The Strike (Seinfeld)

The Strike (Seinfeld)

“The Strike” is the 166th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It aired on December 18, 1997. This episode features and popularized the holiday of Festivus. It is also notable for featuring an appearance by actor-playwright Tracy Letts, who would win the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

About The Strike (Seinfeld) in brief

Summary The Strike (Seinfeld)“The Strike” is the 166th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It aired on December 18, 1997. This episode features and popularized the holiday of Festivus. It is also notable for featuring an appearance by actor-playwright Tracy Letts, who would win the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County. TV Guide ranked this number three on its \”Top 10 Holiday Episodes\” list. The episode also explains why Kramer never held a job throughout the show. It was the tenth episode of Seinfeld’s ninth and final season, and the last to feature George and Elaine in the same episode.

The episode was written by David Letterman and directed by David O. Selznick, and is based on the book “Seinfeld: The Movie” by Jerry Seinfeld and George Seinfeld, published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. on December 17, 1997, at 9 p.m. ET. The book is published in paperback by Simon and Schuster for a limited time at $24.99. The movie version is released on December 25, 1998, at 10 p.M. ET at the same time as the TV version of the episode, and will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD at the end of the same month. The Blu-ray version will also be released in the UK on December 26, 1998.