The Stand In

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Seinfeld episode
"The Stand In"
Kramer and Mickey playing rock, paper, scissors.
Episode no.	80
Airdate	February 25, 1994
Writer(s)	Larry David
Director	Tom Cherones
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Seinfeld - Season 5 September 1993 - May 1994
The Mango The Puffy Shirt The Glasses The Sniffing Accountant The Bris The Lip Reader The Non-Fat Yogurt The Barber The Masseuse The Cigar Store Indian The Conversion The Stall The Dinner Party The Marine Biologist The Pie The Stand In The Wife The Raincoats, Part 1 The Raincoats, Part 2 The Fire The Hamptons The Opposite
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The Stand In is the eightieth episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 16th episode for the 5th season. It aired on February 24, 1994.

[edit] Plot

Kramer convinces his friend Mickey Abbott, a little person, to use lifts to keep his job of portraying a rapidly-growing child, but his ruse is later discovered by other midget actors. Jerry visits an ill friend at the hospital and feels added pressure to be funny after his first visit coincides with a deterioration in the man's condition. George, finding he has nothing about which to talk with his girlfriend, wants to break up but holds off as he learns she is being encouraged to end the relationship. Elaine dates a friend of Jerry's, and the man "takes it out" on the pair's first date.

[edit] Trivia

• This is the first appearance of Kramer's friend Mickey Abbott, one of Kramer's bizarre circle of friends.
• The kid in which Mickey stand in for was actor Thomas Dekker, who would later play the kid in the hospital in season 7's "The Wink".

[edit] Superman reference

• Jerry: ...and this whole justice league, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman. You mean to tell me Superman can't cover everything? For cryin' out loud, he's Superman!