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Posted By MyWayOnNow 1 year, 7 months ago in Arts & Entertainment

When 'Seinfeld' signed off, it was hailed as a classic-the original must-see TV. Looking back now, you can't help wondering, what were we thinking?

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    daducha1 year, 7 months ago

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    Definitely Legend...it's a real funny show about nothing.

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      GregD1 year, 7 months ago

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      People find it hard to believe, but I've only ever watched a handful of episodes of Seinfeld, and those were never on the nights they aired originally.

      Was never a fan and usually sit there dumbfounded when someone will quote a scene. I'd say that up against the likes of M.A.S.H., definitely loser.

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        not2needy1 year, 7 months ago

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        I completely agree GregD, I have never been able to figure out what all the hoopla was about. Much ado about nothing, IMO!

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          Candida1 year, 7 months ago

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          It's like going into a house of mirrors. Wherever you turn, you see yourself in a mirror, sometimes ridiculously distorted, but you can still recognize yourself. That's what makes it so funny, at least to me. I guess, if you can't recognize yourself and your surroundings in the episodes, then you might be wondering what the heck is going on.

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            rightfromwrong1 year, 7 months ago

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            so true. Much of life is like that. Anal comes to mind. You break up with a girl because of her shoes. the ogre "soup nazi" gets his just desserts. Just about every day something happens which reminds me of those episodes

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          Mdiar1 year, 7 months ago

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          M*A*S*H was great! So is Scrubs, which is like M*A*S*H in that I can find it at almost any time of the day playing somewhere.

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            Blackacereturn1 year, 7 months ago

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            Was an OK show always overrated, jerry not that good the rest of the cast were alright.

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            SAAB76991 year, 7 months ago

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            Let me know when Marc Peyser writes and develops a show that

            is better than Seinfeld....

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              SenorCoconut1 year, 7 months ago

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              I have almost the complete collection and still watch them. Legend!

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                UnusualSuspect1 year, 7 months ago

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                Still very funny to me...as are many episodes of I Love Lucy and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Like other things, I guess humor is in the eye of the beholder...

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                sue20081 year, 7 months ago

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                it was silly and LOSER

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                  albionperfides1 year, 7 months ago

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                  Not a patch on "Frasier".

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                    ind061 year, 7 months ago

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                    I'm with you there. Frasier was the funniest sit com in quite a while, better than Seinfeld or Friends in its heyday.

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                    Aidenag1 year, 7 months ago

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                    Loser... I don't get how people were so obsessed with it. Worse was the people who would talk like the stars of the show day in and day out.. Just wanted to drop kick those types every friggin time i heard it.

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                      walden31 year, 7 months ago

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                      Peyser's overly erudite analysis of comedy is like a moth flying from my dad's wallet. His writing is like some artifact from the Museum of Natural History.

                      It's like writing about swimming. At some point you need to get wet.

                      The show was and is a legend.

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                        Mutainia1 year, 7 months ago

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                        As long as there are people who forget where they parked their car, are worrying about going bald, picky about who they want to marry, get stuck in lines, are narcistic to the core, I think this show will have appeal. Of course, ever since the Kramer blow up, IF I ever see a rerun and SEE him, I can't help but think of that guy's self-destruction. That was just so embarrassing.

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                          SAAB76991 year, 7 months ago

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                          Just remember that the blow-up was after the show's run had ended

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                          1-2-Oscar1 year, 7 months ago

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                          "Seinfeld" was all about being self-absorbed and self-indulgent. Jerry taught a whole generation of young Americans that it's perfectly all right not to give a damn about anyone but yourself.

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                          Midnyte1 year, 7 months ago

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                          The joke was that the show was about "nothing" but in fact it was about everything. Almost every day I have some kind of experience that relates to an episode of Seinfeld.

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                            greenmac1 year, 7 months ago

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                            Some of the shows were funny....some not. The "Jerry" character was the least funny....George was irritating most of the time.

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                              Mdiar1 year, 7 months ago

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                              I never watched much Seinfeld. I'm not a big sitcom watcher, I admit. I like Scrubs and M*A*S*H and that's about it anymore. My main thing that I watch is the History Channel and National Geographic. Discovery has its moments and Comedy Central as well, along with Sci Fi to.

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