The Parking Garage
- Episode aired Oct 30, 1991
- TV-PG
- 22m
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8.7/10
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The four friends go shopping at the mall and get lost for hours in the parking garage when they forget where they parked their car.The four friends go shopping at the mall and get lost for hours in the parking garage when they forget where they parked their car.The four friends go shopping at the mall and get lost for hours in the parking garage when they forget where they parked their car.
Gregory T. Daniel
- Man in Corvette
- (as Gregory Daniel)
Larry Charles
- Unresponsive Man
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThroughout this episode Kramer (Michael Richards) is seen carrying around a box with a new air conditioner in it. At Michael Richards' insistence, the prop department placed an actual air conditioner in the box. Richards wanted to make his struggle with the box seem genuine.
- GoofsThe "Fragile" sticker was strategically placed over the name on the box to hide the real name of the air conditioner manufacturer Friedrich.
- Quotes
Jerry Seinfeld: It's amazing how shopping makes me have to go. How does my bladder know that I'm in a department store?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992)
- SoundtracksSeinfeld Theme Song
Written by Jonathan Wolff
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"We're like rats in some experiment'
As far as I am concerned, this is the best episode so far in the series not that it is a statement of huge praise in and of itself. As I like to look at it, "The Parking Garage" is a soft remake of "The Chinese Restaurant, the second season episode that saw Jerry, George and Elaine wait an entire episode's runtime to get a seat at the titular restaurant. Here, the central location which the characters once again never leave is much larger, the invaluable Kramer who adds an entirely new dynamic to the show is not just present but the driving force of this episode and "The Parking Garage" being a third season episode, almost instantly elevates it above "The Chinese Restaurant" in spite of the influence of that episode.
I say Kramer is the driving force of the episode because it is he who lands the crew in a sticky situation after failing to remember where he parked his car and as a result, the gang in effect spend the entire episode trying to relocate the car. "We're like rats in some experiment", remarks George, and he would certainly have a point. Watching the main characters navigate a homogenous parking lot trying to find a single car leads to plenty of humour and even an intriguing sense of suspense. There is not just Elaine and her bag of fish that need to be taken home quickly but George and his parents wedding anniversary and it adds an almost comical sense of stake to the mission at hand.
"The Parking Garage" perhaps might not be one of the absolute funniest episodes in the series but it executes on its intentions very well. I find it a lot more entertaining than the earlier "The Chinese Restaurant" despite both admiration and enjoyment of that episode. Kramer adds such a great dynamic and he as the driving force behind this mayhem is perfect because it is just he who is most likely to do something as pathetic as forgetting where he parked. It's also an episode with more stakes that adds a weird and effective sense of suspense to the proceedings (in "The Chinese Restaurant" it was just getting a table in time to see the film, here it's Elaine's finish and George needing to get home for his parents anniversary dinner) and a much greater sense of scope. Situating the episode in a broader environment like a parking garage leads to more effective and opportune moments of humour and this episode utilizes it very well.
"The Parking Garage" is a highly effective and cleverly written episode. It surpasses "The Chinese Restaurant", in my humble opinion, in every department bar the influence of the episode and the addition of Kramer, a greater sense of space and the fact that this is a third season episode elevate it as far as I am concerned.
I say Kramer is the driving force of the episode because it is he who lands the crew in a sticky situation after failing to remember where he parked his car and as a result, the gang in effect spend the entire episode trying to relocate the car. "We're like rats in some experiment", remarks George, and he would certainly have a point. Watching the main characters navigate a homogenous parking lot trying to find a single car leads to plenty of humour and even an intriguing sense of suspense. There is not just Elaine and her bag of fish that need to be taken home quickly but George and his parents wedding anniversary and it adds an almost comical sense of stake to the mission at hand.
"The Parking Garage" perhaps might not be one of the absolute funniest episodes in the series but it executes on its intentions very well. I find it a lot more entertaining than the earlier "The Chinese Restaurant" despite both admiration and enjoyment of that episode. Kramer adds such a great dynamic and he as the driving force behind this mayhem is perfect because it is just he who is most likely to do something as pathetic as forgetting where he parked. It's also an episode with more stakes that adds a weird and effective sense of suspense to the proceedings (in "The Chinese Restaurant" it was just getting a table in time to see the film, here it's Elaine's finish and George needing to get home for his parents anniversary dinner) and a much greater sense of scope. Situating the episode in a broader environment like a parking garage leads to more effective and opportune moments of humour and this episode utilizes it very well.
"The Parking Garage" is a highly effective and cleverly written episode. It surpasses "The Chinese Restaurant", in my humble opinion, in every department bar the influence of the episode and the addition of Kramer, a greater sense of space and the fact that this is a third season episode elevate it as far as I am concerned.
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