The Glasses (season 5, episode 3)

written by Tom Gammill & Max Pross, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: September 30, 1993

George loses his glasses and thinks he sees Jerry’s girlfriend with his cousin Jeffrey. A strange dog bites Elaine and Kramer helps Jerry buy a powerful air conditioner.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

Monk’s Café is not featured in this episode.

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Kramer gets Jerry a new air conditioning unit (the Commando 8), but the unit dislodges and crashes to the street, where it hits the dog that bit Elaine. Jerry criticizes George’s squint-vision after questioning Amy on her possible whereabouts with cousin Jeffrey.

J&T Optical (actually Devonshire Optical)
51 University Pl., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 8th Street – NYU (R,W)
Kramer recommends his friend Dwayne to replace George’s glasses at a discount, Elaine gets bitten in the leg by a random dog, and George claimed to see Jerry’s girlfriend kissing his cousin Jeffrey outside the store…when it was really a policewoman kissing a horse. J&T Optical is mentioned in the episode as being on Columbus Ave., but is clearly Devonshire Optical.

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center (now Mount Sinai West)
1000 Tenth Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 59th Street – Columbus Circle (A,B,C,D,1)
Elaine gets treated for her dog bite, but gets no rabies shot (“no shot…dog bite. Woof woof, not bang bang!”).

Catskill Mountains, NEW YORK (map)
Jerry mentions George lost his glasses on their way back from the Catskills, and squinted his way from Wurtsboro to the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Wurtsboro, NEW YORK (map)
Jerry mentions George lost his glasses on their way back from the Catskills, and squinted his way from Wurtsboro to the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Tappan Zee Bridge (NOW CLOSED)
Tarrytown, NEW YORK (map)
Jerry mentions George lost his glasses on their way back from the Catskills, and squinted his way from Wurtsboro to the Tappan Zee Bridge. The original was demolished in 2017 and a New Tappan Zee Bridge was constructed.

Dinky Donuts (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
Kramer claims that he once “rescued” Dwayne the optician from his sugar addiction at Dinky Donuts, where he found him “cinnamon swirls!”

Joe’s Fruit (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
Kramer claims that he had to take Dwayne to Joe’s and “stuff a cantaloupe down his throat” to save his remaining teeth, due to his sugar addiction. Although fictional, it is implied throughout the show that Joe’s is very close to Jerry’s, and is based on Bak’s Market (now closed), a fruit stand near Larry David where he was once banned, located at 609 W. 43rd St.

New York Health & Racquet Club
24 E. 13th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Union Square – 14th Street (L)
George and a blind man in the locker room run into the street in their underwear, in search of cousin Jeffrey and Amy.

Jeffrey’s apartment
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry stops by his cousin’s apartment (running into Uncle Leo), and unsuccessfully tries to trap his girlfriend into admitting she cheated with Jeffrey by using Paul Simon tickets.

Central Park Great Lawn
New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 81st Street – Museum Of Natural History (B,C)
Jerry surprises Amy with tickets to a Paul Simon concert in the park from Jeffrey.

The Cheever Letters (season 4, episode 8)

story by Larry David and Elaine Pope & Tom Leopold, teleplay by Larry David, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: October 28, 1992

Jerry offends Elaine’s assistant with the “panty remark.” Kramer makes a new contact for his Cuban cigars. A box of letters from John Cheever is all that remains after the Ross cabin burns down.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry and George struggle tremendously with advancing the “Jerry” script, not getting beyond “Hello.” After making Elaine’s assistant quit, Jerry has her over, where one thing leads to another, and the “panty remark” comes out, which Elaine eventually finds out to Jerry’s dismay.

Monk’s Café
Jerry divulges the details of his night with Sandra to George, including the aftermath of the infamous “panty remark.”

Pendant Publishing
Elaine confronts her assistant Sandra about chatting too much with Jerry, making her quit almost immediately.

Westchester Country Club
99 Biltmore Ave., Rye, NEW YORK (map)
Kramer mentions he is no longer allowed here, as he can’t give the pro any more Cuban cigars, since they perished in the cabin fire. Kramer later heads up with his new Cuban friends Luis, Jorge and Umberto, as he now has an unlimited supply of Cubans coming his way.

Ross’ townhouse
24 Fifth Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: West 4th Street – Washington Square (A,B,C,D,E,F,M)
George meets the Rosses for the first time, where he is forced to tell them that their cabin…burned. He is later present when a courier brings Mr. Ross’ private letters from John Cheever, to the shock and horror of the rest of the family.

Ross’ “47 Cabin” (NOT REAL)
NEW YORK (map)
Mr. Ross mentions to George and Susan both of his parents died in that cabin, and that it holds tremendous sentimental value…and then discovers its burned down.

United Nations Permanent Mission Of Cuba In New York
315 Lexington Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Grand Central – 42nd Street (7)
Kramer visits the Cuban Mission to get cigars, and is originally turned down due to their U.S. legal status, but gets more when he gives his father’s jacket to one of the diplomatic workers.

The Lip Reader (season 5, episode 6)

written by Carol Leifer, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: October 28, 1993

George tries to get Jerry’s deaf girlfriend to read lips at a party. Kramer becomes a ball boy at the U.S. Open.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry tells the gang about his dating a deaf woman, and the gang ridicules George for being shown on national television with ice cream all over his face.

Monk’s Café
George’s latest girlfriend Gwen dumps him by giving you the “it’s not you, it’s me” routine, much to George’s dismay: “Nobody tells me it’s them not me, if it’s anybody it’s me!”

USTA National Tennis Center (now USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center)
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, Queens, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Mets – Willets Point (7)
Jerry and George watch the 1993 US Open (watching Mary Pierce of France vs. Natalia Baudone of Italy in the Women’s 1st Round Final, where Pierce won 6-0, 6-7, 7-6). George gets busted on TV with his face full of ice cream; Jerry asks out Laura, the “BL.” Kramer becomes the first “ball-man,” and knocks out Monica Seles (Kramer says he’s working the finals with Monica Seles, but real finals had Steffi Graf of Germany beating Helena Sukova of Czechia 6-3, 6-3).

CROATIA (map)
Jerry points out the stunning woman on the court, who George mistakes for “the Croat.” The match they are watching was between Mary Pierce of France and Natalia Baudone of Italy, but their section did include a Croatian competitor, Nadin Ercegović.

Pendant Publishing
Renee convinces Elaine to take a car service, where she is forced to act like she is deaf to avoid conversation with the driver.

Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
245 E. 47th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Grand Central – 42nd Street (4,5,6,7)
Elaine takes the car service from her work to an important meeting (since the Lexington subway line is out), pretending she is deaf to avoid small-talk with the driver.

749 Bleecker St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 14th Street (1,2,3)
Elaine’s car service driver is instructed over the radio to pick up Tom Hanks from this address after dropping off Elaine, outing Elaine as a faux-deaf woman when she begins to gab about how much she loves Tom Hanks. Not a real address, as Bleecker St. only runs to roughly the numbers 425-450.

Hunan 5th Ave. (NOW CLOSED)
323 Fifth Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 34th Street – Herald Square (B,D,F,M,N,Q,R)
Jerry and George go for dinner with Laura, the “beautiful lineswoman,” and discover that she can read lips.

Laura’s apartment
New York, NEW YORK
Jerry is parked outside Laura’s, where he asks her to a party, and asks “how about six?” as a pick-up time, which she lip reads as “how about sex?”

Madison Square Garden
4 Pennsylvania Pl., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 34th Street – Penn Station (1,2,3)
The car service driver can’t hear anything the gang is saying, because Elaine got him tickets to see “Metalli-something” at the Garden after pretending to be deaf to avoid small-talk.

Todd’s apartment
New York, NEW YORK
The gang attends the party with Laura the lip reader, but Kramer cannot read Laura’s signing proerly, and their miscommunications end up wrecking both Jerry and George’s night.

The Bris (season 5, episode 5)

written by Larry Charles, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: October 14, 1993

Jerry and Elaine agree to be godparents to their friends’ newborn boy. They find a shaky mohel to perform the bris. Kramer is convinced he saw a pigman at the hospital.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

Monk’s Café is not featured in this episode.

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
George struggles to get reimbursed for his destroyed car, Elaine searches for a mohel for baby Steven, and Kramer finds more evidence to prove his “pig-man” theory. Stan and Myra later bring baby Steven, where they announce that Jerry and Elaine have been replaced by Kramer as “the godfather.”

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center (now Mount Sinai West)
1000 Tenth Ave., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 59th Street – Columbus Circle (A,B,C,D,1)
Jerry and Elaine are initially named godparents to their friend’s son Steven in room 1397. Kramer, trying to find the room stumbles upon room 1937, where he discovers a “pig-man,” and hears where “the anguished oink of pig-man cries out for help!” He later frees pig-man, who turns out to be a “fat little mental patient” that steals George’s 1976 Chevy Impala. A suicidal man jumps off the roof of the hospital, destroying George’s car (in the “great spot”), and George tries to get the hospital to reimburse the “living victim” of the tragedy.

Stan & Myra’s apartment
New York, NEW YORK
The gang goes to attend baby Steven’s bris, but due to Kramer’s interference and a shaky mohel, the only thing that ends up being circumcised is Jerry’s “phone finger.”

The Bubble Boy (season 4, episode 7)

written by Larry David & Larry Charles, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: October 7, 1992

Jerry agrees to a visit a bubble boy on the way up to a cabin in the woods. But Jerry and Elaine get lost and George winds up fighting the bubble boy. Meanwhile, Kramer appears at the cabin and wreaks havoc.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry convinces George, Susan and Elaine to stop off and see the Bubble Boy before going to Susan’s family’s cabin. Kramer plans on golfing for the weekend, but ends up overhearing Naomi’s message in Jerry’s apartment, and with his golf cancelled, drives to the cabin with Naomi.

Monk’s Café
Jerry meets Mel Sanger, a Yoo-Hoo delivery man, and takes him up on his offer to visit his son Donald on his birthday, who is a fan who lives in a bubble.

Westchester Country Club
99 Biltmore Ave., Rye, NEW YORK (map)
Kramer announces to Jerry and George he’s spending the weekend playing here, but the weekend is cancelled due to a tournament, and he goes to the Ross’ cabin instead.

49th St., New York, NEW YORK
Kramer got to play at Westchester after he gave the pro who owns a golf shop on 49th St. some of Mr. Ross’ cigars.

Sanger House (NOT REAL)
Wappingers Falls, NEW YORK (map)
Jerry mentions the word “Falls” is in the name (likely Wappingers Falls, only a few miles from Hopewell Junction). Susan mentions the house is on the way to her father’s cabin.

Taconic State Parkway
NEW YORK (map)
The gang is taking the Parkway to the Bubble Boy’s house, as Jerry and Elaine to keep up with a racing George and Susan.

John F. Kennedy International Airport
Jamaica, Queens, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Howard Beach – JFK Airport (A)
Jerry mentions George once drove from his apartment to Kennedy in 25 minutes…which George later describes to Susan as only being 15.

I-90 / Thruway toll booth
East Chatham, NEW YORK (map)
George gives Susan money for the tolls, which are only at the end of the Taconic, which turns into the NY State Thruway eastbound in East Chatham.

Hopewell Junction, NEW YORK (map)
Jerry and Elaine get off the Taconic at the Beekman Rd. / Hopewell JCT / Sylvan Lake exit into Hopewell Junction, which turns out to be right near the Sanger’s house.

café (NOT REAL)
Wappingers Falls, NEW YORK (map)
Intended to be down the road from the Sanger’s house, where Jerry signs a cheesy line for the waitress (“nothing’s finer than being in your diner”). This was filmed on the same set used for Reggie’s, the “Bizarro” coffee shop.

SPAIN (map)
George’s infamous Trivial Pursuit question asks who invaded Spain in the 8th century, causing the breakout of a fight between George and the Bubble Boy.

Ross’ “47 Cabin” (NOT REAL)
NEW YORK (map)
Kramer acccidentally burns down the Ross’ family cabin with one of Mr. Ross’ cigars.

The Café (season 3, episode 7)

written by Tom Leopold, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: November 6, 1991

A small failing restaurant brings out Jerry’s sympathy, but when the owner, Babu Bhatt, takes his advice things go from bad to worse. Elaine helps George cheat on an IQ test but their caper backfires thanks to Kramer and his stolen jacket.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

Monk’s Café is not featured in this episode.

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Jerry becomes obsessed with the Dream Café, a new restaurant that opens near him which attracts no customers. Elaine’s plan to take George’s IQ test for him backfires, after Kramer’s mother’s boyfriend traps them in the apartment when tracking down Kramer for his father’s jacket.

BERMUDA (map)
Jerry notes in his monologue how there is always that one neighborhood store that constantly changes owners and businesses, like a “Bermuda Triangle of retail.”

PAKISTAN (map)
Babu, owner of the Dream Café, is from Pakistan, and with his business failing, Jerry convinces him to change the menu to authentic Pakistani…which also fails miserably.

Queens College
65 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Queens, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Flushing – Main Street (7)
Jerry mentions how George once passed his friend a test out the window during college, making him a campus legend.

Monica’s apartment
New York, NEW YORK
George’s girlfriend tries twice to get him to take an IQ test, and he twice fails at cheating on the test by trying to get Elaine to do it for him.

Dream Café (NOT REAL)
New York, NEW YORK
Babu’s restaurant, which Jerry convinces him to convert to a Pakistani menu. The café is implied to be within the vicinity of Jerry’s apartment, as he can see it from his window.

The Pen (season 3, episode 3)

written by Larry David, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: October 2, 1991

While visiting his parents in Florida, Jerry suffers a scuba diving accident while Elaine endures a very uncomfortable night on a sofabed. A tribute to Jerry’s dad goes awry after Jerry accepts an astronaut pen from a surly retiree.

FEATURED LOCATIONS

Jerry’s Apartment and Monk’s Café are not featured in this episode.

The Improv

Pines Of Mar Gables, FLORIDA
The site of the entire episode. Jerry and Elaine stay with Morty and Helen, experiencing overheating, upside-down space pens, foldout bed bars, chiropractors and dinner checks for $19.45. Jerry also mentions his parents in his opening monologue, noting how old people do not wear bathing suits, they wear “trunks.”

Alice Wainwright Park
2845 Brickell Ave., Miami, FLORIDA (map)
Morty instructs Jerry with directions to go scuba diving, saying to go along Biscayne Blvd. (US Route 1) from Interstate 95. I-95 intersects with Rt. 1 (or Brickell Ave.) in this part of Miami, near Alice Wainwright Park).

The Water Club (NOW CLOSED)
500 E. 30th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: 28th Street (4,6)
Jerry attempts to give a speech for Morty, but the fight over the pen between Morty and Uncle Leo spills out into the ballroom. Despite the banquet being set in Florida, the exterior was actually shot at The Water Club along the East River. Thanks to Nick for the tip!

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Nickname: The Old Dominion State
Population: 8,535,519 (2019)
Capital: Richmond

FEATURED EPISODES

VIRGINIA (map)
“The Alternate Side”
George gets an opening to replace Sid parking cars across the street, as he needs to visit his sister and nephew with a limping foot in Virginia.

Cumberland Gap, VIRGINIA (map)
“The Red Dot”
Jerry mentions the Cumberland Gap to Dick during his set, in trying to explain smooth trails for alcohol transport via wagon. The Cumberland Gap runs through Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.

Williamsburg, VIRGINIA (map)
“The Pitch / Ticket”
Jerry mentions Colonial Williamsburg in his opening monologue, noting that he went there as a child.

Norfolk, VIRGINIA (map)
“The Nap”
When arguing about the merits of swimming in the East River, Kramer argues that technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage in their water.

The Implant (season 4, episode 19)

written by Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones
original airdate: February 25, 1993

Jerry enlists Elaine to find out if his girlfriend’s breasts are real. George loses another girlfriend after getting caught “double-dipping.”

FEATURED LOCATIONS

Monk’s Café is not featured in this episode.

The Improv

Jerry’s Apartment
Elaine causes confusion over whether Sidra’s breasts are real or not, due to conflicting opinions after accidentally touching them. Sidra famously confirms that they are “real, and they’re spectacular.”

Moscow Kremlin
Moscow, RUSSIA (map)
Jerry mentions the Kremlin in his opening monologue, commenting on how modern fitness center security is too sophisticated: “what is this, the Kremlin?”

New York Health & Racquet Club
24 E. 13th St., New York, NEW YORK (map)
nearest subway: Union Square – 14th Street (L)
Jerry commissions Elaine to “test” Sidra’s breasts in the sauna, causing a major conundrum over their legitimacy as natural or implants.

Betsy’s apartment
New York, NEW YORK
George tries to make his first move, but is unfortunately interrupted by a call alerting Betsy of a death in the family.

Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA (map)
Kramer mentions he knows what a fake breast feels like because he lived in Los Angeles for three months. He also mentions he misses the warm weather, and wants to get away.

Detroit, MICHIGAN (map)
George goes to Detroit with Betsy for Aunt Clarice’s funeral, where he is first praised (as the “go-to guy”), and then shunned (as the “double dipper”) by Betsy’s family.

Silicon Valley, CALIFORNIA (map)
When Sidra walks into the sauna, Elaine thinks to herself “well, look who’s here? Silicon Valley!”

airport
Queens, NEW YORK (map)
The home of “Atlantic Northern” airlines, where George tries to get a bereavement rate. There is a good chance this is meant to be Kennedy airport, as the episode’s ending in Detroit shows a boarding screen for flight 1141 at 8:00 to JFK.

PUERTO RICO (map)
Kramer borrows Jerry’s bathing suit for his trip to Puerto Rico, revealing that Jerry and Elaine once went there together in front of Sidra.

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
2500 W.G. Rogell Dr., Romulus, MICHIGAN (map)
George presents a picture of him next to a casket (presumably and hopefully Aunt Clarice’s) to his airline to try and get a bereavement fare…which does not work.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

Nickname: The Pelican State
Population: 4,648,794 (2019)
Capital: Baton Rouge

FEATURED EPISODES

Bourbon St., New Orleans, LOUISIANA (map)
“The Cigar Store Indian”
After discovering a used condom wrapper in their bedroom, Frank laments that he’s gone two weeks, and George has turned their house “into Bourbon Street.”