Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything Kindle Edition

The chapters that dealt with the stars (before, during and after the show), the episodes, their dealings with the network were all fantastic. Great behind the scenes stuff that I hadn't heard or read about before. If only the entire book focused on those areas. There were several chapters on all of the writers and writing process. Those started out interesting enough, but quickly got repetitive and less compelling. Then the last few chapters totally lost me. Stories about websites, blogs and twitter accounts. Beyond boring. There were so many under or un-explored topics that would have made for a stronger finish. I would still recommend it to a Seinfeld fan because the first 75% or so was that good, but after that, I would advise to just skim through the last few chapters

Not organized with an index as far as Episodes!. No way to go by season or episode. But the point of this book is to tell the story of the scenes behind Seinfeld. I think the author gets this point across. If you are a real nut case Seinfeld fan I would recommend this book!

If you were an avid viewer of the show, Seinfeld, this book will capture your attention and hold it until you have read the book, completely. The book is filled with fact and numerous events that either involved writers, producers, actors, agents, and all other people integral to the show. It is an entertaining book and it will capture your attention until you finish the book.

Compelling, with page after page of inside information about the conception, production, and cast of Seinfeld. As a major fan, I'm loving this book. "How could anyone not like [it]?"

Mindlessly dull; the author drones on and on without any insights into the internal worlds of the principal actors; felt like all the perspectives from the various “insiders” were culled from superficial interviews from many different sources and just “copied and pasted”, resulting in a rambling and dreary read...don’t waste your time and money!

Seinfeldia is a must for those who love Seinfeld and wanted to know what it was like to be behind the scenes of such an iconic show. Its a quick read but packs a lot of little gems. It also has pictures that marked the time when this show was hot hot hot.

After I read the sample pages, I was hooked! This book has such a plethora of Seinfeld minutiae I had no idea existed! I am now searching for a minor league baseball game with a Seinfeld night! Maybe I'll even host a Seinfeld-themed party!!!

Made me want to go back and rewatch. I felt like it lost steam at the end, the last few chapters didn’t really add anything. Overall, pretty good just carries on a little too long.

It's really not very good. From the blurb on here I was expecting the book I've been waiting years for - something that told the real story of what life was like on the set, great anecdotes, etc. Instead, this is a quick run through of how it got to air, an almost cursory summing up of the series, and then lots and lots of padding. There is the odd hint of decent access but it never develops into a real insiders account. If you've watched the DVD extras and read the couple of other books that are knocking about then there's absolutely no reason to buy this one at all. None. The last chapter, for example, is all about weird Seinfeld accounts on Twitter. There's a massive gap in the market for a proper episode guide, with all the stories from the set, cast and crew memories, etc. This is not it.

I had got the mistaken impression from the description that this was a book by an insider. I must have read the back cover in a shop too quickly. It turns out to be something better than an insider's view - it is written by a journalist who has gone out of the way to get interviews with all sorts of people from writers to actors to the original real-life Kramer.An insider's view would give one perspective but this book gives lots of different inside perspectives. If you have the DVD box set and have played the commentaries on episodes then some of this book will be familiar but there are still some great new details in there, especially about the ongoing fan culture.A no-brainer for any fan of the show. I wanted it as soon as I saw it and have not regretted buying it.

This was a present for my partner and he really enjoyed reading it. As a Seinfeld fan he had never heard of this book but highly recommends it as a good read

Starts really well and gives you a great look behind the scenes of the show as it starts up and gains momentum season by season, but then it suddenly kind of starts skipping around in time and generally gets less focused as it goes on, ultimately petering (petermaning?) out with a bunch of anecdotes about how the show is still present in the popular culture. It's not terrible, and the first half of the book detailing the philosophy behind the writing of the show is really worth reading and so i don't regret buying it, but the second part of the book is just kind of a summary of events surrounding the show and feels kind of half-finished. The book feels like two things in one and needs the kind of rigorous editing and reshaping that Seinfeld and Larry David applied to each episode of their show.

The book presents a fascinating look at the production of Seinfeld as it catalogs the development and writing of the show as it progresses through all of its seasons. The "fly on the wall" feel coupled with the research, interviews and quotes give a great detailed look into the developmental aspect of what it took to produce a show like Seinfeld.Unfortunately, the book begins to struggle as it describes the show's cultural impact. A look at what Seinfeld meant and what it changed for the TV industry is interesting, but the last 25% of the book feels like it is focusing on soon-to-be-forgotten fades than actual cultural impact. A chapter on the various Seinfeld parodies on Twitter as well as in-depth looks at the Twitter parodies of those parodies didn't really feel necessary or culturally relevant. Overall, a fantastic book if you're looking for a chronicled history of the development of the show.