Seinfeld experts. Please help.

phillycard · July 5th, 2007, 10:57 AM

At the end of the episode where George buys "Jon Voight's" car, Kramer and Jerry are on a bus going somewhere. (can't remember) Kramer's looking out the window sniffling and says "look at me Jerry, I'm falling apart" Jerry then grabs him and puts his arm around him, then this cheesy harmonica music starts playing. What the hell is that from, and were they re-enacting a scene from a movie or show? I'm dying to know.

abomb · July 5th, 2007, 11:00 AM

It's from Midnight Cowboy (a John Voight movie).

I coauthored the SeinFAQ back in the day,

http://www.geocities.com/rraattbbooyy/docs/newfaq.html

Gaddabout · July 5th, 2007, 11:08 AM

Trivia: Midnight Cowboy was rated X when it came out. Seriously. It is the only X rated movie to ever win an Oscar.

But this was at a time before X was directly related to pornography ...

Linderbee · July 5th, 2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by abomb

It's from Midnight Cowboy (a John Voight movie).

I coauthored the SeinFAQ back in the day,

http://www.geocities.com/rraattbbooyy/docs/newfaq.html

how come in the web address it's "rraattbbooyy" and in the sight itself it's "ratboyyy"?

CardFan67 · July 5th, 2007, 11:18 AM

ratboyyy was already taken

Chaplin · July 5th, 2007, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaddabout

Trivia: Midnight Cowboy was rated X when it came out. Seriously. It is the only X rated movie to ever win an Oscar.

But this was at a time before X was directly related to pornography ...

Today that movie would barely get a PG-13.

abomb · July 5th, 2007, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Linderbee

how come in the web address it's "rraattbbooyy" and in the sight itself it's "ratboyyy"?

No idea. I fell out of touch with Dave a year or so after the finale.

I also didnt log into my Geocities/Yahoo account for a while and they autodeleted all my stuff there, including the original FAQ that I maintained.

Looks like Dave has taken good care of it over the years.

Gaddabout · July 5th, 2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Chaplin

Today that movie would barely get a PG-13.

I dunno. It may still warrant a light R for adult themes. It's still clearly intended for a mature audience. Legend has it the review board was ready to give it an R rating until they consulted with a psychologist, who objected to the understated homosexuality in the movie.

It's actually an interesting discussion whether there was an implied sexual relationship between Joe and Ratso.

phillycard · July 5th, 2007, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by abomb

It's from Midnight Cowboy (a John Voight movie).

I coauthored the SeinFAQ back in the day,

http://www.geocities.com/rraattbbooyy/docs/newfaq.html

awesome abomb. Now I understand! Was that a whole scene, or just the music?

Pariah · July 5th, 2007, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by abomb

I coauthored the SeinFAQ back in the day,

I don't know if you know who I am, but I'm kind of a big deal.

Chandler Mike · July 6th, 2007, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Pariah

I don't know if you know who I am, but I'm kind of a big deal.

Donald · July 9th, 2007, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Linderbee

how come in the web address it's "rraattbbooyy" and in the sight itself it's "ratboyyy"?

Poor eyesite I guess....

abomb · July 9th, 2007, 09:32 AM

The gf and I watched the first 2 seasons over the weekend. Season 1 is only 5 eps and S2 is 12. The show is still great, although their wardrobe choices are laughable.

cheesebeef · August 5th, 2007, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Gaddabout

I dunno. It may still warrant a light R for adult themes. It's still clearly intended for a mature audience. Legend has it the review board was ready to give it an R rating until they consulted with a psychologist, who objected to the understated homosexuality in the movie.

It's actually an interesting discussion whether there was an implied sexual relationship between Joe and Ratso.

beyond that, there was gang-rape of Joe's girlfriend in flashback images that in no way shape or form could have allowed the movie to get away with a PG-13 rating in today's age, much less there being scenes at that homosexual movie theater. If there's two things the ratings board is pretty strict about slapping an R rating on, they're probably anything really uncomfortably gay related or rape.

WastedFate · August 5th, 2007, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by abomb

It's from Midnight Cowboy (a John Voight movie).

I coauthored the SeinFAQ back in the day,

http://www.geocities.com/rraattbbooyy/docs/newfaq.html

Nice!

But seriously, Geocities?! Domains are as little as $3 a year, and hosting is even free in some places.

Edited: Thanks. I'll be wasting the rest of the night reading mindless Seinfeld trivia!