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Posted By: barrysloate

Well done! The Louis was Jerry's tribute to Lou Costello, his comic idol. In fact, if you remember the old Abbott and Costello show, where they never worked and lived in a rooming house with Stinky, Hillary Brooke, and Mike the Cop, that show was the model Seinfeld used to develop his show. A & C's landlord was Sidney Fields, who they always owed back rent to; when Jerry, George, and Elaine volunteer to help old people, Jerry's client is Sid Fields, another tribute to the show. If you remember the Stinky character he was fat and evil; well, so is Newman. Seinfeld has spoken often about how that show helped influence his with its timeless humor.