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The Contest

‘The Contest’

Season 4, Episode 11 -  Aired November 18, 1992

When George puts his mother in the hospital after being caught in an indelicate situation, the friends compete over who can hold out the longest without pleasuring themselves.

Quote from Jerry

George: Hey, what are you doing tonight?
Jerry: Dating Marla.
George: Oh, the virgin?
Jerry: Yeah.
George: Any, uh, progress, there? What's the latest?
Jerry: Well, I got my troops amassed along the border. I'm just waiting for someone to give me the go-ahead.

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Quote from Elaine

Elaine: I want to be in on this, too.
Guys: Oh, no. No, no, no..
Elaine: Why?
Jerry: It's apples and oranges.
Elaine: What? Why? Why?
Jerry: Because you're a woman!
Elaine: So what?
Jerry: It's easier for a woman not to do it than a man.
Elaine: Oh.
Jerry: We have to do it. It's part of our lifestyle. It's like, uh.. shaving.
Elaine: Oh, that is such baloney. I shave my legs.
Kramer: Not everyday.

Quote from Elaine

George: I figured you'd cruise. At least through the Spring.
Jerry: What happened?
Elaine: It was, uh... John-John.
Jerry & George: Oh, John-John.
Jerry: But you made it through the day before.
Elaine: Yeah, but yesterday, he told Joyce, the aerobics teacher, that he wants to meet me outside here at nine o'clock tonight.
Jerry: Why outside here?
Elaine: Because he think I live here. Remember when we shared a cab, and he dropped me off out in front? He's picking me up.
Jerry: All right, Costanza, it's just you and me.
George: And then, [sniffs the money] there were two.
Elaine: Elaine Benes Kennedy Jr.

Quote from George

George: [on the phone] No, ma, I'm not gonna see a psychiatrist. N- I don't care if you do pay for it! No. Discussion over. Yeah, all right, I'll see you later. Yes, of course I'm gonna come by. All right. [hangs up] My mother wants me to see a psychiatrist now. Why? Because she caught me? You know, if everyone who did that had to go see a psychiatrist... [laughs, snorts]
Jerry: Yeah..?
George: Whatever.

Quote from George

Jerry: Hey, let me ask you a question. In these nudist colonies, do they eat naked in the dining room?
George: I would imagine it's all naked.
Jerry: What about the chamber maids? Are they naked, too?
George: They're naked, the gardeners naked, the bellhops... One big nude-a-rama.

Quote from George

George: Well, I'll tell you this, though - I am never doing.. that , again.
Elaine: What, you mean, in your mother's house, or all together?
George: All together.
Elaine: Oh, gimme a break..
Jerry: Oh, yeah, right.
Kramer: Oh, like you're gonna stop?
George: You don't think I can?
Jerry: No chance.
George: You think you could?
Jerry: Well, I know I could hold out longer than you.

Quote from Jerry

George: Care to make it interesting?
Jerry: Sure, how much?
George: A hundred dollars.
Jerry: You're on.
Kramer: Wait a second, wait a second. Count me in on this.
Jerry: You?
Kramer: Yeah.
Jerry: You'll be out before we get the check.

Quote from Jerry

Jerry: Okay, one-fifty.
George: All right, now, how are we gonna monitor this thing?
Jerry: Well, obviously, we all know each other very well. I'm sure that we'll all feel comfortable within the confines of the honor system.
Kramer: All right.
[Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer make a "pinkie-promise"]

Quote from Elaine

Elaine: Well, where's my money? Who caved?
Jerry: Not me.
George: Not me.
Elaine: What are you looking at?
Jerry: There's a naked woman across the street.
Elaine: [chuckles] This is gonna be the easiest money I've ever made in my life.

Quote from George

Elaine: So, my fried, Joyce, is teaching an aerobics class. I'm gonna go tonight.
Jerry: [distracted] Yeah... The... The waitress should've taken it back.
Elaine: So then, I got a call this morning. You know, I was, uh, chosen to go on the space shuttle. We're going to Mars.
Jerry: Uh-huh.
George: Have a good time.

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