The Face Painter

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Face Painter
Series = Seinfeld


Caption = David Puddy with his face painted like a devil.
Season = 6
Episode = 109
Airdate = May 11, 1995
Production =
Writer = Larry David
Director = Andy Ackerman
Guests =
Episode list = List of "Seinfeld" episodes
Season list = Infobox Seinfeld season 6 episode list
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"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.

Plot

Elaine's boyfriend David Puddy (who's a big New Jersey Devils fan) paints his face when he goes to the game against the New York Rangers. After the game his rowdy behavior makes a priest believe that 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 the Virgin Mary. Elaine is upset that Puddy is a face-painter, and demands he stops or she breaks up with him. He agrees, and instead of going to the next game with his face painted, he goes with his chest painted.

uperman 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!:Jerry: Well you gonna tell her again?

:George: That's the question Jimmy.

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.Fact|date=July 2007
* Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur was unaware his jersey was being used for the episode.
* There was no Rangers-Devils playoff series during the time the episode aired, but it could be referencing the previous season (1993-94 NHL season) in which the Rangers and Devils met each other in the Eastern Conference Finals. Fact|date=July 2007
* The Devils won the Stanley Cup the month after this episode premiered. Patrick Warburton, a New Jersey native, was part of the ceremony for the home opener the following season. He appeared in full Puddy costume, including face paint, and did his Puddy cheer.
* George's claim never having said "I love you" to a woman before contradicts the earlier episode The Ex-Girlfriend.
* Gary Fogel, the character in The Scofflaw who lied about having cancer (played by Jon Lovitz) is pronounced dead in this episode. Jerry and Elaine attend his funeral. His cause of death was a car accident while fixing his toupee.
* One of the writers of the show, Fred Stoller appears in an uncredited cameo as one of the fans behind the gang. Wearing a Rangers jersey next to him is The "Real" Kramer.