Seinfeld: Classic or Dud

Elaine had the best hair ever in the later series.

Anyway, I want to hate this show, it's the type of cultural phenomenon that normally annoys me, but every time I stumble across a rerun I end up watching it and having some good laffs. Last night I saw the one where Elaine dates a mover but breaks up with him because of his stance on abortion. And George invites himself over to a family's house to watch their rented copy of Breakfast at Tiffany's because he didn't read the book for his study group. It was funny. I'll say classic.

BBC2 didin't treat these shows like the comedy gold they were (sticking them late evening etc WTF?!) whereas crap like friends and will and grace get prime time on C4 (OK the former was funny for the first two series).

crosspost: daddino doesn't rock anymore.

I HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO ROCK YET!

I'm afraid of you.

George Constanza is a brilliant character. A recognizable, even sympathetic monster.

Witness this and this. As well as this, once in a while.

Also, I'm fairly sure I would love Larry Sanders, but I've never seen it because of the stupid fucking BBC.

But I do think it's a great show, and sometimes ridiculously funny. And I think the "nihilism" (but it's not that - it's a sympathetic portrait of failed humanity) is what makes it great. Curb Your Enthusiasm does this too, but too much so - we need some real humor and niceness along with the nasty stuff. Also, the particularly New York voice of the show. Complaining about the hackneyed plot lines is like complaining that Buffy has to kill a vampire every week (well, ok, maybe there's something to that).

It's not my personal favorite tv show - I like sentimental, yuppie-sensibility stuff like Mad About You and Northern Exposure, which I won't make greatness claims for. And It's not the greatest tv show ever - whatever that is, it's probably not a sitcom - but I think a good argument can be made for best sitcom of the last 25 years

I totally disagree with this. I've come to HATE the basic attitude of Seinfeld - I watch it every night, it's the only thing on TV in New Zealand - and Jerry's whole, 'My parents love me, aren't I adorable, you all love me, and I'm just gonna be a fucking bastard because I can' thing is really wearying after a while. Seinfeld doesn't even break a sweat. He's always as cool as a cucumber, looking at everyone else - looking at girls - and the sneer is never too far away. Larry David seems much humbler - he can hardly bear to look anyone else in the face, let alone laugh AT them. This makes 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' seem much, much nicer to me.

Seinfeld has ruined me for all other sitcoms: I can't watch any of them without getting bored. I think it's actually gotten better in syndication: the episodes I thought were lame first time around seem funnier to me now. There's also a tragic, hopeless undercurrent to the humor that's perfectly disguised by its breeziness, tho it's probably fatal to take Seinfeld too seriously.

Also, after watching it 53,000,000 times I think I've started to fancy Elaine a bit.

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really speaks to how good this show was at recognizing the humor in any given situation, this is where they go above and beyond imo

Crazy Joe Davola storyline is the best. Sic semper tyrannis!

It’s hard to narrow down the funniest lines for me, but “I go out for a quart of milk. I come home to my son treating his body like it was an amusement park” is up there.

Stephen McHattie as the creepy psychiatrist boyfriend “svenjooli” was also arguably too good a performance as a domineering mentally abusive type. He was also so good as one of the two spree killers at the beginning of a history of violence.

funniest moment to me is probably when Jerry is in the confessional booth (to complain about Tim Whatley making Jewish jokes) and at the end George just randomly pops in and says "Jerry I gotta talk to you"

I go out for a quart of milk. I come home to my son treating his body like it was an amusement park

this line is so hilarious on it's own but her delivery is next level.

Favorite line is Elaine's "IT'S VEGETABLE LASAGNA"

"More money... so, that's your cousin!"

lol, I'd forgotten about Cousin Jeffrey's "edible foliage tour" of Central Park.

I do like that "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has, in addition to being a great show on its own, caused me to view Seinfeld from a new perspective of heightened appreciation, and I already loved it to begin with

Played nine holes in Stratford this afternoon; I was paired up with George, then a guy named Jerry joined us on the fourth hole. All that was missing was Stan the Caddy.

arent you a marine biologist??

Yes--also an architect and, occasionally, a banker.

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nice

they had this photo of him near the njtransit ticketbooth at penn station. he looks unusually attractive. yassified jason alexander

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Walter Lilac

Nominating this (saw it in a thrift store today) for worst book title ever:

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