Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything

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The New York Times bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld—“A wildly entertaining will have to-read not only for Seinfeld fans but for somebody who wants a better understanding of how tv series are made” (Booklist, starred review).

Comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld never thought somebody would watch their sitcom about a New York comedian sitting around talking to his friends. But against all odds, viewers did watch—first a couple of and then many, until nine years later nearly forty million Americans were tuning in weekly. Fussy Jerry, neurotic George, eccentric Kramer, and imperious Elaine—people embraced them with love.

Seinfeldia, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong’s intimate history is stuffed with gossipy details, show trivia, and insights into how famous episodes came to be. Armstrong celebrates the creators and fans of this American tv phenomenon, bringing readers into the writers’ room and into a world of devotees for whom it never stopped being relevant. Seinfeld created a atypical new reality, one where years after the show had ended the Soup Nazi still spends his days saying “No soup for you!”, Joe Davola gets questioned on a daily basis about his sanity, and Kenny Kramer makes his living giving tours of New York sites from the show.

Seinfeldia is an outrageous cultural history. Dwight Garner of The New York Times Book Review wrote: “Armstrong has an eye for detail….Most likely the highest praise I will give Seinfeldia is that it made me need to buy a loaf of marbled rye and start watching again, from the beginning.”

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