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Seinfeld : the making of an American icon

Title
Seinfeld : the making of an American icon / Jerry Oppenheimer.
Author
Oppenheimer, Jerry.
Publication
New York : HarperCollins, ©2002.

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Description
xiv, 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Chronicles the popular comedian and actor's early amateur successes, his big break on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show," his work with Larry David, and his achievements during the long-running "Seinfeld" sitcom.
Subject
  • Seinfeld, Jerry
  • Seinfeld, Jerry
  • Comedians > United States > Biography
  • Television actors and actresses > United States > Biography
  • Comedians
  • Television actors and actresses
  • Jewish comedians > United States > Biography
  • Jewish television producers and directors > United States > Biography
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-384) and index.
Contents
Family Roots -- Tojo, Television, and Holy Water -- And Betty Makes Two -- Near the Mall -- Moving On Up -- Tough Times -- Becoming a Man -- High School Loner -- Romeo and Juliet -- To Israel, with Love -- Sex, Drugs, and Suzukis -- Campus Odd Couple -- I Just Want to Be Funny -- Queens College Days -- Girl Trouble -- Catskills Forays -- I Want to Do Stand-up -- Peanuts on the Bar -- The Dianetics Kid -- Doctor Comedy -- Major Changes -- Strange Bedfellows -- Faster Than a Speeding Bullet -- Welcome to L.A. -- The Benson Fiasco -- Jerry Does Johnny -- Comedy Club Bonanza -- Love and Death -- Sex, Money, and Accolades -- L.A. Story -- Birth of Seinfeld -- Press War -- Fame Is Free -- Love in All the Wrong Places -- L'Affaire Lonstein -- Ups and Downs in TV Land -- Designing Woman -- The End of Life as We Know It -- The Marrying Kind -- Stop, Thief! -- And Baby Makes Three.
ISBN
  • 0060188723
  • 9780060188726
LCCN
2002068723
OCLC
  • ocm49601893
  • 49601893
  • SCSB-1260842
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library