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>> i cant take it. i need the cake. >> it was not sophisticated television. but these were shows that people adored. [ laughing and snorting ] >> cbs. >> cbs was in a really bad spot. they had just fallen apart over the early part of the 90s and had gone through a couple different network executives. >> but then suddenly they had this hit with an unknown comic. this was the year of seinfeld, no hugging, no learning, and this was a show being made as if it was produced in the era of the dick van ...

Generation x, the 20 somethings, boomerangers, baby busters, whatever the 46 million young souls are called are turning out to be a hard sell. >> in the 90s, what we realized is advertisers would pay premiums for college educated young adults 18 to 49. we started reinventing nbc and trying to speak to that audience. >> where is someone? im starving. >> this is him right here. >> is there a table ready? >> the chinese restaurant was one of the very, very early episodes of "seinfeld." and truly no...

And larry was offended. he was like wildly offended. >> nbc believed in the show so they said were committing to four episodes. >> yes, yeah, right. four episodes. >> normally its 13 or 8 or something. >> yes, at least. >> we really didnt think they had too much confidence in the show. >> we didnt think it would work, but we thought they had to go through their process and they would learn and ultimately they knew better than we did. >> my mother caught me. >> caught you? doing what? >> you know...

Again, in the way they will sit down and watch "lucy" or "seinfeld" or friends that are these oi conic shows that go on and on. and it shall bould be that way. cosby show was that way for families. >> yeah. you remind me of the seinfeld signoff. for me, that is the last i recall where it seems like the whole country gathered around a television to see how it was going to end. question. is there a precedent for someone who has fallen from grace and was the star of a tv show, sitcom or otherwise? ...

Hard to figure he was coming from. you know, he always was sort of -- but obviously, he was such an enormous star. he was incredibly welcoming to me. he invited me and my wife to the taping of the finale. so we had a very good relationship. i wouldnt say we were friends but we had a good-professional interaction. and, of course, i never imagined any of this was going on. and i have to say, the people that i know involved in the show, the producers, they didnt know about this. this was an extraor...

True paths to prison. even if you are not a tax accountant, if you are not somebody who studies these things, if you are somebody who watches "seinfeld" or read a newspaper in the 80s, even for comically high profile people, this is a tried and true way to end up in the crowbar hotel. which is why presumably most people who try to commit those crimes know that they ought to be subtle about it. mostly. not all though. what new york prosecutors spelled out in court today was a variety of this kind...

For how exactly you were supposed to order soup at his restaurant. if you didnt follow the rules, he screamed at you, no soup for you. the soup nazi on "seinfeld" was based on a real guy on west 55th street in manhattan run by a guy who would scream at you if you didnt order fast enough or didnt stand in the right place. the cfo for the soup company went to prison. for years, if god forbid you worked at the place, you would get paid through all sorts of little chiselling off the book schemes des...

>> i support the defund movement, not only do we need to defund but to dismantle and start a new. >> this is the word that is coming from the street. >> reporter: despite democrats called to defund the police the mainstream media is backing the white house messaging saying republicans are the ones behind the movement. todd: here to react is any scary. if youre a fan of seinfeld and who isnt? this is the new narrative spelled out in all falsity by dana milbanks from the washington post, quote, ev...

Generational impact of her work. and the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences have invited 395 entertainment industry names to become members. this class, the class of 2021, is significantly smaller than previous years. since facing wide criticism for lack of diversity at the oscars the academy has beenmade a conscious effort to extend their memberships. in a statement the academy explained the return to a smaller group was needed to, quote, ensure the necessary infrastructure, staff r...

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