The Pool Guy

"The Pool Guy"
Seinfeld episode
Kramer talking to Jerry.
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 118
Written by	David Mandel
Directed by	Andy Ackerman
Original airdate	November 16, 1995
Guest stars
Carlos Jacott
Season 7 episodes
Seinfeld – Season 7 September 1995 – May 1996
"The Engagement" "The Postponement" "The Maestro" "The Wink" "The Hot Tub" "The Soup Nazi" "The Secret Code" "The Pool Guy" "The Sponge" "The Gum" "The Rye" "The Caddy" "The Seven" "The Cadillac, Part 1" "The Cadillac, Part 2" "The Shower Head" "The Doll" "The Friars Club" "The Wig Master" "The Calzone" "The Bottle Deposit, Part 1" "The Bottle Deposit, Part 2" "The Wait Out" "The Invitations"
List of Seinfeld episodes

"The Pool Guy" is the one-hundred and eighteenth episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 8th episode for the 7th season. It aired on November 16, 1995. The end credit states "In Memory of our Friend Rick Bolden" (Rick Bolden was one of the musicians working out the Seinfeld Theme).

Plot

Elaine befriends Susan. Jerry meets his pool guy outside a movie, and then he can't get rid of him. George is worried by Elaine wanting to get to know Susan ("The two worlds collide!"). Kramer's new phone number is similar to a film information line. When Kramer keeps receiving wrong numbers, he begins giving out the information for movie show times à la Moviefone.

Controversy

Playwright/performing artist Danny Hoch was originally cast as the Pool Guy in this episode. According to Hoch he was replaced after objecting to what he felt was ethnic stereotyping in the way his character was written: a stereotype of a "crazy Hispanic named Ramon." He told this story on a 2005 television documentary Race Is the Place and in his one-man-show Jails, Hospitals & Hip Hop.

Trivia

Larry David can be heard on the film the group are watching, yelling "Everybody out!"