The Wink (Seinfeld episode)

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Seinfeld episode
"The Wink"
George trying to get through to Kramer.
Episode no.	114
Airdate	October 12, 1995
Writer(s)	Tom Gammill & Max Pross
Director	Andy Ackerman
Guest star(s)	Paul O'Neill & Tom Wright
IMDb profile
Seinfeld - Season 7 September 1995 - May 1996
The Engagement The Postponement The Maestro The Wink The Hot Tub The Soup Nazi The Secret Code The Pool Guy The Sponge The Gum The Rye The Caddy The Seven The Cadillac, Part 1 The Cadillac, Part 2 The Shower Head The Doll The Friars Club The Wig Master The Calzone The Bottle Deposit, Part 1 The Bottle Deposit, Part 2 The Wait Out The Invitations
List of all Seinfeld episodes

"The Wink" is the 114th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 4th episode for the 7th season. It aired on October 12, 1995.

[edit] Plot

Elaine dates the man from her wake-up service. A bit of grapefruit pulp, from Jerry's breakfast, gets into George's eye and causes problems for him when his winks keep getting misinterpreted. Jerry's healthy diet conflicts with his dating of Elaine's cousin, who expects him to eat meat. Kramer promises a sick boy that New York Yankee Paul O'Neill will hit two home runs for him, so he can get back a birthday card that he sold based on George's wink.

[edit] Trivia

• The storyline regarding Kramer's promise to a sick boy in the hospital was a parody of a scene from the 1942 Lou Gehrig biopic The Pride of the Yankees, in which Gehrig promises to hit two home runs in a single game to cheer up a crippled boy whom he visits in the hospital. The event in the 1942 film was a takeoff on something that actually happened to Babe Ruth, not to Gehrig.
• The kid in the hospital was the same kid for whom Mickey Abbott stands in during season 5's "The Stand In." It ends with Paul O'Neill hitting a full home run and a triple, not satisfying the deal between Kramer and the boy, but Kramer takes the plaque anyways.