The Note (Ep. 301)

While Jerry is getting a massage he mentions off-handedly about a 5 year old that was kidnapped and about how you can't trust people anymore because it could be anybody that would do that. The masseuse has a 5 year old son and begins to be frightened of Jerry. George and Elaine go to get massages when they learn from Jerry that you can get your health insurance to cover them if you get a doctor's note saying it's for Physical Therapy.

Elaine gets a female massage therapist and George gets a male, Raymond. George is very unsure about this and begins to have doubts, but goes through with it. At some point in the massage, he asks George to remove his pants so he can massage his hamstrings. This sends George over the edge and begins to feel very uncomfortable. He tells Jerry later that he thinks it moved when the guy was massaging and worries that he has an attraction to males. Jerry tells him that it's only if the guy touched it, so George is fine.

Kramer tells the gang that he saw Joe Dimaggio at Dinky Donuts and that not only was he there, but he dunks his donuts. He swears that it was him because Kramer was banging on his table and yelping, but Joltin' Joe was unphased. Only a professional baseball player has that level of concentration. Obviously the gang doesn't believe him, until they spot him at Monk's Cafe dunking his donut in his coffee.

Jerry and George get his doctor to write them doctor's notes for the massages and then later on discover he's being investigated for insurance fraud. Jerry tries to go to his masseuse to get her to agree that it was physical therapy, but she won't see him and calls the police on him.

Interesting facts: This is Kramer's first appearance in Monk's Cafe. The music for this episode was different than all the other episodes.

Interesting quote: "He got about...two inches from...there. I think IT moved!" - George on his massage from a male

Grade: A (Just for George's uncomfortableness and Kramer's yelping at The Yankee Clipper)