At the Department of Motor Vehicles office, Kramer had received someone else's vanity license plates which read "ASSMAN". While in Jerry's apartment, Kramer indicates that he believes that the real owner of the plates is a proctologist. He tells Jerry and George that if they ever meet a proctologist at a party, they should stand nearby to be assured of hearing a funny story that will inevitably end with someone claiming "It was a million-to-one shot, Doc". The "PS" of the episode is that Frank Costanza accidentally sits on "Fusilli Jerry" and needs to be rushed to a proctologist. At the doctor's office Jerry, George and Elaine shift uncomfortably in their seats at the thought of "corkscrew pasta." Kramer spots a picture on the wall of the doctor's office portraying the doctor's boat with the name "ASSMAN" on it. Kramer asks the proctologist if his recently renewed license plates had perhaps been mixed up with someone else's and whether he is the "assman"; the doctor winks back. From off-screen, Frank is heard saying, "It was a million-to-one shot, Doc, one in a million."
Recently, as reported by Pix11 News in New York, there was a true "Fusilli Jerry" incident. I am not relaying this story to be critical or to poke fun in any way, but the parallels are uncanny.
Without going into too much detail, the story relates the following:
"WHAKATANE, NZ (PIX11) -- New Zealand trucker Steven McCormack is either the luckiest or unluckiest person in the world, depending on one’s perspective.
"McCormack was working on his tractor trailer at a gas station in Whakatane, on the North Island’s east coast, when he slipped and fell, landing on a broken high pressure air valve.
. . .
"The nipple of the valve punctured the 48-year-old’s left buttock, pumping air into his body at 100 lbs. per square inch.
. . ."It took the trucker about three days to shrink back to his normal size, the time for the air to naturally disperse.
"McCormack is now looking forward to getting back to work after making a miraculous recovery, considering that he didn’t suffer any permanent damage."
Mr. McCormack, I give you a lot of credit, and frankly, you deserve it. Your situation was unbelievably serious, embarrassing, and perhaps even humiliating, but you have taken it in stride. Like Frank Costanza, you have shown immense personality and strength of character. I think Frank Costanza was right when he said "It was a million-to-one shot, Doc". Thankfully, both you and Frank Costanza survived the incident unscathed.
