In this episode, Elaine's boyfriend gets her an ergonomic mattress, Jerry has his kitchen redesigned by a contractor who annoys him by asking for his preference on every aspect, and George takes naps under his desk at work.
Conrad builds a large and obtrusive addition to the kitchen that Jerry loves but all his friends hate.
Craving the coziness of his desk bed, George takes a nap in Jerry's cupboards.
According to writer Gregg Kavet, the idea for the George story came from the fact that a former co-worker would take naps underneath his desk so that he wouldn't be seen slacking off.
[2] The character Conrad was based on Stan Ascough, Seinfeld's prop master for almost the entire run of the show.
Writers Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin recalled, "[Stan Ascough] would offer you many suggestions for each of these props.
They added that, while they didn't know if Ascough ever realized he was the basis for Conrad, some time after the episode filmed he seemed to recognize that there was a negative side to his offering so many options.
[3] Larry David returned to the show for the first time since his departure at the end of season 7, solely to provide the voice of George Steinbrenner.
[2] As with "The Friar's Club", the shots of Kramer actually swimming were filmed at a Universal Studios water tank.