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Not everyone cares about "Seinfeld" leaving primetime Sorry, 'Seinfeld'
Some people just don't care about sitcom
Web posted on: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 5:36:09 PM EDT
From Correspondent Anne McDermott
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- As "Seinfeld"-mania reaches record pitch in the days before the final show, we'd like to interrupt this program with breaking news: some people don't give a hoot about the sitcom.
"I care about a lot of things," one California woman told correspondent Anne McDermott. "I can't say 'Seinfeld' is necessarily right up there at the top."
She is just one of the thousands, perhaps millions, who usually find something better to do on Thursday evenings than plop down on the couch and engage themselves with the fictional lives of Jerry, Kramer, Elaine and George.
"I didn't even know there was a last episode," another anti-"Seinfeld" citizen said.
But this is "Seinfeld"
Can this be true? This is the show that will supposedly have the highest rated finale of all time, commanding record dollar amounts for advertisements.
"Seinfeld" is the sitcom that has provided content for conversations around the office water cooler every Friday for nine years, and given us jargon like "Yada, yada, yada" and "Master of your domain."
"Seinfeld" has even had an effect on the stock market. One Nasdaq company, Gardenburger, watched its stock zoom up 6 percent on Friday and another 15 percent on Monday after it was announced the company had bought a 30-second commercial in Thursday's finale, which will be seen by an estimated 90 million people.
'Best comedy' ... so?
"I think I might rank it as the best comedy of all time," Los Angeles Times media critic Howard Rosenberg once gushed. "I just think it's out of sight. For me, anyway, it resonates in a way that other comedies haven't. I've never seen more bizarre characters."
Who cares, say some.
"I watch cartoons," said one McDermott interviewee.
"I watch the Pet Channel all the time," said another.
One California surfer said there are more important things to worry about than the fact that "Seinfeld" will soon be seen only in re-runs.
"What I care about is the environment, man," he said. "Look, (we need to) clean this world up, ya know?"
But what will the world do without "Seinfeld"?
We'll soon find out.
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