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SAM SIMON: At the time,
this is when Seinfeld was looking at 250 million
dollars from his show. And he said it,
he felt he owed it to his family to hit a home run, but they wanted to change
the tone of the network. So, in spite
of pretty good numbers, the show was canceled. He's a guy that wrote
all his own material and got on the stage by himself, and just the nature of what
we were doing isn't that. So it's just weird
that he considers it this black mark and this failure 'cause you just go,
"Well, that's TV." That's why most comedians fail.
We're not good collaborators, obviously. (CHUCKLES) Why the hell are you
up there by yourself?
this is when Seinfeld was looking at 250 million
dollars from his show. And he said it,
he felt he owed it to his family to hit a home run, but they wanted to change
the tone of the network. So, in spite
of pretty good numbers, the show was canceled. He's a guy that wrote
all his own material and got on the stage by himself, and just the nature of what
we were doing isn't that. So it's just weird
that he considers it this black mark and this failure 'cause you just go,
"Well, that's TV." That's why most comedians fail.
We're not good collaborators, obviously. (CHUCKLES) Why the hell are you
up there by yourself?
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SAM SIMON: At the time,
this is when Seinfeld
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was looking at 250 million
dollars from his show.
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And he said it,
he felt he owed it to his family
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to hit a home run,
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but they wanted to change
the tone of the network.
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So, in spite
of pretty good numbers,
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the show was canceled.
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He's a guy that wrote
all his own material
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and got on the stage by himself,
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and just the nature of what
we were doing isn't that.
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So it's just weird
that he considers it
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this black mark and this failure
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'cause you just go,
"Well, that's TV."
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That's why most comedians fail.
We're not good collaborators,
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obviously. (CHUCKLES)
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Why the hell are you
up there by yourself?
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Movie Summary
Interviews with George Carlin's family and friends, material from his stand-up specials and footage from his personal archive.
