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Bret Partridge really WAS the leader of a cult

posted 8 years ago by myerhead
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While re-watching some classic Seinfeld episodes, I came across "The Checks" from 1996. In the episode, a carpet cleaning company works on George's carpet. George has been warned the company is just a front for a religious cult, which would probably try to "recruit" him as a member. George prepares himself for the "recruiting", but, much to his chagrin, the company employees act legitimate and don't mention anything about religion.

(Later in the episode, George's boss becomes a member of the cult and tells George his name is now "Tania" (shades of Patricia Hearst's name change, for the history buffs among us)).

The main thing is the cult's leader.... errrr... I mean the carpet company's leader... is none other than Jack Plotnick, the actor who portrayed Bret Partridge, one of the members of the Blake Association cult, and one of the chief suspects in the hunt for cult leader Red John. Check out the pic of a very young Partridge:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/HerdYou/Jack%20Plotnick_zpsxtqwyoiw.jpg

[–] packersfan100 8 years ago

Great catch! I'm a huge Seinfeld fan, I must have seen each episode well over 10 times. In fact I just saw this episode again about a month or two ago and I have never noticed that Jack Plotnick, aka Brett Partridge is the leader of the Sunshine Carpet Cleaners.

[–] bcthedj 8 years ago

'
Hey Myer ... you 'head' you

And Pack ... you 'fan' you

Caught You ... BOTH of You

(winky snarky smiley)

"Great Catch" ? ... yes it was, but it is a metaphoric statement

And on par with Title of Thread (yea, "really" ... winky wink ;-)

And save you both (and others) my ramblings on this/that (yw)

However, will fess up to this ...

Me (of late) also been watching Seinfeld, saw it 'some' back in the day, but not a lot, and these days (20 years later) it sure seems to have a 'relevance/bridge connect' (of some kind) which simply proves it WAS NOT just a "Show About Nothing" ... or (?) maybe it turns out that 'Nothing' is 'Something' ? ... hummm, Very Interesting, but don't get me started on Spock and 50th Anniversary of THAT Stuff either ... doubt the dilithium crystals caa'n ta' da' strain ... and might blow up someone's cell phone battery

(aye)

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[–] myerhead 8 years ago

Who says it was a "show about nothing"?

Obviously, that was the "in" joke and the pitch made by George and Jerry to NBC about the sit-com they were writing.

But Seinfeld is most definitely NOT a show about nothing. Sure, several of the plots revolve around the minutiae of every day life, but the writing was as skillful as we've ever seen on TV. More sets (285 in one season, more than "Cheers" had in its entire run), more guest stars (26 in one Season 7 episode). The show had several recurring characters and recurring themes.