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´Seinfeld´ season 1, episode 1
On May 31, 1990, NBC made a bet that viewers would embrace Seinfeld, George, Elaine and Kramer. At least one critic, however, wasn´t thrilled with the initial offering. The Hollywood Reporter´s original review is below:
Forget your belly. Any laughs that come from NBC’s Seinfeld, the new half-hour comedy starring stand-up funnyman Jerry Seinfeld, come from the mind that occasionally smirks at itself when a punchline or two hits close to home. Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen often.
The show begins with Seinfeld doing what he does so well — performing onstage in front of an audience who take to toasting his humor with steins of beer. It’s obvious they’re having a good time. And why not? Seinfeld has an easy sort of humor derived from observing everyday activities and make them sound funny.
But wait. Suddenly, we’re no longer in a comedy club watching Seinfeld perform. Now we’re in his apartment as he stars as himself in a sitcom. Jason Alexander plays his best friend, George, currently going through withdrawal after the loss of another girlfriend. Michael Richards is an idiotic neighbor who wants to start a bake-your-own pizza parlor. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Jerry’s ex-girlfriend for whom a flame still burns. And guest star Kevin Dunn plays Joel, a friend who’s hanging on to Seinfeld the way a wire-haired terrier grips the mailman’s pant leg.
Ah-oh. Hold on. We´re back in the club again for more observation. No. Now wait. We´re back in the sitcom. Too often. Too briefly. Go figure.
It’s obvious that Seinfeld and co-creator Larry David are attempting to be creative. Perhaps the effect would have been better if Garry Shandling hadn’t done it more effectively years ago. What remains is a group of terrifically talented people (with Alexander and Louis-Dreyfus stand-outs) who mix but never really mesh.
Seinfeld, which had a trial one-shot last year as The Seinfeld Chronicles, is slated to run for three more weeks on NBC. That should be enough. — Richard Hack
Dette er en signatur.