This week's cover: 'Seinfeld' reunion exclusive<http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/08/27/seinfeld/> by EW staff <http://popwatch.ew.com/author/entertainmentweekly/> Categories: This week's cover<http://popwatch.ew.com/category/this-weeks-cover/>
[image: 1063-cover_l]Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer together again? Get * out*! It’s true—and this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly goes on the set with *Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards, *who joined old pal *Larry David* for the new season of HBO’s *Curb Your Enthusiasm*.** **Over the last six seasons, viewers have come to expect the outrageous from *Curb, *Larry David’s comedic exploration of a man named Larry David. For season 7, the co-creator of *Seinfeld* decided it was finally time to reunite the gang from his old, pathologically revered NBC sitcom, who up until now had resisted the urge to re-emerge. The story line, which starts in episode 3, is sprinkled over five of the season’s 10 episodes as Larry recruits the cast, then plans and tapes the big *Seinfeld *reunion (viewers will see a few scenes of the *Seinfeld* reunion episode on *Curb*). David is cagey on plot details, and will only hint that *“Larry attempts to get [his estranged wife] Cheryl back, and the Seinfeld reunion figures prominently in that.”* Adds Louis-Dreyfus, *“It’s the anti-reunion reunion, and I’d like to copyright that.”* **When David approached Seinfeld about a reunion plot on *Curb *in spring 2008, the comedian wasn’t terribly worried about mucking around with the legacy of his beloved nine-season show. *“The idea of working with Larry was just too overwhelmingly appealing to me, and [Curb] is such a great show,” *he says. *“There was a little part of me that said, ‘Do we really want to tamper?’…But to hell with it. How much damage can you really do?”* **The first scene that the *Seinfeld *gang shot required them to immediately slip back into their old characters. *“Just before we shot that scene, I said to Jerry and Julia, ‘I don’t know if I can be George. I haven’t tried him on in a while,’” *recalls Alexander. *“And it was freaky how it just came right back out.” *Richards, meanwhile, dove in feet first. *“I’d always kept Kramer’s shoes,” *he notes. *“Once I got those shoes on, and I’m standing behind the door of Jerry’s apartment, I was ready.” *Being surrounded by the original sets also helped them get back in the mood: The * Curb *producers tracked down Jerry’s apartment and Monk’s coffee shop in a nearby warehouse. (Some home improvements were required, including replacing Jerry’s apartment door, which Seinfeld had taken as a souvenir.) * *While this strange trip may not be the reunion scenario that fans expected, both Seinfeld and David agree that it’ll be the only one viewers will ever get. *“As far as I’m concerned, we did do it, and in a better way than I ever imagined,” *says Seinfeld. *“This exceeded my expectations, so there’s no chance I would revisit it now.” *And there’s plenty of other action in * Curb*’*s *seventh season: Look for appearances by Meg Ryan, Rosie O’Donnell, Elisabeth Shue (who scores a part in the *Seinfeld* reunion), Sherry Stringfield, Christian Slater, and Sharon Lawrence, as well as the return of Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, and Richard Lewis. * For more on *Curb Your Enthusiasm* and the *Seinfeld* gang—including the cast’s picks for their favorite *Seinfeld* moments, and what Larry David really thought of *Seinfeld*’s polarizing series finale—check out the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands Aug 28. * -- spanx' blog: http://spankyenriquez.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gimik" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gimik?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
