Odd Things

“Yada Yada,” Peter Mehlman created  that episode of “Seinfeld,” with Jill Franklyn. He revived the word, “shrinkage,” to everyday use and gave new life to, “sponge worthy.” In nine years, on “Seinfeld,” Mehlman helped alter sitcom sensibility.

True satire is rare, spreading thin, across time and space. “I don’t get why major league baseball teams need a utility infielder,” says Mehlman. “Isn't it hard enough to be a baseball player without having to deal with the gas and electric?” Howard Lapides, who directs the careers of Mike MacDonald and Dr Drew Pinsky, says, “Mehlman is the real deal.”

Any hit on satirical centre, a papal resignation, say, calls for stinging  comments, alleged  conspiracies and wrathful  wit. “It turns out,” says Mehlman, “that Pope Benedict resigned because someone revealed the underside of his red skullcap read Josh Merkowitz Bar Mitzvah, 17 May 1969.” The sharp mind  of a satirist is quick to skewer.

“Mehlman is deep ,” says Dick Summer, the author, podcaster and radio legend. “For updates on the American Dream,” says the usually laconic Mehlman, “it's tough to beat poolside in Los Angeles. Somehow, after 237 years under spacious skies, Americans have reached a place where having it all only accents what we lack. We discount our blessings. Beyond poolside, this never-enough-ness turns up anywhere good fortune ravages a US citizen.” Dick Summer says, “Such clever insight comes from looking through the other end of a telescope.”

Mehlman wonders if atheists can have gawd-given talent. Does Gas-X relieve Sarin? Why does gawd have only one child? He’s also baffled: although having spoken to only 210 people in his life, he has 379 Facebook Friends.

A graduate in journalism from the University of Maryland, Mehlman wanted to write for the Washington “Post.” He signed his application letter as Faith Michelle Kates because the “Post” claimed it was no longer hiring White men. The “Post” hired Mehlman as Faith Kates. In a follow up letter, he recanted, admitting he was Peter Mehlman. The “Post” wisely hired him, nevertheless.

At ABC Sports, Howard Cosell hired Mehlman as a writer. “Cosell and Seinfeld,” says Mehlman, “tie for the funniest boss.” Seinfeld is obvious. Howard Cosell begs explanation.

From his resentment of questions asked by reporters on ESPN came, “The Narrow World of Sports.” Mehlman asked Kobe Bryant, “When you score 55 points and the Lakers lose, why should you feel bad?” He asked Olympic Gymnast, Shawn Johnson, which of her many medals she usually wore on a first date.

Mehlman recently finished a novel, his first. It deals with the betrayal of the individual by the group. To paraphrase Nathan Zuckerman, a hero of Mehlman, this novel is a vigorous defence against the relentless demands satirists suffer, especially from nosy interviewers.

In this interview, Peter Mehlman shrewdly avoids commenting on his well-spoken belief that manic consumerism is a futile attempt to fill emotional potholes on the streets of our lives. He talks about many topics you haven’t mostly read elsewhere. He does talk about writing on “Seinfeld.” Click to read more.

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