Cinema How good was Seinfeld?

[Super Dave]

From the Seinfeld fact a day calendar:

"By 1997, the money pouring in from Seinfeld's success allowed NBC to plan for its inevitable Seinfeld-free future, investing in cable networks, international markets and long-term rights to broadcast the Olympics. "It almost defies logic what the value of the program is," a media buyer told Businessweek. "Seinfeld is one of the most important shows in history." Businessweek declared it a 'TV supershow.' "

 

[La Paix]

Best sitcom to date. Reruns still crack me up.

 

[Wintermute]

Seinfeld was the best show on TV at it's height, for sure. I think it goes down as one of the best-written for it's time, it was a different concept to come along.

The great episodes still stand up, but the humor in general is dated.

 

[Super Dave]

I'm proud to say I was able to catch "The Puerto Rican Day" episode when it aired. Before NBC was forced to apologize and ban the episode from the network. Of course the ban was eventually lifted but for like five years that episode was never re-aired.

 

[Truck Party]

99% of the time a Seinfeld rerun is the best thing on TV

 

[SensoriaUtopia]

Its subjective, but I think its one of the best SITCOMS easily.

It's one of the few shows I can watch that I already have seen the episodes. I never been the type of watch a movie 14 times, or the same re runs, but Seinfeld is different, I can watch re runs and still laugh and have a good chuckle. DasRy

 

[RaginCajun]

 

[Super Dave]

Dancing Elaine was based on Lorne Michaels dancing at an SNL party. One of the writers was witness to it and wrote it into the show.

 

[Rambo John J]

99% of the time a Seinfeld rerun is the best thing on TV

yep best sitcom comedy of all time

ages like fine wine

 

[Splinty]

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[Hauler]

The 3 or 4 years that had Cheers, Night Court and Seinfeld on the air at the same time were the greatest of all time in terms of comedy.

 

[Ted Williams' head]

Easily in the top 5 greatest shows of all time. When I hear people say they didn't "get" Seinfeld and didn't like I just gotta SM damn H.

 

[Robbie Hart]

I had the unique experience of getting soup from the real soup nazi.....he wasn’t in a store/shop.......it was in a kitchen built into a wall with an awning......it was kind of funny as you waited with other people and he says “x soup and y soup” in broken, difficult to understand English (well, neither of us could understand it) and I said to my girlfriend “is that ours?” She said “i don’t know”.....and he did have a disgruntled look on his face and since no one else stepped up I said “yes, that’s mine”.....he looked pissed lol and I took it and it was ours

 

[La Paix]

I had the unique experience of getting soup from the real soup nazi.....he wasn’t in a store/shop.......it was in a kitchen built into a wall with an awning......it was kind of funny as you waited with other people and he says “x soup and y soup” in broken, difficult to understand English (well, neither of us could understand it) and I said to my girlfriend “is that ours?” She said “i don’t know”.....and he did have a disgruntled look on his face and since no one else stepped up I said “yes, that’s mine”.....he looked pissed lol and I took it and it was ours

 

[Robbie Hart]

I was actually worried he would take it back so took the chance

 

[Ted Williams' head]

I always wondered if the whole "Soup Nazi" thing would have gotten heat if it wasn't two Jews making the joke. You know how people get - "how can you compare not getting a bowl of soup to the horrors of concentration camps etc etc".

 

[La Paix]

I always wondered if the whole "Soup Nazi" thing would have gotten heat if it wasn't two Jews making the joke. You know how people get - "how can you compare not getting a bowl of soup to the horrors of concentration camps etc etc".

 

[Wintermute]

I always wondered if the whole "Soup Nazi" thing would have gotten heat if it wasn't two Jews making the joke. You know how people get - "how can you compare not getting a bowl of soup to the horrors of concentration camps etc etc".

good point.

 

[Truck Party]

The 3 or 4 years that had Cheers, Night Court and Seinfeld on the air at the same time were the greatest of all time in terms of comedy.

read this a few years ago, it's long but it's a good read Cheers Oral History - GQ October 2012

 

[SongExotic2]

Don't know

Never watched it.

What's it about?

 

[Mix6APlix]

It sucked.

 

[Dashabox]

Weird, I was just watching some bloopers from the show last night. Apparently doing that dance was very embarrassing for her, she would call cut herself and go beat red. It seemed like a legitimate embarrassment too.

 

[Yuki Nakai's Eye]

It sucked.

We get it, you're edgy

 

[Dashabox]

read this a few years ago, it's long but it's a good read Cheers Oral History - GQ October 2012

Thanks for this, I am going to nerd out hard to it!

 

[Truck Party]

Thanks for this, I am going to nerd out hard to it!

it's long, so if your brain gets a little foggy remember this bit of wisdom