CBS has announced they have canceled “The New Adventures of Old Christine.” Yes, I can hardly believe the news either—“The New Adventure of Old Christine” was still on the air this season? It’s fifth? Really? So it will probably go into syndication and make Julia Louis-Dreyfuss even more money? And she won an Emmy? Huh. I might need to watch more television not aimed at my gender, age, tastes, or sense of humor.
While the continued existence of this show was perhaps not exactly well publicized by CBS, what is no secret is the “Seinfeld Curse.” “Watching Ellie,” “Bob Patterson,” and “Listen Up!,” and “The Michael Richards Show” were all supposed to be break-out hits based upon America’s love affair with the cast of “Seinfeld.” But each of these shows, one worse than the other, failed because of the ridiculous expectations placed upon their stars. And honestly, a sitcom based on a daily, timely talk-show and airing on a different network?
You might be tempted to say that nobody from “Seinfeld” sits prettier today or offers more evidence that there is no “Seinfeld Curse” than Larry David. There he is, sitting on top of the world with his hit HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and starring in Woody Allen movies. Wait, Whatever Works? Even Leitch was disappointed; politely, of course. At least Larry left “Seinfeld” before gimmicks like “The Apology” “The Betrayal” and the inevitable let-down of the show’s finale. Wait, he wrote that? Yikes. Moving on.
Let me revise: nobody from “Seinfeld” is sitting prettier than Bob Balaban. Not
only did he speak French with François Truffaut while wearing an epic beard before “Seinfeld” in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but he joined up with Christopher Guest’s comedy troupe and has been part of Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration. You sir, you Mr. Bob Balaban, you have shown the world that there is no “Seinfeld Curse.”
I don’t really have to talk about “The Marriage Ref” do I?
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Just change your name to Footsteps Falco, call this performance art, and be done with it.
Slothrop’s writing could use more rhetorical questions?
/Are you secretly Chandler Bing?
Could Slothrop’s writing have any more rhetorical questions?
/are you secretly Chandler Bing?
I’d prefer it if no one ever talked about “The Marriage Ref.”
Unless they were saying that a meteor struck the set of “The Marriage Ref” and killed everyone responsible for the show.
I watched Bob Patterson. That was never supposed to be a breakout hit. Ever.
Plus Balaban got to stare at a young, hot Denise Richards’s rack on Seinfeld. WIN.
Yes, I know George was the one caught leering, but I’m sure Bob snuck a peek too.
Pretty sad that the character with the most success after Seinfeld is Jerry Stiller.
The Seinfeld curse is due to the fact that Seinfeld sucked and I stand by that assertion.
Dr. Tim Whatley made out alright. At least, if you can look past the terminal cancer part.
Michael Richards did have that successful web video. Lots of views.
Also affected by the Seinfeld Curse – Teri Hatcher’s breasts.
@DG: Yep, something horrible happened to Hatcher after she was on Seinfeld.
/Looks at porn to scrub memory.
Please explain the gimmick of “The Apology.” I assume you mean the backwards episode, “The Betrayal,” but perhaps I’m missing the gimmick in “The Apology.”
What gimmick? Do you mean the backwards episode, “The Betrayal”?
Actually i would argue that Patrick Warburton has had arguably the best career since Seinfeld, doing voice work for Family Guy and having Rules of Engagement….
…don’t forget Venture Bros.
Jeebus, it’s like I struck the same rib twice in a row and produced a different tone. I’ll change the stupid episode title. After I fix myself a scotch. I believe it’s from Glen Pedant.
The gimmick in “The Apology” is that there’s no such thing as Germophobes Anonymous. Jesus, people, it was pretty obvious.
Slothrop – a wizard did it.
I was in Vegas a few years ago and we needed to take a break and sober up before lunch so we went to television city at the MGM Grand and watched an episode of the New Adventures of Old Christine and then filled out a survey about it. since we were all guys in our early 20′s they asked us to come back for a focus group, and they gave us 50 bucks to tell them everything that was wrong with that show, it was great…not the show though, that was fucking terrible
Boy one day in here it’s all “Breaking Bad this, Breaking Bad that.” The next day there’s a Seinfeld curse.
Are you fucking kidding? Stop writing things now. Yes I had to go change the period to a question mark, because it’s barely a fucking question.
No, but seriously, a show gets 5 seasons on the highest rated network and you still bring out the Seinfeld curse, what are you a lazy fucking blogger. Geez O Petes!