LV says so long to ‘Seinfeld’

Melissa Schorr

Thursday, May 14, 1998 | 10:27 a.m.

Angela Morris assumed there were plenty of "Seinfeld" fans in Las Vegas.

Instead, everyone seemed to be Sein-saturated.

The fan club party she organized to watch the show's final episode at the Circus Circus hotel-casino tonight has been canceled, due to lack of interest.

"We're great 'Seinfeld' fans," Morris, an employee of a local DJ service, lamented. "We thought there were tons of 'Seinfeld' fans. We thought it would be great for Las Vegas fans to get together."

Unfortunately, most of the 50 people who initially expressed interest changed their minds, turning out to be as fickle and capricious as Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer.

Maybe it was the $25 entry fee. Maybe they were nervous they'd break down in public . (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) For whatever reason, by the beginning of the week, the party was about as kaput as George's fiancee.

"We're pretty shocked that this whole thing has come down to this," Morris said sadly, still planning to watch, but not sure where. "Let me know if you hear of anything," she said wistfully.

For those still scrambling for a venue to mark the sitcom's send-off, don't despair -- a host of parties have been organized to bid a fond adieu to "Seinfeld." Just remember: no hugging, no learning allowed.

At Sam's Town, patrons of the Final Score sports bar will be tuning in to get, well, the final score.

Viewers will play a trivia contest called "You Don't Know Jerry," compete in a Kramer look-alike contest and win prizes such as Kramer's bowling t-shirts provided by sponsor Jack Daniels.

At the BarKing Frog, a bar at 5150 W. Spring Mountain Rd., the final episode will be replayed all night long on 10-foot video projectors, while patrons enjoy free wings and pizza and compete in trivia and look-alike contests for cash and other prizes.

Over at Catch a Rising Star, the stand-up comics have basically conceded defeat to the comedy guru, whose very first stand-up act look place at Catch's New York venue.

The free screening, hosted by oldies station KBGO-FM 93.1, will be first-come first-serve, beginning around 8 and followed by the regular stand-up show (tickets: $14) at 10:30. Soup in honor of the "Soup Nazi" episode will be offered, as well as a "Seinfeld SAT" test with prizes for the biggest Seinfeld "yada yadas," regional manager Lynn Garlock said.

At the Monte Carlo's Pub and Brewery, KXPT 97.1 will host its own "Seinfeld" screening featuring, inexplicably, Cubs pitcher and Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins as a special guest (guess George Steinbrenner and Keith Hernandez weren't available).

The Fiesta will offer limited seating at its "Seinfeld Sein-off" in the Cabo Lounge, sponsored for its listeners by KMXB-FM 94.1. The party will feature: nationally renowned Kramer look-alike Steve Ostrow; food items including bowls of cereal, chips and salsa, and soup from "the Fiesta's Soup Nazi"; and hold contests, including which guest can best impersonate the Elaine dance, described by George on the show as "a full-body dry heave set to music."

Other parties around town are by invitation only, including one at Sunset Station featuring guest of honor Jerry Seinfeld -- no, not the Jerry Seinfeld, but Jerry Seinfeld, a 68-year-old Henderson man who was featured recently in People magazine for being the famous comedian's namesake.

Another invite-only party is being held for about 100 fans at New York-New York hotel-casino's Motown Cafe, sponsored by country station KWNR 95.5-FM and Channel 21, which airs "Seinfeld" reruns locally.

Guests will watch the show in the second floor Marvin Gaye room along with hosts Glen Boy and Mitch Kelly, and answer trivia questions to win "Seinfeld" prizes.

Motown's public relations manager, Vicki Huxel, offers her take on why people feel the need to watch en masse.

"I think people are getting together to bond on that last episode on that show that's part of all our lives," she said. "It's like 'M*A*S*H,' it hit a generation -- people could relate to the everyday things that go on in Seinfeld and his friends' lives. It'll be missed."

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