From the doll that resembles his mother to his determination to explain shrinkage to the new woman in his life George Costanza Jason Alexander tends to get obsessive over little things that upset him. A prime example of this is in Season 9 Episode 18 The Frogger which sees this Seinfeld character attempt to save his decade-long high score on the arcade game.
When George and Jerry Seinfeld learn that Marios Pizza a less than hospitable joint they frequented in their adolescent years is closing George is excited to see that Frogger is still in the restaurant. He becomes so enthralled watching a young Drake Bell of Nickelodeons Drake & Josh fame play that he starts yelling directions at the boy forcing him to leave. George then sees that the top score he achieved long ago is still reigning supreme.
In true George fashion he can not let this go. Instead he hires Slippery Pete Peter Stormare an acquaintance of Kramer Michael Richards to move Frogger to his place so that he can preserve his score forever. But once the game is unplugged it runs on limited battery power. If this is drained all scores are wiped. Instead of moving the game as promised Slippery Pete decides to play Frogger until it has three minutes of power left. Panicked George feverishly attempts to wheel it to the pharmacy across the street where it can be plugged back in. However it gets caught on the curb and a truck rams into Frogger destroying it.
It was obviously a really hard production thing to do but it was also one of those ones where you know you can not compromise at all because not getting it 100% right its just not gonna really look like anything said writer Gregg Kavet in a behind the scenes interview.Yellow tape was placed over the white lines on the street to make it look more authentic to the game. Next rehearsal was held with 30 stunt drivers all traveling at the same speed. A camera was then placed on a track above the street to follow Jason Alexander as he veered left right back and front through the vehicles. As for the truck at the end the crash was very much real.
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