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The Sponge

‘The Sponge’

Season 7, Episode 9 -  Aired December 7, 1995

Elaine runs across town looking for her favored form of birth control after it's discontinued. Now that they're engaged, George starts sharing secrets with Susan. Meanwhile, Jerry finds a woman's phone number on a charity sign-up sheet, and Kramer joins an AIDS walk.

Quote from Jerry

Jerry: [on the phone] Hello, Lena? Hi, it's Jerry Seinfeld. How did I get your number? Oh, I met a guy that knows you, he gave it to me. I don't remember his name. I think it began with a W, maybe a Q. I wasn't paying that much attention, I'd just come from shopping for a speedboat...

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Quote from Elaine

Elaine: Well, Kramer was right. My friend Kim told me the Sponge is off the market.
Jerry: So what are you gonna do?
Elaine: I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do a hard-target search. Of every drug store, general store, health store and grocery store in a 25-block radius.

Quote from George

George: Just for these Sponges?
Elaine: Hey man, women are really loyal to their birth control methods. What does Susan use?
George: I dunno.
Elaine: You don't know?
George: I, uh, figure it's something.

Quote from Kramer

Jerry: What are you all out of breath from?
Kramer: [panting] The elevator just broke. I had to walk up five flights.
Jerry: And you got the AIDS walk tomorrow. You're never gonna make it, you're in horrible shape.
Kramer: Hey, I'm in tip-top shape. Better than you!
Jerry: I got a 31 waist, mister!
Kramer: Yeah, well I'm walking for charity. What are you doing?
Jerry: What am I doing? I'm dating a woman who happens to be sponsoring one of these walkers.

Quote from George

Jerry: Hey, I have found the best-smelling detergent. Lena, smell my shirt.
Lena: Mmm! Very nice.
Jerry: It's All TempaCheer.
Lena: I use Planet. It's bio-degradable and doesn't pollute the oceans.
George: Yeah, the oceans really are getting very sudsy. [chuckles]

Quote from Jerry

Lena: Can you wrap up all the left-overs on the table, please? I always take the left-overs. I work in a soup kitchen every morning at 6 a.m.
Jerry: They serve soup at 6 a.m.?
Lena: Yeah. That's all they have.
Jerry: Do the bums ever complain, "Soup again?"
George: I'd get tired of it.
Jerry: How could you not?

Quote from Jerry

Lena: Guess who volunteered last week?
George: Mick Jagger.
Lena: No. Maya Angelou.
Susan Ross: Oh, the poet.
Jerry: So, let me ask you something. These people eat soup three times a day?
Lena: I don't know.
Susan Ross: So, did you get to talk to her?
Lena: Talk to who?
Jerry: Is it a lot of cream soups?
Susan Ross: Maya Angelou, the poet.
Lena: No, I didn't get the chance.

Quote from George

Susan Ross: Jerry got her phone number off of an AIDS walk list? Oh, that's awful.
George: I know, but don't say anything to anyone. He told me not to tell you.
Susan Ross: But you told me anyway?
George: Well, you know, I was thinking about what you said before, and... you're right, I've never really been a couple, so if that's the rule, then I'm gonna go by the rule.

Quote from Susan Ross

Susan Ross: You don't know what I use for birth control, do you?
George: Of course I do.
Susan Ross: You do? What?
George: You know. You use the, uh... [mumbles]
Susan Ross: The what?
George: You know, the uh... [coughs, mumbles]
Susan Ross: Just get me some Sponges, please.
George: Wait. Wait a minute. They don't have them anymore. I just found out, they just took them off the market.
Susan Ross: Off the market? The Sponge?
George: Yeah, so you gotta use something else.
Susan Ross: I can't! I love the Sponge! I need the Sponge!
George: Okay. I think I know where we can get one.

Quote from Jerry

Jerry: How'd you find out?
Lena: A friend of a friend of a friend of Susan's.
Jerry: George!

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