The Barber (Seinfeld episode)

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“The Barber”
Seinfeld episode
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 72
Written by Andy Robin
Directed by Tom Cherones
Original airdate November 11, 1993
Season 5 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 5
September 1993 - May 1994
  1. "The Mango"
  2. "The Puffy Shirt"
  3. "The Glasses"
  4. "The Sniffing Accountant"
  5. "The Bris"
  6. "The Lip Reader"
  7. "The Non-Fat Yogurt"
  8. "The Barber"
  9. "The Masseuse"
  10. "The Cigar Store Indian"
  11. "The Conversion"
  12. "The Stall"
  13. "The Dinner Party"
  14. "The Marine Biologist"
  15. "The Pie"
  16. "The Stand In"
  17. "The Wife"
  18. "The Raincoats, Part 1"
  19. "The Raincoats, Part 2"
  20. "The Fire"
  21. "The Hamptons"
  22. "The Opposite"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Barber" is the seventy-second episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 8th episode for the 5th season. It aired on November 11, 1993.

[edit] Plot

Uncertain about whether a boss has hired him at the end of a job interview, George decides that the best course of action is to feign having been explicitly hired while the boss is out of town. Jerry receives a bad haircut from his longtime barber but because of the barber's jealousy fears seeing a new hairdresser; Kramer arranges a clandestine haircut, but Jerry's erstwhile barber becomes suspicious and bribes Newman into obtaining a sample of Jerry's hair. Throughout the episode are times when some of the characters watch Edward Scissorhands. At one point, when Jerry's barber is fighting in Jerry's apartment with Kramer's barber, they see Scissorhands on the television and stop to watch it, though all that's seen is the back of the TV with the sound of scissors clipping fast and Rossini's The Barber of Seville plays in the background (the scene Edward cuts the neighbor's hair). Meanwhile, George, who has absolutely no idea of what his duties are at his new place of work, does nothing for the duration of a week until his employer comes back from vacation and fires him. In the end, Jerry finds Newman in the haircut shop and grabs an electric hair razor. After the Castle Rock Entertainment logo shows, there is a short scene where Kramer speaks to Newman on the phone asking, "So, how long till you can come out?" and the screen then shows Newman with his entire hair shaved off, and he replies, "Not for a while," though the scene is not shown in syndication.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Even though all other Seinfeld episodes were placed in their production order for the DVD releases, "The Barber," was still placed behind "The Non-Fat Yogurt" which had been filmed after.
  • Throughout this episode, the familiar Seinfeld slap-bass incidental music is replaced with selections from Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
  • When George is confronted by a client, an audience member can be heard saying "Oh no."
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