The New York Times bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up SeinfeldββA wildly entertaining must-read not only for Seinfeld fans but for anyone who wants a better understanding of how television series are madeβ (Booklist, starred review). Comedians Larry David and Jerry S
Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
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- Simon & Schuster
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The hilarious behind-the-scenes story of two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld—the cultural sensation that changed television and bled into the real world, altering the lives of everyone it touched.
Comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld never thought anyone would watch their silly little sitcom about a New York comedian sitting around talking to his friends. NBC executives didn't think anyone would watch either, but they bought it anyway, hiding it away in the TV dead zone of summer. But against all odds, viewers began to watch, first a few and then many, until nine years later nearly forty million Americans were tuning in weekly.
In Seinfeldia, acclaimed TV historian and entertainment writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong celebrates the creators and fans of this American television phenomenon, bringing readers behind-the-scenes of the show while it was on the air and into the world of devotees for whom it never stopped being...
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471 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Introduction: the baseball game -- The origin story -- The players -- The network -- The cult hit -- The production -- The writers -- The bizarros -- Seinfeld nation -- The show about something -- The larry david-shaped hole -- The end -- Seinfeldia emerges -- The bizarros: the sequel -- The legend
Is it a show about nothing or one of the greatest TV series of all time? It's both, of course! Seinfeld's impact on popular culture was so profound that it continues to this day-years after it left prime time-thanks to its inimitable characters (Newman! Bubble Boy!), its wacky, memorable plots (who
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: In the Beginning; 1. And Now for Something Completely Different: Postmodern Television; 2. Birth of a Notion: "The Show About Nothing"; 3. Characters with Character: An Ensemble Is Born; 4. Seinfeld Before It Was Seinfeld: The "Seinfeld Chronicles" Pilot; Pa
xvii, 203 pages ; 22 cm