No Hugging, No Learning

"George's crossed phone lines acquaint the gang with a woman who isn't what she seems." -Original Air Date: 10/13/1994- This week we're talking about The Chinese Woman, Jerry being "a little racist", Kramer flipping and flopping and Frank's lawyer wearing a cape.  This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time. Get a FREE No Hugging, No Learning st...

"Jerry accepts an invitation to help with a PBS pledge drive." -Original Air Date: 10/6/1994- This week we're talking about The Pledge Drive, very good ADR (for a change), how we flip people off and deep-voiced comedians. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time. Get a FREE No Hugging, No Learning sticker by giving us a 5 star rating and a wr...

"Jerry learns his date was dumped by Newman; Kramer worries that he caused a murder; George's petty remarks cause him trouble." -Original Air Date: 9/29/1994- This week we're talking about The Big Salad, a weird personality pivot for Jerry, OJ Simpson's police chase and George being a pioneer of gender-neutral toys? This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for...

"Kramer chaperones Jerry's date with a beauty contestant; guest Ian Abercrombie " -Original Air Date: 9/22/1994- This week we're talking about The Chaperone, George having a weird amount of influence in the Yankees organization, awful metal song names, Jackie Onassis and Kramer being a Miss America buff.  This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first t...

"George learns success lies in doing the opposite of what he would normally do; guests Dedee Pfeiffer, Regis Philbin, Kathie Lee Gifford, French Stewart." -Original Air Date: 5/19/1994- This week we're talking about The Opposite, Lippman having Coronavirus, a YouTube trend that Ted is unfamiliar with and the return (and farewell?) of TINA! This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing....

"Jerry's girlfriend sees George naked during a weekend at the beach." -Original Air Date: 5/12/1994- This week we're talking about The Hamptons, George "inventing" another staple of modern hip-hop culture, commercial lobster fishing and shrinkage. Read "Erie's Podcast Feed" by Jonathan Burdick, which features this show, here! This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Sei...

"George panics during a fire at his girlfriend's son's birthday party and bolts for an escape route, while Kramer's girlfriend has a heckling laugh that threatens to ruin Jerry's act at a comedy club." -Original Air Date: 5/5/1994- This week we're talking about The Fire, Bozo the Clown, the weirdest scene ever that ends in a severed appendage and things that sound VERY bad when taken out of contex...

"Kramer's scheme to sell vintage raincoats backfires; George sells his dad's clothes; Jerry and his girlfriend have a hard time finding privacy." -Original Air Date: 4/28/1994- This week we're talking about The Raincoats, instantly getting character names, Jerry not thinking of the most obvious solution to his problem and someone who "likes to watch". This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show abou...

"Jerry lets his girlfriend pose as his wife so that she can receive his dry-cleaning discount. But the scam backfires when his family learns of his "marriage" and Meryl discovers some unexpected items in Jerry's laundry." -Original Air Date: 3/17/1994- This week we're talking about The Wife, not being able to order the same thing as someone else, peeing in public places and how tanning beds work....

"When Kramer is hired as a stand-in actor on a soap opera, he befriends a "little person". But his advice on how to look taller doesn't sit well with the midget's other friends. Elsewhere, George is ready to break up with his girlfriend." -Original Air Date: 2/24/1994- This week we're talking about The Stand-In, getting introduced to a BUNCH of characters at once, knowing absolutely nothing about...

"Jerry obsessively worries when he takes his date to a restaurant famous for their apple pie and she refuses to eat a piece; meanwhile, Elaine discovers that a mannequin resembling her has been showing up in quite a few window displays." -Original Air Date: 2/17/1994- This week we're talking about The Pie, dumpy guys, Jerry and Elaine's sexual history and a HUGE twist ending. This is No Hugging, N...

"George poses as a marine biologist; guest Carol Kane." -Original Air Date: 2/10/1994- This week we're talking about The Marine Biologist, how much we think book deals are worth, the correct pronunciation of Titleist and War...what is it good for? This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time. Get a FREE No Hugging, No Learning sticker  by giving...

"En route to a dinner party, Elaine and Jerry pair off to find a perfect dessert, while Kramer and George search for the right wine -- only nothing seems to work out the way they planned." -Original Air Date: 2/3/1994- This week we're talking about The Dinner Party, Tim never hearing about a black and white cookie, Kramer continuing to think that anything sex-related is hilarious, the social faux...

"Elaine agonizes over a woman's refusal to pass her some toilet tissue when she finds that her restroom stall is lacking." -Original Air Date: 1/6/1994- This week we're talking about The Stall, Tony the Mimbo, 900 numbers and how Jerry treats anything sexual like he's 70 years old. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time. Get a FREE No Huggi...

"In the name of love, George goes through the process of converting to the Latvian Orthodox religion." -Original Air Date: 12/16/1993- We're back, baby! This week we're talking about The Conversion, snooping in medicine cabinets, Frank and Estelle thinking George is in a cult and KAVORCA! This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time. Get a FREE N...

"Frenetic holiday fare about an absentminded father who frantically tries to find a popular toy on Christmas Eve." -Original Release Date: 11/6/1996- It's a very No Hugging, No Learning Christmas Special! This week, Tim and Ted are joined by a special guest to discuss one of the best Christmas movies ever...according to everyone but Tim. Buy Jingle All The Way or see when it's going to be on TV ne...

"Elaine's Native American friend Winona thinks Jerry is racially insensitive when he presents Elaine with a cigar-store Indian statue as a peace offering after not driving her home from George's place." -Original Air Date: 12/9/1993- This week we've got a doozy with The Cigar-Store Indian, saving TV Guide for some reason, the creepy version of Ted Buckland from Scrubs and another round of "Is This...

"Jerry yearns for a massage from his new girlfriend; Elaine worries about her new boyfriend's name." -Original Air Date: 11/18/1993- This week we're talking about The Masseuse, New York serial killers, a time when OJ Simpson was only a famous football player/actor and whether or not we're okay with not being liked. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for t...

"Jerry frets over leaving his incompetent barber; George gets a job." -Original Air Date: 11/11/1993- This week we're talking about The Barber, Jerry bringing back the NORMxCORE and looking trendy, a big hole in the plot that could have solved everything and Edward Scissorhands. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time. Get a FREE No Hugging,...

"Jerry and Elaine suspect Kramer's yogurt shop is causing their weight gain." -Original Air Date: 11/4/1993- This week we're talking about The Non-Fat Yogurt! We also cover the show trying to be edgy, a weird Rube Goldberg sequence and we TRY to make sense of how this episode is connected to Season 3. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time....

"George tries to capitalize on Jerry's date with a deaf woman." -Original Air Date: 10/28/1993- This week we're talking about The Lip Reader, Ted and his wife's nightmare Lyft in LA, "Nice Guy" Jerry Seinfeld and why George Costanza would be a meme in 2019. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first time. Get a FREE No Hugging, No Learning sticker  ...

"Jerry and Elaine agree to be godparents to a couples's newborn boy, but they're apprehensive about the duties they must perform at the baby's first religious ceremony." -Original Air Date: 10/14/1993- This week we're talking about The Bris as well as Jerry's awful Godfather impression, uncircumcised penises and a scene with great sound-effects work (as opposed to The Glasses). Also, how unintenti...

"Worried about their investments, Jerry, Kramer and Newman search for clues to determine if their accountant's unexplained sniffle could be related to something he may have snorted." -Original Air Date: 10/07/1993- This week along with The Sniffing Accountant, we talk about being experts with bras, Elaine not letting the littlest of things go and a possible sponsored scene from Glide Dental Floss?...

"George's stolen glasses set off a bizarre chain of events." -Original Air Date: 9/30/1993- This week we talk about The Glasses, what KIND OF PERSON doesn't like air conditioning, the absolute worst acting and sound editing happening in a single scene and very local geographical references. *also this is our first full episode recording from two different locations, please let us know if you exper...

"Jerry appears on "Today" wearing a silly shirt; guests Bryant Gumbel, Jerry Stiller" -Original Air Date: 9/23/1993- This week we've got one of the most recognizable episodes in The Puffy Shirt! We also talk about low-talkers, George making a total 180 with his career and the tragic story of Ray McKigney. This is No Hugging, No Learning, the show about one thing...watching Seinfeld for the first t...