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ELAINE
Hey, did your father ever get that hair weave?
JERRY
No, no. Still doin the big sweep across.
ELAINE
Why does he do that?
JERRY
Doesnt think anyone can tell. So cmon, do we have a deal?
ELAINE
A wedding?
JERRY
Theres a lot of people to mock...
ELAINE
All right, what the hell.
JERRY
Great!
ELAINE
Cmon lets go...
JERRY
Was I supposed to bring something?
ELAINE
You could have.
JERRY
I met her one time...
ELAINE
It is not necessary.
JERRY
What did you say then?
PAMELA
(shakes Jerry's hand) Yes, we met.
JERRY
Hi, happy birthday.
GUESTS, JERRY & ELAINE
Hi
JERRY
I didnt bring anything.
PAMELA
Uh, I put you two right here.
JERRY
Oh, Okay (turns to rest of table) Im sorry, I didnt know what to bring, nobody told me.
VANESSA
How big a tip do you think itd take to get him to stop?
JERRY
Im in for five...
VANESSA
Ill supply the hat.
JERRY
(thinking) Uh-oh... What do we have here?
VANESSA
Why dont you relax and take your jacket off?
JERRY
Oh, I cant. Uh, I have a tendency to get chilly.
VANESSA
How masculine.
JERRY
Plus Im wearing short sleeves, I dont want to expose my tattoos. (Vanessa smiles; thinking) Shes unbelievable!
VANESSA
Oh, you know Bricker! From where?
JERRY
(thinking) Whats going on here? Gotta be her boyfriend, shes too good to be alone. Whats the difference, I cant maneouver anyway with Elaine next to me.
VANESSA
(to Jerry) How do you know Pamela?
JERRY
Uh, friend of a friend. And you?
ELAINE
(interrupting Jerry's conversation) Oh, Jerry!
JERRY
(turning to Elaine; thinking) Oh no, not now.
ELAINE
I had this dream last night and you were in it.
JERRY
Oh really? (tries turning away in the hopes Elaine gets the hint; thinking) Oh God, I gotta get out of this.
ELAINE
You were you, but, you werent you...
JERRY
No kidding. (thinking) Why is this happening? Please, make her stop!
ELAINE
I think, I think we were in my house where I grew up, and you were standing there, you were looking out the window...
JERRY
(thinking) This is brutal.
ELAINE
You turned around and you had these wooden teeth.
JERRY
How do you like that? (tries to turn away again; thinking)Can I turn now? Is this over? No, I cant, I cant. Im stuck.
ELAINE
(noticing Jerry not wanting to listen; annoyed) Jerry? Are you listening to me?
JERRY
Yes, I heard you.
PAMELA
Elaine, whats the name of that jewelry store you took me to that time?
JERRY
(thinking) Thank you, Pamela! (turns to talk to Vanessa; to Vanessa) So, youre a lawyer...
VANESSA
Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft.
JERRY
(thinking) Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft. Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft... (to Vanessa) Of course, they handled my tattoo removal lawsuit.
VANESSA
Oh, that was you?
JERRY
Imagine, spelling Mom with two Os.
VANESSA
Very funny! What do you do?
JERRY
Comedian.
VANESSA
Really? That explains it.
JERRY
(thinking; quickly) Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft. Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft.
VANESSA
We gotta run. Happy birthday!
JERRY
(thinking) I cant believe it. I got nothing! I dont even know her name! Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft. Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppen... Sagman... Sag...
ELAINE
Yknow, um, you could use a little work on your manners.
JERRY
Why? What did I do?
ELAINE
Wel-Well, I just dont appreciate these little courtesy responses, like Im selling you aluminum siding.
JERRY
I was listening!
ELAINE
No! You couldnt wait to get back to your little... conversation.
JERRY
No, you were talking about the, the um, the dream you had.
ELAINE
Uh-huh...
JERRY
Where you had, uh, wooden teeth.
ELAINE
No! No! You had wooden teeth! You had wooden teeth! I didnt have wooden teeth, you did!
JERRY
All right, so I had wooden teeth, so what?
ELAINE
So nothing! Nothing. (annoyed sigh)
JERRY
Apparently Plato, who came up with the concept of the platonic relationship, was pretty excited about it. He named it after himself. He said, Yeah, I got this new thing Platonic. My idea, my name, callin it after myself. What I do is, I go out with the girls, I talk with them- dont do anything, and go right home. Whatd you think? I think its going to be big! I bet you there were other guys in history that tried to get relationships named after them, but it didnt work. Yknow, I bet you there were guys who tried to do it, just went, Uh, Hi, uh my names Rico. Would you like to go to bed immediately? Hey, its a Riconic relationship.
MORTY
Ah, there he is!
JERRY
This is what I like, see? You come home and your parents are in your bed!
HELEN
Yknow, Jerry, we dont have to do this.
JERRY
What are you talkin about? Its fine, I love having you here.
HELEN
Tomorrow well go to a hotel.
JERRY
Ma, will you stop?
HELEN
No, why should we take over your apartment?
JERRY
I dont care. Im sleeping next door.
HELEN
Your friend Kramer doesnt mind?
JERRY
No, hes making a bouillabaisse.
MORTY
Depends on the firm.
JERRY
Yeah, but if you called up and described someone, do you think they would know who it was?
MORTY
Whats the matter? You need a lawyer?
JERRY
No, I met someone at this party, and I know where she works, but I dont know her name.
MORTY
So why dont you ask someone who was at the party?
JERRY
Nah, the only one I could ask is Elaine, and I cant ask her.
HELEN
Why not?
JERRY
Because its complicated. Theres some tension there.
HELEN
Oh yeah, very alert. Warm person.
JERRY
Oh yeah, shes great.
HELEN
So, how come nothing materialized there?
JERRY
Well, its a tough thing to talk about uh. I dunno...
HELEN
I know what it was.
JERRY
You dont know what it was.
HELEN
So, what was it?
JERRY
Well, we fight a lot for some reason.
HELEN & MORTY
Oh, well...
JERRY
And there was a little problem with the physical chemistry.
HELEN
Well, I think shes a very attractive girl.
JERRY
Oh, she is, she absolutely is.
HELEN
I can see if there was a weight problem...
JERRY
No, its not that. It wasnt all one-sided.
HELEN
You know, you cant be so particular. Nobodys perfect.
JERRY
I know, I know...
HELEN
(hits Morty) Idiot. (to Jerry) So whore you looking for, Sophia Loren?
JERRY
Thats got nothin to do with it.
HELEN
I like Elaine more than Loni Anderson.
JERRY
What are you two talking about? Look, Elaine just wasnt the one.
HELEN
And this other ones the one?
JERRY
I dunno, maybe...
MORTY
So ask Elaine there for her number.
JERRY
I cant. Shell get upset. I never talk about other women with her, especially this one tonight.
HELEN
How could you still see her if your not interested?
JERRY
Were friends.
MORTY
Doesnt sound like youre friends to me. If you were friends you'd-youd ask her for the number. Do you know where this other one works?
JERRY
Oh yeah.
MORTY
Go to the building. She goes out to lunch, doesnt she?
JERRY
I guess.
MORTY
So, you stand in the lobby, by the elevator, and wait for her to come down for lunch.
JERRY
You mean stakeout the lobby?
MORTY
He pretends he bumped into her!
JERRY
Yknow what? This is not that bad an idea.
GEORGE
What does she look like?
JERRY
I dunno. Hard to say.
GEORGE
What actress does she remind you of?
JERRY
Loni Anderson.
GEORGE
Loni Anderson?!
JERRY
What, theres something wrong with Loni Anderson? (pause) Hey listen, thanks again for running over here. I appreciate it.
GEORGE
Yeah, sure. I was showing a condo on 48th street. Besides, you think I wanna miss this? (chuckles)
JERRY
Im a little nervous.
GEORGE
Yeah, me too...
JERRY
If I see her, what do I say that Im doing here in the building?
GEORGE
You came to see me. I work in the building.
JERRY
What do you do?
GEORGE
Im an architect.
JERRY
Youre an architect?
GEORGE
Im not?
JERRY
I dont see architecture comin from you.
GEORGE
(somewhat annoyed) I suppose you could be an architect.
JERRY
I never said that I was the architect. Just somethin else.
GEORGE
All right, shes not even gonna ask, if we see her, which is remote.
JERRY
Well whaddaya want me to say, that I just wandered in here?
GEORGE
Were having lunch with a friend. He works in the building.
JERRY
What is his name?
GEORGE
Bert... Har... bin... son. Bert Har-bin-son.
JERRY
Bert Harbinson? It sounds made up.
GEORGE
No good? All right, uh how about Art... Cor.....
JERRY
Art Cor...
GEORGE
...velay.
JERRY
Corvelay?
GEORGE
Yeah, right.
JERRY
Well, what does he do?
GEORGE
Hes an importer.
JERRY
Just imports, no exports?
GEORGE
(annoyed) Hes an importer/exporter, okay? (beat) Elaine ever call you back?
JERRY
No, I guess shes still mad.
GEORGE
I dont understand, you never talk to her about other women?
JERRY
Never. (The elevator door opens.) Wait a second. Thats her. On the right.
GEORGE
(anxious) I forgot who I am! Who am I?!
JERRY
Youre you. Were having lunch with Art Corvelay.
GEORGE
Vandelay!
JERRY
Corvelay!
GEORGE
Let me be the architect! I can do it!
JERRY
Hey, hey. uh Pamelas birthday party, didnt I see you there? Jerry.
VANESSA
Sure! Hi!
JERRY
Uh, this is George. (reaches for her name) Im sorry...
GEORGE
Nice to meet you.
JERRY
Ah, Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft.
VANESSA
Thats right! Yea, whatre you doing here?
JERRY
Oh, were meeting a friend of ours for lunch. He works here in the building.
GEORGE
...And exporter.
JERRY
Hes an importer/exporter.
GEORGE
They can...
JERRY
Yknow Im sorry you had to leave so early the other night.
VANESSA
Oh, me too. My cousin had to go back to Boston.
JERRY
Oh, that guy was your cousin! (walking in front of George so he gets the picture to leave)
VANESSA
Yeah, and that woman was your...
JERRY
Friend!
GEORGE
Ill just, uh, get a paper...
JERRY
So, um, do you date uh immature men?
HELEN
Bum bum bum bum... I have no letters... Bum bum bum bum...
JERRY
(annoyed) Ma, will you go already?
HELEN
Bum bum bum bum...
JERRY
What are you doing?!
HELEN
Wait, I just want to see something.
JERRY
You cant look in there, were playing!
KRAMER
Hi.
JERRY
Hi.
KRAMER
Hey Morty! (to Jerry) Salad dressing?
JERRY
Look.
HELEN
Quo. Is that a word?
JERRY
Maybe!
HELEN
Will you challenge it?
JERRY
Ma, you cant look up words in the dictionary! (to Morty) Dad, shes cheating!
HELEN
(to Jerry) Youre such a stickler...
JERRY
Well put something down, youre taking twenty minutes on this. So is Uncle Mac and Artie, theyre all coming over here before the wedding?
HELEN
Theyll be here at two oclock. Oh, Elaine called. She said shed be here at two-thirty. And she says Hope your meeting went well with Art Vandelay?
JERRY
She said what?
HELEN
Just what I said, here.
JERRY
She knows! Oh, I am such a jackass.
HELEN
She knows what?
JERRY
She knows the whole stupid thing. Vanessa and the elevator...