Comments on: The Kramer Kalculus http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/30/the-kramer-kalculus/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:22:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Skot http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/30/the-kramer-kalculus/comment-page-1/#comment-14482 Skot Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:12:35 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/11/30/the-kramer-kalculus/#comment-14482 First, big thanks for the props. Nice people in the Blogosphere, imagine that. I agree with your conclusions generally, but our insane conspiracy theories part company at one point. You couch the need to sell the Seinfeld S7 set as primarily the needs of the show's cast. No, they're making good money on residuals from the show, fees from commentary tracks and such, and they all probably have a piece of the sales. Even if it doesn't sell that well, they've made their lucre. Columbia-TriStar are the ones who have a vested interest in clearing the good name of Cosmo Kramer. Any deals going down right now are being made people more powerful than the persons actually involved. Columbia/TriStar probably staked the farm on the Seinfeld brand: they have a brand-new multi-million unit run out in stores for more than $50 a pop. $6M is a tiny price to pay for even a slight chance of absolution, in comparison of what they stand to lose. As it is, the ads look strange: Jerry, Elaine, George and... is that David Duke? --Skot First, big thanks for the props. Nice people in the Blogosphere, imagine that.

I agree with your conclusions generally, but our insane conspiracy theories part company at one point. You couch the need to sell the Seinfeld S7 set as primarily the needs of the show’s cast. No, they’re making good money on residuals from the show, fees from commentary tracks and such, and they all probably have a piece of the sales. Even if it doesn’t sell that well, they’ve made their lucre.

Columbia-TriStar are the ones who have a vested interest in clearing the good name of Cosmo Kramer. Any deals going down right now are being made people more powerful than the persons actually involved. Columbia/TriStar probably staked the farm on the Seinfeld brand: they have a brand-new multi-million unit run out in stores for more than $50 a pop. $6M is a tiny price to pay for even a slight chance of absolution, in comparison of what they stand to lose. As it is, the ads look strange: Jerry, Elaine, George and… is that David Duke?

–Skot

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