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Seinfeld
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02/11/08 04:18 PM
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I know there have been other threads on this, but what the hell.
My kids gave me the complete 9 years of the show on DVD for Christmas, and, sick person that I am, I have now watched every episode, along with the extras, a bonus disk ... the works.
The symmetry of this series as an ongoing narrative is probably the most brilliant television series of all time. The fact that the last line of the last episode is also the first line of the first episode is the best example of how well the arc of the story really makes it more than a set of random episodes.
Moreover, the whole concept of a show about "nothing," is a philosophical gold mine when you look at the episodes. Moreover the series captures the self absorbtion of the 90's better than any commentary I have seen.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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Re: Seinfeld
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there must be another hundred comedy shows i'd rate before seinfeld,but each to there own. One hundred?? Really. You DON'T find it funny that George's mom caught him masturbating? I bet your mom has caught you over a hundred times for sure, and that's what makes it funny - it's stuff that REALLY happens to people. Don't be afraid to laugh at yourself. 
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Re: Seinfeld
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02/12/08 06:15 AM
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there must be another hundred comedy shows i'd rate before seinfeld,but each to there own. One hundred?? Really. You DON'T find it funny that George's mom caught him masturbating? I bet your mom has caught you over a hundred times for sure, nd that's what makes it funny - it's stuff that REALLY happens to people. Don't be afraid to laugh at yourself. What people get caught masturbating a hundred times off there mum  I dont rate the show, i dont find it funny,but as ive previously said EACH TO THERE OWN
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Re: Seinfeld
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Their.  Seinfeld is great... but Curb Your Enthusiasm is greater!
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Re: Seinfeld
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I bet your mom has caught you over a hundred times for sure, and that's what makes it funny - My mother caught me masturbating once. She told me I shouldn't do that because I'd go blind. I told her I'd stop once I needed glasses.
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Re: Seinfeld
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02/12/08 09:36 AM
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I didn't get into Seinfeld the first couple years. It's when I started watching the repeats that I began watching it. It's hilarious.  The show about "nothing" is the perfect description and yet nothing can be so funny. One of my favorites. TIS
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Re: Seinfeld
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02/12/08 10:40 AM
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Seinfeld is great... but Curb Your Enthusiasm is greater!
I tend to agree. That's taking nothing away from Seinfeld. To me, both shows demonstrate the sheer brilliance of Larry David, the co-creator/writer. I think Seinfeld is one of the most influential shows in television history, but it's always debatable as to what was the best show of all-time. That is more of a personal preference thing. I think it ranks up with the best shows like Honeymooners, All in the Family, Cheers, MASH, I Love Lucy, Bob Newhart). Off the top of my head, my Top 5 Seinfelds are (not in order): 1. The Marble Rye 2. The Chicken Roaster 3. The Opposite 4. Soup Nazi 5. The Hot Tub Everyone who likes Seinfeld should check out Curb Your Enthusiasm. Season 6 was the most recent season on HBO and just came out on DVD. Larry, in real life, split with his wife. On the show this past season, his wife left under hilarious circumstances. Rent it your local library or at Blockbuster. But like Seinfeld and the Sopranos, start with Season One. There are only 10 episodes per year. Some great Seinfeld cameos from Elaine, George, and some character actors who appeared in 1 or 2 Seinfelds (including Bookman the Library cop, the Wig Master, and the woman Jerry was making out with while watching "Schindler's List" ).
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Re: Seinfeld
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You can actually see some of the actors laughing in the car when the car fails to start. In the bonus disk with all nine seasons, the four actors and Larry David say the hardest thing they had to do when filming the show was to keep from cracking up.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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Re: Seinfeld
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02/12/08 11:51 AM
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Cheers and Frasier were by far funny programmes,i think there must be another hundred comedy shows i'd rate before seinfeld,but each to there own. You mean each to his or her own. Please name 90.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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Re: Seinfeld
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02/12/08 12:37 PM
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Seinfeld is great... but Curb Your Enthusiasm is greater!
I tend to agree. That's taking nothing away from Seinfeld. To me, both shows demonstrate the sheer brilliance of Larry David, the co-creator/writer. I think Seinfeld is one of the most influential shows in television history, but it's always debatable as to what was the best show of all-time. That is more of a personal preference thing. I think it ranks up with the best shows like Honeymooners, All in the Family, Cheers, MASH, I Love Lucy, Bob Newhart). Off the top of my head, my Top 5 Seinfelds are (not in order): 1. The Marble Rye 2. The Chicken Roaster 3. The Opposite 4. Soup Nazi 5. The Hot Tub Everyone who likes Seinfeld should check out Curb Your Enthusiasm. Season 6 was the most recent season on HBO and just came out on DVD. Larry, in real life, split with his wife. On the show this past season, his wife left under hilarious circumstances. Rent it your local library or at Blockbuster. But like Seinfeld and the Sopranos, start with Season One. There are only 10 episodes per year. Some great Seinfeld cameos from Elaine, George, and some character actors who appeared in 1 or 2 Seinfelds (including Bookman the Library cop, the Wig Master, and the woman Jerry was making out with while watching "Schindler's List" ). I agree that VYE is better also. And LD was pretty good, pretty pretty good but Leon made this season hilarious.
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Re: Seinfeld
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02/12/08 04:24 PM
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I think i must be the only person in the world to say this but i just didnt find the show funny It was funny, but hardly the funniest ever. Certainly Cheers and Frasier compete for No.1. Also, Lucy and The Mary Tyler Moore Show You can't even compare those shows to Seinfeld, they're mostly dead-pan humor. Seinfeld exists in it's own vacuum of comedy, it created it's own niche or milieu. There's no show other than Curb that is even comparable. The way that Seinfeld's narrative has three or four story lines that SOMEHOW always come together in the end* is sheer genius. Those shows you mention (other than Frasier and maybe Lucy) are Neanderthal when compared to Seinfeld, and are hardly even viewable today. They're absolute trash. *The episode where George pretends to be a marine biologist and has to save the whale's life is the greatest episode of television history. His recount of the tale back at the cafe to the others is priceless. He pulls out the golf ball and we learn that's what was hindering the whale's breathing, and the viewer of course immediately realizes that it's a Titleist, one of Kramer's. A hole in one!
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Re: Seinfeld
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there must be another hundred comedy shows i'd rate before seinfeld,but each to there own. One hundred?? Really. You DON'T find it funny that George's mom caught him masturbating? I bet your mom has caught you over a hundred times for sure, nd that's what makes it funny - it's stuff that REALLY happens to people. Don't be afraid to laugh at yourself. What people get caught masturbating a hundred times off there mum Fair enough, but what people can rate a hundred shows greater than Seinfeld?
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Re: Seinfeld
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I bet your mom has caught you over a hundred times for sure, and that's what makes it funny - My mother caught me masturbating once. She told me I shouldn't do that because I'd go blind. I told her I'd stop once I needed glasses. Same thing happened to me. But the next day I was going at it again in the bathroom. My mother knocked on the door and asked "what are you doing in there?" I answered "Going blind!"
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Re: Seinfeld
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02/12/08 06:35 PM
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there must be another hundred comedy shows i'd rate before seinfeld,but each to there own. One hundred?? Really. You DON'T find it funny that George's mom caught him masturbating? I bet your mom has caught you over a hundred times for sure, nd that's what makes it funny - it's stuff that REALLY happens to people. Don't be afraid to laugh at yourself. What people get caught masturbating a hundred times off there mum Fair enough, but what people can rate a hundred shows greater than Seinfeld? Ok so i exagerated  ill leave it at that
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,i just dont get his post because i dont like seinfeld it means i cant laugh at myself and my mums caught me masterbating a hundred times 
