What about "Jerry"?

What does anyone think will happen to the show "Jerry"? Did the NBC executives cancel it or will it still be there for them in a year? I think its just another ambiguous, unresolved portion of the episode, like weather Newman lives or Mrs. Castanza sleeps with the Judge.

Of course estelle slept with the judge. Didn't you see the way the judge was walking after he came back in the court. Heath wrote in message ...

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In the fall of 99....a new show will join Must see TV

it will be called "Jerry". That's right...Seinfeld is over, it had it's finale..it won't be back...

But "Jerry" will....

In the next year, new material will be written and the NY4 will be out of jail.

Hence the reference....remember it's only one year. They will be back!

It will be like Garry Shandling and the various incarnations of his sitcoms (except for the latest) and Bob Newhart and the various incarnation of his sitcoms. Same Jerry, different cast members.

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In the fall of 99....a new show will join Must see TV

it will be called "Jerry". That's right...Seinfeld is over, it had it's finale..it won't be back...

But "Jerry" will....

In the next year, new material will be written and the NY4 will be out of jail.

Hence the reference....remember it's only one year. They will be back!

It will be like Garry Shandling and the various incarnations of his sitcoms (except for the latest) and Bob Newhart and the various incarnation of his sitcoms. Same Jerry, different cast members.

If the above is true, what a shame! Jerry alone just isnt THAT funny. Esp after you've seen the bunch of them together in such a brilliant show. I yhave had the impression that Jerry wants to be in the spotlight alone, the sole hero, instead of the foil he is in the show. Ilike JErry, but I think his ego is bigger than is warranted. I just dont think a show with Jerry alone will ever be what this one was. There was magic here. And JErry was actually my least favorite (tho essential) character. He was perfect to bring out the idiosyncracies of the rest of them. cc

incarnation of his sitcoms. Same Jerry, different cast >members.

Highly unlikely, given that one of the few things Jerry Seinfeld's adamant about with respect to his future career, is that he does NOT want to do another sitcom, EVER. He didn't close the door on a reunion of THIS cast for a one- shot (although he did close it for either a resumed weekly series or miniseries)...but no new show, no new cast. Inci- dentally, he's not interested in theatrical films either, although he hasn't totally ruled out making a Seinfeld/George/ Kramer/Elaine reunion a theatrical film, IF it's ever made at all. (Parenthetically he and Larry David have retained rights to ALL the central and major subsidiary characters, in order to keep control over any future spinoff projects and to stop any from being made this coming season...)

You'd probably disagree if you'd seen him handle the hosting chores on Saturday Night Live a few years ago, with a largely lame or misused cast (David Spade and the late Chris Farley excepted) and made that show come alive largely through his own performance and writing. They reran it this weekend, and it was a revel- ation of both how funny Jerry really is, and how much that SNL has become dependent on outside talent to make an episode work.

Then why didn't he do it when he had the chance? He's had plenty of very successful exposure in the spot- light alone as a standup. He was already a millionaire when NBC came calling, had reached parity with Leno in his solo career, and since NBC first sought him out with the idea of developing him the way they were developing Leno instead of channeling him into a sitcom project ex- clusively, it's even possible he'd be hosting the Tonight Show now if the sitcom hadn't clicked. He built a top shelf ensemble because it made a better show, and he didn't need to sacrifice quality to gratify his ego. Now he'll have plenty of chance to reclaim the solo spotlight as a stand- up again...

On that, you're right...and it's good that he walked away while it was still strong. We've got 180 good episodes of comedy to enjoy with hardly a stinker in the whole bunch. By contrast, if you saw the flat Murphy Brown finale last night, you see what happens if a show stays too late on the air and loses its edge. Jerry and Larry deserve thanks for not selling out the audience, or the integrity of the project, even at the end...

Bob Smith, afternoons WXXI-AM 1370, Rochester NY

Raingluttn wrote:

Jerry has repeatedly acknowledged the comedy and acting talent of Julia, Jason and Michael. He has commented that Julia was the perfect female and that if she were not there the balance would have been off. He knew he was the 'foil' around which the others could have the comedic spotlight. He gave Jerry Stiller and Michael Richards the feedom of adding to their characters and ad-libing many times.

When I see Jerry Seinfeld on interviews he seems to be shy and overwhelmed with the success he has had. I think that was indicated by the fact he quit when he did. The millions of dollars did not interest him.

Remember Jerry Seinfeld is a stand-up comic. The Top Gun squad of comedians. The Green Berets of funny. They want to go-it alone. They have to have the ego and character to get out there in front of thousands (millions) of people and say - "Here I am" "This is me" "I am going to make you laugh - and there is nothing you can do about it" (name THAT movie).

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Think about it--going to prison for a lot worse didn't exactly kill Tim Allen's chances in prime time, did it??? He's a drug dealer turned family icon--not that there's anything wrong with that...

On a previous thread, someone wrote: (Parenthetically he and Larry David have retained rights to ALL the central and major subsidiary characters, in order to keep control over any future spinoff projects and to stop any from being made this coming season...)

Why do they care of any of the rest of the cast wants to spin off? Why are they so set against this. Why protect their rights when they didn't want to do anything with it themselves? Why wreck the chances of their friends and cast-mates to continue? cc

     It comes down to a couple things, according to what
Jerry has said publicly. One, is that hardly anyone was
interested in doing a spinoff (only Michael Richards
wanted a spinoff featuring Kramer). Julia and Jason
both wanted time off, and wanted no part of any spinoff.
Jerry Stiller was also ambivalent about the idea at best.
Wayne Knight wouldn't be available to do Newman
(a character who'd be especially important in a Kramer
spinoff) because he's expecting to be in every 3d Rock
episode next season and afterward playing Officer Don.
So most of the people needed to do a successful spinoff
wouldn't be available to do it.
    Two, they didn't feel that the characters would continue
to work, or produce top quality comedy, without their
direct involvement, or at least the direct involve-
ment of the core of the Seinfeld writing team...they
remembered the fiasco of "AfterMASH" and didn't
want to see that happen to their creation as well.
It was a question of respect for the audience...and no
small desire to preserve the value of the 180+ existing
half-hours that feature these characters as well.  (The
one shining example of a spinoff arguably better than
its parent, Frasier, has not only a key cast member from
the old show at its center, namely Kelsey Grammer, but writer/director Jim
Burrows, co-creator of Cheers, in-
volved in every episode. The spinoff got the best
talent from the parent show both in front of and behind
the camera.)

So if we see these characters again, it'll be as a TV movie or theatrical feature, and we'll see all of them (including Jerry) together as a group. There are no plans for such a reunion now (although Jerry and Larry David were seen having dinner together in a NYC restaurant last week, and dinner has always been their favorite setting for making creative plans). But neither Jerry nor Larry have ruled it out for sometime in the future.

Bob Smith, afternoons WXXI-AM 1370, Rochester NY

So if you create something from nothing it would be fine for anyone to come along and use your idea for profit, regardless of your feeling on the subject?

What if they spin off a show where Kramer and Newman are lovers?