The Soup Nazi (Ep. 706)

Jerry, Elaine, and George go to get soup at this soup stand that Kramer has been raving about.  On the way, Elaine sees an armoire for sale and stops to get that, leaving Jerry and George.  When they get there, George complains that he didn't get bread with his soup and gets denied soup.  George also is tired of the baby talk that is going on between Jerry and his girlfriend and is excited when Jerry dumps her to avoid being banned from the soup stand.  Elaine also, not knowing the rules, gets kicked out of the soup stand.

Elaine finds out she can't move her armoire into her building on Sunday, so she gets Kramer to guard it for her.  Unfortunately, he is intimidated by some homosexual street toughs who want it, so they take it.  To make up for it Kramer talks to the Soup Nazi and he gives Kramer an armoire.  When Elaine finds out that it came from the Soup Nazi she goes down to thank him, but he says if he would have known it was for her, he would have smashed it to a million pieces.  She gets revenge though when she finds all of his recipes in one of the drawers of the armoire and she threatens to shut him down.

Interesting quote: "He's not a Nazi, he just happens to be a little excentric.  Most geniuses are." - Kramer

Grade: A- (Very good episode, but a little overhyped, which makes it kind of annoying to me)

State Fair

Kim and I took a wonderful trip to the NC State Fair on Sunday.  If you've never gone, please make the trip, it's definitely worth it.  The food, the rides, the animals, the crops, the tacky exhibits, and even the people make it so interesting.  To me though it's mostly about the food.  Below is a picture of my favorite item of food that I had.

That is a delicious pecan pie, coated in batter, dipped in a fryer, and topped with powdered sugar.  We (I say we because Kim and I shared everything we got) also had roasted corn, deep fried Jalepeno cheddar cheese, and a Philly cheese steak.  Kimberly even made us ride 2 rides, which everyone (including her) knows I hate.  We rode a roller coaster, which I picked, and then the swings, which she picked.  Oooooh, never again!  Lastly, here's a picture that Kim took as we were leaving the Fair.

NCAA football playoffs

So, if you didn't know, then you know now, but I am a strong proponent of NCAA football having a playoff instead of the ridiculous BCS.  It's pretty obvious why...it works well at every other level of college football and also in the college basketball world, so why not in Division 1-A (or FBS)?  For a couple of years now, I have been putting together my own bracket of 16 teams complete with predictions.  For my bracket, I pick the 11 division winners, plus 5 at-large teams and then I seed them based on my opinion of their strength.  I usually start this when the first BCS is released and then update it on a week-by-week basis.  So here is week 1, enjoy and feel free to disagree.

Sorry it's so small, I can't figure out how to make it any larger, but if you click on it, it should bring it up larger on your screen.

The Hot Tub (Ep. 705)

Elaine has a marathon runner coming in to stay with her while he's running the NY Marathon.  He overslept for his race in the Olympics 4 years earlier and Jerry is worried he'll do it again.  Kramer buys a hot tub, but then his heat pump blows and he falls asleep in the freezing cold water, messing up his body temp.  He buys a new high powered heat pump, but this short circuits the electricity in the building causing Jean-Paul, who is staying at Jerry's, to oversleep again.  George entertains some executives from the Houston Astros.

Interesting quote:

"What happened to your mental alarm?" - Jerry

"I must have hit the snooze." - Kramer

Grade: B+ (George with the Astros execs is good fun television)

The Wink (Ep. 704)

Jerry is on a new health food diet and while eating a grapefruit, squirts George in the eye with some pulp.  This causes George to constantly wink, making several people think he's winking at them.  This causes Kramer to think that he agrees to sell a birthday card for George Steinbrenner that has been signed by the entire organization.  To get it back he promises a kid that Paul O'Neill will hit two homeruns for him.  Elaine dates the wake-up service guy who she has never seen, but he's got dogs and Elaine has issues with dogs.  Jerry's health food kick offends Elaine's cousin who he's dating.

Interesting quote:

"You know, we slept head-to-toe so there was no funny business" - Elaine

"Yeah, but your genitals are still lined up." - Jerry

Grade: B

The Maestro (Ep. 703)

George tries to help a Security Guard who works in Susan's uncle's store because he looks tired.  He gets him a chair to sit on, but then he falls asleep while the place gets robbed.  Elaine dates Bob Cobb, a Maestro, who prefers to be called Maestro instead of his actual name.  Kramer sues a coffee company when he burned himself with their too hot coffee.  He hires Jackie Chiles and they are going to get a huge settlement until Kramer settles for free coffee from any location in the world instead.  Jerry and Kramer take a trip to Tuscany so that Jerry can prove to The Maestro that there actually is a place to rent in Tuscany.

Interesting fact: It's the first appearance of Jackie Chiles who is modeled after the famous Johnnie Cochran.

Interesting quote: "It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous!" - Jackie Chiles

Grade: C

The Postponement (Ep. 702)

Elaine's dog problem is solved by a Rabbi with a public access cable show who lives in her building.  As a result, she confides some issues she has in him, but he tells them on his show, using her name.  George is starting to panic that he can't marry Susan and looks for a way to end it.  Fortunately, Jerry informs him that he can postpone it.  Unfortunately, Susan has a meltdown when he suggests it.  They are set for December but George wants to wait until March 21st because it's the first day of Spring.

Interesting quote: "You know spring?  Rejuvination, rebirth, everything's blooming.  All that crap!" - George

Grade: B (George's neurosis is a high level!)