In fact, the script baffled even the man who played the Chinese restaurant host. If the network didn’t like this, they didn’t like the show. David was adamant it was a funny half-hour of television about life’s little frustrations. Indeed, David balked even when Ludwin said – gingerly – “If you feel passionate about this, which you obviously do, go do it, and we’ll hope for the best.” He took David for a walk around the lot and allowed him to vent. But they also knew how precarious Seinfeld’s future was. David, especially, would not take this lightly. Now they sat in Bosgang’s car and agreed that killing the script was too provocative. They’d gone to the table-read in hopes of seeing progress – but there’d been no change. They didn’t think they could sell a concept this flimsy. Was this thing missing pages or something? There was no story! What would the other NBC executives say? To Bosgang, it confirmed the network’s worst fears about Larry David and Seinfeld – that they couldn’t hack it making a sitcom long-term. They’d been worried about the script from the get-go.

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