MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO SCREENING SERIES, THE:
HELLO, GOOD-BYE, PACKAGE 14 {EVENING SCREENING 5}
Summary
Hello, Good-bye presents three months of pilots,
premieres, and final programs from the annals of
episodic television. Although it is by no means a
definitive collection, this screening series showcases
many of the most remarkable episodes ever to open or
close a television series. Included are programs and
footage that have rarely or never been aired, such as
screen tests by John Travolta and Farrah Fawcett-Majors
for "Welcome Back, Kotter" (Travolta got a part;
Fawcett-Majors didn't); Rod Serling's pitch to potential
sponsors on behalf of "The Twilight Zone"; and the
bizarre 1999 Ben StillerÐdirected pilot "Heat Vision and
Jack," starring cult favorites Jack Black and Owen
Wilson. Mostly, however, this screening series is about
the familiar. It reminds us of the power of the medium
of television to help viewers fall in love with
characters like Mary Richards, the Beaver, and Alex P.
Keaton -- and then to force them to adjust when they
must confront life without Hawkeye Pierce, Larry
Sanders, Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Kimble, and the staff
at St. Eligius.
"Seinfeld" (pilot/final episode)
Given that Seinfeld was ostensibly a show about
"nothing," a lot seemed to happen to the characters in
this phenomenally successful sitcom. It began as "The
Seinfeld Chronicles" (sans Elaine) and ended nine years
later with an extraordinarily hyped episode that left
Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer in prison -- and many
viewers fuming. (1989/1998; 80 minutes)
Details
- NETWORK: N/A
- DATE: November 30, 2000
- RUNNING TIME: 1:18:53
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:64637
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- For "The Seinfeld Chronicles: Pilot":
- Gary Gilbert … Executive Producer
- Howard West … Executive Producer
- George Shapiro … Executive Producer
- Jan Siegelman … Producer
- Larry David … Co-Producer, Writer
- Jeff Stott … Production (Misc.), Executive in charge of production
- Art Wolff … Director
- Jerry Seinfeld … Writer
- Jonathan Wolff … Music by
- Pamela Brull … Special Guest, Cast, Laura
- Jerry Seinfeld … Cast, Jerry Seinfeld
- Michael Richards … Cast, Kessler
- Lee Garlington … Cast, Claire
- Jason Alexander … Cast, George Costanza
- For "Seinfeld: Final Episode":
- Jerry Seinfeld … Executive Producer, Created by
- Larry David … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Alec Berg … Executive Producer
- Jeff Schaffer … Executive Producer
- George Shapiro … Executive Producer
- Howard West … Executive Producer
- Nancy Sprow … Coordinating Producer
- Spike Feresten … Supervising Producer
- David Mandel … Supervising Producer
- Andy Ackerman … Producer, Director
- Tim Kaiser … Producer
- Suzy Mamann Greenberg … Producer
- Jennifer Crittenden … Co-Producer
- Steve Koren … Co-Producer
- Rick Corcoran … Associate Producer
- Jeffrey Stott … Production (Misc.), Executive in Charge of Production
- Jonathan Wolff … Music by
- Jerry Seinfeld … Cast, Jerry Seinfeld
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus … Cast, Elaine Benes
- Michael Richards … Cast, Kramer
- Jason Alexander … Cast, George Costanza
- Wayne Knight … Cast, Newman
- Jerry Stiller … Cast, Frank Costanza
- Estelle Harris … Cast, Estelle Costanza
- Liz Sheridan … Cast, Helen Seinfeld
- Barney Martin … Cast, Morty Seinfeld
- Ian Abercrombie … Cast, Mr. Pitt
- Stanley Anderson … Cast, Judge Vandelay
- Frances Bay … Cast, Mrs. Choate
- Peter Blood … Cast, Jay Crespi
- David Byrd … Cast, the Phramacist
- Tony Carlin … Cast, the Co-Worker
- Steve Carlson … Cast, Captain Maddox
- Melanie Chartoff … Cast, Robin
- Brian Doyle Murray … Cast, Mel Sanger
- David Dunard … Cast, the Guard
- Donna Evans … Cast, the Woman
- Geoffrey C. Ewing … Cast, the Bailiff
- Richard Fancy … Cast, Lippman
- Warren Frost … Cast, Mr. Ross
- Brian George … Cast, Babu Bhatt
- Philip Baker Hall … Cast, Bookman
- Teri Hatcher … Cast, Sidra
- John Hayman … Cast, the Bubble Boy
- Richard Herd … Cast, Wilhelm
- Keith Hernandez … Cast, himself
- Steve Hytner … Cast, Bania
- Carlos Jacott … Cast, the Pool Guy
- Scott Jaeck … Cast, Officer Vogel
- Wendle Josepher … Cast, Susie
- Robert Katims … Cast, Mr. Deensfrei
- Scott Klace … Cast, the Guard
- Jane Leeves … Cast, Marla
- Len Lesser … Cast, Uncle Leo
- Bruce Mahler … Cast, the Rabbi
- Wendel Meldrum … Cast, the Low-Talker
- Phil Morris … Cast, Jackie Chiles
- Sheree North … Cast, Babs
- John O'Hurley … Cast, J. Peterman
- Ed O'Ross … Cast, Detective Blake
- Kevin Page … Cast, Stu Chermak
- James Pickens … Cast, Detective Hudson
- John Pinette … Cast, Howie
- Victor Raider Wexler … Cast, Dr. Wexler
- James Rebhorn … Cast, D.A. Hoyt
- Peter Riegert … Cast, Kimbrough
- Geraldo Rivera … Cast, himself
- McNally Sagal … Cast, Carol
- Miguel Sandoval … Cast, Marcelino
- Reni Santoni … Cast, Poppy
- Gay Thomas … Cast, O'Neal
- Larry Thomas … Cast, Soup Nazi
- Myra Turley … Cast, the Foreman
- Patrick Warburton … Cast, David Puddy
- Jane Wells … Cast, herself
- Danny Woodburn … Cast, Mickey
- Grace Zabriskie … Cast, Mrs. Ross
- Van Epperson … Cast, the Passerby
- Jeff Johnson … Cast, the Criminal
- Sean Moran … Cast, the Man
- Dianne Turley Travis … Cast, the Receptionist
- Jim Zulevic … Cast, Bernie