“The Pen”
Episode no.:	20
Season:	three
Airdate:	October 2, 1991
Writer(s):	Larry David
Director:	Tom Cherones
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The Pen is an episode from Seinfeld's third season. Seinfeld was a television sitcom which ran from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sein_ep305. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Larry Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American actor, writer, producer, and film director born and raised in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, New York. ... Tom Cherones is a director and producer of several TV series including Seinfeld and The Pitts. ... The Truth may mean: A statement that is known to be in accord with the actual state of affairs because there is historical evidence or past experience. ... Character descriptions and casting details for the Red Dwarf BBC sitcom and series of novels by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. ... Seinfeld was a television sitcom which ran from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998. ... The following is an episode list for the NBC series, Seinfeld. ...

Plot Synopsis

Jerry and Elaine go to Florida to visit Jerry's parents for the weekend and go scuba diving. Jerry's father is also being honored at a ceremony the next night. Jack Klompus comes over to write Morty a check for a previous night's dinner and Jerry notices Jack's pen. When he asks Jack about it, he tells Jerry that it can write upside down and that astronauts use it in space. Jack offers an interested Jerry the pen. Jerry refuses his offer several times, but Jack persists and Jerry finally gives in. Jerry's mother asks why he took the pen and says he should give it back because rumors will spread around the community that Jerry wanted Jack to give it to him. Jerry as himself, in the television show Seinfeld For the actor, see Jerry Seinfeld. ... 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. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 22nd 170,451 km² 260 km 800 km 17. ... The television show Seinfeld was known for featuring many characters, each with their own special characteristics. ... Early ideas of autonomous under-water systems appear in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Scuba diving is the use of independent breathing equipment to stay underwater for long periods of time for recreational diving and professional diving. ... Morty Seinfeld, played by Barney Martin, is a fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998). ... A ballpoint pen A pen is a writing instrument which applies ink to some surface. ... Helen Seinfeld, played by Liz Sheridan, is a fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998). ...

Elaine sleeps on a sofa bed with a bar that sticks up through the mattress and hurts her back. She is extremely uncomfortable and it is not helped by the fact that the air conditioning is turned off. Jerry tries to console her by saying they only have two more days left before they go back to New York. The next morning, Elaine's back is so hurt that she can't go scuba diving with Jerry. Morty suggests she take muscle relaxants. Rumors begin to spread around the community that Jerry wanted Jack to give him the pen. Jerry goes scuba diving without Elaine. When he returns, he has black eyes because the capillaries around his eyes burst when he went underwater and pressure was too tight on his mask. Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... The word capillary is used to describe any very narrow tube or channel through which a fluid can pass. ...

Jack comes over again and Jerry returns the pen. Morty yells at Jack for "taking Jerry's pen." Elaine decides she wants to take the muscle relaxants, but takes a slight overdose and acts strangely at the ceremony. Jerry has to wear sunglasses because of his black eyes. Jack is the emcee and makes cracks about Morty at the podium. Morty starts arguing with Jack again about taking back the pen and they start fighting. The next day, a chiropractor looks at Elaine's back and tell her she shouldn't go anywhere for at least five days, extending both her and Jerry's stay even longer. Brown sunglasses Sunglasses are a visual aid, variously termed spectacles or glasses, which feature lenses that are coloured or darkened to screen out strong light from the eyes. ... A Master of Ceremonies or MC is the host of a staged event or other performance. ... Chiropractic treatment uses manipulative therapy to correct subluxation, which has been shown to have some efficacy in treating back and neck pain, headache, and other symptoms of spinal-related conditions. ...

Trivia

• This is the only episode of Seinfeld that George Costanza does not appear in. Kramer does not appear in it either, but he also wasn't in the Season 2 episode, "The Chinese Restaurant." This would be the last episode that didn't feature all four main characters.
• Despite not appearing in this episode, both Jason Alexander and Michael Richards were still credited in the opening titles.
• The first appearance of Jack Klompus and his pen. He would lose the pen in the Season 8 episode "The Money" when he drives Morty's Cadillac into a swamp.

Jason Alexander as George Costanza George Louis Costanza (born April 1959) is a fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. ... Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer from the episode The Wig Master. ... Jason Alexander Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan, September 23, 1959, in Newark, New Jersey), television, cinema and musical theatre actor, was one of the stars of the award-winning television sitcom Seinfeld in which he played the neurotic neer-do-well George Costanza, Jerry Seinfelds best friend. ... Michael Richards Michael Richards (born July 24, 1949 in Culver City, California) is an American actor, writer, producer, Freemason and comedian. ... Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the United States; outside of North America, they have been less successful. ...

Quotes

• Helen: You're going underwater?
  Jerry: Yes. Generally that's where scuba diving is done.

• Elaine: Oh, man. What is with this bar? It's right in my back. It's killing me.
  Jerry: Oh, you wanna switch? I'm sleeping on a love seat. I've got my feet up in the air like I'm in a space capsule.
  Elaine: I am never gonna fall asleep.
  Jerry: Oh, don't say that. You'll jinx me.
  Elaine: How can they not put the air conditioning on?
  Jerry: They're nuts with temperature.
  Elaine: This bar is right in my back! It's making a dent.
  Jerry: How about that guy writing a check for 19.45?
  Elaine: I'm sweating here. I'm in bed, sweating.
  Jerry: It's one day. Half a day, really. I mean you substract showers and meals, it's like twenty minutes. It'll go by like that. (snaps his fingers)

• (after being told by a chiropractor that she will have to stay for at least five more days)
  Elaine: (to Jerry) Five more days?
  Jerry: Well today's almost over. And weekdays always go by fast. Friday we're leaving. It's like two days really. It's like a cup of coffee. It'll go by like that. (snaps his fingers)

• Jerry: Elaine, this is my aunt Stella.
  Elaine: (a la Marlon Brando) STELLA! STELLA!
  Jerry: (to Stella) Her back hurts.
  Stella: We saw you on The Tonight Show last week.
  Leo: I thought Johnny was very rude to you. He didn't even let you talk.
  Jerry: No, no...
  Leo: You need some new material. I've heard you do that dog routine three times already.
  Elaine: STELLA! STELLA!
  Leo: Listen, you should get your cousin Jeffrey to write some material for you.
  Morty: What are you talking? Jeffrey works for the parks department!
  Leo: You should read the letters he's written. He's funnier than the whole bunch of you! (Jack comes in) Oh, here's Jack. We should sit down.
  Stella: (sarcastically) This better be good. I'm missing Golden Girls for this.
  Helen: (after Stella walks away) I hate her like poison.

• (after Morty and Jack start fighting about the pen)
  Helen: Jerry, do your act.
  Jerry: I can't. Nobody's even listening.
  Helen: They're all gonna leave.
  Jerry: (to himself) Oh God! (into the mike) huh... Hey! How you folks doing tonight?
  Man in Crowd: Who are you?
  Jerry: Have you ever noticed how they always give you the peanuts on the planes?
  Woman in Crowd: Not my Harry. He flies first class.
  Jerry: Who ever thought the first thing somebody wants on a plane is a peanut?
  Man in Crowd: I'd rather have a bottle of scotch!
  Helen: Do the dog routine.