These pretzels are making me thirsty!

By Michael J.W. Stickings

I love Seinfeld, to a degree that is perhaps unhealthy, and for that reason alone I'll always have a soft spot for Jerry Seinfeld himself -- even if I don't find him to be all that funny, outside of the show, even if he hasn't done anything worthy of much note other than the show, other than perhaps the amusing Bee Movie, and even if he often comes across as an arrogant prick.

But this... this is a bad, bad idea:

Jerry Seinfeld is returning to NBC as producer of a comic reality series where celebrities and a referee try to help squabbling couples make peace.

Really? Do we need this? Is this the best the great Jerry Seinfeld can come up with? I don't expect Seinfeld II -- it was a near-perfect show that can't be repeated, with an amazing confluence of factors coming together at one time and for only one time, the right vehicle for all four leads. But maybe something other than yet another stupid reality show that undoubtedly won't be all that funny. (Hey... marital discord. That's hilarious!)

Please, Jerry, you've already been the master of your domain. Don't mess it up.