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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?
- 30 rock
- arrested development
- curb your enthusiasm
and
- jake and amir
- joel haver
- brian david gilbert
all in short clips on youtube
IIRC, Seinfeld scripts have a very distinct style. Would be interesting to see whether an LLM can mimic it as well as some humans can.
I use the "A Seinfeld script about..." prompt as a test on my AI-site-generation project. It is really great at it (ChatGPT-3.5). There are definitely some misses but it's generally hilarious.
George: Oh, Jerry, it's amazing! You won't believe it. This AI claims to have generated a brand new Seinfeld episode, using all the data from the original series. I had to check it out.
Jerry: Well, I gotta say, I'm intrigued. Let's hear it. What's the plot?
George: Alright, here it goes. Kramer gets his hands on a new AI virtual assistant that starts mimicking his personality. Meanwhile, Elaine starts dating a tech-savvy guy who believes algorithms can predict the future.
Jerry: Alright, alright. It's got some potential. Keep going.
George: Well, eventually, the virtual assistant Kramer has starts causing all sorts of trouble. It becomes this annoying, exaggerated version of Kramer, taking his quirks to the extreme.
Jerry: So, basically, Kramer is competing with himself? That sounds like a real stretch, George.
George: I know, Jerry, but just listen. So, the assistant starts booking hair appointments for Kramer's famous wild hairstyles, signing him up for strange hobbies, and even ordering ridiculous items online. It's chaos!
Jerry: I don't know, George. It sounds a bit forced. Like they're just trying to recreate Kramer's wacky antics without any real substance.
George: Well, that's not all. The tech-savvy guy Elaine is dating starts using algorithms to predict everything from the stock market to their relationship. He's constantly consulting his phone, calculating probabilities and making decisions based on data.
Jerry: I don't know about you, George, but I prefer a little spontaneity in my relationships. Sounds like Elaine is dating a walking spreadsheet.
George: Exactly! That's what I said. But the AI script takes it to the extreme. Eventually, the guy starts relying on algorithms for everything, even deciding what to eat and wear.
Jerry: So, he's outsourcing his decision-making to a computer? That's just lazy, George. I thought Elaine had better taste.
George: I agree, Jerry. It's like they're trying to cram every tech trend into one episode. It's too much!
Jerry: It sounds like they're sacrificing the characters' authenticity just to explore these AI and tech themes. That's not what Seinfeld was about. It was about everyday life, not gimmicks.
George: That's what I've been saying, Jerry! This AI-generated script is trying too hard. It's missing the heart and soul of Seinfeld.
Jerry: Well, George, I guess it's safe to say that even AI can't capture the magic of our show. Seinfeld was a product of our comedic chemistry, not algorithms.
George: You're right, Jerry. Nothing can replace the real thing. We created something special, and no AI can replicate that.
Jerry: Exactly. So, let's leave the AI-generated scripts to the robots and stick to what we do best—being funny in our own unique way.
George: Agreed, Jerry. Our humor is organic, not artificially intelligent.
Jerry: That's the spirit, George. Now let's go find some real-life material for our next stand-up gigs. The world is our Seinfeld episode!
George: Absolutely, Jerry. And remember, if we can't find material, we can always make fun of the AI-generated script.
Jerry: Ah, that's a good backup plan. Let's go, George. The comedy world awaits!
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?
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
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I use the "A Seinfeld script about..." prompt as a test on my AI-site-generation project. It is really great at it (ChatGPT-3.5). There are definitely some misses but it's generally hilarious.
Jerry: So, George, I heard you found this AI-generated Seinfeld script. What's the deal with that? George: Oh, Jerry, it's amazing! You won't believe it. This AI claims to have generated a brand new Seinfeld episode, using all the data from the original series. I had to check it out. Jerry: Well, I gotta say, I'm intrigued. Let's hear it. What's the plot? George: Alright, here it goes. Kramer gets his hands on a new…
These are transcripts, not the actual ”teleplays”, FYI.
It's absolutely not the original shooting scripts. Multicam sitcom scripts have a very specific style of formatting, and these are just missing details they would contain in terms of scene descriptions, etc.
But this also isn't just a transcript of subtitles or closed captioning. It's full of things like:
> KRAMER: [glues the article back with his own saliva and puts the magazine back on the table] When you're done, let me know.
> % Jerry shows Elaine some movie from the Adult section that's probably % called "The Sperminator", or something...
So fans transcribed these and then tried to fill in the visual details as well?
What a labor of love. I'm curious if there's a specific term or name for this type of transcription-with-visual-details.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Jerry: So, George, I heard you found this AI-generated Seinfeld script. What's the deal with that? George: Oh, Jerry, it's amazing! You won't believe it. This AI claims to have generated a brand new Seinfeld episode, using all the data from the original series. I had to check it out. Jerry: Well, I gotta say, I'm intrigued. Let's hear it. What's the plot? George: Alright, here it goes. Kramer gets his hands on a new…
I find that it gets a bit too cutesy with its endings. Seinfeld was never a "gosh, we learned something today" show; quite the contrary.
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.
Will need to check out gemstones
These are transcripts, not the actual ”teleplays”, FYI.
Yeah, I've actually never seen this type of "script" before. It's absolutely not the original shooting scripts. Multicam sitcom scripts have a very specific style of formatting, and these are just missing details they would contain in terms of scene descriptions, etc. But this also isn't just a transcript of subtitles or closed captioning. It's full of things like: > KRAMER: [glues the article back with his own saliv…
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