The Face Painter

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"The Face Painter"
Seinfeld episode
David Puddy with his face painted like a devil.
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 109
Written by	Larry David
Directed by	Andy Ackerman
Original airdate	May 11, 1995
Season 6 episodes
Seinfeld – Season 6 September 1994 – May 1995
"The Chaperone" "The Big Salad" "The Pledge Drive" "The Chinese Woman" "The Couch" "The Gymnast" "The Soup" "The Mom & Pop Store" "The Secretary" "The Race" "The Switch" "The Label Maker" "The Scofflaw" "The Highlights of 100, Part 1" "The Highlights of 100, Part 2" "The Beard" "The Kiss Hello" "The Doorman" "The Jimmy" "The Doodle" "The Fusilli Jerry" "The Diplomat's Club" "The Face Painter" "The Understudy"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Face Painter" is the 109th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 23rd episode for the 6th season. It aired on May 11, 1995.

Plot

Elaine's boyfriend David Puddy (who's a big New Jersey Devils fan) paints his face when he goes to the game against the New York Rangers. After the game his rowdy behavior makes a priest believe that he has seen the devil. A chimpanzee throws a banana peel at Kramer. George tries to tell his girlfriend Siena (Katy Selverstone) that he loves her. Jerry refuses to give the "necessary" follow-up courtesy thank you for the hockey tickets. At the end of the episode, Elaine visits the priest who is recovering from "seeing the devil." She is wearing white and a light shines right behind her, leading the priest to believe he has now seen the Virgin Mary. Elaine is upset that Puddy is a face-painter, and demands he stops or she breaks up with him. He agrees, and instead of going to the next game with his face painted, he goes with his chest painted.

Superman reference

• George: She probably never heard it. Don't you see what this means? It's like the whole thing never happened. It's like when Superman reversed the rotation of the earth to save Lois Lane!

Jerry: Well, are you gonna say it again?

George: That's the question Jimmy.

Trivia

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• According to the DVD release of the sixth season, "The Face Painter" had an alternate ending where George's love interest told him that she loved him too and she accepted a proposal of marriage. Notes on the DVD imply that Larry David included it in case the show was canceled following this season. This event, while unaired, prefigures George's season seven engagement to Susan.
• The character Alec Berg was named after one of the writers on the show.
• David Puddy states he's been a Devil's fan his entire life. He is in his late 30s. The New Jersey Devils were founded in 1982, 13 years before this episode aired. Therefore Puddy could have only been a Devils fan since his mid 20s, not his whole life.
• Not surprisingly, clips of this episode (especially Puddy's enthusastic cheer "We're the Devils! Haaaaah!") are played at nearly every Devils home game.^{[citation needed]}
• Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur was unaware his jersey was being used for the episode.
• There was no Rangers-Devils playoff series during the time the episode aired, but it could be referencing the previous season (1993–94 NHL season) in which the Rangers and Devils met each other in the Eastern Conference Finals.^{[citation needed]}
• The Devils won the Stanley Cup the month after this episode premiered. Patrick Warburton, a New Jersey native, was part of the ceremony for the home opener the following season. He appeared in full Puddy costume, including face paint, and did his Puddy cheer.
• Gary Fogel, the character in The Scofflaw who lied about having cancer (played by Jon Lovitz) is pronounced dead in this episode. Jerry and Elaine attend his funeral. His cause of death was a car accident while fixing his toupee.
• One of the writers of the show, Fred Stoller appears in an uncredited cameo as one of the fans behind the gang. Wearing a Rangers jersey next to him is The "Real" Kramer.