Have We Seen The End Of The Joking Of Jerry’s Kids?
You hear it said, even from rabid fans: “You know, ‘Seinfeld’ just isn’t as funny as it used to be.”
That’s a matter of opinion, of course. And it’s a point of view that Jerry Seinfeld, for one, doesn’t agree with. Still, he is well aware that sitcoms have shelf lives, and “Seinfeld,” which is approaches its 100th episode, is nearing the end.
“I think that even the best TV series has a healthy life of five to eight years,” Seinfeld told TV Guide. “You can go longer, based on your ratings and all, but that’s just milking it.”
But when exactly? “Oh, I don’t know,” he said. “But my antennae are always up. You try to figure out: Have we peaked yet? Are we on the other side of midnight?”
Loose talk
Los Angeles Daily News columnist Phil Rosenthal on O.J. Simpson’s new book “I Want to Tell You”: “It does offer insight into what kind of hell Simpson has been going through in jail. He earnestly writes about having no say over what channel the TV set is tuned to at the Men’s Central Jail, forcing him to watch ‘Beverly Hills, 90210.”’
He’s no longer quick, and he’ll soon be dead
Norman Mailer turns 72 today.
So much for earning money the old-fashioned way
Smith Barney Inc. rode to recognition in the 1980s with a series of ads featuring the late actor John Housemen. It’s doubtful the brokerage firm will attract members of the J. Geils Band for any future TV spots. Four members of the defunct group, John Geils Jr., Stephen Bladd, Richard Salwitz and Seth Justman, have sued the firm. They allege that their broker mismanaged a pension fund, costing them some $450,000.
And she especially loves you, No. 3… er, Rob
Personality disorders are curious conditions. The ups go high, and the downs plummet. Take Roseanne, for example. In her Tom Arnold days, she would refer to her employees by numbers they wore on T-shirts. Now, says “Roseanne” executive producer Rob Ulin, she’s mellowed. “The first day on the set she hugged everybody,” Ulin said.
Well, kids, I mugged a lot on TV and cut bad records
“Blossom” star Joey Lawrence is a good boy. Why? The 18-year-old actor told Philadelphia magazine, “I don’t want to look back when I’m a parent and my kids are coming in contact with drugs and all this kind of crap and have them ask me, ‘Well, what did you do when you were my age?’ and not be able to answer them with honesty.”
Just between us, Connie Chung is a bit jealous
TV Guide reports that a MediaPoll survey indicates the most trusted face in TV news is - big flourish here - Walter Cronkite. Cronkite, who retired in 1981, made the top 10 in all but one of the eight categories. The category he flunked? “Most attractive.”
Only if he wrote something like ‘The Satanic Verses’
After Turner Broadcasting forced Salman Rusdie to delete lyrics from “The Flintstones” show from the English editions of his collection of short stories titled “East, West,” the British author wondered why. “Somebody would shoot Fred Flintstone?” he asked Newsweek.
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