What You’ll Uncover in Seinfeldia How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything
The hilarious behind-the-scenes story of two guys who went out for espresso and dreamed up Seinfeld, the cultural sensation that modified tv and bled into the actual world, altering the lives of everybody it touched.
Comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld by no means thought anybody would watch their foolish little sitcom about a New York comic sitting round speaking to his buddies. NBC executives didn’t assume anybody would watch both, however they purchased it anyway, hiding it away within the TV lifeless zone of summer season. However in opposition to all odds, viewers started to look at, first a few after which many, till 9 years later almost forty million People have been tuning in weekly.
In Seinfeldia, acclaimed TV historian and leisure author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong celebrates the creators and followers of this American tv phenomenon, bringing readers behind-the-scenes of the present whereas it was on the air and into the world of devotees for whom it by no means stopped being related, a world the place the Soup Nazi nonetheless spends his days saying “No soup for you!”, Joe Davola will get questioned each day about his sanity, Kenny Kramer makes his residing giving excursions of New York sights from the present, and followers gown up in Jerry’s well-known puffy shirt, dance like Elaine, and picture plotlines for Seinfeld if it have been nonetheless on TV.
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***A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER***
“Her book, as if she were a marine biologist, is a deep dive…Perhaps the highest praise I can give Seinfeldia is that it made me want to buy a loaf of marbled rye and start watching again, from the beginning.”
—Dwight Garner, The New York Instances
“Even for those of us who imagine ourselves experts, Armstrong scatters delicious details throughout her book, like so many Jujyfruits we can’t resist… [I]n describing the making and writing of this singular show, Armstrong is queen of the castle. Her stories about “Seinfeld” are actual — and so they’re spectacular.”
—Washington Submit
“Armstrong is an excellent writer and a first-rate journalist. I can attest from firsthand knowledge that Seinfeldia is not only a great read but an accurate historical description about two comedians and one TV show that changed the course of television history.”
—Kenny Kramer, the real-life inspiration for Sienfeld’s Kramer
“Lively and illuminating. A wildly entertaining must-read not only for Seinfeld fans but for anyone who wants a better of understanding of how television series are made.”
—Booklist, starred evaluation
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“Even as someone lucky enough to be on the show, I couldn’t put Seinfeldia down.”
—Larry Thomas, “The Soup Nazi”
“[S]avvy and engaging…the best way to enjoy “Seinfeldia” is to learn the ebook with TV distant in hand, calling up episodes on Hulu as Ms. Armstrong adroitly recounts the again story of those still-captivating reveals that have been by no means, ever about nothing.”
—Wall Road Journal
“Armstrong proves herself the perfect guide to understanding who, what, when, where, why, and how this show came to define American culture in the ’90s…. Seinfeldia is as funny and interesting as a good episode of the show it covers. Armstrong’s pacing and attention to detail makes it a book about pop culture that goes by almost too quickly.”
—A.V. Membership, Grade: A-
“The heart of Armstrong’s book and its most engaging quality is how it all came to be: the Seinfeld rules of the road that seemed to be without rules; the actors who left their indelible mark (Bryan Cranston as dentist Tim Whatley, Teri Hatcher as one of Jerry’s “spectacular” girlfriends) and the parade of moments about nothing that really turned out to be something.”
—USA Right now
“Armstrong’s intimate, breezy history is full of gossipy details, show trivia, and insights into how famous episodes came to be. How nothing could become something or how a national TV audience learned to live in a Beckett-ian world. Perfect for Seinfeldians and newcomers alike.”
—Kirkus Opinions
“Armstrong offers a masterly look at one of the greatest shows. The research involved makes this a boon to television scholars, but Seinfeld enthusiasts will also enjoy this funny, highly readable book.”
—Library Journal
“This book is the ultimate score for any Seinfeld addict.”
—Fred Stoller, creator of My Seinfeld 12 months
“At last, here is the quintessential book on how and why a show about nothing managed to wend its way through the mediocrity and emerge as a hit. Read it.”
—Mike Sacks, creator of Poking a Useless Frog
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“Seinfeldia is an addictive read for any TV lover. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s trenchant insight into the cultural phenomenon and pervasive fandom of the beloved show is real, and it’s spectacular.”
—Maris Kreizman, creator of Slaughterhouse 90210
“From the stories behind the stories to the characters behind the characters, Seinfeldia delivers everything you always wanted to know.”
—William Irwin, editor of Seinfeld and Philosophy
“Jennifer Keishin Armstrong has managed to do the impossible – she’s written a book about nothing. Which is everything. Because it’s Seinfeld. Through Armstrong’s pen, we learn exactly how a couple of neurotic comics hijacked “nothingness” (once the exclusive domain of Buddhist monks and their serene, mountaintop “monk-spas”) and transported it into every TV set in America.”
—Mary Birdsong, Reno 911
About the Creator
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is the creator of Intercourse and the Metropolis and Us, Seinfeldia, and Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted. She writes about popular culture for a number of publications, together with The New York Instances Ebook Evaluate, Quick Firm, Vulture, BBC Tradition, Leisure Weekly, and a number of other others. She grew up in Homer Glen, Illinois, and now lives in New York Metropolis. Go to her on-line at JenniferKArmstrong.com.
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