from the studio audience. However, the scene ended up being among those cut to get the episode down to the correct running time. Other cuts included most of the scenes of Kramer maintaining his vow of silence. Newman praising "Jerry Seinfeld Is the Devil" as "a show that's about something" is a self-deprecating reference to the popular description of Seinfeld as "a show about nothing." The New Yorker tribute On July 18, 2012, The New Yorker paid tribute to the episode. Contest #342 was a drawing of a pig at a complaint window. The winning caption was printed in the next August 27, 2012 issue of the magazine and read "Stop sending me spam!" It was submitted by Sean Lynch of Brooklyn, NY.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonists/2012/07/seinfeld-elaine-new-yorker-pig-cartoon.html "Seinfeld" and Elaine's New Yorker Pig Cartoon : The New Yorker] - Robert Mankoff - The New Yorker - July 18, 2012</ref> Reception Vance Durgin of the Orange County Register wrote that the episode was "funny all the way, because of writing mostly true to the characters." Barbara Vancheri of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' gave the episode a "7.5" on a ten-point scale. References External links "The Cartoon" at Seinfeld official website Seinfeld (season 9) episodes 1998 American television episodes Television episodes about comics The New Yorker