Seinfeld (TV Series) The Maestro (1995) User Reviews

Caffeinated Kramer

[Samuel-Shovel · 8/10 · 4 May 2018]

In "The Maestro", Kramer goes into litigation with the coffee company whose cafe latte he spilled on himself in the previous episode. George visits a department store owned by his fiancee's uncle and notices that the security guard has to stand all day, unsettling George. Elaine starts dating a conductor who insists on being called "Maestro" in all situations. Jerry tries to figure out if he can rent a house in Tuscany.

This episode is weird in the sense that Jerry plays a very minor role in the story's plots. Kramer & George's subplots are clearly at the forefront, Elaine's is more of a background plot, and Jerry's is just kind of tossed in there as a time waster.

Jackie Chiles is an all-time great as far as Seinfeld secondary characters. His comedic delivery is incredible; Kramer and him have a great rapport. I also love George's one-track mind in this episode. When Kramer, Jerry, and George run into each other on the street, they are all so wrapped up in their current obsessions that they barely register each other in their minds. It's great.

The idea of someone wanting to be called something as ridiculous as "Maestro" is humorous but loses its luster a bit after a few minutes of it. It's definitely a subject of the law of diminishing returns. The finale where Jerry & Kramer end up in Tuscany is an extremely odd throw-away but I enjoy it. It's goofy.

"Nor should you"

[juanmaffeo · 8/10 · 8 August 2016]

Another great episode from Season 7 although this feels more like a filler. Geroge's arc doesn't get much development but it is a strong episode in itself.

On this episode we get two brand new supporting characters and two of the best. Jackie Chiles and The Maestro. Jackie gets on board with a full fleshed out personality and gives pieces of dialogue that are comedic gold. The Maestro, on the other hand, has to be one of the most original characters on the show. A guy who conducts the Policemen Benevolent Association Orchestra a wants to be called Maestro no matter the situation? Genius!

Kramer's café latte incident (that began on the previous episode) gets a somewhat dumb resolution. So that's a little disappointing. On parallel we get the story about George's concerns about the well being of the security guard in Susan's uncle shop. This is the kind of weird approach I think works because it is definitely absurd but you could see George doing it. However, what I do think is weird and doesn't work is Jerry's problem with the availability in Tuscany. It's too neurotic for him and by the end of the episode it reaches a level of disbelief that ruins it.

An entertaining filler, nothing more, nothing less.

Bob Cobb

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 29 January 2023]

Some really choice moments. George sticks his nose in where it doesn't belong when feels sorry for a security guard at a clothing store, run by his fiance's brother. He feels the poor guy having to stand all day is cruel, so he sets about getting him a chair. Can you say backfire. Kramer blows the law suit with his impatience. Jerry's portion of the episode involves Bob Cobb who insists on being called the Maestro because he directs some two bit orchestra. He takes a shine to Elaine and they get together, even traveling to Tuscany in Italy. He tells Jerry there are no places available to rent in Tuscany so Jerry tries to prove him wrong, leading to an encounter with a Godfather type of guy. It's all excellent. George, by the way, gets led by the nose by his fiance.

Who is the Maestro

[prescott50 · 7 March 2012]

Ihave watched this episode many times and tonight when I looked at the Maestro there was a familiar gesture and then I recognized him. If you picture the Maestro with a military uniform and a baton in his hand, sitting on his horse then you too may figure it out. It was Neidermeier from Animal House, the actor Mark Metcalfe. If you look at the way he moves his arms as the Maestro and then watch AnimalHouse as he moves his baton it is a dead giveaway. The same fluid gestures and facial expressions reprised seventeen years later. He plays such an excellent jerk, that you gotta love him. Always fun to pick out characters in different roles, particularly character actors.

Bob Cobb.

[Sirus_the_Virus · 10/10 · 30 August 2009]

The Plot of the episode: Elaine is dating a conductor named Bob Cobb, who likes it when everyone calls him The Maestro, so people do. The Maestro tries to keep Jerry's thoughts for buying a villa in Tuscany away. Kramer and Jackie Chiles are going to sue a coffee company for Kramer burning himself. But their case may be in jeopardy when The Maestro gives Kramer lip balm that cures it.

I really loved The Maestro. I really love the show Seinfeld on it's own. As i've said in previous Seinfeld reviews, as the show went on, it got better. This was season seven, and by that time the show had already won a few Emmy's. I think The Maestro is an idiot, along with Kramer, who screws up another one of Jackie Chiles' cases. I think that the name Bob Cobb is silly. I think that The Maestro alone is an idiot. The Maestro is a great episode,like every Seinfeld episode.

Soup

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 23 June 2020]

I like the bit where the store was robbed because the security guard was sitting down.

Tuscany ain't big enough

[safenoe · 8/10 · 5 March 2024]

Anyway, Bob Cobb is introduced (played by Mark Metcalfe) and he makes one more appearance in "The Doll" and he prefers to be addressed as Maestro. I think the Tuscany sub-plot didn't really have a resolution to it, and it could have had a bit more of a punchline, but it just wasn't there and this episode ended like a typical Saturday Night Live skit that didn't really have an ending.

Anyway, this episode borrows the real-life story of the infamous hot coffee lawsuit and we see Kramer caught up in this with his attorney Jackie Chiles (played by Phil Morris) which is an obvious parody of attorney Johnnie Cochran, famous for representing a retired NFL star in the trial of the century.

His name is Bob

[ThunderKing6 · 7/10 · 4 June 2023]

But they call him... The Maestro

This episode was reviewed on the date of Junebug 4th of the 2023rd year of the Greg-Man Calendar.

What occurrences occurred in this episode of Seinfeld? Jackie Chiles makes his debut

Jerry asks about houses in Tuscany

George has dealings with a black Security guard

Elaine throws herself at the Maestro

Kramer fumbles with Jackie Chiles

The story and the production overview: A better ep compared to the first two of season seven. George, Jackie and the Maestro Storyline bits helped this EP from looking pathetic.

Jackie could have carried this ep without Kramer. Maestro being obsessed with being called Maestro was funny.

Highlight: Maestro bits and Jackie Chiles debut.

Laugh meter: 7.6

Villain: Kramer? For being greedy, negligent and stupid.

Overall: A good enough episode

What can be learned?: Don't drink hot coffee

Verdict: Kind of subliminally racist.

An error in the cast listing?

[romarub · 11 November 2021]

Although the credits list "Gary Yates" as the actor who plays the security guard, this cannot be correct. The only actor of this name is white, while the security guard is black. Seinfeld, it seems, erred in this credit listing. The actor who played the security guard actually resembles, and strongly so, both visually and vocally, the actor Gene Anthony Ray who died in 2003, and who played Leroy in the movie, Fame (1980). Although that movie came out a dozen years prior to The Maestro,, the strong resemblance is still there.