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Wednesday, Sept. 29, ]m Associated Press T he show started off as an upsfart, buf hy the time they finished handing out the prime time Emmy Awards, "Seinfeld" was a member of the Old Boys Club. The NBC program took home three trophies, making it one of the nights two biggest winners, along with "Picket Fences." "Now we're part of the establishment," Jerry Seinfeld, the series' star told reporters after the program. "We're part of the old guard." "Seinfeld" features the comic misadventures of the New York comedian and his friends. It was named best comedy series. Michael Richards, who plays the shows self- obsessed Kramer, won as best supporting actor in a comedy. Writer Larry David was honored for an episode entitled "The Contest." We started off so small it's going to be easy to thank people because there's like two people to thank here that even knew we were on," said Jerry Seinfeld while accepting the award. Asked about critic's complaints that the show is about nothing, he said: "It's a show about everything. That's the same as nothing." 50