Trivia / Seinfeld S1 E1 "The Seinfeld Chronicles"

• Edited for Syndication: The pilot episode had an entirely different theme song, the on-screen title was ''The Seinfeld Chronicles'', the credit titles were in a different font, and the end titles played over a plain black screen. In syndication, however, the original theme is replaced with Jonathan Wolff's theme, The Seinfeld Chronicles title is replaced with Seinfeld, the titles are in the tradition Movie Poster font like the rest of the series, and the end titles are plastered over still shots of Jerry's standup riffs.
• Executive Meddling: Claire was intended to be the show's female presence, but she was dropped when NBC Executives demanded that there be a female main character and Elaine was created.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The pilot was also meant to be a 90 minute documentary about how Jerry Seinfeld works his daily life into his routine. In Jerry's words, "We couldn't make it work for 90 minutes, so we made 90 hours."
  • Claire was meant to be the show's female lead, a role that was later rewritten as Elaine.

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