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In May 1993, then 39-year-old Jerry Seinfeld met 17-year-old Shoshanna Lonstein in Central Park. They began to date for approximately four years. She even transferred from George Washington University to UCLA, in part to be close to Jerry as he was busy with the production of Seinfeld. The media constantly hounded them due to their popularity and significant age difference. Their relationship finally ended in 1997. Lonstein cited constant press coverage and missing New York City as reasons for the breakup. #Seinfeld
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In Seinfeld, Heidi Swedberg played Susan Ross, the girlfriend of Jason Alexander's character George Costanza. While filming Seinfeld, Jason Alexander repeatedly said he struggled with Heidi Swedberg’s comedic timing and rhythm on set, making scenes with her difficult. Julia Louis-Dreyfus didn’t fully get it at first but came around after sharing scenes with Swedberg during Season 7. At a post-episode cast dinner, Julia expressed frustration after working with Swedberg and joked, “Don’t you just want to kill her?” Showrunner Larry David embraced the idea and chose to write Susan out of the series in a memorable, darkly comedic manner. In the Season 7 finale episode, “The Invitations,” Swedberg's character, Susan, died after licking the toxic glue on cheap wedding invitation envelopes that the cheapskate George insisted on buying. The group’s indifferent reaction, with George being relieved that he no longer has to get married, became one of the show’s most infamous moments. In 2015, Jason Alexander later walked back and apologized for parts of the story, clarifying that he liked Heidi Swedberg personally, that she was professional and willing to adjust, and that the decision wasn’t solely about her or meant to be personal. He pointed out that his previous remarks about her were misconstrued. Still, many believe the anecdote about Julia's joke was true. This chapter of "Seinfeld" fits in with the show's style... ruthless, selfish humor with no sentimentality. #Seinfeld #TheInvitations #HeidiSwedberg #SusanRoss #Costanza
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Jason Alexander says Seinfeld's cast demanded $1,000,000 per episode because continuing to play George, Elaine, and Kramer would hurt their careers “The million dollar figure actually first came out of Julia's mouth. It was not a wild I wish I got a million dollars. There had been actual research done. We knew that for the network alone, every episode of Seinfeld generated $14 million of profit. Sheer profit for the network alone, let alone Castle Rock and the syndication participants” “We had argued that after five years of being in Seinfeld, there was no upside in the long run for the three of us to continue doing the show. It had made us celebrities. It had made us some money. But if we were going to be actors with careers that extended where we needed to play different roles, continuing to put out the image of George, Elaine, and Kramer was actually detrimental to our long run careers. So why was there any incentive for us to be in this for the long run unless those shows were extremely profitable to us. We argued that we needed to be cut in on syndication. We needed syndication points. We were told, in no small terms, to go take a hike” “When we got into the bargaining chair and NBC so desperately wanted to have another season or another two seasons, we said again, syndication. Our salaries are fine, but you're making such massive profits in syndication, profits of $3 to $4 million per show into infinity, and you don't want to give us any of that. In order for us to feel good about doing this show, I want to leave the most successful half hour in the history of television knowing that I never have to work again. That is what I require, or you can't have my services” “Knowing what all the revenues were, what we would have made had they given us the syndication, what everybody was making upfront, we tried to figure out what percentage of the success formula of the show were the three of us. We came up with Jerry, Larry, the writers, us, and everything else. As one fifth of that, we said here's the number, $1 million an episode”
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