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  • @mwi87
    @mwi87 8 місяців тому +168

    Everyone glossing over Aunt Sarah's best one-liner: "He doesn't look like me" 🤣

    • @TheBehm08
      @TheBehm08 5 місяців тому +6

      Self owned herself and George in 5 words

    • @MikeBayhamRep
      @MikeBayhamRep Місяць тому +1

      Explains Susan's attraction

    • @Jimmietwotimes
      @Jimmietwotimes Місяць тому +2

      And then " I KNEW it!" practically stole the scene.

    • @bouji_
      @bouji_ 25 днів тому

      _I knew it_ was way better.

  • @khaledabos3eed
    @khaledabos3eed Рік тому +200

    Elaine: John Cheever, you have read any of his stuff?!
    Jerry: mmmmm, yeah, i am familiar with some of his writings😂😂

    • @annaheart7731
      @annaheart7731 10 місяців тому +9

      Ahhh, there is why ! I didn't get it when I saw this episode with Elaine. :))))

  • @crupert23225
    @crupert23225 Рік тому +498

    The way Mrs. Ross takes such delight in the cabin's destruction. And when Aunt Sarah says "I KNEW it!".

    • @toolrammsteindeftones
      @toolrammsteindeftones Рік тому +6

      Yes those two parts. 😆

    • @redacted2275
      @redacted2275 Рік тому +4

      What about them?

    • @randy1576
      @randy1576 Рік тому +3

      I loved when she said that too😁

    • @albundy6008
      @albundy6008 Рік тому +3

      @@violamateo she probably knew he was on the down-low too and just didn't care.

    • @gooner4life518
      @gooner4life518 11 місяців тому +12

      Is it me or does Susan's mom always have a drink in her hand almost every seen?

  • @josemaria8177
    @josemaria8177 Рік тому +992

    Susan's parents perfectly explain the enduring mystery of why someone like Susan would be atracted to George

    • @TheStuport
      @TheStuport Рік тому +16

      🤣

    • @Chillllllbruh
      @Chillllllbruh Рік тому +7

      ​@@Horsemanray A true inspiration.

    • @shadowknight1121
      @shadowknight1121 Рік тому +66

      @@samanfang5139 they’re both screwed up from their parents.

    • @stoneylonesome5826
      @stoneylonesome5826 Рік тому +33

      Or maybe why he drove her to lesbianism.

    • @cya2139
      @cya2139 Рік тому +32

      Susan and George would have become exactly like her parents had they actually married, and I mean EXACTLY like them😉

  • @riteshkaushik
    @riteshkaushik Рік тому +210

    ‘Time is what he is indicating there….’ - hilarious George 😂

    • @irishboy_pa
      @irishboy_pa Рік тому +8

      Thank God George pointed it out.

    • @ninejot
      @ninejot Рік тому +2

      😂

    • @mlipkin1
      @mlipkin1 Рік тому +1

      They cribbed this line on Succession! Of all the lines from Seinfeld to crib… kind of brilliant when you think about it.

    • @annaheart7731
      @annaheart7731 10 місяців тому

      I was looking for this comment to join. This line made me laugh ! Of course, George's performance of telling "burn" is another great one here, his arm wave "burn". ))))

  • @fromthehaven94
    @fromthehaven94 Рік тому +153

    *(Cherish the cabin)*
    An underrated moment when Mrs. Ross mimicks her husband.

    • @brianwallace2267
      @brianwallace2267 Рік тому

      Didn't care for that, really. I would have told her to cut it and done another take.

  • @maxmartin2763
    @maxmartin2763 Рік тому +156

    "It's just a matter of common courtesy. You come in the house, you wipe your wheels." One of the most under-rated and funniest lines ever written. 😂

  • @anthonycantu8879
    @anthonycantu8879 Рік тому +82

    Susan's mother is just freaking HILARIOUS 😂

  • @TheErik249
    @TheErik249 Рік тому +280

    This was probably one of the most awkward moments in the entire Seinfeld series.
    When I first saw this episode I was both surprised and laughing at the same time.
    George and Jerry's quick exit was probably the most comical I had ever seen.

    • @waryaawariiri1812
      @waryaawariiri1812 Рік тому +5

      Jerry pointing to the ⌚ was brilliant.

    • @creed22solar123
      @creed22solar123 Рік тому +10

      ​@@waryaawariiri1812time, time was what Jerry was indicating there.

    • @ImMilkthedog
      @ImMilkthedog Рік тому

      What about when kramer met crazy Joe

    • @keithpatrick156
      @keithpatrick156 Рік тому +1

      Jerry also used that when George's parents found a condom wrapper on their bed after coming home from a trip.

    • @spenser9908
      @spenser9908 11 місяців тому

      @@creed22solar123 I love when George says that 🤣

  • @ImMilkthedog
    @ImMilkthedog Рік тому +172

    Now we know why he actually loved that cabin and cherished it.

    • @redacted2275
      @redacted2275 Рік тому +19

      Wow, nothing gets past you

    • @ImMilkthedog
      @ImMilkthedog Рік тому +5

      @@redacted2275 what was George not costanza enough here for you

    • @bradford_shaun_murray
      @bradford_shaun_murray Рік тому

      @@redacted2275 ...4:09

    • @roguesheep3083
      @roguesheep3083 Рік тому +10

      The man cave. Yeh, i said it 😄

    • @nthgth
      @nthgth Рік тому +2

      I mean, it was his father's dying words

  • @charliepanayiotou4305
    @charliepanayiotou4305 Рік тому +83

    '...in a way you could never understand' Pure contempt here

    • @zufgh
      @zufgh Рік тому +19

      One of the best line deliveries in the show, clutching onto that box like Gollum protecting the one ring.

    • @scottmatheson3346
      @scottmatheson3346 3 місяці тому

      pure contempt is what he's indicating there

  • @shadowknight1121
    @shadowknight1121 Рік тому +97

    The cabin’s kind of…George?
    Burned.

  • @tolliSTFU
    @tolliSTFU Рік тому +252

    Susan’s parents are so passive aggressive. It made it even more enjoyable when they both got zinged at the end😂

    • @SonofTiamat
      @SonofTiamat Рік тому +23

      Then they were united by their hatred of George

    • @anthonyesposito7
      @anthonyesposito7 Рік тому

      Wait what happened to the them again?

    • @tolliSTFU
      @tolliSTFU Рік тому +11

      @@anthonyesposito7 the fathers inherited cabin was set on fire by Kramer and he was outed by his daughter and the mother was getting cheated on with another man, which according to some women is worse than being cheated on with another woman

    • @anthonyesposito7
      @anthonyesposito7 Рік тому +1

      @@tolliSTFU oh I thought maybe you were referring to something that happened to them in the finale because I remember them being there lol

    • @tolliSTFU
      @tolliSTFU Рік тому +6

      @@anthonyesposito7 lol no, I think just like everyone else in the finale, They were just there to make sure that the group went to jail. 😂

  • @valentinpalombo4699
    @valentinpalombo4699 Рік тому +62

    I love how quick her dad just comes clean and opens himself with such an appasionate sincerity, even in front of his wife.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar 11 місяців тому +4

      That part was hilarious lol. He was proud to admit it!!

    • @divineray7822
      @divineray7822 7 місяців тому +5

      It's been a lifetime

  • @taxidancing87
    @taxidancing87 Рік тому +169

    4:25 I KNEW IT!!!
    There's always that one person within a family 😂

    • @mauertal
      @mauertal Рік тому +5

      Who, if not you, knows that!

    • @blimy01maynard30
      @blimy01maynard30 Рік тому +13

      That line was delivered with such little sister energy.

    • @Lucian-mg9mw
      @Lucian-mg9mw 2 місяці тому +1

      I’m that one person but I never had a cabin.

  • @reallymakesyouthink
    @reallymakesyouthink Рік тому +56

    The way George breaks the news while coughing is hysterical.
    The "cabin is *burned*".

    • @jehobden
      @jehobden Рік тому +5

      He gets a lot out of a single word - "burned".

    • @PerryHowell-h9v
      @PerryHowell-h9v Рік тому +3

      That's one of the funniest scenes in the whole show

  • @amiblueful
    @amiblueful Рік тому +79

    I know Heid Swedberg's portrayal of Susan was widely criticized (even by Jason Alexander!). But I thought her playing it perfectly straight was a good apposition to everyone else.

    • @12Blueace
      @12Blueace Рік тому +11

      That’s actually way she was criticized. Her character was too good for the group dynamic.

    • @calburge4338
      @calburge4338 11 місяців тому +5

      Actually he never criticized her acting It was approach to reading lines and the character acting

    • @spenser9908
      @spenser9908 11 місяців тому +5

      Jason Alexander had a problem with the Susan actress?

    • @timkasansky2528
      @timkasansky2528 10 місяців тому +30

      @@spenser9908 he apologized already. He said that her straight acting make things more difficult for him on their scenes together, but it was unfair to expect her to be funny with what she was given.
      Susan was a straight character and she played her part perfectly. To me if was actually funnier that she was a normal woman that could see through George and still accept him.

    • @Noisy_Cricket
      @Noisy_Cricket 7 місяців тому +10

      ​@@timkasansky2528yup, Susan was fine with me, and I think it would've been interesting if they had kept her.

  • @rafaelmartinvannostrand2084
    @rafaelmartinvannostrand2084 Рік тому +64

    the way Jerry and George knock their head after "PS: love the cabin" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @ThatVeryArtGal
    @ThatVeryArtGal Рік тому +74

    I love when the sister goes, "I knew it!" The look of total satisfaction on her face. Hysterical!

    • @johnh5259
      @johnh5259 4 місяці тому +2

      She was so excited she almost walked again.

  • @franzie8801
    @franzie8801 Рік тому +35

    "He doesn't look like me!" 😂😂😂💀

  • @lacouerfairy
    @lacouerfairy Рік тому +65

    "Time.. is what he's indicating there...." I always LOL at that

  • @TheNukewarfare2
    @TheNukewarfare2 3 місяці тому +5

    I love how Jerry literally yanks George out the door at the end.

  • @gregmurphy7473
    @gregmurphy7473 Рік тому +31

    Cherish the cabin.

  • @lorijohnson1320
    @lorijohnson1320 Рік тому +159

    “Look I spilled wine on me.” Susan’s mother is awesome! And her laugh is great! 😂😂

    • @switch12345678
      @switch12345678 Рік тому

      She's an alcoholic, Lori

    • @ironcito1101
      @ironcito1101 Рік тому +10

      I feel they should've made her character be Mr Kruger's wife. For some reason, I think those two should go together. Maybe it's that evil-funny smile, or being half-oblivious to the conversation while making sarcastic remarks 😅

    • @zoltanurmosi1143
      @zoltanurmosi1143 Рік тому

      @@ironcito1101 she would be
      Mrs. K ugar

    • @darkstar2873
      @darkstar2873 Рік тому +4

      Terrific in "An Officer and A Gentleman " and "Norma Rae"...even shone in her bit part (Dottie ) in "Armageddon "

  • @chriscruciat2469
    @chriscruciat2469 Рік тому +30

    George and Jerry’s awkward exit was classic 😂😂😂

  • @tonyrichardson5955
    @tonyrichardson5955 Рік тому +31

    When the sister said "I knew it" I lost it 😅😅😅😂

  • @Bruh-bs6do
    @Bruh-bs6do Рік тому +60

    One of the best Seinfeld plots!

  • @plissken2156
    @plissken2156 Рік тому +14

    4:03 - Love how both Jerry and George simultaneously agree that the cabin is something to have been admired - even while painfully personal (and eventually destructive) family information is being read aloud in their presence.

  • @sanchitgupta1587
    @sanchitgupta1587 Рік тому +55

    " not that there's anything wrong with that " .... But we really should be going

  • @crazyjoedavola5430
    @crazyjoedavola5430 Рік тому +29

    Susan's sauced up Mom is so funny.....

  • @jamezkpal2361
    @jamezkpal2361 Рік тому +30

    This is a parody of Home Before Dark, a book describing Cheever's bisexual lifestyle based on letters found after his death published by his daughter Susan.

    • @peterd.9522
      @peterd.9522 Рік тому +6

      Ah, thanks that is helpful.

    • @CC3193
      @CC3193 10 місяців тому +2

      Oooh I love this & that you knew it. Thanks so much for sharing this extra layer!

  • @dariusalexander8985
    @dariusalexander8985 Рік тому +102

    All this because Kramer couldn't properly put out a cigar.

    • @danlower7834
      @danlower7834 Рік тому +11

      More proof that kramer does disastrous things when he's chasing women

  • @GaryYork-tk2ow
    @GaryYork-tk2ow Рік тому +29

    The most ingenious sitcom ever made.

  • @skunkycatog
    @skunkycatog Рік тому +13

    The way the sister yells out always gets me 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @angeleyeszarai
    @angeleyeszarai Рік тому +9

    "Anyways. Onward & upwards" 😆🙌

  • @Erikcleric
    @Erikcleric Рік тому +60

    Nobody notices that Susan parents are played by 2 prominent actors from Twin Peaks: Laura Palmer's mom and the town forensic doctor.

    • @zoltanurmosi1143
      @zoltanurmosi1143 Рік тому +10

      Hey, good memory. Thanks

    • @nthgth
      @nthgth Рік тому +5

      I'm pretty sure lots of people notice that

    • @CC3193
      @CC3193 10 місяців тому +2

      She’s also Lois, Bill’s mother on Big Love

    • @hwh6237
      @hwh6237 4 місяці тому +1

      Yeah Warren frost and grace zabriske

    • @hilairebelloc3368
      @hilairebelloc3368 Місяць тому

      I have been waiting to see a comment like this!

  • @jackobora3193
    @jackobora3193 Рік тому +32

    "Time is what he is indicating there"

  • @LowLevelNC
    @LowLevelNC Рік тому +21

    @4:09 = The tapping of the watch. LOL!

  • @DarthWill3
    @DarthWill3 Рік тому +43

    Glad to see George is hitting it up with Susan's mother at the dinner table. Humor can find a way to bind people. 😜

  • @blimy01maynard30
    @blimy01maynard30 Рік тому +17

    Jerry's wave at the end always makes me laugh. And wow, George. Nice boyfriend move by just leaving your would-be wife.

  • @bossfan49
    @bossfan49 Рік тому +15

    There ya go, it's a '47 Cabin.

  • @stevielagan1948
    @stevielagan1948 10 місяців тому +12

    Susan's parents were played by truly magnificent actors- Warren Frost and Grace Zabriskie. True character actors in the best sense of the word.
    SO WEIRD to see them both in Twin Peaks!!!!

  • @MorgenthauMusic
    @MorgenthauMusic 11 місяців тому +14

    "Dear Henry,
    last night with you was bliss. (...)"
    I feel lucky that I only really "discovered" this classic series in the last few years - so many new, incredible laughs ...

  • @jonwiley2592
    @jonwiley2592 Рік тому +9

    I became obsessed with John Cheever right after this episode.

  • @RIUUI007
    @RIUUI007 Рік тому +9

    4:56
    I love how Jerry yanks George away from the door

    • @CaptOrbit
      @CaptOrbit 11 місяців тому +1

      I came here looking for this comment. Jerry yanking George away from the door was just the cherry on top of a great scene.

  • @BLACK_MikeHammer
    @BLACK_MikeHammer Рік тому +9

    "Dad you and John Cheever"?😂😂😂😂

  • @mistermysteryman107
    @mistermysteryman107 Рік тому +9

    “I KNEW IT!!!”

  • @TheSynthisis
    @TheSynthisis 10 місяців тому +6

    Detective Lasseter already looks like he is tired of Shaun and he hasn't even met him yet.

  • @winterbalm
    @winterbalm 10 місяців тому +8

    Susan was such a wonderful person
    really sorry for her
    George did not deserve her

  • @acepilotson3331
    @acepilotson3331 Рік тому +9

    Susan’s mom is awesome.

  • @eduardo_corrochio
    @eduardo_corrochio Рік тому +50

    "Who's John? Who's John?? I want to know who John is!!!" She didn't get this upset when her teenage daughter Laura was killed and found wrapped in plastic.

    • @mrlego611
      @mrlego611 Рік тому +10

      “Jerry… she was wrapped in PLASTIC!”

    • @xavierrenegade
      @xavierrenegade Рік тому +1

      @@mrlego611 Jerry: "So she's...plastic-wrap?"

  • @aj1800
    @aj1800 Рік тому +21

    Onward and upward 😂😂 George is freaking hilarious 🤣

    • @Jim_L
      @Jim_L Рік тому +1

      I think everyone on this show is hysterical. But if I sat down and tallied up who made me laugh the most, it's gotta be George. 🤣

    • @trappinout18
      @trappinout18 Рік тому +1

      ​@@Jim_LHe is the most consistently selfish.

  • @youcanquoteme2
    @youcanquoteme2 Рік тому +20

    P.S. Love the cabin followed by Jerry and George's gestures is a perfect snapshot of its greatness.

  • @John-xeyvfkwieba
    @John-xeyvfkwieba Рік тому +20

    It makes sense that george and susan got engaged bc their families were both crazy

  • @Normal6755
    @Normal6755 Рік тому +12

    Loved the parents on Twin Peaks

  • @justinestes6400
    @justinestes6400 4 дні тому

    The scene revealing the cabin burned is a master class in comedic timing!!

  • @illusionxmuta
    @illusionxmuta 6 місяців тому +3

    Detective Lassiter is my favorite part of the reveal scene.

  • @karloalberti
    @karloalberti 10 місяців тому +2

    Mrs. Ross reminds me of Mrs Roper of Three's company series... always sarcastic and funny ... great performances. 🤠

  • @StormDatIsApproaching
    @StormDatIsApproaching 2 місяці тому +1

    Twin Peaks, Psych and Seinfeld alumni in one episode is a crazy crossover

  • @atrain132
    @atrain132 Рік тому +3

    4:27 😂🤣 I remember watching this when it aired, and I've always remembered that line from the son: " John Cheever, dad you and John Cheever??"

  • @doddeddo
    @doddeddo Рік тому +11

    Susan was always so lovely, George was her perdition lol

  • @rodrigomiguel1721
    @rodrigomiguel1721 Рік тому +12

    "- Burn!" 😂😂😂

  • @lori25hu
    @lori25hu Рік тому +9

    The Cabin’s death takes place in the shadow of new life, is not really burned if we find a way to remember it - Wraith of Kahn 😂

  • @danielgreenleaf
    @danielgreenleaf Рік тому +5

    ‘One might even say in a sense...Comical!’ 😂 😂 George Cartwright

  • @renaissance18
    @renaissance18 Рік тому +13

    Henry: Yes! Yes, he was the most wonderful person I've ever known. And I love him deeply! In a way you could never understand.. at 4:29 LOL

    • @MLBlue30
      @MLBlue30 Рік тому

      Not everyday you learn your Father gave a famous writer the best nut of his life.

    • @renaissance18
      @renaissance18 Рік тому +2

      @@12classics39 relax its a tv show

  • @doomzilla3568
    @doomzilla3568 Рік тому +33

    Thank Kramer for this. 😂

  • @5857612
    @5857612 Рік тому +6

    Time is what he's indicating there.

  • @erickorantes9308
    @erickorantes9308 Рік тому +7

    4:41 someone in the audience has a gremlin laugh xD

  • @larry1824
    @larry1824 Рік тому +4

    Mr Cheever was a neighbor snd very well liked. I enjoyed this because it was so well played

  • @jag5316
    @jag5316 Місяць тому

    The wine mom’s reaction to news that the cabin burned is one of the great comedic moments in Seinfeld.

  • @gregconway736
    @gregconway736 Рік тому +4

    Cherish the cabin!

  • @Chrisbajs
    @Chrisbajs Рік тому +12

    Sarah Palmer and Doc Hayward. Throw in Mrs. Choate and Kramer's cable guy and we'll have a Twin Peaks reunion.

  • @Matthew-pe1kt
    @Matthew-pe1kt 10 місяців тому +2

    The newspaper says Guilty of Love.

  • @paulsteenberg5933
    @paulsteenberg5933 10 місяців тому +2

    “Anyway..onward and upward”😂😂😂

  • @martins.chosen
    @martins.chosen 5 місяців тому +1

    Susan looked gorgeous with short hair. Also looked stunning with long hair. ☺

  • @lemonhead162
    @lemonhead162 5 місяців тому +2

    Kramer should've been sued for destroying the cabin!

  • @MrHalohunter24
    @MrHalohunter24 9 місяців тому +2

    The brother reminds me of Chandler on Friends a little bit.

  • @brucew7339
    @brucew7339 9 місяців тому +3

    In a way you could never understand 😂

  • @drunkweebmarine9492
    @drunkweebmarine9492 Рік тому +15

    I love this show

  • @joycampi7233
    @joycampi7233 Рік тому +5

    Wipe your wheels! 🤣

  • @RaulieGonzo97
    @RaulieGonzo97 Рік тому +3

    And it’s never brought up again 😂😂😂

  • @MegaChagus
    @MegaChagus 3 місяці тому

    " Burned... haha!" "Nothing... haha!" Freegin hilarious.

  • @uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582
    @uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582 Рік тому +25

    ill hand it to susans father. he may not want people knowing his personal matters but when it's out he defends it and sticks up for it even angry for having to do so. respect.

  • @lonnychen2466
    @lonnychen2466 Рік тому +3

    One of the best exits in sitcom history!!

  • @sanchorice6382
    @sanchorice6382 Рік тому +8

    Love Susan... she's so sobering.

  • @drewp.weiner2473
    @drewp.weiner2473 Рік тому +23

    One of my favorite scenes, it so damn funny

  • @mathiasringle6972
    @mathiasringle6972 4 місяці тому

    They all played their roles so well!!!!

  • @philswaim392
    @philswaim392 Рік тому +10

    Good for him. He had a great place where he could truly be himself.

  • @Deere55
    @Deere55 4 місяці тому +1

    " 'Time' is what he's indicating there."

  • @Mike19737
    @Mike19737 3 місяці тому

    “Anyway, onward and upward!” 😂😂

  • @mike91mdk45
    @mike91mdk45 Рік тому +11

    "He doesn't look like me."

  • @Tritiuminducedfusion
    @Tritiuminducedfusion 5 місяців тому +1

    The red head laughing at the cabin burning down. 😆🤣😂
    He wasn't kidding about the cabin being a "sanctuary," alright.

  • @truthhurts3524
    @truthhurts3524 Рік тому +7

    I’m familiar with…some of his writings

  • @brandonbarclay6218
    @brandonbarclay6218 Рік тому +9

    Superman reference 1:05

  • @johngonzalez4298
    @johngonzalez4298 Рік тому +30

    I love this show 😂

  • @regularyoutubename
    @regularyoutubename 6 місяців тому +1

    Missed opportunity for Jerry or George to say: “I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with it”.

  • @caporegime1453
    @caporegime1453 11 місяців тому +2

    “Wear some more lipstick”

  • @Jake_S_
    @Jake_S_ 11 місяців тому

    3:57 I love the newspaper headline: "Guilty of Love"

  • @piehound
    @piehound Рік тому +3

    At a moment like that George should segway into an impression of José Jimenez. Ya like gum ????????

  • @Jose-se9pu
    @Jose-se9pu Рік тому +9

    "he doesnt look like me!"