i was alone. - the turning point for "seinfeld" from, like, nice show that all of the cool people kinda know about but that's it to massive hit was the episode called "the contest," where they tried to abstain from self-pleasure for as long as possible. all: yeah! - 6:30. time for your bath. - george, i'm hungry! - hang on, ma. hang on. - once you do 30 minutes on masturbation, you could pretty much get away with anything. - well, i guess you'll be going back to that hospital. - well, my mother, jerry. - but are you still master of your domain? - i am king of the county. - the week after that aired, people were talking about that in the workplace the entire week.