page_title: The Parking Garage
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: The Parking Garage / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Larry David at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
context_page_description: "The Parking Garage" is the 23rd episode of the situation comedy Seinfeld. The episode was the sixth episode of the show's third season. It aired on October 30, 1991 on National Broadcasting Company.
  The episode was written by Larry David and was directed by Tom Cherones, and takes place entirely in a parking garage. The episode "The Parking Garage" has received overwhelmingly positive reviews. It was ranked #33 on TV Guide's 1997 list of the 100 Greatest TV episodes of All Time. The episode received a 12.1/19 Nielsen rating.
context_section_description: The Parking Garage was written by Larry David, his fourth writing credit for the season and was directed by Tom Cherones, his fourth directing credit for the season. The episode was filmed on the normal Seinfeld soundstage. The audience bleachers, Jerry's apartment and the restaurant set were removed from the soundstage. Shooting was done from different angles so the entire set was shown. The stage was surrounded by mirrors to make the parking garage appear larger. Louis-Dreyfus and Seinfeld had their makeup redone between takes while lying on the ground because the shoot was so demanding.
  The end was scripted to have the gang drive off together, and the car failing to start at the end of the episode was an accident. Kramer actor Michael Richards continued to crank the car's ignition without success. It was decided that the car not starting was a much funnier ending, and it was kept in the episode as something else gone wrong. The other actors' natural reactions are visible as the car fails to start.
caption: Series co-creator Larry David wrote the episode.
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