"The Pick" is the 53rd episode of the sitcom ''
Seinfeld''. It is the 13th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on December 16, 1992.
In this episode,
Elaine mistakenly mails out a Christmas card in which her nipple is exposed to all her friends and relatives,
Jerry's girlfriend breaks up with him after she sees him seemingly pick his nose, and
Kramer is angered when he learns
Calvin Klein has put out a new perfume based on his idea for a perfume that smells like the beach.
Plot
Elaine is humiliated when her Christmas card photo taken by
Kramer accidentally exposes her
nipple
The nipple is a raised region of tissue on the surface of the breast from which, in females, milk leaves the breast through the lactiferous ducts to feed an infant. The milk can flow through the nipple passively or it can be ejected by smooth m ...
. The exposure is subtle enough that no one notices it until after Elaine has mailed out the Christmas card to all of her friends and relatives, including her underage nephew and her morally conservative boyfriend.
Jerry has a date with Tia Van Camp, the
Calvin Klein model he met on the plane in
the previous episode. After the date, Kramer identifies the perfume Tia is wearing as the one he pitched to a Calvin Klein representative in "
The Pez Dispenser", called "The Beach". She tells him it is a new Calvin Klein product called "Ocean".
Tia dumps Jerry after witnessing him scratching his nose, which she mistakes for him
picking his nose. Jerry attempts to explain his actions at the Calvin Klein office but Tia refuses to believe him. Jerry launches into a rant about how people who pick their noses should not be socially ostracized, with references to ''
The Merchant of Venice
''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.
Although classified as ...
'' and ''
The Elephant Man
Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then we ...
''. Elaine delivers a similar speech to her boyfriend when he breaks up with her over the nipple exposure.
George
George may refer to:
People
* George (given name)
* George (surname)
* George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
* George Washington, First President of the United States
* George W. Bush, 43rd Presid ...
visits a therapist to discuss his breakup with
Susan, but the session is unproductive as first George, and then also the therapist, obsess over the stuck zipper on George's jacket. George convinces Susan to get back together with him by citing the example of
Louis Pasteur and his wife. Upon their reconciliation he again feels entrapped by the relationship, so he uses "the pick" to disgust her enough to break up with him again. Kramer confronts
Calvin Klein to complain about "Ocean", and is instead asked to be an
underwear model. In the first advertisement to feature Kramer, his genitals are accidentally exposed.
References
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Seinfeld (season 4) episodes
1992 American television episodes
American Christmas television episodes
Television episodes written by Larry David