Posted on 03/18/2019 10:13:56 AM PDT by PROCON
Jerry Seinfeld is quoted as having said “it was the stuff we decided to take OUT of it that made it great.”
And if you’ve spent any time looking at the deleted scenes on the DVDs, he’s not wrong.
Great escape. If I knew people who acted that way in real life Id run for the hills.
But as a commentary on contemporary culture I think it was spot on. Before snowflakes were a thing there was a running gag about Jerry and George being only half men and combined, hey, there were a whole man. And the flaws they could find in other people. Truly they had logs in their eye while they obsessed over low talkers or close talkers.
It just struck a funny chord for me. Always trying to be PC, always failing and getting bent over the silliest things.
I loved it. Im probably mentally ill.
Oh, and there was an episode with a meme of “happy, pappy”. You may be related....
Good to know. The DVDs are a little spendy for me but worth getting for the deleted scenes in a good way?
They’re real, and they are spectacular.
No soup for you.
Actually no, I agree with Seinfeld that he was smart to cut those scenes out.
One in particular was a storyline where Elaine was dating George Steinbrenner, and the REAL George Steinbrenner played himself. Those were awful. Aside from playing straight man to Billy Martin in a beer commercial the guy just wasn’t funny.
Yes we did.
Country took a complete wrong turn from which it might not recover.
I haven’t watch television since the early 1980’s except for things like Victory Garden and This Old House. Once you get out of the habit, you don’t know when shows are scheduled.
I watched part of an episode of Friends in a waiting room and didn’t understand any of it.
Grabbed me the T-shirt. $13.98 delivered from eBay for XL
THESE PRETZELS....ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY
I suspect you may be in the minority my friend. if I may ask, what do you consider a quality network sitcom? If any.
Don’t double dip!
Returning to New York this summer. Once again well be eating at toms restaurant... their building is the exterior opening shot of the coffee shop scenes. Great food and I recommend it. Well also be going to the Original Soupman, the successor business to the one that inspired the soup nazi. Apparently they really do have very good soup
I couldn’t stand the Kramer character. Beyond stupid.
The rest of the show was good.
Now THAT was funny!!!
HAHA!!!!
I had a low talker cashier in the grocery yesterday. I gave up trying to understand her and started bagging my groceries.
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