"
The Bubble Boy" is the 47th episode of the
American sitcom Seinfeld, as well as the nickname of Donald Sanger, one of the characters in the episode. It is the seventh episode of the fourth season. The episode was directed by
Tom Cherones and written by
Larry David and
Larry Charles. It aired on October 7, 1992. American journalists had in the past covered "bubble boys" who lived in quarantine due to an
immune deficiency. The coverage often played for sympathy, ignoring anything about the subject other than his medical condition. In contrast, the bubble boy in this episode (played by Jon Hayman) is rude, selfish, and impossible to sympathize with. He is never seen fully on-screen, except for a pair of gloves that he uses to reach through the barrier; when he is shown exiting the house on a stretcher, he is partially covered by paramedics. The Bubble Boy also appears in the
final episode of Seinfeld. He tells the court the story of what happened and George yells "it was Moops!"