Seinfeld: The Post Show Recap | A Podcast About Nothing

Rob and Akiva Need a Podcast Ep #001 – A Podcast About Anything… Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur have been looking for another podcast to start since the finale of the Seinfeld: Post Show Recap in 2017.  In each episode Rob & Akiva will spin a wheel of listener submitted podcast ideas to figure out what the next episode will be about.  The first spin got us to recap Season 3, Episode 7 of the ABC sitcom, “Perfect Strangers” Perfect Strangers: Season 3, Ep #7 Recap of “The Horn Blows at Midnight” Rob and Akiva recap what happens when a psychic gives Balki a terrible prediction about the fate of Cousin Larry. Watch on Hulu Akiva on Twitter

Rob and Akiva are STILL Trying to Figure Out What to do Next We Lied.  We said the next time you heard Rob & Akiva it would be the start of a new podcast but the feedback was too all over the map… so we’re back with another podcast to figure it out.   Listen to Rob and Akiva announce a comeback

What Happens Next? Rob & Akiva Talk Podcasting Comeback Possibilities Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur reunite after many months away from the Seinfeld podcast to talk about the options to potentially record again in the future.  

Recorded LIVE in front of a studio audience in Manhattan, New York, Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur finsih their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episodes 18, “The Frogger.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps

After Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur complete their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode, they discuss their ratings of the Finale and answer your questions. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur complete their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episodes 23 & 24, “The Finale.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

AJ Mass hosts a quiz between Rob and Akiva then Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episodes 21 & 22, “The Clip Show.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 20, “The Puerto Rican Day.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 19, “The Maid.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 17, “The Bookstore.”As a bonus, Rob and Akiva talk with the episode’s guest star, Jonathan Penner!  Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 17, “The Burning.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur Alexander Chester continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 16, “The Wizard.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 14, “The Strongbox.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 13, “The Cartoon.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur interview Spike Feresten, writer of many iconic Seinfeld episodes including Season 9’s “The Reverse Peephole.” Listen to “Spike’s Car Radio” on Podcast One   Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 12, “The Reverse Peephole.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 11, “The Dealership.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 10, “The Strike.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 9, “The Apology.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-b2FS8vTx4 Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 8, “The Betrayal.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going topostshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Apology”. Emails –  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes.  Amir thought George only wanted Nina because Jerry never got her.  Dan the benefactor had Newman’s back when Jerry insulted him in his own apartment, noting that Jerry was out of line.  Alex pointed out a continuity error based on a crossover episode of Mad About You.  Vicki asked if either of them have tried clams casino.  Lindsay asked if they’ve attended a destination wedding.  Ariel asked if they think the episode would still be funny if watched in normal order, to which Akiva decided Mike Bloom needs to test the theory.  Leading off as always, Johnny De Silveira asked how Jerry and George decided they would go to India for a wedding they weren’t invited to.   Episode Ranking – 12   Kramer’s storyline – While he is invited to go, Kramer stays home from the trip to India to deal with a problem he is having with FDR (Romanowski).  Kramer attended FDR’s birthday party, but when he blew out his candles, he gave Kramer an evil look.  He reveals to Kramer later that he wished Kramer would drop dead.  Desperate to get this jinx off of him, Kramer tries to take Newman’s wish, then tries wishing wells, eye lashes, and wishbone.  In the end, FDR was just upset about Kramer hitting him with a snowball, so Kramer agreed to let FDR hit him with one to even up the score.  Grade: Akiva – 2 sari’s in a sock, Rob – 2 sari’s in a sock      Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine has been invited to attend Sue Ellen Mischke’s wedding in India, though she suspects Sue Ellen invited her last minute as an “unvitation”. She buys tickets for them all to go, but Kramer declines, leaving George to take his new girlfriend Nina.  Soon after arriving, Elaine discovers she had a romantic relationship with the Pinter, the groom to be, years ago when he went by the name Peter.  She swears Jerry to secrecy, but he tells George who shouts it out during the wedding ceremony, causing Sue Ellen to call off the wedding.  Grade: Akiva – 3.5 sari’s in a sock, Rob – 3 sari’s in a sock   George’s Storyline – George wants Jerry to set him up with a woman he used to date named Nina.  But when he met her on the street, he was wearing boots that made him taller, leaving him compelled to keep wearing them every time he sees her.  When Kramer decides not to go to India, George jumps at the chance to bring Nina.  While in India, George notices Jerry acting strange, so he gets Elaine drunk so she can spill the beans.  She tells him Jerry did sleep with Nina, but he can’t say anything.  When chaos starts to ensue at the wedding, George brought the whole thing to a halt when he shouted out how Elaine had slept with Pinter.  Nina revealed she didn’t like either of them, and only wanted a free trip to India.  Grade: Akiva – 3.5 sari’s in a sock, Rob – 3 sari’s in a sock   Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry agrees to set up George with a woman he used to date but never slept with. He liked her, but didn’t connect because they communicated so well, there were never awkward pauses.  When he talks with her about George, there is an awkward pause, and they sleep with each other right there.  Elaine finds out, but agrees to never tell George.  Jerry goes along to Sue Ellen’s wedding with Elaine, and while there, he gets Elaine drunk so she’ll reveal what George has been upset about.  She tells him George got her drunk and she spilled the beans about  Nina and Jerry.  Grade: Akiva – 3.5 sari’s in a sock, Rob – 3 sari’s in a sock   Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur laced up their big boots and are ready to bring you the next Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time the guys discussed “The Betrayal”, which first aired November 20, 1997 as part of season nine. The episode was written by Peter Mehlman and David Mandel.   Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Betrayal  

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 7, “The Slicer.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Slicer   Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur are fresh from earning their doctorate in podcasting and are ready to bring you the next Seinfeld Post Show Recap . This time the guys discussed “The Slicer”, which first aired November 13, 1997 as part of season nine. The episode was written by Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin and Darin Henry.   Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry is on a date with a dermatologist named Sara, but her belittling him for not being a life saver gets on his nerves.  When he learns she is a dermatologist, he incorrectly assumes she couldn’t save lives and wants to bust her on it.  Right after he calls her out on this at a restaurant, a man she saved from skin cancer comes over to the table to thank her.  A few days after this mishap, Jerry starts developing a rash, which he thinks is payback from Sara.  He calls her out on this as well, but then learns soon after the rash was caused from Kramer using Jerry’s bath towel to clean his slicer. Grade: Akiva – B+, Rob – B-   George’s Storyline – George is interviewing for a new job at Kruger Smoothing, when he notices himself in the background of one of Mr. Kruger’s family vacation photos.  It reminds George of an altercation several years ago that led to him throwing Kruger’s son’s boom box in the water. Desperate to keep Kruger from remembering him, George steals the photo to have himself photo-shopped out.  When he gets it back, Kruger was removed instead, and could only be put back in if George gets a shirtless photo of him. Having Kramer pose as a dermatologist during the cancer screening allowed this to happen, though Kruger refuses to have a mole looked at based on the mole being the same size in his photo.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – A-   Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine’s neighbor is out of the country, but has forgotten to turn off the alarm clock.  Kramer helps her by blowing the fuse, but this causes a new problem when the automatic feeder for the neighbor’s cat shuts off.  Now with the problem of having a starving and meowing cat next door, Elaine once again elicits Kramer’s help, this time by borrowing the meat slicer to feed meat to the neighbor’s cat.  She ends up damaging the slicer when she gets too comfortable and uses it to even out her high heels.   Grade: Akiva – C, Rob – D+   Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is fed up with sandwiches and deli meat in general, so he decides to buy his own meat slicer.  Despite buying so much meat the butcher gave him a free white coat, he lends the slicer to Elaine for her problem with the neighbor’s hungry cat.  This coat comes in handy though when George enlists Kramer to be apart of his plan to get a shirtless picture of Kruger by having him pose as a doctor.  Kramer wraps himself into Jerry’s storyline by causing Jerry’s horrible rash when he used his bath towel to clean the slicer with toxic metal cleaner.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – A-   Episode Ranking – 57   Emails – Johnny De Silveira shared how he enjoyed the callback to Kramer’s fear of clowns in the Joe Devola episode.  Lindsay asked the guys if they’ve purchased any useless kitchen appliances.  Mikewrote in wondering if Nicole belittles Rob about how she saves lives every day.  Shawn Falconer checked in, noting that the Kenny Kramer Tour schedule won’t be out until later this summer.  Craig pointed out the discrepancy in George’s hairline in the series premiere versus the 1989 in that photo.  Pat asked why George didn’t just leave the picture alone.  Amir wondered why Elaine wouldn’t just call the super of the building.  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes.   Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Betrayal”. Send in your questions by [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going topostshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 6, “The Merv Griffin Show.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 5, “The Junk Mail.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Junk Mail   Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur’s Seinfeld Post Show Recap is like the mail, it can never be stopped. This time the guys discussed “The Junk Mail”, which first aired October 30, 1997 as part of season nine. The episode was written by Spike Feresten.   Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry old summer camp friend “Fragile” Frankie arranges for Jerry to get a car as payment for a spot he did for the dealership.  Frankie can only get him a van though, and Jerry has to pretend to like it to protect Frankie’s feelings.  He tries to discretely sell it in New Jersey, but Kramer convinces him to take out an ad and sell it himself.  Kramer tries to buy the van in “trade”, and while borrowing it, George decides to use it for his plan to shock his parents.  Ultimately Frankie learns Jerry doesn’t like the van, so Jerry has to find him in the Central Park woods digging a hole.  *Grade: Akiva – bill, Rob – past due bill   George’s Storyline – George notices his parents giving him the brush off, so when he confronts them on this, they tell him they are tired of him, and want some time to themselves.  George wants to do something to forces them back into his life, so he convinces his cousin Rhisa to pretend they are dating to shock Frank and Estelle, however the cousin is actually into the idea.  George persists with his plan, but when Frankie starts peering in the van windows while he and Rhisa are waiting Frank and Estelle, George freaks out, running into the woods.  The episode ends with George accidentally opening the van door to see his parents having sex.  Grade: Akiva – magazine+, Rob – paycheck   Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine becomes enamored with a man named Jack at the diner, so she sets up a date with him to see if he again gives her the butterflies.  When he does, she proceeds to dump Puddy.  Even Jerry gets an enamored feeling when he meets Jack, so he investigates to find out that Jack is actually from the old commercial for a famous electronic store “The Wiz”.  He delights in showing Elaine this, causing her to crawl back to Puddy.  She changes her mind again, only to have Jack share that he’s signed back on to be “The Wiz” again.   Grade: Akiva – IRS bill, Rob – IRS bill   Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is fed up with Pottery Barn delivering so many catalogs, so he decides to take all back to one of the stores.  When this doesn’t get them to stop, compounded with all the other catalogs being sent to him, he decides to take things further by cutting off the mail altogether.  Newman tries to interfere when Kramer makes a stink down at the post office, but Kramer doesn’t let up.  He starts picketing in an attempt to paint the post office as “big brother”.  This leads to the Postmaster General to kidnap Kramer and threaten him to continue getting his mail normally.  Grade: Akiva – bill, Rob – bill   Episode Ranking – 142   Emails – Johnny De Silveira asked what their “go-to” line is for getting off the phone.  Vicky noted that Newman’s speech is from a classic Robert Redford movie.  Mike C asked what businesses are the butt of the joke today like Pottery Barn was in the 90s.  Lindsay asked them to share their least favorite abbreviated word.  Jim the physics correspondent asked if they have any friends they have to baby like Fragile Frankie.  Matt wondered what the “choke point” was to stop Pottery Barn before taking on the Post Office.  Amir thought the most unbelievable storyline in the show was Kramer knowing who the Postmaster General was.  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes, with Akiva sharing the news that he prefers to be called Alex.   Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Merv Griffin Show”. Send in your questions by [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going topostshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. *Grading: Bill = F, Catalog = C/D, Magazine = B, Paycheck = A

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 4, “The Blood.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Blood   Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur have lit their cream soda incense and are ready to bring you another Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time they discussed “The Blood”, which first aired October 16, 1997 as part of season nine. The episode was written by Dan O’Keefe.   Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry starts to turn healthy after everyone remarks that he is gaining some weight.  When freaking out over Kramer keeping his blood at home, an exacto-knife accidentally cuts him, with Kramer’s blood going in him in the transfusion.  His parents hire Izzy Mandelbaum to get him in better shape after hearing of this incident.  When Izzy discovers all of Kramer and Newman’s sausage in his apartment, he ties Jerry to the back of his car and makes him run it off.  Izzy Jr. accidentally hits the gas too hard when blood drips on his shoe and causes Jerry to get dragged.  He goes to the hospital for another transfusion, this time though, from Newman.  Grade: Akiva – 1.5 pints of blood, Rob – 2.5 pints of blood   George’s Storyline – George’s new girlfriend Tara lights incense before getting intimate, causing George to get so hungry he leaves abruptly for the diner.  Transfixed by this now, George tries bringing in food to the bedroom, which works well at first.  He tries to take one step too far though when he is caught trying to watch TV and eat during sex.  The food and sex confusion starts getting more complicated for him when he gets flush just from eating.  George learns that Elaine’s friend Vivian is actually his perfect match when she shares his erotic desires for pastrami too.  Grade: Akiva – 3 pints of blood, Rob – 3 pints of blood   Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine’s old friend Vivian asks Elaine if she knows anyone responsible enough to watch her son, completely disregarding Elaine.  She’s further offended by this when Vivian asks Kramer instead, which leads to her attacking Kramer at Vivian’s doorstep so she can prove her worth.  The kid ends up being a nightmare, and when Vivian has a health scare, she asks Elaine to be her son’s guardian if something happened.  Elaine goes to great lengths, including smoking cigars and sleeping on the job to get her to change her mind, but to no avail.  After George sleeps with Vivian though, Elaine gets out of the responsibility.   Grade: Akiva – 2 pints of blood, Rob – 2 pints of blood   Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is upset with his blood bank over a price increase, so he decides to store his blood at home instead, much to Jerry’s dismay.  So paranoid over the thought of the blood, Jerry has an accident that causes him to need Kramer’s blood in a transfusion.  Meanwhile, Kramer and Newman use Jerry’s apartment to watch a video on how to make sausages, then stay there to actually make them.  When they run out of freezer space from all the sausages, Kramer’s forced to bring the blood back to the bank.  Jerry’s car overheats on the way there, so Kramer uses the blood to keep the car running.  Grade: Akiva – 1.5 pints of blood, Rob – 2.5 pints of blood   Episode Ranking – 113   Emails – Johnny De Silveira noted that “The Blood” was Lloyd Bridges’ final TV appearance.  Kaia wondered if her boyfriend is a loser for passing out when giving blood.  Lindsay asked if they give blood, and also wondered if they have anyone in their life that owe them a favor.  Craig wondered what things their kids have destroyed of theirs.  Matt asked why Izzy Mandelbaum would even want to train Jerry after all he put him through.  Caleb asked them to rank the core four in who they would let babysit their kids.  Amir noted that Kramer backed down in a fight numerous times, disproving his theory for why he needs to keep the blood.  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes.   Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Junk Mail”. Send in your questions by [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going topostshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

  Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 3, “The Serenity Now.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 2, “The Voice.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Voice   Helloooooo!  Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur gave up doing their favorite silly voices just to bring you another Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time they discussed “The Voice”, which first aired October 2, 1997 as part of season nine. The episode was once again written by the team of Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel.   Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry has a running gag with the gang about his new girlfriend Claire’s belly button talking to him at night in a silly voice.  She gets upset with him when she learns what the voice is about, and only agrees to see him again if he stops using the voice altogether.  He has to stoically contemplate his decision, then runs to her apartment to tell her he’s choosing the voice.  When both George and Kramer confirm the voice is played out, he once again convinces her to come back to him. The episode ends with Claire getting hit with the giant ball of oil when she refuses to acknowledge Jerry because his shouting sounded like the voice.  Grade: Akiva – turns chair around, Rob – turns chair around   George’s Storyline – George is facing the fallout from being caught faking his handicap.  While they can’t fire him, they start doing everything they can to make him quit, including boarding up his office.  Even when Play Now offers to buy him out for six month’s salary, George continues to show up to work. The stakes raise further when Mr. Thomassoulo opens George’s private bathroom to the rest of the staff.  George decides to get back at him by allowing Kramer and Darin to test their oil bladder system with a playground ball from his work.  Ultimately the plan causes Clair to sue, bankrupting Play Now and leaving George out of a job.  Grade: Akiva – turns chair around, Rob – does not turn chair around   Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine runs into Puddy at the coffee shop, to which Jerry predicts she will get back together with him.  They even bet on it, and Elaine is forced to pay up when Jerry catches her wearing the same clothes as the day before.  She insists it’s just a backslide, even going double or nothing on her bet with Jerry.  She loses that bet again though, several times over.  During one of her trysts with Puddy, he talks a little to glowingly about their purely physical relationship, so she punishes him by getting back together and making him cuddle.  In the end, Puddy breaks it off with her.  Grade: Akiva – does not turn chair around, but gives her praise, Rob – turns chair around   Kramer’s storyline – Kramer discovers his ideas are being used all over town, so he decides he needs to get his business, Kramerica Industries, back up and running.  He discovers he can’t do it alone, so he enlists a student intern from NYU to help him with various things, including his idea for a rubber bladder that can hold the oil inside tankers, preventing spills.  NYU reads over Darin’s internship notes that include him mending chicken wire, and he’s forced to find another company to fulfill his school requirements.  Despite this, he comes back to Kramer to see the bladder idea through.  The idea is a failure though, and Darin somehow ends up going to jail for a long time.  Grade: Akiva – turns chair around, Rob – turns chair around Episode Ranking – 69 Emails – Johnny De Silveira wondered what Darin was convicted for doing.  Caleb wondered what impression Rob does that Nicole hates.  Lindsay asked what they could put up with before quitting a job.  Ariel noted how great it is that Scott St. Pierre is adding in music to the background now.  Amir asked if this is the most damage the gang has done to others in one episode.  He also wondered why George didn’t just tell Play Now the truth.  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes.   Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Serenity Now”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nIiJLoDh7Y Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 9, Episode 1, “The Butter Shave.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Butter Shave   Bania is waiting in the wings to host the Caroline in the City Post Show recap, but he will have to wait.  The Summer of Rob and Keev officially kicks off as Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur basted in the hot tub and are ready for the final stretch of Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time they discussed “The Butter Shave”, which first aired September 25, 1997 as the premiere of the final season. The episode was written by Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel.   Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry has another opportunity with NBC at a showcase, but starts to become bothered by Bania following him and benefitting from all of Jerry’s work to get a laugh.  He’s further annoyed when he sees that Bania’s now dating Jenna with the toilet bowl toothbrush.  While trying to concoct a plan to deal with Bania, he discovers George is actually a Bania fan.  Jerry goes so crazy over this, he decides the only way to get back at Bania is to bomb his own NBC showcase to keep him from getting leftover laughs.  This plan works at first, but NBC associates Newman and Kramer onstage as part of Bania’s act, so they decide to work with him.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – A-   George’s Storyline – The cane George has to use for his injury lands him a job when a playground equipment company interviews him.  While he tries to explain he’s not permanently handicapped, the treatment he gets is so great, including his own private, handicapped bathroom, he decides to just go with it.  George injures his other leg, and his new boss sees him limping the wrong way, so they buy him a scooter to get around in.  While on the scooter, he bumps into an old man, to which the man and his friends start scootering after him.  The gig is up for George when his new boss sees him pick up and run with the scooter to avoid the elderly gang chasing him.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B   Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine is on a long flight back from Norway with Puddy, who she’s back together with. The long and boring flight causes them to argue incessantly, with Elaine even bringing in the guy sitting next to them for backup.  They decide to break up, though they still have over half the flight left.  They both attempt to pretend the other isn’t there, but they eventually decide to get back together, only to minutes later break up all over again.  During this argument, Elaine shouts that she wants the plane to hit a mountain so she doesn’t have to deal with him anymore, much to the fear of the passenger next to her that she has been calling vegetable lasagna.  Grade: Akiva – B+, Rob – B+   Kramer’s storyline – After experiencing bad razor burn shaving off his mustache, Kramer decides to try butter next time, which sparks great results.  It works so well for him, he decides to use it as suntan lotion, only he falls asleep, causing the butter to burn him to a near crisp.  In an effort to keep from drying out, he bastes himself with butter in his hot tub, only the smell causes Newman to fantasize about eating him.  When a waiter spills oregano and parmesan all over him, it’s too much for Newman, so he chases him onstage trying to eat him during Bania’s act.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B Episode Ranking – 50 Emails – Rob and Keev wanted to urge listeners to email in ideas for how they can switch up the last season of the podcast.  Dan the benefactor noted that $168 was donated to charity for season eight.  Shawn Falconer contacted the real Kramer tour a few weeks ago, but hasn’t heard back.  Craig said that Brandon Tartikoff was a former NBC executive who was friends with Jerry.  Johnny De Silveira noted that George saying he felt like a gargoyle on the toilet was an homage to his role in Hunchback of Note Dame.  Lindsay asked if they have sat next to anyone bad on a plane.  Pat wondered what flight would be 22 hours.  Mike asked if Rob would use butter to shave his beard.  Matt had a hot take about seeing an American railroad crossing sign in the background of a scene supposedly in Norway.  Amir counted it as 16 seconds gone when Kramer went to shave his mustache, and noted that the plane phone call Elaine made would be terribly expensive.  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes.   Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Voice”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 22, “The Summer of George.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 21, “The Muffin Tops.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point @Keev26 Gaff — Spike Feresten (@spikeferesten) April 12, 2017 Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Muffin Tops   Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur have brought all their muffin stumps to the dump and are ready to bring you a new Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time they discussed “The Muffin Tops”, which first aired May 8, 1997 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Spike Feresten.   Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry accidentally shaves too much when evening his chest hair, leading him to shave it all off.  Kramer warns him not to do it again, but his new girlfriend Alex seems to like the shaved look, so he keeps doing it.  When on Kramer’s real Peterman tour, his hair starts to grow back in, causing him to itch incessantly.  The episode ends in absurd fashion when the full moon, coupled with Jerry’s hair growth plays out like a werewolf movie.  Grade: Akiva – D- , Rob – C-   George’s Storyline – George is left with a stranger’s suitcase, so he decides to keep it when the guy doesn’t come back for it.  An attractive woman named mistakes him for a tourist, and he decides to go along with it.  Though she doesn’t seem to think George is cut out for New York, he pretends his job and his apartment were just found that day.  Mary Anne accidentally tells Steinbrenner George actually works for Tyler Chicken, which upsets him enough to “trade” George to them for a lucrative chicken hot dog deal.  Later, George runs into the tourist, only to have the guy take the clothes off his back.  Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A-   Elaine’s Storyline – While promoting Peterman’s book, Elaine sees her old boss Mr. Lippman.  She mentions off-hand to him her idea for a store that only sold muffin tops.  Later on in the episode, she sees he’s opened a store based on her idea, though he quickly agrees to share the profits.  They end of having trouble getting rid of the muffin stumps, even having a homeless shelter turn them away when they donated.  Eventually, Kramer agrees to take them off their hands.  Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A   Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is upset about the release of Peterman’s book with all the stories he sold to Peterman.  After getting kicked out of a book signing for claiming to be the real Peterman, he decides to start the “Real Peterman” tour for $37.50 a ticket.  Kramer gets Jerry and his new girlfriend to go on the tour, which has really just turned into him running the leftover muffin stumps to the landfill for Elaine.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B   Episode Ranking – 31 Emails – Johnny De Silveira noted the dog in the park was not the breed mentioned.  Craig wondered what they thought of the abrupt ending of George with the Yankees.  Lindsay asked what their favorite muffins are.  Max the millennial wondered if the tag with Newman was a Pulp Fiction homage.  Pat asked if Lippman and Elaine could have sold the stumps for a dollar.  Caleb asked if they have ever pretended to do something just to get a girl’s attention.  Dan the benefactor said he sees a lot of tourists in San Francisco still with paper maps and can’t understand it.  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes.   Tune in next week as the guys will recap the final episode of season eight with “The Summer of George”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 20, “The Millennium.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Millennium Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur have their everyday balloons, and are ready to bring you a new Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time they discussed “The Millennium”, which first aired May 1, 1997 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Jennifer Crittenden. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry is dating a woman named Valerie who already has him on her speed dial.  He is dropped to the bottom of her list after a lackluster date, so he wows her on the next date and moves to the top spot.  The step mother is upset by this, in Mrs. Robinson fashion, seductively tries to influence Jerry to help.   Valerie agrees to put her step mother back on speed dial if she takes Jerry off hers.  Mrs. Hamilton instead hides Jerry in the poison number, which backfires when she is sick from the salsa with the silicon packet in it.  Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – B   George’s Storyline – George has been invited to lunch by some people at the Mets who want him to be their Director of Scouting.  The only caveat is that George needs to get fired from the Yankees first before they can offer the job.  He tries numerous ways to get fired, including spilling food all over a game worn Babe Ruth jersey.  When he’s finally fired for dragging the World Series trophy behind his car, Wilhelm barges in and takes all the blame for it, since he was offered the same job by the Mets.  Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A   Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine wants to exact revenge on a woman from a clothing store who gave her bad customer service.  Kramer recommends she just shop at the other Mayan clothing store. She learns that the rude woman owns both stores, so she resorts to sending Kramer in to price all the clothing so cheap it puts her out of business.  Kramer bungles the job, and instead tries to remove all the silicon moisture packets from the clothing.  Grade: Akiva – F+, Rob – C-   Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is hard at work preparing for his millennium party, storing chairs and balloons at Jerry’s, even though the party is two and a half years away.  Things turn ugly when he learns Newman is throwing a competing party, and won’t join forces because he doesn’t want Jerry there.  When Kramer convinces Elaine to turn down Newman’s invitation, it forces him to co-plan the party with Kramer and put up with Jerry.  Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – C- Episode Ranking – 73 Emails – Johnny De Silveira asks what is the modern day equivalent of making someone’s speed dial.  Max the millennial asks if speed dial is the most dated thing on the show.  Dan the benefactor thinks every store should have chips and salsa to drum up business.   Caleb wondered why George didn’t just quit. Craig asked if they’ve ever seen anyone get fired in grand fashion.  Kaia asked them to choose between Lauren Graham in Seinfeld or Gilmore Girls.  Christine wondered how old Newman was.  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Muffin Tops”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going topostshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 19, “The Yada Yada.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 18, “The Nap.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur just got back from their swim in the East River to bring you a new Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time, they discussed “The Nap”, which first aired April 10, 1997 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry is having his kitchen cabinets redone, but Conrad the carpenter working on it is taking a long time.  Frustrated by him asking too many questions, he lets George take Conrad to build a nap area underneath his desk at work.  When Conrad gets back to Jerry’s, he still can’t get anything done without asking Jerry about every detail.  Jerry yells at him, telling him to just figure it out on his own and be done by the end of the day.  When Jerry gets back, Conrad completely redesigned everything, causing Jerry to ask him to change it back to normal.  Grade: Akiva – C-, Rob – C George’s Storyline – George is frustrated because he can’t take a good nap at work.  He accidentally discovers that under his desk is a perfect spot, but he needs Jerry’s carpenter Conrad to make some space and add some shelves.  While napping in his spot, Steinbrenner comes in with a question, and decides not to leave until George gets back.  George has Jerry call in a bomb threat to get Steinbrenner out, but it backfires when Steinbrenner and his grandkids take cover under the desk.  Later when Steinbrenner hears George’s alarm clock ticking under the desk, he calls in a bomb squad to destroy the desk. Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine is dating a new guy named Hal, who is obsessed with taking care of his back.  When he has a special mattress delivered to her apartment, she is turned off by his assumption he’ll be in her bed soon.  She gives the mattress to Kramer, but soon discovers Hal had it specially contoured to her body type.  She gets the mattress back, but it now smells like the East River after Kramer slept on it.  Elaine hurts her back trying to move the smelly mattress out, and her doctor sends her out swimming in the East River for treatment.  Grade: Akiva – C, Rob – C Kramer’s storyline – Kramer has been swimming hundreds of laps at the local pool, but they don’t give him enough of a workout time.  He discovers that if he swims the East River from one bridge to another, he gets his proper workout.  After one of his swims, Jerry notices Kramer’s foul stench, but the benefits of his swim outweigh the smell for Kramer.  After he shares his secret with Hal, Hal spreads the word, and Kramer’s swim lane in the river ends up too crowded for him to enjoy.  Grade: Akiva – B-, Rob – B- Episode Ranking – 76 Emails – Johnny De Silveira asked them about the last song to get stuck in their heads.  Jim asked what was the best place they’ve ever napped.  Caleb asked how Jerry got Steinbrenner’s office number.  Lindsay wondered how they feel about swimming as an exercise.  Coach Jason asked what they thought about Connie Sellecca’s attractiveness.  Mike recommended getting the Casper mattress to Elaine in the future. Matt noted that the Queensboro Bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge is over 11 miles round trip.  Ariel found it strange that there was a plane hijacked and a bomb threat in back to back episodes.  David thought it was more of a Kramer move to fall asleep in Jerry’s cupboards.  Finally, Chester chimed in with an array of takes. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Yada Yada”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.  

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 17, “The English Patient.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKRpkhMC0WY Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 16, “The Pothole.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur rented their jackhammers and are ready to bring you a new Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time, they discussed “The Pothole”, which first aired February 20, 1997 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Steve O’Donnell and Dan O’Keefe. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry is dating a new woman named Jenna, and accidentally knocks her toothbrush in the toilet bowl.  He can’t stop her from using it before throwing it out, so he tries a number of techniques to fully clean her mouth so he can kiss her again.  When none of them work, he finally admits what he did, so Jenna in turn puts “something” of his in his toilet.  After Jerry throws nearly everything in his apartment out, Jenna reveals she put the toilet brush in the bowl.  Just when Jerry starts to get over it all, Jenna’s toilet explodes all over her from George bursting the water main, causing Jerry to tell her to have a nice life. Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B+ George’s Storyline – George gets a new keychain with a talking Phil Rizzuto on it that says his catch phrase “Holy Cow”.  He discovers soon after that he’s lost the keys jumping over a pothole out on the street.  The pothole has been paved over though.  Kramer ends up connecting George with some construction workers he met, but they won’t do the work for him, only lending him the jackhammer.  The episode ends with George accidentally hitting a waterline, sending water shooting up into the sky. Grade: Akiva – B+, Rob – B+ Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine is obsessed with this new flounder dish at a local Chinese Food place, but they don’t deliver to her area.  She tries giving the address across the street that is in the delivery zone, but the delivery man refuses to give her the meal.  Next, when trying to convince someone in that building to let her order from their apartment, she discovers a janitor’s closet she can use.  The idea works, but a tenant in the building thinks Elaine is the janitor, and forces her to remove a bunch of debris from the building’s basement. Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – B Kramer’s storyline – Kramer accidentally runs over a sewing machine while driving down the highway, prompting him to adopt the stretch so he can personally tend to it.  He takes the job seriously, even cleaning the traffic signs in Jerry’s apartment.  While out sprucing up the area, Kramer gets the idea to remove two of the lanes for a wider more luxurious drive.  When this fails miserably, Kramer must then use paint thinner to get it back to four lanes.  The paint thinner ends up spilling all over the road, and Newman catches his truck on fire when the sparks from a sewing machine he’s dragging hits the puddle.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B Episode Ranking – 62 Emails – Johnny De Silveira noted that the director won the Emmy for this episode.  Colin the pizza delivery guy shared a story about a student trying something similar to Elaine for a delivery, but he figured it out and stopped it.  Craig wondered why Jerry would sleep in his car, noting it would be difficult to put bedding or pillows in the toilet.  Lindsay asked how they would feel about someone using their toothbrush. Evan asked what they would stick in a toilet if they were Jenna.  Matt asked if they would go to Elaine’s lengths to get delivery.  Travis thought Newman’s singing was an homage to the closed down Kenny Rogers Roasters.  Amir wondered why the delivery guy would even care if Elaine lived in the building or not, and wondered how the sewing machine ended up back at the same spot on the highway.  Lastly, Chester chimed in with an array of hot takes. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The English Patient”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 15, “The Susie.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 14, “The Van Buren Boys.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point     Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Van Buren Boys Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur won’t make you flash a special gang sign to listen to the new Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time, they discussed “The Van Buren Boys “, which first aired February 6, 1997 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Darin Henry. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry is dating a new woman named Ellen that is seemingly perfect, but strangely chose to have their first date on her birthday, rather than spend it with friends or family.  Perplexed by people’s perception that she’s a loser, the gang doesn’t help when they are leery of him dating her.  Still not convinced, he flies in his parents for the day, just to meet her and give him their opinion.  When they love her, he realizes she’s too good of a person, and might prefer the woman from Vegas his parents said they hated. Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – C George’s Storyline – George has been tasked by the Ross Foundation to find a scholarship recipient.  After countless interviews, he comes across a lying, shifty young man named Steven who would like to become an architect, much like George’s fake persona.  George awards him the scholarship, and just when the board was going to object, Steven wows them with dreams of becoming a city planner.  This bothers George enough to pull the scholarship, leading to Steven getting help from the Van Buren Boys to intimidate George. Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B+ Elaine’s Storyline – J Peterman has decided to write a memoir, and he chooses Elaine to ghost write it.  When she shows up at his apartment, she realizes he doesn’t lead the exciting life he writes about in the catalog, leading to Peterman deciding he’d like to buy an interesting story she told about Kramer.  Despite not thinking Kramer had anything good to share, Peterman ends up hating her embellished stories, preferring the mundane parts of how Kramer told it. Grade: Akiva – B-, Rob – B- Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is accosted by a local gang called the Van Buren Boys.  When Elaine retells the story to Peterman, he decides he wants to buy it from Kramer, along with any others that might help spice up his memoir.  Kramer tries telling one of his stories with a group of friends, but Elaine stops him, since Peterman bought the rights.  Desperate, Kramer buys some lousy bunion stories from Newman, then ultimately decides he needs his back from Peterman, who gives them back for free since he thinks he no longer needs them.  Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – B Episode Ranking – 81 Emails – Jeff pointed out the presidential reference of the episode coincided with the episode airing around President’s Day.  Greg, who has binged the podcast over the last few months shared some of his favorite highlights so far.  Johnny De Silveira pointed out how the actress playing Ellen would go on to marry Jerry Stiller’s son Ben.  Lindsay asked what animal they would pick if asked that scholarship question, and how much would they sell their life story for.  Mike asked if Akiva would pay any money for Chester’s stories.  Brett shared how he got his Blockbuster store to put employee picks on the wall based on this episode. Craig pointed out how Kramer continues to botch people’s names, calling Peterman Mr. Peterson.  Matt thought George should have followed the Seinfelds to avoid trouble with the Van Buren Boys.  Jason offered his services as a sports correspondent for the upcoming Izzy Mandelbaum episode.  Amir thought Peterman’s intentions with the book made no sense.  He also thought it implausible that a street gang would roam around the Upper West Side.  Finally, Chester shared some spreadsheet information on the facial hair of presidents.  He also admonished the scholarship contestants for not dressing formally for their interviews.  Lastly, he shared how Van Buren tops his list of ugliest presidents. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Susie”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. Special thanks to Mike Moore for writing this week’s episode summary.

Listen to the Podcast: Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point   Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Comeback Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur will let you eat all the shrimp you want while you listen to the new Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time, they discussed “The Comeback”, which first aired January 30, 1997 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry is convinced to buy an expensive new tennis racquet at the club from the pro Milos.  Soon after, Jerry notices Milos is a terrible tennis player, and goes to complain.  Milos is so desperate for Jerry to keep this a secret, he offers him a free year membership.  He can’t make that happen for Jerry though, so he sends his wife to Jerry, since she caught his eye earlier.  After she can’t go through with it, Milos gets Jerry to agree to lose a tennis match to him so he could look manly.  Milos takes the fake winning too far though, insulting Jerry to the point he starts beating Milos. Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A- George’s Storyline – George is insulted by a coworker when he indulges himself in the shrimp platter at a meeting.  It wasn’t until his car ride home that he thought of a good comeback, to which the rest of the gang thought they had better suggestions.  His plan to get Riley falls through when he learns Riley left the Yankees to move to Ohio.  George still can’t let it go, so he plans a meeting at Riley’s new job in Ohio to discuss sponsorship with the Yankees.  George finally gets his comeback moment at this meeting, but it goes horribly wrong when Riley has another comeback.  George then tells him he slept with his wife, but they inform George that Riley’s wife is in a coma. Grade: Akiva – A+, Rob – A+ Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine has been really enjoying a certain video store employee named Vincent’s rental suggestions.  She gets a call from this Vincent, and they talk for hours about their shared tastes.  When she is wanting to watch a lighter movie, she goes with a “Gene” pick, which prompts Vincent to feel betrayed.  Elaine convinces Vincent it was nothing, and gets him to agree to meet.  He asks her to bring him some cigarettes, liquor and fireworks, and when she does, Elaine discovers Vincent is just a 15 year old boy. Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – A- Kramer’s storyline – Kramer watches a movie where the main character goes into a coma, and decides he needs Jerry to be the executor of his will, and to be the one to ensure they pull the plug on him if a coma ever happens.  When Jerry proves to be too sentimental with his old tennis racquet, Kramer decides to make the cold hearted Elaine the executor instead.  After setting his will, Kramer decides to watch the rest of the movie, only to discover that the woman woke from the coma.  On his way to get his will changed back to “do resuscitate”, he gets hit in the head with a tennis racquet and goes into a coma.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – A Episode Ranking – Top 9 (only one spot left) Emails – Shawn Falconer compiled a list of all the times “hot takes” was said on the show.  Johnny De Silveira pointed out you could see puddles in the “indoor” tennis courts.  Caleb asked if this episode could be a catalyst to cat fishing.  Craig commented how he loves saying “another point for Milos!”.  Dan the benefactor used to work at Blockbuster and would recommend movies to customers all the time.  Lindsay asked if they’ve ever been convinced to buy something they didn’t need. Mike wondered if the writers got the idea for the coma from Jack Klompus suffering one in real life just before.  Pat in Ohio asked why Elaine would be okay with Vincent smoking when she wasn’t with Keith Hernandez.  Amir pointed out that Kramer talked about comas in a previous episode.  Finally Chester wondered why Milos was wearing a sweater during the tennis game.  He also wondered where Elaine got fireworks in the city. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Van Buren Boys”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. Special thanks to Mike Moore for writing this week’s episode summary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnG8jrpLJDE Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 12, “The Money.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point   Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Money Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur cancelled the live podcast at Alligator Alley, but they still did get together to bring you a new Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time, they discussed “The Money”, which first aired January 16, 1997 as part of season eight. The episode was written by friend of the show Peter Mehlman. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry’s parents come to visit and are still concerned about his bounced check.  They sold the Cadillac he bought them for far less than value to Jack Klompus just to give the money to him.  Still worried that Jerry needs financial help, Morty talks Elaine into hiring him at J Peterman.  Meanwhile, Jerry decides to buy the car back from Jack for way more than Morty sold it, but Jack ends up submerging the car in a lake before Jerry can pick it up. Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – B George’s Storyline – George is faced with a dilemma when his parents can’t decide to stay in New York or spend all their retirement money by moving to Florida.  Conflicted himself, he has to rely on Elaine for advice while Jerry is in Florida.  She wasn’t any help, and he ultimately decides he’d rather have a bigger inheritance and deal with his folks living close by.  Frank and Estelle decide otherwise though, and move to Florida.  They immediately decide to move back after Frank mistakes Jerry sleeping in the Cadillac for a vagrant. Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – A- Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine continues to enjoy the fruits of being the boss, especially after learning of the great stock options she has at J Peterman.  When Morty Seinfeld comes to her for a job, she signs him on, despite him really not having an idea of what he’s doing.  Everything unravels quickly though when Peterman returns from his sabbatical and takes the magazine back over.  When Elaine gets annoyed with Morty at work, George ends up giving her the best advice when he tells her to schedule pitch meetings late in the day when he’ll be too tired. Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – C+ Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is dating a new woman named Emily.  Though they have a great physical relationship, they can’t sleep when in the same bed for Emily’s “jimmy legs” and Kramer’s screaming.  The plan to sleep separately backfires on Kramer when Morty’s exercise belt tugging on his doorknob wakes him up, but Emily is too content sleeping solo.  Frank comes up with a solution for them by letting them sleep in his and Estelle’s room after they move to Florida, since they have separate beds.  Grade: Akiva – B+, Rob – B+ Episode Ranking – 96 Emails – Johnny De Silveira said that Sarah Silverman shared a story about how Michael Richards yelled at her for messing up a line.  Shawn Falconer wrote in about how he ran a test about Akiva’s saying “I mean” 49 times.  He came up with a different verbal filler that tops the list in “you know”.  Jeff noted how the actor playing Klompus was in a coma right before filming this episode.  Craig questioned the timeline of Jerry getting the Cadillac cleaned up enough to be able to sleep in it.  Matt wondered if Klompus would rank the highest on the worst character list. Caleb asked how mad they would be if they bought their parents a car and they sold it.  Lindsay is on board with the podcast visit to the farm, and clarified the “breaking the eggs” conversation.  She also asked if they would rather have distance from the Costanzas or a larger inheritance.  Dan the benefactor noted that there could be a lot of legal ramifications in regard to Elaine and Peterman’s transition as CEO.  Amir asked how Kramer could wake up from Morty’s exercising.  He also thought it was not like George to be happy about Elaine buying him something.  Finally Chester has several timeline questions, and noted several of the inconsistencies in the story as well. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Comeback”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. Special thanks to Mike Moore for writing this week’s episode summary.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 11, “The Little Jerry.” Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point   Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Little Jerry Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur cancelled the cock fight to bring you a new Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time, they discussed “The Little Jerry”, which first aired January 9, 1997 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Jennifer Crittenden. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry keeps getting ridiculed for bouncing a check at the local bodega.  When he goes to the store to convince the owner to take the check down, Marcelino agrees to it, as long as Kramer’s new rooster wins a cock fight he’s putting on.  When Little Jerry wins the fight, Marcelino tries to make another deal before taking down the check, but Jerry won’t agree to Little Jerry taking a dive.  He agrees to help Kramer train Little Jerry, but Marcelino brings in a ringer rooster to fight in the end. Grade: Akiva – B-, Rob – inc. George’s Storyline – George is excited to visit a women’s prison that Susan’s foundation donated to.  While there, he strikes up an interest in one the inmates named Celia, and soon realizes this type of relationship is perfect for him.  Celia soon learns she is up for parole, which upsets George since he is loving the current arrangement.  He decides to sully her name when he goes to the parole hearing, but Celia breaks out of prison after her parole is denied.  She ends up getting caught after popping in to his apartment, but Elaine’s boyfriend Kurt ends up getting arrested in his place as the accomplice. Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine is dating a new man named Kurt who shaves his head, which is upsetting to George, who earned his baldness.  When she gets a look at his license picture where he has nice hair, she convinces him to grow it out.  They discover after a few days, that he was actually starting to go bald naturally, which depresses Kurt.  He visits George for advice on his situation, and George’s words lead Kurt to proposing to Elaine.  While taking time to consider marrying him, Kurt gets arrested when the police are arresting Celia mistake him for George. Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – B- Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is disgusted with the egg quality at the diner, which prompts him to buy a chicken for cage free, fresh eggs.  The next morning, they discover the chicken he’s named Little Jerry is actually a rooster.  Marcelino the bodega owner encourages Kramer to enter Little Jerry in his cock fighting ring.  Little Jerry wins big, so Kramer gets really into the training process, even getting Jerry to help.  Little Jerry and Kramer’s cock fighting career comes to a sad end when Marcelino brings in a ringer rooster to peck at them both for Little Jerry’s last fight.  Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – B Episode Ranking – 43 Emails – Johnny De Silveira asks why George got away with the aiding and abetting?  Craig asked if they have a “pop-in” person.  Caleb offered meetaninmate.com as a way to live like George.  Lindsay talked about having a hen as a pet.  Garrett has a soft spot for the episode because he was being delivered at the time the episode aired.  Travis pointed out how bouncing a check is such a dated thing. Matt wondered how the prison would let George be a character witness.  Pat thought Elaine was a hypocrite for making George get rid of the toupee, but dumped Kurt for being bald. Amir wondered if this episode was the writers being meta about the show changing in season eight, and thought the gang acted the most despicable yet.  Finally, Chester chimed in with his array of thoughts and questions. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Money”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. Special thanks to Mike Moore for writing this week’s episode summary.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 10, “The Andrea Doria”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Andrea Doria Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur would never sink your hopes, as they continue to churn out a new Seinfeld Post Show Recap each week. This time, they discussed “The Andrea Doria”, which first aired November 28, 1996 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Spike Feresten, who recently liked one of Chester’s tweets. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry learns that Newman has been hiding mail bags in the storage locker he was sharing with Kramer.  When he goes to confront him, Newman tells him he’s given up on being a mailman after not getting a transfer to Hawaii.  Inspired to get rid of Newman, Jerry decides to help him, even delivering the mail for him.  But Jerry was too accurate when covering for Newman, so the transfer went to someone else. Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – B George’s Storyline – George lands a new two bedroom apartment in his building. Just as he starts moving things in, the lady from the tenant board informs him they are giving the apartment to an elderly man who survived the sinking Andrea Doria years ago.  George finds ways to poke holes in the validity of the story, and gets an opportunity to appeal to the board with his side.  He visits with Frank and Estelle for some inspiration, and they of course, deliver.  His sad life blows Mr. Eldridge out of the water.  When he finally gets to move in, Alan barges in instead, having won the tenant board over with all he has been through. Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – B+ Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine is set up on a date, but while waiting for him to arrive, the waiter tells her he can’t make it because he was stabbed.  After learning that he was stabbed by an ex-girlfriend, Elaine found this a turn on rather than a warning sign.  She goes on a date with Alan, where another ex-girlfriend throws hot coffee in his face.  When she finally breaks it off with him, he calls her “big head”, which she ultimately starts obsessing over.  She decides to see him again and he further insults her, so she ends up attacking him as well. Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – C Kramer’s storyline – Kramer starts developing a bad cough, but he’s skeptical of doctors and won’t get checked out.  When he hears a dog with the same cough, he borrows the dog and gets some medicine from a vet.  Taking the medicine starts making him act like a dog, and despite Jerry’s efforts, he still resists going to the doctor.  Jerry has to trick him with a trip to the park to take him to the doctor, but Kramer figures it out and runs away and biting Newman in the process.  Grade: Akiva – B+, Rob – B Episode Ranking – 39 Emails – Greg pointed out that Akiva frequently starts sentences with “I mean”.  J Webb emailed in with several observations.  Dom thought the most unbelievable thing in last week’s episode was Jerry going to his hometown career day, because he never came back for one in his real hometown.  Johnny De Silveira didn’t think the term blind date was ever considered offensive.  Caleb asked if they had any crazy ex-girlfriend stories.  Lindsay asked if they have been passed over for a job.  Dan the benefactor wondered why Alan would make up mean things about Elaine. Pat asked why George didn’t just move into Mr. Eldridge’s place and let him have the bigger one.  Amir wondered why Elaine’s friend would set her up with this guy Alan when he’s a known jerk.  He also pointed out that the shrinkage story wouldn’t have landed because women don’t understand shrinkage.  Finally, in his long awaited return, Chester weighed in on a few things from the episode that he found implausible. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Little Jerry”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 9, “The Abstinence”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Abstinence Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur won’t turn into goblins as they bring you this week’s Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time, they discussed “The Abstinence”, which first aired November 21, 1996 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Steven Koren, marking his first episode writing for the show. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry has a career day gig at his old school, but someone from the Bronx Zoo has exotic animals, so they bumped Jerry.  When his agent Katie hears of this, she concerned, and decides she’s going to fix it.  She gets the school to agree to a two hour assembly, having them bump singer Rick James.  He decides to let George spend some of his stage time with his newfound knowledge, but when George shows after having sex and all out of intelligence, Jerry is forced to go out and bomb in front of the kids. Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – B+ George’s Storyline – George’s new girlfriend Louise has developed mono, so they can’t be intimate for a few weeks.  At first he laments this, but soon notices that he’s thinking a lot clearer, even getting smarter since his brain realized sex was not an option.  He uses this newfound brainpower to read, study, and even give tips to the Yankees on the physics of baseball.  When his ability to speak Portuguese to a waitress at the diner in her language leads to him having a rendezvous with her, all the knowledge he gained in his abstinence went right out the window, leaving Jerry to fill the two hour time slot his agent booked for him at their old school. Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine is dating a new man who’s studying to become a doctor, though struggling to pass the test.  When she notices how smart George is getting from his abstinence, she decides to withhold sex from Ben, hoping it will help him finally become a doctor.  The plan backfires though, as Elaine starts to become dumber from her abstinence.  Her bad luck further compounds when Ben finally becomes a doctor, then immediately dumps her, knowing he can do better than her since passing the test. Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A- Kramer’s storyline – Kramer faces the problem of being kicked out of every place he goes because they ban smoking.  When he is out shivering with the other outcasts smoking, he decides that he is going to turn his apartment into a smoking lounge.  The lounge is a success, as the revolving crowd stays pretty steady, but soon Kramer starts showing the effects of the extreme exposure to smoke.  Since the tobacco companies don’t have any warnings about the cosmetics of smoking, he enlists Jackie Child’s help.  The lawsuit is on, but soon Kramer ruins it again for Jackie, as he agrees to settle with the tobacco company by them making him the Marlboro Man.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B+ Episode Ranking – 23 Emails – Johnny De Silveira asked if either of them have remembered where they put something 25 years after losing it.  Matt wondered why Jerry didn’t fire his agent after the events of “The Diplomat Club”.  Caleb wondered if Rob had any cool Letterman stories.  Lindsay asked if either of them had any great career day guests throughout school.  Craig lauded the show for getting the newly minted world series champions in Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams. April, a new emailer asked if either of them have been bumped in favor of someone else.  Mike commented how he likes to listen to the podcast in half speed, rather than double speed.  Dan the benefactor pointed out that George isn’t far off in his claim to be a part of the Yankees’ success.  Amir wondered why baseball wasn’t full of geniuses, given George’s success from using physics.  He also asked why Elaine wouldn’t take care of her situation by becoming master of her domain.  Lastly, Keev wanted to remind Jen Chester about Ben’s line about the dream of becoming a doctor. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Andrea Doria”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 8, “The Chicken Roaster”. Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Chicken Roaster Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur couldn’t get Mr. Marbles to guest on the recap, but they still bring you a new Seinfeld recap week after week, just not brought to you by Mennen.  This time, they discussed “The Chicken Roaster”, which first aired November 14, 1996 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry bumps into an old college friend, Seth.  He inadvertently gets Seth fired from his job at an investment firm when he encourages him to blow off his meeting and have lunch.  Seth then gets a job at Kenny Rogers Roasters, which puts a wrinkle into Kramer boycotting them for their giant neon red sign.  He ends up switching apartments with Kramer, suffering through the blaring red light just to keep Seth working.  This leads him to start acting and talking just like Kramer.  He ultimately loses Seth his job when he shakes out Bob Sacamano’s hat in the restaurant and rat hair goes everywhere. Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A George’s Storyline – George talks a free spending Elaine into buying him a sable hat on the corporate credit card.  While at the store, he was taken with the saleswoman Heather, and sets up a date.  After the date is over and she doesn’t seem interested in him any further, he leaves behind the hat as a way to prolong their interaction.  This doesn’t work, and the $8000 hat that Elaine needs back is gone.  He decides to steal Heather’s clock to set up an exchange, but when he meets up with her again, she really didn’t have the hat after all. Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – A Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine goes on a spending spree with the corporate credit card and now has to answer to the accountant for everything she bought.  She’s successfully able to get him to sign off on everything she bought, except they need to see the $8000 sable hat she bought for George.  He left the hat behind at Heather’s house to weasel another date, but when she drags George there to get it back, it’s not there.  She has to then fly to Myanmar (Burma) to get Peterman to sign off on it, but even he needs to see this hat when Bob Sacamano’s fake fur hat doesn’t pass.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B- Kramer’s storyline – Kramer is tortured by the bright red light from the sign of the new Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurant across the street, so much so, that he mistakes tomato juice for milk.  He wants to protest, but Jerry’s friend Seth has a job there, so Jerry agrees to switch apartments until Seth finds a new job.  When Newman comes over with some of the chicken from Kenny’s, Kramer falls in love with it, but must keep it a secret or Jerry will force him to switch back to his place.  Newman ultimately blows Kramer’s cover when Jerry sees him ordering broccoli.  Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A Episode Ranking – 19  Emails – Johnny De Silveira noted that the real Kenny Rogers Roasters first balked at being a part of the show because of the rat hat, but Kenny ultimately thought it would be great advertising, so he allowed it.  Craig pointed out that Kenny Rogers Roasters went bankrupt a year and half after this episode.  Emiline commented on their quest last week for info on cults, and she confirmed from her research that George is the perfect cult convert.  Lindsay asked their thoughts on haggling.  New emailer Gopell wondered how George had such bad luck for the clock to go off right when he meets her. Pat thinks it’s off Jerry’s character to volunteer to stay in Kramer’s apartment. Matt asked why Jerry would backtrack from his friendship with Seth after he tells him he’s missing an important meeting for the lunch.  Dan the benefactor gives his MVP to Jerry this week, albeit it’s not a strong performance.  Amir thought that the fur hat was the only reasonable thing Elaine bought.  He also thought George should have thought better to try and leave his keys behind.  He who shall not be named according to Akiva is now boycotting the email bag, not willing to share his hot takes until Akiva negotiates peace. After they rhapped the recap, OG email contributor Amir joined the guys to discuss all things Seinfeld, Akiva and Chester. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Abstinence”, where we get to see a smart George. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 7, “The Checks”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 6, “The Fatigues”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Fatigues There is no risk to manage for Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur to bring you this week’s Seinfeld Post Show Recap. This time, they discussed “The Fatigues”, which first aired October 31, 1996 as part of season eight. The episode was written by Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin. Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry is dating a woman named Abby who has a mentor.  He learns that the mentor is dating Kenny Bania, and immediately loses all respect for her.  When Abby dumps her mentor and is looking for a new one, Jerry is further turned off when she chooses George as her new mentor.  Jerry in turn becomes a mentor himself, as he tries to get Bania to write some less hacky material. Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B+ George’s Storyline – George is tasked with giving a presentation on risk management because he lied on his resume, saying he was an expert.  Unable to read the thick book on the subject, George decides to track down an audio copy made for the blind, but the voice reading it is whiny like his.  He tasks Abby the job of preparing the presentation when she becomes his mentor, but the material accidentally gets switched with Bania’s jokes. Grade: Akiva – B, Rob – B+ Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine goes to fire a mailroom employee, but when she sees he is creepy, she chickens out and promotes him to copy writer instead.  When he’s terrible at that, she decides to promote him to a different position, one where she doesn’t have to deal with him freaking her out all the time. Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob – B+ Kramer’s storyline – Kramer decides to put on a Jewish singles mixer, but is having trouble cooking authentic Jewish cuisine.  When he is unable to find catering help, he learns that Frank Costanza used to be a cook in the war, but had a terrible experience that made him never want to cook again.  Luckily, a bad meal from Estelle jars Frank out of retirement, and he helps Kramer.  When Eddie is at the mixer and starts coughing, Frank has flashbacks to his whole unit getting sick, so he dumps all the tables.  Grade: Akiva – A, Rob – A Episode Ranking – 44 Emails – Johnny De Silveira  asks why it says Youngt on his shirt.  Dan the benefactor thinks that Frank deserves the MVP for the episode.  Craig noted that Elaine promoting Eddie for his incompetence is called the Dilbert Principle.  Jeff watches the show on syndicated TV, so he misses the opening scene doing his rewatch.  Caleb wondered why Elaine didn’t already know Eddie, since she’s the head of the company. Pat thought it strange that Kramer couldn’t find Jewish cuisine caterers in New York City.  Matt thought Frank should have noticed no one but Eddie was reacting to the food.  Lindsay asked if Rob is ruined from real books since he loves the audiobook.  Chester was banned from the podcast by Akiva, so his strain of nitpicking takes a week off. Tune in next week as the guys will recap “The Checks”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfelditunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going by leaving a comment on the show pages, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.  

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 5, “The Package”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 4, “The Little Kicks”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 3, “The Bizarro Jerry”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 2, “The Soulmate”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 8, Episode 1, “The Foundation”. Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point

Listen to the Podcast: Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur continue their journey to watch every Seinfeld episode as they discuss Season 7, Episode 24, “The Invitations”. Seinfeld Post Show Recaps: The Invitations Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur didn’t get cheap on this two hour action-packed recap of Seinfeld.  This week they breakdown the epic season seven finale “The Invitations”, which was written by Larry David himself in his final episode with the show until the series finale.  This also marked the end of Jerry’s standup to open or close the show. George’s Storyline – George has the wedding coming up fast, and he couldn’t be more panicked.  He’s been unenthusiastic, and skimps on the wedding preparations along the way, including picking low grade wedding invitations.  After explaining to Jerry that he can’t psych himself up enough to just break it off with her, Jerry and Elaine give him some ideas that could lead to Susan calling it off, though he can’t pull any of them off.  He arrives home feeling hopeless, but discovers Susan lying unconscious on the floor.  At the hospital, he learns that Susan has died from toxic glue on the wedding invitation envelopes.  The episode ends with George trying to set up a date with Marisa Tomei the day after the funeral, but is hung up on immediately.   Grade: Akiva –  A+, Rob – A+ Jerry’s Storyline – Jerry is starting to worry about growing old with just Kramer now that George is getting married.  So distressed over this idea, he nearly gets hit by a car walking down the street, when a woman named Jeannie pulls him out of the way just in time.  After talking to Jeannie for a bit, he realizes she is exactly like him, and he’s in love.  He’s so overcome by this, he decides to ask her to marry him, and she says yes.  He, much like George after he got engaged, is instantaneously remorseful.  This is further exasperated when Susan dies, and now Jerry is the only one getting married.  Grade: Akiva – A-, Rob A Elaine’s Storyline – Elaine is offended that as such as close friend, she’s not part of the wedding party.  George asks Susan if Elaine can be an usher, but she shoots the idea down quickly, not wanting a female usher.  Throughout the episode she gives George some ideas on how to turn off Susan to the point she calls off the wedding, but George couldn’t pull off the smoking without getting ill.  Grade: Akiva – inc, Rob – inc. Kramer’s Storyline – Kramer notices that the bank down the street is offering $100 if their staff doesn’t say hello.  When he tries to collect the money on a technicality, he’s denied and decides to come back to talk to the manager.  The manager meets with his staff to discuss the situation, and decide to give Kramer $20 since he got a greeting that begins with H.  Kramer’s only tie in to the main plot line was when he accidentally called Susan Lilly, causing her to demote him from being an usher.  Grade: Akiva – D, Rob – B Episode Ranking – 46 (Rob was thinking top 9) Emails – Johnny De Silveira pointed out how they have podcasted about Seinfeld for 173 hours 31 minutes and 17 seconds up to now.  Roger emailed in with a story about how he worked with a woman who was scared to lick envelopes after watching this episode.  Dr. Thomas thought the doctor’s bedside manner was almost as bad as the gang’s response to Susan’s death.  Jeff wondered if either of them dated a woman exactly like them.  Lindsay wondered if either of them helped with their wedding planning. Dan the benefactor thought Kramer was more accurate than the bank manager in the type of wood the desk was, and noted that they’ve raised $667 to the charity so far.  Matt asked how many different boxes of cereal is acceptable to have in the cabinet.  Courtney and Cendall asked what their biggest deal breaker would be in a relationship.  Craig thought perhaps Susan only gets her parents’ wealth if she’s married.  Finally, Chester asked why Susan’s parents aren’t paying for the wedding, and why didn’t George file a lawsuit against the invitation maker for the poisonous glue. Rob and Akiva have a separate podcast over on Rob Has A Podcast where they discuss Big Brother: The All Seinfeld Edition. Tune in next week as the guys will recap the first episode of season eight, “The Foundation”. Send in your questions by emailing [email protected]. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast by going to postshowrecaps.com/seinfeldITunes where you can rate and review the podcast. You can get a discussion going about the podcast by leaving a comment on the show page, and as always, you can follow them on Twitter @robcesternino and @keev26.   Subscribe: Seinfeld Podcast in iTunes  |  Seinfeld Podcast RSS Feed | View our archive of Seinfeld Episode Recaps to This Point