Seincast 162 - The Merv Griffin Show
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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2018
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
"Well, we've officially bottomed out."
Vinnie & Matt discuss "The Merv Griffin Show", the sixth episode of season nine, as well as...sidling at home, Kramer's high school days, and that stuff in turkey that makes you sleepy.
Links from our discussion:
- Bruce Eric Kaplan
- Brent Hinkley (Lou Filerman)
- Julia Pennington (Celia)
- Arabella Field (Miranda)
- Jerry on "The Merv Griffin Show", 1981
- Opening stories
- Jerry inducting the Puffy Shirt into Smithsonian
- Original SuperBall commercial
- Season 9 bloopers
- Weekly listener artwork
- Upcoming Seinfeld Trivia events hosted by Matt:
- M 1/22 - Raise NYC
- M 1/29 - McGarry's
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Vinnie's Top 24
- The Opposite
- The Contest
- The Outing
- The Junior Mint
- The Implant
- The Opera
- The Bizarro Jerry
- The Cheever Letters
- The Marine Biologist
- The Hamptons
- The Bubble Boy
- The Label Maker
- The Hot Tub
- The Couch
- The Movie
- The Airport
- The Lip Reader
- The Jimmy
- The Fusilli Jerry
- The Rye
- The Merv Griffin Show
- The Yada Yada
- The Doll
- The Muffin Tops
Matt's Top 24
- The Boyfriend
- The Pilot
- The Hamptons
- The Bizarro Jerry
- The Cheever Letters
- The Outing
- The Library
- The Pen
- The Contest
- The Merv Griffin Show
- The Label Maker
- The Marine Biologist
- The Chicken Roaster
- The Implant
- The Doorman
- The Muffin Tops
- The Hot Tub
- The Little Jerry
- The Fusilli Jerry
- The Yada Yada
- The Sponge
- The Alternate Side
- The Doll
- The Seven
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, oh my God, it's the Merve Griffin set. |
| 0:08.0 | How did you get this in here? |
| 0:10.0 | You just bring it in sideways and hook it. So where are you going to sleep? |
| 0:16.2 | You're backstage. Yeah, Hey, welcome to Signcast! A retrospective on all 180 episodes of Seinfeld being |
| 0:49.9 | hosted by two guys who can barely run their own lives. Move up, move up. |
| 0:53.6 | My name is Vinny. |
| 0:54.8 | My name's Matt. |
| 0:56.1 | How you doing? |
| 0:57.0 | Are you married right now? |
| 0:58.8 | Huh. Matt, Matt, is it possible you're more beautiful |
| 1:01.9 | than the last time I saw you? |
| 1:03.0 | Oh, I am so excited to be talking about this episode with you, Vinny. |
| 1:10.0 | Let's just jump right into it. |
| 1:11.0 | What are we discussing this week? |
| 1:13.1 | We are discussing the sixth episode of season 9, The Merve Griffin's show, written by Bruce Eric Kaplan, |
| 1:19.4 | directed by Andy Ackerman, and it November 6th, 1997. |
| 1:23.8 | I think we have reached the contest episode of season 9. |
| 1:30.0 | Yep. |
| 1:30.4 | This is an all-time classic. It's as clear as day in my notes that it says Michael wins the award this week for best performance and he does. |
| 1:40.0 | Yeah, one of the all-time best Kramer episodes, one of the best episodes |
| 1:43.4 | Relief Season 9. |
| 1:44.9 | Very excited to talk about this episode with you, Vinny. |
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