The Junior Mint

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Seinfeld episode
"The Junior Mint"

Jerry and Kramer watching the Junior Mint fly into Roy's body.
Episode no. 60
Airdate March 18, 1993
Writer(s) Andy Robin
Director Tom Cherones
Guest star(s) Susan Walters
IMDb profile
Seinfeld - Season 4
August 1992 - May 1993
  1. The Trip, Part 1
  2. The Trip, Part 2
  3. The Pitch
  4. The Ticket
  5. The Wallet
  6. The Watch
  7. The Bubble Boy
  8. The Cheever Letters
  9. The Opera
  10. The Virgin
  11. The Contest
  12. The Airport
  13. The Pick
  14. The Movie
  15. The Visa
  16. The Shoes
  17. The Outing
  18. The Old Man
  19. The Implant
  20. The Junior Mint
  21. The Smelly Car
  22. The Handicap Spot
  23. The Pilot, Part 1
  24. The Pilot, Part 2
List of all Seinfeld episodes

"The Junior Mint" is the 60th episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld. It was the 20th episode for the 4th season. It aired on March 18, 1993.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Unable to remember the name of the woman he is dating, Jerry tries to pick up clues to solve the mystery. Given the clue that her name rhymes with a part of the female anatomy, Jerry and George try to come up with possible candidates: Aretha (for urethra), Hest (for breast), Bovary (for ovary), and Mulva (for vulva.) When she presses him to say her name, Jerry guesses Mulva, causing her to storm out. In a flash of insight, Jerry runs to the window and (correctly) yells out "Dolores!"

Meanwhile, Elaine goes to visit one of her ex-boyfriends (an artist whom she broke up with because he was fat) in the hospital and becomes interested in going out with him again since he has slimmed down. Kramer and Jerry observe the artist's splenectomy and accidentally drop a Junior Mint from the viewing gallery into the patient's body. When George hears that Roy is in a bad condition (after he develops an infection), he decides to spend $1900 (which he collected in interest from a bank account from the sixth grade) to buy some of Roy's art, thinking it will appreciate in value when Roy dies. Roy's condition suddenly turns around and he recovers. Although Roy attributes the change to George buying his art, the doctor attributes the limited effect of the infection to "something from above." As Kramer offers the doctor a Junior Mint, Elaine decides to break her plans with Roy, who had started eating again after the surgery.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

  • The female body part that rhymes with Dolores is clitoris.
  • The name in the script was originally Chloris, however, the studio audience was asked to try to guess the woman's name. One woman guessed "Dolores", and the ending was changed since the name worked much better.
  • Dolores was played by Susan Walters. She appeared again (though with blonde hair) in the Season 8 episode "The Foundation."
  • Dr. Siegel, played by Victor Raider-Wexler, appears in several more Seinfeld episodes. He is:
  • This marks the second time that George regrets his decision to purchase a piece of art. The first came in "The Letter", when he bought a piece of art from Jerry's girlfriend for $500.
  • The slow motion shot of the "Junior Mint" falling out of the sky actually used a York Peppermint Pattie. A Junior Mint was used at first, but deemed too small to use in production, so a Peppermint Pattie was used instead.

[edit] Quotes

  • George: What're you gonna do now?
  • Jerry: I dunno. I can't ask her now; I've already made out with her. Once you make out with a woman, you can't ask her her name.
  • George: --Aretha!

Woman: We went backstage and Olympia Dukakis autographed my playbill.
Jerry: Oh, what're you saying, you got her autograph?
Woman: Yeah.
Jerry: Do you have it with you?
Woman: Yeah, it's in my purse.
Jerry: Let me see.
Woman: You know I really think I'm falling for you, Jerry Seinfeld.
Jerry: Oh, well, I really think I'm falling for you... (reads autograph)...Joseph Puglia...
Woman: I had it autographed for my uncle.
Jerry: Yeah, I know...
Woman: You don't know my name, do you?
Jerry: Yes I do.
Woman: What is it?
Jerry: It...uh...rhymes with a female body part.
Woman: What is it?
Jerry: Mulva?

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