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TIL after the first 4 episodes of Seinfeld aired in the summer of 1990, NBC took a leap of faith and ordered 13 more. Larry David said, “I don’t have any more stories to tell, Jerry turn the order down.” Jerry didn’t listen and said “Yes” to the pickup.

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