The Maestro

The Maestro

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Maestro
Series = Seinfeld


Caption = George talking to the security guard.
Season = 7
Episode = 113
Airdate = October 6, 1995
Production =
Writer = Larry David
Director = Andy Ackerman
Guests = Mark Metcalf
Episode list = List of "Seinfeld" episodes
Season list = Infobox Seinfeld season 7 episode list
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"The Maestro" is an episode of the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld". It aired on October 6, 1995. It was the series' 113th episode and 3rd episode for the 7th season.

Plot

George decides that he needs to help a security guard that works at Susan's uncle's store. Elaine begins dating Bob Cobb, a.k.a. the "Maestro", after meeting him through Kramer, and immerses herself in classical music. Kramer gets an out of court settlement in his lawsuit that nets him free coffee at any location around the world, much to Jackie's dismay, as he and Kramer could have been very rich if Kramer declined the offer he took. Jerry asks Poppy about Tuscany and is referred to Poppy's cousin, who makes him an offer he can't refuse. George brings the security guard a chair and he falls asleep. This episode marks the first appearance of lawyer Jackie Chiles (Phil Morris), a parody of Johnnie Cochran.

Trivia

* At the end of the episode when Kramer and Jerry arrive in Tuscany, the aria "O mio babbino caro" is playing in the background, a reference to the 1986 Merchant-Ivory film "A Room with a View", part of which is set in the "pensione" in Florence, that the title refers to. This aria is from Giacomo Puccini's one-act comedy opera "Gianni Schicchi" (1918). It is one of the few opera arias to enter the mainstream media.
*The song that Elaine begins to sing as she drives away with the Maestro is La donna è mobile, from the opera Rigoletto, by Giuseppe Verdi.
*The subplot in which Kramer sues a coffee company for making their coffee too hot is an obvious parody of the infamous Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants lawsuit.
*The value of 2,000,000 "lire" - the price of the house of Tuscany - in U.S. dollars is $1,650.
*The value of the 75,000 Italian "lire" - the price of the cab ride - in U.S. dollars is $62.

Quotes

* Jackie Chiles: "...It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous!"
* Jackie Chiles: I'll take it? Who told you to take it? Did I tell you to take it?" "I know the Maestro didn't tell you to take it, he wasn't there!!!"
* George: "...That's why I'm different. I can sense the slightest human suffering."Jerry: "Are you sensing anything right now?"
* Kramer: "You know you hurt the Maestro's feelings."Jerry: "Oh what, because I didn't call him Maestro?"
* Jackie Chiles: "You put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on. Why'd you put the balm on? You haven't even been to see the doctor. If your gonna put a balm on, let a doctor put a balm on."


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