Edition |
Large print edition. |
Description |
471 pages ; 22 cm. |
Physical Medium |
large print (16 point) rda |
Series |
Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction |
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Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Note on reporting methods -- Introduction: The baseball game -- The origin story -- The players -- The network -- The cult hit -- The production -- The writers -- The bizarros -- Seinfeld Nation -- The show about something -- The Larry David-shaped hole -- The end -- Seinfeldia emerges -- The bizarros: The sequel -- The legend of the curse -- Seinfeldia. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Seinfeld (Television program)
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Large type books.
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David, Larry. (OCoLC)fst00414371
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Seinfeld, Jerry. (OCoLC)fst00323499
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Seinfeld (Television program) (OCoLC)fst01382414
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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Situation comedies (Television programs) (OCoLC)fst01744318
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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ISBN |
9781410490711 (hardcover) |
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1410490718 (hardcover) |
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