But who would want to hang out just with Kramer?
Elaine in VEEP is pretty “annoying”, 7 profitable seasons of it. Larry David is height of annoying, 11 seasons and counting. Seinfeld itself only succeeded just barely in the beginning: it was a very stilted “Seinfeld Chronicles” and they only ordered 6 episodes.
Michael Richards could have made it, if they had found the right formula, had the patience, and realistic expectations. But they wanted a blockbuster right out of the box, and even Seinfeld wasn’t that.
