The Chicken Roaster
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"The Chicken Roaster" is an episode of the television sitcom Seinfeld, best known for its storyline involving a Kenny Rogers Roasters chicken restaurant whose bright neon sign disrupts Kramer and Newman's lives.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Chicken Roaster canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Seinfeld episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurant chain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| episodeNumberInSeason | 8 ⓘ |
| featuresActor |
Jason Alexander
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalRestaurant | Kenny Rogers Roasters GENERATED ⓘ |
| featuresLocation |
Jerry’s apartment
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Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ Kramer’s apartment ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | yes ⓘ |
| hasRunningGag |
Kramer acting like Jerry after apartment switch
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Newman’s love of chicken ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cosmo Kramer
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Elaine Benes NERFINISHED ⓘ George Costanza NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Seinfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
parody of fast-food restaurant chains
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visual gag of red neon light flooding Kramer’s apartment ⓘ |
| notablePlotElement |
Kramer and Newman disturbed by neon sign
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bright red neon chicken sign ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Seinfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotPoint |
Elaine misuses the Peterman company account
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George uses a Russian sable hat to impress colleagues ⓘ Kramer and Jerry switch apartments ⓘ Kramer becomes addicted to Kenny Rogers Roasters chicken ⓘ Kramer’s apartment is bathed in red light from the sign NERFINISHED ⓘ Newman is involved in the chicken scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 8 ⓘ |
| seriesLeadActor | Jerry Seinfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Newman