terça-feira, 28 de fevereiro de 2012

SEINFELD "The Best Sitcom Ever" Series - "The Van Buren Boys" SEINFACT

Seinfeld

"The Van Buren Boys" SEINFACT:

The original Kramer story for this episode involved Kramer starting a vending machine business. In the story, he placed the machine outside of Jerry's apartment door causing customers to constantly pester Jerry for change and various other things.

EPISODE SUMMARY

Jerry's girlfriend, Ellen, seems perfect in every way, but everyone else seems to have a problem with her. George interviews candidates for the Foundation's first scholarship. The candidates seem over-qualified, until one comes in who is a lot like he was. Elaine is going to ghost write Peterman's biography. Kramer goes to Lorenzo's pizza, where he has an encounter with the Van Buren boys. He accidentally flashes their gang sign and saves himself. Peterman wants his day to day life covered in his bio; the exotic adventures are for the catalog. His day-to-day life is very boring. She tells him about Kramer's encounter with the gang and he suggests buying the story for his biography. George's scholar makes a change in his plans that causes George to disqualify him from the scholarship. Kramer sells Peterman all of his stories for $750 dollars. Elaine is put at his disposal. To Elaine, Kramer's stories aren't much more interesting. George and Kramer perform an intervention on Jerry's relationship with Ellen. George's scholar joins the Van Buren boys, who apply pressure on George to get the scholarship back. Elaine tells Kramer that he can no longer tell his stories, since they now belong to Peterman. Elaine tries to embellish Kramer's stories, but Peterman finds the rewrites "too clichd and obvious." She tells him the real Kramer story that he finds much more interesting. He tells Kramer he can have his stories back. George tries to save himself from the Van Buren boys. Jerry flies his parents in to get their impression of Ellen. He begins to see the light.

The Van Buren Boys

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Van Buren Boys" is the 148th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld, and name of a fictional New York street gang. Their sign is crossing the hands, with one hand with all the fingers 'up' and spread out. The other hand has all but the thumb and pointer finger up, for a total of eight (8). The gang is named for the 8th President of the United States,Martin Van Buren (who was the first president from New York).

This was the 14th episode for the 8th season. It aired on February 6, 1997.

Plot

Jerry's girlfriend, Ellen (Christine Taylor) seems perfect in every way, but Jerry notices that she doesn't seem to have many friends and becomes alarmed that he's dating a loser.

George interviews candidates for "The Foundation's" first scholarship. All the candidates seem over-qualified and cocky, until one comes in who is a lot like he was, a below-average student and underachiever.

Elaine is going to ghost write Peterman'sautobiography. Kramer goes to Lorenzo's Pizzeria, where he has an encounter with "The Van Buren Boys", a fictional street gang. He accidentally flashes their gang sign (the number 8, as Martin Van Buren was the eighth president and the man they most admire) and saves himself. Meanwhile, Peterman wants his day-to-day life covered in his bio; the exotic adventures are for the catalog. His day-to-day life is very boring. Elaine tells Peterman about Kramer's encounter with the gang and he suggests buying the story for his autobiography.

George's choice, Steven Koren, makes a change in his plans that causes George to disqualify him from the scholarship. Steven had been telling people he wanted to be an architect, the very dream George fictitiously tells people is his occupation. One day, however, Steven decides he could do better and remarks to that he'd like to be a city planner. George is outraged that this slacker feels he could do better than an architect, George's dream job.

However, Kramer sells Peterman all of his stories for $750. Elaine is put at his disposal, much to her dismay. To Elaine, Kramer's stories aren't much more interesting, and most make very little sense. George and Kramer perform an intervention on Jerry's relationship with Ellen. Steven joins the Van Buren boys, who apply pressure on George to get the scholarship back.

Elaine tells Kramer that he can no longer tell his stories, since they now belong to Peterman. Elaine tries to embellish Kramer's stories, but Peterman finds the rewrites "too cliché and obvious." She tells him the real Kramer story that he finds much more interesting. He tells Kramer (who had actually called to ask for the return of his stories) that he can have his stories back. George tries to save himself from the Van Buren boys, by asking Kramer how he got out of the similar situation. At the time, Kramer couldn't tell George because that story belonged to Peterman. Kramer mentions in passing that "the Van B. Boys" never bother their own kind. Jerry flies his parents in to get their impression of Ellen. Once he sees that his parents both like Ellen very much, begins to see the light; reasoning that if they like her, then there must be something wrong with her. The episode finishes with George trying to prove to the Van Buren Boys that he is a former member of theirs by attempting (and failing) to take the wallet of Jerry's parents as they happen to walk by.

The last shot is of him running away from the gang, after attempting (also in vain) to show them the "sign", which he doesn't know.

Quotes
- Jerry: So you're denying him the scholarship just because he wants to be a city planner? George: I was betrayed! That kid was like a son to me. And if there's one person you should be able to hold down, it's your own flesh and blood. Like my father… my father's father before him.
- George: Maybe she decided to celebrate her birthday the Monday after the weekend.Jerry: She's not Lincoln!
- Jerry: There's a street gang named after President Martin Van Buren? Kramer: Oh yeah, and they're as mean as he was.
- Jerry: (about the scholarship candidate) Is he smart? George: He knows how to read. And he knows that finishing a whole book doesn't mean anything.
- George: I think we're all aware of the flaws and biases of standardized tests. Wick: These aren't standardized tests, these are his grades.
- George: Every group has someone that they all make fun of… like us with Elaine.
- Steven: That's not the sign. George: It was when I was banging!
- J. Peterman: (to Elaine) And by the way, when you get to that chapter about my romantic escapades… feel free to toss yourself into the mix.
- Jerry: I had a dream last night that a hamburger was eating me!