Seinfeld: "The Bet" (cancelled episode of TV sitcom; 1990s)

I have now found out that Jerry Seinfeld talked about "The Bet" in a AMA on Reddit.

www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ujvrg/jerry_seinfeld_here_i_will_give_you_an_answer/



Click on the image to see the message.

I thought I'd add something intresting. In the same season, "The Revenge" joked about Newman (who was an unseen character at the time) being suicidal. Here's part of the script.

KRAMER: Hey.

JERRY: Hey.

KRAMER: Boy, I have really had it with Newman. He wakes me up again last

night at three o'clock in the morning to tell me he's going up onto the

roof to kill himself.

JERRY: Well, what'd you say?

KRAMER: I said " Jump." Well, he's been threatening to do this for years. I

said " Look, if you're gonna kill yourself do it already and stop

bothering me." At least I'd respect the guy for accomplishing something.

JERRY: What's his problem?

KRAMER: No job. No women.

JERRY: He called the right guy.

KRAMER: What am I supposed to tell him? How much there is for him to live for? Why should I lie to him?

I wonder how the cast felt about this. This seems darker than the Kennedy assissination joke. It was also directed by the same guy, Tom Cherones, who said there was no way to make guns funny. How did he feel and NBC feel about this joke?