JamesG
06-18-2014, 04:41 PM
"Seinfeld" Writer Reveals Scrapped Fanny Pack-Themed Episode
6/18/14
by Kimberly Nordyke
Elaine Benes was this close to donning a fanny pack.
"Seinfeld" writer Carol Leifer revealed Tuesday in a Reddit Q&A that she once pitched an idea for a show in which Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) wears the endlessly mocked waist accessory, with unexpected consequences.
"At the time, fanny packs were really popular, and I remember wearing my fanny pack under a T-shirt one day, and wherever I went people were exceedingly nice, letting me go in front of them in line, letting me go first wherever I was, and then I realized at the end of the day my giant fanny pack under my T-shirt made me look pregnant!" Leifer wrote.
She pointed out that most of the ideas she pitched were inspired by real-life events.
"I always thought it would be a great Elaine story if she started to use that, the fanny pack, as a way to make her day in New York a lot less taxing, you know — getting the first taxi because she looked pregnant, getting concert tickets first because people saw her standing in line, and I think they always liked the notion of it but it never became an episode," Leifer continued.
"So I love those ideas about Seinfeld because nobody has fanny packs anymore, so it really was specific to the time (except dweebs who wear fanny packs)."
Leifer was a writer and/or story editor on "Seinfeld" for some 40 episodes in the mid-'90s. More recently, she's written episodes of Lifetime's "Devious Maids" and ABC's "Modern Family".
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/seinfeld-writer-reveals-scrapped-fanny-712777
6/18/14
by Kimberly Nordyke
Elaine Benes was this close to donning a fanny pack.
"Seinfeld" writer Carol Leifer revealed Tuesday in a Reddit Q&A that she once pitched an idea for a show in which Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) wears the endlessly mocked waist accessory, with unexpected consequences.
"At the time, fanny packs were really popular, and I remember wearing my fanny pack under a T-shirt one day, and wherever I went people were exceedingly nice, letting me go in front of them in line, letting me go first wherever I was, and then I realized at the end of the day my giant fanny pack under my T-shirt made me look pregnant!" Leifer wrote.
She pointed out that most of the ideas she pitched were inspired by real-life events.
"I always thought it would be a great Elaine story if she started to use that, the fanny pack, as a way to make her day in New York a lot less taxing, you know — getting the first taxi because she looked pregnant, getting concert tickets first because people saw her standing in line, and I think they always liked the notion of it but it never became an episode," Leifer continued.
"So I love those ideas about Seinfeld because nobody has fanny packs anymore, so it really was specific to the time (except dweebs who wear fanny packs)."
Leifer was a writer and/or story editor on "Seinfeld" for some 40 episodes in the mid-'90s. More recently, she's written episodes of Lifetime's "Devious Maids" and ABC's "Modern Family".
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/seinfeld-writer-reveals-scrapped-fanny-712777