The Doodle

"**The Doodle**"
"The Doodle"
Seinfeld episode
Episode no.	Season 6; Episode 20
Directed by	Andy Ackerman
Written by	Alec Berg & Jeff Schaffer
Production code	618
Original air date	April 6, 1995
Guest appearances
	Wayne Knight as Newman; Barney Martin as Morty Seinfeld; Liz Sheridan as Helen Seinfeld; Len Lesser as Uncle Leo; Billye Ree Wallace as Nana; Christa Miller as Paula; Guy Siner as Mandel; Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Shelly; Ellis Williams as Exterminator; Coby Turner as Judy; Wayne C. Dvorak as Teacher;
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"The Doodle" is the 106th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This is the 20th episode for the sixth season and aired on April 6, 1995.^[1] In this episode, Jerry's apartment is infested with fleas, George struggles over his girlfriend's opinion of his physical appearance, Kramer indulges his love for Mackinaw peaches, and Elaine loses a literary manuscript that she is expected to review for a job interview.

Plot

Jerry and George have dinner with their girlfriends, Shelly and Paula. George met Paula at Elaine's drawing class. George whispers to Jerry that he is eating pecans that were in Shelly's mouth. Jerry spits them out and exclaims his disgust, which angers Shelly. George finds a doodle that Paula drew of him and thinks it is an ugly caricature. Elaine's friend, Judy, recommends her for a job at Viking Press. So she can stay at the company's suite at the Plaza Hotel, she lets Viking Press think she is coming from out of town, and gives Jerry's parents' address in Florida as hers.

George implores Elaine to find out if Paula really likes him. At the drawing class, Paula confesses to Elaine that she does like George and says looks are not important to her. When Elaine tells George, he becomes upset, thinking it confirms she thinks him ugly. However, he embraces her lack of concern with looks when he realizes it allows him to fulfill his long-held dream of draping himself in velvet.

Jerry gets flea bites. An exterminator confirms the flea infestation, and closes down the apartment for 48 hours to fumigate. Jerry's parents have just come to town, and he persuades Elaine to give them the hotel suite.

Elaine realizes a manuscript Viking Press sent for her to read is in Jerry's apartment, and resolves to enter despite the fumigation. An instant later Kramer walks out, having disregarded the sign on the door and spent an hour and a half in the apartment engrossed with the manuscript. Elaine goes in but is unable to stay in the apartment for long, and she is able to find is several discarded Chunky Bar wrappers in the couch cushions.

This leads Jerry to the conclusion that Newman, who enjoys Chunky Bars, was responsible for his flea infestation and heads over to his apartment to confront him. Newman denies everything and mocks Jerry for his predicament, only to confess when Jerry tortures him with one of his empty candy wrappers and the thought of fleas crawling all over his body.

At the Plaza, Morty, Helen, Uncle Leo and Nana use room service, watch four pay-per-view movies at the same time, and order $100 massages and food. Elaine gets Kramer to summarize the manuscript. He is unable to taste food due to the fumigation exposure. Dismayed that he cannot enjoy Mackinaw peaches, which are ripe for only two weeks a year, Kramer gives his remaining ones to Newman.

Jerry is staying at Shelly's apartment but forgets his toothbrush; Shelly tells him to use hers. When he refuses, she throws him out. Elaine has her interview at Viking Press and repeats Kramer's manuscript interpretation. The publisher approves of the interpretation but rejects Elaine due to the extravagant room charges at the Plaza.

George finishes off a Mackinaw peach. When Paula pops the discarded pit into her mouth to suck out the remaining flavor, he gags with revulsion. Kramer's tastebuds return in time for the peaches, but Newman finishes the last one in front of him. Kramer exacts revenge by siccing a bulldog on him.

Production

Mackinaw peaches are a rare instance of an outright fantasy element in Seinfeld; both the name and the concept of peaches which are ripe for only two weeks were made up by writers Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer.^[2]

Most of Newman's confession was deleted prior to broadcast. In the full version of the scene, he explains that he got the fleas when he was attacked by Buford, the same dog Kramer sics on him later in the episode, which was why he was so terrified of the small dog.

References

^ "Seinfeld Season 6 Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ Seinfeld Season 6: Notes about Nothing - "The Doodle" (DVD). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2005.

External links

"The Doodle" at IMDb

[tvguide-1] "Seinfeld Season 6 Episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

[2] Seinfeld Season 6: Notes about Nothing - "The Doodle" (DVD). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2005.

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