Seinfeldia
Subtitle: how a show about nothing changed everything
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9781410490711
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Large type books; Seinfeld (Television program)
Description: Comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld never thought anyone would watch their silly little sitcom about a New York comedian sitting around talking to his friends. NBC executives didn't think anyone would watch either, but they bought it anyway, hiding it away in the TV dead zone of summer. But against all odds, viewers began to watch, first a few and then many, until nine years later nearly forty million Americans were tuning in weekly.  In Seinfeldia, TV historian and entertainment writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong celebrates the creators and fans of this American television phenomenon, bringing readers behind-the-scenes of the show while it was on the air and into the world of devotees for whom it never stopped being relevant, a world where the Soup Nazi still spends his days saying "No soup for you!", Joe Davola gets questioned every day about his sanity, Kenny Kramer makes his living giving tours of New York sights from the show, and fans dress up in Jerry's famous puffy shirt, dance like Elaine, and imagine plotlines for Seinfeld if it were still on TV.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-466).
Table of contents: title: Note on reporting methods; title: Introduction: The baseball game; title: The origin story; title: The players; title: The network; title: The cult hit; title: The production; title: The writers; title: The bizarros; title: The Seinfeld Nation; title: The show about something; title: The Larry David-shaped hole; title: The end; title: Seinfeldia emerges; title: The bizarros: The sequel; title: The legend of the curse; title: Seinfeldia.