"By this point in the series, Jerry's stand-up material was no longer the basis for the storylines on the show." ""It's easier for me to write my stand-up after we have a story rather than trying to do a story from the funny business."" "As the show's scripts grew more complex Jerry's stand-up material would soon be restricted to just these opening monologues." "He even joked that he was being squeezed out of his own show." "Note:" "Larry David is making his first of several on-screen appearances in this B-movie footage." "He appeared at the suggestion of writer Larry Charles." "The name of this B-movie is Like Flaming Globes." "While living in New York, Charles noticed that local stations would sometimes air the same movie a dozen times in the same week." "Remember this fact when we get to the final scene of this episode." "In nine years, only a handful of scenes were set in Jerry's bedroom." "This is the first." "According to Larry Charles Larry David has brought his own cucumbers to restaurants when eating out." "John William "Johnny" Carson was born on October 23, 1925 in Corning, Iowa." "After four years in the Navy, he became an entertainer." "He worked as a musician and later hosted a radio game show." "Carson transitioned into writing for comedian Red Skelton and, in 1962, he became the host of The Tonight Show on NBC." "Carson retired from show business on May 22, 1992." "Jerry Seinfeld first performed on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on May 6, 1981." "Where's Waldo?" "is a series of children's books that were very popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s." "The books were basically oversized picture books featuring a sea of people in various settings." "The goal for young readers was to spot Waldo in the crowd not always an easy task despite his distinctive clothing, glasses and hat." "In the first draft of the script Jerry responds to Elaine's criticism of George's eating:" ""Do you wanna watch Kramer eat too?" "Believe me, that's no picnic." "You think George is bad." "The K-man does a grilled cheese sandwich in two bites." "One bite if it's not cut in half."" "Elaine responds by asking why Jerry doesn't eat like that." ""Charm school," Jerry replies." "An early draft had Elaine guess that Jerry's scrawled note said:" ""Finally showing pit crews."" "Heather James plays the waitress." "She also worked as a stand-in during the second and third seasons." "James would appear again in the season three episode, "The Keys."" "Her other TV work includes roles in The Naked Truth as well as Casualty and New Tricks." "If you look closely, you can see Jerry in the window behind Elaine." "Did he really go outside to call an ambulance?" "No." "The script changed from Jerry calling an ambulance to Jerry flagging down a cab." "Despite the cut, it was decided that no one would notice Seinfeld's head out the window." "A substantial amount of other dialogue was cut from this scene including George's confrontation over his cucumber with the cook at Monk's." "The original version of this material can be seen for the first time elsewhere on this DVD." "Pat Hazell provided the voice of the man in the other bed." "Hazell wrote for Seinfeld in its first season and remained involved with the show as a warm-up comedian for its studio audiences." "He appears in that capacity in the fourth season finale, "The Pilot."" "The table reading of "The Heart Attack" was held on Wednesday, February 6, 1991." "All stand-up material for shows "The Heart Attack," "The Revenge" and "The Deal" was filmed on Monday, February 11." "The bulk of the studio scenes were filmed on February 12, 1991." "An alternate line for the nurse had her translating Jerry's scrawled joke as "Framing guilty Hebrews."" "Superman is Jerry Seinfeld's favourite comic book character." "During the final season of Seinfeld Jerry even appeared with an animated Superman in commercials for the American Express card." "The real comic powerhouse and the fictional powerhouse comic book hero appear in new commercials to this day." "As much as George claims to love his Blackhawks jacket he never once wears it during the entire series." "This is because the jacket is a reference to one owned by Larry David." "David often wore a Blackhawks jacket during the first few seasons of Seinfeld." "Jerry had a specific attitude to express with Seinfeld as he explained in an interview during the first season:" ""I wanted to do something about my life." "How I live." "How my act comes out of what I do." "One of the funniest things people never see about comics is their regular life." "And that's what people will get in Seinfeld." "My whole career has been making interesting mountains out of molehills." "And as I get older, the molehills are getting smaller and the mountains keep getting larger."" "Writer Larry Charles was inspired to write this story by his realization that he was aging." "Whenever he felt any pain, he became convinced that it was a fatal disease and that his body was a ticking timebomb." "George's cheapness was added to the mix to round out the story." "This episode boasts the most deleted material of any show from the first two seasons." "In fact, Elaine had two stories in the original filmed version of "The Heart Attack."" "The second story involved her interest in a "Reader's Digest" article she began reading in the hospital waiting room." "The article on "Marilyn the Funky Gorilla Girl" who worked in the county fair circuit, fascinates her and Elaine decides to steal the magazine." "At a certain point, she runs afoul of the duty nurse who had appeared in the previous hallway scene with Jerry." "This deleted material is also included on this disc." "John Posey (Dr. Fein) has appeared on the series Doc, Dallas and My Wildest Dreams." "He has also guest-starred on the TV shows... such as Cheers, Newsradio, and JAG." "Meningitis is an infection of spinal cord fluid and the fluid surrounding the brain." "Scoliosis is the conditional malady in which the spine is curved from side to side causing a person's waist and shoulders to appear uneven." "Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks its own tissues and cells." "Lupus can cause inflammation and pain and even organ damage." "George is particularly concerned about lupus as he mentions it again when fearing imminent death in third season episode, "The Suicide."" "It's true." "Tonsils do grow back." "It happened to Larry Charles." "Adenoids are the spongy tissue clusters that sit in the back of the nose above the roof of the mouth." "Adenoids aid in maintaining good health by trapping harmful bacteria and viruses after they are inhaled." "Gamma rays are a form of light that have the smallest wavelength and the most energy of any other wave in the electromagnetic spectrum." "They are produced by violent cosmic events such as supernova explosions or the obliteration of atoms." "They are invisible to the naked eye." "Gamma rays also turned Dr. Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk in the Marvel comic book." "In her original flirtatious chat with Dr. Fein, Elaine asked if tonsillectomies are riskier for an adult than a child." "The doctor replied: "Slightly, but Mr. Costanza strikes me as fairly immature."" "The Capulets and the Montagues are the family names of the star-crossed lovers in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet." "In that play, a long-standing family feud prevented Romeo and Juliet from marrying." "Just in case you were wondering Kramer entrances only count when he enters Jerry's apartment." "Sizzler is a popular chain of steak restaurants usually favoured by hungry travellers along interstate highways." "In the original script, Kramer also mentioned his cousin Ira who got a pacemaker after playing basketball." ""Every time he walks past a magnet, he goes into convulsions."" "This episode marks the first of many mentions of Bob Saccamanno Kramer's often mentioned but never-seen friend." "The Rebel was the name of a cult classic TV Western about Johnny Yuma." "Yuma, played by Nick Adams, was an ex-Confederate soldier who travelled the post-Civil War West looking for inner peace." "Seventy-six thirty-minute episodes of The Rebel were filmed during its three seasons on ABC." "The theme song became a hit for Johnny Cash and was sung by Kramer in the fifth season episode, "The Marine Biologist."" "A coffee shop scene with Elaine and Jerry was originally included in this script." "In it, Elaine discusses dating a doctor." "Besides the fact that Elaine reveals that her parents hate doctors, lawyers, and comedians and that she's thinking of getting an ear tuck, nothing much happens in the scene." "It was cut during rehearsals and never filmed." "Now you know." "Michael Richards has an extensive collection of comedy videos and claims that his favourite performer is Jacques Tati." "Tati was a French film actor and director who made several classic comedies that involved intricate and elaborate physical comedy gags." "His most popular film is Mr. Hulot's Holiday." "In an interview with TV Guide, Richards explained what Tati offered viewers:" ""Tati is not well known." "Tati and Jerry Lewis were similar but Tati did not work in such broad strokes." "There was great pathos." "It's like looking at a great piece of art."" "Originally, Jerry went along after George suggested Eckman might know the translation." "Alternate scrawl translation provided by Eckman:" ""Faintly glowing pig stools."" "Jerry replies, "What is that some kind of radioactive pork premise?"" "George's age, 33, is revealed in this scene." "Two shows earlier, in "The Stranded" Jerry told Elaine that he was 36." "In later seasons, we're informed that Jerry and George became friends in fifth grade gym class suggesting that they were in the same class in school." "Since it's unlikely that Jerry was held back three years we'll assume it's just a case of the writers going for reality over continuity." "Ernst Eckman was Tor's name in an early draft." "Stephen Tobolowsky (Tor Eckman) is a very familiar face, if not a familiar name, to movie fans." "He has appeared in several all-time classic films ...such as Groundhog Day, Basic Instinct, Thelma and Louise and a little movie known as The Country Bears." "He starred in the TV series Dweebs and has guest-starred on dozens of shows such as Alice, Chicago Hope, Malcolm in the Middle and Murder One." "Tor's hand gestures in this scene were unscripted." "Jerry's "You're not a doctor" quip is based on a famous 1980s cough syrup commercial." "In it, Peter Bergman, who played Dr. Cliff Warner on the ABC soap opera All My Children advocated the product, adding that "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV."" "This "too much dairy" line came from an encounter Larry Charles had with TV star Marilu Henner." "Henner, then the star of Evening Shade which was being filmed at a stage near Seinfeld' s writing offices said to Larry Charles, out of the blue that he was eating too much dairy." "It wasn't just Larry Charles." "She even went on to write books encouraging readers to limit their dairy intake." "Tobolowsky's intensity as Tor led to several bloopers during the filming of this scene." "Look for those outtakes in the special features section of this DVD set." "ELAINE BO YFRIEND COUNTER:" "#4 – Dr. Fein, the tongue fetishist" "For more information on the anatomy of the human tongue consult your local librarian." "Don't expect them to show you their tongue, though." "Cramp bark is the bark of the Guelder Rose." "It is used in herbal medicine to treat spasms of all kinds in convulsions, fits and lockjaw." "Cleaver is Cleaver's Herb, which is a diuretic used to clean urinary stones as well as to treat urinary infection and relieve swollen glands." "Couchgrass is used to treat inflammation and increase the flow of urine through the body." "Curly is Jerome "Curly" Howard of The Three Stooges comedy team from the mid-20th century." "Curly died of complications of a stroke in 1952, aged 49." "This is a reference to a basketball score between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs." "The driver and the attendant originally argued over a racehorse one had recommended which didn't win." "The idea for this scene was based on a real news story that had surfaced around the time this episode was produced." "John Fleck (attendant) is an accomplished actor who has starred in many films and TV series such as Carnivale, Babylon 5, Enterprise and Howard the Duck." "He has guest-starred in dozens of programs including Thanks, My Two Dads and Mad About You." "These scenes weren't originally in the show." "Elaine's date was only described to Jerry in the following scene." "Her date with Dr. Fein got a bit more graphic in his fetishism." ""Last night I slept over at his place." "I woke up in the middle of the night, I was strapped to the bed with a big light shining in my face and a mask over my mouth and nose." "Stuart was naked except for a surgical mask and he was muttering about incisions."" "Jerry wonders if it was a dream but she shows Jerry a strange mark on her arm." "Jimmy Woodard (driver) has also been featured on the sitcoms 227, Sister, Sister and Martin." "He's also appeared in the films The Five Heartbeats and House Party 3." "Jason Alexander improvised George sticking out his tongue." "The other Elaine story also ended in this scene with the duty nurse returning to tell Elaine that she had to give back the Reader's Digest that she stole." "After handing it over, Elaine races off to avoid seeing the doctor again." "Episode writer Larry Charles has a few theories on how and why Elaine evolved in the earliest episodes of Seinfeld:" ""It didn't make sense that she was hanging out with these guys." "She's got a career, she's beautiful, she's friendly and charming." "We had to start exploring the darker sides of her personality her compulsion to be honest, which would get her into trouble her bad taste in men, a career that was stalled out and frustrating to her." "Julia is so likable and sweet on one level that we can give her dark things to play, which she makes palatable." "Somehow she makes it acceptable to the audience."" "George's throwing the ice cream over the top of his neighbour's curtain was also not part of the original script." ""The Heart Attack" originally aired on April 25, 1991." "Its Nielsen rating was 14.7, and it received an audience share of 24." "Jerry's joke line, "I had a heart attack this big" was based on an Excedrin headache medicine commercial." "In it, the actor would say, "I had a headache this big but I took Excedrin, and it's gone.""