The Pitch (Seinfeld)
"The Pitch" | |
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Seinfeld episode | |
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 3 |
Directed by | Tom Cherones |
Written by | Larry David |
Production code | 403 |
Original air date | September 16, 1992 |
Guest appearances | |
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"The Pitch" is the 43rd episode of the
Plot
a radar detector for a helmet. Later Newman receives a speeding ticket due to the detector being defective.While waiting to meet the NBC executives, George and Jerry meet
George becomes more and more nervous about the impending meeting. Jerry tries to calm him down by building him up. In the meeting, George argues with the executives about his proposed premise ("a show about nothing"; no plot, no stories). It does not go over well with them and when they show displeasure, George refuses to compromise on the idea. Jerry later blasts George for his actions.
George starts a relationship with one of the executives,
Production
In syndication, this episode does not feature Jerry's stand-up routine and also uses Season 3's logo at the beginning, as is also the case in "The Ticket", "The Cheever Letters", and "The Virgin". Both this and "The Ticket" were originally broadcast as a one-hour episode, but are shown separately in syndication.
The primary storyline about Jerry and George co-creating the show Jerry was a tongue-in-cheek homage to the process that Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David experienced when co-creating the show Seinfeld. In the Season 4 DVD extra documentary called "The Breakthrough Season", Jason Alexander and Castle Rock Entertainment executive Glenn Padnick discussed their initial skepticism about using this idea in not only one episode but as an arc for an entire season. Alexander found it to be "insane" and "self-aggrandized". Padnick described the arc about the Jerry show as "inside baseball on a show that most people didn't know even existed."
Critical reception
Linda S. Ghent, Professor in the Department of Economics at
Newman trades Kramer a helmet for a radar detector. Jerry thinks Kramer is getting ripped off; later Kramer tells Jerry that the radar detector didn't work! Asymmetric information occurs when one party has more or better information than the other. This creates an imbalance of power in transactions that can sometimes cause the transactions to go awry.[2]
The Pew Charitable Trusts weighed in on this episode, naming telemarketing one of the contributors to "rudeness in America".[3]
References
- ^ a b "Seinfeld Season 4 Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Ghent, Linda S. "Seinfeld Economics: The Pitch". Critical Commons. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ Farkas, Steve; et al. Aggravating Circumstances: A Status Report on Rudeness in America (PDF). The Pew Charitable Trusts. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
External links
- "The Pitch" at IMDb