Once upon a time, the TV show Seinfeld was such a massive success that people thought that after it ended that they could just plug one of the four stars into the leading role in a cobbled-together star vehicle and bing!- it would be a hit.
And we found out that it does not work like that.
The kind of stars that can make that kind of cobbled-together star vehicle work through sheer star power and genius are rare indeed.
And all of them- Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Lucille Ball- will do far better on a show like Home Improvement, Seinfeld, or Last Man Standing where the show developers- Tim Allen himself in the last case- have put the work in to really do it right.
And so each and every one of the members of that marvelous ensemble cast that made Seinfeld so great (along with the amazing writing, of course), could have easily been part of another hit as a part of an ensemble cast.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as we have seen, could easily be a leading star of a hit.
Indeed, she has a versatility that even Jerry has not demonstrated.
She could play the lead in just about any kind of story.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus could star in any number of types of stories or shows.
But that is if you put the work in to do it right.
Even Jerry Seinfeld himself might have made a slapdash, cobbled-together star vehicle work, but would never approach what he was able to do in Seinfeld by putting the work in to do it right.
And so, Jerry being retired from television, the get-rich-quick schemers in American television plugged the other three stars into slapdash cobbled-together star vehicles, only to see them all fail, one after another.
Meanwhile Jason Alexander was going on to a marvelous post-Seinfeld career as a comic supporting guest star on shows like Star Trek: Voyager, and as the star of various comedic television commercials.
And then someone comes in and is determined to prove the Seinfeld curse wrong.
And chooses Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the active cast member with the most likely star power (Jerry being retired from television), and puts the work in to do it right.
And, of course, it succeeds.
Because Julia Louis-Dreyfus is so massively talented, has a built-in fan base, is a natural leading star, and this time they took the time to do it right.
And Julia Louis-Dreyfus goes on to a legendary post-Seinfeld career.
And Jason Alexander has been a familiar and beloved presence on television for many years in his various post-Seinfeld guest roles and TV Commercials.
And the guy who played Kramer could have had the same but he blew it with his racist rant.
Which was probably just a guy having a really bad day, but hey, the job of a television star is to make sure that things like that don't happen.
And so he's now working at a McDonald's somewhere rather than having the kind of post-Seinfeld career that Jason Alexander (or even Julia Louis Dreyfus) had because hey, he blew it.
No one Needs to be a television star.
And that story is unfortunate. Especially unfortunate within it are the 'Black' people who were hurt by his rant.
But that is not what this story is about.
We needn't dwell on past pain.
We can just enjoy the memories anyway, and say, hey, I guess Kramer really was a bit crazy.
And go on and enjoy the legendary Post-Seinfeld career of Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, and the beloved presence on television of a post-Seinfeld Jason Alexander
And enjoy our life, for that is what life is for.
God loves you!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson