@@kcck2442 It’s Benes ya jackass! This episode aired in 1996. The first episode aired in 1989. Based on an early episode where Jerry visits his parents, think the audience is supposed to assume that Elaine and Jerry were dating before the show started, but broke up right before it aired, so sometime in 1989. That means, at this point, Kramer had known her for 7 years, but didn’t know her last name. Priceless.
And the great part was she knew he was perplexed and just said Yeah ! before he could gather his thoughts. Also the very next scene shows just how brilliant the writing was on the show Dr Van Nostrand ( Kramer ) is #1 smoking a pipe " Inside " a Doctors office and # 2 telling another Dr. whose looking at Xrays I like what you've done there ha ha ha the Dr's done nothing he's looking at a negative ~picture~ xray .
This is one of my favorite episodes. They should also have included that call Elaine gets from the American Medical Association in the end.. "Good Bye".. LOL
So many good lines here. I also just realized at the end when Kramer gets pushed out of the building his pipe gets caught on the glass door- nice little detail there.
This doesn't cover the full subplot. It gets worse later. What is really scary is that many decades later it's still so close to reality. This is not paranoia. Don't be difficult folks, don't argue, don't ask questions (MD are fragile creatures, especially when it comes to their ego). Don't look them in the eyes either. Just look down and be on your way out asap.
Unfortunately, much of what you say is exactly right. There are some very good physicians out there, but our entire medical establishment is broken. I don't even want to call it a healthCARE system because health is not the priority.
My doctor (who died of lung cancer) would smoke in his office all the time. I could see him while I was waiting in the room to see him. It did not bother me and he was a great doctor. He looked after my father as well when my father was very ill. He ended up dying before my father and both died from smoking related illness. Very sad for both of them. Life is short so respect others space and at the same time do whatever you want.
Kramer getting 'escorted' out the doors - saw that happen at a hospital in Manhattan. The guy was also being 'difficult' with the NYPD officers before entering. Just a typical day in NYC!
I know it's a sitcom and not to be taken seriously but it's bullshit that she "shouldn't be reading that" (her file). Everyone has the right to read their own file.
@@NunyaBizznaz I'm quite certain that most leftists actually ostracize their own if they turn out to be a bigot in any way. Just look at what happened to Richard Dawkins lately after he said some transphobic shit on social media; nobody likes him anymore. Now, if we're going to be truly honest, it's in fact the right-wingers that not only excuse bigotry in their own ranks, but encourage it. They believe it's their "God given right" to behave as an exclusionary PoS. There's no better example than Donald Trump who's vocal bigotry was not only tolerated by his supporters but also reciprocated.
@@MarcusDailyMedia You don't have to be a racist to say a racist thing. You just have to be really angry and try to hurt the other person as much as you can. I don't defend doing that, just an observation.
To his credit, Larry David did actually bring up an important social issue with this episode. Anyone who doesn't think that there's a system of discrimination in the healthcare industry is... ill.
Just wait until the dystopian nightmare in our future where the medical information is digitized and tied to everything else including your bank account. They’ll remove the human aspect entirely and we’ll be left with the cold, hard, brutal “care” of a system controlled by AI and technocrats.
@@yeboscrebo4451 that's what Al Bielek said. If you mess up you get one warning, it doesn't matter what you did. Twice and the AI takes you to a place that is better for you and nobody asks where.
Kramer not knowing her last name reminds me of a guy that was part of a social group we had. He didn't know our last names or addresses. We had no idea until another guy with the same first name as someone in the group started hanging out with us. Neither were with us one night when we were drinking. Somebody asked this guy if he knew where they were and he said " which one"? So we gave him a last name...he just stared at us and then we started asking him if he knew our last names...and he didn't. This is a guy that had been hanging with us for 2 years...bbq's, camping, etc. We started laughing so freaking hard...
It seems over the past decades, doctors have moved away from the old school “I will prescribe what you should do, and you will follow my directions or else”, and they are more open to patient questions, suggestions, input. All that might have gotten you labeled difficult in years past, with a lot of doctors. Maybe still does
This is such a real problem, especially when it comes to your mental health chart. No matter how badly the professional misunderstood what you said, or how irrelevant to your current problem, all of your future interactions can be biased by whatever they read there. And you'll never know what's written in it.
This is why I have started getting paper copies of any info my new/other doctors will need. The receptionists can be a pain about it but it's typically devoid of any personal accounts made by the doctors. Even better, now the results of tests and other stuff is available on the patient portals of some offices, so you can print them out yourself. Just the important info. And I'm keeping it sorted in a binder. Some doctors don't like this but I honestly don't care anymore. This show is satire so it's obviously very dramatic but the point is very real and has only gotten worse since the 90s
This episode was originally aired on October 17, 1996, bu the HIPPA health privacy and security law wasn't enacted until August 21, 1996. That is one thing that makes this clip so relevant. People have been fighting for patients right to access and control their own health information ever since.
somewhere around 1999 or so, i just stopped respecting doctors, and it really worked out for me. they work for us, so i treat them accordingly. i mostly say no to things i dont want to do, like those dumb smocks. i came to see the doctor about my ankle, im not putting that dumb thing on, you can if you want, but im not gonna. theyre already getting to be around me, im not giving them 2 treats
Its funny in this comedic world, real world Elaine would be like ''Ok, I am sorry if I am a difficult patient. My bad. Now help me or I will sue your asses!''. Play Seinfeld Theme.
Well, that's good because I think it's total bullshit to write on someone's chart that they're being "difficult" and cause you to miss out on having the right care and medicine. Freaking ridiculous, man!
This is happening to me right now. Difference is I have almost died twice as a result and now my heart is permanently damaged. The more I try to get help the worse things get. I do not know where to turn for help.
This would be a lot funnier if women were not actually treated like this at the doctor. I was a nurse for years and definitely had the difficult patients but I would have to be almost dying to go to the doctor now.
I believe you. This is a good episode, but of course there are hundreds of billions of dollars in the healthcare industry that says it's a bad episode. They put it in their chart.
@@psps6623 doctors don’t help me, they tell me I am fine, they don’t do tests or exams like they should, I am on a do not help list. When I ask questions they become annoyed, etc
*Doctor just looking at an X-Ray*
Kramer: “I like what you’ve done there”
I lost it…
That is my dad playing the doctor! RIP dadio!
Hi Char. That was a great performance! Very cool! so sorry for your loss... take care.
Which one?
Thats pretty cool
I just checked. Fort Atkinson, wow! Sorry for your loss.
@@up3315 Thank you Gay AF. nice name btw
"What clinic was that again?"
"That's correct."
Classic :D
Lol!
The Netherlands?
I want to find the script lol, sounds like he says, "The Hoffer-Mandolph New York Clinic in Belgium."🤣🤣
@@RichardTetta if you do please
Post that script part.
😂LOVE that part! 🤣🤣
That scarf actually goes really well with Kramer’s outfit.
Everything looks outstanding on Kramer
Kramer does clean up pretty nice when he has to.
@@psychoticmortacarn Cosmo Kramer is an irrefutable style icon, not some hipster doofus.
@@QuadMochaMatti With a horse face and hair like the bride of Frankenstein? Most definitely not!
Yeah, they fashioned it into kind of an ascot. Looks really sharp.
I love how perplexed Kramer was when he found out Elaines last name was Benes.
And that he looks at her to question, "Are you SURE?" LOL.
Elaine is brutal.. When she called kramer a and i quote "ya jackass"
@@kcck2442 It’s Benes ya jackass! This episode aired in 1996. The first episode aired in 1989. Based on an early episode where Jerry visits his parents, think the audience is supposed to assume that Elaine and Jerry were dating before the show started, but broke up right before it aired, so sometime in 1989. That means, at this point, Kramer had known her for 7 years, but didn’t know her last name. Priceless.
And the great part was she knew he was perplexed and just said Yeah ! before he could gather his thoughts. Also the very next scene shows just how brilliant the writing was on the show Dr Van Nostrand ( Kramer ) is #1 smoking a pipe
" Inside " a Doctors office and # 2 telling another Dr. whose looking at Xrays I like what you've done there ha ha ha the Dr's done nothing he's looking at a negative ~picture~ xray .
She certainly had George scared. Kramer though would be mostly oblivious.
Now they've got a chart on me. Classic 😂
How?
@@tribot9688 it's gold I tell you, GOLD!
@@toomanydiscs1056 I'm gonna pick up some chicks!
This is why people won't get covid vaccines
@@BigBadJerryRogers not really
“They’ve gotten to know ya” 😂😂😂
"I like what you've done there"
It's really great how felonious Kramer is.
Impersonating detectives and doctors alike.
Ass man
Belgium the Netherlands 🙈 we where in seinfeld
Love the smoking of the pipe in the doctor’s office.
P
Obviously thinks he is an actor. A little Clouseau touch.
Jerry “not the gown again” 😂😂
That's the best line haha. He remembers it from her talking about it in 1992.
smoking a pipe in a doctor's office really gives you credibility
And talking out loud about a specific patient who is not going to make it.
@@ivankaramasovand Omar, keep your day jobs, boys.
“It’s BENES, You Jackass, my last name is BENES!” Lol I love Elaine 🔥❤️😂🤣😂🤣
kills me whenever she says jackass, and its almost always kramer on the receiving end 😂
@@zaytoony And it often comes when she's already knee deep in a scheme with him, suddenly waking up (again!) to just how scatterbrained he is.
@@hd-xc2lz you said it! made me laugh even more man! 😂
I've watched it millions of times and I still laugh at it like the first time ever
Uh that's correct 😂
'I like what you've done there'....🤣🤣
Kramer having to look over Elaine's shoulder to believe her last name is Benes!
Kramer's responses in mumbles and bs were my favorite part!
It's like an old school Uber passenger rating system for doctors 🤣
this show is so classically hilarious
I like how kramer prepped for everything except for making up a clinic he worked at 😂
that's correct
@@roguesheep3083 That response from Kramer is apparently one of Jerry Seinfeld's favorite jokes in the whole show.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This hits too close to home! Love this episode!
This is one of my favorite episodes. They should also have included that call Elaine gets from the American Medical Association in the end.. "Good Bye".. LOL
"Its Bennet right?" LOL
"its Benes you jackass."
let off some steam, bennet.
Ah Elaine, never one to suffer fools gladly.
It's Bennett you jackass!
So many good lines here. I also just realized at the end when Kramer gets pushed out of the building his pipe gets caught on the glass door- nice little detail there.
Every kramer scene is stacked with tiny little stuff like that one of the reasons this is the best show ever
2:56 LMAO The way he just randomly walks up out of nowhere admiring his X-Ray.
The part where she rubs the phone on the rash while saying she hopes it's contagious was hilarious.
I think it's funny that the doctor didn't want Elaine to read her own chart, almost sounds like lawsuit material
It's actually a very complicated legal issue. A fascinating read.
This doesn't cover the full subplot. It gets worse later. What is really scary is that many decades later it's still so close to reality. This is not paranoia. Don't be difficult folks, don't argue, don't ask questions (MD are fragile creatures, especially when it comes to their ego). Don't look them in the eyes either. Just look down and be on your way out asap.
Unfortunately, much of what you say is exactly right. There are some very good physicians out there, but our entire medical establishment is broken. I don't even want to call it a healthCARE system because health is not the priority.
My doctor (who died of lung cancer) would smoke in his office all the time. I could see him while I was waiting in the room to see him. It did not bother me and he was a great doctor. He looked after my father as well when my father was very ill. He ended up dying before my father and both died from smoking related illness. Very sad for both of them. Life is short so respect others space and at the same time do whatever you want.
I am so glad that I quit smoking.
I love the way the second doctor holds his finger up to get Elain to shut up.
So real from the patient's point of view.
Elaine is dealing with stigma. Stigma is no fun.
a Dr Van Nostrand comes highly recommended, I hear.
He's a Juilliard-trained dermatologist.
"Oh he's the best.....and the worst"
this is the reason i go to a veterinarian...
Hey I’ll take a vet over a doctor any day.
@@mikeg1378 They've got to be able to cure a pig, a chicken, a horse and a lizard all in one day!
"I like what you've done there."
Modern-day equivalent is Nurse walking away from exam room computer without logging out of EPIC Hyperspace.
Kramer getting 'escorted' out the doors - saw that happen at a hospital in Manhattan. The guy was also being 'difficult' with the NYPD officers before entering.
Just a typical day in NYC!
Ah the 90s. When you can smoke indoors all casual..
Too funny Kramer not knowing Elaines last name was Benes....would have been hilarious if he had said " I thought the name was Lilly"
The Netherlands? Isn't that Holland and if so, who are the Dutch?
Holland is in the Netherlands, and they are Dutch!
@He Is That's real!
I know it's a sitcom and not to be taken seriously but it's bullshit that she "shouldn't be reading that" (her file). Everyone has the right to read their own file.
You are so sweet for saying that. Thank you.❤
No other actor can make me laugh more than Michael Richards. Such a shame his career has ended prematurely because of that one stupid mistake.
Mistake? Racism is racism chief.
@THE CALAZ INFOWARRIOR the Left always excuses racist behavior committed by their own. #hypocrites
@@NunyaBizznaz
I'm quite certain that most leftists actually ostracize their own if they turn out to be a bigot in any way. Just look at what happened to Richard Dawkins lately after he said some transphobic shit on social media; nobody likes him anymore.
Now, if we're going to be truly honest, it's in fact the right-wingers that not only excuse bigotry in their own ranks, but encourage it. They believe it's their "God given right" to behave as an exclusionary PoS.
There's no better example than Donald Trump who's vocal bigotry was not only tolerated by his supporters but also reciprocated.
@@MarcusDailyMedia It was a mistake. We all have racism in us right? I think today its called 'Unconscious bias.' But not you...you are a saint.
@@MarcusDailyMedia You don't have to be a racist to say a racist thing. You just have to be really angry and try to hurt the other person as much as you can. I don't defend doing that, just an observation.
Elaine's hair looks amazing...
It's a wall!
" I'm dr. Vannistrem from the clinic "😅😅😅😅
“What are you writing?”😂
Damn those charts…until I need one. I need charts!
I love how Kafkaesque this episode is in regards to Elaine. No matter how hard she tries to fix the problem, she doesn't get anywhere.
So I watched this episode on Netflix few hours earlier and now it's recommended to me on TH-cam. This has happened a few times. Hmm.
Hmmm...
Now it will show up on Facebook too. The tyranny of big tech.
I laughed till I cried that it hurts. How come I've never seen this.
I was expecting Kramer to also break out in a rash because it was the scarf all along
That is a good point
"It's not the circle or the square"
Just started "the patient will see you now". Let's see where it will take us!
You should treat me fairly and adequately whether I'm difficult or not.
Love how Kramer could just smoke a pipe in the doctor's Office XD. Different times
To his credit, Larry David did actually bring up an important social issue with this episode. Anyone who doesn't think that there's a system of discrimination in the healthcare industry is... ill.
Yes, and patient access to their own health information is a very important topic.
@@ahier transparency!
Just wait until the dystopian nightmare in our future where the medical information is digitized and tied to everything else including your bank account. They’ll remove the human aspect entirely and we’ll be left with the cold, hard, brutal “care” of a system controlled by AI and technocrats.
@@yeboscrebo4451 that's what Al Bielek said. If you mess up you get one warning, it doesn't matter what you did. Twice and the AI takes you to a place that is better for you and nobody asks where.
@@yeboscrebo4451 forever
The doctors really seem to not want to treat her rash
HIPAA would allow a patient to access their medical records or receive copies of them.
And what clinic is that again?
Oh that's correct
That interchange was perfect
Kramer not knowing her last name reminds me of a guy that was part of a social group we had. He didn't know our last names or addresses. We had no idea until another guy with the same first name as someone in the group started hanging out with us. Neither were with us one night when we were drinking. Somebody asked this guy if he knew where they were and he said " which one"? So we gave him a last name...he just stared at us and then we started asking him if he knew our last names...and he didn't. This is a guy that had been hanging with us for 2 years...bbq's, camping, etc. We started laughing so freaking hard...
Excellent and True to Life Episode!! Funny, but Sad for all patients today in 2023 and prior. Patients need an enforceable “Bill of Rights.”
It seems over the past decades, doctors have moved away from the old school “I will prescribe what you should do, and you will follow my directions or else”, and they are more open to patient questions, suggestions, input. All that might have gotten you labeled difficult in years past, with a lot of doctors. Maybe still does
I swear im actually on a medical blacklist.
I love Kramer’s tie 😂😂
Seinfeld is so funny. One of best sitcoms ever !
It's coming to Netflix on Oct. 1!!!!!!
This is such a real problem, especially when it comes to your mental health chart. No matter how badly the professional misunderstood what you said, or how irrelevant to your current problem, all of your future interactions can be biased by whatever they read there. And you'll never know what's written in it.
This is why I have started getting paper copies of any info my new/other doctors will need. The receptionists can be a pain about it but it's typically devoid of any personal accounts made by the doctors. Even better, now the results of tests and other stuff is available on the patient portals of some offices, so you can print them out yourself. Just the important info. And I'm keeping it sorted in a binder. Some doctors don't like this but I honestly don't care anymore. This show is satire so it's obviously very dramatic but the point is very real and has only gotten worse since the 90s
Now Kramer has the itchy virus.
You can’t read your own chart? That’s ridiculous.
This episode was originally aired on October 17, 1996, bu the HIPPA health privacy and security law wasn't enacted until August 21, 1996. That is one thing that makes this clip so relevant. People have been fighting for patients right to access and control their own health information ever since.
"You shouldn't be reading that" then you're not allowed to either. This is MY chart thanks.
somewhere around 1999 or so, i just stopped respecting doctors, and it really worked out for me. they work for us, so i treat them accordingly. i mostly say no to things i dont want to do, like those dumb smocks. i came to see the doctor about my ankle, im not putting that dumb thing on, you can if you want, but im not gonna. theyre already getting to be around me, im not giving them 2 treats
It’s the difficult doctor that’s the effing problem.
Its funny in this comedic world, real world Elaine would be like ''Ok, I am sorry if I am a difficult patient. My bad. Now help me or I will sue your asses!''.
Play Seinfeld Theme.
For once, Kramer failed on his Speech skill check.
Kramer should make his escape through the stairs.
We write "AH" in our files for customers who are, well, you know.
What does that mean?
@@khj5582 It means asshole.
@@classiccarbuff Thanks.
@@khj5582 Rectal Orifice; The state of being one.
I like what you've done there.
they actually passed a federal law about medical privacy because of this episode
Well, that's good because I think it's total bullshit to write on someone's chart that they're being "difficult" and cause you to miss out on having the right care and medicine. Freaking ridiculous, man!
@@CourtneyLachiver I agree Court, but then again I hate doctors in general so.. Lol
This is happening to me right now. Difference is I have almost died twice as a result and now my heart is permanently damaged. The more I try to get help the worse things get. I do not know where to turn for help.
It’s kind of weird that they didn’t think about a pharmacy for that rash.
Doctors can be super jerks, definitely
I swear doctors actually do this
Yes, there are some that certainly do.
You cannot legally leave a medical chart laying around like that because it could be altered, or things stolen from it.
You also can't legally pass it between doctors in a non-emergency, without consent from the patient.
Haha 2:47 Elaine having to confirm her last name to Kramer. Kramer looks almost confused and wants to ask her if she’s sure that’s her last name lol
Classic! Funny! Sad! But very very true!
GIVE ME MY DAMN DATA
This would be a lot funnier if women were not actually treated like this at the doctor. I was a nurse for years and definitely had the difficult patients but I would have to be almost dying to go to the doctor now.
I like what you've done there
That's why they got so much $$$$$$$$$$$$ - these never get old.
I do. 😥 But these are still hilarious 30 years later. 🍻
Stop, its just too good 😅🤣
That's correct.
you are reminded this is filmed in the 1990's, when Elaine mentioned the date 1992, which is now 40 years ago.
Yes, this was aired on October 17, 1996
You live in 2032?
Yes; 2022 MINUS 1992 EQUALS 40.
Mary: Please check your math. It is currently 2022. Elaine mentioned the year 1992. That's a difference of only 30 years, not 40.
It's sad I just trusted your math. Apparently I don't know math either.
I wish someone from the medical board told the doctors, regardless of how difficult a patient is, they all took an oath.
If a patient is diffcult, you quone him.
it’s just a joke. In real life there is no space on those documents to write notes like that, it’s all just stating the symptoms and tests.
They do write notes like that for legal reasons. If you have a very close friend that's a practitioner you can ask.
Maybe they crossed their fingers.
@@KaelWrit not true, notes are taken
This is how Kaiser treats me. Wish I were joking.
I believe you. This is a good episode, but of course there are hundreds of billions of dollars in the healthcare industry that says it's a bad episode. They put it in their chart.
ditch kaiser. you will be so glad you did.
FYI: The world is a little bigger than just California; Most people will think you're referring to German Royalty.
would love to see Kramers chart
Uh that's correct
I swear this is real, and i am on a medical blacklist. I know how crazy that sounds, but I SWEAR TO GOD.
Explain.
@@psps6623 doctors don’t help me, they tell me I am fine, they don’t do tests or exams like they should, I am on a do not help list. When I ask questions they become annoyed, etc
Kramer is a blast
I read the book it quite educative and interesting
His pipe hits the door. Fuck michael Richards is a legend
I was that difficult patient, XOXO, everything! Cmon!
2:46. 😂😂😂
that little kid was in Little Giants...and I don't know what else.