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“She could hardly bring herself to talk to me at the end of that show.”
And ultimately the show had to break up with the country.

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In the end, it just couldn’t commit."
Page turners
The scripts forSeinfeldran about 70 pages instead of the average 45 for a sitcom.
Comedy lingo
Seinfeld said his proudest achievement was prompting the invention of the new word: Seinfeldian.

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“EvenThe New York Timesuses it!”
Making an entrance
Richards, as Kramer, prepares to barge into Jerry’s apartment.
“It was not easy keeping that stuff intact,” Seinfeld said.

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“There were thieves coming every night.”
But he knew the time was right to leave.
“He didn’t even know it was me who handed it to him.

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But I don’t mind.
So he owes me a tissue.”
Last call
Seinfeld remembered his final farewell with characteristic glibness.

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“It was like getting married to myself,” he said.
“Everyone I knew was there, everyone was congratulating me.
And yet I still got to go home alone.”

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