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  • [82] The final season included episodes like “The Merv Griffin Show” in which Kramer converts his apartment into a talk-show studio and plays the character of talk-show host,[83]
    “The Betrayal” that presents in reverse chronological order what happened to Sue Ellen’s wedding in India, and “The Frogger” in which George pushes a Frogger machine across the street, mimicking the action of the game itself.

  • The show about nothing was just a joke in an episode many years later, and Larry and I to this day are surprised that it caught on as a way that people describe the show,
    because to us it’s the opposite of that.

  • Season five was an even bigger ratings-hit, consisting of popular episodes, such as “The Puffy Shirt” in which Jerry feels embarrassed wearing a “pirate” shirt on The Today
    Show,[68] “The Non-Fat Yogurt” featuring Rudy Giuliani, the Republican then-mayor-elect of New York,[69] and “The Opposite” in which George, doing the opposite of what his instincts tell him he should do, lands a job with the New York Yankees
    and Elaine leaves “Pendant Publishing” because of a comedy of errors that led to its demise.

  • Created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, developed by NBC executive Rick Ludwin, and produced by Castle Rock Entertainment, it was a mix of Seinfeld’s stand-up comedy routines
    and idiosyncratic, conversational scenes focusing on mundane aspects of everyday life like laundry, the buttoning of the top button on one’s shirt, and the effort by men to interpret the intent of women spending the night in Seinfeld’s apartment.

  • The series remained well-regarded and produced some of its most famous episodes, such as “The Beard” in which Jerry is put through a lie detector test to make him admit that
    he watched Melrose Place,[71] “The Switch” in which Kramer’s mom, Babs, reveals that his first name is Cosmo,[72] and “The Understudy” in which Elaine meets J. Peterman for the first time.

  • For the first three seasons, Jerry’s stand-up comedy act would bookend an episode, even functioning as transitions during the show.

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm—David’s later comedy series—expanded on this idea by following a specific theme for all but one season in the series.

  • [1][22] However, Seinfeld in 2014 stated “the pitch for the show, the real pitch, when Larry and I went to NBC in 1988, was we want to show how a comedian gets his material.

  • Much publicity followed the controversial episode, “The Contest”, an Emmy Award-winning episode written by David, whose subject matter was considered inappropriate for prime
    time network TV.

  • Larry David, the head writer and executive producer for the first seven seasons, was praised for keeping a close eye on minor details and making sure the main characters’
    lives remained consistent and believable.

  • [48] Many characters were introduced as new writers got involved with Seinfeld.

  • Most noticeably, David left the writing crew (but returned to write the “The Finale” in 1998), resulting in Seinfeld taking over David’s duties as showrunner, and, under the
    direction of a new writing staff, Seinfeld became a faster-paced show.

  • The show within a show, Jerry, was much like Seinfeld in that it was “about nothing” and Seinfeld played himself.

  • The show no longer contained extracts of Jerry performing stand-up comedy—Jerry had no time or energy for this with his new responsibilities—and storylines occasionally delved
    into fantasy and broad humor.

  • The offer NBC made to Seinfeld was over three times higher per episode than anyone on TV had ever been offered before.

  • Also at this time, the use of Jerry’s stand-up act slowly declined, and the stand-up segment in the middle of Seinfeld episodes was cut.

  • [65] This was the first season to use a story arc of Jerry and George creating their own sitcom, Jerry.

  • For example, George’s storyline, “The Revenge”, is based on Larry David’s experience at Saturday Night Live.

  • Cast Main[edit] Jerry Seinfeld (upper left); Jason Alexander (upper right); Michael Richards (lower right); Julia Louis-Dreyfus (lower left) • Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
    – Jerry is a “minor celeb” stand-up comedian who is often depicted as “the voice of reason” amid the general insanity generated by the people in his world.

  • [63] Seasons 4–5[edit] Season four marked the sitcom’s entry into the Nielsen ratings Top 30, coinciding with several popular episodes, such as “The Bubble Boy” in which George
    and the bubble boy argue over Trivial Pursuit,[64] and “The Junior Mint” in which Jerry and Kramer accidentally fumble a mint in the operating room.

  • [21] Themes The series was often described as “a show about nothing”.

  • Tom’s Restaurant, a diner at 112th St. and Broadway in Manhattan, that was used as the exterior image of Monk’s Café in the show Many characters were based primarily on Seinfeld’s
    and David’s real-life acquaintances.

  • One such example is the story arc where the characters promote a TV sitcom series named Jerry.

  • Jerry is one of many examples of metafiction in the show.

  • Along with the regular half-hour episodes, two notable one-hour episodes were “The Cadillac” in which George plans to date award-winning actress Marisa Tomei[74] and “The
    Bottle Deposit” with Elaine and Sue Ellen participating in a bidding war to buy JFK’s golf clubs in an auction.

  • Although Castle Rock Entertainment’s Glenn Padnick thought Seinfeld was too generous, showcasing his co-stars’ comedic talent became a trademark throughout the series.

  • [89] Seinfeld was featured on the cover of Time magazine’s first issue of 1998.

  • 2 Best-Written TV Series of All Time (second to The Sopranos).

  • [105] Comments included, “You can’t get too excited about two guys going to the laundromat”; “Jerry’s loser friend George isn’t a forceful character”; “Jerry needs a stronger
    supporting cast”; and “Why are they interrupting the stand-up for these stupid stories?

  • Occasionally, story arcs span multiple episodes and even entire seasons, the most memorable being season four, which revolved around the pilot pitch to NBC by Jerry and George.

  • “[107] Seinfeld and David did not see the memo for several years, but after they became aware of it, they hung it in a bathroom on the set.

  • [90] The series ended with a 75-minute episode (cut to 60 minutes in syndication, in two parts) written by co-creator and ex-executive producer Larry David, which aired on
    May 14, 1998.

  • The use of Jerry’s stand-up act declined with the end stand-up segment no longer appearing, as the storylines for all four characters grew denser.

  • [88] Series finale[edit] Main article: The Finale (Seinfeld) After nine years on the air, NBC and Seinfeld announced on December 25, 1997, that the series would end production
    the following spring in 1998.

  • Ratings also sparked the move, as Tim Allen’s sitcom Home Improvement on ABC had aired at the same time and Improvement kept beating Seinfeld in the ratings.

  • It was the first episode since the finale of season seven, “The Invitations”, to feature opening and closing stand-up comedy acts by Seinfeld.

  • Another story arc has George returning to live with his parents.

  • However, they had neglected to inform NBC and Castle Rock executives of the change, and when the season premiere aired, the executives were surprised and unimpressed and requested
    that they return to the original style.

  • Many actors who made guest appearances became household names later in their careers or were already well known.

  • As a rising comedian in the late 1980s, Jerry Seinfeld was presented with an opportunity to create a show with NBC.

  • [92] The final episode enjoyed a historic audience,[93] estimated at 76.3 million viewers[94] (58% of all viewers that night) making it the fourth-most watched regular series
    finale in U.S. TV history, behind M*A*S*H, Cheers, and The Fugitive.

  • Throughout the show, the main theme could be restyled in different ways depending on the episode.

  • Rick Ludwin, head of late night and special events for NBC, however, diverted money from his budget by canceling a Bob Hope television special, and the next 4 episodes were
    filmed.

  • [78] A story arc in this season involves Peterman going to Burma in “The Foundation”[79] until he recovered from a nervous breakdown in “The Money”,[80] followed by Elaine
    writing Peterman’s biography in “The Van Buren Boys”,[81] which leads to Kramer’s parody of Kenny Kramer’s Reality Tour seen in “The Muffin Tops”.

  • [1] Interspersed a few times each episode are moments of stand-up comedy from the fictional Jerry Seinfeld, frequently using the episode’s events for material.

  • [87] However, the episode would be added to the syndicated rerun package several years later uncut.

  • Another example is Jerry’s girlfriend Vanessa, who appears in “The Stake Out” and he ends the relationship when things do not work out in “The Stock Tip”.

  • Only two other shows, I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show, have finished their runs at the top of the ratings.

  • [73] Story arcs used in this season were Elaine working as a personal assistant to her eccentric boss Justin Pitt and George’s parents’ temporary separation.

  • [67] The show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993, beating out its family-oriented, time-slot competitor Home Improvement, which was only in its second
    season on rival network ABC.

  • [33] “The Old Man” episode features a cantankerous character named “Sid Fields” as a tribute to the landlord on the team’s TV show.

  • The series was renamed simply Seinfeld after the failure of short-lived 1990 ABC series The Marshall Chronicles.

  • Kramer is friends with Newman, and they work well together despite their differences.

  • [59] “The Keys” contains a crossover to CBS show Murphy Brown, marking the first such cooperation between rival networks.

  • David believed that he and Seinfeld had no more stories to tell, and advised Seinfeld to turn down the order, but Seinfeld agreed to the additional episodes.

  • “[23] David similarly commented, “I like taking the worst qualities that a person has and trying to make something funny out of it.

  • The show lacked a traditional title track and the riffs were played over the first moments of dialogue or action.

  • It did not yield the explosion of laughter garnered by the pilots for the decade’s previous NBC successes like The Cosby Show and The Golden Girls.

  • The subsequent two episodes were redone, leaving this episode as the only one with additional music elements.

  • [57] TV critics championed Seinfeld in its early seasons, even as it was slow to cultivate a substantial audience.

  • At one point NBC considered airing these episodes on Saturdays at 10:30 p.m., but gave that slot to a short-lived sitcom called FM.

  • Episodes Seinfeld stood out from family and group sitcoms of its time.

  • The principal characters are not related by family or work connections but remain distinctly close friends throughout the series.

  • The in-show character is a mild germophobe and neat freak, as well as an avid Superman, New York Mets and breakfast cereal fan.

  • The producers of the episode tweaked the media about the hype, spreading a false rumor about Newman ending up in the hospital and Jerry and Elaine sitting in a chapel, presumably
    to marry.

  • Elaine is popularly described as an amalgamation of David’s and Seinfeld’s girlfriends during their early days in New York as struggling comedians.

  • A major difference between Seinfeld and sitcoms that preceded it is that the principal characters never learn from their mistakes.

  • In season seven, a story arc involved George getting engaged to his ex-girlfriend, Susan Ross, after the pilot Jerry proved unsuccessful.

  • [50] Seinfeld follows its structure: story thread is presented at the beginning of every episode, which involves the characters starting in their situations.

  • Although he never holds a steady job, he is rarely short of money and often invents wacky schemes that often work at first then eventually fail.

  • [31] Because of these several elements, Seinfeld became the first TV series since Monty Python’s Flying Circus to be widely described as postmodern.

  • Steve Bannon, who invested in the show, later said, “We calculated what it would get us if it made it to syndication.

 

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