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Sunday, February 17. 2019

How Seinfeld began

I have never watched that show, but this is interesting about "the show about nothing."



Posted by The News Junkie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 17:18 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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When our sons were growing up they watched it every night and my spouse and I just shook our heads.
#1 JC on 2019-02-17 19:02 (Reply)
I saw the show just once. Just happened to catch the infamous masturbation episode. Actually, I didn't watch the whole thing.
#2 Roy Lofquist (Link) on 2019-02-18 04:17 (Reply)
I gave up on sit-cons once I realized that it was not humor but simply insulting and laughing at dysfunctional characters. In real life that would be discrimination to make fun of the mentally ill.
#3 Blick on 2019-02-18 08:56 (Reply)
The beauty of Seinfeld is that they make fun of themselves, it's the whole point of the show. It's the only comedy show I've watched in 25 years. Someday someone will write a book about the philosophy of Seinfeld as they pretty much covered any situation you'll ever find yourself in one of their shows. For my money, it's the best show that's ever been on TV.
#4 FRP on 2019-02-18 11:35 (Reply)
I watched it once. That was too much.
#5 Sam L. on 2019-02-18 13:20 (Reply)
Seinfeld just wasn't funny. It wasn't demeaning or sardonic, it wasn't funny. It wasn't truthful which usually makes things funny but instead it was self loathing.
#6 Rattso on 2019-02-18 23:38 (Reply)

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