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...Seinfeld was renewed last week after supporting actors Michael Richards, Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus dropped their salary demands from $1 million per episode (what Jerry earns) and settled for $600,000 for next season's 22 episodes (up from $160,000 a show). Apart from the unquantifiable attributes--timing, delivery, physical funniness--what exactly do you have to do to earn that kind of dough? Herewith, stats of last week's discount-priced program...
...Jerry Seinfeld ("Jerry") 15 101 587 Jason Alexander ("George") 13 62 568 Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Elaine") 8 36 322 Michael Richards ("Kramer...
...Seinfeld $1,703.58 $1,703.58 Alexander $281.69 $1,056.34 Louis-Dreyfus $496.89 $1,863.35 Richards...
...Mandel makes the most of this contrast -- too many side trips into bathroom humor -- but it does feed the stars enough decent patter to keep them ticking in their disparate ways." Reitman does provide two nice casting surprises: the formerly hot Nastassja Kinski as the sweetly scheming mom and Seinfeld?s Julia Louis-Dreyfus, crisped up with a chicness Elaine can only dream about, as Crystal?s sharply skeptical wife. Still, says Sheppard, "One can?t quite escape the feeling that no one involved in Fathers? Day (which is yet another Americanized version of a French farce) is quite working...
...Oppenheim thinks that Americans are tired of sex, he has been watching a different set of sitcoms than I. Every episode of "Seinfeld" is about relationships, sexual misadventures and a certain giddiness of heterosexual love. Of course TV viewers are interested in sex and other portions of characters' private lives. We care about our characters' religions, political beliefs, quirks and sexual preferences, because that is part of the voyeuristic charm of watching TV. For every episode of other shows to parade heterosexuals protagonists going on dates, falling in love and suffering break-ups is to send a particular message about...