The Big Salad

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"The Big Salad"
George's girlfriend presenting Elaine with a big salad.
Episode no.	88
Airdate	September 29, 1994
Writer(s)	Larry David
Director	Andy Ackerman
Guest star(s)	Michelle Forbes
Seinfeld - Season 6 September 1994 - May 1995
The Chaperone The Big Salad The Pledge Drive The Chinese Woman The Couch The Gymnast The Soup The Mom & Pop Store The Secretary The Race The Switch The Label Maker The Scofflaw The Highlights of 100, Part 1 The Highlights of 100, Part 2 The Beard The Kiss Hello The Doorman The Jimmy The Doodle The Fusilli Jerry The Diplomat's Club The Face Painter The Understudy
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"The Big Salad" is the 88th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 2nd episode for the 6th season. It aired on September 29, 1994.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Elaine must find a special mechanical pencil, The Rolamech 1000, for Mr. Pitt and soon finds herself dealing with the romantic advances of the stationery store clerk. The clerk asks for her phone number to call her when he receives the pencil but Elaine gives him Jerry's number instead. George purchases a "big salad" for Elaine, but his girlfriend (Julie) appears to take credit for the purchase. Jerry learns that his current girlfriend formerly dated Newman, who ended the relationship. Jerry cannot comprehend why Newman dumped her and subsequently, attempts to find any fault in his girlfriend. Kramer plays golf with an ex-Major League Baseball player, who washes his ball on the green, breaking the rules and causing an altercation with Kramer. The man is later suspected in the murder of a dry cleaner, and Kramer helps the man flee in a white Ford Bronco in a high speed chase down the New Jersey Turnpike in a scene which is similar to that of the O.J. Simpson car chase.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

The footage from the car chase scene on the TV that Jerry, George & Elaine are watching is the actual footage from the O.J. Simpson car chase. The difference in geography is that the Simpson car chase was in Los Angeles while Kramer's chase is down the New Jersey Turnpike, given away by some major errors in geography.
This episode is the first to use a new exterior set for the New York street scenes. The exteriors were formerly shot on a collection of three small store fronts, but the show moved its outside shots to a new, much more expansive street set in Season 6 that allowed for many new camera angles and framing opportunities.
In syndication, this episode is one the few Season 6 epsiodes to feature Jerry's stand-up routine