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I've seen him live, I've watched the show, and I watched the last special. I find him funny and enjoy his stuff. Maybe other people don't and that's fine. To each his own.

Agreed. I am surprised at all of this talk that he isn't that good. I think it makes him even better that he is basically kid friendly. He is like a Pixar movie, he isn't hard to get, and has a little something for everyone.

A lot of his jokes just revolve around semantics, or sayings. Not just anyone can get laughs with his material.

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Posted by OceanMan

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Posted on 10/3/17 at 11:28 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Stuff like - "why do they sell hot dogs in packs of 8 while hot-dog buns are sold in packs of 10? Why is this? Can we get a summit, a conference...to bring the hot-dog people and the bun people together? Can we solve their differences?"

But answer me this. How many times have you heard that joke? How many times has that joke been available (both items on the counter) and everyone in the room has passed on making the joke. I have heard that discussion over 100 times in my life.

Jerry's style is obvious humor. There aren't that many people that can take a fairly obvious observation and make it funny. I think he owns that style, and was the basis of his show.

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Posted by floyd of pink

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Posted on 10/3/17 at 11:57 am to TigerLunatik

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I don't think Larry David is funny either.

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Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 10/7/17 at 2:26 am to BCMCubs

If you watch the pilot, George is already George.

Meaning he's Larry David.

Everyone else took a while to grow. Jerry, Elaine, Kramer...they take a few seasons.

That just shows you how much the show was Larry David.

George carries the first few seasons.

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Posted by Fewer Kilometers

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Posted on 10/7/17 at 3:55 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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If you watch the pilot, George is already George.

Meaning he's Larry David.

Nope. Jason Alexander himself has admitted that he started out doing a version of Woody Allen as George. It wasn't until later that Alexander questioned a script, saying, "Nobody would do this stuff in real life". That's when Larry David said that HE was the George character in real life. Alexander said that from that day on, he played George as Larry David.

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