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Post by nutsberryfarm ⛑ on Apr 2, 2021 2:30:04 GMT  www.primetimer.com/features/remember-the-year-that-kramer-got-entrance-applause-on-seinfeldSo many aspects of the phenomenon that was Seinfeld are unrepeatable in today's TV landscape. The television audience is so watered down and fragmented that we'll likely never again see a sitcom attain "water cooler" status like that again. That thing where Seinfeld was coining new catchphrases every week? Virtually impossible. Not to mention how many actual subjects Seinfeld batted around for comedic purposes that are no longer part of modern life, be it answering machine messages or movie etiquette. More than anything, it's Seinfeld's dominance over the TV landscape that can never be repeated. The sense that, even if you weren't watching, you knew these characters and what they were all aboutt. Back in the '90s, Seinfeld was at the top of the TV mountain. And along the way, they attempted one of the most brazen flexes in TV history: they gave Kramer entrance applause.Cosmo Kramer wasn't the first TV character to get a studio audience whooping and clapping for him when he entered the frame. The practice is most famously associated with Happy Days' Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli (played by Henry Winkler) At a certain point in Happy Days' run, creator Garry Marshall started instructing the audience to applaud (or at least stopped discouraging the audience from applauding) when the Fonz entered a scene. Over the years, this treatment has been afforded to other popular TV characters, from Lenny & Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley, to Steve Urkel on Family Matters, to Cody on Step By Step. The genre of character has been remarkably consistent. If it's not always the wacky neighbor, it's at least the character who serves the most wacky-neighbor-esque function. Kramer definitely fit that bill when it came to Seinfeld, so you can see why the powers that be at the show (or the network, which seems more likely) would want to spotlight him in this way. There's also the fact that Kramer would burst into Jerry's apartment with such an exaggerated flair, giving the audience the perfect prompt to applaud (in fact, he only ever gets applause when entering Jerry's apartment).Far more fascinating, however, is the flex of it all. Seinfeld spent three seasons wandering in the TV wilderness, grasping for an audience and staying just ahead of the cancellation blade. Then came the fabled Season 4, where everything clicked, the show was moved into the Cheers lead-out slot on Thursday nights, and the audacity of its art-imitates-life season-long arc where Jerry and George attempt to write a TV show "about nothing" led to its first and only Emmy win for Outstanding Comedy Series. That was the turning point season. That was also when Kramer began receiving entrance applause -- in episode 4, "The Wallet." Michael Richards would also win the Emmy that year for Outstanding Supporting Actor, the first of three individual awards for him... and none for co-star Jason Alexander. Did all that entrance applause business help establish Richards as the show's featured player? Perhaps. | | "Persevere in virtue and diligence."- Plautus | |
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Post by rhs6358 on Apr 2, 2021 9:01:53 GMT Entrance applause sucks. I remember how annoying it was on "Sanford and Son", "Chico and the Man" and "Welcome Back, Kotter". Just looked so staged and phony.pizzabagel: That Gabe Kaplan. I hate him. He's so smug. | |
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Post by nutsberryfarm ⛑ on Apr 2, 2021 11:35:40 GMT Apr 2, 2021 9:01:53 GMT rhs6358 said:Entrance applause sucks. I remember how annoying it was on "Sanford and Son", "Chico and the Man" and "Welcome Back, Kotter". Just looked so staged and phony.pizzabagel: That Gabe Kaplan. I hate him. He's so smug.jerry seiny wishes he got applause. | | "Persevere in virtue and diligence."- Plautus | |
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Post by pizzabagel on Apr 2, 2021 12:32:58 GMT Apr 2, 2021 2:30:04 GMT nutsberryfarm ⛑ said:www.primetimer.com/features/remember-the-year-that-kramer-got-entrance-applause-on-seinfeldSo many aspects of the phenomenon that was Seinfeld are unrepeatable in today's TV landscape. The television audience is so watered down and fragmented that we'll likely never again see a sitcom attain "water cooler" status like that again. That thing where Seinfeld was coining new catchphrases every week? Virtually impossible. Not to mention how many actual subjects Seinfeld batted around for comedic purposes that are no longer part of modern life, be it answering machine messages or movie etiquette. More than anything, it's Seinfeld's dominance over the TV landscape that can never be repeated. The sense that, even if you weren't watching, you knew these characters and what they were all aboutt. Back in the '90s, Seinfeld was at the top of the TV mountain. And along the way, they attempted one of the most brazen flexes in TV history: they gave Kramer entrance applause.Cosmo Kramer wasn't the first TV character to get a studio audience whooping and clapping for him when he entered the frame. The practice is most famously associated with Happy Days' Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli (played by Henry Winkler) At a certain point in Happy Days' run, creator Garry Marshall started instructing the audience to applaud (or at least stopped discouraging the audience from applauding) when the Fonz entered a scene. Over the years, this treatment has been afforded to other popular TV characters, from Lenny & Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley, to Steve Urkel on Family Matters, to Cody on Step By Step. The genre of character has been remarkably consistent. If it's not always the wacky neighbor, it's at least the character who serves the most wacky-neighbor-esque function. Kramer definitely fit that bill when it came to Seinfeld, so you can see why the powers that be at the show (or the network, which seems more likely) would want to spotlight him in this way. There's also the fact that Kramer would burst into Jerry's apartment with such an exaggerated flair, giving the audience the perfect prompt to applaud (in fact, he only ever gets applause when entering Jerry's apartment).Far more fascinating, however, is the flex of it all. Seinfeld spent three seasons wandering in the TV wilderness, grasping for an audience and staying just ahead of the cancellation blade. Then came the fabled Season 4, where everything clicked, the show was moved into the Cheers lead-out slot on Thursday nights, and the audacity of its art-imitates-life season-long arc where Jerry and George attempt to write a TV show "about nothing" led to its first and only Emmy win for Outstanding Comedy Series. That was the turning point season. That was also when Kramer began receiving entrance applause -- in episode 4, "The Wallet." Michael Richards would also win the Emmy that year for Outstanding Supporting Actor, the first of three individual awards for him... and none for co-star Jason Alexander. Did all that entrance applause business help establish Richards as the show's featured player? Perhaps.It's no doubt that Jaleel White's Steve Urkel most likely kept "Family Matters" from being cancelled. And Jonathan Harris as Dr. Smith did wonders for "Lost in Space." | | Last Edit: Apr 2, 2021 12:33:57 GMT by pizzabagel Lighten up, Francis. | |
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Post by rhs6358 on Apr 2, 2021 13:07:13 GMT Apr 2, 2021 12:32:58 GMT pizzabagel said:Apr 2, 2021 2:30:04 GMT nutsberryfarm ⛑ said:www.primetimer.com/features/remember-the-year-that-kramer-got-entrance-applause-on-seinfeldSo many aspects of the phenomenon that was Seinfeld are unrepeatable in today's TV landscape. The television audience is so watered down and fragmented that we'll likely never again see a sitcom attain "water cooler" status like that again. That thing where Seinfeld was coining new catchphrases every week? Virtually impossible. Not to mention how many actual subjects Seinfeld batted around for comedic purposes that are no longer part of modern life, be it answering machine messages or movie etiquette. More than anything, it's Seinfeld's dominance over the TV landscape that can never be repeated. The sense that, even if you weren't watching, you knew these characters and what they were all aboutt. Back in the '90s, Seinfeld was at the top of the TV mountain. And along the way, they attempted one of the most brazen flexes in TV history: they gave Kramer entrance applause.Cosmo Kramer wasn't the first TV character to get a studio audience whooping and clapping for him when he entered the frame. The practice is most famously associated with Happy Days' Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli (played by Henry Winkler) At a certain point in Happy Days' run, creator Garry Marshall started instructing the audience to applaud (or at least stopped discouraging the audience from applauding) when the Fonz entered a scene. Over the years, this treatment has been afforded to other popular TV characters, from Lenny & Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley, to Steve Urkel on Family Matters, to Cody on Step By Step. The genre of character has been remarkably consistent. If it's not always the wacky neighbor, it's at least the character who serves the most wacky-neighbor-esque function. Kramer definitely fit that bill when it came to Seinfeld, so you can see why the powers that be at the show (or the network, which seems more likely) would want to spotlight him in this way. There's also the fact that Kramer would burst into Jerry's apartment with such an exaggerated flair, giving the audience the perfect prompt to applaud (in fact, he only ever gets applause when entering Jerry's apartment).Far more fascinating, however, is the flex of it all. Seinfeld spent three seasons wandering in the TV wilderness, grasping for an audience and staying just ahead of the cancellation blade. Then came the fabled Season 4, where everything clicked, the show was moved into the Cheers lead-out slot on Thursday nights, and the audacity of its art-imitates-life season-long arc where Jerry and George attempt to write a TV show "about nothing" led to its first and only Emmy win for Outstanding Comedy Series. That was the turning point season. That was also when Kramer began receiving entrance applause -- in episode 4, "The Wallet." Michael Richards would also win the Emmy that year for Outstanding Supporting Actor, the first of three individual awards for him... and none for co-star Jason Alexander. Did all that entrance applause business help establish Richards as the show's featured player? Perhaps.It's no doubt that Jaleel White's Steve Urkel most likely kept "Family Matters" from being cancelled. And Jonathan Harris as Dr. Smith did wonders for "Lost in Space."Same with Catherine Bach and "Dukes of Hazzard". | |
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Post by rhs6358 on Apr 2, 2021 13:07:58 GMT Apr 2, 2021 11:35:40 GMT nutsberryfarm ⛑ said:Apr 2, 2021 9:01:53 GMT rhs6358 said:Entrance applause sucks. I remember how annoying it was on "Sanford and Son", "Chico and the Man" and "Welcome Back, Kotter". Just looked so staged and phony.pizzabagel: That Gabe Kaplan. I hate him. He's so smug.jerry seiny wishes he got applause.I think Hawkeye should have set up this forum so that when we log on, we get applause. And Hawkeye, would it have killed you to add a laugh track? | |
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Post by pizzabagel on Apr 2, 2021 13:26:40 GMT Apr 2, 2021 13:07:13 GMT rhs6358 said:Apr 2, 2021 12:32:58 GMT pizzabagel said:It's no doubt that Jaleel White's Steve Urkel most likely kept "Family Matters" from being cancelled. And Jonathan Harris as Dr. Smith did wonders for "Lost in Space."Same with Catherine Bach and "Dukes of Hazzard".Hey, did you know that she's a direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach? It's true. Not the famous composer, just some guy from Germany with the exact same name. | | Lighten up, Francis. | |
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Post by nutsberryfarm ⛑ on Apr 2, 2021 13:37:50 GMT Apr 2, 2021 13:26:40 GMT pizzabagel said:Apr 2, 2021 13:07:13 GMT rhs6358 said:Same with Catherine Bach and "Dukes of Hazzard".Hey, did you know that she's a direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach? It's true. Not the famous composer, just some guy from Germany with the exact same name.did you know I wear daisy dukes? | | "Persevere in virtue and diligence."- Plautus | |
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Post by pizzabagel on Apr 2, 2021 13:45:40 GMT Apr 2, 2021 13:37:50 GMT nutsberryfarm ⛑ said:Apr 2, 2021 13:26:40 GMT pizzabagel said:Hey, did you know that she's a direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach? It's true. Not the famous composer, just some guy from Germany with the exact same name.did you know I wear daisy dukes? | | Lighten up, Francis. | |
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Post by rhs6358 on Apr 2, 2021 14:39:51 GMT Apr 2, 2021 13:37:50 GMT nutsberryfarm ⛑ said:Apr 2, 2021 13:26:40 GMT pizzabagel said:Hey, did you know that she's a direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach? It's true. Not the famous composer, just some guy from Germany with the exact same name.did you know I wear daisy dukes?You'll forgive me if I don't look surprised. | |
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Post by rhs6358 on Apr 2, 2021 14:40:27 GMT Apr 2, 2021 13:45:40 GMT pizzabagel said:Apr 2, 2021 13:37:50 GMT nutsberryfarm ⛑ said:did you know I wear daisy dukes?[whispers] With nothing between him and his Daisy Dukes. | |
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Post by pizzabagel on Apr 2, 2021 18:51:41 GMT Apr 2, 2021 14:40:27 GMT rhs6358 said:Apr 2, 2021 13:45:40 GMT pizzabagel said:[whispers] With nothing between him and his Daisy Dukes.Just call him "Commando nuts." | | Lighten up, Francis. | |
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Post by rhs6358 on Apr 2, 2021 20:48:45 GMT Apr 2, 2021 18:51:41 GMT pizzabagel said:Apr 2, 2021 14:40:27 GMT rhs6358 said:[whispers] With nothing between him and his Daisy Dukes.Just call him "Commando nuts."nuts likes to air out his nuts. Makes perfect sense. | |
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