The Voice

Season 9, Episode 2
Thomassoulo: George, you're not really handicapped, are ya?

George: I've had my difficulties.

Thomassoulo: I saw you running down Amsterdam Avenue, lifting that 200-pound motorized cart with one hand.

George: Mr. Thomassoulo, during times of great stress, people are capable of superhuman strength. Have you ever seen The Incredible Hulk, sir?

Thomassoulo: No.

George: How 'bout the old, uh, Spider-Man live-action show?

Thomassoulo: George, I realize that we've signed a one-year contract with you, but at this point, I think it's best if we both go our separate ways.

George: I-I don't understand.

Thomassoulo: We don't like you. We want you to leave.

George: Clearer.

Jerry: So you're staying at Play Now?

George: Why not? The pay is good. I got dental. And private access to one of the great handicapped toilets in the city.

Jerry: But they know you're not handicapped. Aren't you ashamed?

George: They're the ones that should be ashamed. They signed me to a one-year contract. As long as I show up for work every day, they have to pay me.

Elaine: Hey.

Jerry: Helloooo!

George: Helloooo, Elaine!

Elaine: What's that?

Jerry: Oh, it's just this stupid thing.

Elaine: Well, I'm sure it's stupid. It's not about me, is it?

Jerry: Noooo.

George: Not at aaaall.

Elaine: Teeell meee!

Jerry: All right. You know this girl Claire I'm seeing?

Elaine: Yeah.

Jerry: Well, he and I started joking that when she falls asleep, her stomach stays awake all night and talks to me.

Elaine: How's it talking?

Jerry: Well, the belly button's like a mouth. I'm boooored. Talk to meeee.

Elaine: Oh, I gotta start taking these "stupid" warnings more seriously.

Jerry: Hey, look who's here: Puddy.

Elaine: My Puddy? But we broke up.

Jerry: And yet he continues to live.

Puddy: Hey, Benes. How are you?

Elaine: I'm doing great.

Puddy: Great. See ya.

Jerry: Well, that's it. You two are back together.

Elaine: What?

Jerry: The "bump into." The "bump into" always leads to the backslide.

Elaine: David and I will not be getting back together.

Jerry: Elaine, breaking up is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can't do it in one push. You gotta rock it back and forth a few times, and then it goes over.

George: That's beautiful.

Elaine: What about you? You were even engaged, and you cut it off just like that.

Jerry: That's different. I had no feelings for those people. But you, you'll backslide.

Elaine: You wanna bet?

Jerry: Stakes?

Elaine: Fifty.

Jerry: Dollars?

Elaine: All right. Witness?

George: Witness.

Jerry: Done!

George: Percentage?

Jerry & Elaine: No!

Claire: So I'll call you tonight?

Jerry: Yeah.

Claire: What's wrong with the belt?

Jerry: Uh, at the movies last night, I went to the bathroom and I unbuckled a little widly and the buckle kinda banged against the side of the urinal. So... that's it!

Claire: So, you're insane?

Jerry: Oh, yes, quite.

Kramer: Hello.

Jerry: Of course, it's a sliding scale.

Claire: See you later.

Kramer & Jerry: Helloooo!

Jerry: La la laaaa!

Kramer: La la laaaa!

Kramer: Look at this. They're redoing the Cloud Club.

Jerry: Oh, that restaurant on top of the Chrysler building? That's a good idea.

Kramer: Of course it's a good idea. It's my idea. I conceived this whole project two years ago.

Jerry: Which part? The renovating-the-restaurant-you-don't-own part or spending-the-two-hundred-million-you-don't-have part?

Kramer: See, I come up with these things. I know they're gold, but nothing happens. You know why?

Jerry: No resources, no skill, no talent, no ability, no brains, no—

Kramer: No. No time! It's all these menial tasks: laundry, grocery shopping, coming in here and talking to you. Do you have any idea how much time I waste in this apartment?

Jerry: I could ballpark it.

Elaine: Helloooo!

Kramer: Here we go. Now she comes in. My whole day is shot!

Jerry: Hey, I called you last night. Where were you?

Elaine: I went out with, uh, (clears throat) with a friend.

Jerry: George?

Elaine: Nope. No... no.

Jerry: Well, I was here. That's everyone.

Jerry: Are those the same shoes as yesterday's?

Elaine: Oh, um, you know, I wear these shoes all the... the time.

Jerry: Your hair, it's somewhat de-poofed.

Elaine: It's-it's the new look. You know, heroin chic?

Jerry: Wait a second. What's going on here?

Elaine: What? Nothing. Nothing!

Jerry: (screams).

Elaine: (screams).

Jerry: You're wearing the same clothes as yesterday! You saw Puddy!

Kramer: Oh, hoochie moochie.

Jerry: Game over. Pay up.

Elaine: No! It was an isolated sexual incident. We are not back together!

Jerry: Uh? Then what do you call it? People don't just bump into each other and have sex. This isn't cinemax.

Elaine: It was no big deal, okay? I mean, we fooled around, then we went out, we grabbed a little dinner.

Jerry: Uh, dinner?! That's it! You're all the way back!

Elaine: Ugh!

Jerry: Sex, that's meaningless. I can understand that. But dinner, that's heavy. That's like an hour.

Kramer: Oh, man. 2.9% financing on a Toyota one-ton. That was my idea, too!

George: Good morning.

Co-worker: Go to hell!

George: Hi Alice. That's a nice dress.

Allison: Don't even look at me!

George: Hey, Glenn.

Glenn: Hey, go tell hell!

George: Heard that one already.

Kramer: So, that's the bedroom. Here's the bathroom. You need to familiarize yourself with the kitchen. Yeah. Go ahead and look through some of the drawers.

Jerry: And you are?

Darin: Oh, hey. I'm Darin. I'm... new here.

Kramer: Yeah. That's Jerry. You don't have to worry about him. Why don't you go across the hall and get started on that mail.

Darin: Right!

Kramer: Okay. Good. He's a go-getter!

Jerry: Who's he?

Kramer: My intern from NYU. Well, you remember my corporation, Kramerica Industries?

Jerry: All right.

Kramer: Yeah, well, apparently NYU is very enthusiastic about their students getting some real-world corporate experience.

Jerry: But you only provide fantasy-world corporate experience.

Kramer: Well, this'll really free up my time so I can focus on more important things, like my bladder system.

Jerry: All right, it's time to go.

Kramer: No. Jerry, it's not for people. It's for oil tankers.

Jerry: I know!

Kramer: You see, the idea is a rubber bladder inside the tanker, so if it crashes, the oil won't spill out.

Jerry: Actually, that is not a bad idea.

Kramer: Yeah.

Jerry: Now it's time to go.

Kramer: Oh.

Jerry: Hello?

George: Helloooo!

Jerry: Helloooo! What's going on?

George: Siege mentality, Jerry. They really want me out of here. They've downgraded me to some sort of a bunker. I'm like Hitler's last days here.

Jerry: So, you gonna leave?

George: Oh, no! I'm invigorated. They'll never get me out. I'm like a weed, Jerry.

Jerry: I thought you're like Hitler in the bunker.

George: I'm a weed in Hitler's bunker.

Jerry: I'm getting a little uncomfortable with the Hitler stuff. I got another call. See ya. Hello?

Darin: Hi. This is Darin from Kramer's office. Mr. Kramer would like to schedule a lunch with you at Monk's coffee shop.

Jerry: Really? When?

Darin: Ten minutes. Do you need directions?

Jerry: No, I don't.

Darin: Well, I'll call back in five minutes to confirm.

Kramer: Yeah, five.

Elaine: Hey.

Jerry: Hey! So, where's my money?

Elaine: No money, I'm Puddy-free. So, are we eatin' or what?

Jerry: Oh, yeah. Hold on.

Jerry: Hello, Darin? This is Jerry from Jerry's office. Uh, we're going to be three for lunch. What do you mean he's already left?

Jerry: Hey. Elaine's gonna come with us, all right?

Kramer: What? When did this happen?

Jerry: Well, just...

Kramer: Darin!

Elaine: I am not calling Puddy. Hm. What did I do with my gloves? Oh, I bet I left 'em over at Puddy's. I should call him. I need those gloves. No, I better not. I'll call. Oh, ha, look at that! There are the gloves. I was just about to call. Ha, and there they are. That's funny. Heh, that's really funny. That is really, really funny. You know who loves funny stories? David Puddy.

George: Well, Play Now's through playing. They turned the heat way up in my office. They tried to sweat me out.

Jerry: Do you have to write all this stuff down?

Darin: Well, Mr. Kramer's in a meeting with Mr. Lomez, but he didn't want to miss anything.

Jerry: So, how hot did it get?

George: I don't know. A hundred and twenty, a hundred and thirty. Then they sent some guys in to sandblast for six hours. Tomorrow, they're putting in asbestos.

Jerry: I guess you can take anything but actual work.

George: Bring it on!

George: Helloooo, Kramer!

Jerry: Weeeelllcome!

George: La la laaaa.

Kramer: I'm sorry. I couldn't get out of there. What did I miss, huh?

Darin: Well, after ordering, Mr. Seinfeld and Mr. Costanza debated on whether or not Iron Man wore some sort undergarment between his skin and his iron suit.

Kramer: Uh-huh.

George: And I still say he's naked under there!

Jerry: Oh, that makes a lot of sense.

George: Aw, shut up!

Darin: Then Mr. Seinfeld went to the restroom, at which point Mr. Costanza scooped ice out of Mr. Seinfeld's drink with his bare hand and used it to wash up. And then Mr. Costanza then remarked to me, "This never happened."

Jerry: (giggling)

Claire: What's so funny?

Jerry: Oh, nothing. (still giggling)

Claire: What are you laughing about? Tell me.

Jerry: All right, but this is-this is really dumb, really stupid. We've been doing this silly kind of voice.

Claire: So is it fun humiliating me?!

Jerry: No, it's not you. It's your stomach. He's taking with this funny, booming, jovial voice. Helloooo!

Claire: So you think I'm fat?!

Jerry: No, it—

Darin: Mr. Kramer says, "Hey, buddy."

Jerry: Look, we're kind of in the middle of something here. Would you mind coming back later?

Darin: Oh, yeah, sure. Should we set something up now?

Jerry: Get out!

Claire: I'm leaving too.

Jerry: Nobody said you're fat. He's a loving character! He's like-like-like the Kool-Aid guy.

Claire: He is fat!

Jerry: No, he's just a little bloated!

Claire: Goodbye!

Jerry: It's mostly water weight!

Kramer: Boysenberry. Kid's still learning.

Darin: Mr. Kramer, the dean of my internship's is on line two. She wants to set a meeting.

Kramer: Yeah, well, nothing before noon.

Jerry: Line two?

Kramer: Yeah. Your phone is line one.

Jerry: Oh.

Puddy: So the gloves were right by the phone? That is pretty funny.

Elaine: You see? I mean, this is what Jerry doesn't understand. We can see each other. We can see each other every day, but it doesn't mean we're back together.

Puddy: No. I mean, I love just seeing you and having sex.

Elaine: Yeah. Ha ha.

Puddy: Not having to do all that, uh... you know, work.

Elaine: Well, either way...

Puddy: All that calling you and buying you stuff.

Elaine: David...

Puddy: Hearing about how everyone at work isn't as smart as you. It's brutal.

Elaine: All right, that's it! We're back together.

Puddy: Oh, no.

Elaine: Oh, yeah.

Puddy: Look, Elaine. Be reasonable.

Elaine: Get those clothes off. You're going to spend the night and we're gonna cuddle!

Puddy: What?!

Elaine: You heard me. Strip!

George: (whistling) All right. Okay.

George: Hello, Marjorie? George Costanza. How are you, sweetheart? Listen, can you give Mr. Thomassoulo a message for me? Yes. If he needs me, tell him I'M IN MY OFFICE! Thanks.

Kramer: Uh, Dean Jones, you wanted to talk to me?

Dean Jones: I've been reviewing Darin's internship journal. Doing laundry?

Kramer: Yeah.

Dean Jones: Mending chicken wire? High tea with a Mr. Newman.

Kramer: I know it all sounds pretty glamorous, but it's business as usual at Kramerica.

Dean Jones: Far as I can tell, your entire enterprise is little more than a solitary man with a messy apartment, which may or may not contain a chicken.

Kramer: And with Darin's help, we'll get that chicken.

Dean Jones: I'm sorry, but we can't allow Darin to continue working with you.

Kramer: Well, I have to say, this seems capricious and arbitrary.

Dean Jones: Your fly's open.

Jerry: So you sure you're not still angry about last night?

Claire: No. I'm fine. Just as long as you don't ever do that voice again.

Jerry: Never?

Claire: Never.

Jerry: Well, what about if you're not around?

Claire: No.

Jerry: So I have to choose between seeing you and doing the voice?

Claire: That's right.

Jerry: I can do that.

Claire: What's your decision?

Jerry: I don't know.

Jerry: Helloooo! La la laaaa.

Claire: Jerry. Hi!

Jerry: Helloooo! La la laaaa.

George: You broke up with her? Why?

Jerry: So we could do the voice. La la laaaa! What's the matter?

George: I think I'm getting tired of it. I mean, is that all it does? "Hello" and "la la la?"

Jerry: I-it could do anything. It could be Spanish. Holaaaa! Helloooo!

George: I think I like the girl better than the voice.

Jerry: Really?

Jerry: Helloooo!

Elaine: Still?

George: I told ya.

Elaine: All right, here you go. Choke on it.

Jerry: See? Never bet against the backslide. I knew you two would get back together.

Elaine: Yeah, well not for long. I'm breaking up with him.

Jerry: No, I don't think so. I've seen you two together. You make each other miserable. It's kismet!

Elaine: Double or nothing.

Jerry: Done.

George: Witness.

Jerry: You're in there again?

George: I think Play Now is putting something in my food.

Elaine: All right, I'm out of here.

Jerry: What is this?

Kramer: I don't know. I found 'em in your closet. Ever since Darin left, I haven't been able to find anything. He took all my clothes to some cleaners. I'm clueless! Is that clock right?

Jerry: Yeah. Nine o'clock.

Kramer: I was supposed to pick up Newman at the zoo twelve hours ago.

Jerry: Goodbyeeee Kraaaamer.

Kramer: Jerry, buddy, I gotta tell you something. That voice is played.

Jerry: Really?

Kramer: Soooo plaaaayed.

George: I told you!

Kramer: Darin? What are you doing here? You know, the college canceled the internship.

Darin: I don't care about the internship. I care about Kramerica!

Kramer: No, no, no. Kramerica is no more.

Darin: What about the oil-tanker bladder system? We were going to put an end to maritime oil spills.

Kramer: Probably. Darin, you go home. Forget about Kramerica.

Kramer: Well, you're still here?

Darin: I haven't had time to leave.

Kramer: Well, I haven't changed my mind.

Kramer: Boy, you are a tenacious little monkey. All right, I'll do it! Kramerica industries lives! Let's get back to work!

Darin: Ha! Yes! Okay!

Kramer: Let's see what Jerry's got to eat.

Thomassoulo: You win, George. We've had it. You leave right now, and Play Now will give you six months' pay. That's half of your entire contract. Please. Just-just-j-j-just go.

George: See, if I stay the whole year, I get it all.

Thomassoulo: Wanna play hardball, huh? Fine! Attention Play Now employees: George Costanza's handicapped bathroom on the sixteenth floor is now open to all employees and their families.

George: Well played.

Thomassoulo: I'll see you in hell, Costanza.

Jerry: Claire, thanks for giving me a second chance. Our relationship is certainly worth more than some silly, stupid voice. H-Hold on one second.

Jerry: So we definitely don't want to do the voice anymore?

George: I don't think so.

Jerry: All right, we're back together again. Great. Bye bye.

Kramer: Hey.

Jerry: Trouble down at the plant?

Kramer: That's a drum of oil. Darin and I are finally gonna test my bladder system.

George: You have to drink that whole thing?!

Kramer: No, no, no, no. It's for oil tankers. All I need to do is fill some sort of rubber container with oil and then drop it to see whether or not it can withstand the impact.

Jerry: I understand.

George: Would a, uh, giant rubber ball work?

Kramer: Conceivably.

George: Well, Play Now has all kinds of different rubber balls. Why don't we test your bladder system at my office?

Jerry: You're not?

George: Oh, yes, I am. Mr. Thomassoulo likes to play dirty. Well, there's nothing dirtier than a giant ball of oil.

Puddy: Hey, you want to split a Reuben?

Elaine: I don't think so, David. We're through.

Puddy: Oh. That's a nice sweater.

Elaine: Whoo. That was a doozy.

Jerry: Go again?

Elaine: Book it.

George: Witness.

Elaine: David, I know this hurts, but it's the way it has to be.

Jerry: (maniacally) Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Elaine: I'm gonna go get some popcorn.

Elaine: So, how did it end?

Jerry: They got away.

Elaine: Huh.

Elaine: Listen, David, I've gotta run. Can you lend me fifty bucks?

Jerry: Hey.

Kramer: Jerry, did you bring the video camera?

Jerry: Yeah. I put a six-hour tape in. That should cover the experiment, the arrest, and most of your trial. All right, I'll see ya.

George: Oh, uh, you might want to stick around, Jerry. Mr. Thomassoulo picked the wrong man to hire 'cause he was fake handicapped!

Jerry: I can't. I gotta meet Claire.

Kramer: You gave up the voice?

Jerry: Yeah. That was. Unless you guys are liking it again?!

Kramer & George: No, No.

Jerry: Darin?

Darin: Sorry, Mr. Seinfeld.

Jerry: Uh, bathroom?

George: Hey, use mine. I'll let you in.

Jerry: I thought it was open to the public.

George: I, uh... I took care of that.

George: Huh?

Jerry: Wow! Xanadu! No wonder you're putting in so many hours. May I?

George: I insist. I'll fix us a drink. I got it.

Kramer: Whew. You know, Darin, if you had told me twenty-five years ago that someday I'd be standing here about to solve the world's energy problems, I would've said, "You're crazy." Now let's push this giant ball of oil out the window.

George: So, check out my view.

Jerry: Wow. Hey, there's Claire. I better go down.

George: Hey, there's Kramer and Darin.

Jerry: Hey, there's the giant ball of oil. Claire's right underneath that thing. Claire! Helloooo! Helloooo! Helloooo!

Claire: I don't believe this. I'm not looking up if you're going to do that voice!

Kramer: Bombs away.

Jerry: This is going to be a shame.

Kramer: Oh!

George: Helloooo.

Kramer: Well, that didn't work. Hey, how 'bout this: ketchup and mustard in the same bottle?

Darin: Oh, that sounds interesting, sir.

Kramer: Yeah.

Jerry: Claire won her lawsuit against Play Now. Gee, Play Now's filing for bankruptcy. I guess you're not going in anymore.

George: No.

Jerry: So they're not paying you your—

George: No.

Jerry: So you're pretty much—

George: Yeah.

Jerry: What ever happened to Darin?

Kramer: Darin's going away for a long, long time.

Jerry: Well, Claire sure looked pretty funny all covered in oil like that. Helloooo! I got beaned with a giant ball of oil!

George: I'm slippery as an eeeeel...

Kramer: La la laaaa!

Jerry: I'm just so glad it's back.

Elaine: See? This is good. This is the way it should be. You know, uh, why were we fooling ourselves? We belong together.

Puddy: Elaine, I want to break up.

Elaine: Tsk. Ah, nuts.