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The Nose Job

‘The Nose Job’

Season 3, Episode 9 -  Aired November 20, 1991

George convinces a woman he's dating to get a nose job. Jerry hates spending time with the woman he's dating, but the sex is great. Meanwhile, Kramer asks Elaine to help him get the jacket back.

Quote from George

George: Where'd you meet her?
Jerry: I met her on an elevator.
George: On an elevator? You met a woman on an elevator?
Jerry: Impossible, right?
George: You got less than sixty seconds. That's like dismantling a time bomb.

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Quote from Jerry

George: What got into you?
Jerry: I don't know. She was so beautiful, it was like a pure reflex. The words just came out of my mouth.
George: Wow. What'd you say?
[flashback:]
Jerry: You know, I'm the one responsible for those crop circles in England.
[present:]
George: Wow.
Jerry: Can you believe I did that?
George: What did she say?
[flashback:]
Isabel: What crop circles?
[present:]
Jerry: Not a good sign.

Quote from George

Jerry: You got something in your teeth there.
George: What?
Jerry: It's green.
George: Oh, man, it's spinach. I've been walking around like this all afternoon.
Jerry: Did you bump into anybody you knew?
George: I had a job interview.
Jerry: How'd it go?
George: Take a guess.

Quote from George

George: You won't think I'm a bad person?
Jerry: Too late for that.
George: 'Cause believe me, I would only say this to you and maybe a psychiatrist, maybe. Well, her nose is a little big.
Jerry: Yeah, she's got a big nose.
George: I mean, big would even be okay. It's a little beyond big.
Jerry: It's a schnoz.
George: Now, I'm aware that my own physical dimensions are perhaps a little short of perfection.
Jerry: A little.
George: So who am I to be thinking about someone's nose? I mean, I should be grateful someone like her even looks at me. I have no job, nothing. But I have to say, I think about the nose. I don't want to think about the nose. I don't ask to think about the nose, but I think about it. I go to bed at night, I tell myself, "Don't think about the nose, forget the nose," but I think about it. I look at her, I see nose.

Quote from George

Jerry: Have you said anything to her about it?
George: I could never do that. You know, the ironic thing is if she had a smaller nose, I never could have gone out with her in the first place. She'd be out of my league with a smaller nose. And I really like her, I know that. And I know one other thing. I'm not getting past that nose.

Quote from Kramer

Audrey: It's amazing how many beautiful women live in New York. I actually find it kind of intimidating.
Kramer: Well, you're as pretty as any of them. You just need a nose job.
Elaine: Kramer!
Kramer: What? What?
Elaine: How could you say something like that?!
Kramer: What? What do you mean? I just said she needs a nose job.
Elaine: No. No, there's nothing wrong with her nose! God, I'm so sorry, Audrey.
Audrey: No, it's okay.
Elaine: What did you have to say that for?
Kramer: Well, I was just trying to help out.
Elaine: Yeah? Well, you can kiss that jacket goodbye, Mr. Von Nauzen.
Kramer: You see what happens when you try to be nice?

Quote from George

Audrey: So, what did you think?
George: About the pizza?
Audrey: No, about the nose job.
George: Oh, the nose job. I don't know, what did you think?
Audrey: Well, I've thought about it, but I don't know.
George: Yeah. Not that I care, one way or the other, but these doctors today really do amazing things, you know, if you were so inclined. And again, I'm not suggesting.
Audrey: I know, they're good.
George: Peter Jennings had one.
Audrey: Really?
George: Probably. They all do. In my high school, half my graduating class had them. Of course, I'm from Long Island, so...
Audrey: Uh-huh.
George: It's really nothing. It's like going to the dentist.
Audrey: I hate the dentist.
George: It's a cleaning.
Audrey: So you really think I should do this?
George: If it makes you happy. I don't focus on these things. I will tell you this. Unfortunately, we live in a very superficial society. I don't condone it, but it's a fact of life.
Audrey: Well, maybe I should.
George: What the hell.

Quote from George

Elaine: [barges in] Aw, now you talked her into getting a nose job?
George: Me? I didn't say anything.
Elaine: You encouraged her to get one.
George: I didn't encourage. No encourage.
Elaine: Peter Jennings had one?
George: It's possible.
Elaine: Well, I think you should accept her for who she is.
Audrey: No, George is right. I want to get one.
Elaine: I think it's a mistake.
George: Me too, really. Unless you'd really like to get one.

Quote from George

George: I'm going straight to hell. No two ways about it.
Jerry: Well, it might not be hell, but you're gonna run into some bad dudes.

Quote from George

George: Okay, look, Audrey, before you take the bandage off just remember that I was the one that encouraged you to do this, you know? Now that you're gonna be a great beauty, let's not forget how this all began. You know, like if you'd listened to your friend, Elaine...
Audrey: George?
George: Yeah?
Audrey: Enough.

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