The Little Jerry
episode of Seinfeld (S8 E11)
"The Little Jerry" is the 145th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. It is the 11th episode of the eighth season, originally airing on January 9, 1997. In this episode, Kramer buys a rooster and enters him into cock fights, George dates a prison inmate, and Elaine's boyfriend Kurt discovers he is going bald after he stops shaving his head.
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Bodega owner Marcelino posts one of Jerry's bounced checks on his cash register, along with other bad ones. Jerry pays what was owed, but Marcelino refuses to take the check down, citing his store policy.
Elaine notices her boyfriend Kurt has an attractive head of hair in his driver's license photo; he only shaves his head because he likes how it looks. She persuades him to regrow his hair, but when his first sprouts appear they discover he is going bald. George determines Kurt has 10–14 months before he goes completely bald, and advises him to live life as fully as possible in that time. In observance of this advice, Kurt proposes to Elaine, who accepts.
The Susan Ross Foundation makes a large donation to a women's prison, and George goes there to inspect it.
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