PLAYBILL february 1998 - "PROFILES"- "Boerg Kessman: his movie, his book, his Seinfeld!" while wrapping up, both the production of his first feature film, and as a contributing producer on Seinfeld for two years, the man who made the move from on the stage to behind the scenes tells us whats next...
"Its money. Cha-Ching. This show brings home the dough. It's Fab-u-lous!" Boerge Kessman is describing one of the many passions in his life, his work on NBC-TV's "Seinfeld". But it's not the show itself, which was once hailed as it is now blasted by critics, it's the oppurtunity it's given him. Having your name on Seinfeld at the end of every episode isnt two shabby. and neither is his home, which was paid in most by the profits of those credits. "The real money is in television. It's true, and I can't stop saying it. But is that where the real entertainment is? hell no! I'd sit at that big table every week, just having to dumb everything down, because if it's too smart, people won't watch it. Not TV people." ...
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...So, is he sad to see Seinfeld go? "I was never any sort of fan of it. The fact that it gave me a steady pay-check was the only thing that put it above anything else on television, for me. Same stupidity as on the other shows, just more popular. " So did this show hold anything personal? "Ostritch. I tried working that into as many episodes as I could. It's a fantastic food. Only animal I'd ever touch! Jerry joked about not letting me write any 'diner' or any other food-related scenes for fear I couldn't let the subject go!" ....