Seinfeld said he and co-writer Larry David came up with the idea for the beloved monologue at 2:30 in the morning before filming.

George later recounts the incident while he, Kramer, Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Jerry are at the coffee shop where they usually eat. He gives an impressively long monologue that begins: “The sea was angry that day, my friends.” Jerry Seinfeld says those two plots were never supposed to connect.