Response: Based on Helen details of the plot involving the death of a baby and the Stooges being executed, it seems Helene is confused or delusional.
- Quotes
Kramer: So my acting technique, my personal acting technique, is working with color, imagining color, then finding the emotional vibrational mood connected to the color. See, if you look through my scripts, you'll see that all my lines have a special color. So I don't memorize language. I memorize color. This way I can go through red, yellow, green, blue.
[snaps on each color]
Kramer: And I have a full palette of emotions.
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One of the all time worst
There's no denying that Season 4 is Seinfeld's most acclaimed season (and its best), but my god did it start off bad.
I really didn't have a soft spot in my heart for The Keys (previous episode). It felt completely out of place with the series' tone in general and The Trip is the continuation of that mistake. Above that, it's not funny (specially Part 1). You know how some episodes aren't really good but you can laugh or giggle at some gags. Well, not here. The jokes often don't land, the general story is lame and there's no Elaine and that can only hurt the episode.
Above having an awful script, the direction is awkwardly weird. It's overly cinematic (in the worst way), the pace is as languid as it gets, even the audience isn't enjoying it that much.
This whole mini story of Kramer's escapade to LA feels out of place and, most importantly, unnecessary. For me Season 4 starts with The Pitch. It's logical: it sets up the actual arc that will continue throughout the season and it's actually in the level of quality of this season. These two episodes feel like the writers had to close the stupid story they opened in Season 3 finale.
I really didn't have a soft spot in my heart for The Keys (previous episode). It felt completely out of place with the series' tone in general and The Trip is the continuation of that mistake. Above that, it's not funny (specially Part 1). You know how some episodes aren't really good but you can laugh or giggle at some gags. Well, not here. The jokes often don't land, the general story is lame and there's no Elaine and that can only hurt the episode.
Above having an awful script, the direction is awkwardly weird. It's overly cinematic (in the worst way), the pace is as languid as it gets, even the audience isn't enjoying it that much.
This whole mini story of Kramer's escapade to LA feels out of place and, most importantly, unnecessary. For me Season 4 starts with The Pitch. It's logical: it sets up the actual arc that will continue throughout the season and it's actually in the level of quality of this season. These two episodes feel like the writers had to close the stupid story they opened in Season 3 finale.
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- Jun 23, 2016
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