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I saw Jerry once. It was quite a letdown.
I will try to keep this short, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld are both Jewish and they met up just as some friends would. They started talking about writing a pilot for a comedy show. David had a few connections with some big shots on NBC. When David and Seinfeld co-wrote the script for the pilot is when they decided to use Jewish actors or at least, actors who had Jewish connections within their families.
The first show, or the pilot as they call it in TV lingo, wasn't a hit and actually ended up pretty far down in the ratings. The executives at NBC wanted to immediately cancel the show, but was talked into running it for a full season by a fellow executive named, Rick Ludwin. He also put up some of his money to help produce the show, but that was never divulged.
As the show grew, the cast stayed entirely Jewish or they had Jewish ties (whatever that means). As we all know now , the show eventually became a hit. Even though the show is named after the star (?), most people have their own favorites. Many fans like Kramer, George and Elaine. In a People magazine that asked viewers to name their favorite actor on the show, it was pretty close to being even, except, of all things, Jerry was on the bottom.
Before Seinfeld's show, Jerry's stand up act did fill comedy clubs, but his overall ratings were not doing well. He's a much better writer than he is a stand up comedian. Sort of like Ray Romano from the show "Everyone Loves Raymond." He was a popular favorite in comedy clubs, but had it not been for his show, he would have likely faded away. According to the my source, who is a writer for "People" magazine, he did a stand up comedy act on the "Letterman Show" and CBS wanted to do a pilot, which like Seinfeld, turned into a hit series.
Romano's and Seinfeld's life of getting a show on TV was almost a carbon copy. I think it's funny sometimes how life can change for a person just by being in the right place at the right time.
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