Like a 2-hour TV special where our favorite bunch of misanthropes would hook up again and continue where they left off?
The way I see it, the writers have *180* episodes under their belt, and i'd say nearly every one varies from "good" to "brilliant". How could Jerry actually be afraid of not living up to expectations when the "team" he plays on hits a home run nearly every time?
Throw in the cast, and there is no way they can disappoint. Has anyone ever heard any hearsay, rumors, or factual information if there is even talk of such a thing?
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 04:39:20 -0600, "Johnny Dupe" wrote:
The way I see it, much of the final two seasons were not only not "good to brilliant" they were flat out average to bad.
I find the idea of a "typical" TV re-union show highly remote. What you may see is a gathering of the cast, writers, and producers for an anniversary celebration or something like that. They would all sit around with Katie Couric or some other barely tolerable television "personality" and reflect on the impact of the show and how it has held up through the years etc...
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:47:49 -0000, "Stephen \(aka steford\)" wrote:
I meant what I wrote. I garnered relatively little enjoyment from the show post season 7. Not that there weren't a few gems here and there, but for the most part I disliked the final two seasons.
Seasons 2-5 are magnificent and deserve to be recognized as such. But by the end of the show's run they were doing zany sitcom 101. It was still good material and occasionally quite funny but it was far from the groundbreaking and noteworthy work they had done in the first half of the run.
He said he wanted to go out on top, before the show became a parody of itself. That indicates a fear of failure. While I understand his thinking, it is also an admission that he doesn't think the writing staff and the acting talent on the show can keep the laughs going much longer.
I'm sure he wanted to do something different, but I think quitting while he was ahead was his main motivation for stopping the show. Naturally, that is only my opinion based on my gut feeling. He was ahead for so many years, I still think the show could have gone on with "Simpsons-like" longevity, because Jerry is never short of ideas.
Jerry was on a SNL rerun today on Comedy Central, and he participated in a skit where the announcer said something about the final show being a disappointment. Also, someone earlier mentioned that the final season really wasn't that great. I respectfully disagree. There were a couple "clinkers", no different than brilliant musicians who record a couple duds, but overall, I think Seinfeld was the most consistently funny series i've ever watched.
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I personally think they should've done a spinoff called "Peterman". Maybe he could've relocated his company to Chicago or something, basically a new staff, where he plays the singles scene., has quirky brother similar but different to him, an ex-cop dad with bum leg (with cute caretaker ) living with him in his big, nice apartment. Elaine's replacement associate VP position would be a major role in the show, and the replacement's name on the show would be Roz. All the main characters could frequent a posh yuppy Entenmann's bakery/coffee shop.
Would this have anything to do with the departure of Larry David at the end of season 7? I personally think so, they were still enjoyable, just not classics.
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The only episodes, except "The Soup Nazi", which ever make it into a Seinfeld top ten or most significant are from this era. Having watched the 1st season again the other day, i have to say they were probably on par with season 9, and this when the characters are unrefined.
A reunion would be out of the question, they would spend at least half of the time filling in the gaps from in between and Seinfeld wasn't a show which tended to flash back and recall the past too much, only the occasional mention.