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Complete Seinfeld DVD Set... Yada, Yada, Yada... $284
Seinfeld courtesy Sony Pictures Television
On Nov. 6, as the final batch of Seinfeld arrives on DVD, so will a boxed set boasting all nine seasons. Seinfeld: The Complete Series delivers 180 episodes on 32 discs, all for a suggested list price of $283.95 not that there's anything wrong with that. After all, the set includes a 226-page coffee-table book filled with photos, quotes, trivia and personal reflections from Jerry Seinfeld, a compilation previously only shared by him with his cast mates.
The book, in turn, contains a DVD featuring a roundtable discussion between Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards and series creator Larry David, the first reunion of its kind for the group, held on the ninth anniversary of the May 1998 finale. Among the plethora of DVD extras 104 hours in bonus features, peeps! is a reedit of "The Betrayal," the famous "backwards" episode, this time going forward.
Not included in all this: a marble rye. Still, that's a whole lotta nothing!
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Aug 22, 2007 7:24 PM
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There is only one DVD extra that could make me buy this set. And you know the one I mean! 
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Aug 22, 2007 8:05 PM
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I wish I still felt the same way about this show that I did a year ago. I just can't stand the sight of Michael Richards anymore, and I've taken the Seinfeld DVDs down off my shelf and packed them away for now. He has spoiled some great TV moments for me. 
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Aug 22, 2007 9:14 PM
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Like the ep where Elaine thought she was dating a black guy?
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Aug 22, 2007 9:47 PM
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Any word if they are going to sell the book by itself? Kinda a shame to disregard all us fans who have bought it season by season...
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Aug 22, 2007 10:37 PM
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Does the coffee table book turn into a coffee table? Because for that price, it'd better, in the finish of my choice.
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Aug 22, 2007 10:44 PM
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I hope there is a least a section in the book about coffee tables...
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Aug 22, 2007 11:32 PM
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Man, everyone beat me to the coffee table joke. That was just begging to be made. How could it NOT - that's just wrong.
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Aug 23, 2007 12:21 AM
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I tend to look past Michael Richards, b/c this is one of the best comedies ever created. I'm interested in the DVD. It will be on my Christmas list.
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Aug 23, 2007 12:17 PM
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That book had better be available for purchase separately.
I will not pay $285 for a book.
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Aug 23, 2007 12:28 PM
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I just hope that this is not the only way to get the book with the special DVD. That it is also available with just the Season 9 DVD, since I already bought the other 8 Seasons DVD's. there's no need to buy the whole set.
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Aug 23, 2007 12:32 PM
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I doubt the book will be available any other way. When past TV series have released full-series sets, any bonuses or extras were ONLY available there. You can always sell off your old sets to second-hand stores, to offset the costs a bit. Or maybe some people will sell the book separately on ebay.
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Aug 23, 2007 12:48 PM
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Here's what comes with the Season 9 DVD set:
• "The Last Lap" the cast and crew reminisce about their final days making SEINFELD and share their impressions about the show's legacy
• Scenes from "The Roundtable" Excerpts from a conversation with Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louise-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards and Larry David nine years after SEINFELD went off the air
• "Inside Looks" Behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and creators
• "Not That There's Anything Wrong With That" Never-before-seen outtakes and bloopers
• "In the Vault" Season Nine never-before-seen deleted scenes
saved from the cutting room floor, including 15 bonus minutes from "The Finale"
• "Yada, Yada, Yada" Cast and crew audio commentaries
• 2 Sein-Imations See classic SEINFELD scenes re-imagined in Sein-Imation
• "Notes About Nothing" Behind-the-scenes trivia and production notes
• "The Betrayal" Back-to-Front Watch Seinfeld's "backwards" episode... forwards
• Factoid Tracks on all 24 episodes
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Aug 23, 2007 12:51 PM
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Is there a Coffee Table book about Coffee Tables that opens up into a small Coffee Table?
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Aug 23, 2007 12:53 PM
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I look past the Michael Richards thing as well. He is playing a character in Seinfeld so I have no problem watching it. I think it's a real shame though that Richards ruined it for people when he's only one part of the show.
As far as being able to purchase the book separately- I agree that you probably can't. It always happens after a complete series is released or a movie trilogy, etc. If you want it that bad though, as TV Gord said, there's always places to sell the DVD's you already have so you can purchase the set.
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Aug 23, 2007 12:59 PM
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