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Re: Seinfeld Transcripts

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I love this. I picked one at random https://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheCigarStoreIndian.htm I haven't seen this one, but it's great. The characters are so familiar you can construct the whole thing perfectly in your head, now I don't really need to see it. Although I can't picture Elaine's apartment. Was that a regular set? The script is put together like a Swiss watch. Every line fits perfectly in place. Kudos to th…

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I love this. I picked one at random https://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheCigarStoreIndian.htm I haven't seen this one, but it's great. The characters are so familiar you can construct the whole thing perfectly in your head, now I don't really need to see it. Although I can't picture Elaine's apartment. Was that a regular set? The script is put together like a Swiss watch. Every line fits perfectly in place. Kudos to th…

Maybe the downloadable text of the script was generated by OCR with minor errors?

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How are these generated? They seem to have errors that neither a computer nor a English-speaking human would make. They're sort of like how a child or a person unfamiliar with English might try to transcribe words they don't recognize: > Dugan: That's Sam, the new girl in the counting. ... > Sam: Everybody told what a catty shrude you are. Your horrible! https://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheSummerofGeorge.htm

Why do you think these are generated? As far as I can tell this isn't a parody site. The domain was registered in 2003 and the design clearly reflects that era. Not everything is AI today.

> Why do you think these are generated?

They mean the transcription not the general content. "shrude" ("shrewd"), "in the counting" (probably "in accounting"), and other transcription errors occur in that linked script, as examples. There also appear to be missing words in some lines.

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How are these generated? They seem to have errors that neither a computer nor a English-speaking human would make. They're sort of like how a child or a person unfamiliar with English might try to transcribe words they don't recognize: > Dugan: That's Sam, the new girl in the counting. ... > Sam: Everybody told what a catty shrude you are. Your horrible! https://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheSummerofGeorge.htm

I would guess this is fan-transcribed. Simpsons Archive has full episode scripts up compiled from Usenet posts (1).

(1) https://www.simpsonsarchive.com/episodes/2F20.html

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Just an fyi based on the other comments. This isn't some funny AI generated script site.

These are actual scripts from the archive of the show.

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I love this. I picked one at random https://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheCigarStoreIndian.htm I haven't seen this one, but it's great. The characters are so familiar you can construct the whole thing perfectly in your head, now I don't really need to see it. Although I can't picture Elaine's apartment. Was that a regular set? The script is put together like a Swiss watch. Every line fits perfectly in place. Kudos to th…

I think Elaine had a couple of apartments! Kramer helped her with the car next door once. Anything with puddy. I think the keys episode and of course sponge worthy!!

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Just watched the first two seasons of Friends and the first season of Seinfeld (never seen them before so a trip to the past) and Seinfeld is so much more intelligent and Friends so shallow and boring (outside some Joey gimmicks). Is there any such show with playful intelligent humor as Seinfeld these days?

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Just watched the first two seasons of Friends and the first season of Seinfeld (never seen them before so a trip to the past) and Seinfeld is so much more intelligent and Friends so shallow and boring (outside some Joey gimmicks). Is there any such show with playful intelligent humor as Seinfeld these days?

What We Do In The Shadows and The Righteous Gemstones are the only shows that come to mind. Certainly neither is as broadly observant as Seinfeld was.

Curb Your Enthusiasm might be the easy answer.

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Just watched the first two seasons of Friends and the first season of Seinfeld (never seen them before so a trip to the past) and Seinfeld is so much more intelligent and Friends so shallow and boring (outside some Joey gimmicks). Is there any such show with playful intelligent humor as Seinfeld these days?

Curb Your Enthusiasm. Took a while for me to get into it but it's really good. :)
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