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The English Patient

‘The English Patient’

Season 8, Episode 17 -  Aired March 13, 1997

Jerry inadvertently challenges an old man, Izzy (guest star Lloyd Bridges), to lift weights. Elaine feels like she's the only one who didn't care for The English Patient. George is surprised to meet an attractive woman who's dating a man who looks like him. Meanwhile, Kramer has a plan to transport Cubans to New York.

Quote from Jerry

Izzy: What are you doing here?
Jerry: Aw, Mr Mandelbaum, I just wanted to come by and tell you how sorry I was that you hurt yourself.
Izzy: What the hell is that?
Jerry: What?
Izzy: That shirt. You think that you are the number #1 dad?
Morty Seinfeld: This was a gift from my son.
Izzy: Oh, I see how it works now. He knocks me out of commission, so you can strut around in your fancy number one shirt. Well, I'll show you who's number one. [starts to get out of bed]
Jerry: Mr Mandelbaum, please.
Izzy: It's go time. [his back cracks as he stands up] Ah! My back. I can't move.
Morty Seinfeld: Call an ambulance.
Jerry: I think I saw one a couple of doors down.

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Quote from Jerry

Jerry: This is your son?
Izzy: I got married in high school.
Izzy Jr.: Hey, who are you?
Izzy: This is Seinfeld's kid.
Izzy Jr.: Oh, you think you're tough, picking on an old man? Maybe you'd like to try taking on somebody your own age.
Jerry: You got any kids?
Izzy Jr.: Oh, you think you're better than me? Go ahead, pick out anything in the room here. I'll lift it up over my head.
Jerry: Look, no-one is lifting anything.
Izzy: The television.
Izzy Jr.: This one's for you, Pop. It's go time. [tries to pick up the TV] Oh! My back!
Izzy: Call an ambulance.
Jerry: We're already in a hospital.

Quote from Jerry

Jerry: All right, I got to go back to the hospital.
George: What, to see the old guy?
Jerry: No, I got into a thing with the son, and now he's laid up too.
George: How old's the son?
Jerry: I think he's the same age as the father.
George: What is with this family?
Jerry: I dunno. It's like, if one of them dies, the other one wants to bench press the casket.

Quote from Jerry

Izzy Sr.: My boys.
Izzy: My dad.
Izzy Jr.: My grandpa.
Jerry: Oh, come on!
Izzy Sr.: What happened to him?
Jerry: He was trying to lift the TV.
Izzy Sr.: That TV?
Jerry: Oh, no. It's go time.
Izzy Sr.: [o.s.] [cracking sound] Oh!

Quote from Jerry

Izzy Sr.: Why didn't anybody tell me? It was bolted down!
Izzy: I still thought you could do it.
Izzy Jr.: Me too.
All: Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum!
Jerry: Fellas, fellas, look, I gotta go.
Izzy: Oh yeah, that's right. Go. Put us all in the hospital. And you've ruined our business with all your macho head games.

Quote from Jerry

Jerry: I didn't ruin your business.
Izzy: Yes, you did. There's nobody there now at the Magic Pan to roll the crepes. We gotta close it up.
Jerry: Don't you hire people to do that?
Izzy: Each crepe has to be hand-rolled by a Mandelbaum. That's what puts the magic in Magic Pan!
Jerry: So, you just need some guys that could roll them?
Izzy: Yeah.
Jerry: I think I can help you out. I'll see you later. [starts to leave]
Izzy Sr.: Hey, I can't see the TV.
[Jerry walks over to the TV, grabs it by the handles and lifts it and the cabinet its bolted to across the room]
Jerry: Here. [walks out]
Izzy: You think you're better than us, don't you?! Huh!?

Quote from Elaine

Jerry: He was gonna fire you?
Elaine: The only way I could talk him out of it was that I agreed to go and visit the Tunisian desert.
Jerry: Tunisia?
Elaine: That's where they filmed the movie. It's supposed to inspire me.
Jerry: Well, that doesn't sound so bad.
Elaine: I have to live in a cave.
Jerry: Oh.

Quote from Kramer

Kramer: These Dominicans really know their way round a crepe. Look at that. It's like they're rolling a double corona. Just a cigar made outta Bisquik, huh, Guillermo?

Quote from George

George: Danielle. Where's Neil? Is this him?
Danielle: Yeah, that blueberry crepe burned him pretty badly.
George: Whose cane is this?
Danielle: It's Neil's.
George: (to himself) A cane. I knew it. [to Neil] So, we meet at last. I admire your skills, Mr. Peanut.

Quote from George

Waitress: What do you want?
George: Ah, I've had everything on the menu. Uh, surprise me.
[The waitress goes to the kitchen]
Danielle: [to George] Neil. [taps on George's shoulder] Neil. [George turns around] Oh, I am sorry. I'm supposed to meet my boyfriend here. He looks just like you.
George: Really?
Danielle: Yeah.
George: Like me?
Danielle: Uh-huh. Sorry. [walks away]
George: [to himself] Like me? But how?
Waitress: [returns] Here's your halibut omelette. Surprised?
George: Yes. Yes, I am.

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