Seinfeld if not just a sitcom , it is a 20th century masterpiece in that form

UndertheOcean

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Sun Aug-08-10 05:11 PM
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Poll question: Seinfeld if not just a sitcom , it is a 20th century masterpiece in that form

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underpants

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Sun Aug-08-10 05:13 PM
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1. Given the small cast it is probably the best sitcom of all time

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Mojambo

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Sun Aug-08-10 06:45 PM
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5. Best small cast sitcom of all-time is Fawlty Towers

But it terms of American sitcoms, yeah, Seinfeld's close to the top of the list.

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Mudoria

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Sun Aug-08-10 05:49 PM
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2. Never did anything for my funny bone

None of the characters were all that likeable and neurotic New Yorkers aren't that interesting anyway.

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nickinSTL

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Mon Aug-09-10 06:51 AM
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9. completely agree with you

never did like Seinfeld, and never found it funny.

Kramer was annoying, George was painful to watch, Jerry was kind of an idiot, Elaine was boring.

Never got why the show was so popular. :shrug:

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femmocrat

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Mon Aug-09-10 10:29 AM
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12. Same here.

Must be a generational thing. My kids loved it. I just never "got" the humor.

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woo me with science

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Sun Aug-08-10 06:36 PM
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3. End-of-century narcissism in a nice, neat little nostalgic package.

The navel gazing and angst over petty and insignificant issues is pretty quaint now. I don't think a show has ever dated itself quite as quickly. It captured its time, though.

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Demoiselle

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Mon Aug-09-10 11:16 AM
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13. That's what makes it so brilliant, imo.

I laughed and laughed at every episode, but always felt slightly uneasy. The navel gazing and petty angst (and utter self-absorption of ALL the characters) was hidden in the funny.
Until, of course, the last episode.
Oddly enough, I can't watch Larry David's show. I'm infuriated by his navel gazing and self-absorption.

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XemaSab

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Mon Aug-09-10 01:51 PM
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16. I'm on the other side

Seinfeld was a little too precious for me, but Curb Your Enthusiasm is hi-larious.

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Demoiselle

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Mon Aug-09-10 07:44 PM
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19. I think we must all have our own filters for these things..

That's what makes horse races. To coin a phrase.

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Mojambo

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Sun Aug-08-10 06:44 PM
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4. It's very good, and it's not even Larry David's best work. n/t

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Curmudgeoness

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Sun Aug-08-10 07:02 PM
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6. It was great. Most of them made me laugh (not all that easy),

and some would have me rolling. And I am not sure I agree that it dated itself quickly--or maybe I just remember those times too well.

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Gidney N Cloyd

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Sun Aug-08-10 07:29 PM
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7. Mostly great for how it laid bare the genre in its (then) current state.

The arc about them creating a sitcom ("Jerry!") was especially good-- first they settle on a story line about someone being sentenced to be Seinfeld's butler and then later on in the arc it folds in on itself and George (having wrecked his father's car) has to be his father's butler.

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pokerfan

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Sun Aug-08-10 08:13 PM
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8. It was brilliantly written

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Uromysitisis.

Is anyone here a marine biologist?

My name is George. I'm unemployed and I live with my parents.

You know as painful as it is I had to let a few people go over the years. Yogi Berra, Lou Pinella, Bucky Dent, Billy Martin, Dallas Green, Dick Houser, Bill Virdon, Billy Martin, Scott Marrow, Billy Martin, Bob Lemmon, Billy Martin, Gene Michael, Buck Showalter...

The Moops invaded Spain in the 8th century

Shrinkage!

Mulva!

No soup for you!

Master of your domain.

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Roon

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Mon Aug-09-10 09:58 AM
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10. My favorite episodes are Kramer's enounters with the two gay thugs

"Who won't wear the aids ribbon?!"

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Iggo

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Mon Aug-09-10 10:09 AM
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11. Masterpiece.

Another show with intentionally unsympathetic characters: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

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joeybee12

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Mon Aug-09-10 11:32 AM
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14. Verily disagree...some really great episodes, some really memorable ones...

...but 90-95% of them were dull and forgettable...pretty bad acting, too.

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Joe Fields

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Mon Aug-09-10 12:34 PM
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15. yeah, if you are a New Yorker.

Edited on Mon Aug-09-10 12:34 PM by Joe Fields

Not so much, if you are a midwesterner.

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carlyhippy

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Mon Aug-09-10 07:20 PM
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17. how many "buzzwords" were put into our vocab due to this show

shrinkage
low talker
man hands
queen of the county
soup nazi

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Gidney N Cloyd

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Mon Aug-09-10 07:31 PM
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18. I'm not sure what show would even be a close second.

Simpsons or SNL might be a distant second.

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bigwillq

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Mon Aug-09-10 07:45 PM
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20. Agree (nt)

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Mike 03

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Mon Aug-09-10 07:58 PM
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21. Overblown BS that we all think in our own minds in the course of any day. NT

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