Hulu’s Seinfeld Set Is Poorly Constructed And Easily Breakable
June 25, 2015 | Liam Mathews
Hulu built a recreation of the comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment from the 1990s television program Seinfeld inside of Milk Studios to promote the fact that they paid almost $200 million for the rights to put it online. They apparently used up all the money in the deal, because the set started falling apart on the first day it was open to the public. A guy broke the doorframe while doing a Kramer entrance, AMNY reports. Apparently in person it’s a super-faithful recreation, except for the fact that it’s apparently built out of recycled clementine boxes.
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