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Seinfeld:
Seasons 1 & 2, Seinfeld:
Season 3
Reviewed
by EW's Dalton Ross
Seinfeld, the most
innovative and influential
sitcom of the past 15 years,
finally making its way to
DVD is cause for celebration
on many fronts. For one
thing, we can finally view
classic episodes from the
first three seasons in their
pristine, presyndicated
form. For another, we are
presented with a full-on
assault of accompanying
material — commentary
tracks, documentaries,
deleted scenes. Then there's
this added bonus: Julia
Louis-Dreyfus can watch the
landmark pilot episode...for
the very first time!
It seems the actress
formerly known as Elaine
(who started in episode 2)
has never bothered to watch
the installment that began
it all. (Get out!) Which
sort of throws into question
whether she deserved to get
the part. Maybe it should
have gone to...Rosie
O'Donnell? That's right,
Rosie, along with Patricia
Heaton and Megan Mullally,
also auditioned for the
role. Such tidbits are
revealed in abundance in a
package as detail-obsessed
as the characters it
celebrates.
Wanna keep track of Kramer's
entrances or all the
characters' exes? Wondering
how many times Michael
Richards' stand-in, Norman
Brenner, appears as an
extra? Then there are
deleted scenes (like an
abandoned story line in
''The Heart Attack''
involving Elaine and a
Reader's Digest), unused
stand-up material, and an
hour-long doc on the show's
rocky inception: It was
originally slated as an
hour-and-a-half late-night
special, but was broken up
into a series because ''I
just didn't think we could
last 90 minutes,'' Jerry
Seinfeld explains. ''So,
instead, we ended up making
90 hours.'' Best. Decision.
Ever. |
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