When in LA, Kramer stays in the Las Palmas Hotel. This is the same hotel in which Julia Roberts' character in Pretty Woman (1990) lived. Jason Alexander co-starred in the film.
The 'Moops' misprint in the Trivial Pursuit game is based on a real Trivial Pursuit misprint found by staff writer Bill Masters.
Elaine's final punchline - ...and they're all laid out for me - received such a loud and long response from the studio audience that it had to be edited for length and volume.
During the end credits, the famous aria 'Vesti la giubba' from 'Pagliacci' plays instead of the Seinfeld theme.
George's line 'Everytime I think I'm out, they pull me back in' references a quote from Michael Corleone in the final installment of the 'Godfather' trilogy.
Surprisingly, censors requested only one change to the script: the removal of the word 'Snapple'.
Although Jerry and Elaine are flying a fictional airline, the plane exteriors shown in the episode belong to Southwest Airlines' planes.
The perfume ad the model is looking at is for Eternity by Calvin Klein.
Denise Richards, who played Russell Dalrymple's 15-year-old daughter, was actually 22 at the time this episode aired.
The phrase 'not that there is anything wrong with that' was used eight times during the episode.
The old lady with whom Elaine spends time mentions her romantic affair with Mohandas Gandhi. In fact, it is true that Gandhi had adulterous relationships with many women.
Jerry Seinfeld ad-libbed the line 'Let's go watch them slice this fat bastard up.'
When this episode originally aired, John Randolph played Frank Costanza. In 1995, the scenes with Randolph were deleted and replaced with Jerry Stiller as Frank for syndication.
Larry Hankin, whose character played Kramer on the fictional show 'Jerry', had actually auditioned for the part of Kramer on 'Seinfeld'.
The title item from this episode is now part of the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
Jason Alexander ate an actual onion in this episode. The onion had been boiled a few times to soften the flavor.
The storyline about discovering a pig man in a hospital bed parodies the British film 'O Lucky Man!'
Monica Seles was asked to appear in the scene in which Kramer runs into her on the tennis court. Seles turned down the offer and a stuntwoman was used instead.
The DVD set for this season includes two versions of this episode, featuring footage to correspond with the two possible outcomes of the New York City mayoral election.
The theme music usually heard throughout Seinfeld episodes has been replaced with music from Gioacchino Rossini's 'Il Barbiere Di Siviglia' ('The Barber of Seville').
Writer Bruce Kirschbaum didn't know that the Latvian Orthodox Church was a real faith. Its adherents thanked the show for bringing attention to it.
The actor who played Saddam Hussein had a thick accent and his lines were deemed incomprehensible. His voice was dubbed over by creator Larry David putting on an English accent.
Creator Larry David came up with the idea of George's final monologue during filming and wrote it on the spot. Jason Alexander quickly memorized it and delivered it in one take.
References to 'Schindler's List' were added after Jerry learned that Steven Spielberg got so depressed while filming the movie that he watched 'Seinfeld' to cheer himself up.
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