Changes: Rochelle, Rochelle

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In Season 4 (episode: "The Movie"), Jerry and friends are trying to meet up to see the movie CheckMate. They get split up, can't get into the movie, and three of them end up going to see Rochelle, Rochelle instead. However, they ditch the movie partway through.

Late in season four's “The Smelly Car”, George rents Rochelle, Rochelle on video, and to avoid rewind charges, keeps the video an extra day. The video is then stolen from the smelly car, and George is required to pay $98 to replace it. While at the video store, George sees Susan and her girlfriend for the first time.

The Season Six episode “The Understudy” featured a Broadway musical adaptation of Rochelle, Rochelle starring Bette Midler, who appeared in the episode. The plot is inspired by the Nancy Kerrigan beating. Jerry is dating Midler's understudy; in a softball game between his favorite comedy club's team and the team of Rochelle cast members, Midler is injured, and people accuse Jerry of masterminding the event so his girlfriend can go on. In typical Seinfeld fashion, the episode has about five separate plot lines that converge at the end, in which we see Bette Midler perform the title number in her hospital bed. Lyrics:

"Well, you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk, Rochelle, Rochelle. You never stopped hoping; now you're in a Pinsk, Rochelle, Rochelle. When the naysayers 'nay' you picked up your pace. You said nothing's going to stop me so get out of my face. I'm having adventures all over the place, Rochelle, ROCHELLE!"

In another bit inspired by the Kerrigan attack, the episode ends as the understudy stops the show when she realizes her boot is untied, à la Tonya Harding.

Although not stated, it's been widely assumed that Rochelle Rochelle was the French movie Emmanuelle or some sort of sequel. Emmanuelle was released in France in 1974.

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+[[File:Hqdefault.jpg|thumb|302px|George at the movies]]
-'''''Rochelle, Rochelle''''' is a fictional film from the television show ''[[Seinfeld]]''. While the show introduced many fictional films (notably ''[[Prognosis Negative]]''), ''Rochelle'' took on a life of its own. The film is never shown, but characters are portrayed watching it; the dialogue indicates it is a cheesy erotic romance that aspires to be artsy and European, as also evinced by the movie's tagline "A young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk".
+In Season 4 (episode: "[[The Movie]]"), Jerry and friends are trying to meet up to see the movie ''CheckMate''. They get split up, can't get into the movie, and three of
+them end up going to see ''Rochelle, Rochelle'' instead. However, they ditch the movie partway through.
+Late in season four's “[[The Smelly Car]]”, [[George Costanza|George]] rents ''Rochelle, Rochelle'' on video, and to avoid rewind charges, keeps the video an extra day. The video is then stolen from the smelly car, and George is required to pay $98 to replace it. While at the video store, George sees [[Susan Ross|Susan]] and her girlfriend for the first time.
-''Rochelle, Rochelle'' is introduced in the [[Season Four]] episode, [[The_Movie|The Movie]]. Through a comedy of errors, everyone (but Kramer) misses the movie they were originally going to see, [[Checkmate]] and end up in ''Rochelle, Rochelle''.
+The [[Season Six]] episode “[[The Understudy]]” featured a Broadway musical adaptation of ''Rochelle, Rochelle'' starring [[Bette Midler]], who appeared in the episode. The plot is inspired by the Nancy Kerrigan beating. [[Jerry Seinfeld|Jerry]] is dating Midler's understudy; in a softball game between his favorite comedy club's team and the team of ''Rochelle'' cast members, Midler is injured, and people accuse Jerry of masterminding the event so his girlfriend can go on. In typical ''Seinfeld'' fashion, the episode has about five separate plot lines that converge at the end, in which we see Bette Midler perform the title number in her hospital bed. Lyrics:
-Later in season four, [[The Smelly Car]], George rents ''Rochelle, Rochelle'' on video, and to avoid rewind charges, keeps the video an extra day. While at the [[vdeo store|video store]], George sees [[Susan]] and her lesbian girlfriend for the first time.
+"Well, you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk,
-One famous episode of ''Seinfeld'' featured a Broadway musical adaptation of ''Rochelle'' starring [[Bette Midler]], who appeared in the episode. The plot is inspired by the Nancy Kerrigan beating. Jerry is dating Midler's understudy; in a softball game between his favorite comedy club's team and the team of ''Rochelle'' cast members, Midler is injured, and people accuse Jerry of masterminding the event so his girlfriend can go on. In typical ''Seinfeld'' fashion, the episode has about five separate plot lines that converge at the end, in which we see Bette Midler perform the title number in her hospital bed. Lyrics:
+Rochelle, Rochelle. You never stopped hoping; now you're in a Pinsk,
+Rochelle, Rochelle.
-"Well you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk,
+When the naysayers 'nay' you picked up your pace. You said nothing's going to stop me so get out of my face.
-Rochelle Rochelle. You never stopped hoping. now you're in the Pinsk,
-Rochelle Rochelle.
-When the nay sayers nay you picked up your pace. You said nothing's going to stop me so get out of my face.
 I'm having adventures all over the place,
-Rochelle ROCHELLE!"
+Rochelle, ROCHELLE!"
 In another bit inspired by the Kerrigan attack, the episode ends as the understudy stops the show when she realizes her boot is untied, à la Tonya Harding.
+Although not stated, it's been widely assumed that ''Rochelle Rochelle'' was the French movie ''Emmanuelle'' or some sort of sequel. ''Emmanuelle'' was released in France in 1974.
 [[Category:Film References]]
 [[Category:Fictional films]]