“As I recall, there was some reference to make a joke called ‘a Kennedy.’ And that offended me. Particularly given how cavalier attitude about it. So why didn’t it get made? In short, many around the show didn’t believe an episode-which would’ve been the fourth of season two, so still very early in the show’s going (and long before they’d do entire storylines around stuff like masturbation and contraception)-featuring guns would fly. During the episode, Kramer would take Elaine to meet a man named Mo Korn (played by Ernie Sabella, best known by “Seinfeld” fans as the naked man on the subway) who still lives with his mother, and who also happens to be a black market gun salesman. That cast and I do not want to do this’”.The other bet, which was the main focus of the episode, was whether or not Elaine ( Julia Louis-Dreyfus ) would purchase a gun for protection. Guns are not funny, no matter what you say.’ I walked back before the network guys left and I said, ‘We don’t want to do this episode. I went back to the stage and the actors looked at me and said, ‘We don’t want to do this episode.’ I said, ‘I agree with you. I was told to go back to the stage and work on the episode, which is what normally happens. And I guess it offended the cast as well. “As I recall, there was some reference to make a joke called ‘a Kennedy’. Former ‘Seinfeld’ director, Tom Cherones, commented on the unaired episode saying, It goes without saying that the episode would not have flown and had the potential of being judged as insensitive and offensive more so because of the daytime shootings that were still very much a part of America then. Larry Charles wrote it since he wanted a “funny dark” themed episode by using elements that were unusual in sitcoms.- Matthew McSweeney December 13, 2019 This reminds me of the unfilmed “Seinfeld” episode “The Bet” which would’ve had Elaine betting Jerry on whether she’d buy a handgun to protect herself. “Our appreciation of the broad comedy of ‘Seinfeld’ does not in any way take away from the respect we have for the Puerto Rican flag”.Īlthough the episode was taken off syndication after the backlash and was not included in the reruns, it resumed playing on-screen uncut in 2002. Robert Wright, the then president of NBC added, “We do not feel that the show lends itself to damaging ethnic stereotypes because the audience for ‘Seinfeld’ knows the humor is derived from watching the core group of characters get themselves into difficult situations”. The network went on to issue an apology that said, He strongly remarked that the episode had “ crossed the line between humor and bigotry”.įaced with such severe backlash, NBC was left with no choice other than pulling the episode off syndication. The president of Bronx Borough at the time, Fernando Ferrer, who is also a Puerto Rican was offended at the negative image, created by the episode, of Puerto Ricans being prone to violence and vandalism.
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Manual Mirabal, the National Puerto Rican Coalition’s president at the time, criticized the show’s lack of judgment in using the Puerto Rican flag, which should not have been made into a stage prop. The Puerto Rican community, including many influential people of the time, had taken serious offense over the episode’s content. Although this was just one of the many episodes that made inappropriate remarks on ‘Seinfeld’, for some reason it blew up into a controversy leading it to being banned. The ‘Seinfeld’ episode created a storm as the show and the team faced severe backlash for the insensitive and negative representation of the Puerto Ricans. Related: Now We Know Why Was Seinfeld Cancelled NBC prompted for an apology
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