john bodega
Minus the cider (regrettably) that Cheers/Frasier combo is something like what me and my nephew got up to about a year ago .... good times, good times.
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Sergei.
I completely agree with what some people above have said –– What makes Seinfeld great is the writing, the way each plot and sub-plot are all connected and tied together by the end of the episode, and the completely outrageous way that characters and situations are depicted. The main characters are perfect, too, including Jerry, even though half the time it's obvious that he's trying to keep from laughing at his own lines. The ridiculous relationships between Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer are actually believable, whereas in all these shitty new sitcoms they're constantly trying to come out with (which may or may not star Kelsey Grammer) the interactions between the characters just seem phony and scripted. I've loved Seinfeld for a long time and have seen every episode, and I think they're all great. XD
[/QUOTE]I think the easy way to respond to someone who claims that Seinfeld isn't funny could be to just say "YOU DON'T GET THE JOKES PSSSHT," but it really just might not be your brand of humour. Just like some people don't find Monty Python funny, or the way I don't find lame comedians like Ralphie May to be funny. [/QUOTE]
[/QUOTE]I think the easy way to respond to someone who claims that Seinfeld isn't funny could be to just say "YOU DON'T GET THE JOKES PSSSHT," but it really just might not be your brand of humour. Just like some people don't find Monty Python funny, or the way I don't find lame comedians like Ralphie May to be funny. [/QUOTE]
john bodega
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[/QUOTE]He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
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[/QUOTE]He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
4 x Vision
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He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
SORRY ZEB FOR HIJACKING YOUR RESPONSE, but as your currently online.... Do you know how to add a photo or image to a reply without using the Upload File feature??? I want it so that a picture appears in the thread.
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He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
SORRY ZEB FOR HIJACKING YOUR RESPONSE, but as your currently online.... Do you know how to add a photo or image to a reply without using the Upload File feature??? I want it so that a picture appears in the thread.
Sergei.
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He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
SORRY ZEB FOR HIJACKING YOUR RESPONSE, but as your currently online.... Do you know how to add a photo or image to a reply without using the Upload File feature??? I want it so that a picture appears in the thread.
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4 x Vision
Thank you Sergei
Crazy LittleThing
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[b]Sergei. wrote:[/b]
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
[b]Crazy Little Thing wrote: [/b]Ay yi yi! THAT show was a horror. It made me want to stick needles in my eyes, then I found the remote and changed the channel. Crisis averted--eyes saved.
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
[b]Crazy Little Thing wrote: [/b]Ay yi yi! THAT show was a horror. It made me want to stick needles in my eyes, then I found the remote and changed the channel. Crisis averted--eyes saved.
john bodega
Really illustrates how many shows rest so heavily on their writers. When that last big writers strike was in the news, I remember John Stuart (who I think is bloody hilarious) totally sucking because they were having to come up with material in other ways.
Sergei.
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
[b]Crazy Little Thing wrote: [/b]Ay yi yi! THAT show was a horror. It made me want to stick needles in my eyes, then I found the remote and changed the channel. Crisis averted--eyes saved.
[/QUOTE]Hahah! He needs to stop trying to redeem himself in crappy new TV shows that run for a month and then get cancelled.
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[/QUOTE]RIP career
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]He certainly doesn't have the Midas touch ... couldn't stomach more than 5 minutes of that show where he was the TV anchor. It was pretty tragic after 20 years of Cheers/Frasier.
[b]Crazy Little Thing wrote: [/b]Ay yi yi! THAT show was a horror. It made me want to stick needles in my eyes, then I found the remote and changed the channel. Crisis averted--eyes saved.
[/QUOTE]Hahah! He needs to stop trying to redeem himself in crappy new TV shows that run for a month and then get cancelled.
[/QUOTE]Give it a rest, Kelsey.[/QUOTE]
[/QUOTE]RIP career
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john bodega
There was more than one???
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4 x Vision
I agree, Seinfield has ALWAYS baffled me to why it got so much success... I hate it.
BUT... now this may seem strange, I love Curb Your Enthusiasm. I think it's a masterpiece of a comedy series... FAR FAR funnier and genuinely wittier than Seinfield. I can't get round how half the writing force behind Seinfield (which I hate... as well as the man himself) can produce such a good show In CYE. (Too be clearer... like Larry David, despise JS)
Have you watched any of CYE Zeb? It's one of the few series I've missed out on while it aired, but then went and bought the entire box set and watched from start to finish... beard growing session.
It's similar to the Cheers/Frasier one. I LOVE Cheers, dislike Frasier (although his character worked in Cheers and it may have worked if it hadn't aired for so fucking long).
BTW... Joxer... Larry Sanders is in the top of my list for TV comedies ever.
1st. Larry Sanders Show (Most witty comedy series of ALL TIME imo)
2nd. Alan Partridge including KMKY (Genius too).
3rd. Cheers (Such a feel good prog, love it).
(I'd genuinely add Prisoner Cell Block H, but not sure whether to add as comedy or drama lol).
BUT... now this may seem strange, I love Curb Your Enthusiasm. I think it's a masterpiece of a comedy series... FAR FAR funnier and genuinely wittier than Seinfield. I can't get round how half the writing force behind Seinfield (which I hate... as well as the man himself) can produce such a good show In CYE. (Too be clearer... like Larry David, despise JS)
Have you watched any of CYE Zeb? It's one of the few series I've missed out on while it aired, but then went and bought the entire box set and watched from start to finish... beard growing session.
It's similar to the Cheers/Frasier one. I LOVE Cheers, dislike Frasier (although his character worked in Cheers and it may have worked if it hadn't aired for so fucking long).
BTW... Joxer... Larry Sanders is in the top of my list for TV comedies ever.
1st. Larry Sanders Show (Most witty comedy series of ALL TIME imo)
2nd. Alan Partridge including KMKY (Genius too).
3rd. Cheers (Such a feel good prog, love it).
(I'd genuinely add Prisoner Cell Block H, but not sure whether to add as comedy or drama lol).
Sergei.
Grammer has been in some other junk that hasn't lasted too long. He tried to make his own sketch show that aired for like four episodes, and I remember him being in some piece of shit Spike TV cartoon called "Gary the Rat" that didn't stick around for more than one season.
Crazy LittleThing
I love CYE. And [i]most of the time[/i] I agree with Larry (about whatever it is that has ticked him off) but, of course he takes it to the extreme. Keep in mind that [i]Seinfeld[/i] was a primetime broadcast network show, and CYE is a cable show and not constrained by the same rules. CYE without Susie Essman going off on Jeff, but not being able to drop the eff bomb again and again wouldn't be anywhere near as funny.
And, of course, Larry David was [url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WAi2txkagVM/R6s35KYVcqI/AAAAAAAABTg/yBOZxGQFYFc/s400/larry_david_cape.jpg]the guy in the cape[/url] who Jerry and Elaine saw walking down tthe street with Frank Costanza . . .
[img=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WAi2txkagVM/R6s35KYVcqI/AAAAAAAABTg/yBOZxGQFYFc/s400/larry_david_cape.jpg][/img]
I've been a Shandling fan for years, long before Larry Sanders, which was another brilliant show, BTW. "You're the HEAD writer. You're the HEAD writer." Fantastic show.
Another thing about Seinfeld is that the show was based on his comedy, which was rooted in his observations about people and the little things that take place in everyday life, or, rather, nothing. Kramer, George, Elaine, and everyone else was just the frosting on the cake.
Ah! Totally with you on Prisoner: Cell Block H, Van Basten. It was so awful it was great. There was that old bat who had been in prison since the Cretaceous and finally got out only to discover that she really wanted to be back in so got caught shoplifting or something to violate her parole, tragic yes, funny as hell, yes sir!
Re: embedding the photo: BRILLIANT! Thank you the [b]most excellent Sergei[/b] and Van Basten for showing me how to do this. [/QUOTE]
And, of course, Larry David was [url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WAi2txkagVM/R6s35KYVcqI/AAAAAAAABTg/yBOZxGQFYFc/s400/larry_david_cape.jpg]the guy in the cape[/url] who Jerry and Elaine saw walking down tthe street with Frank Costanza . . .
[img=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WAi2txkagVM/R6s35KYVcqI/AAAAAAAABTg/yBOZxGQFYFc/s400/larry_david_cape.jpg][/img]
I've been a Shandling fan for years, long before Larry Sanders, which was another brilliant show, BTW. "You're the HEAD writer. You're the HEAD writer." Fantastic show.
Another thing about Seinfeld is that the show was based on his comedy, which was rooted in his observations about people and the little things that take place in everyday life, or, rather, nothing. Kramer, George, Elaine, and everyone else was just the frosting on the cake.
Ah! Totally with you on Prisoner: Cell Block H, Van Basten. It was so awful it was great. There was that old bat who had been in prison since the Cretaceous and finally got out only to discover that she really wanted to be back in so got caught shoplifting or something to violate her parole, tragic yes, funny as hell, yes sir!
Re: embedding the photo: BRILLIANT! Thank you the [b]most excellent Sergei[/b] and Van Basten for showing me how to do this. [/QUOTE]
JoxerTheDeityPirate
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[b]Van Basten 9 wrote: [/b]
I agree, Seinfield has ALWAYS baffled me to why it got so much success... I hate it.
BUT... now this may seem strange, I love Curb Your Enthusiasm. I think it's a masterpiece of a comedy series... FAR FAR funnier and genuinely wittier than Seinfield. I can't get round how half the writing force behind Seinfield (which I hate... as well as the man himself) can produce such a good show In CYE. (Too be clearer... like Larry David, despise JS)
Have you watched any of CYE Zeb? It's one of the few series I've missed out on while it aired, but then went and bought the entire box set and watched from start to finish... beard growing session.
It's similar to the Cheers/Frasier one. I LOVE Cheers, dislike Frasier (although his character worked in Cheers and it may have worked if it hadn't aired for so fucking long).
BTW... Joxer... Larry Sanders is in the top of my list for TV comedies ever.
1st. Larry Sanders Show (Most witty comedy series of ALL TIME imo)
2nd. Alan Partridge including KMKY (Genius too).
3rd. Cheers (Such a feel good prog, love it).
(I'd genuinely add Prisoner Cell Block H, but not sure whether to add as comedy or drama lol).
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ive been a fan of Garry Shandlings for far toooooooo many years now,plus anything with Rip Torn in gets my arse in front of the tv with no questions asked.this is the reason i cannot watch Letterman or programmes of the same ilk :-p
*hums the theme to The Garry Shandling Show out loud and goes searching for an episode on youtube*
[b]Van Basten 9 wrote: [/b]
I agree, Seinfield has ALWAYS baffled me to why it got so much success... I hate it.
BUT... now this may seem strange, I love Curb Your Enthusiasm. I think it's a masterpiece of a comedy series... FAR FAR funnier and genuinely wittier than Seinfield. I can't get round how half the writing force behind Seinfield (which I hate... as well as the man himself) can produce such a good show In CYE. (Too be clearer... like Larry David, despise JS)
Have you watched any of CYE Zeb? It's one of the few series I've missed out on while it aired, but then went and bought the entire box set and watched from start to finish... beard growing session.
It's similar to the Cheers/Frasier one. I LOVE Cheers, dislike Frasier (although his character worked in Cheers and it may have worked if it hadn't aired for so fucking long).
BTW... Joxer... Larry Sanders is in the top of my list for TV comedies ever.
1st. Larry Sanders Show (Most witty comedy series of ALL TIME imo)
2nd. Alan Partridge including KMKY (Genius too).
3rd. Cheers (Such a feel good prog, love it).
(I'd genuinely add Prisoner Cell Block H, but not sure whether to add as comedy or drama lol).
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ive been a fan of Garry Shandlings for far toooooooo many years now,plus anything with Rip Torn in gets my arse in front of the tv with no questions asked.this is the reason i cannot watch Letterman or programmes of the same ilk :-p
*hums the theme to The Garry Shandling Show out loud and goes searching for an episode on youtube*
Major Tom
I LOVE Seinfeld and don´t really like Frasier. I think it´s just a matter of opinion Zebonka, wheter you love or hate tragic humour.