Seinfeld (TV Series) The Face Painter (1995) User Reviews

Painting the face

[safenoe · 8/10 · 4 March 2024]

Patrick Warburton, makes another appearance as David Puddy as the title character of this episode, The Face Painter. Surprisingly, face painting is more mainstream so I'm kind of surprised that Elaine freaked out with Puddy's face painting in support of his ice hockey team. But maybe Seinfeld's writers had a way to accentuate this I guess.

'You stubborn, stupid, silly man!' has to be the line of the episode and probably the season, exclaimed by Kramer. Jerry wasn't happy about having to say thanks and all. Also there was reference to Jon Lovitz's character passing on. Mark DeCarlo, famous for hosting Studs, guest stars as Alec Berg.

The Next Day Thank You Phone Call

[Samuel-Shovel · 7/10 · 3 April 2018]

In "The Face Painter", Jerry accepts tickets to a playoff hockey game from a friend. He takes Kramer, Elaine, and Puddy along with him. Elaine's not sure she can date Puddy anymore after he paints his face for the game. Jerry doesn't get tickets to the next game after refusing the "next day thank you call". George thinks he's in love with the woman he's dating and debates whether or not to tell her he loves her. Kramer feuds with a monkey at the zoo after it throws a banana peel at him.

I really love the comedy surrounding the concept of the "next day thank you call." This is one of those social pleasantries that I've always despised (along with the thank you letter) as something that is unnecessary in modern society and Seinfeld hits it on the head in this episode. I also always love George's date topics, this time it's the ever-present toilet paper roll.

The whole subplot involving the catholic priest seeing the devil in the form of Puddy and the Virgin Mary in the form of Elaine seems kind of useless. It is barely touched upon and seems like 2 minutes of filler in the episode. Besides this, solid episode.

"You stubborn, stupid, silly man!"

[itamarscomix · 18 October 2011]

Season 6, Episode 22, "The Face Painter"

"The Face Painter" is an excellent episode, that relies almost entirely on Jason Alexander, who delivers one of his best performances as George Constanza. George has been becoming more and more of a jerkass as the series progressed, but on "The Face Painter" he's sympathetic as well.

He's not alone, though. Patrick Warburton reprises his role as David Puddy, and where his previous appearance on "The Fusilli Jerry" was pretty tame, this time he nails the character. His interactions with Elaine are hilarious, and set the pace for most of season 9 (on which he'd be used a bit excessively - though he's still one of the funniest actors on the show). Kramer is also hilarious in a pretty dumb and inconsequential but entertaining side-plot.

What Can I Say?

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 27 January 2023]

Another delight. It starts with Jerry's girlfriend who is an understudy in a Bette Midler musical. She breaks into tears at the end of Beaches. George's girlfriend works at the zoo. Kramer comes in and announces that he had a confrontation with a chimpanzee. The thing threw a banana peel at him and he threw it back at the monkey. The monkey went into depression. Now the zoo wants Kramer to apologize. He refuses but finally gives in in one of those great scenes. The other plot has to do with that idiot boyfriend of Elaine's. A guy gives Jerry Ranger tickets. This guy is a New Jersey Devils fan and paints his face. He is completely nuts. George tells the girlfriend he loves her but she has a bad ear, or so he thinks.