▁un anim ously ▁votes ▁for ▁Mort y ' s ▁im pe achment . ▁As ▁vice - pres ident , ▁Jack ▁becomes ▁the ▁new ▁con do ▁president . ▁The ▁Se inf eld s ▁leave ▁the ▁con do . ▁ ▁The ▁cable ▁gu y ▁ch ases ▁K ram er , ▁but ▁he ▁gets ▁away , ▁in ▁scenes ▁which ▁reference ▁Vert igo . ▁The ▁cable ▁gu y ▁finally ▁conced es ▁defeat ▁and ▁apolog izes ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁cable ▁guys ▁everywhere , ▁prom ising ▁better ▁service ▁across ▁the ▁board . ▁K ram er ▁appears ▁and ▁has ▁an ▁emot ional ▁recon c ili ation ▁with ▁the ▁cable ▁gu y . ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁episode ▁came ▁when ▁Larry ▁David ▁bought ▁a ▁Lex us ▁for ▁his ▁father , ▁who ▁was ▁president ▁of ▁his ▁cond omin ium ▁in ▁Florida , ▁and ▁started ▁wondering ▁what ▁the ▁other ▁residents ▁would ▁think ▁of ▁him ▁having ▁a ▁Lex us . ▁Like ▁most ▁of ▁Se inf eld s ▁one - hour ▁time ▁slot ▁episodes , ▁" The ▁Cad illa c " ▁was ▁initially ▁conce ived ▁as ▁a ▁normal ▁half - hour ▁show . ▁The ▁original ▁script ▁was ▁fil med ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 0 , ▁and ▁ran ▁well ▁over ▁the ▁ 2 3 ▁minutes ▁all otted ▁for ▁a ▁half - hour ▁time ▁slot . ▁While ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁unusual ▁for ▁Se inf eld , ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁Larry ▁David ▁and ▁Jerry ▁Se inf eld ▁decided ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁easier ▁to ▁pad ▁the ▁episode ▁out ▁to ▁a ▁one - hour ▁time ▁slot