Who Writes the show???

I've always puzzled over who writes this show. At times you'll hear lines that sound exactly like something Jerry would do as stand up, yet I've never noticed his name on the writing credits. In fact, I've noticed a woman listed one time a man another time and a different guy another time.

We all mourn the loss of Larry David, but it would seem the writing and the directing, assuming the acting is constant, is what's important. I can't believe that Jerry and Larry don't (or didn't) contribute to the writing.

What gives...anyone know?

Ron

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Actually, in T.V guide Jerry said that he and Larry were the shows major writers, and now that Larry is gone, he must do alot more this year. That is why he doesnt do a stand up act in the shows opening anymore.

I didn't realize credits were done this way. There doesn't seem to be any limit on the number of producers. It isn't obvious to me why there would be a limit sharing writing...and you'd think, given the unstable business they're in, no one would be anxious to give up credit. Before I started paying more attention to the credits I assumed that Larry David and Jerry wrote or conceived most of the show. The first couple of shows this year lacked a certain "Seinfeld bite" to them. I attributed that to David leaving. But since then it seems to have returned. I'm hoping he won't be missed. If the show is written by an army of ghost writers, he shouldn't be.

Ron

I have no idea about Seinfeld in specific, but very often shows are written by committees much larger than the credits would imply. The person named in the credits is probably the person who made the major contribution. Others may appear in the credits under different job titles ("Story supervisor" or what-have-you) or just wait their turn and appear some other time. There are limits (the union, the guild, the something...) on how many writers can share credit at once. Someone like Jerry can afford to waive writing credit for his contribution. (So did Alfred Hitchcock...)

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