The pilot of 'Seinfeld' was made and dropped. 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to go to series.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
To me, in retrospect, it was amazing that 'Seinfeld' was a show that had such mass appeal. At first it was a disaster in the ratings, but then it became a cultural phenomenon. I don't know if that's possible anymore, but I don't try for that.
I have no illusions about having another 'Seinfeld' in my life.
In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.
There was so long from when we did the pilot and then when the show was eventually picked up by Comedy Central - and, in fact, we had to shoot the pilot twice.
And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable.
We sold 'Seinfeld' all over the world but it was a very specific kind of show. In some countries it went down really well, in others they hated it.
Oh, yeah, I've seen 'Seinfeld' 1,000 times.
I remember when I got a part on 'Seinfeld' it was like an out of body experience, I was so excited.