‘Seinfeld’ actor Patrick Warburton claims this scene started the ‘raw dogging’ travel trend

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sitcom “about nothing,” took credit for the viral “raw dogging” travel trend.“So this ‘raw dogging’ has become a bit of a thing, and I feel a bit responsible,” the 60-year-old actor said in an Instagram video Monday.His clip included a screenshot of a 2024 BuzzFeed article titled “People Are ‘Rawdogging’ Flights Now, And We Need To Know How You Feel About This Trend.” The viral travel trend involves plane passengers enduring long flights without any entertainment.

Warburton’s video then showed a scene from “Seinfeld” Season 9 (which aired in the late 1990s) where David chooses to “raw dog” on a flight while sitting beside his girlfriend Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus).“You want something to read?” Elaine asks David.“No, I’m good,” David responds, while staring at the back of the seat in front of him.“Are you gonna take a nap?” Elaine asks.When David confirms he has no plans to sleep on the flight, Elaine asks him, “You just gonna sit there staring at the back of the seat?”After showing the “Seinfeld” clip, Warburton joked to his followers, “My concern is that somebody’s gonna get hurt, and if you go into this thing blindly… You know what I’m saying?”“Just not reading, watching something, you better be OK with what’s going on up here, inside your ol’ noggin.

I’m not, but it’s weird and entertaining at times,” the actor added. “Just be careful. That’s all I’m saying. It’s not for novices.”Warburton captioned his video, “The ultimate Puddy stare | Try this trend at your own risk!.