Aug 14, 2008 lamar starts to laugh as he sees the smoke rise. Kramer accidentally sets the puerto rican flag on fire and is mobbed by a group of people. Elaines completely cynical attitude to the whole thing is a joy to behold, but i. Seinfeld the puerto rican day tv episode 1998 plot. The puerto rican day may 7, 1998 summary because of the puerto rican day parade, jerry, elaine, kramer, and george get stuck in traffic on the way home from a mets game. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show seinfeld anytime, anywhere. There were some lines in the script that could be considered racist, and th. In 2002, tv guide ranked seinfeld as the greatest tv show of all time. The puerto rican day, the shows secondtolast episode ever that saw the gang stuck in traffic during the puerto rican day parade, was branded. Jerry and his friends try to escape a puerto rican day traffic jam.
An mishap involving kramer michael richards during the annual puerto rican day parade is the reason that this particular seinfeld episode was withdrawn from nbcs rerun package it did, however. Nov 12, 2017 jerry and his friends try to escape a puerto rican day traffic jam. Seinfeld the puerto rican day tv episode 1998 trivia. An episode so racially offensive that nbc had to apologize upon its airing, the secondgreatest crime that the puerto rican day parade. Nbc received numerous angry letters and protesters turned up at rockefeller center in new york. Mar 24, 2015 here are the two seinfeld episodes too controversial to air. It would have been unbearable if it hadnt often been unbearably funny.
Read what marvin kitman, newsdays tv critic at the time, had to say about the beloved shows finale, in his column published may 18, 1998. On the highway they run into trouble with a maroon volkswagen golf. A controversial 1998 seinfeld episode about the puerto rican day parade, missing on the airwaves here for nearly five years, has quietly been put back into circulation. Seinfeld is a situation comedy which ran from july 5, 1989 to may 14, 1998. The gang drive from a bad mets game when they get caught in traffic due to the annual puerto rican day parade, they go their four ways and encounter odd happenings. Kramer accidentally sets fire and then stomps on the puerto rican flag, nbc was forced to ban the episode from. Nbc apologizes for seinfeld episode on the puerto rican day. Lizc2421 on their way back into the city elaine, george, kramer and jerry find themselves stuck in traffic owing to the puerto rican day parade. Im pretty sure the puerto rican day parade is the only one. May 09, 1998 the secondtolast seinfeld featured jerry, elaine, george and kramer driving back from a mets game and getting stuck in a traffic jam created by the puerto rican day parade. One of the most popular and influential tv programs of the 1990s, it epitomizes the selfobsessed and ironic culture of the decade.
Hispanic leaders are fuming over thursday nights penultimate seinfeld, titled the puerto rican day parade an episode in which the gang gets trapped in a parade caused traffic quagmire, kramer. Seinfeld the puerto rican day tv episode 1998 full. The ultimate news source for music, celebrity, entertainment, movies, and current events on the web. Elaine takes a cab and then tries to escape under the bleachers with a group. As they approach 5th avenue traffic slows down and music can be heard. At a mets game, elaine, george, jerry, and kramer decide to leave in the 8th inning since the mets are losing 8 to 0. The puerto rican day is the 176th episode of the nbc sitcom seinfeld. The parade is just a backdrop for a bunch of silly goingson. Traditional and new dishes from the puerto rican community ebook. This episode was considered so offensive it was pulled from rerun circulation and nbc was forced to formally apologize. This episode was criticized not only for the puerto rican flag being burned, but also for its negative portrayals of puerto ricans, such as the scene where an angry mob damaged jerrys jerry seinfeld car.
As they approach fifth avenue, traffic is blocked by the annual puerto rican day parade. Here are the two seinfeld episodes too controversial to. Jerry, george, kramer and elaine get stuck in standstill traffic due to the massive puerto rican day parade. Kramer accidentally sets fire and then stomps on the puerto rican flag, nbc was forced to. Unfortunately, the puerto rican day lacks the sense of brilliant plotting that pervades the previously referenced episodes. Apr 03, 2017 the specific episode youre asking about is the episode, puerto rican day parade. Its the day when people set off fireworks in the u. The specific episode youre asking about is the episode, puerto rican day parade. Adam coming soon episode guide from jerry seinfeld. George comments on a new movie he saw about the hindenburg disaster and the clever comment he made during a quiet moment after the explosion.
The gang tries to get back into town after leaving the mets game early in the 8th inning, the mets are down 9 0. Jerry gets into a feud with another car he cut off. As they approach 5th avenue traffic slows down and music. Jerry begins a rivalry with a man in a maroon golf car, george sneaks into a cinema in the hopes of yelling out a oneliner during a climatic moment and kramer pretends to be a the gang drive from a bad mets game when they. While talking to an angry driver, he burns the puerto rican flag in. Nbc, faced with criticism from national puerto rican coalition pres manuel. Apr 27, 2010 two marginal characters in seinfeld scare kramer. Sadly, this very funny episode has been out of circulation due to some controversy surrounding kramer accidentally setting fire to a puerto rican flag. Seinfeld season 9 inside looks the puerto rican day.
The only plot driven episode not shown is the puerto rican day parade. What happened to the puerto rico day episode of seinfeld. The show was created by larry david and jerry seinfeld. The apartment hd youtube seinfeld lost episode clip show made with deleted scenes and standup duration. The puerto rican day was the twentieth episode of season nine of seinfeld, and the. See more ideas about seinfeld, puerto ricans and day. Nbc received numerous angry letters and protesters turned.
The puerto rican day was the twentieth episode of season nine of seinfeld, and the 176th episode overall. This episode was controversial simply because it was excessively racist for television. With jerry seinfeld, julia louisdreyfus, michael richards, jason alexander. However, they have a tough time getting home due to a puerto rican day parade. Buy, rent seinfeld, season 9 episode 20, is available to watch and stream on nbc. In the episode, puerto rican day parade takes place alongside the fifth avenue in manhattan. Kinda puerto rican im different remix mark puerto rico. Watch seinfeld episodes online season 9 1998 tv guide. Season 9, episode 20 the puerto rican day first aired. Jerry begins a rivalry with a man in a maroon golf car, george sneaks into a cinema in the hopes of yelling out a oneliner during a climatic moment and kramer pretends to be a tenant in an. I had assumed last weeks patchwork puerto rican day parade. Jerry, george and kramer find one another in an apartment under their respective pseudonyms. Seinfeld the puerto rican day tv episode 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It aired on may 7, 1998, and was the 20th episode of the ninth and final season.
Seinfeld s09e20 the puerto rican day dailymotion video. Kramer michael richards later says, its like this ever day in puerto rico. May 14, 2018 it would have been unbearable if it hadnt often been unbearably funny. Seinfeld the puerto rican day tv episode 1998 imdb.
In 1998, nbc apologized for an episode that centered on the puerto rican day parade. Here are the two seinfeld episodes too controversial to air vanity. Watch seinfeld the puerto rican day s9 e20 online watch online anytime. It stars jerry seinfeld playing jerry seinfeld, a character. Kramer goes to a house showing in the neighborhood in order to use the bathroom. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview.
In the puerto rican day the gang gets stuck in traffic due to a blocked off area of the city for puerto rican day. I started watching seinfeld in mid 2000s in syndication on a public channel that showed saturday morning cartoons along with religiously themed sunday morning shows. The secondtolast seinfeld featured jerry, elaine, george and kramer driving back from a mets game and getting stuck in a traffic jam created by the puerto rican day parade. When things do converge, like the aliases in the apartment, its satisfying, but more often than not, something weird happens without much explanation. Nbc apologizes for seinfeld episode on the puerto rican. Here are the two seinfeld episodes too controversial to air. Nbc apologizes for seinfeld episode on the puerto rican day parade. Oct 30, 2002 a controversial 1998 seinfeld episode about the puerto rican day parade, missing on the airwaves here for nearly five years, has quietly been put back into circulation.
Seinfeld the puerto rican day tv episode 1998 full cast. That was the first taste of the pc culture we live in full time in the 2010s. I had assumed last weeks patchwork puerto rican day parade episode was the series low point. Gridlocked by a parade, jerry verbally spars with another driver. Though the last couple of episodes slipped a bit the one about the puerto rican day parade didnt work, nor did the may 14, 1998, finale, seinfeld delivered more 30minute classics than any tv.
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