There are tons of Seinfeld fan favorite moments, but there is one episode that never even had the chance to become a classic.On a Reddit AMA, star Jerry Seinfeld revealed the only episode that was dropped due to the topic
In 2014, Seinfeld spoke with fans during a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session and there was a revealing piece of information that not many fans know. One fan asked, “Has there ever been article ideas that you had to give up for Seinfeld because you felt they pushed the boundaries too far? »
Turns out there was an episode that they ended up canceling because they thought it was too controversial – and it involved a storyline about buying a gun
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Seinfeld replied, « Yeah There was an episode where Jerry bought a handgun And we started doing it and we stopped in the middle and we said, ‘it doesn’t work’ We have performed the read, then we canceled it A lot of other things happened, but trying to make it funny wasn’t fun in the end «
Seinfeld’s episode « The Bet » was scheduled to air during the show’s second season, and although Seinfeld said the episode involved a story about Jerry buying a handgun, according to WikiSein, there is actually had a bet on Elaine buying a gun
“In the episode, Elaine Benes bets against Jerry Seinfeld on how easy it is to buy a handgun to protect himself,” WikiSein notes “In a subplot, Cosmo Kramer returns from vacation to Puerto Rico and tells Jerry and George Costanza whom he slept with a flight attendant on the return flight George makes a bet with him and goes to the airport with Jerry and Elaine to ask the flight attendant if Kramer’s claim is true «
Interestingly, the episode was quite advanced in the process before scrapping it. Sets had been built and actors had been chosen for the roles of flight attendant and gun salesman
The subject of the Seinfeld episode « The Bet » was supposed to be dark, but it was determined that it wasn’t going to work
The DVD commentary for the show revealed reactions from the cast members, who rehearsed for 20 minutes before starting to address their concerns
Julia Louis-Dreyfus said: « I read the script and I remember thinking: ‘We’re not going to do that’”
The character of Louis-Dreyfus had a dialogue that included references to the assassination of presidents « Where do you want it, Jerry? The Kennedy? [holds the gun against his stomach] The McKinley ?, said Elaine Louis-Dreyfus said to Jason Alexander: « I don’t do that »
Larry Charles, who wrote the episode, explained in the DVD commentary why the script didn’t quite click « You know, that would have been an interesting show, but we couldn’t figure it out. the funny problem, ”he explained.
Charles continued, « It never seemed to be as funny as it should be and, because of that, the balance was out of balance and the darkness enveloped him, and he could never really get out of that. darkness and become what it should have been So it was disappointing but also understandable «
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World News – CA – Jerry Seinfeld said this episode of « Seinfeld » was dropped entirely after reading: « It doesn’t work »
