I was wondering did anyone here anything that FOX 11 in Green Bay is Pre-Empting Reruns of Seinfeld befor the big game between New York Giants at Green Bay Packers if I was The General Manager of FOX 11 I would still Air Seinfeld The Night befor The Big Game between The New York Giants at Green Bay Packers.

The GM of that station did that because it's Eli Manning's favorite show and he didn't want to give Eli the pleasure of watching it on his station while he was in town. Jerry Seinfeld got word about this and sent him the complete dvd set.

Yep. I heard about it. It's totally stupid. And cheers to Jerry Seinfeld. And someone ought to slap that General Mangler. (Those of us who have worked in radio tend to call the General Manager. THe General Mangler).

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs07/news/story?id=3203412


Green Bay station pulls 'Seinfeld' rerun as prank on Giants' Manning

MILWAUKEE -- For a show that was about nothing, the hubbub around it has certainly turned into something.

A Green Bay television station decided to have some fun this week after employees discovered that Giants quarterback Eli Manning's favorite show is "Seinfeld." Station officials decided to pull the episode scheduled for Saturday afternoon and replace it with a different program chosen by viewers.

Manning and his New York teammates will be in town to play the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game Sunday afternoon.

News of WLUK-TV's decision apparently reached Jerry Seinfeld himself.

"I'm going to send Eli a complete collection of 'Seinfeld' DVDs and a partial collection of 'Hogan's Heroes' for inspiration," the comedian told the New York Post on Thursday.

"You think I'm going to take that sitting down?"

Jay Zollar, the Fox station's general manager, laughed when he heard of Seinfeld's response. Zollar joked that the offer actually plays into the station's master plan of preventing Manning from being master of the domain on Sunday.

"Now he [Manning] will be up all night watching 'Seinfeld' -- there will be no sleep for you," he said, parodying the Soup Nazi episode in which a server admonishes noncompliant customers with, "No soup for you!"

Manning said Friday the whole affair was amusing.

"Yeah, it's pretty funny," he said. "You've got to enjoy it."

Manning added that he already has the entire "Seinfeld" collection.

"I've seen every episode anyway, so I'm not going to miss anything on it," he said. "Again, you take it all in, you smile at it and you don't really give it a lot of thought."

A message from The Associated Press relayed to Seinfeld's publicist through his lawyer was not immediately returned Friday.

The station let viewers vote on the show to replace the pulled "Seinfeld" episode.

Of about 3,700 votes cast, some 60 percent were for a 30-minute special about former Packers coach Vince Lombardi called "God, Family and the Green Bay Packers."

The other choices included a rerun of "The Donald Driver Show" from Monday, "M*A*S*H" and an infomercial starring former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith.

The pre-empted "Seinfeld" episode is "The Mango" from Season 5. In the show Cosmo Kramer gets booted from a fruit store for trying to return a bad peach, George Costanza suffers impotence, yada yada yada.

Zollar said most people realized his station's move was in jest, but some thought the station should be treating the Giants better.

"Some people think we're mean," he said. "Some say we're not welcoming, that we should be gracious hosts, we should invite them in and be nice to their quarterback."

He said he doesn't understand how people could interpret the move as a sincere attempt at sabotage.

"Obviously, Eli coming to Green Bay, coming to watch a TV show at 5:30 p.m. the night before the game, it's pretty unlikely," he said.

Jeez, could we get more immature?

I have an idea, every New york City supermarket and deli boycott all Wisconsin cheese products this weekend.

:rolleyes:

I think it's just one of those silly radio stunts. Eli laughed and shrugged it off as amusing. It's a non-scandal about nothing, about a show about nothing, lol. I think it's funny. I'd laugh if it was Brady. I think it would have been funnier if they ran a Seinfeld marathon.

I think it's great.. It's like a pep rally. Everybody supports the home team. :lol: It's no big deal anyway. I'm sure Manning has more important things on his mind besides Seinfeld. At least he better have.:lol:

So stupid. :lol: Eli will be so busy with practice and game planning, that he won't have time to watch tv.

that is stupid for the General Manager to Pre-Empt Seinfeld so Eli can not watch his Favorite Show 2 queation what time would Seinfeld air if The General Manager would have not Pre-Empted The Show and what is The General Manager E-Mail Address

It is pretty lame and just a stunt like other people have said. It is not like they are really stopping him from watching Seinfeld if he wants to (or has time to). If he is a big fan like they say he most likely has the dvds or (lowers voice) there is a cable station called TBS that I am sure the hotel they are staying at has. /sarcasm

I am mad at WULK TV FOX 11 for Pre-Empting Eli Favorite Show and if I could I would e-mail The General Manager and tell him.

I am mad at WULK TV FOX 11 for Pre-Empting Eli Favorite Show and if I could I would e-mail The General Manager and tell him.

I wouldn't worry about it, Like Brian said, Eli will be too busy preparing for the game than to watch Seinfeld.

what time does WULK FOX 11 airs Seinfeld air

too bad Peyton isn't a Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air fan :rofl:

Seinfeld episode 181- The Eli Manning
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OMG, this was so hilarious! I about died laughing:rotflmao: : :rofl: :rofl: when I read this in the paper! How stupid to think that a TV station thought they could traumatize a player on the opposing team by not airing their favorite show?!:lol: :rotflmao: I read that Eli Manning's response was that he already has a set of the Seinfeld DVD's, so it would be interesting to hear how this situation ended up! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Andrea

If I was The General Manager of FOX 11 I would still air Seinfeld

Every time I see Eli Manning on TV now, I think of this story! :lol:

Andrea

That is a funny story! Thanks for sharing it.