The Face Painter
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| Seinfeld episode | |
| "The Face Painter" | |
 David Puddy with his face painted like a devil. |
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| Episode no. | 109 |
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| Airdate | May 11, 1995 |
| Writer(s) | Larry David |
| Director | Andy Ackerman |
| IMDb profile | |
| Seinfeld - Season 6 September 1994 - May 1995 |
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| List of all Seinfeld episodes | |
The Face Painter is the 109th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 23rd episode for the 6th season. It aired on May 11, 1995.
[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Elaine's boyfriend David Puddy (who's a big New Jersey Devils fan) paints his face and his behavior at a hockey game makes a priest believe he has seen the devil. A chimpanzee throws a banana peel at Kramer. George tries to tell his girlfriend that he loves her. Jerry refuses to give the "necessary" follow-up courtesy thank you for the hockey tickets. At the end of the episode, Elaine visits the priest who is recovering from "seeing the devil." She is wearing white and a light shines right behind her, leading the priest to believe he has now seen an angel.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] Superman reference
- George: She probably never heard it. Don't you see what this means? It's like the whole thing never happened. It's like when Superman reversed the rotation of the earth to save Lois Lane!
[edit] Trivia
- According to the DVD release of the sixth season, "The Face Painter" had an alternate ending where George's love interest told him that she loved him too and she accepted a proposal of marriage. Notes on the DVD imply that Larry David included it in case the show was canceled following this season. This event, while unaired, prefigures George's season seven engagement to Susan.
- The character Alec Berg was named after one of the writers on the show.
- Not surprisingly, clips of this episode (especially Puddy's enthusastic cheer "We're the Devils! Haaaaah!") are played at nearly every Devils home game.
- Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur was unaware his jersey was being used for the episode.
- There was no Rangers-Devils playoff series that season.
