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This ‘Seinfeld’ Joke About O.J. Simpson Really Didn’t Age Well

Elaine once suggested “O.J.” as a safer name than Joel Rifkin, months before Simpson was charged in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

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Over time, certain aspects of our favorite movies and shows inevitably become dated or seem ridiculous in retrospect. There’s perhaps no greater example of this than the Season 5 Seinfeld episode “The Masseuse.”

Originally airing on November 18, 1993, the episode revolves, in part, around Elaine’s relationship with her new boyfriend. The one problem she can’t seem to get past is that the guy shares his name with notorious serial killer Joel Rifkin, who confessed to murdering 17 women.

Joel later decides to change his name, but isn’t too fond of the suggestions Elaine comes up with. “Oh! Oh, oh, oh, O.J.!”........

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