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Good News, Bad News: Directed by Art Wolff. With Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards, Lee Garlington, Jason Alexander. Jerry and George argue whether an overnight visitor Jerry is expecting is coming with romantic intentions.
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“The Seinfeld Chronicles” (also called "Good News, Bad News" or simply known as "Pilot") is the pilot episode of the NBC series, Seinfeld. It originally aired on July 5, 1989. It was written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, and was directed by Art Wolff. The original title of the episode was StandUp, but was later changed to Good News, Bad News before reverting to The Seinfeld Chronicles.
There are two versions of the pilot: the original version shown during the original airing, and the re-edited version shown in reruns.
The series opens withJerry Seinfeld sitting with his best friend George Costanza at Pete's Luncheonette, debating the placement of one of George's shirt buttons. George Strait's "Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye" is playing in the background. The waitress, Claire, pours each of them a cup of coffee. George frets whether the coffee is regular or decaffeinated, and explains that he does not want caffeine. (Later, Claire implies that she gave him regular, just to annoy him.) Jerry tells George about a woman he met in Lansing, Michigan, named Laura, who is coming to New York. Jerry wonders if she has romantic intentions. The two continue to talk about her after they leave Pete's and go to the laundromat.
The next evening, Jerry tells his neighbor Kessler
(who in all future episodes is known as Kramer) that he thinks he misunderstood the situation with Laura. Jerry then receives a telephone call from Laura, who asks if she can stay overnight at his apartment. Jerry invites her, but is still unsure whether or not her visit is intended to be romantic. George and Jerry continue to debate the issue, with Jerry determined to find the true nature of her visit.
At the airport, George and Jerry continue to try to identify the possible signals Laura might give upon her arrival, with George explaining the meaning of various greetings. However, when Laura arrives, her greeting is ambiguous. Jerry and Laura arrive at the apartment. Laura then removes her shoes and some excess clothing to get comfortable, and while in her feet stockings, asks for wine, turns down the lamp light, and asks if she can stay over for a second night.
Lee Garlington as Claire (listed as a series regular but appears only once)
Pamela Brull as Laura
•This episode originally aired on July 5, 1989, making it the only Seinfeld episode released in the 1980s.
•The episode does not feature the character Elaine Benes. Her character was introduced as a result of constructive criticism based on this episode. As a result, Julia Louis-Dreyfus does not appear in this episode.
•Jerry's apartment is significantly different from the rest of the series; the trimming on the cabinets & wood is yellow, not grey. The arch from the living room into the bathroom & Jerry's room does not exist & instead there is a door. Also, the far left side, where Jerry's computer & window to the street are, is not there; instead there is an observatory-esque glass wall looking out into the alley below.
•The pilot was filmed at Stage 8 of Ren-Mar studios (then Desilu-Cahuenga studios, now Red Studios Hollywood), the same studio where the CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show was filmed. The sitcom was shot in black and white and ran for 5 seasons. A total of 158 half-hour episodes were aired from 1961 to 1966.
•George, at one point, suggests that Jerry should do the opposite of his instincts, a practice which George himself would later do in "The Opposite".
•Lee Garlington, who played Claire (the waitress at Pete's) in the pilot, although credited as a regular, was not asked to appear in the series and is only featured in this episode.
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Rob Reiner The Seinfeld Chronicles was written as the pilot for the show that would eventually be called Seinfeld, though earlier versions of the script would refer to the program as Stand Up and The Jerry Seinfeld Show. The idea for the show started on November 2, 1988, after NBC executives had approached comedian Jerry Seinfeld to do a project with the network, upon a suggestion by George ...
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Laura, a woman Jerry met during a trip to Laming, has called to say she is coming to New York on business and might like to see him while she is in town. Alt...
The Seinfeld Chronicles. "The Seinfeld Chronicles" (also known as "Good News, Bad News" or "Pilot") is the pilot episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld, which first aired on NBC on July 5, 1989. The first of the 180 Seinfeld episodes, the pilot was written by show creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, and directed by Art Wolff.
Synopsis. The series opens with Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza (Jason Alexander) seated at Pete's Luncheonette, debating the placement of one of George's shirt buttons. Jerry says that the button is too high and it looks like George lives with his mother. Jerry tells George about a woman he met in Lansing, Michigan, Laura (Pamela Brull ...
The critics further went on and made the series victorious in every category it was eligible for in the 1st Annual American Television Awards. Seinfeld has also won a few Emmy Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award for 1992 and many more. Many of the early episodes were based on the life experiences of series co-creator, Larry David.
