50-SEINFELD-RICHARDS-ON- 12-29 0243 bc-fox-50-SEINFELD-RICHARDS-ON-DVD
TOPIC: FEATURE
ITEM: 50
FEED: 10:00 AM
SLUG: SEINFELD/RICHARDS ON D-V-D (FILE)
SOURCE: FOX
TRT: 0:42
NOTES:
SCRIPT:
(anchor lead)
A MUST-HAVE FOR ALL YOU SEINFELD FANS OUT THERE....
(take vo)
ACTOR MICHAEL RICHARDS WHO PLAYEd KRAMER IN THE SHOW, SAYS
HE'LL TAKE PART IN THE MAKING OF A D-V-D OF THE HIT COMEDY SERIES.
AND HE'S NOT GETTING PAID FOR IT.
RICHARDS SAYS HE OUGHT TO BE PAID FOR TAKING PART IN THE
PROJECT -- PART
LY BECAUSE THE SHOW HAS BEEN SUCH A WINDFALL FOR ITS CREATORS,
PRODUCERS AND DIS
TRIBUTORS... JERRY SEINFELD, LARRY DAVID, CASTLE ROCK TELEVISION AND
COLUMBIA TR
ISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT.
THE D-V-D WILL FEATURE EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH OTHER CAST
MEMBERS, WRI
TERS AND PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW.
"SEINFELD," WHICH RAN FROM NINETEEN NINETY TO NINETEEN
NINETY-EIGHT, REM
AINS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMEDY SHOWS IN TELEVISION HISTORY.
IT STILL PLAYS IN SYNDICATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY.
THE THREE ACTORS EARN RESIDUAL PAYMENTS FROM THE SHOW'S
RERUNS.
A REPRESENTATIVE FOR ONE OF THE ACTORS ESTIMATED THE FEE AT
ONE-HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
ACTORS JULIA LOUIS DREYFUSS AND JASON ALEXANDER HAVE REFUSED
TO PARTICIP
ATE.
CHYRONS:
FILE
VIDEO INFORMATION:
file of michael richards (talking head)Surprising- because he was the only holdout in 1997 when it came to deciding whether to stop production.