Elaine Wants Her Boyfriend To Change His Name | The Masseuse | Seinfeld

[@chancebrown106]

I knew the timing was damn close but what were the odds of her saying “OJ” This show must acquit! 😭😭😭

[@joesamson26]

Jackie Chilles is on the case!

[@GHC3]

@@joesamson26 the character Jackie Chiles was actually inspired by Johnnie Cochrine.

[@Soupsoupsoup09]

Was this shot before the OJ Simpson crime???

[@chrism3784]

@@Soupsoupsoup09 This aired Nov 1993, so yeah

[@EdithCardellini]

​@@GHC3*Cochran

[@grawakendream8980]

wow, what are the odds OJ would be used an example of a non-descript name change

[@Wonders2Ponder]

He was a really really really good running back

[@Charmolution]

@@Wonders2Ponder Good murderer, too.

[@Wonders2Ponder]

@@Charmolution what do you mean? He got acquitted right?

[@danieldougan269]

@@Wonders2Ponder The jury got it wrong. He still did it.

[@Wonders2Ponder]

@@danieldougan269 idk man jury is still out on that one imo. No pun intended

[@armchairracer007]

That OJ joke aged like...well...orange juice

[@bubastis6306]

Like fresh mozzarella in an Arizona parking lot

[@mindriot91_96]

@@bubastis6306 I like that one :)

[@michaelsieger9133]

It's actually unintentionally hilarious.

[@edmerc92]

It went from being just a throwaway joke to one of the most memorable of the episode!

[@jupiter0jupiter]

0:40 I love it when elaine blows up at her coworkers, good for her, she laughed along and said that's enough but they didn't listen!

[@Mskatz007]

Totally!

[@Gamer420life]

You know this is a work of fiction right? This didn't actually happen...

[@Cookieboy70]

I mean those jokes were so cringe, lol, imagine how many times she must have heard that when introducing her bf.

[@robertofabela197]

don't mess with her... Elaine only afraid dogs.

[@therabbit555]

@@Gamer420life really?? I was so sure this was real

[@jrporter50]

"He hasn't thrown up in 8 years"? He better stay away from the black and white cookie 😂

[@Cookieboy70]

Well, if we can't look to the cookie, where can we look?

[@mikepetitti]

@@Cookieboy70 You look to the Cinnamon Babka

[@davidgalinat4257]

civil unrest.

[@mollusckscramp4124]

@@mikepetitti based comments section haha

[@billsmith3493]

It could have been Pez, soup, Junior Mints, marble rye, Indian food, a salad from Kramer, paella, David Putty........

[@hennamontana222]

The O.J. joke is insane. I straight up laughed out loud.

[@jdouce6074]

How Kramer casually grabs half a roll of Seinfeld's paper towels🤦🏾😂

[@mollusckscramp4124]

totally missed that lol

[@jennafox8556]

Why does Jerry put up with him?

[@Liquoricilicious]

@@jennafox8556 Jerry doesn't like confrontation

[@tudorjason]

Once OJ was mentioned, I couldn't stop laughing! This episode must have aired before '94!

[@Heart2HeartBooks]

Nov 18th 1993~ about 7 months before he killed Nicole!

[@AngryPsychoticHellhound666]

@@Heart2HeartBooks And Rifkin was arrested on June 28, 1993

[@DebNKY]

​@@RandomRoulett3and what if O.J. Simpson was adopted....

[@jennafox8556]

​@@Heart2HeartBooksDon't forget her friend, Ron too.

[@larryray86]

Allegedly​@@Heart2HeartBooks

[@eaglerabbit8922]

LOL when he goes in for the neck massage and she freaks out XD

[@Nonduality]

In her efforts to get rid of his association with a murderer, she made him nearly murderous.

[@apologeticsroadshow]

This episode aired November 18, 1993. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death June 12, 1994.

[@somethingsomethang]

Can you imagine trying to get someone to change their name and then mocking their choices hahaha

[@redpillfreedom6692]

2:34 Just for some added context, this episode aired in November 1993.

[@InTheArmsOfGod]

Can you imagine if he would have changed his name to OJ?? 😂

[@wthomas7955]

That's interesting. Suzie's "ahhh" lipsmacking thing after drinking is one of Larry David's old Seinfeld jokes. Not the first time I've seen him recycle stuff he came up with on Seinfeld.

[@Neilhammond64]

Joel: Why should I change my name? HE'S the one who sucks!

[@howiemandealt]

Ayy Office Space reference

[@samsonhendrixiii3933]

Nice 😂

[@Joe_Parmesan]

Looks like SOMEone has a case of the Mondays...

[@mikepetitti]

@@Joe_Parmesan everytime i re-read, it makes me laugh

[@deltaray3]

Why don't you just go by Mike

[@benchristenson2280]

The irony of saying to change it to OJ

[@TotalTech2.]

2:34 It's SO FUNNY looking back on this now. Knowing what we do about OJ

[@Jeremy_the_bot]

"If you smell anything decaying in the trunk of his car"

[@QueenAstroParticle]

Why is everyone saying the OJ reference didn't age well? It went from random comment to darkly hilarious.

[@brandonellis8111]

OJ Rifkin and Jackie Chiles

[@coldcrush9]

"Remy Rifkin should I get a beret?"🤣

[@floridaguardian8264]

Yeah OJ Simpson lol 😂

[@Usmodlover]

I looked it up and this episode was released like 7 months before the whole OJ Simpson murder trial. Incredible irony!

[@Ctofer93]

@@Usmodlover Thank you for doing the research for me. I was wondering. :D

[@jennifergersch9126]

@@Usmodlover Imagine watching during reruns. Could they believe it????

[@DavidBaggaShorts]

“You can’t ask a person to change their name!” “Why not?” “Would you change yours?” If someone asked me nicely…I’m Claude Seinfeld! ” 😂

[@ongbak190]

Jean Claude Seinfeld. OMG, if that was Van-Damme's name I never would have watched any of his movies.

[@borealphoto]

"Why would I change my name, he's the one who kills!"

[@j.e.ferrer5603]

Elaine's sense of entitlement is staggering. Manipulating Joel into a name-change, then having the gall to claim veto power.

[@edp3202]

Elaine's based on Carol Leifer.

[@321doucheface]

@@edp3202 lol really? i always just thought she was attractive-female larry david

[@edp3202]

@@321doucheface they all said Elaine is very based on CL.

[@sxxxxxlxxx]

Yeah male Seinfeld fans always find a way to hate on elaine but have no problem with e.g. george costanza's behaviour. Joel could have told elaine she didn't have veto power, but he didn't

[@davidgalinat4257]

Remi Rifkin??!

[@Cubanburrito305]

That OJ reference aged like milk in space lol

[@denniscleary7580]

“ Remi Ripken! Should I get a beret?!”

[@fromthehaven94]

Oh, Stuart's a lot better! Little Stuart Rifkin likes to go shopping with his mother!

[@clhound]

Bisquick Rivkin has a nice ring to it.

[@germanenglishengineer2054]

Oh Stewart is better. Little Stewart likes to go shopping with his mother. 😂. That was hilarious.

[@seanmurray5575]

O.J. Isn't any better...

[@Usmodlover]

This episode released just 7 months before the whole OJ Simpson trial, talk about ironic!

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

4:13 NED!?

[@Patton001]

@@Usmodlover 😂

[@jmurdock8303]

@@Usmodlover they must've known something lol

[@75aces97]

@@jmurdock8303 just shows how fast public opinion can change.

[@tyglizzocc6122]

O J Wouldn’t Have Been No Better 😭😭

[@vollhaftig]

O. J.? That didn't age well...

[@jennifergersch9126]

It actually did. I'm still laughing.

[@cheynebest7028]

This is more like something the simpsons would foresee😮

[@corylombard]

Totally correct on the Stewart Analogy...lol

[@agnarr]

OJ Rifkin.... cue curb your enthusiasm theme...

[@stefcannon2580]

Funny thing is, I think Elaine dated a Todd - the guy with the supportive mattress, Todd Gack?

[@crazyburkey3677]

O.J., OK, that really aged well

[@jeffgrubin1874]

Little Stuart Rifkin likes to go shopping with his mother. 😁

[@andreprince4932]

BEST. SHOW. EVER!!

[@kimberknutson831]

So good. It has been so many years since I saw these when they originally aired that it is almost like seeing them for the first time. : )

[@kgothatsomadiklaba5788]

Instincts nearly kicked in the end😂😂😂

[@gremiis4083]

Being out here in the cold really sets up the holiday season. Meaning snow Christmas and lots of good humor , it helps.

[@davemustang8173]

"OJ Rifkin" Man Seinfeld was WAY ahead of it's time xD

[@Intangedous1]

1:33 Just now noticed Julia breaking when Michael closes the door on himself.

[@rocingersol5060]

Why do think it was the actor breaking character? Don’t you think Elaine would have found it funny?

[@renaissance18]

elaine is dating the strangler from spongebob lol

[@HUNVilly]

The OJ thing didn't age well :D

[@media4401]

This didn’t age 6 months after this episode aired

[@Light-at-Dawn]

No Kidding 😅

[@Namitho19]

It age like a fine wine

[@jennafox8556]

​@@Namitho19No.

[@jennafox8556]

O.J.? Really, Elaine? 🤨

[@Colin_1977]

Oh my gosh…the OJ name! 🙄

[@Mck499]

I know everyone said it already but OJ is hilarious

[@vicjoseromero]

I grew up in NYC. I remember when Rifkin made the news I think maybe the year this aired.

[@Ibhenriksen]

Never noticed that the prop door got stuck.

[@petenrita]

Henri is great. Cameos in two famous sitcoms!

[@Hasoon-os4id]

Ned’s a guy who buys irregular underwear

[@Chrisman77]

And owns the leftorium

[@dahliaherrod4301]

I mean he's not wrong

[@jamriv8964]

I was like 😮😮that when she mentioned OJ.

[@khalifaturbo]

Seinfeld is the best TV show ever for me and it will never be repeated

[@Austin.Kilgore]

IASIP _(It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)_ topped _Seinfeld_ for me, by quite a bit too. Also while I think I’d still put _Seinfeld_ above it but _Arrested Development_ is up there too. However the gap in between _Arrested Development_ and _Seinfeld_ is much smaller than the gap in between _Seinfeld_ and _It’s Always Sunny_ imo.

[@LB__1]

If he changed his name to OJ Rifkin, then he would have shared the name of two notorious people.

[@TheStuport]

Yet Another Slam on Stuart.....THIS Stu thinks it's a STUpendous Name!

[@billsmith3493]

They have confused the cool eccentric ones with the Stewart spelling, that's why. My birth name was Rodney but they changed it at adoption. No joke.

[@f00zh]

Henri is perfect name for him 😂

[@75aces97]

Was that the character he played in Cheers?

[@f00zh]

@@75aces97 yep😊

[@HYPERI0N.]

You’re too old for this thread with that reference, get out! Just kidding, I’m at least as old as you and I totally get it. Gave your comment like #1 btw cos it’s an awesome reference 🙃

[@mikepetitti]

France has won! France has won!

[@f00zh]

@@mikepetitti OMG! 😱 that was the best 😂

[@letyvasquez2025]

She almost brought the Rifkin out of poor Stu

[@jeremytung1632]

Could be worse his name could have been Peter File.

[@ennislawrence9583]

Or Phil McKraken

[@Poopustheclown]

Or Haywood Jablomi

[@midwestmatthew9752]

I also thought of that immediately. 😀

[@corberus3119]

or Hitler kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJSqkoCdZtOhgrM

[@shyamsundarrajan2469]

Eileen Dover

[@4smereka]

Been a while since saw a camera angle like that when going into Jerry’s 1:02

[@DebNKY]

He's a good shaver.

[@phadde]

‘Yeah, 18 strangles, yup.’ Microfunnies.

[@freshtendrills5969]

OJ!!! Holy shit dude.

[@stu7900]

Aaaand that's why I go by Stu

[@GLeibniz1716]

Only seinfeld could get away making jokes about a serial killer ha!

[@moaningpheromones]

Jerry was a cereal killer. Milking the puns.

[@jennafox8556]

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

[@lfkk4640]

1:40 FUUUUUUUUUCK!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ameliawilder28]

Dean would suit well as a name

[@mr.authentic2505]

OJ!! Are you shiting me.

[@dncviorel]

I shit you not!

[@75aces97]

Shows you how fast a reputation can change. In May 1994 you would have thought of OJ Simpson as a Hall of Fame running back, or a popular football commentator, or a pitchman for funny Hertz commercials, or an actor in Naked Gun and other movies. But then...

[@dncviorel]

@@75aces97 ...shit happened?

[@hanajinks1044]

Elaine is correct about "Stewart's".

[@davejay6855]

"Joel Nunya" to anyone who asks, there problem solved! A show about nothing was almost right... but more like a show about ignoring easy solutions to simple problems and instead taking the most convoluted route to try to fix them only making things worse...

[@jonathanbailey994]

This agreed brilliantly!!

[@BuckForearm]

This episode aired in November 1993. O.J. Simpson was arrested in June 1994.

[@jeffgrubin1874]

I'd be happy to be named Ned. In honor of Ned Flanders.

[@Tigerman1138]

03:55 My life now with a coworker who sits next to me. She is a sweet lady, been with company 20+ years, and doesn’t impede my work. Wife says I need to let it go. I think of this scene all the time.

[@thomaschristopher8593]

4:02 that's me!

[@aaronlazer5065]

Change your name to O.J 🤣

[@kaleloz2868]

Curb your Enthusiasm is Seinfeld rated R…. It’s all the same jokes . 🍷

[@chelseajacques_]

Came here after OJ's death

[@wilmetteentwistle9242]

Remy Rifkin, requires a beret. Oui Oui!

[@cisium1184]

And if I remember correctly, this actor also played Henri, Woody's French rival on _Cheers._

[@75aces97]

@@cisium1184 which actually makes it funnier.

[@kruzinkruzin140]

I am assuming this was before the OJ incident

[@RedTV8888]

Dude her saying OJ is freaking me out...Of all the fucking names. That's so weird!

[@listrahtes]

He was very popular back then with his movie comedy roles.

[@kurt6410]

Can you believe it? I'm vomiting on June 29th again!!!!

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

I never noticed he wants to stranger her at the very end!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dharmallars]

Remy Rifkin? Should I get a beret?

[@b.whisky9438]

That's Henri from Cheers.

[@ToThePureAllThingsArePure]

i thought he looked exactly like a stuart.

[@noirekuroraigami2270]

He should have just said his name was JR or Joe

[@stefs7141]

Looks like an Ethan

[@mikekillagreen9432]

Wait...wait...OJ was innocent. Found Not Guilty. 😂😂😂😂. That was a a good one.

[@vixoxoaltf5188]

I just started watching Seinfeld and had to stop the episode. O.J, what an amazing aged joke

[@DavidRoche-gi3hc]

Neds a guy who buys irregular underwear

[@kitchenerleslie6177]

If Jerry took Elaine's last name it would be super close to an NFL name.

[@jamesmiller6217]

OJ Rifkin. I love it!!

[@douglasandrews8977]

The bit about O. J. is very ironic indeed, now that O. J. Simpson is better known than Joel Rifkin. (By the way, did anybody else discover this episode through TV Tropes?)

[@cheynebest7028]

I've been casual watching an episode or 2 after work lately.... the sports athlete name change got me really good.... then to research the timelines😅 surprised only finding this out in 2023

[@ianx-cast6289]

Deon Rivkin LMAO

[@MightyJonE]

Would’ve been hilariously prescient if he HAD changed his name to OJ

[@freeskier175]

I'm assuming this was pre 1994

[@75aces97]

Right before.

[@gremiis4083]

Happy holidays