The Junior Mint

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"The Junior Mint"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no. Season 4
Episode 60
Written by Andy Robin
Directed by Tom Cherones
Guest stars Susan Walters
Original airdate March 18, 1993
Season 4 episodes
Seinfeld – Season 4
August 1992 – May 1993
  1. "The Trip, Part 1"
  2. "The Trip, Part 2"
  3. "The Pitch"
  4. "The Ticket"
  5. "The Wallet"
  6. "The Watch"
  7. "The Bubble Boy"
  8. "The Cheever Letters"
  9. "The Opera"
  10. "The Virgin"
  11. "The Contest"
  12. "The Airport"
  13. "The Pick"
  14. "The Movie"
  15. "The Visa"
  16. "The Shoes"
  17. "The Outing"
  18. "The Old Man"
  19. "The Implant"
  20. "The Junior Mint"
  21. "The Smelly Car"
  22. "The Handicap Spot"
  23. "The Pilot, Part 1"
  24. "The Pilot, Part 2"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Junior Mint" is the 60th episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld. It was the 20th episode of the 4th season. It aired on March 18, 1993.

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[edit] Plot

Having neglected to ask the name of the woman he is dating, Jerry tries to solve the mystery. Given the clue that her name rhymes with a part of the female anatomy, Jerry and George come up with possible candidates: Aretha (for urethra), Celeste (for breast), and Bovary (for ovary). The pay-off to the joke comes at the end of the episode when she presses him to say her name. Jerry guesses Mulva (for vulva), causing her to storm out of Jerry's apartment. In a flash of insight, Jerry runs to the window and yells out, "Dolores!" (for clitoris).

Meanwhile, Elaine goes to visit her ex-boyfriend Roy, an artist with whom she broke up because he was fat, in the hospital and, noticing that he has slimmed down, becomes interested in dating him again. Kramer and Jerry observe the artist's splenectomy and accidentally drop a Junior Mint from the viewing gallery into the patient's body. When George hears that Roy is in bad condition (after he develops an infection), he decides to spend $1900 (which he collected in interest from a bank account from the sixth grade) to buy some of Roy's art, thinking it will appreciate in value when Roy dies. Roy's condition suddenly turns around and he recovers. Although Roy attributes the change to George buying his art, the doctor attributes the limited effect of the infection to "something from above." (This marks the second time that George regrets his decision to purchase a piece of art. The first came in "The Letter", when he bought a piece of art from Jerry's girlfriend for $500.) The triangle art that George purchases in this episode can be seen on the shelves in his apartment in many subsequent episodes. As Kramer offers the doctor a Junior Mint, Elaine decides to break her date with Roy, whom she observes eating enthusiastically again in his hospital room after the surgery.

An alternate ending that was never filmed was mentioned in "Notes About Nothing". In it, it is revealed that George sold all of the useless artwork he bought to Kramer for a small amount of money. Then Kramer says that the artist died and they are worth a fortune right now but he regrets having resold them or else he would have been really rich.

[edit] Law suit

A conversation in Milwaukee the day after the episode aired led to a law suit in which jurors awarded Jerold J. Mackenzie $26.6 million on July 15, 1997. Mackenzie was terminated by Miller Brewing Co. on the basis that discussing the episode with his secretary constituted sexual harassment. [1] Later, however, the lawsuit was overturned by the court of appeals, and this ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. [2]

The name "Mulva", which is what Jerry guessed to be the name of his girlfriend, was later used as the name of an action heroine in two film spoofs, Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker (2001) and Mulva: Kill Teen Ape (2005).

[edit] Actors

A number of actors who played parts in The Junior Mint acted again in different episodes of Seinfeld. Dolores was played by Susan Walters. She appeared again (though with blonde hair) in the Season 8 episode "The Foundation." Dr. Siegel, played by Victor Raider-Wexler, appears in several more Seinfeld episodes. He was also the doctor who proclaims Susan Ross dead in the Season 7 finale "The Invitations" and was also George's doctor in the Season 8 finale "The Summer of George". He finally appeared on the show once more to testify against the "New York Four" in the finale of the show.

Sherman Howard played the part of Roy, the artist. Howard is probably best known for his roles as Lex Luthor in Seasons 2 - 4 of the Superboy television series and as Bub in George A. Romero's Day of the Dead.

[edit] Trivia

According to the "Inside Look" on the DVD, the crew actually used a Peppermint Pattie instead of a Junior Mint while filming. The Junior Mint was too small.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Court TV Library: Mackenzie v. Miller Brewing Co. (7/97)
  2. ^ http://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinions/97/pdf/97-3542.pdf Supreme Court of Wisconsin
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