"As mentioned elsewhere, Jerry Seinfeld performed..." "... asmanyas 300standupshows per year..." "... atthetimeSeinfeld began airing on NBC." "In an article for a travel magazine..." "... heisquotedasdiscussing his life on the road:" ""Pack light, eat right and if you're a comedian, work tight." "Packing is an exercise in how much fear you really have as a person." "The more you pack, the more real terror you're in." "That's what packing is:" "How confident are you in your ability to survive?"" "Pesto is an uncooked sauce made by grinding fresh basil, garlic, olive oil..." "... andParmesancheeseintoapaste ." "Pesto originated in Genoa, Italy." "In the early drafts of "The Busboy," Elaine proclaimed..." "... thatpestowasher swornenemy." "At another point in the scene..." "... Georgewasto suddenlyand violently stomp his foot on the floor..." "... thenexplainhe didit because his foot itches." "ELAINE BO YFRIEND COUNTER:" "#3" " Ed, from Seattle." ""The Busboy" was technically the second season finale..." "... butnotforthe usualreasons." "As the second season had wrapped..." "... bythetimemostoftheepisodes had aired..." "... NBChadtheluxuryofdeciding in what order they would air." ""The Busboy" was not a particular favorite..." "... becauseJerryplays no role whatsoever..." "... ineitherof theshow's two storylines." "John Del Regno (Manager) is a very familiar face and voice..." "... fortelevisionsitcomviewers." "Though his part in "The Busboy" is relatively brief..." "... hehasappearedinshowslike Joan of Arcadia, Perfect Strangers..." "... andInk." "In the original script, after George said that he should be entitled..." "... toa freedessert,headded:" "" At the very least, I shouldn't have to pay for the pesto."" "Jerry's line, "I didn't say anything," nicely articulates his role..." "... in" TheBusboy"episode." "His story is essentially that he didn't do anything." "Castle Rock executive, Glenn Padnick, had to pull Jerry aside..." "... totellhimthatashowcalled Seinfeld should feature the star more heavily." "Jerry originally added " shave" to the list of things..." "... notrequiredof busboyapplicants." "Jason Alexander admits to being very heavy as a child." "He once told an interviewer that:" ""To keep the other kids from being cruel..." "... Iwouldentertainthem." "I would memorize other people's routines:" "Bill Cosby's, Bob Newhart's..." "... andbigsectionsoftelevisionshows  and movies."" "For a few weeks in the fall of 1989, there were teenagers in New York..." "... whowentaroundthe city pricking people with pins for fun." "KRAMER ENTRANCE COUNTER: #14" "Note:" "Jerry's apartment is "3A" in this episode." "Though this episode was recorded in November 1990, it didn't air..." "... untilthefollowingsummermaking George's winter clothes..." "... abitanachronistic on its broadcast premiere." "Notice this exterior of the busboy's apartment building." "The busboy has some peculiar neighbors at 1324 Amsterdam Avenue." "Later in season two, in the episode, "The Heart Attack"..." "... Kramer'sholistichealerfriend, Tor Eckman..." "... appearstolive in the same building." "It is likely that the stock footage was simply reused..." "... tokeepcostsaslowaspossible." "Though it's never commented upon, this is the first time Kramer..." "... isshownoutside of Jerry's apartment." "In fact, this is the first scene in which either George or Kramer..." "... isseenwithoutJerry." "Antonio is played by David Labiosa." "Labiosa would go on from this appearance to appear regularly..." "... onshowslikeWalker,TexasRanger and 2 4." "Waterbed translates into Spanish as " cama de agua."" "Michael Richards had his own opinion on the lovability of Kramer's character:" ""He has heart." "He has sensitivity." "Kramer thinks he's helping others around him." "He's making suggestions." "And he's devoted to those people that he likes."" "Pequita isn't a commonly used Spanish word." "Pequita is a name for an alcoholic mixed drink..." "... madewithorangejuice,keylimejuice,  tequila, and grenadine syrup." "It is also the name of, Antonio, the busboy's missing cat." "This is one of the only episodes in which George does something..." "... tohelpsomeoneotherthan himself." "The results of this action may help explain..." "... whyhealmostneverdoes  anything unselfish again." "Jason Alexander believes that George's saving grace..." "... ishissenseofhumor about himself." ""No matter how bad it gets, George can stand back and laugh..." "... andsay,'I 'vedoneitagain ."'" "Though used sparingly in these early episodes..." "... KramerbecameSeinfeld'sbreakout character in the first few years." "Larry Charles, who wrote for the show from season two to season five..." "... believesthatKramer'ssuccessdidn 't affect the ensemble feel of the show:" ""There is no professional jealousy here." "The other members of the cast get as big a kick out of Kramer as everybody else." "At first, they thought he would be simple..." "... andmerelyprovidecomicrelief." "But he has unexpected facets."" "KRAMER ENTRANCE COUNTER:" "#15" "Kramer wasn't originally in this scene." "In fact, neither was the phone call with George." "It originally featured Elaine and Jerry discussing Elaine's dislike of Ed..." "... herhouseguest." "The scene also featured Jerry brushing his teeth." "In a deleted exchange, Jerry bragged about his teeth brushing to her:" ""You notice the massaging action of the concentric circles." "It's never abrasive like this."" "Elaine responds by saying, "You're a man of colossal ego..." "... inthemostirrelevantmatters."" "The table reading for "The Busboy"..." "... happenedat2: 00p.m. on October 31, 1990." "It was filmed the following Tuesday, November 6 at 7:30 p.m." "Rockaway Boulevard is exit number 2 on the Van Wyck Expressway (I-67 8 )." "In an interview to promote Seinfeld..." "... Jerryexplainedtheway comics break down their careers:" ""These are the four levels of comedy:" "The first level is to make your friends laugh." "The second is to make strangers laugh." "The third is to make strangers laugh for money." "And the highest is to make people talk like you."" "Within a year of "The Busboy's" NBC debut..." "... thousandsofpeople across the country..." "... begantalkinglikeJerrySeinfeld." "This is the show's first look at Elaine's apartment." "It is also the first scene of the series in which Elaine is seen without Jerry." "Julia Louis-Dreyfus admitted in an interview..." "... thatshewasaclowngrowingup." ""Everybody's funny in my family." "We're a genetically funny family." "So nobody was surprised when I became a professional actor."" "Doug Ballard was in the cast of Who's the Boss?" "and Oh, Baby." "He's also made appearances in shows like The Practice..." "... GoodMorning,Miami and The Larry Sanders Show." "Historians believe that shoes, as opposed to sandals..." "... firstappearednear Mesopotamia around 1500 B.C." "As recently as 1850, shoes were being made..." "... withouteitherbeingspecifically for a right or left foot." "Due to years spent acting on Broadway..." "... JasonAlexanderwasalsokeenly aware of the locations..." "... ofManhattan's best public bathrooms." "The Sperry-Rand building is located at 1290 Sixth Avenue." "Alice Tully Hall, part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts..." "... islocatedat 1941Broadway at 65th Street." "Julia is not particularly happy with her performance in this scene." "She feels the deadpan stare as she tells her harrowing tale was a bad choice." "Just about everyone else thinks it's a great early Elaine moment." "Julia admits that the cast of characters on Seinfeld is pretty pathetic." ""We are friends who don't treat each other that well." "There's one crisis after another:" "Lying, scheming, getting the other guy into all kinds of trouble." "George is a cheapskate, always trying to make us pay for things." "Kramer is a mooch, always using us." "Jerry's problem is that he hangs out with us." "And Elaine's problem is that she needs to get a better job..." "... needsa littlebitmorefocus in her life."" "KRAMER ENTRANCE COUNTER: #16" "At one point during production, George's line went:" ""Oh, the hell with it." "Let him kill me." "I won't have to do any more sit-ups."" "Larry David enjoyed that Seinfeld was not an ordinary sitcom." ""I'm surprised that NBC actually allows any of these ( Seinfeld episodes )..." "... ontheair,"hetold onereporter." ""They don't sound anything like normal network shows." "But I think it works, because the more personal it is, the more universal it is." "The deeper and smaller you go into your own experience..." "... themorepeopleyou include."" "This scene holds an important place in Seinfeld history." "The fight between Eddie and Antonio, though it happens off-screen..." "... wasthefirsttimetwodifferentstories collided at the end of a Seinfeld episode." "Larry David recalls feeling very excited by this chance connection..." "... oftwootherwiseunrelatedstories." "Dovetailing of storylines in the same episode..." "... wouldsoonbecomeatrademark of Seinfeld in years to come." "Jerry commented on the nature of his show..." "... ina 1991interview with the L.A. Times:" ""It's about the thousands of little dilemmas..." "... real-lifedilemmasthattelevision and the movies never touch upon..." "... becausetheyaretoo small." "They don't think there's enough in it to make a whole show..." "... buttous , that's the richest stuff in the world."" "Jerry's "How ya doing?" to the Monk's busboy was added in rehearsals." ""The Busboy" aired on June 26, 1991." "Its Nielsen ratings were 8.8 with an audience share of 16." "It was the final episode to air during the 1990 /1991 TV season." "The next new episode, "The Note," would air three months later..." "... aspartof the1991/1992TVseason ."