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The Statue (Seinfeld) was writing for "Seinfeld". Kramer's manner when he retrieves the statue was inspired by Joe Friday, the central character of "Dragnet". At the end of the episode Kramer states "Well, let's put it this way: I didn't take him to "People's Court"", a reference to the judicial television show. The episode was written by Larry Charles and directed by Tom Cherones, who directed all of the episodes in Season 2. "The Statue" was the second episode Charles wrote for the show, though it was the first to be aired. Charles was mostly interested in the development of the Kramer character,