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[DiscoPower]

Yes, just for this.

 

[Skid 4 Dead]

Seinfeld is gold, Jerry, GOLD!

 

[Zombie James]

A show in which the title character is played by a guy who can't act can't be the greatest show ever.

I do love Seinfeld... but nope. Also the canned laughs. Can't have that on the greatest show ever.

 

[CharminUltra]

I WAS IN THE POOL

 

[Pennywise]

1.Seinfeld
2.Malcolm in the middle
3.Married with Children (mostly because the first half of the series had alot of mediocore episodes and once it hit season 7, the series was god tier)

 

[Monocle]

I sort of missed that boat I guess. I've never really found Seinfeld funny. Just weird.

For me laugh tracks kill a lot of the humor in otherwise good shows, so that might be one of the bigger factors at play here.

 

[shadyspace]

The episode where George gets caught looking at the tv exec's 15 year old daughter's cleavage is on right now and I always thought it was weird as hell that it's never addressed that she was 15 and that the solution is getting him to stare at Elaine's tits who's a grown woman? Like it's the same thing.

 

[Skid 4 Dead]

The episode where George gets caught looking at the tv exec's 15 year old daughter's cleavage is on right now and I always thought it was weird as hell that it's never addressed that she was 15 and that the solution is getting him to stare at Elaine's tits who's a grown woman? Like it's the same thing.

THERE WAS CLEAVAGE IN THE AREA. I think their excuse was that cleavage is cleavage.

 

[youngwerther]

It's no King of Queens

 

[jello44]

Who agrees?

It was more like a full body dry heave set to music.

Actually I'd say it should be:

JERRY IT'S FRANK STEINBRENNER'S HERE GEORGE IS DEAD CALL ME BACK

WHAT THE HELL DID YOU TRADE JAY BUHNER FOR?

 

[youngwerther]

It was more like a full body dry heave set to music.

where do you people come up with shit like this lol

 

[Mona]

i thought it was good,

ive liked other stuff better though,

Friends, The Office US, Black Adder, Arrested Development, Everybody Loves Raymond (although that might be because it was my first sitcom ever, still holds a special place in my heart though)

Seinfeld is pretty good and unique though, just doesn't resonate with me asmuch as the others

EDIT: was just trying to come up with my favorite scenarios, and theres just to many to even begin

 

[Mona]

where do you people come up with shit like this lol

not sure if you're joking or what, but thats a line from the actual show about her dancing.

 

[youngwerther]

not sure if you're joking or what, but thats a line from the actual show about her dancing.

ok seinfeld really is the greatest show ever

 

[Hunter S.]

Pretty Close!

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

aside from the first 2 seasons, shows great

the first two seasons leave much to be desired though but it's really amazing what the show built up to

 

[amnesiac]

Jerry did a cool AMA the other day where he answered some questions... He also said he and Larry David were working on something huge.

Yeah, Seinfeld is probably the best TV show ever made. Might be the only show that makes me laugh even though I've seen each episode 5+ times.

 

[M.W.]

Yes. No show comes close. I have watched every episode 10 times and I still laugh as much as I did the first time.

This. The perfect show.

 

[Dental Plan]

The Pig says "My wife is a slut"

 

[Ultima_5]

Q&A on reddit with Jerry two days ago. Some real interesting stuff in there.

http://www.reddit.com/comments/1ujvrg

He seems like one of the few celebrities who is genuinely a nice guy.

 

[Moff]

it's certainly the best comedy show ever
and since I consider comedy the hardest thing to do, good comedy at least, I'd say seinfeld is quite possibly the best show ever, yes

 

[Hurley]

You know the show is amazing when you're flicking through the channels and see that it's on and you stop to watch it, even though you've seen it countless times.

I can never get tired of Seinfeld.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Jerry did a cool AMA the other day where he answered some questions... He also said he and Larry David were working on something huge.

Yeah, Seinfeld is probably the best TV show ever made. Might be the only show that makes me laugh even though I've seen each episode 5+ times.

I've seen every episode 100000 times and I still laugh because the jokes are timeless.

 

[flippedb]

Yes. If anybody thinks otherwise, they're wrong.

 

[Madness]

Lol, watching the Wizard episode as I write this. Elaine thinks she's dating Darryl a possibly biracial guy, and Kramer is planning to run for Del Boca Vista condo president.

 

[gotoadgo]

The Pig says "My wife is a slut"

Now that's a complaint.

 

[Clydefrog]

Watching Seinfeld now

*bass sounds*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7PvtbkH0I

 

[Pristine_Condition]

What's the deal with Seinfeld?

LOL

 

[Tonche]

The show was great, but after Larry David left it felt like it tried way too hard. I watched the Dominican parade episode a few days ago for the very first time (since it's never shown on syndication), and I have to say without rose-tinted glasses of having watched a late-series Seinfeld episode over and over again, that episode was pretty damn bad. I don't know if that particular episode was just shit but I think it was that I hadn't seen it before so my mind wasn't going "THIS WAS HILARIOUS WHEN YOU SAW IT 13 YEARS AGO" in my subconscious.

Its most noticeable in that ep. I still love a lot of the season 8 & 9 eps but they're noticeably different from the David era. Puerto Rican Day and The Dealership are probably two of my least favourite.

The Merv Griffin Show on the other hand...

 

[Pristine_Condition]

Not even in the top 100. Maybe 1000. Maybe.

It's go time!

 

[daydream]

TAKE THE PEN!

Probably my favourite comedy series.

 

[Niraj]

So let me get this straight: you find yourself in the kitchen. You find an eclair in the receptacle, and you think to yourself, 'what the hell, I'll just eat some trash.'


Easily one of my favorite shows. It never gets old.

 

[Cohsae]

The sea was angry that day my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

 

[Bishop89]

You know the show is amazing when you're flicking through the channels and see that it's on and you stop to watch it, even though you've seen it countless times.

I can never get tired of Seinfeld.

 

[Lijik]

Damn right

 

[rezuth]

Thats a weird way to spell Curb your enthusiasm However Seinfeld is great but sometimes certain elements feel a bit dated.

 

[Popnbake]

The final episode was a pile of dog shit though.

They more than made up for it with the Seinfeld reunion storyline on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

 

[Commander Jameson]

Glamour??

 

[Chie Satonaka]

If it's not, I don't really know what's better, at least as far as sitcoms go.

The show is timeless. I'll still be laughing at it 25 years from now.

 

[WanderingWind]

Undoubtedly the greatest 30 minute show ever. Going to have to echo the finale being utterly shit though. But, most finales suck, so that's not much of a knock.

 

[Ostinatto]

agree, also "curb" share that spot for me.

 

[Trojita]

Where are my Blu-rays!?

 

[legend166]

God no. Most overrated comedy show on earth.

Is this your way of telling me I shouldn't pay attention to your Netflix recommendations?

 

[anaron]

I don't trust people who don't like Seinfeld.

 

[PixelPeZ]

I cought a few episodes on syndication recently and realized I've never seen most of it, got the whole series and been bingewathcing through. It still holds up amazingly, exept for a few stinkers, usually 3-4 first shows of any season that have a combined bigger arc. They just don't hold up watching back to back. And it is true, Jerry can't really act that good, but it makes many scenes even more funny, seeing him trying to hold in the laughs.
I read the Fred Stoller Kindle Single (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006Z499M0/?tag=neogaf0e-20) too, it gave pretty good insight on how the writing process worked and why the show had such a unified feel. Too bad there aren't many recent documentaries, I'm guessing there's still a lot of behind the scenes stories to be told.

I got the complete series box set over the holidays and have been rewatching while playing Link Between Worlds. It's like the early 90s up in here and I couldn't be happier.

I've been doing the same, just with Wind Waker on WiiU.

Oh and these found me somehow this week and seem way funnier than they should:

 

[real_slime]

I know Larry left at the end of S7 and the show supposedly dips right after but I've always thought S8 is the best season. Jerry, Elaine and George are at their most selfish and acerbic and it's hilarious to watch. S9 does take a dip, too much dumb hijinx (not a kramer boy here either), but S8 is so good. S7 close behind.

Potiential quality barometer: Pitch of George's voice when George is gettin upset. Quality is inversely proportional.

 

[sfedai0]

Luckily, the way this comedy is setup, Jerry didnt need to have superb acting chops. He was the setup man for most of the jokes, and the rest of the cast did the rest.

 

[jaxword]

Video games, in particular apps and portables, may be the one topic they never really covered.

 

[Tesseract]

I don't trust people who don't like Seinfeld.

i know your feel.

 

[sfedai0]

Video games, in particular apps and portables, may be the one topic they never really covered.

There was that Frogger episode....