Seinfeld - 132 - The Non-Fat Yogurt (Alternate Mayor Dinkins Version)

As the episode was to air two days after the 1993 New York City mayoral election, the production crew’s solution was to produce two different versions of the episode: One in which Dinkins won, and another in which Giuliani won. The plot is the same in both versions; the Giuliani version simply replaced any reference to Dinkins with a reference to Giuliani, and vice versa. The Seinfeld crew recounted that Giuliani (who was a fan of the show) and his campaign staff were immediately supportive when consulted about the episode, and they made plans to have him appear in the episode. The Dinkins camp were more reluctant to get involved, and so Phil Morris was cast as a spokesman in lieu of Dinkins himself in the Dinkins version of the episode. Because of the short interval between the election and the airing of the episode, Giuliani’s scenes had to be filmed on the morning after his victory. Both versions of the episode were included on the season five DVD.