| "The Pothole" | |
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| Seinfeld episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Andy Ackerman |
| Written by | Steve O'Donnell & Dan O'Keefe |
| Production code | 816 |
| Original air date | February 20, 1997 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"The Pothole" is the 150th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 16th episode for the eighth season.[1] It aired on NBC on February 20, 1997. In the episode, Jerry is unwilling to kiss his girlfriend after she unknowingly brushes her teeth with a toothbrush that fell in the toilet, George tries to recover his keys from a paved-over pothole, Kramer adopts a highway and handles the maintenance work himself, and Elaine moves into a janitor's closet so that she can get delivery from a favored Chinese restaurant. This episode earned Andy Ackerman an Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction. Jerry Seinfeld, in an appearance on The Tonight Show the night before the episode aired, declared "The Pothole" to be one of the best episodes of the series.