"The Butter Shave" is the 157th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It is also the first episode of the ninth and final season. It aired on September 25, 1997.
Over the summer both George and Jerry grow mustaches as a way of taking a vacation from themselves after George's suggestion. They both admit it was a bad idea and Jerry suggests they should have taken real vacations. George quickly thinks a different style of facial hair might be the answ...
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"The Butter Shave" is the 157th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It is also the first episode of the ninth and final season. It aired on September 25, 1997.
Over the summer both George and Jerry grow mustaches as a way of taking a vacation from themselves after George's suggestion. They both admit it was a bad idea and Jerry suggests they should have taken real vacations. George quickly thinks a different style of facial hair might be the answer but Jerry tells George that he has to get a job. Not fully recovered from "The Summer of George", George is using a cane to get around. Jerry might have another shot at NBC, through an appearance on an NBC Showcase that might lead to another pilot. He is also annoyed that lame comic Kenny Bania's act is working, only because he is following on Jerry's coattails. As a reference to the success of the many shows that aired between Seinfeld and ER, Jerry refers to Bania as "a time-slot hit."
Back in Jerry's apartment, Kramer arrives in his...
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