Subplots include Jerry's grandmother going on a perilous adventure through the city to deal with bounced birthday checks, Elaine committing a series of misunderstandings stemming from the high-pitched voice of her friend Noreen's boyfriend, and the start of a new trend in eating finger foods with utensils.
When Elaine explains her mistake to Noreen, she is dismayed that her boyfriend's voice can be so easily mistaken for a woman's, and turns her romantic interest towards Jerry.
Jerry agrees to help a public television fundraiser for New York PBS member station WNET and Kramer volunteers with answering phones.
Uncle Leo panics since Nana is on a fixed income and can't afford such a large gift, and runs onto the set yelling "Stop the show!"
In light of the disasters of Tartabull's no-show and the disturbance caused by Leo, Kristen sends Jerry another greeting card, this one of a bunny giving him the finger.
[2] The day after the episode first aired, Abercrombie was having lunch in a restaurant; while he was waiting for his coffee, the waiter put a plate with a Snickers bar on his table.
[3] A number of sequences were filmed but deleted before broadcast, including George demonstrating high-pitched talking and Kramer finding his own greeting card for Jerry in the trash.
Due to their inordinate number some of them, such as scenes showing Nana riding a dangerous-looking subway and talking to a postal worker,[3] were not even included on the Seinfeld DVD releases.