The Little Kicks

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“The Little Kicks”
Seinfeld episode

George, horrified, observing Elaine perform a little-kicks dance.
Episode no. Season 8
Episode 138
Written by Spike Feresten
Directed by Andy Ackerman
Original airdate October 10, 1996
Season 8 episodes
Seinfeld - Season 8
September 1996 - May 1997
  1. "The Foundation"
  2. "The Soul Mate"
  3. "The Bizarro Jerry"
  4. "The Little Kicks"
  5. "The Package"
  6. "The Fatigues"
  7. "The Checks"
  8. "The Chicken Roaster"
  9. "The Abstinence"
  10. "The Andrea Doria"
  11. "The Little Jerry"
  12. "The Money"
  13. "The Comeback"
  14. "The Van Buren Boys"
  15. "The Susie"
  16. "The Pothole"
  17. "The English Patient"
  18. "The Nap"
  19. "The Yada Yada"
  20. "The Millennium"
  21. "The Muffin Tops"
  22. "The Summer of George"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Little Kicks" is the 138th episode of the American television sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 4th episode for the 8th season. It was originally broadcast on the NBC network on October 10, 1996.

[edit] Plot

Elaine reluctantly allows George to attend a company party. George is trying to get along with a girl named Anna, but she doesn't seem interested. George is horrified when he sees Elaine dancing at the party, a dance which causes her staff to lose all respect for her. Elaine mistakenly attributes this lack of respect to George's presence at the party. She advises Anna to keep away from George, which causes Anna to think of George as a "bad boy", making George desirable to her.

Jerry has gotten tickets to a sneak peek showing of Death Blow for himself and Kramer. However, Kramer quickly invites a friend, Brody, forcing Jerry to get another ticket. While watching the film, Brody starts videotaping the film to make a bootleg version to sell on the streets. While taping, Brody becomes sick and has Kramer take him home, leaving Jerry to finish making the tape. Jerry says he won't, but then sees a gun sticking out of Brody's shirt, and quickly agrees. Jerry worries about the possible consequences of the illegal act, and whether or not Brody will like his taping. However, Brody says it's the most beautiful taping he's ever seen, and asks him to do another film. Jerry becomes a bootlegging legend on the streets, and demands better equipment for his next film. Brody won't agree with Jerry's demands, Jerry becomes angry and leaves.

Kramer, seeing Elaine dancing, quickly informs her that "she stinks". Jerry reluctantly confirms this, but she is still unsure. She videotapes herself, and finds out the truth about her dancing. Elaine apologizes to Anna and George, explaining that George really is a good person, which suddenly makes him undesirable to Anna.

Brody comes to pick up the tape that Jerry was going to shoot, all they have was the bad copy Kramer did, which Elaine has recorded her dancing over. Soon, the whole city seems to know of Elaine's dancing.

George, hearing of Jerry's quit on bootlegging, causes him to take up the job instead, in an effort to restore his "bad boy" image, but gets arrested in the process. Frank comes to bail him out and Elaine lets him know the truth about his son.

In the very last scene of the episode, Elaine is walking down the street. As she walks by, everybody around her begins dancing. (Elaine has become well-known around town because everyone thinks that she's the "Lone Dancer" that was featured at the end of the bootlegged movie.)

[edit] Cultural References

  • At the end of the episode, when Jerry replies (to Elaine) that he has remained big, and that it was the bootlegs that got small, he is referencing a famous line uttered by Gloria Swanson in the classic film Sunset Boulevard.
  • The song that Elaine dances to at the beginning of the episode is "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind and Fire.
  • Elaine's characteristic dance is played again in a short, sharp sequence in "The Slicer".

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