Why did someone know Jerry Sinfield in the college to sue the NBC comic play for $ 100 million

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“Seinfeld” is the unique comic play In a variety of roads. The formula of storytelling through the chest has raised the simple exploits of four self -absorbent characters that make their lives and/or the lives of others a live nightmare by setting the priorities of their concerns. That mandatory tension-or they were not likely between the two letters (Jerry and Line), were more likely to communicate through early detection of its already connection (regardless of one brief arrangement of catastrophic friends and competition, he was not interested in communicating again).

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There is another Quirk close to “Seinfeld”, at least at the time, is that the four main characters were based on very real people. Regardless of the “Ozzie and Hariet adventures” (which starred in the actual Nelson family), it is difficult to think about the comic play that has been extracted severely from the lives of its creators. But Jerry Senefeld and Larry David, two comedies, came out of the scene of the Al -Waqf Club full of talent in the 1970s (which gave us legends such as Robin Williams, Gary Shandling, and George Wallace), they knew their confrontations with all kinds of administrators that were mature with the ability of the comic play. So, they plowed “Seinfeld”, and after a few seasons where NBC was unable to know how to market the series, it ended with the most popular show on TV.

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Showbiz success on “Seinfeld”, “ Especially when you are profitable from the lives of others for great laughter, it always raises scrutiny from people who have a similar idea or traveled in the same circles as creators. Sometimes, people are sure of their work or their illegal life in order to win another person (and sometimes they are right). This is when the lawsuits are filed. This is what happened to Jerry Sinfield when a person who knows him in college claimed that one of the four main characters of the comic series in his life.

In 1999, Michael Costanza sued Jerry SinfieldLarry David, NBC and “Production Companies” for use for him without his permission to create George Costanza. As the non -fictional Costanza said, “George is bald. I am bald. George is mixed. I am mixed. George went both to Queens College with Jerry. And I also had George something about bathrooms and parking lots.

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Costanza claimed that this was a violation of the Civil Rights Law in New York, while it was invading privacy, defamation and wrong light, and he requested $ 100 million as compensation. This lawsuit should be a surprise for Seinfeld as Michael brought the show for a veil in The third season episode, “Car Space”. When the lawsuit finally arrived before the judge, it was received as a disturbing waste of time.

Costanza did not have an opportunity in the court because the statute of limitations on his complaint ended one year after the emergence of the comic play of 1989. Moreover, in rejecting the Costanza case, the New York Supreme Court ruled that his claims were not supported by the state law and was worthy of punishment.

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Surprisingly, Costanza only resumed this ruling to collide, once again, in 2001. Most likely, all these judges were well aware that George’s character was based in a large part of Larry David. Perhaps this also did not help that Costanza has already sought to take advantage of his accidental relationship with “Seinfeld” by writing a biography entitled “The real Senfeld: as he said by the real Costazanza.” However, Kosanza has never seen his legal challenge.