The Barber

"The Barber" is the seventy-second episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 8th episode for the 5th season. It aired on November 11, 1993. The episode begins with George at a job interview. His future employer, Mr. Tuttle, is cut off mid-sentence by an important telephone call, and sends George away without knowing whether he has been hired or not. Mr. Tuttle told George that he can "understand everything immediately", so this leaves a pu... more

"The Barber" is the seventy-second episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 8th episode for the 5th season. It aired on November 11, 1993. The episode begins with George at a job interview. His future employer, Mr. Tuttle, is cut off mid-sentence by an important telephone call, and sends George away without knowing whether he has been hired or not. Mr. Tuttle told George that he can "understand everything immediately", so this leaves a puzzling situation. In Jerry's words: "If you call and ask if you have the job, you might lose the job." But if George doesn't call, he might have been hired and he will never know. George decides that the best course of action is to not call at all and to just "show up": pretend that he has been hired and start "work", all while Mr. Tuttle is out of town. The thought behind this was that if George has the job, then everything will be fine; and if George was not hired, then he will be "ensconced" in the company and hopefully not be fired. Elaine... less