Seinfeld

Calfborg · Post by **Calfborg** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:54 pm

I just thought it was necessary to start a thread honoring the best sitcom, if not the best show, of all time. Man, it's good. If you don't like it...what the hell?

Seasons 1, 2, & 3 released on DVD November 23!

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:28 pm

Calfborg wrote:I just thought it was necessary to start a thread honoring the best sitcom, if not the best show, of all time. Man, it's good. If you don't like it...what the hell?

Seasons 1, 2, & 3 released on DVD November 23!

Not that there's anything wrong with that

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:28 pm

This will be my first ever DVD purchase, no doubt.

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:38 pm

i'd argue the simpsons to be the greatest comedy tv show of all time. just ahead of seinfeld.

i just love all the peripheral characters, like neuman. and putty. and george's parents. but as a central cast, the big 4 of seinfeld had arguably the best chemistry of any show on tv.

just my opinion. i love seinfeld.

Post by **Lunkhead** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:35 pm

I'll never look at a black and white cookie the same way again, that's for sure.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:07 pm

dolores!

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:46 pm

I liked Seinfeld, but it does suffer from the sitcom disease, that is, everybody always sniping at each other. All that nastiness grates on me. Simpsons, though, is awesome.
-bill

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 9:50 pm

I am so over Seinfeld. I did watch it for a while, but like most sitcoms, it just got too predicitible and thus, while the jokes are good, it just lost it's luster for me. I skip it everytime when flipping channels. Just does nothing for me....

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:09 pm

jack shite wrote:i'd argue the simpsons to be the greatest comedy tv show of all time. just ahead of seinfeld.

Maybe this should be a new thread - but IMHO:

TOP 5 SITCOMS OF ALL-TIME:
1. Blackadder
2. Fawlty Towers
3. The Simpsons
4. Seinfeld
5. Get Smart

(just out of the top 5: Red Dwarf and South Park)

john m · Post by **john m** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:11 pm

Come on man, The Young Ones has to be somewhere up there.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:14 pm

john m wrote:Come on man, The Young Ones has to be somewhere up there.

well, we might not agree on the PJ's but we do on the Young Ones.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:51 pm

john m wrote:Come on man, The Young Ones has to be somewhere up there.

You're absolutely right - I'd squeeze it in a number 3 and a half

..and BTW - I have made this a thread of its own, to allow the Seinfeld discussion to be 'master of its own domain'.

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:51 am

I read that Seinfeld was the only sitcom on TV where the actors memorized all their lines. It helped the timing and the physical humor work better. I think that's testament to how devoted they were to making the show work, and to making the funny parts funny.

Curb Your Enthusiasm works also, and is a real window into the humor of Larry David. After seeing CYE a few times you can really understand the kind of mind that Seinfeld sprang from.

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 1:29 pm

<i>Curb Your Enthusiasm</i> is a gem of a show.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:19 pm

there was this special on seinfeld the other day. i watched it with my parents. it was a whole lot of fun...
they talked about how the show got started, finding the actors, all that sort of thing.
i don't know what it was called, but if you like the show i recommend checking it out. search your listings.
-bill

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:15 pm

yea we always set down and watched seinfeld... it was deffinately a great show...
i don't know if it would be my favorite of all time... but it would be up there...

it was just cool how they could use a topic like double dipping... as the main plot haha

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:11 pm

He's a re-gifter
He's a close talker
He's obsessed with breasts (Man thats hard to say)
She had man hands.
La La Laaaa!
Jimmy's new in town. Jimmy's kind of sweet on you. Jimmy would like to get to know you better. Jimmy's down!
And if you are the undead, I'll find out about that too!
I'm not getting into that human bacteria frap.
De De De De De De
Bosco

Yeah Seinfeld rocked.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 11:36 pm

for all you seinfeld-obsessed people out there, i noticed in the check-out line at the grocery store this evening that the latest TV guide features an exclusive interview with the whole cast (their first in a whole bunch of years, it said, though i forget the number. six maybe.)

Tony Asbestos · Post by **Tony Asbestos** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:09 am

The DVD is out now, and after spending five straight days watching "Arrested Development" we are revisiting this fine program. It is interesting how much more the stand-up played in the series before it got all weird for weirdness' sake.

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:19 am

i just want to acknowledge once again perhaps the greatest TV show of all time for no other reason than the fact that it brings a few moments of laughter and joy into my tired and weary heart and soul.

get home after long day of work. crack a beer. the frogger episode.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:20 am

Yes - I still love Seinfeld.

My Seinfeld DVDs are keeping me sane here in NZ - the land that television forgot. (...almost - there is one awesome NZ sitcom - Jacquie Brown

but I bought Curb Your Enthusiasm DVD - I had never seen the show, but I thought Hey - It must be good!

It isn't

Larry David annoys the hell out of me. Love George Costanza - hate Larry David. I know they are basically the same person - but I don't find Larry David funny.

It has got a lot of funny bits - but I really hate Larry David

Still - it is great to see an American sitcom with unlikeable characters and no hugs at the end - so, I'll still give it half a thumbs up, just for that.

Billy's Little Trip · Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:14 am

Yep, I watch it damn near every night. I start with Comedy Central, then when they repeat John Stewart, etc, I switch to Seinfeld. It's one show that I never get tired of seeing repeats.

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