08-05-2009 Weirdest Robkast The "Seinfeld" cast reunion on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" this fall will be an
extensive part of the series. The stars of the original NBC series
(Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Michael
Richards) will appear in five episodes of the HBO comedy along with
plenty of other familiar faces (hello, Newman).
The "Curb"
story has "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David and the original cast
agreeing to a series revival and follows the process of re-starting the
classic sitcom. "The context is for years I've been asked about
a 'Seinfeld' reunion, as has Jerry and the other cast members," Larry
David said at the "Curb" panel at the Television Critics Association's
press tour in Pasadena. "I would say, No, there's no reunion, we would
never do that, it's
a lame idea but it might be really funny to do that on 'Curb', and I
kept thinking of how we could pull this off, and Jerry was game, so
we're doing a 'Seinfeld' reunion show. We'll see the
read-through, parts of rehearsals, the show being filmed, you won't
see the entire [mock 'Seinfeld' episode] you'll get an idea of what
happened 11 years later [for the characters]."
Asked whether the show will acknowledge Michael Richards' comedy
club scandal, David said, "It's possible." The "Seinfeld" reunion idea
will be introduced a couple episodes
into the season and will be the show's main arc this season. The season
finale might be an hour-long episode.
