Photo submitted in 2021 by: 4th Line Theatre as part of their Artist Talk series
Imagine this – 31 million people sitting down at the same time, to watch the same channel, and doing it for an event that wasn’t the Super Bowl or a Royal Wedding.
In the 1990s, situation comedies or ‘sitcoms’, were the main driver of water cooler conversations for offices around North America. While debates can be had over the best shows of the time, there is no arguing that ‘Seinfeld’ was routinely the king of the ratings and being on that program was a big achievement for many actors – including Peterborough’s Linda Kash.
Kash is known locally for being involved in many charitable endeavours, running drama camps, hosting corporate workshops and founding The Peterborough Academy of Performing Arts with her late great husband, actor Paul O’Sullivan.
In October of 1993, she received a break to appear on ‘Seinfeld’ – and PTBOToday.ca spent some time with her reflecting on that moment 30 years later.
The episode entitled ‘The Lip Reader’, which was the 70th in the series, aired on on October 28th, 1993, and Kash says being on set with that particular cast was surreal.
In 2021, Netflix paid north of $500 million for the rights to ‘Seinfeld’ as part of a five-year deal which highlights its continued popularity; but why does it work so well? Kash says it has all the ingredients to live on for a long time.
‘Seinfeld’ wasn’t Kash’s only stint on major network television, appearing also in Third Rock From The Sun, Monk, Cybill, Everybody Loves Raymond, Ellen and Sabrina. Of course, she was also the beloved Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese Angel, which became one of Canadian advertising’s most successful campaigns. It ran for 16 years.
(Written by: Jordan Mercier)
To listen to the full conversation with Linda Kash, click below.
