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During his nine seasons race, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David appreciated enrcant celebrities to play in the Revolutionary Sitcom “Seinfeld”. Who can forget that the big Keith Hernandez of New York Mets is accused of having spit on Kramer and Newman while finding time to romance Elaine (“I am Keith Hernandez”)? Or the moment when George asked Marisa Tomei on a date before her deceased fiancée Susan was even buried? And then there is Jon Voight, who has already taken a bite from Kramer’s arm in a taxi.
“Seinfeld” was deliciously random in his choice of celebrity cameos, but everyone had the impression of belonging to the universe outside the program. Raquel Welch, Mel torté and Bryant Gumbel were, for any reason, intended to find their way on the show on nothing. Some cameos were certainly more obvious than others. Given the number of times that Seinfeld had been invited in his program, David Letterman presenting himself (so briefly) was perfectly logical. And it was as if it was just a matter of time before Jerry stopped by “Living with Regis and Kathie Lee”.
Here, however, Seinfeld and his writers launched a curved bullet. Instead that Jerry arrives in the popular morning show, they passed Kramer to promote his “the coffee table book of the low tables”. As with everything that is Kramer, this appearance turns out to be a disaster. But the cameo itself ended up being a source of deep disappointment for Regis Philbin, which was not satisfied with the way it was written.
Regis Philbin was not Bonkos for the word “Bonkos”
In his memoirs “How I Get This Way”, “ Philbin revealed that his dissatisfaction with his “Seinfeld” appearance was focused on the repeated use of a sentence: “This guy from this guy”. As he wrote in his book, “I had never said the word” bonkos “in my life. I had never even heard of the word! I mean, it was not funny – and why Should I become the only “Seinfeld” Invited in history that has never had laughter? was hilarious, “he wrote.
Philbin was proven when he turned the scene and made people laugh by pronouncing “Bonkos” out of great voice. “I will never forget this silence, and I will never get over it,” said the animator of talk show. “It remains annoying to date.” Although Philbin is unfortunately no longer with us, I will cry out in the cosmos strong enough to hear that “Bonkos” is incredibly It is funny now that I know that Seinfeld and his writers have forced him to say it – and it’s funny precisely because it is so unnatural. When it comes to knowing what works in terms of comedy, Jerry Seinfeld is anything but Bonkos (although “Bee Movie” pushed him).
