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gs: Tracy Kolis (Kelly) Daniel Gerroll (Simon) Linda Wallem (Hildy) Lawrence A. Mandley (Manager / Monk's) Michael Kaplan (Waiter) Steve Hytner (Bania)

Elaine brings over a man she met in England and he turns out to be a real bounder. Jerry accepts an Armani suit from an obnoxious comedian, the only condition, he must treat him to a meal at a restaurant; however, what makes up a meal. George goes for a walk with a waitress from Monk's and manure in the path sums up his relationship with her. After his kidney stone, Kramer decides to eat only fresh foods.

b: 10-Nov-94 pc: 608 w: Fred Stoller d: Andy Ackerman

Viewer Joe notes that the actress who plays Kelly in this episode is the same actress who played Marlene from The Ex-Girlfriend

The actress Tracy Kolis plays Marlene that Jerry ends up all falling for in The Ex-Girlfriend ("you're a cashier!!")also plays Kelly [in this episode] that pretends to have a boyfriend when George mentions how he likes horse manure.

Hard to believe they are the same girl. Well spotted!

Does anyone know why this episode is called the Soup? Surely it should be "The Suit"??

I haven't seen this episode for some time but soup was a major part of the show. Jerry takes Bania to dinner to repay him for the suit and Bania decides to order soup. Bania claims that soup is not a meal and Jerry still owes him. Jerry and Elaine have a discussion as to whether or not soup is a meal. I suppose that either The Suit or The Soup would have been a suitable name.

I agree, I cant beleive that kelly is the same actress who played marlene. That's a great spot who ever did it. and what a great acting job by Tracy Kolis. As Marlene she has long hair, and a southern accent, but no accent and short hair as kelly. Also, dont you think kelly looks a lot like George's g/f who handed elaine the big salad? I cant remember the episode. I thought they might be the same actress.

Georges big salad girlfriend was Julie played by Michelle Forbes in the episode The Big Salad .

Well it depends on what kind of soup it is as to whether or not it should count as a meal or not!

Did he crumble crackers in the soup?

hey does anyone know the episode where elaine has that boyfriend she wants to get rid of, so she buys a new alarm clock to make sure hell make his flight, and it ends up messing up and she tries to rush him to the airport

yeah, it's The Busboy

I can't believe Marlene = Kelly. The southern accent and the face seems totally different. Like someone said the Big Salad episode with George's gf looks exactly like the Manure episode waitress from Monks, at least moreso than Marlene.

The transcript for "The Soup" needs to be corrected. It says "nure" where it should say "newer." (The TV closed-captioning makes the same mistake.)

When George breaks "manure" down into two parts, he's using the homophone "newer" in place of the true second syllable, "nure." "It's 'newer,' which is good. And a 'ma' in front of it. 'Ma'-'newer'..."

"...'nure,' which is good..." makes no sense.

yeah, i never really got that. "nure" doesn't seem right, but how the heck is "newer" and better?

*any* better?

"Newer" is better because it's a word. On top of which, except for antiques and historical buildings, newer is usually better than older, staler, petrified, etc.

George says, "... 'newer,' which is good..." My pitch would be that "nure" can't be bad or good, because it isn't anything, because it isn't a word. But "newer" as a "good" makes sense, because newer clothes can be better than older clothes, newer cars and TVs better than older ones.

what is the name of the soup banya orders that is not a meal?

Consomme -though it may be a meal if crackers are invloved.

Last year I saw a production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion at Minneapolis Minnesota's Guthrie Theatre. In it, the actor playing Simon in this episode played one of the lead roles as the pompous Professor Henry Higgins, while the role of Eliza Doolittle's father was played by the actor who plays Dan the high talker in an earlier episode.

Elaine: (reiterating the question) Did he crumble, any crackers in it?

Jerry: As a mater of fact, he did.

Elaine: Oh, well. Crackers in a bowl. That -- That could be a meal.