Really? I saw it in syndacation. When did they stop showing it? Its easily in my top 10, if not top 5.
Major props to anyone who hooks me up with either a.) a legit black and white cookie guy or b) a recipe for a black and white cookie
Spoiler Traditional black and white cookies are BIG and LOUD, not unlike the New Yorkers that made them famous. Preferring everything on the daintier side, I’ve made them very small before, but this time went for a nice medium size. Yield: About 2 dozen very large cookies, 60 medium (I used a scoop 1 3/4 inches in diameter that yielded 3-inch cookies) or so many cookies that you might lose your mind frosting them if you go tinier. I’m just saying. . 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), at room temperature 4 large eggs, at room temperature 1 1/2 cups milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract 2 1/2 cups cake flour 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 cups confectioners’ sugar 1/3 to 1/2 cup water 3 ounces very bitter or unsweetened chocolate 1 teaspoon light corn syrup 1 to 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa (optional) . 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray, or line with parchment paper. 2. In large mixing bowl, combine sugar and butter. Mix by machine or hand until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, then milk and vanilla and lemon extracts, and mix until smooth. Scrape down bowl. 3. In medium bowl, combine cake flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt. Stir until mixed. Add dry mixture to the wet in batches, stirring well after each addition. Using a soup spoon, place heaping spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart on the baking sheets. Bake until edges begin to brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool completely. 4. Boil a cup or so of water in a small pot. Place confectioners’ sugar in large, heat-safe mixing bowl. Gradually stir in enough boiling water to the sugar to make a thick, spreadable mixture. Err on the side of caution because a too-thin frosting is hard to undo. Leave remaing boiling water on the stove. 5. Spread frosting on half of the flat side of each cookie. Once all cookie halves have been frosted, place the bowl of the remaining frosting over the hot water and bring it back to a simmer (creating a double-boiler). Stir in the bitter or unsweetened chocolate until melted, as well as the light corn syrup. At this point, depending on the chocolate you used and your preferences, you might find the chocolate color to be a little lighter than the “black” of a black-and-white cookie. If so, I find that a tablespoon or so of cocoa mixed in darkens the color nicely. 6. Ice the remaining half of the cookies with the chocolate frosting. I find that the chocolate–especially with cocoa in it–is especially prone to getting too dry, so don’t worry about whisking in an extra teaspoon of that hot water from time to smooth it back into a shiny frosting. 7. Let the frosting set. Store in an airtight container. These cookies keep for a few days, but I think they’re best on the first or second. Because of the cake nature of the bases, they can get stale quickly. However, this is really a non-issue as I have yet to make a batch that didn’t get polished off in no time.
I think one of my favorite parts of the show are the scenes with 3 people where each person is having a different conversation and nobody ever even acknowledges the other two. Larry David at his finest.
No way I could rank my favorite episodes. The one where they're in the garage comes to mind. Only brilliant writers can put four characters in the same setting for an entire episode and make it awesome. Jerry gets a public urination and blames it on having uromysitisis
How has nobody mentioned the Jimmy episode? Fucking great. Jimmy speaking in the 3rd person. George trying to sell the shoes that make you jump higher. Kramer getting his mouth numbed and everyone thinking he is a retard.
Especially because George started speaking in third person every now and then for the rest of the series.
The Merv Griffin Show, Loyd Braun/Seinfelds Van, George as Obrien come to mind for me. Feel like the Marine Biologist maybe one of the best episodes in TV history.
In today's age, it would have been cancelled after the first season. Even the second was pretty average but 3-9 is some of the best television ever.
Been watching the "Behind the Scenes" clips from each episode on youtube. Easily the greatest show ever.
"Like an old man tryin to send back soup in a deli." that whole story, and the way its delivered is just five star television.
"Well, you know, we were playin' a game and I was pitching and I was really throwin' some smoke. And uh, Joe Pepitone, he was up and man, that guy... he was crowding the plate!" "Wow... Joe Pepitone!" "Yeah, well, Joe Pepitone or not, I own the inside of that plate! So I throw one inside, a little chin music... put him right on his pants, because I got to intimidate when I'm on the mound. Well, the next pitch, he's right back in the same place! So.... I had to plunk him." "You plunked him?" "Oh yeah. Well, he throws down his bat, he comes racing up to the mound, next thing both benches are cleared, a brouhaha breaks out between the guys in camp and the old Yankee players, and as I'm trying to get Moose Skowron off one of my teammates, somebody pulls me from behind and I turned around and I *popped* him! I look down and, whoa man! It's Mickey! I punched his lights out! Then Hank Bauer's screaming 'Mickey! Mickey! What have you have done with Mickey?! You killed Mickey!'"
Watching the Marissa Tomei episode right now. George with her, Kramer with the cable giy, Jerry buys his dad a car - not only a car but a Cadillac! (which of course means the impeachment episode is next) and Elaine is infatuated with Jerry bc he's rich. This show was so fucking good at balancing 4 (or more) storylines in one episode it never ceases to amaze me. Been a while since I went through my last rewatch, hik that might have to change nce I finish this round of parks