The Chicken Roaster

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Seinfeld episode
"The Chicken Roaster"
Kramer heading back to the "red planet."
Episode no.	142
Airdate	November 14, 1996
Writer(s)	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer
Director	Andy Ackerman
Seinfeld - Season 8 September 1996 - May 1997
The Foundation The Soul Mate The Bizarro Jerry The Little Kicks The Package The Fatigues The Checks The Chicken Roaster The Abstinence The Andrea Doria The Little Jerry The Money The Comeback The Van Buren Boys The Susie The Pothole The English Patient The Nap The Yada Yada The Millennium The Muffin Tops The Summer of George
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The Chicken Roaster is the 142nd episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 8th episode for the 8th season. It aired on November 14, 1996.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Kenny Rogers Roasters opens in the neighborhood and the large neon chicken sign beams right into Kramer's apartment window, which takes its toll on Kramer. Since Jerry is a heavy sleeper, Kramer and Jerry switch apartments; however, with the switching of apartments, the personalities of the characters are switched (with Kramer becoming more tame like Jerry, and Jerry becoming wild and eccentric). Jerry meets an old college buddy who he talks into missing a meeting that it turns out was important enough to get him fired. Jerry's college friend becomes manager of the chicken place. Newman gets Kramer hooked on Kenny's chicken. Jerry demands his apartment back when he finds out Kramer is hooked after seeing Newman picking up a large enough meal for two people, which includes broccoli. Jerry challenges Newman to eat a piece, Newman does so but quickly spits it out shouting "Vile Weed!".

Elaine makes liberal use of the Peterman expense account, including a big hat for George that he tries leaving at the saleswoman's apartment in an attempt to get a second date with her. Elaine tries to justify her expenses to the accounting department and needs the hat. Elaine brings George to the saleswoman's apartment, dragging George by the ear, in an attempt to retrieve the hat. While there, George steals her clock. Kramer's friend Bob Sacamano sells fake Russian hats, but it doesn't help Elaine (which turns out to be a "rat hat").

Elaine goes to Burma in search of J. Peterman to get her expenses authorized. She meets J. Peterman, who appears like Colonel Kurtz and the entire scene follows the sequence in Apocalypse Now where Benjamin Willard meets Colonel Kurtz. George manages to get a second date, but screws up when she figures out he stole her clock, thinking she took his hat. Jerry walks into a Kenny Rogers Roasters wearing a fake hat, the fake fur falls off and flies everywhere. It closes down, leaving Kramer staring into space, calling out "Kenny?".