The Letter (Seinfeld episode)

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Seinfeld episode
"The Letter"
The portrait of Kramer.
Episode no.	39
Airdate	March 25, 1992
Writer(s)	Larry David
Director	Tom Cherones
Guest star(s)	Catherine Keener
IMDb profile
Seinfeld - Season 3 September 1991 - May 1992
The Note The Truth The Pen The Dog The Library The Parking Garage The Cafe The Tape The Nose Job The Stranded The Alternate Side The Red Dot The Subway The Pez Dispenser The Suicide The Parking Space The Fix-Up The Boyfriend, Part 1 The Boyfriend, Part 2 The Limo The Good Samaritan The Letter The Keys
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The Letter is the thirty-ninth episode of the hit sitcom Seinfeld. The episode was the 22nd of the third season. It aired on March 25, 1992. This episode is famous for Kramer's portrait, titled "The Kramer."

[edit] Plot

Kramer poses for a portrait by Jerry's girlfriend, which an elderly couple admires. George feels obligated to buy something when he accompanies Jerry to his new girlfriend's art studio. Elaine wears a Baltimore Orioles baseball cap in the owner's box at Yankee Stadium, and refuses to remove it. Jerry finds out his new girlfriend is a plagiarist after he hears the words she wrote in a letter on television (specifically, the film Chapter Two). Elaine gets a chance to return to Yankee Stadium with her boss and is told to wear Baltimore cap.

[edit] Trivia

• Despite spending $500 on a painting in this episode (and shortly thereafter trying to sell it to Jerry for $10), George later spends $1900 on triangle art from an ex-boyfriend of Elaine in Season 4's "The Junior Mint."
• The painting "The Kramer" would later be used as a prop in Even Stevens. Interestingly enough, in The Opposite, Kramer said to Jerry that he was "Even Steven."
• After Michael Richards's infamous outburst at The Laugh Factory on November 17, 2006, copies of the portrait sold at art stores have seen ironic popularity.