life seemed simpler, less threatening. there was probably something just as evil but it didn t seem like it was all coming at us at once as it does now. they hold up, don t they? except for the hairdos. how do you explain to yourself the success of seinfeld ? it s like this miracle thing. if you add or subtract one word, it ruins the whole thing. this is like a perfect little joke, these four people, the way we mesh. you couldn t have written it out that way. no, a lot of luck. and a lot of hard work. many people say the first hit television show was the texaco star theater.