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Is there a second life for the super sitcom?
Will the four main actors of “Seinfeld” soon be up to mischief together again?
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Is there a second life for the super sitcom? Jerry Seinfeld gave promising hints about a comeback.
Is there actually a “Seinfeld” comeback? Will Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld, 69), George (Jason Alexander, 64), Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 62) and Kramer (Michael Richards, 74) be meeting for a reunion soon? According to a report from NBC, Jerry Seinfeld, the star of what was once television’s most successful sitcom, gave new fuel to such rumors on Saturday (October 7).
Seinfeld: “Something’s going to happen.”
They were the sitcom dream team par excellence: stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld, his quirky neighbor Kramer and his friends Elaine and George. Between 1989 and 1998, the NBC sitcom, which was broadcast worldwide, won dream ratings and tons of awards, including ten Emmys. As an Instagram post shows, lead actor and co-writer Seinfeld was asked during a stand-up in Boston if he liked the ending of the 1998 sitcom. In his response, he hinted that he had brought “a little secret” to the audience at the Wang Theater in Boston: “Something is going to happen that has to do with the end of the sitcom.” He and co-author Larry David (76) “thought about what you’re thinking about right now. You’ll see.” Seinfeld’s remarks sparked spontaneous applause.
The ending disappointed many fans
The global “Seinfeld” fan community can hope for a comeback of the series and a reunion of the popular main characters around Seinfeld – in what form remains to be seen. Seinfeld’s suggestions should speak from the hearts of those who were surprised or even disappointed by the end of the sitcom in 1998. In the final shot, the four friends sit in a prison cell and debate whether George buttoned his cardigan incorrectly. George replies, “I think we’ve had this conversation before.” To which Seinfeld replies, “Yeah, I think that’s true.”
Then the camera zooms away from the quartet into nothingness. After nine extremely successful years, many fans found this ending to be undignified and too abrupt. Seinfeld himself, however, had always emphasized that there would be no new edition. In 2014, for example, he said: “I don’t believe in changing the past. I’m happy with the end.” So now we can speculate again as to whether and how the sitcom dream team has freed itself from the cell and gotten back together again.