Seinfeld episode
"The Checks"
Kramer and his Japanese friends in the hot tub.
Episode no.	141
Airdate	November 7, 1996
Writer(s)	Steve O'Donnell & Tom Gammill & Max Pross
Director	Andy Ackerman
IMDb profile
Seinfeld - Season 8 September 1996 - May 1997
The Foundation The Soul Mate The Bizarro Jerry The Little Kicks The Package The Fatigues The Checks The Chicken Roaster The Abstinence The Andrea Doria The Little Jerry The Money The Comeback The Van Buren Boys The Susie The Pothole The English Patient The Nap The Yada Yada The Millennium The Muffin Tops The Summer of George
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Plot

Elaine's new boyfriend, Brett, is obsessed with designer furniture and the song "Desperado." Jerry spots an umbrella salesman using the sales technique he invented. The salesman says it was someone else. Hundreds of twelve-cent royalty checks keep arriving from Jerry's brief appearance on a Japanese television show. Kramer warns George that the carpet cleaners he hired are actually a front for a religious cult. Intrigued, George tries to be converted, but they're not interested. Kramer meets some Japanese businessmen and he takes them on the town and to the cleaners. He is a little confused about the exchange rate. Brett delivers a large chest of drawers to Kramer and thinks that Jerry might be jealous. Kramer thinks the TV pilot that Jerry and George did would be perfect for Japanese television. They pitch it to a couple of Japanese TV executives. Elaine tries to find a song that she and Brett can share. Kramer puts his Japanese friends up at his place. They're sleeping in the chest of drawers. Jerry caught in the rain meets the man in the street that claims credit for the twirl. He also meets Brett who is convinced Jerry is down on his luck. George gets the cleaners to do the offices at Yankee Stadium where they find a new recruit. Because of the humidity from the hot tub, Kramer's guests get stuck in the chest. Jerry, with writer's cramp from check signing, uses a fire ax to open the chest. That scares the Japanese guests and injures Brett who passes out. Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes Elaine Marie Benes is a fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. ... Desperado is a song by the rock-country band The Eagles, written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley. ... Jerry as himself, in the television show Seinfeld For the actor, see Jerry Seinfeld. ... Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer. ... Jason Alexander as George Costanza George Louis Costanza (born April 1959) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. ... In religion and sociology, a cult is a cohesive group of people (often a relatively small and recently founded religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream. ... A chest of drawers is a piece of furniture with many parallel, horizontal drawers; traditionally used to store clothing. ...