Seinfeld came out 25 yrs ago today vol.....Mulva???

Antidope said:

I did the best I could with what I could. Happy Festivus

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'Seinfeld' actor Daniel von Bargen dies at 64

(CNN)Daniel von Bargen, the talented character actor perhaps best known for playing George Costanza's imbecilic boss Mr. Kruger during the last season of "Seinfeld," has died. He was 64.

Von Bargen, who also stood out as Commandant Edwin Spangler on the ABC sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle," died Sunday after a long illness, his friend, actor Bob Colonna, said. Cincinnati TV station WLWT also reported the news. Other details of his death were not known.

In February 2012, von Bargen was seriously injured when he shot himself in the temple in an apparent suicide attempt, distraught because he had been battling diabetes and was set to have two toes removed.

The versatile von Bargen rose from the dead as the satanic Nix in the Clive Barker horror film "Lord of Illusions" (1995); played a futuristic sheriff in "The Postman" (1997), directed by and starring Kevin Costner; and portrayed a Southern lawman who pursued George Clooney's character in the Coen brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000).

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An expert at playing authority figures, von Bargen was a member of the Air Force on NBC's "The West Wing" and in the 1996 film "Broken Arrow," a SWAT communicator in "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), a cop in "Basic Instinct" (1992) and "Super Troopers" (2001), a secret service agent in "I.Q." (1994), a warden in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad" (1997) and a federal agent in "The Majestic" (2001).

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His film résumé includes the notable films "Company Business" (1991), Woody Allen's "Shadows and Fog" (1991), Jonathan Demme's "Philadelphia" (1993), "RoboCop 3" (1993), "Crimson Tide" (1995), "Looking for Richard" (1996) and "Snow Falling on Cedars" (1999). He also guest-starred on such TV shows as "Spenser: For Hire," "All My Children," "NYPD Blue," "The X-Files" and "The Practice."

A native of Cincinnati who graduated from Purdue University, von Bargen joined the Trinity Square Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, after college. He appeared in a David Mamet production of "Uncle Vanya" opposite Christopher Walken, then attracted Hollywood's eye in 1989 when he played Maj. Manley Battle in the Larry Gelbart satire "Mastergate" on Broadway.

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On "Seinfeld," his Mr. Kruger was the incompetent owner of Kruger Industrial Smoothing (a company that tried and failed to remove the green tint from the Statue of Liberty) and the boss of George (Jason Alexander) — by then finished with the Yankees — in Season 9 of the NBC hit.

And on "Malcolm in the Middle," von Bargen played the hard-nosed, eyepatch-wearing Spangler, the head of cadets at Marlin Academy. He clashed often with the troublemaking Francis (Christopher Masterson), the oldest of Malcolm's (Frankie Muniz) brothers.

In 2013, von Bargen starred in "The Treatment" at the Joseph Papp Public Theater in New York.

"I feel a huge wave of sorrow and relief at the passing of this remarkable man," Colonna said. "I treasure the years when I worked with him at Trinity Rep and in a couple of TV films. I admire his excellent body of work in the movies. And I mourn for the darkness and pain that were his final years. God bless him. He was a hell of a guy."

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/04/e...actor-daniel-von-bargen-dies-at-64/index.html

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RustyShackleford said:

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/hulu-seinfeld-licensing-180-million-1201483537/

Jerry and Larry still outchea EATIN

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The Hulu deal is said to be valued at just under $1 million an episode, which translates to a nearly $180 million windfall to be split by distributor Sony TV, Time Warner’s Castle Rock and “Seinfeld” profit participants, including star/co-creator Jerry Seinfeld and co-creator Larry David.

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Negotiations for a fifth round of Seinfeld syndication deals have now pushed total earnings through the $3 billion barrier, earning co-creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David up to $400 million each, according to industry estimates.

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GetYaShinebox said:

Jerry turned 61 today.

Was surprised to hear he still does clubs on a weekly basis, among all of the other projects he has going on.

He also has a great perspective on things like show biz, celebrity, and also family. From someone not familiar with his delivery, he can come off as a jerk, but really hes just very honest and realistic. Really enjoy reading his interviews.

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