Seinfeld

"I established the Kramer look, but I wasn't going for a real hi retro thing. These are the clothes he's always just worn, and never bought any new clothes. . . . Kramer never loses anything. If you throw something out, Kramer wants it."-- Michael Richards on his "Seinfeld" character Cosmo Kramer in P.O.V. magazineIn the sitcom "Seinfeld," Kramer posed with nothing between him and his Calvin Kleins. For George Costanza's dad, he invented the "bro," a bra for men.Cosmo Kramer -- Kramer, if you please -- is prime-time television's certified style meister.

There will be no soup for you but plenty of free eats as the "No Soup for You" truck pulls into Baltimore today. The truck -- an homage to the famous "Seinfeld"  episode featuring The Soup Nazi -- will be parked at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore from noon to 2 p.m. The truck is touring the country and has already stopped in a number of cities -- Boston, New York and Chicago, to name a few. The truck, alas, won't have the Nazi's...

THERE is something absolutely annoying about the way some culture gurus take for granted that, come tomorrow night, we will all sit glued to our televisions watching the last episode of "Seinfeld."To do otherwise is to be uncivilized, un-American, someone unworthy of calling herself a New Yorker.Well, excuse me. I have been a New Yorker for 22 years. But I am not a "Seinfeld" fan. And, from what I have gathered from various folks I've talked to in recent days, I am not alone.I am not one of those snobs who insist that they never watch television.

It's a cold, gray Friday afternoon in a dark and drafty concrete warehouse at an industrial park in Columbia. Not exactly the setting in which anyone would expect to find glamour, wit or the next big thing in pop culture. But through a series of doors built into a maze of temporary walls and stage flats, there's a group of a dozen tall director's chairs bearing Vice President of the United States seals set in two ragged rows along with a bank of TV monitors and warming lights. And in the center of the first row, sitting sideways in a black power suit coat and skirt, legs casually crossed, is Julia Louis-Dreyfus, star of HBO's new political satire "VEEP.

There will be no soup for you but plenty of free eats as the "No Soup for You" truck pulls into Baltimore today. The truck -- an homage to the famous "Seinfeld"  episode featuring The Soup Nazi -- will be parked at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore from noon to 2 p.m. The truck is touring the country and has already stopped in a number of cities -- Boston, New York and Chicago, to name a few. The truck, alas, won't have the Nazi's...

The best comedy flows from real-life experiences, and nobody on television is tapping that vein better these days than "Seinfeld," the NBC series that tonight at 9 and 9:30 gives viewers a double feature of back-to-back episodes on WMAR (Channel 2).Star Jerry Seinfeld built his stand-up comedy reputation on the ,, "didja' ever notice . . ." school of observational humor, and tonight's first episode tackles a commonplace urban stress: the hunt for a good parking place.Along the way, it also proves another formula for a successful comedy series: By reaching back to "The Honeymooners" and "I Love Lucy," the show demonstrates the need for a strong ensemble cast of almost-believable characters.

He was into Scientology. He's never been true to his school. He used to spend hours preparing his face for a shave. He has control issues, is remarkably focused and has rarely made a misstep in his ascent to America's comedy pantheon. And, says one author, Jerry Seinfeld made every effort to persuade people not to cooperate with the unauthorized biography that contains such facts. Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon (HarperCollins) by Jerry Oppenheimer, chronicles the childhood, early career and phenomenal rise of the man who created, in the guise of "a show about nothing," the gotta-watch-it sitcom that TV Guide called "the No. 1 comedy of all time."

You want soup? Then watch "Seinfeld" tonight and obey the rules."High Incident" (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WMAR, Channel 2) -- In this repeat from April, David Keith's Sgt. Jim Marsh, one of the world's most obsessive cops, is forced to discipline his daughter when she breaks the law. ABC."Miracle Babies" (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WJZ, Channel 13) -- The insufferable Kathie Lee Gifford serves as host for this round-up of children whose very births defied the odds. Included is a look at 51-year-old Vivian McDonnell of Bel Air, who was implanted with her 31-year-old daughter's eggs and gave birth to triplets -- her own grandchildren.

Bob and Jack launch their big show tonight, as the GOP convention concludes with acceptance speeches from nominees Dole and Kemp. Network coverage begins at 9 p.m., except on NBC, where even stronger forces are at work."

Personally, I think it's enough already with Seinfeld. He's taking way too long to say goodbye. But for those who disagree, there's "Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time" tonight at 9 on HBO. It's Seinfeld live on Broadway at the end of his world tour performing his current crop of stand-up material for what he promises will be the last time. He does plan to return to stand-up, but not until he has a new act.I'll watch, but only because the brittle "Seinfeld" finale left me with such a bad taste in my mouth.

Coveted power forward Mitch McGary says in his ESPN blog that he loves Maryland, but it's not a good fit. Is that like that old Seinfeld breakup line: "It"s not you, it"s me?" As of August, the Brewster (N.H.) Academy center was still including Maryland on his list of finalists. He had suggested that he didn't mind a school transitioning to a new coach. But in his blog today, he wrote: "I love Maryland, but I just don't think that it's the best fit for me. " He said he was focusing on Florida, Duke and Michigan.

In a special guest appearance on "The Daily Show," legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld had some help for Jon Stewart.  Stewart, you see, was trying to overcome his more juvenile self -- which wanted to accuse GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's husband, Marcus, of hypocritically being gay as he tried to "pray the gay" out of people.  As evidence, Stewart played a clip of Marcus Bachmann swing-dancing with Michele and also a...

In an interview this week, Larry David, creator of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," answered a question from me about matters of taste by saying, "And the more people I can offend, the better." If that is the standard, then Sunday's premiere of the seventh season of this HBO comedy is the best. Right out of the box, David is absolutely pushing the limits of TV comedy on issues of race, gender, coarse language, mental illness and physical disease. You don't realize how incredibly edgy David's work on HBO is until you try to write about it in a family newspaper and suddenly discover that you can barely start to describe situations and setups, let alone dialogue and punch lines.

'Seinfeld' stars plan 'Enthusiasm' reunion Their Seinfeld isn't coming back, but its stars will be together again this fall on HBO. The network says that Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards will appear in several episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The HBO comedy stars Larry David, who helped create Seinfeld. HBO wasn't giving out any other details about the appearances, which were first reported on the Entertainment Weekly Web site. Conrad moving on The Hills will no longer be alive with the drama of Lauren Conrad - at least, after the fifth season.

Do you know that the driveway at President Andrew Jackson's Nashville home, Hermitage, is the shape of a guitar? Do you care? Of course not. Some other "fun facts": NASHVILLE Violence-prone citizens Tennessee's nickname, the "Volunteer State," comes from the War of 1812, when hundreds of volunteers - many more than the quota needed, many surely from Nashville - eagerly went off to war We're No. 7! In a 2007 U.S. News & World Report ranking of the 100 busiest airports, Nashville was named the seventh "least miserable" airport.

I was watching North Carolina play basketball on ESPN recently. (Is it required that either the Tar Heels or Duke must be on TV every night, or does it just seem that way? Those two get as much air time as Seinfeld reruns.) Carolina has so many weapons. I saw Tyler Hansbrough repeatedly doubled down low. Sometimes, Hansbrough would try to muscle both defenders to the hoop. (Tyler, there's a man open somewhere.) But often the double would allow the Heels to pass to an uncovered player in the paint, leading to a score.

LOS ANGELES -- "Seinfeld" will return for an eighth season next fall, NBC entertainment president Warren Littlefield said yesterday.The announcement came as somewhat of surprise since Jerry Seinfeld and other members of the cast were reportedly considering calling it quits after seven years in the Nielsen Top 10.As Littlefield spoke, Seinfeld walked on stage to field questions in a surprise press conference."

Based on overnight ratings from major cities, NBC is estimating that 76 million people watched the final episode of "Seinfeld."The "Seinfeld" finale had a 43.2 rating and 57 share in Nielsen Media Research's overnight ratings of 39 major markets, NBC said yesterday.The final episode of "Cheers" in 1993 had a 45.9 rating and 72 share in the national ratings, with an estimated 80 million viewers.The all-time champ of final series episodes is M*A*S*H, which had a 60.2 rating and 77 share, with an estimated 105 million viewers, when it went off the air in 1983.

The man who on TV gave us the re-gifter, double-dipper, anti-dentite, low-talker and bad breaker-upper proves to be something else entirely in real life: a great tipper. Jerry Seinfeld left a $40 tip on a $40 lunch tab at Regi's in Federal Hill on Saturday. So says Jessica Pickard, happy recipient of said gratuity. The tab-doubling tip was the only thing that made Seinfeld, in town for an appearance at the Meyerhoff that night, stand out. No funny banter with the server. No witty repartee with the two guys seated with him. No riffs on their wings and wraps.