Seinfeld

I was watching women in the department store trying on clothes.

And I notice that they do it differently from men.

Women don't try on the clothes, they get behind the clothes.

They take a dress off the rack...

...and they hold it up against themself.

They can tell something from this.

They stick one leg way out.

They need to know, "If someday I'm one-legged at a 45-degree angle...

...what am I gonna wear?"

You never see a man do that, see a guy take a suit off the rack...

...put his head in the neck, go, "What about this suit? I'll get it. Looks fine.

Put some shoes by the bottom of the pants. I want to make sure.

Perfect. Now, what if I'm walking? Move the shoes, move the shoes.

Move the shoes."

What are you doing?

All right. All right.

What's the matter with that? What about that one?

Robert Vaughn, The Helsinki Formula?

He was good in Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Guess whose birthday is coming up soon.

I know. I know. I'm having my root canal the same week.

I hope you got a good oral surgeon, because that can be very serious.

Hey, lookit. Naked people.

No, I don't want to see the naked people.

Been a while?

I have a vague recollection of doing something with someone...

...but it was a long, long time ago.

I think my last time was in Rochester.

My hair was a lot shorter.

I remember that it's a good thing.

And someday, I hope to do it again.

What?

What?

-What was that look? -What look?

The look you just gave me.

-I gave a look? -Yes.

-What kind of a look? -I know that look.

-So, what was it? -Why should I tell you?

Well, you're the big look expert.

I want to see how smart you are.

Trust me. I know the look.

-So? -What?

-What about the look? -I don't know.

-You got something on your mind? -No.

Things pop into your head.

You?

Things occur to me from time to time.

Yeah. Me too.

Well, you can't expect to just forget the past completely.

Well, no, of course not.

I mean, it's something we did.

Probably about...

...what, 25 times.

Thirty-seven.

Yeah, we pretty much know what we're doing in there.

-We know the terrain. -No big surprises.

Nope.

-What do you think? -I don't know. What do you think?

Well, it's something to consider.

-Yeah. -I mean, let's say...

...what if...

-...we did? -What if?

Is that, like, the end of the world or something?

-Certainly not. -Why shouldn't we be able to do that...

-...once in a while if we want to? -I know.

I mean, really, what is the big deal?

We go in there...

...we're in there for a while, then we come back out here.

That's not complicated.

It's almost stupid if we didn't.

-It's moronic. -Absurd.

Course...

...I guess maybe some little problems could arise.

There are always a few.

I mean, if anything happened...

...and we couldn't be friends the way we are now, that would really be bad.

-Devastating. -Because this is very good.

And that would be good.

That would be good too.

The idea is to combine the this...

...and the that.

But this cannot be disturbed.

Yeah, we just want to take this...

...and add that.

But of course, we'd have to figure out a way...

...to avoid the things that cause the little problems.

Maybe some rules or something.

For example:

Now I call you whenever I'm inclined, and vice versa.

But if we did that, we might feel...

...a certain obligation to call.

Well, why should that be?

I have an idea.

No calls the day after that.

Beautiful.

Let's make it a rule.

All right, sir.

-Now, here's another little rule. -Yeah.

When we see each other now...

...we retire to our separate quarters.

But sometimes when people get involved with that...

...they feel pressure...

...to sleep over.

When that...

...is not really sleep.

Sleep is separate from that, and I don't see...

...why sleep got all tied up and connected...

...with that.

Okay, okay, rule number two: Spending the night is optional.

Well, now we're getting somewhere.

Good.

-What about the kiss good night? -Tough one.

Your call.

It's bourgeois.

Fine.

Well.

Well.

You ready?

Ready.

So you think you can handle this?

Definitely.

-Hey. -Hey.

-Got the paper? -Not yet.

-No paper. -I haven't been out yet.

Well, what's taking you so long?

Oh, yeah.

What's the deal with Aquaman?

Could he go on the land, or was he just restricted to water?

No, I think I saw him on land a couple times.

So how's the job situation going?

Still looking.

Pretty bad out there. What about you?

Nothing much. I slept with Elaine last night.

Oxygen. I need some oxygen.

-This is major. -I thought you'd like that.

Oh, this is huge!

-I know. -All right, okay. Let's go. Details.

No, I can't give details.

-You what? -I can't give details.

No details?

I'm not in the mood.

You ask me here to have lunch...

...tell me you slept with Elaine...

...and then say you're not in the mood for details.

Now, you listen to me.

I want details, and I want them right now.

I don't have a job, I have no place to go.

You're not in the mood? Well, you get in the mood!

All right. Okay.

We were in my apartment, watching TV.

-Where you sitting? -On the couch.

-Next to each other? -Separate.

-Time? -Around 11.

Okay, go ahead.

So she's flipping around the TV...

...and she gets to the naked station.

See, that's why I don't have cable, because of that naked station.

If I had that in my house, I would never turn it off.

I wouldn't sleep. I wouldn't eat.

Eventually, firemen would break through the door.

They'd find me in my pyjamas with drool coming down my face.

All right, so you're watching the naked station.

And then...

...somehow we started talking about, "What if we had sex?"

Boy, these are really bad details.

It pains me to say this, but I may be getting too mature for details.

I hate to hear this.

Any kind of growth really irritates me.

-I'll tell you, it was really passionate. -Better than before?

She must have taken some kind of seminar or something.

This is all too much. So, what are you feeling?

What's going on? Are you, like, a couple again now?

-Not exactly. -"Not exactly." What does that mean?

Well, we've tried to arrange a situation...

...where we'll be able to do this once in a while...

...and still be friends.

What?

Where are you living?

Are you here? Are you on this planet?

It's impossible. It can't be done.

Thousands of years, people have tried to have their cake and eat it too.

So all of a sudden, the two of you are gonna come along and do it.

Where do you get the ego?

No one can do it. It can't be done.

I think we've worked out a system.

You know what you're like? You're like a pathetic gambler.

One of these losers in Las Vegas who keeps thinking...

...he's gonna come up with a way to win at blackjack.

No, this is very advanced. We've designed a set of rules.

That we can maintain the friendship by avoiding all the relationship pitfalls.

All right, all right. Tell me the rules.

Okay.

No calls the next day.

So you have the sex, next day, you don't have to call.

That's pretty good.

-Go ahead. -You ready for the second one?

I have to tell you, I'm very impressed with the first one.

Spending the night:

Optional.

No. No. You see? You got greedy.