re: Favorite Seinfeld episode

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Was the clown Jon Favreau?

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Yes indeed

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The one were George does everything the opposite of what he would normally do. It's the episode he got the Yankees job. That is my favorite one to watch.

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+1,000. This one is pure greatness.

The Room Mate Switch and The Contest immediately come to mind as well.

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Lots of great ones mentioned; I also like "The Magic Loogie" where K-man and Newman claim Keith Hernandez spit on them

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Yeah another good one. There's like a 45 way tie for my favorite Seinfeld episode. They're all great.

Pretty much every episode from season 3 or 4 til the end is a classic.

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I'm a little partial to "The Alternate Side".
The rental car counter scene usually makes me laugh pretty hard

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but the reservation keeps the car...

i know what reservations are for sir

i don't think you do

I really like the one where Jerry is diddlin the maid and Kramer takes dog pills.

The Cigar Store Indian and Festivus have to be up there, too.

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Merv Griffin. Hands down

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+1

The one with the voice kills me too. "Heeelllllllooooooo, wawawaaa"

Mine is still The Chicken Roaster

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The problem is Seinfield is about the best scenes and one-liners...it is hard to have "best episodes"

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I love your work on the BCS but have to disagree completely with that comment. I thought Seinfeld did a brilliant job creating dovetailing storylines that were funny in and of themselves (humorous one-liners only adding to the joke).

For instance, my favorite episode is actually a two-parter, "The Boyfriend." In it you have the great Jerry/Elaine/Keith Hernandez love triangle - highlighted by the parallel car scenes between Jerry/Keith and Elaine/Keith. You also get Kramer and Newman recounting the spitting incident at Shea Stadium (along with Zapruder footage to boot).

And the "piece de resistance" - George and Mrs. Sokol at the unemployment office (leading to both the awkward date with Mrs. Sokol's daughter and the greatest end to an episode ever - "And you want to be my latex salesman?"). Every scene in that episode works to form a great story (and it's one of many like that).

Seinfeld created a number of great one-liners, but there were a number of episodes that worked to establish storylines for each of the main characters and tie them in to one another with outstandingly funny results. (In "The Boyfriend" you had Jerry and Elaine both breaking up with Keith, Kramer and Newman helping Keith move, and George attempting to get Keith to call Mrs. Sokol).