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    The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta

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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    I REALLY hope there's some reference to Michael Richards' n-word rant. I can't imagine LD would leave that alone. "It's gold, Jerry--Gold!"
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    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    The New Adventures of Old Elaine, anyone?
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    Image of mharker mharker
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    I thought it was well-handled, to be honest. At first I didn't like the commercials that billed it as some kind of sappy reunion show that you knew it wouldn't be, but in retrospect, they worked because on Curb, they were never actually on the Seinfeld set. It did make sure this kind super-meta kind of episode couldn't be replicated, but all in all, it wasn't a bad episode.

    Apparently there were peope clamoring for a Seinfeld reunion show (though I don't know any), so they did the closest thing that would still fit the character of both shows. Meta isn't always bad, hipsters.
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    Image of The Sneak The Sneak
    10/05/09

    @mharker: Except it's not over. This plotline is going to run through the entire season of Curb.
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    Image of mharker mharker
    10/05/09

    @The Sneak: Seriously? Meh, I still trust that they'll do at least a decent job with it.
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    10/05/09

    @mharker: what would a "decent job" of a seinfeld reunion look like?

    this is why missing an episode "curb" is becoming a non-issue. if i wanted a whole season of the seinfeld characters' whining, i'd buy a DVD of seinfeld. love me some larry, but no thanks.
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    Image of mharker mharker
    10/05/09

    @thatgirlinnewyork: A decent job would be like the way the last episode was done---very meta, yes, but if you look at the Larry David of Curb as a fictional character with his own world, however much it is based on his real life, it's not as bad as the article above makes it out to be. The last episode dealt more with Larry's desperation to get Cheryl back, even if it meant casting her in a reunion episode, which was always an idea he hated. With the rest of the season, if they emphasize that Larry's basically "selling out" to get his wife back and if it's less about a Seinfeld reunion, I'd consider that decent.
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    In the not-too-distant future, when NBC is scrounging for new show ideas, Seinfeld will be remade with new actors.
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    Image of dado dado
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    Oddly enough, I love "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and loathe "Seinfeld." Viscerally. Kramer is never funny. At all.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    He was the man in a cape. replaces: It's a turtle without its shell.
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    Image of TriedandTrue TriedandTrue
    10/05/09

    @CaptainFantastic: It's a sloth, dammit
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    For what it's worth:

    According to IMDB (and this is probably incomplete, as I only quickly glanced over his credits for Seinfeld), Larry appeared on the show five times in a non-voice only form:

    1. On "The Heart Attack" in 1991 as "Screaming B-movie Actor,"

    2. on "The Trip: Part 2" in 1992 as "Man in Hallway,"

    3. on "The Pilot" in 1993 as "John F. Kennedy, Jr." and "Main in Raft #1,"

    4. on "The Chinese Woman" in 1994 as "Man with Cape,"

    5. and on "The Gum" in 1995 as "Newsstand Owner."

    [www.imdb.com]

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    Looks like he appeared on about 30 additional episodes in voice-only format.
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    Image of terrible terrible
    10/05/09

    @mattchew03: The majority of that voice work must be as Steinbrenner, right?
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    Image of psybab psybab
    10/05/09

    @mattchew03: He was always the voice of Steinbrenner.
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    Image of Brian Moylan Brian Moylan
    10/05/09

    @mattchew03: As opposed to the other four who were in every episode! I have since amended the offending sentence.

    And the first person who says that Elaine wasn't in the pilot gets a knuckle sandwich.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/05/09

    @psybab: Where did I say he wasn't?
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/05/09

    @Brian Moylan: I know, I know... I didn't mean to be a nitpick. Apologies!
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/05/09

    @terrible: Yep. Looks like he voiced Steinbrenner in 13 episodes, voiced other random characters in 19 episodes, and appeared as an uncredited actor in five more.
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/05/09

    @mattchew03: I think he was also the dog in the early episode when Jerry gets stuck with a drunk's dog (which we never see). Woof!
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/05/09

    @mattchew03: And I forgot--he was the man in the cape! Frank Costanza's lawyer.
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    If I ever own a racehorse, its name will be Faux Jason Alexander.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    don't want. awful people yelling. ugh.
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    Image of blix blix
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    I finally get my head wrapped around "Victor/Victoria" and this happens.
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    Image of Artie Fufkin Artie Fufkin
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    Are there really restaurants in CA with pictures of boobs, etc. on the walls? I want to go there.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    10/05/09

    @Artie Fufkin: Too bad Cafe des Artistes closed.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    "But Larry David was never on Seinfeld"

    Lies! He played George Steinbrenner.
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    Image of grrad grrad
    10/05/09

    @mattchew03:
    Technically speaking Brian Moylan is correct: Larry David supplied the voice for George Steinbrenner, he never physically appeared on the show---another dude by the name of Lee Bear was the on-camera actor.

    I HATE knowing this, btw.
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    Image of graceless graceless
    10/05/09

    In reply to The Seinfeld Reunion Will Spell the Death of Meta
    huh!
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    10/05/09

    @graceless: huh?
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    Image of irishflyesq irishflyesq
    08/28/09

    In reply to The TV Reunion Career Success Index
    What's up with the Welcome Back, Kotter tag? Brian, you're such a tease!
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    Image of DeadliestSin DeadliestSin
    08/27/09

    In reply to The TV Reunion Career Success Index
    It took alot of convincing in the first place, but I just finished watching Firefly and Serenity last night, and am quite dissapointed it never went further. I believe if the series had came out now, with the aid of social networks like Facebook and Twitter, it might have had a greater chance as succeeding. And if Fox hadn't carried it.
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