Comedians and Jerry never thought anyone would watch their silly little sitcom about a New York comedian sitting around talking to his friends. NBC executives didn’t think anyone would watch either, but they bought it anyway, hiding it away in the TV dead zone of summer. But against all odds, viewers began to watch, first a few and then many, until nine years later nearly forty million Americans were tuning in weekly.

In Seinfeldia, acclaimed TV historian and entertainment writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong celebrates the creators and fans of this American television phenomenon. She brings listeners behind the scenes of the show while it was on the air and into the world of devotees for whom it never stopped being relevant,

a world where the Soup Nazi still spends his days saying No soup for you!, Joe Davola gets questioned every day about his sanity, Kenny Kramer makes his living giving tours of New York sights from the show, and fans dress up in Jerry’s

famous puffy shirt, dance like Elaine, and imagine plotlines for Seinfeld if it were still on TV.

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is the author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and

Ted , a history of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She writes about pop culture

for several publications, including the New York Times Book Review, Fast

Company, and Entertainment Weekly. She grew up in Homer Glen, Illinois, and now lives in .

Christina Delaine is an accomplished stage and voice actor, as well as an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. Her theater

credits include Jewtopia, the longest-running comedy in Off-Broadway history,

and the title role in Antigone at both Portland Center Stage and Kentucky Repertory Theatre.

Running Time: 10 Hours • Unabridged © 2016 Jennifer Armstrong ℗ 2016 Tantor Media, Inc. Published by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc. Jacket design by Christa Douyard. www.tantor.com 34829 ISBN 978-1-5094-2561-7 Playaway preloaded audiobooks are the best way to listen, unplugged and uninterrupted.

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