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re: A question about Seinfeld
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:00 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:00 pm to Ace Midnight
Never has a show been so pervasive...young and old, rich and poor....Every single person I knew watched the show. Never has a show been more quoted...not a day or two goes by where there isn't a Seinfeld situation. I dealt with a bit of a closetalker, etc. You can make that comment and everyone in a mixed group of people knows it.
Yes..I knew the greatness of the show the last five seasons...everyone did. It was like watching Michael Jordan those last three championships. ..you knew you were watching the greatest ever.
One day there will be a show that deserves to be considered with Seinfeld as the greatest comedy, but really it's not even close now.
Yes..I knew the greatness of the show the last five seasons...everyone did. It was like watching Michael Jordan those last three championships. ..you knew you were watching the greatest ever.
One day there will be a show that deserves to be considered with Seinfeld as the greatest comedy, but really it's not even close now.
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Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:01 pm to Tiger Attorney
I bought my father-in-law a Festivus pole a couple of years back.
True story.
True story.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:04 pm to Tiger Attorney
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One day there will be a show that deserves to be considered with Seinfeld as the greatest comedy, but really it's not even close now.
South Park is pretty close and Archer has the potential, coincidentally both animated. Modern Family may have already peaked, but it had its moments.
It's predecessor, Cheers was pretty dominant in its day, but I understand what you mean - from a pure influence, quotability, and the relatively universal appeal of 4 single, dysfunctional Manhattanites, Seinfeld definitely exceeded anything like reasonable expectations for a:
"...dadgum ole show about nothin', man." - Boomhauer
This post was edited on 6/21/14 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:14 pm to Ace Midnight
I still think season 2 of AD is better than anything Seinfeld ever did.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:41 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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For those of you that watched it as it aired, did you know at the time that it would a GOAT show?
Yes. It was contemporaneously obvious.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:42 pm to ehidal1
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Seinfeld started right after the Cosby Show so it had a great slot to start.
No. Seinfeld started in the summer of 1989. The Cosby finale was in 1992.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:44 pm to Big Scrub TX
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No. Seinfeld started in the summer of 1989. The Cosby finale was in 1992.
I don't think that's what he meant, pretty sure he was wrong anyway, and we've covered it, Big Scrub.
This post was edited on 6/21/14 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:51 pm to Ace Midnight
I think when they realized how good and funny they were, probably Season 3, that's when it got really good.
It was the perfect show. The situations were funny, the writing was funny, and the acting was funny.
It was the perfect show. The situations were funny, the writing was funny, and the acting was funny.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 1:56 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
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I think when they realized how good and funny they were, probably Season 3, that's when it got really good.
And I'm not going to suggest I wasn't seeing reruns - especially that one Spring it ran after Cheers - but it was when it took Cheers spot that I probably started watching the new episodes more regularly. I was a huge Cheers/Frasier fan, but by Season 4, I was keeping up with Seinfeld - maybe not every Thursday, but between that and the Spring reruns, I stayed relatively caught up. My father-in-law was a huge fan and he doesn't watch a lot of television - he's 70 this year and Seinfeld is probably his favorite show.
The broad appeal is definitely there.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 2:03 pm to Ace Midnight
Yep. I was in my late teens,early-twenties and would stay home to watch the show with my mother.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 3:18 pm to Byron Bojangles III
It was never my favorite comedy. I'd watch it if it happened to be on but I never made a point to see it.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 3:21 pm to Ace Midnight
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One day there will be a show that deserves to be considered with Seinfeld as the greatest comedy, but really it's not even close now.
This is so subjective. Office is my favorite. No show has ever made me laugh more.
Posted on 6/21/14 at 9:19 pm to biglego
Greatest...not your favorite.
Seinfeld is immersed in several generations. It was a phenomenon.
Seinfeld is immersed in several generations. It was a phenomenon.
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